Labels
Current mood: calm
Category: Blogging

I don't like labels, I understand that it helps to distinguish certain aspects of people, but I personally do not like to be labeled.  My main reason is that labels come hand in hand with stereotypes, and stereotypes are not accurate representations of certain people.

That is all I have to say about that.

for now

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Life, Heart, Love
Current mood: mellow
Category: Life

I started this after an old friend posted a bulletin and asked:
what is your definition of love?
My answer is not yet compete and needs o be edited a bit, check back in no later than a week for it to be revised and completed.  Right now, its kinda me rambling.

Personally, I believe everyone has their own definition of love, and therefore what that person feels might be love to them but would not be considered love to another person, you know?  It can get pretty complicated talking about this subject and really trying to define it because I would like to say that it is a feeling that comes from the heart, but what does that Really mean?  It was brought to my attention that, literally, the heart does nothing but pump blood throughout our body. 

 
So where exactly does that feeling of love come from?  Is it the same feeling that people talk about when they have butterflies in their stomach?  If so, then doesn't that mean that love comes from the stomach?  And if that's the case, then the way to a mans heart really is through his stomach.  But, then why would you want to get to his organ that just pumps blood?  Maybe, it is because without our heart, we cant live.  It keeps pumping to keep us alive.  So, maybe when people say that love comes from the heart, they mean they get a feeling that is so overpowering, that they can feel it go throughout their whole body, just as our heart pumps blood throughout our body.  I don't know, I'm just trying to make sense out of this. 

 
Love- TRUE heartfelt love, is feeling like you need to be with the one you love to survive.  Just like the saying goes "I can't live without him/her" Our heart is what keeps us alive.  He/she is your life, your heart, your love.    

1:37 PM

Heart vs. Mind
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Romance and Relationships

I read an old blog from my boyfriend, and it was written around the time that we first met.  In his blog he asks:

 
"Does the mind have control of the heart or is it the other way?"

 
This is what I believe:

I believe that we decide which one controls which, depending on the person.  When it came to him, it was all heart, and I fell for him.  My mind was telling me that it was wrong and that I shouldn't be feeling the way I felt.  But, there was no way I was going to give in to what my mind was telling me (or to what I was telling myself, really).  From the first time we spoke together, I knew that I felt something; not I knew I thought something about him or was immediately attracted to him or wanted to hook up with him.  I felt something from my heart, which is why I ignored everything that was confusing me about my sexual orientation and personal life.  Forget everything I felt before about guys and go for what feels more real and right than anything I've ever felt.  I had to get to know him more, or else I would have always wondered what would have happened between us if I didn't ignore that feeling.  My heart let me know how I truly felt for him, and I am so very thankful that he came into my life and that I followed my heart. 

Sometimes, we let our mind control our heart, and that is when we get involved with someone for the wrong reasons: sex, money, company, convenience, popularity, attraction, and even pity and revenge, etc...I think, if that happens, then our heart really wasn't telling us anything about that person, because there was no heartfelt connection, which means that it was never meant to be, and that is why relationships based on those reasons never work out. People may deal with it and stay together, but it is nothing compared to a relationship based on the heart and feelings.  Those other things: sex, money, company, etc. are just bonuses that come into the relationship or add to the relationship.  They are to be appreciated, not expected.  Well, everything besides pity and revenge. 

Of course, we all make mistakes that deal with relationships.  We've all had a significant other that was based upon one of those reasons, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long as you realize that it is wrong, end the relationship, and learn from your mistake.  If you learn from the mistakes you made in past relationships (even the mistakes made from your ex bf/gf that broke your heart) you grow stronger and are more prepared to go into a new relationship.  You'll know what you like and don't like, instead of dealing with something because you don't know any different and you feel that it must be better than being alone.  It is better to be alone, than to be mistreated/underappreciated or to be the one that is mistreating another, for So many reasons, it is better to be alone.  And really, you shouldn't think of it as being "alone," it's just - not having a significant other to do the traditional/usual things that couples do together.  It will give you more time to focus on things like school/work/family/friends and most Importantly, yourself.  Have time to love the person that you are, appreciate yourself, spoil yourself, do what you want to do just because you want to-and you Can.  Find yourself before you get involved with someone who stops you from becoming the person that you want to be, or the person that you were always meant to be.  However, it is possible that certain people, the person that was "meant to be with you" even, can bring out a side of you that you never knew existed...a good side.  And, that person can help you to appreciate yourself and to allow you to take time out for yourself every once in a while.

