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Fri Nov 6

I'm in NY!

“Visiting” Bard College for the weekend—actually, I’m participating in their “Immediate Decision Plan.” It’s like early decision, except it’s different, because Bard is such a different college. Basically, I spend a whole day there (tomorrow) in classes and whatnot, then being interviewed, then sitting before a council and such, and then they’re supposed to decide THAT EVENING whether or not to 1) admit me 2) deny me 3) waitlist me.

I’m unsure of my chances on tomorrow, but on the car ride up I read the selections I was given to read: from Plato’s “The Republic” (the dialectical between Plato and Gre about “the cave” and education and stuff) and Galileo’s “The Starry Messenger” (which describes how Galileo used his telescope and some trigonometry to measure the mountains on the moon, to observe the moons of Jupiter, and to discover a bunch of new stars in the Milky Way).

Wish me luck tomorrow! I really do love Bard…it’s such a beautiful campus, in the middle of nowhere, with such a unique and wacky philosophy…with so many seemingly great students (and professors…Jose Saramego, Chinua Achebe, and Saul Bellow have all taught/currently teach there—it’s well-known for its writing program, which I would love to participate in if I got in) and a crazy campus culture. I think it made it as one of the most “liberal” liberal arts schools in the country on Princeton’s list this year, along with Hampshire—which I’m not sure is a good thing or a bad thing. As long as it wasn’t on the most conservative list, I think I’ll survive at any other college, but Bard is definitely an (extremely) close second choice to Swarthmore for me. Not as “prestigious” academically speaking, but I could care less about that.

P.S. I ordered an “eggplant” sub at some greasy-ass “Italian” “restaurant” tonight, and it was just fried bread. Fuck me.

1/2 of all Americans still think homosexuality is 'immoral'
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Thu Nov 5
adamquinn: buttersandwiches: adamquinn: I have to be honest, I can’t bring myself to eat most salads.  I really don’t like lettuce, brocoli, cauliflower, spinnach, collards, tomatoes, cucumbers, and many other vegetables.  It’s a problem. And you’re a vegan? That is a pretty big problem. You can’t be hesitant to try new things—add some zest to your veggies by using spices like ginger, cayenne, cumin, curry, etc. Squirt lime or lemon juice on top of your salads. I like yogurt as a good salad dressing, but keifer is a great vegan alternative to yogurt. Also, obviously, berries are great and super-healthy. Blue, black, rasp, straw, etc. Same with nuts. If you’re vegan, you gotta make sure you’re getting enough protein, vitamin b12, omega 3s, iron and calcium, especially since of our ages. Nuts are great in all of these. Flax seeds, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, almonds, hemp seed, etc. Mix yourself a healthy nutty/seedy trail mix for a great easy snack. Throw in some dried fruit if you want to, too. Grains. Make sandwiches with whole wheat bread…add whatever you like. I don’t know if you have any restrictions as to the politics of how your food is grown (local, organic, conventional, seasonal, etc)—explain your basic diet here and I’d love to help you out! I cook all the time, I’m a HUGE foodie and I love spreading knowledge about food and nutrition and wise eating for a sustainable planet and all that bullshit. Anything that you can post that would let me know what kind of foods you like to eat or how your typical diet is looking, post it and I’ll gladly respond. Well I used to be a pretty strict vegan. Unfortunately, now I’m only vegan at home and school, and vegetarian otherwise because I have a carnivorous girlfriend who I go out to dinner with a lot, and there’s not many vegan options for dining around here. Plus I’d hate to make her family buy me vegan stuff, especially when I’m such a picky eater. Unfortunately I can’t cook much outside of burritos, quesadillas, nachos, pastas, pizza, sandwiches and really basic uncreative stuff like that.  It’s not that I’m a terrible cook, I was just never taught how to cook things and my parents do the grocery shopping so I never really get much opportunity to explore things that they don’t already buy. So my diet ends up being a lot of fake cheese in stuff like burritos or pizza, then a lot of processed shit because I end up microwaving boca burgers or amy’s macaroni and soy cheese because I don’t know how to make veggie burgers or vegan mac and cheese from scratch.  Then throw in some fruits and nuts and you have my diet. As you can see, I’m still a little stuck in the mindset that I just need to make vegan versions of dairy and meat dishes instead of trying new things.  Go food shopping with your parents. That is the most important thing I can tell you. That’s where you have to start. Seriously. Unfortunately, all this microwave food is obviously not super-great for you…it’s high in sodium and fat, probably, and microwaving any food always zaps nutrients from it. The best way to cook food is to steam it or roast it…both are super easy. Easy stuff to do is to buy canned beans and lentils…you can eat them right out of the can because they’re already pre-cooked. You can make bean burgers out of them too…chickpea, black bean, kidney, lentil burgers…all are great and tasty! Cooking is really not that hard at all…quite literally, anyone can do it. It’s loads of fun and super-rewarding too, it just takes a lot of time. As long as you follow the recipe, it’s hard to screw up too badly. And even if you do the first few times, you’ll learn for next time.

adamquinn:

buttersandwiches:

adamquinn:

I have to be honest, I can’t bring myself to eat most salads.  I really don’t like lettuce, brocoli, cauliflower, spinnach, collards, tomatoes, cucumbers, and many other vegetables.  It’s a problem.

