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Dollita — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:11:19 GMT

Top 10 Reasons to Go Vegetarian in 2008 “I am a very strict vegetarian ... I just really, really love animals, and I act on my values.” - Natalie Portman Many people's New Year's resolutions include losing weight, eating better, getting healthier, and doing more to make the world a better place. You can accomplish all these goals by switching to a vegetarian diet, and you'll enjoy delicious, satisfying meals as well. Here are our top 10 reasons to go vegetarian in 2008: 1. Slim Down While Feeling Good Is shedding some extra pounds first on your list of goals for the new year? Vegetarians are, on average, up to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters. And unlike unhealthy fad diets, which leave you feeling tired (and gaining all the weight back eventually), going vegetarian is the healthy way to keep the excess fat off for good while feeling full of energy. 2. It's the Best Way to Help Animals Every vegetarian saves more than 100 animals a year from horrible abuse. There is simply no other way that you can easily help so many animals and prevent so much suffering than by choosing vegetarian foods over meat, eggs, and dairy products. 3. A Healthier, Happier You A vegetarian diet is great for your health! According to the American Dietetic Association, vegetarians are less likely to develop heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or high blood pressure than meat-eaters. Vegetarians get all the nutrients they need to be healthy (e.g., plant protein, fiber, minerals, etc.) without all the nasty stuff in meat that slows you down and makes you sick, like cholesterol and saturated animal fat. 4. Vegetarian Food Is Delicious So you're worried that if you go vegetarian, you'll have to give up hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, and ice cream? You won't. As the demand for vegetarian food skyrockets, companies are coming out with more and more delicious meat and dairy product alternatives that taste like the real thing but are much healthier and don't hurt any animals. Plus, we have thousands of tasty kitchen-tested recipes to help you get started! 5. Meat Is Gross It's disgusting but true: Meat is often contaminated with feces, blood, and other bodily fluids, all of which make animal products the top source of food poisoning in the United States. Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health tested supermarket chicken flesh and found that 96 percent of Tyson chicken was contaminated with campylobacter, a dangerous bacteria that causes 2.4 million cases of food poisoning each year, resulting in diarrhea, cramping, abdominal pain, and fever. Learn more. 6. Help Feed the World Eating meat doesn't just hurt animals; it hurts people too. It takes tons of crops and water to raise farmed animals-in fact, it takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound of animal flesh! All that plant food could be used much more efficiently if it was fed to people directly. The more people who go vegetarian, the more we can feed the hungry. 7. Save the Planet Eating meat is one of the worst things that you can do for the Earth; it's wasteful, it causes enormous amounts of pollution, and the meat industry is one of the biggest causes of global warming. Adopting a vegetarian diet is more important than switching to a "greener" car in the fight against global warming. 8. All the Cool Kids Are Doing It The list of stars who shun animal flesh is basically a "who's who" of today's hottest celebs. Joaquin Phoenix, Natalie Portman, Tobey McGuire, Shania Twain, Alicia Silverstone, Anthony Kiedis, Casey Affleck, Kristen Bell, INXS lead singer J.D. Fortune, Benji Madden, Alyssa Milano, Common, Joss Stone, and Carrie Underwood are just a handful of the super-sexy vegetarians who regularly appear in People magazine. Check out our recent "World's Sexiest Vegetarians" poll for more hot, compassionate celebs. 9. Look Sexy and Be Sexy Vegetarians tend to be thinner than meat-eaters and have more energy, which is perfect for late-night romps with your special someone. (Guys: The cholesterol and saturated animal fat in meat, eggs, and dairy products don't just clog the arteries to your heart; over time, they impede blood flow to other vital organs as well.) Plus, what's sexier than someone who is not only mega-hot, but also compassionate? 10. Pigs Are Smarter Than Your Dog While most people are less familiar with pigs, chickens, fish, and cows than they are with dogs and cats, animals used for food are every bit as intelligent and able to suffer as the animals who share our homes are. Pigs can learn to play video games, and chickens are so smart that their intelligence has been compared by scientists to that of monkeys. Read more about these amazing animals. Ready to get started? Make 'Go vegetarian' your resolution for 2008 and we'll help you every step of the way. Have a happy, healthy, and humane new year!

GO VEGETARIAN!

