I became a vegetarian when I was seven years old. Mom and I were sitting at the food court in the mall, eating the food we'd gotten from Arby's. I had a turkey sandwich, and she had a salad. I was enjoying my meal when I realized what she was eating. I asked, "Ewww, Mom, why are you eating a *salad*?" She said, "Holly, I've been thinking... isn't it sort of wrong to eat meat? I mean, people kill animals just so we can eat them. It seems sort of selfish, doesn't it?"
Animals? I had no idea I'd been eating REAL DEAD ANIMALS all these years! Bill Knapps always had cute names for their food like "The Elephant" and "The Hippo." I'd long since asked my parents if I was really eating elephants and hippos, and they'd said no! I thought chicken and turkey were just like the meals at Bill Knapps. Now that I knew what I was eating, I gagged, and pushed my turkey sandwich away. Even though I'd been eating turkey, the first thing I thought of were fish... like we kept at home in the aquarium. There was no way I'd eat meat ever again.
Mom and I seemed to be getting sick quite a bit after we became vegetarians. She'd miss days of work, I'd have to get out of school to go to the doctor's office... My dad and my grandma Z. said that we *needed* that meat, and that's why we were getting so sick. Actually, though, it turned out that my mom was having attacks from her Lupus, and I was allergic to dairy.
I was like, "Nooooooo! How am I going to eat pizza?! I won't get to drink milk anymore! What am I going to do?!" To make the transistion easier for me, Mom gave up dairy, too. We ate our pizza without cheese, and it actually wasn't that bad. Soon we subscribed to PETA, and got the internet. We learned what they do to those poor dairy cows, and we didn't even *want* the dairy.
I can't understand people who eat meat. My friends and family (except for my mom) are all carnivores, and they see no problem with it. Once I learned what I was eating, I felt sick. Why don't they? Mom and I show them the articles on how these animals are tortured, and put to death. Of course, they don't understand me either, for some reason.
In conclusion, I'd just like to say, EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Leather is gross, and I hate sitting on it in my dad's car!!!! GARRRRRRRRGH!
Okay. See ya next time.
--Holly the "Holy" Zintel ():-)
Monday, December 18, 2000
Sunday, December 17, 2000
Surveys are such a great waste of time...
And I love wasting time. I don't believe there's been a moment in my life where I haven't wasted my time.
1. Who was the last person you yelled at? My dad... he yelled at me first, though.
2. Who was the last person you kissed? I kissed Zach-bear on the head last night and he got mad.
3. What was the last memorable book you read? Petals on the River by... um... I guess it wasn't that memorable after all.
4. When did you last dance? Yesterday.
5. Whats the last thing you want to hear from your parents? "We're getting back together!"
6. When did you last go for a walk in the park? Um... the summer of fifth grade.
7. When did you last do your ironing? I don't do ironing. I'm far too lazy.
8. When was the last time you smiled all day? Wow, that would hurt. I don't think I ever did that.
9. What color of socks do you normally wear? White.
10. Did you ever attend a private school? No... uh, the school I'm going to now is kind of exclusive, though.
11. Do you like stuffed animals? Love them and have too many of them.
12. Have you ever smashed pumpkins? No.
13. Do you read labels when shopping for food? I don't shop for food.
14. Can you quote Shakespeare? Yeah. I know all of the Romeo and Juliet movie with Leonardo DiCaprio.
15. Do you like playing baseball? No.
16. Are you a neat freak? No, I'm a messy freak.
17. What is the worst injury you have ever given someone? Um... I hurt Sarah's wrist a little once.
18. Do you ever eat lemons plain? No.
19. Have you ever fired a gun? Do Super Soakers count?
20. Dd you own any knee-high boots? Nope.
21. Are you attached to extreme people? Yeah. There was this one time when we all stayed up way past midnight...
22. Do you like swimming in lakes? I don't like swimming at all.
23. Have you ever streaked at a football game or any other public event? No, but thanks for the idea, I'll do that tomorrow.