So, to answer his question, about 3 and 1/2 months later:

 
The heart and the mind are capable of having control of each other.  However, it is up to us to decide which one to follow.  Granted, we are only human and we all make mistakes, but if we ultimately follow our hearts, it will result in relationships that are more meaningful and fulfilling and longer-lasting.

11:02 AM -

They're JUST CHICKENS!!............and they're finger lickin good!!!
Current mood: cold
Category: Food and Restaurants

They're just chickens...and they taste so good.

So, I recently watched a video about how cruel KFC is to their chickens before they turn them into those tasty little chicken poppers.

its called "Kentucky Fried Cruelty"  lol

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Chickens are bred at the chicken farm for one sole purpose.  Are they saying that they need to be nicer to them, and then kill them?  Put them to sleep first so they don't feel the pain?  If they kill them in a nicer way, they'll still taste the same, they're still going to die, and they're still murdering the chickens.  They grow them top heavy for a reason.  They're not trying to breed championship purebred chickens, they're breeding chickens for their meat, so we can eat them, not admire them. 

Every piece of chicken that we eat comes from a murdered chicken.  Every fish we eat was tortured by suffocation or whatever they call it when they're out of water, and they get they heads chopped off and stuff.  Cows go through the same thing in a slaughter house, and so do pigs, and goats, and everything else human meat eaters eat.  What is the right way to kill an animal to eat it?  I've watched my grandfather in the Philippines kill chickens right in front of me when I was four.  And he wasn't nice about it either.  I'd watch him slice it open between their legs, and squeeze the blood out, and chop off their heads, and pluck them while they still twitched and jerked around with their heads off.    He raised them and killed them.  Of course he didn't have room and time for a million chickens, like the KFC chicken farm.  KFC is a big franchise that requires a lot of chickens, so its gunna get tight and crowded in there. 

Yes, I heard that they are intelligent and all that good stuff, but that doesnt stop people from eating them.  We don't bite into a chicken wing and say, "Mmmm, now THIS was an intelligent animal!"  You can't expect them to have a play time outside to mingle with the other chickens to use their intelligence to communicate to each other about how they're all going to die.  Breed them, fatten them, kill them, sell them, eat them.  it may sound cruel, but in the slaughter industry that's their job.  Not to accommodate to the animals needs, but to supply the meat product to the franchises or companies that need to sell the meat to the consumers: Us Hungry Americanos, who constantly want more, but that's another topic.

If you (people in general) are going to feel sad for the chickens then be a vegetarian.  Don't cry for the chickens and then crave some chicken wings or eat a chicken enchilada.  Or dont get all into the KFC cruelty thing and then go to a cook out and eat a burger.   Like I said, cows go through some $hit too, but we still eat them. 

Okay, so yes, those chickens go through hell before they die. Too bad they were born into a KFC slaughter house I guess.  Born at the wrong place and the wrong time lol..sorry.

There is so many other topics I could address from the video, but it would go on and on and on. Like how they are crammed so tightly that they can't establish a proper "pecking order."  They can't die without first having a proper pecking order.  I guess they might taste better with a proper pecking order.

Oh, and they need to establish friendships and enjoy dust baths, like the chickens on a farm.  Throw a little dust in there then, they'll be alright. lol....

Anyway, to sum it all up, There is no such thing as a friendly slaughter house, and if you wanna cry for the way animals are killed, don't eat them.

okay i'm done.

6:26 PM