And you’re a vegan? That is a pretty big problem. You can’t be hesitant to try new things—add some zest to your veggies by using spices like ginger, cayenne, cumin, curry, etc. Squirt lime or lemon juice on top of your salads. I like yogurt as a good salad dressing, but keifer is a great vegan alternative to yogurt.

Also, obviously, berries are great and super-healthy. Blue, black, rasp, straw, etc.

Same with nuts. If you’re vegan, you gotta make sure you’re getting enough protein, vitamin b12, omega 3s, iron and calcium, especially since of our ages. Nuts are great in all of these. Flax seeds, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, almonds, hemp seed, etc. Mix yourself a healthy nutty/seedy trail mix for a great easy snack. Throw in some dried fruit if you want to, too.

Grains. Make sandwiches with whole wheat bread…add whatever you like. I don’t know if you have any restrictions as to the politics of how your food is grown (local, organic, conventional, seasonal, etc)—explain your basic diet here and I’d love to help you out!

I cook all the time, I’m a HUGE foodie and I love spreading knowledge about food and nutrition and wise eating for a sustainable planet and all that bullshit. Anything that you can post that would let me know what kind of foods you like to eat or how your typical diet is looking, post it and I’ll gladly respond.

Well I used to be a pretty strict vegan. Unfortunately, now I’m only vegan at home and school, and vegetarian otherwise because I have a carnivorous girlfriend who I go out to dinner with a lot, and there’s not many vegan options for dining around here. Plus I’d hate to make her family buy me vegan stuff, especially when I’m such a picky eater.

Unfortunately I can’t cook much outside of burritos, quesadillas, nachos, pastas, pizza, sandwiches and really basic uncreative stuff like that.  It’s not that I’m a terrible cook, I was just never taught how to cook things and my parents do the grocery shopping so I never really get much opportunity to explore things that they don’t already buy.

So my diet ends up being a lot of fake cheese in stuff like burritos or pizza, then a lot of processed shit because I end up microwaving boca burgers or amy’s macaroni and soy cheese because I don’t know how to make veggie burgers or vegan mac and cheese from scratch.  Then throw in some fruits and nuts and you have my diet.

As you can see, I’m still a little stuck in the mindset that I just need to make vegan versions of dairy and meat dishes instead of trying new things.

 Go food shopping with your parents. That is the most important thing I can tell you. That’s where you have to start. Seriously. Unfortunately, all this microwave food is obviously not super-great for you…it’s high in sodium and fat, probably, and microwaving any food always zaps nutrients from it. The best way to cook food is to steam it or roast it…both are super easy.

Easy stuff to do is to buy canned beans and lentils…you can eat them right out of the can because they’re already pre-cooked. You can make bean burgers out of them too…chickpea, black bean, kidney, lentil burgers…all are great and tasty! Cooking is really not that hard at all…quite literally, anyone can do it. It’s loads of fun and super-rewarding too, it just takes a lot of time. As long as you follow the recipe, it’s hard to screw up too badly. And even if you do the first few times, you’ll learn for next time.

adamquinn: I have to be honest, I can’t bring myself to eat most salads.  I really don’t like lettuce, brocoli, cauliflower, spinnach, collards, tomatoes, cucumbers, and many other vegetables.  It’s a problem.  And you’re a vegan? That is a pretty big problem. You can’t be hesitant to try new things—add some zest to your veggies by using spices like ginger, cayenne, cumin, curry, etc. Squirt lime or lemon juice on top of your salads. I like yogurt as a good salad dressing, but keifer is a great vegan alternative to yogurt. Also, obviously, berries are great and super-healthy. Blue, black, rasp, straw, etc. Same with nuts. If you’re vegan, you gotta make sure you’re getting enough protein, vitamin b12, omega 3s, iron and calcium, especially since of our ages. Nuts are great in all of these. Flax seeds, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, almonds, hemp seed, etc. Mix yourself a healthy nutty/seedy trail mix for a great easy snack. Throw in some dried fruit if you want to, too. Grains. Make sandwiches with whole wheat bread…add whatever you like. I don’t know if you have any restrictions as to the politics of how your food is grown (local, organic, conventional, seasonal, etc)—explain your basic diet here and I’d love to help you out! I cook all the time, I’m a HUGE foodie and I love spreading knowledge about food and nutrition and wise eating for a sustainable planet and all that bullshit. Anything that you can post that would let me know what kind of foods you like to eat or how your typical diet is looking, post it and I’ll gladly respond. P.S. this goes to anyone who follows me!

adamquinn:

I have to be honest, I can’t bring myself to eat most salads.  I really don’t like lettuce, brocoli, cauliflower, spinnach, collards, tomatoes, cucumbers, and many other vegetables.  It’s a problem.