24. What is you favorite gemstone? Tiger's eye.
25. Have you gone on many blind dates? Oh, lemme count... is negative 5 a lot?
26. Has someone done something extra nice for you? Yup. That one time, everyone decided to have a "Holly Day."
27. Did you have a crush on any of your teachers? No. But I cracked up at everything Mr. Frillicci said.
28. Have you ever been lost in a bad part of a city? Yeah, it was creepy in this one part of Nashville, and it was night, and my mom and I didn't know where we were at, and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
29. Would you rather have a mint or fruit flavored gum? No gum at all, thanks for the offer.
30. Do you have road rage? No, because I like sitting in the car for long amounts of time.
31. Have you ever eaten grass? No.
32. Do you ever eat food right out of cans or jars? Yeah, those huge popcorn bins.
33. Has your mind ever gone blank? ...
34. Have you ever met anyone interesting at the laundry mat? Nope. My parents do my laundry.
35. Do you have recurring dreams? Yeah. That one where Bobby killed everyone.
36. Are you kind? Indeed!
37. Would you give a needy person the shirt off your back? Yes. On a day that I'm wearing layered clothing. Otherwise, I'd buy them a shirt.
38. Do you have any beanie babies? Only about 50 million. Not nearly as many as my cousin.
39. Would you rather be hot or cold? Cold. It usually means Christmas and my birthday are coming, woo hoo!
40. Is the glass half full, or empty? Well, I have bottled water... it appears to be all full.
41. Do you exercise or work regularly? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!
42. Could you kill if your life was threatened? I don't know. Possibly.
1. Who was the last person you yelled at? My dad... he yelled at me first, though.
2. Who was the last person you kissed? I kissed Zach-bear on the head last night and he got mad.
3. What was the last memorable book you read? Petals on the River by... um... I guess it wasn't that memorable after all.
4. When did you last dance? Yesterday.
5. Whats the last thing you want to hear from your parents? "We're getting back together!"
6. When did you last go for a walk in the park? Um... the summer of fifth grade.
7. When did you last do your ironing? I don't do ironing. I'm far too lazy.
8. When was the last time you smiled all day? Wow, that would hurt. I don't think I ever did that.
9. What color of socks do you normally wear? White.
10. Did you ever attend a private school? No... uh, the school I'm going to now is kind of exclusive, though.
11. Do you like stuffed animals? Love them and have too many of them.
12. Have you ever smashed pumpkins? No.
13. Do you read labels when shopping for food? I don't shop for food.
14. Can you quote Shakespeare? Yeah. I know all of the Romeo and Juliet movie with Leonardo DiCaprio.
15. Do you like playing baseball? No.
16. Are you a neat freak? No, I'm a messy freak.
17. What is the worst injury you have ever given someone? Um... I hurt Sarah's wrist a little once.
18. Do you ever eat lemons plain? No.
19. Have you ever fired a gun? Do Super Soakers count?
20. Dd you own any knee-high boots? Nope.
21. Are you attached to extreme people? Yeah. There was this one time when we all stayed up way past midnight...
22. Do you like swimming in lakes? I don't like swimming at all.
23. Have you ever streaked at a football game or any other public event? No, but thanks for the idea, I'll do that tomorrow.
24. What is you favorite gemstone? Tiger's eye.
25. Have you gone on many blind dates? Oh, lemme count... is negative 5 a lot?
26. Has someone done something extra nice for you? Yup. That one time, everyone decided to have a "Holly Day."
27. Did you have a crush on any of your teachers? No. But I cracked up at everything Mr. Frillicci said.
28. Have you ever been lost in a bad part of a city? Yeah, it was creepy in this one part of Nashville, and it was night, and my mom and I didn't know where we were at, and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
29. Would you rather have a mint or fruit flavored gum? No gum at all, thanks for the offer.
30. Do you have road rage? No, because I like sitting in the car for long amounts of time.
31. Have you ever eaten grass? No.
32. Do you ever eat food right out of cans or jars? Yeah, those huge popcorn bins.
33. Has your mind ever gone blank? ...
34. Have you ever met anyone interesting at the laundry mat? Nope. My parents do my laundry.
35. Do you have recurring dreams? Yeah. That one where Bobby killed everyone.
36. Are you kind? Indeed!
37. Would you give a needy person the shirt off your back? Yes. On a day that I'm wearing layered clothing. Otherwise, I'd buy them a shirt.
38. Do you have any beanie babies? Only about 50 million. Not nearly as many as my cousin.
39. Would you rather be hot or cold? Cold. It usually means Christmas and my birthday are coming, woo hoo!
40. Is the glass half full, or empty? Well, I have bottled water... it appears to be all full.
41. Do you exercise or work regularly? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!
42. Could you kill if your life was threatened? I don't know. Possibly.
The Theft of Another Survey
1. What makes you feel like a grown-up? Eating Raison Bran
instead of Fruity Pebbles.
