aloha!
posters & lurkers,
lately i've had a little extra time on my hands
to browse the web. a small percentage of what i find, i pass on to some
friends, and sometimes this list. sometimes both.
what follows comes from a (former?) girlfriend. just for the
record, i lost her number last month, and have gone by her place three
times, no one ever home. i guess i could have emailed her...
anyways, her identity will remain anonymous. her thoughts will
not, because... because i suspect a few of you may have had similar ones
recently. in explanation for the high volume of info, i present this
item:
i will soon hit the road, likely cut off from email.
(where? possibly:
santa barbara
orange county
mexico
arizona
oregon
british columbia
vancouver
salt spring island)
i hope to see some vegraw'ers on my travels. the earliest i
could imagine returning to school? after summer, definitely. maybe
never (say never!).
unschooling,
bodhi
[[begin forward of message from "she who needs more good lovin'"]]
Bodhi, what the fuck? I like cooked food, I know you don't, but I don't
need to hear about your-and every other internet hopping raw foodists-
dietary habits eight times a day. If you wanna e-mail me, that's cool,
but don't just down load random shit off the internet and pass it onto me
and every other college student with an e-mail account. I eat my vegis,
I don't need to hear about everyone elses. If you wanna chat over
e-mail, that's cool, I'd love to hear from you, but pleeeeease stop
sending me a gazillion messages that I don't even read! If something's
amazingly profound pass it on, otherwise, I don't read any of it. I
don't mean to hurt your feelings, because that's not what I'm intending.
I totally respect and admire your dedication, and ideologically I agree
with you. People do need to worry about their bodies and their health,
myself included. But please respect my decisisions. I live my life the
way I do because of concious decisions that I've made based on my own
experiences, both intellectual and experiential. Innondating me with shit
loads of information only makes me defensive and annoyed. I try to eat
as healthy as possible and I try to live my life in a way that seems
right and balanced for me and those around me. Many of the articles you
sent me were totally interesting, but when I get a shitload from you, I
get overwhelmed and I feel like my choices and ideas are totally
irrelevent. I have reasons for the way I live. I respect your choices,
please try to respect mine. Thanx,
<<<SNIP>>>
respectfully,
bodhi
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