Feed the Vegan
Well at about 6 o'schlock on Twoosdaye I decided to join the Team Brick rehersal that was happening at 8, which I did and it was much fun. Twas in aid of the gig we did on Wednesday at the Louisiana. The silly place had a flyer deal, so Matt (actually Team Brick) decided to get everyone who would consider going to see him to join the band for the night, and thus pay nothing.
It started with Matt playing the guitar and everyone singing, then we all joined in on various forms of precussion (I played the sauspan) and gradually the singing and the guitar left and a 20 minute improvised (though with a loose pre-arranged structure) ensued. At the end we all collapsed "dead" on the floor and stayed there whilst the audience clapped. Then they stop clapping and we still stayed there. We stayed there some more and someone started talking and someone else "shooshed" them! Also, apparently (though I myself did not hear this) these greats quotes were heard: "I think it's art", and (guy who's just walked into a near silent room): "what's going on?" (response): "there are some guys lying on the floor". Of course a mobile phone went off as well, and added to the amusement. Eventually when we got up, we got applauded again! It was all good apart from when I "died" I landed in some poor blokes near full pint and only managed to half move out the ensuing alcohol puddle. I also hurt a muscle from playing the sauspan too hard.
The band on after us weren't much of anything interesting (though they did try, bless 'em in thier crazy hippy costumes, and the smilely, swooshy singer in her ball gown proudly proclaiming "this song is about balloons") and I spent the rest of the night downstairs talking to people (though there was apparently some reasonable post-rock on last).
Eventually the only two people left in the place were me and a guy called George, with the topics of conversation revolving mainly around food and music. It turns out he'd been a vegan for the past 7 years, but had recently stopped, and was only just re-discovering the joys of things like milk chocolate! A trip to the 24-hour spa in town ensued. As a fellow sugar junkie, I knew he'd appreciated some white chololate (this time in the form of a flake snow) and a cream egg (he hadn't had one yet), and that he needed to be introduced full fat milk as the perfect compliment to chocolate (he was shocked at how nice it was - aparently soya milk tasted like watery lentils, or some other description I can't remember) and finally, he got some cruchy-nut corn flakes for his breakfast (he hadn't been eating HONEY!). A trip back to mine later (to see my spangly keyboard) and I fed him some more white chocolate (this time thorntons) and some jammy dodgers, before he went on his way. If anyone sees him, do him a favour and feed him dairy. If anyone sees me, it's ok, I'm meant to be this skinny - it's genetic.
Thursday didn't really happen, because when I got up I got up too quickly and had a massive head rush. Normally these things go away with a brief pause and some deep breathing, but not yesterday - I actually collapsed and started convulsing - so much that scrapped a little skin off my knees and I thwacked my face on the wall (luckly I only have the tiniest hint of a bruise on my cheek, and it's pretty much just the colour of blusher). I know it wasn't fainting, cos I was concious enough to know what was happening to me, and to say "ow" when I hit my face, but needless to say it was a little scary. I put a bag of frozen vegetables on my face, and ate my breakfast (with lots of sugar, for extra strength), but I was still feeling light-headed, and so decided the best course of action was to retreat to my bed for the day, and then just stay there, seeing as it was night-time, and time to sleep again. Unfortunatly, this meant James couldn't come round for a cup of tea (sorry), but today I do feel fine, and got up slowly and didn't even have a normal head rush.
There are some good gigs on tonight, but I'm afraid I must miss them as I have deadlines looming and I really should do some work. Also I have my first band practise of the year (not counting team brick, I mean band I am regularly in) tommorow, so there goes the day time in which I could do work.
Now I know I've written alot already, and I know no-one really cares about the stupid quizes, but I like doing them, so I'm going to do the latest one doing the rounds on my Derby LJ friends pages.
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Jen
2. Occasionally Jennifer
3. But never Jenny
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. Fuchsia
2. Thesecondmouse
3. Those are the main ones at the moment
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
Just 3? But I <3 me!