 And you’re a vegan? That is a pretty big problem. You can’t be hesitant to try new things—add some zest to your veggies by using spices like ginger, cayenne, cumin, curry, etc. Squirt lime or lemon juice on top of your salads. I like yogurt as a good salad dressing, but keifer is a great vegan alternative to yogurt.

Also, obviously, berries are great and super-healthy. Blue, black, rasp, straw, etc.

Same with nuts. If you’re vegan, you gotta make sure you’re getting enough protein, vitamin b12, omega 3s, iron and calcium, especially since of our ages. Nuts are great in all of these. Flax seeds, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, almonds, hemp seed, etc. Mix yourself a healthy nutty/seedy trail mix for a great easy snack. Throw in some dried fruit if you want to, too.

Grains. Make sandwiches with whole wheat bread…add whatever you like. I don’t know if you have any restrictions as to the politics of how your food is grown (local, organic, conventional, seasonal, etc)—explain your basic diet here and I’d love to help you out!

I cook all the time, I’m a HUGE foodie and I love spreading knowledge about food and nutrition and wise eating for a sustainable planet and all that bullshit. Anything that you can post that would let me know what kind of foods you like to eat or how your typical diet is looking, post it and I’ll gladly respond.

P.S. this goes to anyone who follows me!

Wed Nov 4
“ The fact is that it was, yet again, not yet time to test equality when put to a popular vote. It is proof, yet again, that civil rights should never be decided by mob rule—but the hateful people behind Yes on 1 capitalize on spreading fear—suckling pigs at the teat of dying, mud-covered sow of homophobia. The hog is going to die. Hate alone cannot sustain that beast. We should find solace in the fact that the children and grandchildren of those who voted to rollback the rights of fellow Mainers will be embarrassed that their relatives were so short-sighted, duped by entities that exist solely to discriminate using the ballot box as a weapon—and making money off of the hate with great gusto.

Pam Spaulding via pandagon.net (via retropolitics)

Ugh. Not again. Just because someone votes against gay marriage doesn’t make them a bigot or a homophobe—it just means that they think marriage is only acceptable between a man and a woman. Do I think that? No, of course not. If two people are stupid enough to want to marry each other, they should be able to get married. It’s discriminatory to deny people marriage based on their gender, yes, but it’s not necessarily hateful. Just wait 15 more years until the dinosaurs who are keeping gay marriage from becoming accepted all die off. Not all of them are bigoted rednecks—although I’m willing to bet that a good deal are. Some of them just see it as a matter of tradition or preserving their phony religious beliefs, and if they want to cling to stupid stuff like that because it makes them feel secure, they’re NOT homophobes. They’re just stupid and scared, like everyone else in life. That’s all.
Tue Nov 3
wearetheweirdos: Drawings by Joao Ruas.

wearetheweirdos:

Drawings by Joao Ruas.

adamquinn: suicideblonde: whatswithtodaytoday:ilovecharts:(via em) Wow! This is why I got into the business of charts… OCD boner Now I want to see Primer Do it. Best movie ever.

adamquinn:

suicideblonde:

whatswithtodaytoday:ilovecharts:(via em)

Wow! This is why I got into the business of charts…

OCD boner

Now I want to see Primer

Do it. Best movie ever.
Mon Nov 2

Breaking news from the senior banquet

Ripped from the headlines: I won the “Most Likely to Corrupt the Minds of Young Children” senior superlative at the banquet tonight—if I had known I was going to miss the bus, I would have given my acceptance speech via telecast…but it’s okay, I’m a lot more okay with missing the banquet than I was 15 minutes after I found out. I was piiiiiiiisssssssed man.

My Tumblarity is half that of the number of my followers.

Also. I MISSED THE FUCKING BUS TO THE SENIOR BANQUET because my school (those motherfucking bastards) never told me about the time change. Apparently they made an announcement during homeroom, but I guess my school doesn’t give a fuck that I DON’T HAVE A HOMEROOM AND THEREFORE CAN’T WATCH THE FUCKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. So who’s the asshole who gets all fucking stoked to be dressed up, eating, dancing, and partying on a motherfucking BOAT? ME. At 5:15, showing up and wondering why no one is there. Then calling people: “Oh, wait? You’re at SCHOOL? They moved the time back a whole HOUR! The bus left at 4:30! Didn’t you hear the announcement?” FUCK MY SCHOOL. They are so paying big time for this. Those bastards. Those goddamn bastards.