about

When I began this blog, I wondered how I could express a main theme to tie all of my topics together. I couldn't really figure it out until this morning. Several events occurred yesterday, and with my constant search for content for my blog, my brain made it click, and now I understand. You know how when you start a research paper, your thesis statement or hypothesis hasn't come together yet, and it takes some time for your brain to say, "Yo comprendo amigo!"? That's kind of how I felt until now.

What happened:
I don't watch much TV. I usually watch So You Think You Can Dance once it's been recorded, and movies on Netflix. When I sat down on the couch to eat my chia pudding, I turned on the telly and was immediately sucked in. Several hours later, I thought, "This is why I don't watch TV. It's addicting." It sucks up your time, even when you are fully aware of it. I'm not going to say it was a waste of time. I ended up watching 101 Fast Foods That Changed the World on the History Channel, Shallow Hal, Face Off, and my new favorite movie of all time. (Sorry Johnny, Orlando, and Keira. Pirates is a close second.)

The movie is Hungry for Change. You can read about why I love it so much here. If I could tell the industrial world one movie to watch, it would be this one.

Seeing Hungry for Change at the end of the day brought everything together for me. I had woken up that morning and spent 20 minutes petting my dog (yes, he sleeps on my bed) and staring into his eyes. He is my oldest friend, the one creature I never argue with, and our relationship is utterly nonjudgmental. Being the dog-lover that I am, I had bought a book a while ago, though I never read it. I spent the commercial time from the TV starting to read The Dog That Couldn't Stop Loving, by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. In the introduction, Masson asks, "Is it possible that humans owe our ability to empathize, and perhaps even love selflessly, to our long association with dogs?" So later, when I saw a spider in my bathroom, I took it outside. I was going to kill the little guy, but the book had resonated with me, and I was afraid I would consider myself a hypocrite if I noticed how the spider was scuttling this way and that (in what I saw as fear), and wholly ignored it. I took an empty jar to trap him, and slid a stiff piece of paper underneath to keep myself, as well as him, safe. (Relative to other crawlers, I do like spiders, but I do not like them in places where I eat, sleep, or bathe.) It felt amazing.

But back to the other stuff.

Watching 101 Fast Foods That Changed the World, Shallow Hal, and Face Off, I realized that the themes I am attracted to can be combined in a way that makes sense: food, beauty, and imagination. I asked myself, "How could I put this all together, and add in my own thoughts on the subject, to make my blog a cohesive template?" And now you are here, reading my About page, for which I am eternally grateful, so let me finally tell you what this blog is about.

This blog is about being aware of every choice you make, and about striving for health in mind, body, and spirit. It is about delicious food, and finding happiness in both the exquisite and seemingly dull moments of life. I believe that when you start your day on a good note, it is much easier to spend the rest of the day in happiness, love, and gratitude.

Welcome To a Good Morning.