PEOPLE

1. Every year in the UK we feed our livestock enough food to feed 250,000,000 people while in the world 30,000,000 people die of starvation
2. 20 vegetarians can live off the land required by one meat eater
3. Every 3 seconds a child dies of starvation somewhere in the world
4. If Americans reduced their meat consumption by 10% it would free 12,000,000 tons of grain - enough to feed 60,000,000 people (the population of Great Britain)
5. If all Americans became vegetarian, it would free enough grain to feed 600,000,000 people (the population of India)
6. Intensification in animal farming has displaced 1,000,000's of people from their traditional lands - eg. indigenous people in south & central america, native americans in north america & crofters in Great Britain - this is continuing today
7. People displaced from their lands into cities succumb to dietary deficiency, diseases, parasites & opportunistic diseases
8. In third world countries 1 in 10 babies die before their first birthday
9. The UK imports £46,000,000 worth of grain from third world countries to feed our livestock
10. Due to overgrazing 850,000,000 people live on land threatened by desertification & over 230,000,000 already live on land so severely desertified that they are unable to sustain their existence & face imminent starvation
11. 1,000,000,000 people in the west gorging on meat & dairy leave 1,000,000,000 to waste away & 3,500,000,000 teeter on the brink

    LAND

12. If they continue to clear American forests to raise cattle at the present rate, in 50 years there will be none left
13. 1 acre yields 165 lbs of beef or 20,000 lbs of potatoes
14. 8/10 of cultivated land in the UK is used to grow food for animals (14,732,000 hectares)
15. It takes 16lbs of high protein soya to produce 1 lb of beef
16. Since 1945 in the UK we have lost 95% of flower meadows, 50% of ancient woodlands, 40% of heathlands, 50% of wet lands & 224,000 km of hedgerows all due to animal farming
17. Pressure on land due to meat farming leads to soil erosion 6billion tons/year in the USA
18. If everyone went vegetarian upto 90% of land used for animal farming could be taken out of production & used to replant woodlands, leisure activities etc.
19. 25% of Central america's forests have been destroyed for cattle grazing since 1960
20. Between 1966-1983 38% of the Amazon rain forest was destroyed for cattle grazing
21. 90% of cattle ranches established on cleared forest land go bankrupt in less than 8 years as the land becomes barren due to nutrient loss & overgrazing
22. Overgrazing by cattle is destroying the land & increasing desertification, nearly 430 million acres in the USA alone has suffered a 25-50% reduction in yield since first grazed
23. An inch of topsoil takes 200-1000 years to develop - yet in the USA they have lost around 1/3 of their prime topsoil in 200 years (around 7 inches) due to animal farming
24. Land will be lost due to rises in sea level due to global warming due to animal farming

    AIR

25. The destruction of the rainforest by cattle farmers is destroying the lungs of the planet & reducing the worlds capacity to replenish our oxygen supply
26. The 1,300,000,000 cattle in the world emit 60,000,000 tons of methane per year (methane is a greenhouse gas & leads to global warming)
27. Burning of forests, grasslands & agricultural waste associated with animal farming releases 50-100,000,000 tons of methane per year
28. Combining these figures, 25% of methane emissions are due to animal farming (not including the billions of sheep, pigs & poultry so the real figure is much higher)
29. Fertilizer used to grow crops to feed to animals releases nitrous oxide - thought to account for 6% of the greenhouse effect
30. Fertilizer, weedkiller & pesticides sprayed on crops enter the atmosphere creating a noxious carcinogenic cocktail
31. CFCs are released into the air from refrigeration units used to store decomposing flesh (meat), milk & butter - CFCs are destroy the ozone layer
32. Ammonia from animal urine also pollutes the atmosphere
33. CO2 is released by burning oil & petrol in lorries, ships, abattoirs, dairies, factories etc. associated with meat & dairy production
34. Emissions from large chemical plants which produce fertilizer, weedkiller & other agricultural chemicals are also poisoning our air

