In which I discover nice vegan food, and a rather good band...

[fluffymark]

Ahem. 140205. Just feel the angst!! (and it isn't even February yet...) *fears*

Talking of angst, I saw a lot of goths last night. snow_leopard's lovely sister is in town, and we descended like a bundle of kittens upon the Dev, which predictably was full of goths. And more goths. And also a bad_faery and a glenndm and Emily. And they are fab, please always remind me that I know lots of fab people, who despite my struggling plans to become a social hermit this year, I should see more often. After the usual "chocolate guinness" we landed in the Thai Vegan Buffet place (opposite Super Bowl noodle), and this was a culinary revelation for me. *Gorgeous* vegan food. Plate-lickingly nice. And all-you-can-eat as well, so...er...we did exactly that. Bits that looked like meat, and tasted like meat, in heavenly thai sauces, but um actually vegan nice goodness. If all vegan food was like this (which I know it isn't...) I'd be an instant convert. Absolutely must go back there. Is so nice. And so cheap too! *lickslips*

I left the others and ventured out on a mission to find more goths. And being Camden, there are no shortage. devalmont is guitarist for Kreuzdammer, who played their first gig at the Purple Turtle last night. Industrial style EBM with guitars, or something. Very impressive, both to listen to and as a visual performance (with the laser of dooooooooom!) - expect much good things from them in the future. Totally blew raspberries at the headline band. Great to see _ebb_ was there as groupie, looking pretty as usual, and I found a random_goth hiding in a cute little bundle with his mysterious Finn E at the back. Oh, and I batted my lashes at the lovely euphuistica until she nancy-boyed me up with eyeliner and lipstick. Vain, me? *prettysmile*

I've got the afternoon off work today! Yaaaaaaaaay! I will be preparing being a chauvinistic idiot for Lysistrata tomorrow, and seeing if I can come up with a good costume. Am very excited. *bounce*

Comments

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

Butbutbut you'd have to give up cheese!

[fluffymark]

That's the main reason I can never be vegan. Vegan cheese is NOT cheese. Nothing like cheese. It makes me feel ill. I demand my stilton!

Vegan chocolate on the other hand, is entirely edible and nice. :)

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Vegan parmesan sprinkles aren't too bad, I've found.

[fluffymark]

Sprinklies are one thing, but I prefer my cheese in Massive Huge Lumps. That's how cheese is *meant* to be eaten.

[rosie-rhi-bee.livejournal.com]

Mmm yes, and the vegan philadelphia stuff is really nice too.

[fluffymark]

*curious* didn't know there was vegan philadelphia. What is it made from?

[rosie-rhi-bee.livejournal.com]

um, it is called tofutti I think - so I guess it has got tofu or soya in it somewhere along the line. Will have to have a look next time I get some.

Oh and the ice cream is the other good vegan replacement. but you are right about the normal vegan cheese, it is yuck. My mum and dad can't get there heads round this and keep buying me big blocks of it.

[fluffymark]

Vegan ice cream is good, along with vegan jelly!

[rosie-rhi-bee.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I might just have to try that. Not had jelly in years :)

[bad-faery.livejournal.com]

Vegan cheese usually tastes like plastic. And it doesn't melt. Trying to grill Mexican Flavoured Vegerella as we speak and it's just not happening!!

[fluffymark]

First time I had vegan cheese I thought I'd forgotten to take off the plastic wrapping! I only noticed later that there was no wrapping it it really did taste like that. How am I supposed to make cheese on toast if it won't melt?

[daevas.livejournal.com]

The band mentioned sounds kinda cool.. although not my thing exactly but I'm sure andy would like to see them.

btw, did Jayney get in touch with you???

[fluffymark]

Not entire my sort of thing either (RBK are my sort of thing, but you know that!), only saw them to see devalmont, but surprised myself by liking them so much. Odd.

Not heard from Jayney - do feel free to give her my e-mail or mobile number if she wants to contact me about lifts to Winchester.

[daevas.livejournal.com]

I thought she already got given your contacts by andi to talk to you!!!
grrr... I'll ask andi right now!!! *stomps feet*

[daevas.livejournal.com]

I just passed on the mark at fluffhouse dot org dot uk to andi to pass on to jayney

[fluffymark]

Yay! Thank you for all this, sweetie :)

[daevas.livejournal.com]

Here is jayney's e-mail for you: jayney_goddard@hotmail.com

[fluffymark]

*thinks* Will prefer to wait for her to contact me. Am feeling shy today.

Oh - the Purple Turtle in Camden are looking for bands! It'd make a fine venue for RBK. :)

[daevas.livejournal.com]

I'll ask her to get in touch with you!
do you know who the promoter is that deals with purple turtle?? we'd love to play there :)

[snow-leopard.livejournal.com]

OH God V_DAY!
Can we just bypass mid-february and head straight for the Easter chocolate fest?

Nope

[erming.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of hoping for V day to happen on the basis I don't want to be stuck in a country I don't speak the language of forever...

Also kind of hoping my hol to Holland with Laura is going to happen. Will end up seeing Tanzwut a couple of times and meeting them to if things go according to plan.

Re: Nope

[snow-leopard.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess at least travelling on V-Day will make it easier to ignore.
As far as getting out of German goes - go get OUT all you need is the phrase:
Wo ist der Flughafen, bitte?
(oh and possibly enough to understand their answer!!!)

Re: Nope

[erming.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, last time I ended up with official looking people talking to me in German, yelling "Rob, help" worked.

