Oceans of Grey

ivoryand:

dunx:

All of these are extremely useful to my lifestyle. I’m going to make flashcards.

k-lit:

-languor:

skanee:(via mattressesunderwater)

Dépaysement: The sensation of being in another country.

La douleur exquise: The heart-wrenching pain of wanting someone you can’t have. Even a Sex in the City episode was named after it!

Chômer: To be unemployed, but because it’s a verb, it makes the state active.

Profiter: To make the most of or take advantage of.

Flâneur: As defined in the book Elegant Wits and Grand Horizontals, it’s “the deliberately aimless pedestrian, unencumbered by any obligation or sense of urgency, who, being French and therefore frugal, wastes nothing, including his time which he spends with the leisurely discrimination of a gourmet, savoring the multiple flavors of his city.”

Esprit d’escalier: The literal translation is staircase wit, but it means to think of a comeback when it’s too late.

Retrouvailles: The happiness of meeting again after a long time.

Sortable: An adjective for someone you can take anywhere without being embarrassed.

Voila/voici: It’s so necessary that we use it all the time. “Voila” literally means “there it is” and “voici means “here it is.”

Empêchement: An unexpected last-minute change of plans. A great excuse without having to be specific

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more on the subject below..

FACTS:

• According to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, the mixed meat-and-vegetable type of diet uses 8 times as much water as the purely vegetarian regimen.
• Plants yield 10 times more protein per acre than meat.
• A man who eats meat has a 50% greater chance of dying from a heart attack. A man who does not eat meat only has a 15% chance of dying from a heart attack.
• Women who consume meat on a daily basis have 3.8 times the risk of developing breast cancer than women who eat meat less than once a week.
• By selecting the vegetarian or vegan alternative, the land used originally for farm animals would feed more people off of plant protein.
• Switching to vegetables one day per week cuts the equivalent of driving 1160 miles per year.
• In the United States, more tomatoes are consumed than any other single fruit or vegetable!
• Actually a fruit, it took a ruling by the Supreme Court in 1893 to make the tomato a vegetable.
• British research shows that a child’s IQ predicts his likelihood of becoming a vegetarian as a young adult. You guessed it: the smarter the child, the more likely they’ll eventually shun meat.

 REASONS TO GO VEGETARIAN/VEGAN:

• Vegetarians live about seven years longer, and vegans (who eat no animal products) about 15 years longer than meat eaters, according to a study from Loma Linda University.  This finding is also backed by the Chinese Health Project (the largest  population study on diet and health to date)
• On average, vegetarians are slimmer than meat eaters, and when we diet, we keep the weight off up to seven years longer. 
• Vegetarians are also less likely to fall victim to weight-related disorders like heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
• Replacing meat, chicken and fish with vegetables and fruits is estimated to cut food bills by an average of $4,000 a year.
• Your bones will last longer. The average bone loss for a vegetarian woman at age 65 is 18 percent; for non-vegetarian women, it’s double that. Researchers attribute this to the consumption of excess protein–the average meat-eating American woman eats 144 percent over the recommended daily allowance; the average man eats 175 percent more.
• You’ll help to bring down the national debt. We spend between $60 billion to $120 billion annually to treat the heart disease, cancer, obesity, and food poisoning that are byproducts of a diet heavy on animal products.

Well I’ve decided that this blogging gig might not be so bad after all. I came to this conclusion, for now, after discussing protocol on tumblr with a friend. You see, she is the only one I know on tumblr, well not the only but more that in a second. Firstly, if I had to start a…

i love a good intellectual ranty waster soliloquy. good job filling the awkward silences with yourself, JY.