vegetarian = nazi

so tonight we sit down to eat... my five year old and i....
through the course of our nice dinner that i lovingly prepared and served i say at least three times... emma, honey eat your salad....

on the fourth time little miss emma says... "MOM, I am not a giraffe. I do NOT eat weird leaves. Not everyone wants to be a vegetarian when they grow up."

so i sent her to her room. then when that punishment was over i sent her to bed. and it's not even her fault... i know it's my parents that have brainwashed my child into some conservative meat eating version of the cute kid i've tried to raise.

now... i have long had this theory that kids rebel against WHATEVER philosophies their parents bring them up with and i realized there was a chance that emma would turn out to be a meat loving, republican who found solace in things like hunting and watching ridiculous things on the talking box. perhaps she would even marry some weirdo religious zealot just to seal the deal....

but at 5? come'on.... and everyone should want to be a vegetarian when they grow up. everyone fucking should. i realize that my politics can be somewhat liberal. i realize that when it comes to tree-hugging hippies it may seem that i am one of them.... BUT
1. i am not a hippy... i'm punk rock and happen to be environmentally and socially conscious
2. anyone who believes in that Bill O'Reilly / Fox News / Bush White House crap is retarded
3. being a vegetarian is better for you... and it's more cost efficient... and it just makes sense

and yes. i know i'm being silly. yes i realize that this is somewhat ridiculous.... but she won't soon forget that EVERYONE wants to be a vegetarian when they grow up.


and yes mackenzie that still leaves room for EVERYONE to know what a dragon looks like.