    WATER

35. 25 gallons of water to produce 1lb of wheat & 2500 gallons to produce 1lb of meat
36. UK farm animals produce 200,000,000 tonnes of slurry (liquid excrement) every year, the majority of which ends up in our rivers
37. Bloody waste water from abattoirs ends up in our rivers
38. In the USA every second humans produce 12,000 lbs of effluent while farmed animals produce 250,000 lbs
39. Nitrates & pesticides used on crops grown to feed livestock end up in our rivers
40. Meat & dairy farming uses 70 litres of water per day per animal in the UK or 159,250,000,000 litres per year in total
41. The water used to produce 10 lbs of steak is equivalent to the average consumption of water for an entire household for an entire year
42. Depletion of groundwater reserves to grow crops for animals & to supply abattoirs will lead to greater water shortages
43. Aquafers (stores of underground water) in the San Joaquin valley in the USA are being drained at the rate of 500,000,000,000 gallons/year to produce meat
44. 18% of all agricultural land in the world is irrigated & as global warming increases (partly due to animal farming) it will cost $200,000,000 to keep these systems going
45. The water used to produce a 1000 lb beef steer is enough to float a Destroyer battleship
46. The liquid waste from the various parts of the meat & dairy industry flow into the rivers & from there into the seas polluting them & encouraging huge algal blooms to grow

    EFFICIENCY

47. To produce 1calorie of energy from meat takes 60 calories of petrol, whereas growing grains & legumes to directly feed people produces 20 calories for each calorie of fuel used ( thats 1200 times more efficient)
48. Meat & dairy farming uses billions of gallons of oil to run tractors, fuel ships & lorries (to move animal feed & animals), pump billions of gallons of water to irrigate fields & run slaughterhouses, power refrigeration units to prevent the corpses from decomposing & to power sewage plants to clean up some of the pollution produced
49. Cattle convert only 6% of their energy intake (mainly grains & soya) into flesh, the remaining 94% is wasted as heat, movement (which is why they keep many animals in very close confinement), hair, bones, faeces etc
50. 1lb of beef takes 1 gallon of petrol to produce
51. A family of four eating beef for a year uses enough petrol to run a car for 6 months (obviously depending on how far you drive!)
52. If the full ecological cost of meat was passed onto the consumer - the price would be quadrupled (at least)
53. The EC spends �100,000,000's to subsidise animal production resulting in lakes of unwanted milk & mountains of unwanted meat & butter. This money could be better spent encouraging organic fruit, vegetable & grain production
54. In the USA in 1979 145,000,000 tons of crops were fed to cattle resulting in only 21million tons of animal bodies - the cost of the wasted crops was $20,000,000,000
55. Between 1950 & 1985 grain production in Europe & the USA increased massively but 2/3 was fed to animals
56. 70% of all grain is fed to animals
57. Eating vast quantities of animal flesh, eggs, milk & butter is a luxury that most of the planet can not afford

    ANIMALS

58. Fishing with drift (and other modern) nets weakens & destroys ecosystems by indiscriminately killing billions of sea creatures & disrupting the sea bed
59. Fishermen's nets kill 10 times as many other animals as the fish they are hoping to catch
60. Fish caught in nets die an agonising slow death of suffocation
61. Each year 15,000,000,000 land animals are slaughtered for food & an unknown but much larger number of sea creatures (including 1000's of dolphins caught accidentally)
62. Chickens are crammed into battery cages with upto 3 other birds, they are unable to even spread their wings & many can not even stand up
63. Unwanted male chicks (because they can't lay eggs) are gassed or pulped while their sisters go to the battery sheds
64. Chicks are debeaked without anaesthetic to prevent them injuring each other in the unnaturally confined conditions they are kept in - this is equivalent to having your fingernails pulled out without anaesthetic
65. Modern farming methods using growth hormones & artificial lighting mean that many chickens out grow their bones, resulting in fractured & broken legs
66. Sows are kept tethered in stalls 1.3 x 1 metre on concrete or slatted floors - they can not even turn around
67. Poultry raised for meat are kept in windowless broiler sheds, with around 20-30,000 in each shed, they live in an area of 10-20 cm square - fighting due to overcrowding is common & like battery hens they commonly suffer from supperating bed sores
68. Broilersheds are artificially lit 23 hours a day to produce rapid growth
69. Animals travel between farms & to slaughter in overcrowded transporters with no food or water - resulting in stress, injuries & deaths - legal requirements are widely ignored
70. 95% of poultry suffer injuries before being killed & 30% suffer broken bones
71. Problems with stunning practices mean that many animals have their throats slit while still conscious (around 6% of cattle or 200,000 per year) & are then dipped in tanks of scalding water (to loosen feathers, bristles etc.) again while fully conscious
72. 4000 animals die spurting their blood out every minute in a British slaughterhouse
73. Calf leather comes from animals killed at just 2 weeks old
74. Cows were fed on the ground up remains of other cows & sheep - the result is thought to be BSE (mad cow disease) in the USA cattle are fed partly on recycled plastic pellets
75. Cows only give milk for 10 months after they have a calf - so they are routinely artificially inseminated (ie. mechanically raped) to keep them pregnant & milking - their calves are taken away (usually at 12 hours old) for meat or export to veal crates
76. Cows would naturally live upto 20 years but are slaughtered after 5-7 years when their milk production begins to fall
77. In the UK animals are killed by first being stunned with electricity or a captive bolt gun (ie. a bolt is fired into their heads) before having their throats slit & being plunged into boiling water - all this happens on a production line with the animals being hung upside down from a moving conveyor belt - this is factory farming
78. "Animals are those unfortunate slaves & victims of the most brutal part of mankind" - John Stewart Mill (philosopher)
79. Veal calves are confined in stalls in the dark, unable to move & are fed on pigs blood , chocolate & dried milk (we are drinking the rich fresh milk of their mothers)
80. Cows naturally produce 5 litres of milk per day for their calves - under the intensified systems of modern farming they produce 25-40 litres per day - resulting in swollen & inflamed udders - at this rate they are soon worn out
81. Large areas of land are under monoculture to grow crops to feed to animals - these areas are wildlife deserts supporting fewer & fewer species.

