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Aug. 29th, 2008 09:12 amHappy birthday to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ubiquirk! I hope you have a wonderful day and a good year, too!
ubiquirk! I hope you have a wonderful day and a good year, too!Aug. 29th, 2008
oh, for crying out loud.
Aug. 29th, 2008 10:52 amThis is something I discussed a long time ago here at LJ, because I was doing research for a Sense and Sensibility fanfic. One of the plot points was that the Dashwoods couldn't afford to buy sugar. Patricia Rozema, director of Mansfield Park, mentioned that there was a boycott of cane sugar from the Caribbean two centuries ago in England, because women objected to slave labor being used. So they bought alternates instead (when they could afford it, which the Dashwoods couldn't).
Goes to show how ignorant I am. It's not that I thought slavery was abolished everywhere in the world, it's that when I thought about slavery, it always seemed to be a historical issue and not a contemporary one. This is the 21st century, and I found out via a discussion about homemade Oreos atcopperbadge's LJ that both Hershey's and Nestle use slave labor in the packing of their chocolate. Well, they won't be getting any more of my money.
Instead, if you're interested, here is a list of chocolate brands that are organic, slave-free, or both, as well as a list of where you can obtain them. I have one and a half containers of Hershey's cocoa, and I shall be using them, but I won't buy any more.
Goes to show how ignorant I am. It's not that I thought slavery was abolished everywhere in the world, it's that when I thought about slavery, it always seemed to be a historical issue and not a contemporary one. This is the 21st century, and I found out via a discussion about homemade Oreos at
copperbadge's LJ that both Hershey's and Nestle use slave labor in the packing of their chocolate. Well, they won't be getting any more of my money.Instead, if you're interested, here is a list of chocolate brands that are organic, slave-free, or both, as well as a list of where you can obtain them. I have one and a half containers of Hershey's cocoa, and I shall be using them, but I won't buy any more.
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Aug. 29th, 2008 11:27 amI've decided that the philtrum is the sexiest part of the human face. ( Picspam that you've all seen before: )
I don't care if it's normal or not, but when I encounter someone on a singles website, I want to take it slow. It's just common sense. (And I took it fast once and got blown off spectacularly.)
Brian contacted me earlier this week, and we've exchanged four e-mails over the last few days. He sent me his phone number in his second e-mail. I explained that I'm not much of a phone talker -- even my oldest friends say I'm a bit stilted and awkward on the phone -- so I told him I'd be online this evening.
It was like a job interview for the position of Wife. Do I cook, how's the economy in California (at least that indicates he isn't automatically expecting me to uproot and come to him), do I like kids, do I want to get married and have kids. When he told me to call him, because he wants to go on a date with me, I reiterated that I'm not a phone talker and that I'm not comfortable moving this fast. He said good night about ten seconds later.
I don't think I'll be hearing from him again, which is okay. (Despite the fact that he's 6'1", muscular -- so he says -- and said I'm beautiful ... what was I thinking?!) It's a bit creepy when they're that pushy. Deciphering the gibberish that was his version of chatspeak (all caps and no punctuation) gave me a headache.
Brian contacted me earlier this week, and we've exchanged four e-mails over the last few days. He sent me his phone number in his second e-mail. I explained that I'm not much of a phone talker -- even my oldest friends say I'm a bit stilted and awkward on the phone -- so I told him I'd be online this evening.
It was like a job interview for the position of Wife. Do I cook, how's the economy in California (at least that indicates he isn't automatically expecting me to uproot and come to him), do I like kids, do I want to get married and have kids. When he told me to call him, because he wants to go on a date with me, I reiterated that I'm not a phone talker and that I'm not comfortable moving this fast. He said good night about ten seconds later.
I don't think I'll be hearing from him again, which is okay. (Despite the fact that he's 6'1", muscular -- so he says -- and said I'm beautiful ... what was I thinking?!) It's a bit creepy when they're that pushy. Deciphering the gibberish that was his version of chatspeak (all caps and no punctuation) gave me a headache.