Dollita — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:53:55 GMT

hi all trying to end animal cruelty and help save the planet. <br><a href="http://www.peta.org?c=pnyrveg08" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.peta.org/images/Vegetarian.gif" width="300" height="210" border="0"></a></embed><br />

AND THE VOTING SAGA CONTINUES...

Dollita — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:53:48 GMT

So I think I have the steps narrowed down now (fingers crossed cuz they don't explain it very well on the site). Please do as follows and vote for me as many times as they will allow: 1. go towww.freetobefamous.com 2. register with their site and create a username and password 3. log in 4. on the main page where it says search videos type in dollita 5. my video will pop up and you press play and watch it 6. underneath the video window is a hand forming the thumbs up and it says vote, click on that 7. it will say thank you your vote has been submitted and then it will apply that vote to my account I still have no word from the webmaster on how many times you can vote but I know you can't vote more than once a day for sure. Sorry it is such a pain and so much work on a daily basis but I need all of you to help me out. Thanks in advance for all your votes. XXOO

VOTE FOR ME

Dollita — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:15:24 GMT

the site again is: www.freetobefamous.com

Voting for ME

Dollita — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:13:43 GMT

Hi, So I think there is a glitch or hitch to voting on the site. I tested it using my kid’s info. Here is how it works: You have to register to vote, so you click on that and fill in the info to sign up. Then you log in under the username and password you set up. Then at the main screen if you type in dollita it will search all the videos for mine. Once it has it, underneath the video is a vote button or link or whatever, click on it and it will submit a vote for me. I think you can vote more than once, but not in the same day. I will test that theory tomorrow and let you know since I already voted today. I know it is a a pain to have to register and all that crap, but please do it and vote for me cause I really need and want this. Thanks so much. And feel free to have all your friends, family, and co-workers sign up and vote for me too.

Vote for ME ME ME

Dollita — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:42:36 GMT

So the voting for the CW contest to win a walk on role is started and my video audition is on the site under my screen name of Dollita. Vote for me as many times as you can, vote for me until your fingers bleed. the site is www.freetobefamous.com Much love to all of you. Now lets get to voting.

Audition videos

Dollita — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:29:43 GMT

Hey everyone. There is a contest to win a role on one of the CW's shows. I am posting my audition videos as soon as I resolve some technical difficulties, the deadline for submissions is July 15th. So on July 16th please go to the site and vote for me millions of times, or as many as they will allow. The site is www.freetobefamous.com If it doesn't have my pic on there, look for my username of Dollita and vote for me please. Thanks in advance to you all. XXOO

Fighting for his life...

Dollita — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:44:16 GMT

So I am pet sitting my friend's dogs, 2 boxers, and they are both super sweet but a little rowdy and rough. It is a boy named Tito and a girl named Tuesday. Tuesday is a big brute who just walks all over you, literally, cause she doesn't realize it hurts and how heavy she is. Tito is the calmer of the 2 except he was abused before they got him so he hates other animals as a rule and people as well (he usually has to get to know you first in a one on one basis to warm up, you could never just walk up to him on the street and pet him). So...I have a kitten that got beat up by one of my other cats and needed isolation and antibiotics for a week so I brought him to my friend's and locked him in the back bedroom away from the dogs. I opened the door this morning to give him his medicine and Tito got past me and went after the cat! I immediately grabbed him and am on the ground wrestling with him to keep him from getting the cat who is cornered up against the bed frame and freakin out. Then Tuesday comes in and I really freak and start yelling for my daughter Cassi to come help me. Tuesday could have cared less about the cat, she just wanted to see what all the drama was but TIto wanted to kill him and kept fighting me and going for this poor cat's throat. So then the cat got up onto the bed, Tito went after him, Cassi is in there trying to catch the cat, and in the whole mess Tito knocks into me and I fall down and smack face first into the nightstand by the bed. Finally Cassi was able to get the dogs out and the cat was under the bed hiding. None of the animals got hurt. Cassi got scratched up pretty bad by the cat. I hurt my shoulder, my thumb, my knees, and mainly my face. My chin hurts where it hit the table, my lower teeth bit into my lower lip on the inside so there is a big old gash there that hurts, my lip is swollen and hurting, and my right front tooth got hit and feels a little wiggly now (I think it must have been hit by the bottom teeth or something cause if I had hit the table dead on with the front teeth they probably wouldn't still be in my mouth), it was just a weird angle that I hit it I guess. Enough to do some damage, but not enough to knock any teeth out or break anything. GEEZ! The things I go through in defense of animals. So if you see me while I am still all busted up don't laugh.