By the time Rob came out of his tent they were talking to me in English :-)

But thanks, I just wish I was better at languages as learning German would be a good thing for me to do.

Re: Nope

[snow-leopard.livejournal.com]

Ah German is easy!! Its actually a lot like English so if you ask them to "Langsamer, bitter" (speak more slowly please) you can often pick up enough to gte the jist.
Oh Ich verstehe nicht (I don't understand) and Sprechen sie English? (Do you speak English?) are also useful.

Re: Nope

[erming.livejournal.com]

I actually knew those.

Main problem I had with my German was accidentally ordering 3 drinks at M'era Luna for Alan and I. I thought of finding someone cute (not hard at the disco) to give the spare drink to, but in the end thought I'd just drink it myself.

I know about 10-20 phrases of German and was really struggling to learn more. It didn't help that life / studying / applying for jobs kept getting in the way.

Re: Nope

[fluffymark]

Ummm.. my German is...oh......um....I know Bier. And...um....that's all I need to know, right?

Re: Nope

[erming.livejournal.com]

well ein bier bitte would be better. Or if your feeling sociable zwei bier bitte :-)

Hmmm, I think I'll stick to the Jagermeister unless I can find some of that gorgeous stuff that was like a black forrest gateaux only liquidised.

Re: Nope

[cassielalone.livejournal.com]

You're like my brother. If you give hime Jaegermeister he's anyones. *laugh*

Re: Nope

[erming.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, well I think I've only ever had about 6 shots of it which I don't think is enough to make me anyones :-)

Now if the person had given me 5 pints of Biddenden thats abother matter :-) Though what I'd be capable of doing after drinking that is anyone's guess.

[elettaria.livejournal.com]

The only German I know is the bits I've picked up from singing. I always say that from singing Italian you learn how to get someone into bed, but from singing German you learn how to commit suicide after being dumped.

Mind you, I've sing lots of oratorio arias these days, so I'd probably be able to say helpful things like, "For love my Saviour now is dying." (I'm Jewish.) Nope, "ein bier, bitte" is probably more useful.

Of course vegan food is delicious! All food is only as good as the person cooking it, so if you've had someone who was a bad cook and generally unimaginative doing vegan food, then yes, it wouldn't have been that exciting. Yup, you end up without hard cheeses (at least you can get decent fake Parmesan and fake cream cheese, though), but it does depend on your priorities. Oh yes, and fake cheese sauces are pretty easy, too. Hmm, I now have a craving to make lasagne. To be more precise, I have a craving to eat lasagne. I'm not sure I can be bothered cooking it. Damn, I hate those moments. I've also been getting urges to make strudel, which is simpler. Maybe I have some kind of desire to make a layered dish involving some sort of wheat product which is then baked? And could someone explain why?

Re: Nope

[erming.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, my German was better than I expected - I understood that.

Mind you I'd learnt Wo ist der Barnhoff? for my first trip over there.

[fluffymark]

No no no! Why wait until Easter to have a chocolate fest? I still have....um....7 boxes of chocolates in my room! Every day is chocolate! :)

And mid-februay is my birhtday! And that is official chocolate week. Because I say so. :)

[erming.livejournal.com]

Sweet.

And a good idea. Eat it before the mice do :-)

[cassielalone.livejournal.com]

I'm sad I missed it. -_- I rather wanted to go but my harsh self discipline forced me to work.
*sigh*

[fluffymark]

*sob* It would have been even better if you were there, sweetheart.

[(Anonymous)]

'Course, you can send platonic messages through that journal too.

As I have just done. :)

(Don't like the whole V-day thing much either. Too divisive.)

[fluffymark]

*blink*

Thank you lots, whoever you are. :)

[(Anonymous)]

You are welcome.

See you later today. :)

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

I forsee myself having far too much fun with 140205. Thank you. *gryn*

And could never live without cheese, so will never be vegan. Mmmmmmmmm, cheese...*goes to get some*

[fluffymark]

Yes, I've noticed at least one that is obviously yours. *grins* (I'm sure he will notice!)

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

You're assuming he'll remember to look--believe me, without some prodding, he won't! *gryn* But he knows anyway, so that's all right.

[ebb.livejournal.com]

NOT that I'm looking, but I have yet to have anything on there. I gave up looking at it last year. Sorted out that way anyhow really so there isn't much need.

Great to see you there - sorry we didn't talk much. I was more than just a little nervous.

[fluffymark]

I'm not looking either. That's how I know there are *2* anonymous messages of love for me there on the very first page for F. They sound all very platonic and so that is perfect as I'm very happy with my Nini. :)

Again was good to meet you - I found it far too loud to talk properly there. Hopefully I'll get to talk to you at a quieter location sometime - most likely in Cambridge, as thats where we both seem to visit a lot. ;)

[ebb.livejournal.com]

I didn't realise you didn't live there!! As I'm planning on moving down there in late June we'll definately see far more of each other.

By the way, I've just discovered how talented Nini is. I always assumed her icon was from a Henry Clarke / Aubrey Beardsley illustration but it seems it is actually by the fair lady herself. *is impressed*

I'd tell her directly but it is far nicer to randomly come accross a compliment when you least expect it elsewhere.

:-)

[fluffymark]

I moved out of Cambridge in 1999, now I'm in London. Cambridge is a lovely place to live - am glad you're moving there.

Nini's pretty art is one of the many reasons I love her so much. She's taking her portfolio to the Slade College of Fine Art on Friday, and with luck they will give her a place there. :)