survival

i survived another week of finals. how? i'm not quite sure. large amounts of caffeine seemed to help though. i really need to learn to not procrastinate things so much. it probably would have been a whole lot easier had i doen thigns earlier. it's all over now. a summer without classes will be a nice rest.

anways, here are a couple of my papers some of you may find interesting...

daly and mormon deity

symbols of gender and representation of power in mormon culture

i'd really like some of your thoughts on these

it's that time of the semester (and on being a vegetarian part 2)

there are three more days left of this semester, and as always, i have procrastinated it all. right now, i am holding my hands away from my head to keep myself from ripping out my hair in frustration. this week has just been hell. i have barely slept simce wednesday and don't see any sleep coming soon (having to move apartments at the same time doesn't help any either).

so far i have written three papers plus a few short write-ups. they have turned out pretty well, but the paper i'm writing right now plain sucks. it's on the philosophy of science, and well, for some reason i just couldn't care about it at all. i don't know if it's the instructor, how she teaches, or the subject matter itself. i just haven't been able to give a caterpillar's toot about that class.

for tonight, i've got 6 more pages of this pathetically put-together paper to write, plus i've got to study for a final for the smae class that begins at 11am. then it's off to work. afte work i'll study for my feminism final and then write up an 8 page paper for my early modern philosophy class - plus study for that class's final. then i take a deep breath and do my best to convince myself to drop the pair of classes i have registered for the summer.


since my last post, i have not eaten a single piece of meat. it really hasn't been all that hard either. i went home for a brief meal with the family today and everyone made fun of me. but they're fam, so it's cool. one funny moment came when my dad said "i think it's great that you are trying to be a vegetarian, just don't go peta on me." my little nephew koji looked at me, pointed, and said "i'm gonna pee on you!"

time to finish writing this sorry pile of letters. right now i just want to pass the class.

on being a vegetarian...

i'm not, but i should be.

a month or so ago, at the mormon studies conference at uvsc, chris foster (from byu) gave a pretty convincing argument as to why mormons should be vegetarians. without going into the specifics, he basically showed that lds scriptures and prophets have said only to eat meat when in time of need and that we as humans will be responsible for the blood of animals we kill or abuse without need.

this is basically something i've known for a long time, but have largely ignored. in fact, i think it is something that most every mormon knows inside, but chooses to ignore. why? because meat tasts good. steak, bacon, kalua pig, corn beef, sushi, deli sandwiches, polish dogs, chicken, venison. it's delicious.

it's almost hypocritical how most mormons are so meticulous with certain particulars of the word of wisdom, but treat other aspects with little regard. we all know eating meat is unhealthy. the hotdog is the number one enemy of the american heart association, yet we gulp them down on a daily basis.

i'm not, but i should be. i just don't know if i have the ill power to do it. meat is everywhere i look. it's in every fast-food chain, every restaurant, every fridge, and every meal.

can i? yeah. will i? i dunno. probably not without help.

to all you vegetarians out there, how do you do it? what advice have you? how did you begin?