I was thinking about this the other day. I care about environmental causes, I volunteer for organizations that deal with those same causes, I won't buy certain types of materials, I won't eat certain types of food, and try to recycle or compost nearly everything that leaves my house. I can be taken as extreme when it comes to my desire to grow 70% of my own food, or eschew commercialized meat products.

I've been called a hippie and a tree-hugger online for those viewpoints (teasing, but serious too).

I think anyone whose met me in real life and has known me for a long time would probably laugh long and hard. I don't fit the stereotypical hippie image. I don't smoke weed (ha!), do any drugs, listen to The Grateful Dead, wear tie-dyed shirts (well, I do have one), my hair isn't in dreads, I don't have hemp braclets and necklaces, and I don't go around saying, "Peace, Love, and Happiness!" Okay, I'm sorry for that liberal usage of hippie stereotypes, but I had to do it.

I'm actually dead-set against illegal drugs (because they are illegal) and will not be around people who are using them (when they are using them). I also, incidentally, will not be around underage drinkers. I don't support breaking laws, but I do support changing them if necessary.

I'm not a strong advocate of peace in all things (although sure, it'd be wonderful in a perfect world), as I did spend six years in the Army National Guard, and I'm certainly not anti-military.

I'm not extremely liberal, as I'm more in the middle.

I suppose this just means that I don't fit the stereotypical hippie. ...Darn, I'm so bummed out about that.

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I know this is rather random, but I couldn't think of anything else to write!