Health & Fitness

Dollita — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:08:19 GMT

So I am not going to say I have resolutions, instead I have goals. I am not dieting, I am changing my eating habits. I am changing my lifestyle back to what it once was before it is too late for me to reverse the damage my sedentary life of late has caused. Believe it or not I used to be thin (never skinny) and athletic. I was on the swim team, soccer team, vollyball team, and I ran track. Yes I ran. I used to ride my bike everywhere and I was in such good shape I could ride up steep hills without standing up, I just used the power of my legs. I roller skated, danced, and skateboarded all over. I took gymnastics and ballet, went horseback riding, and so many other things. Now I weight more than I did when I was pregnant with either of my kids. My heart is so out of shape that I get winded just walking and talking sometimes we won't even talk about stairs or hills. Even my fat clothes are starting to get snug in the belly, my bad eating habits are catching up with me. Not that I really eat bad, I actually make very healthy choices sometimes, but they are cancelled out by the bad ones. And I exercise, but not enough. So I am done waiting for a miracle pill to melt off the pounds I have put on and I am done being lazy and sedentary. I was an active person, I was healthy once. I don't even recognize myself anymore. And I know people will say I should be accepting of my body but I think that only applies to people who are overweight and being judged unfairly by others. In my case I need to stop accepting my body and get it back to where it once was and where it should be. I maybe need to accept my body's limitations and not overdo it, but I cannot accept this fat and this unhealthiness I have now. So I am gonna get past my unmotivatedness and work out as much as I can safely. I am gonna eat healthier and stop caving in to unhealthy cravings (at least stop caving in so often). I love fruit & veggies, don't know why I don't eat them more. And I am gonna get outside more and enjoy this beautiful state, I love nature and animals so I don't know why I sit home so often watching cable when I could be on the beach or taking a walk somewhere, The point of my long winded rant is that I am making a change and sticking to it now. And if I fall off the wagon and eat something bad I am not gonna give up and let myself go to pot cause of one slip up. And I am going to eat better and stop buying junk just cause it is cheaper than the healthy stuff. I will keep you updated on my progress in my blog. Wish me luck.

Audition

Dollita — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:40:45 GMT

So I went to the audition, I was terrified and nervous. When I got there it was just me and this guy, he was very cool. The casting director gave us sides and we basically had to improv a scene together. It was fun, awkward though, I think we were both nervous. Then another guy showed up, he was super cool and friendly, we also had to do the same improv scene together. No offense to the 1st guy, but the scene with guy 2 was great and so much better, the producer loved it. Then I had to do another scene with guy 1. Basically they kept me around for about an hour and a half doing scenes with the guys, not a lot of women had come to audition and the 2 who were there left after theirs. I am hoping that means they liked me since they kept me so long, but I still haven't heard anything. Either way it was a good experience and a milestone for me since this was my 1st audition for a real part on a TV show. The only other auditions I have done were for student projects. Anyway, I am definitely gonna get my enrollment for school settled and start my acting classes again. And once I get my headshots I plan to audition a lot more, whenever I can squeeze them in around my day job. Wish me luck all.

hello hello

Dollita — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:51:42 GMT

Hi all, I am pet sitting my friend's 2 boxers and her chinchilla today thru Sunday and I have the use of her laptop so I thought I would say hi. I know it is a long time between posts, I have just been crazed. I had an audition last night for a part on the series "The Investigators" which is on Court TV. I think it went well, everyone was super friendly and they kept me for an hour and a half playing the girl parts to the guys (not too many women showed up), so I hope that means they liked me. We'll see. Wish me luck. More later.

Long time no chat

Dollita — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:14:47 GMT

Hi everyone, Sorry I haven't been on for a while, been tied up with life's day to day and just haven't been able to get on the PC like I would like to stay in touch. Good news though, I have signed up for the Comcast triple play deal so today I will again have cable, a home phone, and internet. Woo Hoo!!! Now I will be able to keep in touch with all of you and the tribes. I've missed you all. Talk more soon.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Dollita — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:42:27 GMT

To all my tribe friends, and I am blessed to have made so many already, and to all the tribes I belong to I wanna wish everyone Happy Holidays and Best Wishes. Love, Dollita

Wish I had...

