animal by-product jar & my fly friend

    So recently I had the idea of an animal by-product jar that I posted on the peta2 boards  and it seems that most people love the idea so I will post it here as well.

So this idea may have been thought of before I'm not sure but I just thought of it myself this morning. I am only vegetarian though I do support veganism. I think what happens to the animals in the diary, egg and other industries that result in animal by-products is horrible. Every time I drink milk I am thinking of what happens to the veal calves etc. Anyways I was drinking a cup of milk this morning when I had an interesting thought.  

I am sure you have all heard of a swear jar. When the person [normally children of people in a family household] swears they have to put money into a jar. People have used this kind of thing to stop other types of bad behaviors as well. So I thought why not make a animal by-product jar. 

[I haven't for myself yet once I have a job so I have a steady flow of income I most likely will] So every time you choose to consume dairy, eggs or other animal by-products you would put money into the jar and then that money could go for a donation to a farm animal sanctuary or maybe even buying vegan alternatives that way even if it doesn't slow down your consumption of the animal by-products it will at least be putting a flow of money into helping animals. 

You could adjust the rules for yourself. You could choose to do it only for every time you drink milk, or just eggs. You could also set different amounts of money for the different types of products. For Example: 

Milk: $0.75 Egg: $0.50 Other Dairy Products like Ice Cream, Cheese, Yogurt, Butter, Cream, Milk Chocolate: $0.25 Honey, Gelatin (Some people say this isn't vegetarian I know) and other known small ingredients: $0.10  

I set the example money amounts low (I think) you can choose whatever works for you. So what do you guys think good idea? You could decorate your jar with peta2 stickers take a photo and send it in with your story on how you are trying to lean more towards veg*ism (this could also be used by you meat eater activists to limit your meat in take)and what you did or will do with your money and I'm sure peta2 might even give some street team points.

   So let me know what you guys think!  I also just wanted to post a picture on here in response with my reply on another peta2 board topic.

I wouldn't kill a fly like that shoo it away sometimes if it gets really annoying flying around my head but most of the time if they land on my arms and stuff I just watch them and let them sit there for a bit and then they fly away....

my fly friend

     Am I going to make a big deal if someone else kills a fly, no.  Will I kill a harmless fly if they are just hanging out on or around me, no. If you read the rest of my reply on the topic I do sometimes kill horse flies and such bugs that hurt me, but why kill a harmless housefly? [though I guess they still can carry diseases]

   Anyway if you haven't yet you should join the peta2 street team [it is free!] so you can join in on the interesting conversations going on on the peta2 boards!

Peace, Love, Far.

my awesome new shoes!

Hello

    I have an announcement to make everybody.... I love boobies and my awesome new shoes that just came in the mail today!

me wearing my new shoes

    These shoes come from my favorite shoe company Macbeth
Here is some pros and cons for this specific pair of shoes [so far]

Pros:

• they look awesome [they come with plain black laces, but the I <3 boobies laces are the best part]
• true to size 
• comfortable
• they are vegan! [even come in a box made of recycled material]
• they support Keep A Breast Foundation 
• [they also come in men's but instead of having blue they have red]

Cons:

• somewhat pricey [originally $55, I bought them on Zappos on sale for $44 with free shipping]
• they are made in Indonesia
• only $3 goes to supporting KAB [but they still work great in spreading the word!]

    

    These are my second pair of Macbeth shoes, the first pair I bought were vegan but they were a men's pair so they don't fit me as well so aren't as comfortable and they are also white. [I have gotten Canadian goose poop stains all over them, they basically all came out though]

my first pair

    

    Overall I love them both and am recommending that people looking for vegan shoes or any shoes for that matter go and check them out and think about buying them.  Also make sure to check out and support the Keep A Breast Foundation, they are awesome and they are also against animal testing!

Love

me, myself, and peta2

Hey

    So I started this account a few months ago and was going to make it a blog about my personal in depth beliefs on different animal rights issues.  Two blog posts later and I decided I didn't want to do that anymore.  So now I am going to be doing something more fun.  Far far blog will be more like your usual blog.  It will basically be about the hippie part of me.  So I will be blogging about my favorite products, companies, and organizations that are either vegetarian, animal, human, and or earth friendly.  From time to time I might add in the negatives that people who care about humans, animals, and or the earth should know about and help spread the word about but I am going to try to keep this more of an optimistic blog.  There also might occasionally be blogs on other things such as daily happenings or some of my other interests sprinkled in.

    I think I am going to try and keep most of my blog entries short yet at least somewhat informative.  For now I am not going to keep myself on a schedule about when I have to blog or how often or anything like that.  I don't want to keep this as just an introductory blog so I am going to try and jump right into some actual blogging.

    PETA, I'm sure if you are reading my blog chances are you already know of this organization.  They are a very controversial well know organization that supports animal rights.  I know some of you other hippie's might not care for them but personally I love PETA and everything they do especially when it comes to just spreading the word about animal rights.  But the first thing I really want to blog about is peta2, I really love peta2 likely because I am only 19.

    Peta2 is a branch off of PETA they still do the same great work but they work more through bands, actors, actresses, athletes, schools and colleges to get the word out to teens and young adults.  If you haven't already I suggest all of you teen animal lovers go and sign up for the peta2 street team.  It is free and as a member of the street team you can talk on the peta2 boards with other teens like yourself and for doing things to support animal rights you can earn points that gets you cool "street team goods". [animal rights merch!]  You can also find me on the peta2 street team as F.A.R.

    Also while I am at it I will mention another branch off PETA, PETAKiDS, a branch of course appropriate in spreading the word of animal rights for younger kids.  So depending on your age or preference please check one of them out.  Also if you don't have money to spare like myself [a jobless college kid] you can always contact PETA and ask for them to send you some promotional information and they will gladly send you some awesome stickers and information!

    So I noticed this first blog entry is more boring and a little lengthier then I would have liked it to be.  But I promise it will get better [without the talk of blogging and with more multimedia etc] so it would be great if you stuck around and followed ffb.  I will also be tweaking with the layout and design of the blog still. [I tried to make it decent looking before I posted at all] Leave a comment, contact me by e-mail [farfarblog@gmail.com], like the ffb facebook page, and spread the word.  Comments, questions and suggestions are all appreciated and trolling will be ignored and deleted!

Peace