A completely non-exhaustive list:
1. Being rather intelligent means I can do relativly little work and still pass
2. Being rather talented means I can write nice music and play nice instruments
3. Having very green eyes with no other colours in, just different shades of green means I just rule in general
THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. That I can't always motivate myself and pass in the way I'd like to
2. Not being talented at skatboarding. I've tried. I've failed.
3. That my eyes are short-sighted and I have to wear contacts cos I can't find any glasses that suit me
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Pretty much any horror movie, even the shit ones
2. Collapsing and convulsing uncontrolably
3. The possiblity that I might eat too much sugar and get diabetes
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
(I'll go with Tom's answer on this one. I don't eat much, but I've never gone a whole day without food)
1. Food
2. Water
3. Oxygen
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Jeans
2. Jacket
3. Cardigan
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. St. Ides Heaven by Elliott Smith
2. Needle in the Hay by Elliott Smith
3. The rest of the self-titled Elliott Smith album
THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Living in a house, not a block of flats, that's not my parents
2. Maybe recording at least a few songs in the way I WANT them to be. Jar gigs are a little limiting at the moment, and I've never recorded something I've been happy with before. This is a summer holiday project I feel.
3. Not harping on about my love life. Not strictly new, as I've been trying out for a little while now, and am quite liking it. It probably won't last though.
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. I love Bristol
2. I love Nottingham
3. I love Derby
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Skinnyness
2. Geekiness (physically, this probably just transpires as geeky clothes. I like shirts. Mmm.)
3. Poor eyesight (accessorised with nice glasses)
THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. Skateboard (well, I can skate along, but I mean do anything interesting
2. Touch my nose with my tongue (tis as pity, as I like to learn these pointless little talents)
3. Get out of bed early in the morning really easily
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Musicing
2. Dancing
3. Writing
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Have all back pain miraculously taken away
2. Have all my coursework magically done so I can go out tonight, and other nights
3. Have tea ready for me when I go home so I don't have to "cook"
THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Writing shit bubble-gum pop for smiley bouncy dancing people to sing and earn me lots of money
2. Writing music for anything that'll pay me to do so
3. If desparate, program multi-media crap, preferably web sites, though anything that pays will do if I'm desparate
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION IN THE NEXT YEAR:
1. USA (won't happen - change of plan)
2. Er, actually, this summer i'll probably just stay in:
3. Bristol
THREE KID'S NAMES:
1. Josie
2. Imogen
3. Dylan
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Make lots of music
2. Have a book published (life long dream - it doesn't need to sell, just BE PUBLISHED)
3. Get married and have kids (in the distant future)
THREE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO DO THIS:
1. Nobody
2. The people that have done it already have done it well enough
3. Anyone that wants to should though - sod the fact that it's boring and skipped over by everyone else.
It started with Matt playing the guitar and everyone singing, then we all joined in on various forms of precussion (I played the sauspan) and gradually the singing and the guitar left and a 20 minute improvised (though with a loose pre-arranged structure) ensued. At the end we all collapsed "dead" on the floor and stayed there whilst the audience clapped. Then they stop clapping and we still stayed there. We stayed there some more and someone started talking and someone else "shooshed" them! Also, apparently (though I myself did not hear this) these greats quotes were heard: "I think it's art", and (guy who's just walked into a near silent room): "what's going on?" (response): "there are some guys lying on the floor". Of course a mobile phone went off as well, and added to the amusement. Eventually when we got up, we got applauded again! It was all good apart from when I "died" I landed in some poor blokes near full pint and only managed to half move out the ensuing alcohol puddle. I also hurt a muscle from playing the sauspan too hard.
The band on after us weren't much of anything interesting (though they did try, bless 'em in thier crazy hippy costumes, and the smilely, swooshy singer in her ball gown proudly proclaiming "this song is about balloons") and I spent the rest of the night downstairs talking to people (though there was apparently some reasonable post-rock on last).
Eventually the only two people left in the place were me and a guy called George, with the topics of conversation revolving mainly around food and music. It turns out he'd been a vegan for the past 7 years, but had recently stopped, and was only just re-discovering the joys of things like milk chocolate! A trip to the 24-hour spa in town ensued. As a fellow sugar junkie, I knew he'd appreciated some white chololate (this time in the form of a flake snow) and a cream egg (he hadn't had one yet), and that he needed to be introduced full fat milk as the perfect compliment to chocolate (he was shocked at how nice it was - aparently soya milk tasted like watery lentils, or some other description I can't remember) and finally, he got some cruchy-nut corn flakes for his breakfast (he hadn't been eating HONEY!). A trip back to mine later (to see my spangly keyboard) and I fed him some more white chocolate (this time thorntons) and some jammy dodgers, before he went on his way. If anyone sees him, do him a favour and feed him dairy. If anyone sees me, it's ok, I'm meant to be this skinny - it's genetic.