    HEALTH

82. Vegetarians have a 20% lower rate of mortality from all causes (ie. they live longer & don't get sick as often)
83. Meat is full of traces of antibiotics, hormones, toxins produced by stress & pesticide residues that become concentrated from all the crops they have eaten
84. Fish contain heavy metals & other pollutants -many of which originated on farms
85. The world health organisation recommends a diet low in saturated fat, sugar, salt & with plenty of fibre - exactly what you get on a vegan/vegetarian diet
86. Farmed animals contain upto 50% saturated fat in their bodies
87. Vegetarians have 24% reduced risk of getting heart disease & Vegans a 57% reduction (heart disease is the biggest killer in the UK accounting for 50% of deaths)
88. Obesity is rare in vegetarians, obesity is related to many diseases
89. Vegans & vegetarians have lower blood pressure & cholesterol levels - high levels are associated with heart disease, strokes & kidney failure
90. Vegetarians have a 50% reduced risk of dying of diabetes
91. Vegetarians have a 40% reduced level of cancer than the general population thought to be because they have a higher intake of vitamins A,C & E
92. Vegetarians have a reduced risk of developing gall & kidney stones
93. 80% of food poisoning is due to infected meat (faeces, bacteria etc.) after all meat is decomposing flesh - most of the rest is due to salmonella in eggs
94. Osteoporosis due to calcium loss from bones is mainly due to the sulphur content in meat & casein protein in milk that cause calcium to be lost in the urine - the countries with the highest meat & dairy consumption are those with the highest levels of brittle bones
95. 50% of people do not have the enzyme to digest milk properly & milk allergy is related to asthma & eczema
96. Meat eaters have double the rate of Alzheimers disease as Vegans & Vegetarians - some people also think that Parkinsons disease is also linked to meat eating
97. Egg yolk is a dense concentration of saturated fat & the white is high in albumin protein associated with leaching calcium into your urine. Butter is 80% saturated fat, cream is 40% saturated fat & cheese is 25-40% saturated fat
98. Meat eaters are two and a half times more likely to get bowel cancer than Vegetarians
99. The cling film used to wrap meat in supermarkets & butchers contains chemicals linked to falling sperm counts in men
100. Chinese people (living mainly on a vegetarian diet) consume 20% more calories than Americans but Americans are 20% fatter
101. Of 2,100,000 deaths in the USA in 1987, 1,500,000 were related to diet (ie. meat & dairy)

AND I COULD GO ON !

Well their only real point is usually "Meat is tasty" - fair enough a lot of people enjoy the taste of meat - but there are plenty of delicious alternatives (just consider the huge range of vegetarian dishes in Indian cooking - one of the oldest & most sophisticated cuisines in the world) and if you really crave meat & dairy, nowadays there are plenty of healthy non animal alternatives - just look in the supermarket & health food shop. So I hope you will agree it's pretty pathetic to consider all the evidence & then say "well I know you're right about the environment & health & the animals - but I just love my meat"

Alright, so now that I'm NOT in a band, I'm actually becoming more and more in tune with my musical self. TWTN sortof ripped me away from who I really am and what kind of music I'm really into, so now I'm going to record every CD fall / re-fall in love with, and tell you a bit about some of the CDs and music that really REALLY stands out to me.

