musiclover

u didn't give any rating! :lol:

oh yeah! congratz on post # 3000!

you're not ranting! :kiss:

Congratz Maya!! :-) see...all veggies are intelligent! :lol: except me...there are always exceptions to the rule! :D

oh I TOTALLY agree with you! and i have done the communicating and perhaps a bit too much...giving out my emotions and stuff...and some others never have, and now they freak out if i even utter one word! am i to be silenced? :confused: :(

okies! hope you're A-OK! just that i'm in a weird mood right now also. another girl was/is freaked out at me, and all i want is just some 'regular' 'ordinary' talk/friendship/etc. why do some folks make things harder then they are? :(

what? why are people freaking out on me! :/ lol and you're welcome.

awwwwwww (((((((((((Fiona))))))))))))) don't be sad! there'll be others here (or there) to give u good company soon!

^ 10 for SI. Why? 'cuz she's awsome all-round! :-) intelligent, pretty, and nice to talk to!

This is so wonderful! :-) it's great to see who likes classical music and stuff like that! :o) I knew--somehow--that Sternly would like classical! :sneaky: classical music is good for your brains...and she asks so many nerdy questions! :lol: (just kidding!) it's really cool for those who like it. that means i share something personal with ya'll!

US Vegetarians Hesitiate to Capitalize on Mad Cow Case http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Mad-Cow-Vegetarians.html SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, January 1, 2004: Droves of Britons gave up meat during England's mad cow outbreak in the 1980s, but since the discovery of an infected cow in Washington state American vegetarians mostly have trod carefully, trying not to take advantage of a situation that could cost lives and cripple a $40 billion industry. "I caution vegetarians from using mad cow disease as a recruiting tool," said Joseph Connelly, editor of San Francisco-based VegNews magazine. "Mad cow disease is not a good thing no matter how you look at it." Though vegetarian headcounts are imprecise, Britain's meat-free population surged following its bout with mad cow, which killed 143 people, according to Tina Fox, spokeswoman for the Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom. She estimates up to 10 percent of the population is vegetarian, and up to 40 percent has reduced its meat consumption. Vegetarian businesses and advocacy groups mostly say the discovery of mad cow in the United States still is too isolated to prompt people to change their diets. "We're not really at that stage," said Charles Stahler, co-director of the Baltimore-based Vegetarian Resource Group. "They haven't shown that anyone is sick, so it's really very different here." For now, the discovery of one sick cow mostly will steel the minds of existing vegetarians. "It's giving them another good reason to stay firm in their beliefs," said Carla Davis, managing editor of Glen Allen, Va.-based Vegetarian Times magazine, which has a monthly circulation of 300,000. Vegetarianism has been on an upswing in the United States. Vegetarian Resource Group estimates there are roughly 5.7 million adult vegetarians, up from about 2 million a decade ago. Natural foods grocers, including giants Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats, said sales data aren't in yet, but so far shopping habits don't appear to have changed. "I've seen nobody coming in panicking, saying 'I have to become a vegetarian,"' said John Hutchins, manager of the Concord Food Co-Op in Concord, N.H. "But if this keeps going I wouldn't doubt if more people start experimenting." People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals group already has activists around the country distributing information about vegetarianism outside restaurants and launched a new ad campaign: "You would have to be MAD to eat meat." Bruce Friedrich, the group's spokesman, said demand for PETA's free vegetarian starter kits -- a pamphlet of recipes and advice for changing one's diet -- has been so strong the group called in employees from vacation to handle the requests -- 10,000, up from the usual 4,000. "The USDA and the meat industry are playing Russian roulette with the health of the American people, and the national consciousness is being awakened" he said.

that's wonderful, Kettercat! :-) hmmm StupidIntel, if you wanna eat veggie burgers, don't go to some stupid cheap place like McD or Burger King... :rolleyes: Try Chili's burgers...any style. but with black-bean-paddy. I love those sandwiches. Yeah, you've to shell out more than $5, but you also get to sit down and eat, and have those huge fries to go along too! :smug: All i know is, i see meat-eaters turning to vegetarianism, and hardly ever the other way round. People must see at least some good in being veggie!

:stunned: @ Kasia getting dreadlocks. Glad that they're only fake!!

:cool: don't get embarrassed! i'm sure someone will write some music in your name! ;) :kiss:

awwwww sowwie to let you down, girlstar girlie! (((((((((Julia)))))))))) *makes a mental note* Jonny Buckland---guitar; guy berryman... :cool: <<<< ignorant doofus!

'cuz it's for Elise, it's not for you! :lol: ***hugs StupidIntel***

oh that's cool! :-0) and yep, i did mention some really great ones off the top of my head. but that's hardly 'all'... i mean, i didn't even list any of Mozart's! i think everyone should have at least the 'best of' classical music CDs...which would only be a few, i promise! hehe

yeah...the bassist. man, my vision is messed-up! wait, so that's buckland? i don't know the different...lmao. very illeterate in musical terms. just like the music, that's all! and i can tell who's chris martin and who's will champion, not the other two fellas! :embarrased:

oh. and actually, i don't even know how to read sheetmusic. or how to play any instruments. but i love classical. :cool:

:lol: :lol: thanks! i'll change the av soon... ^ 10. u always get some guy with guitar! lmao

oh! they had an all-French night yesterday at the Lincoln Center in NYC...one of the premier venues for classical music in the U.S. they played Ravel. L'Arlessian Suite. a few other things. in half-hour, we'll have the New Years' Day concert from Musikverein, in Vienna Austria....all-Strauss concert of waltz music! It's a great tradition, this New Years' Day concert... :-)

no thanks. the pleasure is all mine. :smug: :cool:

too bad. i'm not trying to stuff classical music down people's throats. just wanted to know what you'd have played when Berlin Wall fell. or when some great leader passed away. or right after 9/11. etc. is there some such lofty, great music in the 'modern' rock repertoire?

:lol: :lol:

:rolleyes: try relaxing to Beethoven's Battle Symphony. Or The Ride of Valkyries by Wagner. Or 1812 Overture. Some good hard beats to those three! :stunned: You want great lyrics? listen to "O Fortuna!" it's pounding, man!