Inspired by Alicia Silverstone's "The Kind Diet" and Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food," we want to experience the vegan lifestyle to improve our health, boycott animal suffering, and reduce our carbon footprint.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Young at heart


I just turned 26.  It has been a bitter pill to swallow.  I'm practically 40 years old.  Am I really who I want to be by now?
However, my actual birthday was great!  I felt the love from friends and family.  My coworkers even got me a vegan chocolate cake from Whole Foods.  Everyone who sampled it loved it!  It was very rich, moist and chocolatey.  My manager prides himself on being closed minded, so he refused to try it and claimed it smelled like rubbing alcohol.  Purely a mental reaction/aversion, since no one else agreed.  Today I miraculously convinced him to try it, and he didn't vomit or shudder.  His face was not pleasant, but he said it wasn't horrible - just weird tasting.  I told him how proud I was of him for trying it!  Progress, people.  Progress.
Have you heard of the term "real age?"  If you take the test at www.realage.com, they'll ask you a billion questions about your life.  My results tell me that my real age is 19.5 years old.  Nice!  I think some of their rationale is bogus, but apparently I need to improve my flexibility and get a dog.  Maybe I need to do more yoga instead of DDR.  At least I feel young at heart!  Let me raise a glass to always improving my health - no matter what my age.

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