Alright.. but let's make it a quickie because im tired...

Buenas Noches Senores!

Vamos haber....

I just returned after a full day of traveling back from Mexico. I wanted to post a short bit because I have missed babbling on so much.

The trip was a mixture of amazing and horrible. 

Katlyn?

Yes?

What was amazing?

Well... first of all, I speak Spanish with class and charm. Those Mexicans loved the little gringa speaking their language of love to them. Everyone I talked to was so nice and a little bit crazy, which I can relate to. It was always funny when they would realize that I could understand them, and then I wouldn't be able to get them to shut up. Mexicans LOVE to talk. I was only there a week, and I learned so much! It has renewed my love for the language and culture, and I have decided I am moving to Latin America as soon as possible.  

Also good, we zip-lined through the jungle and that was BEAUTIFUL. It blew my mind. I was zipping from mountain to mountain, and looking down at the birds flying. The ride up to the jungle, though, was crazy!!! We literally rode in the back of a pick-up on the interstate and up into the jungle onto a one-lane road that spiraled around the mountain. We were going about 50 on the turns and there was nothing between us and the edge of the cliff. We were all freaking out about coming back down, but after the zip-line, they got us all drunk on tequila that they make themselves so we forgot about the whole death thing.

ALSO good was free alcohol. I walked into my room the first day we got to the resort and went into the bathroom, and there was a case mounted on the wall containing four bottles of liquor for my unlimited use. It had a dispenser and everything. I had never seen anything like that.

Also good were the mexican fellas who worked at the resort. 

Bad stuff..... well, family time was horrible. I was miserable with my parents most of the time (although I wouldn't tell them that). Very stressful. Very unnecessary. Ridiculous things happened with the family.

Also bad is that a random gross mexican kissed me in the elevator. True story. Nuff said.

Also bad is that I caught the worst case of strep throat (at least I think it is strep; I go to the doctor in the morning) that I have ever had about midway through the trip. I blame the nasty mexican who kissed me. It has spread to my tongue and all around my throat. So, half of my trip I was in my room most of the day watching Mexican TV. 

Also bad is that the food was great if you are a carnivorous fat ass who enjoys cooking under the mexican sun in your own disgusting lard.

This quickie has become too much. I told you I was tired so finish already.

Basically I'm very glad to be home. I have more pertinent issues for this blog to discuss tomorrow with pictures, but I just thought I'd do a brief recap (mainly for myself.) 

I missed you. 

You missed me.

Call me.

Write me.

Fax me. 

Don't do one of those three because I don't have a fax machine (I'm not gunna tell you which).

Shaky Shaky

Sexy Sexy (the motto for the trip)

Senorita Katie

Coldplay - Violet Hill - FULL OFFICIAL VIDEO

Coldplay- my first love

This is the second video: The official video

By the way, while I am in Mexico I don't think I will have my computer so no blogging. I will though be working on some ideas for my blog and sneak them across the border for you. I would like to say, though, that the Third World- a world of humans- suffer when the US uses exorbitant amounts of resources and maintains huge factory farms. Our choices not only affect our environment and our animals, but also our lives and the lives of those "below" us- our neighbor to the south. Too much hate has been focused on immigrants and not enough understanding has been focused on the problems that Mexico and other countries endure because of our self-serving choices. If the suffering of animals isn't enough, learn about the misery of other humans that our large corporate practices perpetuate. 

Enough serious talk. I'm way to excited to meet my real parents (I'm pretty sure I belong to some Mexican family) and salsa dance my heartburn away in the spicy land of Mexico. 

Adios a mis amigos y no tenga miedo del movimiento de los derechos animales. va a llegar y todos verán un mundo mejor. 

-La Vegetariana Estricta

Coldplay- Violet Hill- Dancing Politicians

Coldplay- same song... a little more in your face about it

You Love Beagles

Bella
    Chance
            Tessa

I live with these jokers. I know all about them... what they like to eat, to wear, to read, how they eat their vegan eggs, and how big they've grown. Like, if I wanted to buy the beagle, Chance, some shoes and a tux I would know the size.

