Vegetarianism

Anyways I have told you guys (friends) that the week of February 5 - 11 was an interesting one for me, because of two things - me being a vegetarian and the "no-electricity" thing happening in the house. I shall explain:Vegetarianism - This actually came about during billeting for me. One day at work I was chatting with my friend Hugo on msn (I know, how professional of me) and we were talking about vegetarianism (Hugo is a vegetarian himself). I usually find that vegetarians have a story as to why they are, so he told me his story and we began talking about the effects of food production in the world, with me telling him about what I saw in documentaries such as "Our Daily Bread" and "We Feed the World" - both excellent documentaries. Then I said vegetarianism is a very good idea and concept, and I will probably make more conscious decisions about my food in the future. However, he objected me and said if I know what I know right now, I should start right now. I then objected by saying a) I like eating meat b) I do not have the right economic resources to shop wisely, because of my lifestyle. Besides if I tell my mom that I will become a vegetarian, she would be very, very concerned (my mom is those type of people that think vegetarians are not well-fed). He kind of pointed out that I was being ignorant and hypocriticial between my ideas and actions, and the way he persuaded me made me want to prove myself. So I declared to him right then and there that I would try being a vegetarian for a week, just to have him eat his words. Hugo was very happy about that.For the week, I practiced "Pesco-vegetarianism" (someone who eats plants, dairy products, eggs, and seafood). Ever since I declared this to the house, Charles and Cheryl decided to join me - only they are actually doing it for a month. I would not be able to do that, but because of them I decided to extend it for another week. Maxime was doing it too, but she eventually dropped out (I don't exactly know when though). So far the experience is actually easier than I thought, although I had 3 occasions where I was greatly challenged due to circumstances:

1) Volunteering for the spaghetti dinner on Friday - We were all given free spaghetti meals as volunteers, but since the sauce had meat I couldn't have any. Cheryl and Charles ignored the rule and ate up. I toughed it out and had orange salmon leftovers that night (pat on shoulder)
2) Saturday morning - Free pancake breakfast. Well technically it's not free, since Lorraine paid for us. But they were serving all you can eat pancakes and SAUSAGES! SAUSAGES! I LOVE SAUSAGES! And the serving ladies were so cruel...one of them emptied a fresh batch of sausages right in front of me...damn that was harsh.
3) Sunday night dinner - Pineapple and ham. The one good thing about the whole situation is that I didn't actually have dinner with them (I was in the Travel Center using the computer with Stephen) so I missed dinner. But when I had dinner I saw the ham right at the kitchen, calling out for me...it didn't help that Mike and Maxime ate the ham and taunted me as they do it :P

Anyways one more week to go...