Dollita — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:36:50 GMT

Man, I came across this pic in an article about the top highest paid actresses and was blown away. I have never been a huge fan of Renee's and I am not overly impressed with her face, but this is a body I would definitely wish to have. Wonder how many crunches that'll take me?

Do you really know me?

Dollita — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:00:20 GMT

Do you really know me? Or do you judge me by my outside? I am more than just what you see. I am things we tend to hide. What is it that attracts you? My legs, my arms, my chest, my face. Is it all superficial in your view? Or do my thoughts, dreams, opinions, & goals also have a place. I feel your stare. I hear what you say. But you are not being fair. When you judge me shallowly this way. Do you really know me? Do you bother to learn? Or do you judge only by what you see? And never bother to discern. By Dollita

Unbelievable!!!

Dollita — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:08:36 GMT

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone does something wrong to you or in general, you call them on it, and they have the nerve to get mad at you. Like they are the victim and not the wrongdoer in the situation! Perfect example: Saturday night my daughter and I went to get some videos to watch and some snacks. We are walking home and are in the crosswalk. This car is hella far back and has plenty of time to see people are crossing and stop like they are supposed to. Instead they keep on driving and drive right in front of me, had I not slowed and then stopped she would have just ran me down. So I was mad and rightly so and I yelled at her as she passed "Crosswalk, geez run me down". No name calling or profanity or anything. What does she do? She makes an illegal u-turn to come back past me and yell "shut the fuck up fat bitch". She is at fault but suddenly I am the bad guy. I guess she was hoping to hurt my feelings and get the last word, clearly she doesn't know me. So I yelled back "fuck you, get some driver's ed you fucking cow". And that was that. She turned left onto my street (I had thought for a minute she might actually be waiting around the corner for me to start more crap) and was gone. Scandalous that she couldn't just admit she was wrong and let it go, she had to be a punk on top of a bad driver and make it into more than it needed to be.

Birthday Blues Part 2

Dollita — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:23:47 GMT

So today is my birthday and I am stuck working. Last year and this year are the only 2 times I have EVER worked on my birthday and I can see now why I never did it before, IT SUCKS! This day is lasting forever and not in a good way. Plus to add to my blues, I am so low on fundage that I cannot afford to really do anything to celebrate. I am going to dinner with friends later which will be awesome, but I am gonna have to wait to get myself anything else. I was hoping I would have my deposit refund from the house we just moved from by now, but Murphy's law dictates that cannot happen. DAMN that Murphy!!!

Another survey on Tribe

Dollita — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:58:41 GMT

Copy this and paste it in your blog with your one word answers. 1. Yourself: Tired 2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend: Non-Existant 3. Your hair: Uncooperative 4. Your mother: Evil 5. Your father: Unknown 6. Your favorite thing: Acting 7. Your dream last night: Yes 8. Your favorite drink: Tea 9. Your dream car: Lamborghini 10. The room you are in: Office 11. Your Ex: Missed 12. Your fear: Failure 13. What you want to be in 10 years: Actress 14. Who you hung out with last night: Daughter 15. What you're not: Thin 16. Muffins: Good 17: One of your wish list items: Car 18: Time: Precious 19. The last thing you did: Typed 20. What you are wearing: Pants 21. Your favorite weather: Spring 22. Your favorite book: Lots 23. The last thing you ate: Sandwich 24. Your life: Struggling 25. Your mood: Impatient 26. Your best friend: Autum 27. What you are thinking about right now: Food 28. Your vehicle: None 29. What you are doing at the moment: Typing 30. Your summer: Gone 31. Your relationship status: Single 32. What is on your TV: DVD 33. What the weather is like: Cool 34. The last time you laughed: Earlier 35. Odd or even numbers: Odd