And I also know that these three animals support my cause, and they inspire it. If you have ever had a pet at your house or been close to an animal, you have a vegetarian clawing viciously to get out. Sometimes, though, the influence of the media and society in general can drown out the good and replace it with the "corporate good." We grow up eating meat, buying products tested on animals, and going to the circus. I never questioned these things as a child, and consequently I have spent most of my life supporting them. I am ashamed that if I, a crazy vegan, was a pie chart, the majority of my circular form would be colored red for time as a meat eater. If I had learned the truth behind the horrendous practices performed against animals when I was younger, that wouldn't be so. Just because something is the norm does not mean that it isn't terrible, and I now I know this. I hope to inspire others to open their hearts and minds and forget society for just long enough to realize that humans are beautiful powerful beings, but the group mentality of humanity can be destructive. Use your right to think for yourself. Turn off the TV, put down the magazine, stop reading this blog... just long enough to separate from the group and start anew. We all have so much junk imprinted onto our minds that heavily influence all our decisions. Take some time each day to try to undo some of that damage. None of us are pure, and none of us with ever be. But, working towards a more real and true "you" will expand your world and give you so much more control.

Don't eat your pets

Pets are animals.

Love

Katlyn

Llamas Are The Answer

So, I went to a wedding today with Reggie. There were llamas there. Yes... it was a wedding on a llama farm. So, I got crunk and drunk with the llamas and danced the night away to stevie wonder and michael jackson. It was very fun, and very vegan. I reeeeeeeeeeeeallllly wanted the cake though, and my drunk ass almost broke my vegan vows of love on this occasion of vow exchanges and love. BUT, my good friend Reggie told me no and when Reggie gets drunk he is scary as a meth addict. So I listened.

Thank you Reggie.

So, to all you who are not veggies, it is okay to be supportive to your Animal Lover friends. I, personally, am sick of the teasing and pressuring from certain people who seem annoyed by my choice to abstain from meat eating. Reggie, a non-vegetarian, did me a favor and reminded me that if everyone would just chill the fuck out and stop trying to convert everyone, the world would be much less stressful and Gangland on the History Channel may be a little less intense and fucked up.

I will not tell you to be Vegetarian, if you will just allow me to do my thing. This blog is my passive attempt to educate the world and allow individuals to decide for themselves- not force everyone to be like me... Come on... I'm way to cool and me trying to force you to be like me would be setting ridiculous standards for the common populations.


Ok.. I need tums.

Don't argue.
Keep the Peace.
Drink water with ice.
Listen to JT and MJ.
Rock out with your cock out.



Vegan with wine,
katlyn

Take A Bath

I took a bath today. It was awesome.

Violet Hill

The three main points I want to get across:

A) I love Coldplay.

B) Today was a fantastic day. I didn't have to tell anyone to suck it.

C) It's cold as a witch's titty in my room right now.


So... I took cow pictures today at Rachael's home of amazingness, but that girl just threw them away like they were the panties your ex got you that make you feel awkward. I would be pissed, but she's a vegetarian so I love her without fail. I woke up next to her this morning actually. It was scandalous. Don't worry... nothing happened between me and her.... me and the cows on the other hand. Oh ha. Bestiality jokes are great for any blog.

Moving on. I saw beautiful scenes of the natural variety while driving to and from Alabama, and it made me a happy vegan rather than a cynical one for once. It set the mood for a great day. I had lunch with my mom, bro, aunt, and uncle. Then, I had a tap showcase with my tap homies (everyone should have tap homies), and then I hung out with James and ate among the hispanics at El Mesón. Ending the day surrounded by my peeps (namely the hispanohablantes) was the vegan whipped cream on the top of my soy sundae of a day. Oh, and I got the part I auditioned for at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre so you better freakin be there mid-july because I have to wear roller blades, and the last time I got on roller blades you promised to spot me but then you left me for you slut ex-girlfriend to go get dunkin donuts.

Anywaysie... I'm tired because I have been very busy lately. Plus I just ate like 65 tums to simmer down the effects of the irresistibly hot salsa I consumed, and I know they are just tums but I think I may be hallucinating. I'm okay with it though. I've been sober for too long anyway.


While this post may not change the world, it is clinically proven to cure what ails ya. Ok.. now I really gotta go.


Thank you for reading this.
Respect all life



Buenas Noches


Katlyn- The friend, the vegan, the legend.