2. What was the worst thing that happened to you today?
I've only been up for like, an hour, but... uh... I guess
my feet are pretty cold.
3. What was the best thing that happened to you today? I
stayed inside while my mom and brother shoveled snow. Hee
hee... I'm such a jerk...
4. What is your favorite color of jello? I'm a vegan. I
don't eat jello. However, it's quite lovely when it's
green and red at Christmas.
5. What makes you maddest? Animal abuse. GRRRRR!
6. What material object can make you happy? The computer
and the TV.
7. Who, other than your parents, has influenced your
thinking the most? The people at PETA. What a bunch of
brilliant specimans those people are.
8. What is the best place to eat, in terms of atmosphere,
not food? Mama Marie's at the Rio in Las Vegas.
9. What shoes do you wear the most? My gray and blue
Sketchers. AAAH! They're my old school colors!
NOOOOOO!!!!!
10. If you could take back one day of your life, and live
it over again, what day would that be, and what would you
do differently? I would go back to the day I fell on my
bike and got that rock stuck in my knee. Or maybe I'd go
back to last Thursday night so I could pay my phone bill on
time.
11. What is the best part of your week? Um... how 'bout the
weekend. That's always jolly good fun.
instead of Fruity Pebbles.
2. What was the worst thing that happened to you today?
I've only been up for like, an hour, but... uh... I guess
my feet are pretty cold.
3. What was the best thing that happened to you today? I
stayed inside while my mom and brother shoveled snow. Hee
hee... I'm such a jerk...
4. What is your favorite color of jello? I'm a vegan. I
don't eat jello. However, it's quite lovely when it's
green and red at Christmas.
5. What makes you maddest? Animal abuse. GRRRRR!
6. What material object can make you happy? The computer
and the TV.
7. Who, other than your parents, has influenced your
thinking the most? The people at PETA. What a bunch of
brilliant specimans those people are.
8. What is the best place to eat, in terms of atmosphere,
not food? Mama Marie's at the Rio in Las Vegas.
9. What shoes do you wear the most? My gray and blue
Sketchers. AAAH! They're my old school colors!
NOOOOOO!!!!!
10. If you could take back one day of your life, and live
it over again, what day would that be, and what would you
do differently? I would go back to the day I fell on my
bike and got that rock stuck in my knee. Or maybe I'd go
back to last Thursday night so I could pay my phone bill on
time.
11. What is the best part of your week? Um... how 'bout the
weekend. That's always jolly good fun.
Saturday, December 16, 2000
Mommy-Bear and Sarah-Bear
The person I call my best friend is Sarah Mathews, a chick
who's been my pal since 8th grade. The two of us have a
lot of fun arguing about which member of 'N Sync is the
hottest, and correcting each other's punctuation in the
stories we write.
Sarah's like a part of my family. She's my brother, Zach's
girlfriend, like a daughter to my mom, and, of course, my
partner in crime. She's the only real friend I've ever
had, and I wouldn't be the same without her. And so, I
raise my glass of Mountain Dew to my future sister-in-law.
Hurray for Sarah!
My mom is my best friend, too, but we have a deeper
relationship than the word "friend" can sum up. Mom is
actually more like my soulmate. For as long as I can
remember, she and I have had everything in common. From
the time I was a baby until now, we've watched General
Hospital together, laughed together, and chilled together.
There's really no one I'd rather hang out with more. My
favorite thing in the world is riding along in the car with
my mom, singing along with stuff like Amy Grant (our idol),
the Backstreet Boys, and Blessid Union of Souls.
My mom's had so many guy problems in her life, and I try to
help her through them the best I can. For instance, when
she was getting divorced from my dad, I gave her neck rubs
before she went to sleep. She does the same for me, 'cept
I don't have guys, therefore I don't have guy problems!
Like, when I had mono, she stayed with me every second of
the day, comforting me. She's waited on my family my whole
life, without *any* complaints.
Mom and I are together in everything-- our animal rights
beliefs, our faith in Christ, our excellent taste in
everything (tee hee!), our hatred for breast implants, and
every other detail of life. I have no idea how I would
live my life without her. I'd probably be some weird
szchitsophenic shut-in. Good thing Mom's around. YAY FOR
MOMMY! WOO HOO!
who's been my pal since 8th grade. The two of us have a
lot of fun arguing about which member of 'N Sync is the
hottest, and correcting each other's punctuation in the
stories we write.