Survey

Dollita — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:22:21 GMT

1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:45am 2. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? The Grudge 2 (and I have great taste in movies, we are all allowed one mistake and Pulse was it) 3. What fictional character do you want to be like? "Sydney Bristow" from the television series Alias or "Phoebe" from Charmed. 4. What did you have for breakfast? A deluxe breakfast from Mickey D's (what? I can be bad once in a while). 5. What is your middle name? Thelma (Yuck!) 6. What is your favourite cuisine? Food from the UK. (Bangers and Mash, Shepard's Pie, Irish Stew, etc..) & steak and potatoes or roast and potatoes, basically any kind of meat and potatoes (what can I say, I'm Irish) 7. Your favourite Potato chip? Fritos Honey BBQ twists, baked lays, or Sun Chips 8. What is your favourite CD at the moment? A mix CD I made with music off my ipod. 9. What kind of car do you drive, color, year? I don't have a car right now but I am getting one. 10. Favourite sandwich? the new steak and cheddar thing from Jack in the Box. Yum! and gyros 11. What characteristics do you despise? close-mindedness, hypocrisy, selfishness, and laziness. 12. Favourite item of clothing? my orange and white basball style t-shirt from Academy of Art that says "Looking Good, Feeling Good". 13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Ireland, Greece, Egypt, Scotland, England, basically all over europe 14. What color is your bathroom? white and like a tanish green i think, we just moved there so i could be wrong. 15. Favourite brand of clothing? I like Old Navy a lot. Torrid is cool too. 16. Where would you want to retire? anywhere in Europe (see choices above). 17. Where were you born? Cincinnati, Ohio 18. Favourite sport to watch? Football (not American football, soccer as they call it here) and hockey (love the violence and when they get mad and throw their gloves off I love it) 19. What laundry detergent do you use? it varies, depends on the smell. 20. Coke or Pepsi? Coke! 21. Are you a morning person or night owl? Night Owl for sure. 22. Do you have any pets? 3 cats; Alizay, Cleopatra (Cleo for short), and Romeo. 23. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with everyone? Just moved back to Alameda from Vallejo, very psyched about that. 24. What did you want to be when you were little? An actress, archeologist, lawyer, docor, author, ballerina. 25. Favourite candy bar? Hershey's with almonds 26. What is your best childhood memory? My great Aunt (who raised me) playing in the yard with me and us making mud pies and throwing them at the back of the house and watching them stick. She was my best friend. 27. What are the different jobs you have had in your life? waitress, receptionist, valet for Saks and Morton's of Chicago, parking garage cashier, special events flagger, Dept. store cleaner, fast food worker, door to door sales, canvassing for donation for not for profit groups, bagger, grocery cashier, garage manager, office administrator, etc... 28. What color underwear are you wearing? pale blue 29. Nicknames? Pixie, Dollita, Attila the Honey, Double Trouble, Wicked 1 30. Piercing? 4, all on my ears, 2 on each lobe 31. Eye color? light brown. 32. Ever been to Africa? No 33. Ever been toilet papering? Yes (as an adult actually, never as a kid) 34. Love someone so much it made you cry? Yes 35. Been in a car accident? yeah, i was a passenger in the backseat and we were turning left into a driveway and there was a semi behind us and the guy in the car behind the semi got impatient and went around him and plowed into our left side. really messed me up, the whole car buckled like an accordian. 36. Are you in love right now? no (unless you count still being hung up on my ex who was perfect as a man could be) 37. Favourite day of the week? Saturday cause i don't have to work at all and there is still another day after it before i do 38. Favourite restaurant? Irish Bank and this place we went to after renfair once that i cannot remember the name of. 39. Disney or Warner brothers? both are okay 40. Favourite fast food restaurant? Sonic, Jack In the Box, popeyes 41. What color is your bedroom carpet? light brown 42. How many times did you fail your driver's test? never failed the written but failed the driving test once cause i was using my boyfriend's dad's car and you could not adjust the seats and i was too far away from the pedals and they said i was "TOO" cautious at stop signs. 43. Besides this one, from whom did you get your last email? a customer 44. What store would you choose to max out your credit card? Borders Books, Old Navy, The Gap 48. Bedtime? usually 11pm unless i am wiped out, then 10pm 49. Who are you most curious about their responses to this questionnaire? Everyone! 50. What are you listening to right now? nothing but the sound of my fan and the clacking of my typing on the keyboard 51. What is your favourite color? deep royal metallic blue 52. Lake, Ocean or river? Ocean for sure, I am a total ocean chick 53. How many tattoos do you have? 1, a very sexy anklet of rosebuds on a vine and it is colored. 54. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? hmmm.... toughy. getting a headache now, must stop trying to think... 55. Favourite number? 7, 13, or 21 56. What music are you sick of now that you weren't 2 years ago? rap 57. Time finished? 1:22pm

Birthday Blues

Dollita — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:27:40 GMT

So we just moved recently and thus my funds are depleted. I am waiting to get my deposit on the last place back, but if that doesn't happen before my B-Day then I am pretty much screwed. I want to do something for my birthday but with low fundage I am bummed cause I don't think I will get to do anything.