Thursday didn't really happen, because when I got up I got up too quickly and had a massive head rush. Normally these things go away with a brief pause and some deep breathing, but not yesterday - I actually collapsed and started convulsing - so much that scrapped a little skin off my knees and I thwacked my face on the wall (luckly I only have the tiniest hint of a bruise on my cheek, and it's pretty much just the colour of blusher). I know it wasn't fainting, cos I was concious enough to know what was happening to me, and to say "ow" when I hit my face, but needless to say it was a little scary. I put a bag of frozen vegetables on my face, and ate my breakfast (with lots of sugar, for extra strength), but I was still feeling light-headed, and so decided the best course of action was to retreat to my bed for the day, and then just stay there, seeing as it was night-time, and time to sleep again. Unfortunatly, this meant James couldn't come round for a cup of tea (sorry), but today I do feel fine, and got up slowly and didn't even have a normal head rush.
There are some good gigs on tonight, but I'm afraid I must miss them as I have deadlines looming and I really should do some work. Also I have my first band practise of the year (not counting team brick, I mean band I am regularly in) tommorow, so there goes the day time in which I could do work.
Now I know I've written alot already, and I know no-one really cares about the stupid quizes, but I like doing them, so I'm going to do the latest one doing the rounds on my Derby LJ friends pages.
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Jen
2. Occasionally Jennifer
3. But never Jenny
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. Fuchsia
2. Thesecondmouse
3. Those are the main ones at the moment
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
Just 3? But I <3 me!
A completely non-exhaustive list:
1. Being rather intelligent means I can do relativly little work and still pass
2. Being rather talented means I can write nice music and play nice instruments
3. Having very green eyes with no other colours in, just different shades of green means I just rule in general
THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. That I can't always motivate myself and pass in the way I'd like to
2. Not being talented at skatboarding. I've tried. I've failed.
3. That my eyes are short-sighted and I have to wear contacts cos I can't find any glasses that suit me
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Pretty much any horror movie, even the shit ones
2. Collapsing and convulsing uncontrolably
3. The possiblity that I might eat too much sugar and get diabetes
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
(I'll go with Tom's answer on this one. I don't eat much, but I've never gone a whole day without food)
1. Food
2. Water
3. Oxygen
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Jeans
2. Jacket
3. Cardigan
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. St. Ides Heaven by Elliott Smith
2. Needle in the Hay by Elliott Smith
3. The rest of the self-titled Elliott Smith album
THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Living in a house, not a block of flats, that's not my parents
2. Maybe recording at least a few songs in the way I WANT them to be. Jar gigs are a little limiting at the moment, and I've never recorded something I've been happy with before. This is a summer holiday project I feel.
3. Not harping on about my love life. Not strictly new, as I've been trying out for a little while now, and am quite liking it. It probably won't last though.
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1. I love Bristol
2. I love Nottingham
3. I love Derby
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Skinnyness
2. Geekiness (physically, this probably just transpires as geeky clothes. I like shirts. Mmm.)
3. Poor eyesight (accessorised with nice glasses)
THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. Skateboard (well, I can skate along, but I mean do anything interesting
2. Touch my nose with my tongue (tis as pity, as I like to learn these pointless little talents)
3. Get out of bed early in the morning really easily
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Musicing
2. Dancing
3. Writing
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Have all back pain miraculously taken away
2. Have all my coursework magically done so I can go out tonight, and other nights
3. Have tea ready for me when I go home so I don't have to "cook"
THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Writing shit bubble-gum pop for smiley bouncy dancing people to sing and earn me lots of money
2. Writing music for anything that'll pay me to do so
3. If desparate, program multi-media crap, preferably web sites, though anything that pays will do if I'm desparate
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION IN THE NEXT YEAR:
1. USA (won't happen - change of plan)
2. Er, actually, this summer i'll probably just stay in:
3. Bristol
THREE KID'S NAMES:
1. Josie
2. Imogen
3. Dylan
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Make lots of music
2. Have a book published (life long dream - it doesn't need to sell, just BE PUBLISHED)
3. Get married and have kids (in the distant future)
THREE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO DO THIS:
1. Nobody
2. The people that have done it already have done it well enough
3. Anyone that wants to should though - sod the fact that it's boring and skipped over by everyone else.