New Leaf

My name is Amy Oringel and I am a vegetarian.  Yes, it's new.  Well, the notion has been dancing around my life for years, but I just decided to commit to it.  I spent most of my childhood eating basically nothing.  A big help considering I was the size of a sea scallop.  My parents' endless frustration resulted in choruses of 'Amy, EAT YOUR DINNER!!'  Instead, I took solace in many late-night bowls of Grape Nuts.  When I got older and was exposed to more choices (curry! lemongrass!), I saw glimmers of hope for my palate.  Along the way, meat of any kind grew unappealing.  Burgers fell off my radar first.  And poultry?   Please.  Giblet may be the most horrifying word in our language (not counting proper names).  So I have been in a kind of semi-veggie limbo for probably the last five years.  But I don't do limbo well (Nor do I limbo well. Another story).  So now I am much happier knowing where I stand.  Here on the green leaf-eater side with the diplodocus.  We have thick bodies and very long necks.  Yeah, that sounds like me. 

Comments

[DOD]

i hope this doesn't mean you are going to have chlorophyl-centric bat mitzvahs

[Alexis]

I like to think that I am vegetarian-esque. I'm too lazy to be completely vegetarian.

I have some good veggie cookbooks, if you need inspiration.