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jessy

and in spite of all the mastery we’ve attained, we don’t have enough mastery to stop devastating

About Me

blog happyveganface .i love: reducing , reusing , & recycling . reducing food miles . veganism for the environment . avocados. dan. real editor best profile tools

My Interests

being green . local veggies. bikram yoga . vegan cooking. knitting . running. blogging . reading fantasical memoirs. motorcycling. cleaning (but only with animal and earth friendly cleaners ). and being all ocd and stuff. loving my man. irrationally arguing about anything. supporting great organizations .oh, and if you don't have a dog or cat, or you want an addition to your happy family - adopt a shelter pet ! make room in your life - save an animal!

I'd like to meet:

secret vegan recipe testers.

Music:

the beatles, dragonship , the mermen , the aqua velvets , the flaming lips, instant death, the who, the doors, bjork, 'lil kim, the get up kids, the killers, the eels, stereolab, pulp, fiona apple, diamanda galas , judy garland, the raincoats, AC/DC, the velvet underground, weezer, david bowie, yeah yeah yeahs, the strokes, john spencer blues explosion, beck, the heartless bastards , whatever your mom likes, and of course anything on npr , oh and did i mention that i like the beatles?

Movies:

Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Last Unicorn (1982), The Machinist, The Wizard of Oz , The Professional, Snow White, Amores Perros, Labyrinth, 21 Grams, The Guns of Navarone, The Longest Day, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen (i like really old war films for some strange reason), and oh - i loved Serenity a lot, i also liked Frailty, and very much enjoyed The Departed and Casino Royale, oh - and i super loved that Willow movie - don't know why - i just do.

Television:

fuck cable.

Books:

bitch of the house, jenny and the jaws of life, cunt , not tonight honey - wait until i'm a size six , girl talk, the miss america family, the madam, fat girl , she's come undone, anything by charles bukowski , running with scissors, dry, magical thinking, sellivision, i'm not the new me, the book of joe, breakfast of champions, shopgirl, naked, me talk pretty one day, dress your family in corduroy, holiday on ice, hello to all that: a memoir of war, zoloft, and peace - i super, super love the return of the native (one of my absolute favorite books), oh, and - i'm not myself these days...

My Blog

blogs, blogs, and blogs

knee deep in the veeeeeegan lifestyle and i wanted to share some fun blogs and sites that have been most helpful in my adventures! just click on the blogs below to get to the site! organic vegan co-op...
Posted by jessy on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:43:00 PST

ramblings and rolling on

as winter's rolling in i've been rolling up my sleeves in the kitchen because starting january 1st dan and i are embarking on "no meat, dairy, or eggs" adventure for cooking at home. my reasoning behi...
Posted by jessy on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:15:00 PST

tagged! time for a fun blog!

ms Andi Tagged me, and i love her too much to say no! once you have been tagged, you should write a blog with 10 weird, random things, facts, habits or goals about yourself. at the end choose 10 peop...
Posted by jessy on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:24:00 PST

reducing a little more

i have to say that one of the hardest things about getting greener is some of this reducing business. :) i've done a great job of reducing the amount of water & power we use in our home, and latel...
Posted by jessy on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:18:00 PST

boo to plastic

let me first say that i'm aware that not everything that's plastic is evil! some plastics can be a good thing - but most plastics are just wasteful - and most of them aren't recyclable. here in RVA th...
Posted by jessy on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:14:00 PST

local is the way to go!

lately i've been kind of lazy about incorporating more local foods in to my diet. it's gotten kinda lack-ass and i'm feeling pretty bad about it! i really need to get my ass back down to the Farmer's ...
Posted by jessy on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:45:00 PST

greening for the ladies! (boys BEWARE!)

okay ladies, let's talk! today i'm wanted to blog about the waste that's created from tampons and pads and i'm gonna give us some "greener" options. so boys - BEWARE - you might not wan...
Posted by jessy on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:37:00 PST

scary stuff

i'm always paranoid about zombie attacks, and now i'm worried about peak oil - and yes, i have an irrational fear of rabid badgers, too (let's just say i know i'm nutty) - but i just wanted ...
Posted by jessy on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:58:00 PST

two months into greening!

just over 2 months into my reducing and getting greener and things are going really well. we got our power bill this month and compared to last years usage for this billing cycle we've used 201 kwh l...
Posted by jessy on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:01:00 PST

still going strong

dan is such a sweetie and gave me my birthday present a week or so early! i can't wait to start using my reusable bags! yippee! (and i can't wait to see the cashiers' reactions this sunday w...
Posted by jessy on Wed, 02 May 2007 07:12:00 PST