Carrots, Cows, and THRICE CREAM!!!!

So, uh. My carrot harvest was pretty pitiful, but rather cute aaaaand delicious. If you have any carrot growing tips, please do share!


This is Espresso Oreo Soy ice cream from Babe's Ice Cream in Bayview. Whoever came up with this flavor is a total genius. If I remember correctly, I have not had an ice cream cone in four years - the length that I have been vegan. I got a double (aka a lot of thrice cream), which made me feel full but not sick like dairy would have if I ate that much. o_o The experience was rather nostalgic to my childhood - the cone is getting a hair cut, come on... "Look, Ma. I need a hair cut. *CHOMP." Yeah. But it also made me think of cows and how glad I am to not eat them.

A couple days ago, I stopped at a gas station for a potty break during a trip back home from up north. There was a semi trailer full of live 'cargo.' My friends and I went over to see them. I'll tell you what. I love cows. I think they have the cutest noses and they are just so sweet. The cows in that trailer were so close together, standing in their own poo and pee, and being peed on by the cows on the levels above them. They were so dirty, but so beautiful. I was sad and happy at the same time, just in my transfixion and staring. I wondered how crazily uncomfortable it is for them to ride together in that trailer. I heard cows crying and moving and wanting out, and the ones we got close to obviously HATED us humans.

I walked back to the car with a mind full of anger and tears in my eyes, not only from witnessing the animals' present but also thinking about their past and future. What made me more angry on top of that was watching the morbidly, McDonald's greasy, disgustingly obese driver walk back to his beloved career.

No respect.