OD'ing on OD.

My roommates were becoming thoroughly sick of me sitting in my room, reading Omnivore's Dilemma, and looking up from my book every two minutes to announce some food fact, so they are quite happy that that is all over with. What I have taken from that book will continue to play a role in my life though. Here is my eating transition: omnivore-->unwilling vegetarian planning on returning to meat eating soon-->willing vegetarian completely freaked out by meat and not planning on going back to it-->open-minded eater, still vegetarian for the quarter, but planning on eating meat sustainably. Quite a journey. I'll admit, some parts of Pollan's narrative were pretty dull to me, and there was just a little too much information that I didn't really care to know. But for the most part, I loved the book. I really appreciated Pollan's point of view. It wasn't preachy, just informative. He wasn't all crazy radical...ahem...Merkel...cough cough...he was just a realistic guy that wanted to learn more about our food and he presented the facts in a way that was un-biased but still convincing enough to make me really want to make an effort to be more sustainable. I'm really glad Brian had us read this book, because I know if it weren't for him, I most likely would never have picked it up. Thanks for everything Brian! We miss you.