Sarah's like a part of my family. She's my brother, Zach's
girlfriend, like a daughter to my mom, and, of course, my
partner in crime. She's the only real friend I've ever
had, and I wouldn't be the same without her. And so, I
raise my glass of Mountain Dew to my future sister-in-law.
Hurray for Sarah!
My mom is my best friend, too, but we have a deeper
relationship than the word "friend" can sum up. Mom is
actually more like my soulmate. For as long as I can
remember, she and I have had everything in common. From
the time I was a baby until now, we've watched General
Hospital together, laughed together, and chilled together.
There's really no one I'd rather hang out with more. My
favorite thing in the world is riding along in the car with
my mom, singing along with stuff like Amy Grant (our idol),
the Backstreet Boys, and Blessid Union of Souls.
My mom's had so many guy problems in her life, and I try to
help her through them the best I can. For instance, when
she was getting divorced from my dad, I gave her neck rubs
before she went to sleep. She does the same for me, 'cept
I don't have guys, therefore I don't have guy problems!
Like, when I had mono, she stayed with me every second of
the day, comforting me. She's waited on my family my whole
life, without *any* complaints.
Mom and I are together in everything-- our animal rights
beliefs, our faith in Christ, our excellent taste in
everything (tee hee!), our hatred for breast implants, and
every other detail of life. I have no idea how I would
live my life without her. I'd probably be some weird
szchitsophenic shut-in. Good thing Mom's around. YAY FOR
MOMMY! WOO HOO!
Monday, December 11, 2000
I'm at school! Gaaah!
Whew! I finally got to a computer! My focus group decided
to go to the computer lab, which rules because I'm grounded
from the computer.
Anyway, I went to Nashville and chilled with Amy Grant! It
was *so* much fun! There were about 100 fans in this
restaurant where Amy Grant and Vince Gill were, and we all
yelled out songs we wanted them to play. In between songs,
people would get up on stage with Amy and Vince, and sing a
song, or say a poem. Some of those fans were really
creepy... they would just burst into tears as soon as they
got on stage. Amy was so adorable because she was five
months pregnant. During the autograph signing at the end,
Amy said, "I don't mean to be rude, but I'm getting sort of
nauseated due to my pregnancy." Everyone went, "Awwww...
so, anyway, SIGN MY AUTOGRAPH, SIGN THIS, SIGN THAT!" They
really didn't feel that bad for my girl, Amy, the jerks.
After we had breakfast with Amy and Vince, we went to an
Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith and Vince Gill concert. Every
time I go to an Amy concert, I have more and more respect
for her. 80% of the money we pay goes to a children's
hospital. Amy said, "I'm sure every parent knows, whether
a child is eight years old, or eighteen years old, they are
just as precious, and need just as much love." My mom
bought me this adorable little stuffed lamb, and that money
went straight to the children's hospital as well, so we
felt really good about going to the concert.
Changing the subject, on Friday, when I got to school, I
was in *such* an awesome mood. I kept hugging everyone,
and by the time lunch time rolled around, I felt really
brave. My friend, Heather and I walked into the art room,
and I just walked straight up to my crush, Sean, and said,
"Hi. I just wanted to tell you that I think you're really,
really hot. A girl could have fantasies about you. Okay,
thanks for your time." I have no idea why I did that.
Heather thinks I'll never, ever have a chance with him now
because of what my first words to him were. See, I really
like him because he's a vegan, and he's all into animal
rights and everything. I've never met a guy that had the
same beliefs as me, and he does! I really want that guy, I
tell you! *Sigh*. Well, I think I've really gotta go
because he's in the hall, and he's about to come in here, I
think. Smooch!
--Holly the "Holy" Zintel ():-)
to go to the computer lab, which rules because I'm grounded
from the computer.
Anyway, I went to Nashville and chilled with Amy Grant! It
was *so* much fun! There were about 100 fans in this
restaurant where Amy Grant and Vince Gill were, and we all
yelled out songs we wanted them to play. In between songs,
people would get up on stage with Amy and Vince, and sing a
song, or say a poem. Some of those fans were really
creepy... they would just burst into tears as soon as they
got on stage. Amy was so adorable because she was five
months pregnant. During the autograph signing at the end,
Amy said, "I don't mean to be rude, but I'm getting sort of
nauseated due to my pregnancy." Everyone went, "Awwww...
so, anyway, SIGN MY AUTOGRAPH, SIGN THIS, SIGN THAT!" They
really didn't feel that bad for my girl, Amy, the jerks.
