Now that I know carrot seedlings are edible.......

[dalthauser]

I'm thinning out the carrots so the rest can grow bigger.

Aren't these adorable?  


I chopped them up really good


and tossed them into a mixed greens salad (making it even more mixed....)


Go Greens!!


On a Slightly Negative Note.......

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I'm watching Inside Edition (or was it 20/20....) Friday night, and they have a show on Narcissists concentrating on celebrities.  After watching I'm thinking that it sure isn't JUST celebrities displaying this type of behavior. 

This from Wikipedia describing what a narcissist is:

1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance
2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by other special people
4. requires excessive admiration
5. strong sense of entitlement
6. takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. lacks empathy
8. is often envious or believes others are envious of him or her
9. arrogant behavior

IMO almost all of these describes what the the U.S. has become as a country.

I wonder if it's just the Bush Administration - or have we degenerated over decades to be what we are today.

These are examples of why I feel this way:

We let poor people do without basic necessities like health care and food.
We don't respond to the needs of other countries who are experiencing emergencies (Darfur currently - but there have been many)
We expect English to be spoken even when we are in a country where English isn't the first language.
We readily intimidate countries who we disagree with (granted some need to be dealt with - but we are too quick to say we'll take miltary action)

Our country behaves in this manner, and so does most of big business - and small business is following suit - will every individual soon be next?  

I'm very concerned about things like this because I'm seeing more and more of it every day (or am I just noticing it more now that I recognize that it's there.....)

Comments

[jbluemoon.livejournal.com]

Oooo! Salad love!!!

Yeah- I think the country has been in a slow decline.(remember the selfish 80's?)

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

How could you chop up your cute little carrots?
On the other end of the food spectrum, i'm making a meatloaf (part turkey).

I think the whole pop culture thing has just gone of the scale, plus i'm not the first to say it, but the culture has gotten coarser.

[papoose.livejournal.com]

That salad looks really good!

[k2rider78.livejournal.com]

That salad looks yummy.

I worry about the narcissistic and entitled attitudes permeating the pop culture too. But then when I meet people like you who strive to live a simplified life I feel hope.

[reyvin.livejournal.com]

I agree that it would describe the majority of Americans but I wouldn't say it's a recent thing. Not recent enough to blame upon one particular administration. In my opinion, that sort of thinking comes from the plethora of self-help books and counselors who teach that very thing. Love yourself. You're worth it. You are unique and wonderful. Etc etc. Obviously, we have to believe in ourselves to a certain degree but I think in many cases it's been overinflated and not by politics but by psychology.

Just my 2c.

[rawks0me0rama.livejournal.com]

Those are too cute! I wish I had some. Do the tops taste carroty? Or greeny?

I tend to agree with what you're saying. I think a lot of it has to do with people being $$$ hungry & materialistic.

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

They taste greeny :-)

[bright-feather.livejournal.com]

As I was reading the list of nine behaviors, I was seeing our 'illustrious" leader and his band of merry men- but you raise a good point in that the rest of the country is following the same path- mostly in big business. We are definite need of a change of leadership.

[bright-feather.livejournal.com]

ALso meant to say that the greens look yummy.