Brand New; The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Holy shit. Perfect from start to finish. I can't say much about it, or it'll completely cheapen the genius of this band. I highly, highly recommend this album and all other Brand New albums that preceed it.

Silversun Pickups; Carnavas
This is officially my Stranded-On-A-Desert-Island pick. I can listen to this CD until my eyes bleed. BUY. IT. Brian Aubert is not only absolutely adorable, but he's got the most unique voice of any front-man I've ever heard.

Tegan & Sara; The Con
So, not only are they incredibly attractive lesbians from Canada, but they've produced quite a modern and unique sound that a handful of bands have tried to copy since they utilized it and pretty much snuffed all other bands before and after them who tried to achieve it. I respect them a lot because the sound on their CD is the exact sound you will get when you see them live. I love you, Quin-Twins.

Death Cab for Cutie; Transatlanticism
How can I compose a "greatest albums ever" list and not include Deathcab? I can't, because it simply can not be done. While all of their CDs truly are 100% amazing, the ones before and their most recent CD ("Plans," which I also highly recommend) simply do not produce a sound of this calibre. Buy it, burn it, steal it from limewire. I don't care how you get it, but get it. It's pretty damn ace.

Alexisonfire; WATCH OUT!
If you're into a heavier sound, check this CD out, and please. It's uh-LEX-iss on fire. Not Alex Is. So, get it right. Anyway. George Pettit's voice is incredible -- probably not like anything you've heard before. Well, Escape the Fate's Ronnie Radke comes somewhat close, but their sound is completely different, and completely inferiour. I once listened to this album over and over for a week... so yeah. It's pretty damn amazing.

Modest Mouse; Good News for People Who Love Bad News
The CD title and band name pretty much capture this band completely. Be prepared for a very unique sound, and even more unique vocals by Isaac Brock. There is not a single band out there like Modest Mouse -- at least not one that I've discovered yet!

An Horse; Not Really Scared EP
Australia's own dynamic duo Kate Cooper and Damon Cox rock the fucking house with their music. The EP in general is a biiiit repetitive, but when you consider just the sheer simplicity and loveable qualities in the sound and in the vocal melodies, you will fall in love.


[ to be updated soon ! ]

Three years later and I...
I'm finally able to write a song for you; this is goodbye.
I can't imagine the ways...
That you were hurting that day with no one beside you.

You were the world to me...
My stars, my sky, and my sea were all inside of you.
You showed me miracles...
Bewitched me body and soul when you were near me.

Did it hurt when you wrote that letter?
Did it hurt when you promised things would get better?
Did it hurt when you pulled the trigger?
Did you know it was your last day on earth?

You put your hand in mine...
You told me we could fly away from the heartbreak; to another place.
Sometimes I hear your voice...
I was told it was your choice but I couldn't face it.

I still miss you so much...
Enough to feel your touch when I'm asleep; you're in my dreams.
You promised you'd never leave...
Your heart no longer beats cos you couldn't keep it.

Did it hurt when you wrote that letter?
Did it hurt when you promised things would get better?
Did it hurt when you pulled the trigger?
Did you know it was your last day on earth?

Did it hurt when you wrote that letter?
Did it hurt when you promised things would get better?
Did it hurt when you pulled the trigger?
Did you know it was your last day on earth?

[ © Cecily LaLonde 2007 ]

h8r;
here then stop talkin crap and obviously im showing my words directly... and your obviously the one trashy for talkin shit in class and hunny i was in choir and i get info quick and i didn't care to read the rest of ur crap cause if you hooking up then that means you in aform of dating... and hooking up with nikko secondly is gross since he is a man whore thast hooks up with anything... and hunny when u know a treat u will know otherwise this is informative kk i read the end cause is looked most boring for someone that likes bush

note. Just to clear this up, I truly, truly hate George Bush. Junior and Senior. Along with Ann Coulter, Condoleezza Rice, and other Right-Wing, lying politicians. Off topic : But, if you are radically Liberal like myself, please read Al Franken's book. Grazi.

& my reply;
Listen sweetheart, I know you mean well and all, but no one appreciates what you're doing except for yourself. I don't actually talk crap, soooo... You're wasting my time, dear.
 
I never said I liked George Bush, so perhaps you're "ignoant"? Whatever that means. I'm assuming it's a synonym for "ignorant."

And what does "im showing my words directly" mean, exactly? I don't speak idiot, I apologise. Oh, and I'm glad you were in the choir. I hope you had a fun time. However, you're NOT in choir anymore. You're NOT a student at my school, so how lame is it that you still keep up with the gossip? It's pretty lame, in case you don't know the answer to the former question.

