meatrix and the legit domumentary

for the homework i watched two videos
the first was the meatrix. I found the meatrix down right stupid. the idea was clever but it was as convincing as arnold shwartisneger against steriods. The whole video was blaming the big bad coperations for taking over the family farms, as if they had brainwashed the farmers with the beams. What they dont mention is that these farmers choose to be the meat indusrty we see today to make money. the video had major wholes in the logic The other thing that bothered me was the biased points. It was full of insults about people who eat normal meat. the whole thing was very unofficail and annoying to watch.

The second video i watched was alot better. There were no talking animals and the footage was enough to get my sister to stop eatting meat for at least a day. The video showed the inhumain treatment of the animals such as cutting off the balls of a baby pig while its awake. It was interesting to watch this because some of the practices seemed crewl for no reason. I always knew that they treated animals bad, but i dont understand why they did some of the things they did. I was surprised how little we know about how our food is made. all we see is whats in the plastic.

food i grew up on

growing up my family had rules about eatting. every meal needed at least one glass of milk and dessert was two cookies after dinner. my mom like to cook vegetables and healthy meals. I remember one summer have a month or two of only vegetarian dinners i asked where the meat was. Because of this I grew up watching what i eat. When i go out to eat i try to avoid stuff that is fried or soaked in oil. I also try to eat some of each food group each day. I think this has effected how i live. I think when people eat better they feel better emotionaly and physically. you feel good knowing that you eat well, but in alot of cases this goes to your head. I find that people who eat well tend to look down on those who dont. They assume they are better then everyone else because they eat better. to have food be meaningful you must eat well but at the same time be humble about it.

this holiday is to shut the workers up for the other 364 days

On may day all over the world workers go on parade and yell about workers rights. They are given this day so they can remember the people who actually did something. but this day is like giving a baby a lollipop so they can make them behave. While all the working class are yelling and protesting, the fat cats just deal with it for one day then send them all back to work. By giving them this one day the workers feel like they have used their power when really they are just screaming to deaf ears. This day isnt meaningful because while it does remember the people who were killed, nothing gets done and nothing is acomplished.

my american dinner

my two households are totally diffrent.

moms: at my moms i eat alot of colors. we usually have a small plate of meat surrounded by diffrent plates of fruits and vegetables. she get organic milk and veggies and usually spends 30 minutes cooking. we sit across from each other at the table and eat for about 30 minutes.

dads: at my dads there are 3 step siblings so everything is bought it bulk. you can tell by looking at them that healthy food is on the top of their priorities list. there is usually a big blate of meat, some kind of vegetable that usually i only eat and some sort of pasta. the kids usually drink caprisuns or the juice you make by adding water to that frozen....stuff. i eat there as fast as i can.

The moms meals are alot more meaningful because the food is more intentional and has more thought put into it.

food log

last night dinner was quick. i came home at 930 so my mom had already eaten. i threw some pasta and shrimp into a bowl and ate that. i mainly did it because i felt i needed to eat something after two hours of muay thai. after the meal i moved on to homework feeling no more satsified as i did before.

this morning for breakfast i had a mango with salt. i found this to be a tasty treat and i enjoyed eatting it. on the way to school i was craving a chocolate chip muffin so i bought one from the stand. i didnt really want to think about the calories or what went into that muffin. i washed it down with a can of arizona green tea which has more high fructose corn syrup then tea should have.

for lunch i was poor so all i could get was a guacamole torilla. all it was was torrilla bread wrapped stuffed with guacamole. at least i am getting plent of green colors. i also had a arizona with that since arizona is only $1

for dinner tonight i had salmon with red peppers. i was sitting with my mom and her boyfriend so i sat as they talked. when it is just me and my mom dinners are usually silent.

over all i never really eat when i want what i want
instead i eat what i can afford in the time i am told to eat. not very meaningful

mental health

In this unit we talked about many things dealling with mental health. The thing that stuck with me the most was the idea that mabye we dont have to be happy 24/7 to be healthy. In todays society we dont talk about emotions that much, becuase of this we assume that the only good emotion is happyness and that we need to do what ever we can to reach happyness. Even after a tramatic expirence we are told that we need to move on asap. But mabye moving on is not the best option. muarry cried everytime he thought about his mom who died when he was very younge. I now think it is much more healthy to have other emotions besides happyness. In fact it is now my idea that to have a meaningfull life you cant always be happy. when your always happy there is never anything wronge. So to be always happy in this world is to lie to your self. a man wins the lottery and gains 1,000,000,000.86 dollars. he buys a nice house, afew cars, and a puppy and then continues to live his life in bliss. The buddhist beleive that no matter how many materail possesions you have suffering will always come. so to live your life in total happyness means that there are parts of the world you must be blocking out, that might be the death of a loved one or the opressive racist government we have. the blocking out of reality so you can live in bliss is not a meaningful life. to have a meaningful life you must accept everything and let the emotions healthyfull come and go. if your friend dies you should feel grief and let the feeling leave naturally. feeling justified emotions at the right time is part of having a meaningful life.

a fridge full of condiments but no food

bread
grapes
lettuce
brussle sprouts
cheese
peroponie
cucumbers
ginsing
polly cheese sticks
beer
ketchup
mayo
barbeque suace
spegetti sauce
maple syrup
ranch
soy sauce
jelly mustard
pesto

In my fridge the majority of the stuff was ont the main shelfs. and on the main shelfs were condiments only. there was no actual food. its only when you opened the drawer did you see the vegetables. its interesting how the vegetables are put out of site while the ranch dressing is in a place anyone can reach. This shows that food to the rest of my family doesnt really have that much meaning.