Trendy?

I wouldn't go calling myself trendy. No, I've never been "trendy." I mean come on, nearly 26 and this is my first blogging experience. Just last week started a Twitter account. How behind the times can one be? It's like my grandmother trying to text. Yet I can see how someone could think I'm trying to be trendy or that maybe I'm a tree hugging hippie or even your run-of-the-mill hipster (eh, I do wear hoodies). Yeah, I'm none of those things. Not that they're bad, they're just not how I would describe myself. No, my veganism isn't a desperate attempt to fit in with the green movement although I do happen to agree with it (but I won't be cutting back on my 20+min showers anytime soon). Purely a health thing. Or is it?

Like I said, not a tree hugging hippie. Eating meat doesn't bother me. I don't get nauseous from thinking about where it comes from or anything. I didn't think I'd really connect with the whole "compassionate" side of being vegan. And once again, I was wrong.

Suppose I'm more compassionate than I thought. Well, maybe I'm not completely surprised. After all, I do work with the geriatric population and that certainly takes compassion. Take today for instance, before lunch I had two sincerely empathetic conversations, one an employee, the other a patient. Or maybe people find me easy to open up to. Where was I going with this? Oh yeah! Me being compassionate and animals and all. I have a hard time watching scenes with animal violence but I have a difficult time connecting that to cattle and fish. I've served homemade ice cream on a local dairy farm and never once saw them abused.  I adopted my dog from a shelter in Mississippi. But again no observable abuse as long as you don't count those ASPCA commercials with Sarah Mclachlan. So why all this animal compassion talk if it's not your thing? Let's just say I'm easily persuaded by the visual arts aka I watched Food, Inc. Choked up to verge of tears by minute 14. Would have been crying if I were alone. Compassion or premenstrual, likely both. Regardless, I'm starting to see the link. Continuing to have a hard time with the wool thing but I'm sure as an industry, it's similar. Makes you think what hasn't man ruined. We manipulate, manufacture, and manhandle everything we touch. Our capitalism/industrial greed has brought on a naive sense of well being and progress, a lot like microwaveable meals. Aw crap! Now I do sound like a high strung political yuppie hipster (if that makes any sense).