After we had breakfast with Amy and Vince, we went to an
Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith and Vince Gill concert. Every
time I go to an Amy concert, I have more and more respect
for her. 80% of the money we pay goes to a children's
hospital. Amy said, "I'm sure every parent knows, whether
a child is eight years old, or eighteen years old, they are
just as precious, and need just as much love." My mom
bought me this adorable little stuffed lamb, and that money
went straight to the children's hospital as well, so we
felt really good about going to the concert.
Changing the subject, on Friday, when I got to school, I
was in *such* an awesome mood. I kept hugging everyone,
and by the time lunch time rolled around, I felt really
brave. My friend, Heather and I walked into the art room,
and I just walked straight up to my crush, Sean, and said,
"Hi. I just wanted to tell you that I think you're really,
really hot. A girl could have fantasies about you. Okay,
thanks for your time." I have no idea why I did that.
Heather thinks I'll never, ever have a chance with him now
because of what my first words to him were. See, I really
like him because he's a vegan, and he's all into animal
rights and everything. I've never met a guy that had the
same beliefs as me, and he does! I really want that guy, I
tell you! *Sigh*. Well, I think I've really gotta go
because he's in the hall, and he's about to come in here, I
think. Smooch!
--Holly the "Holy" Zintel ():-)
Sunday, December 3, 2000
Tee hee! I'm headed for Nashville!
That's right! My mom's boyfriend's not going, so I'm goin'
in his place! We're trying to get me in to the party, and
we're pretty sure I'll be able to do it because Kim Keys,
Amy Grant's manager chick, is so nice. A PARTY WITH AMY
GRANT, MICHAEL W. SMITH & VINCE GILL! WOOOOOOOO
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Soooooooo thrilled, I tell you,
thrilllleeeeeeeeeeed! HURRAY! I'm going to take millions
and millions of pictures! And then I'm going to scan them
and put them on my web site so that everyone can be
jealous! YAY, YAY! And at the concert, we get floor
seats! When we're at the Amy party, she's going to play
her guitar, just for this group of people! I'm soooooooooo
thrilled!
The only problem is, I've missed about 20 days of school
already, and I'll miss 3 more if I go to this. My dad is
*very* touchy about me missing school. Every time I don't
go, I think his head is going to blow up. And if I'm not
sick, he'll be even madder. Crap. Crap, crap, crap, crap,
crap, crap.
And YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY!
--Holly the "Holy" Zintel ():-)
Saturday, December 2, 2000
Listen to what this a-hole *DID* to my mommy!!!!
Okay, check this out. I've never been more angry about
anything in my entire life. My mom's boyfriend was going
to take her to this Amy Grant concert in Nashville, but
it's not just any concert... SHE WAS GOING TO GET TO HANG
OUT WITH AMY GRANT, MICHAEL W. SMITH & VINCE GILL!!!!!! It
was a freaking party with them! My mom has all but
worshiped Amy since I was 3 years old! Well, all of a
sudden, Ron says...
**HEEEEEEEEEEEE CAN'T GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!**
There's no other way she can get there! Ron was her only
way of going! This would be like, the highlight of my best
friend's (my mom's)life! THIS MAN SUCKS! There is no one
in the world who sucks more than this guy, Ron!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! What do you think I can do to
make him go? This is so important to her! She cried for
two days straight! She made me and her friend Sally cry,
too! ARRRRRRRRRRGH! This guy is the biggest jerk in
history!
HELP!
--Very angry Holly
anything in my entire life. My mom's boyfriend was going
to take her to this Amy Grant concert in Nashville, but
it's not just any concert... SHE WAS GOING TO GET TO HANG
OUT WITH AMY GRANT, MICHAEL W. SMITH & VINCE GILL!!!!!! It
was a freaking party with them! My mom has all but
worshiped Amy since I was 3 years old! Well, all of a
sudden, Ron says...
**HEEEEEEEEEEEE CAN'T GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!**
There's no other way she can get there! Ron was her only
way of going! This would be like, the highlight of my best
friend's (my mom's)life! THIS MAN SUCKS! There is no one
in the world who sucks more than this guy, Ron!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! What do you think I can do to
make him go? This is so important to her! She cried for
two days straight! She made me and her friend Sally cry,
too! ARRRRRRRRRRGH! This guy is the biggest jerk in
history!
HELP!
--Very angry Holly
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