And... Didn't you hook up with Nikko at one point or another? Har har. You're sweet. And... hm. I think you "didn't care to read the rest of my crap" because you didn't understand the first half.

But that's okay. We all have our weak points! So don't worry about it. You are still a strong, beautiful, sweet individual.
You should look into Silvan Learning Centre. I hear they work miracles. =D

OH. ps;; "and hunny when u know a treat u will know otherwise this is informative"

What on earth does that even mean?

The sender's identity is kept anonymous by me not by her. I am a good person. She doesn't need h8 mail. I'm sure she gets enough as it is.

from: anonymous h8r;
so i heard what happened to u and asian... well i dont feel bad for u i feel bad for him having to deal with a two faced little girl that doesn't know the right from wrong and not to hook up with friends while ur already dating someone... WOOW...seriously if i ever hear my choir buddies come to me saying ur talkin shit about him there is seriously something wrong with u for first of all sayin he treats girls bad when first of all hunny he doesnt and never will he is there for someone no matter what plus if he gives u the cold shoulder u fucking deserve if for being a dumb ignoant litlle girl that shoudl get her face smackedd with ur mouth runny as it is... and hwo dumb can u get for hooking up with a friend of his do u really think choir can keep secrets obvi9ously u got the clue since u been in it for about two years... he's my fuckin asian that doesn't deserve shit from you so if u even try to talk more crap there will be more coming to u and sluts dont go well in choir they get treated like shit ... so have fun... asian gets respect underclassmen dont especialsy bitches that try to talk shit about someone they truely dont know get that straight and grow the fuck up with ur talkin shit no one listens to crap talkers.. just so ya know

my reply;
LOL LMAO LMFAO ROFL ROFLMAO HAHAHA.

Uhm, WHO are you EXACTLY? You do not know me and I do not you. I am almost a little curious to know WHO you are getting your information from.

FIRST, I am guessing we are talking about John Suzuki? WE WERE NEVER DATING. My impression of my relationship with John is that we were really GREAT FRIENDS. I have made it clear to him on at least a few occasions that I was not interested in being more than friends. If you or he or anyone else got an impression that we were more than that - you were all sadly and completely mistaken.  A long time ago, I DID have an interest in him...but he either didn't seem to have an interest in me, took too long to make a move, wasn't ready for a relationship, or WHATEVER, I then accepted we were just friends - and I got over it. As soon as I could.

SECOND, as your language reveals - I think YOU are the one who needs to do a little growing up -- cussing is trashy, and I, personally, do not take part in it.

THIRD, I am happy John does have a great friend like you who would stick up for him and lower herself to sound trashy to a stranger. Good for him. Good for you too.  :)

LAST, I get to say WHATEVER I WANT. WHENEVER I WANT TO SAY IT. About me, about my mom, about John, about you, about the boogeyman, about Jesus, about George W. Bush, about WHOMEVER I would like to say it, to WHOMEVER I would like to say it to.  I would URGE YOU to stop with your idle and childish threats.  I see that you are over 18 and WILL BE TREATED AS AN ADULT IF YOU EVER TRY TO COME NEAR ME.  Period.

I am not familiar with the "thug life", so I don't really know what to say to you about threatening my safety.......except, wow - I am totally shaking in my boots.

Have a wonderful evening. God Bless YOU! Good Night!

dood hes so funniiiiii.
"Oh yeah. Hellboy filed his horns down to look normal. It worked. I mean, besides the the fact that he's huge, had red skin, a giant rock thing for an arm, and a double tail, completely normal."

I'm glad I took the time to get to know you. Even though you're shy. I wouldn't have you any other way.

the reason for this blog, besides I luh me some kyle :

kyle : YOU SHOULD MAKE A BLOG ABOUT ME.
kyle : plz.
cecily : waattt
cecily : y? wut wood i put in it?
kyle : hellboy
kyle : XD
cecily : o dang ya!
cecily : ya i will wen i fill lyk it
cecily : HAHAHAHA
kyle : well fuk u 2 betch


HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
ILY2 KYLE! <3

There's a girl I know who loves with such naivety. She'll stay with me to my grave. She holds the universe inside her heart and though she fears she'll some day fall, she shines with all of the stars.

Her skin like porcelain,, grace in her walk. When she comes into view, all of time stops, and we stare in hopes that she'll come by.

When you look into her eyes, you sing a diffent song that goes along with her smile. I got to meet her once and every word she said was like a melody. She sang to me of her pain.