Lessons Learned From Rocky 1 To Rocky 3

Things I learnt by being vegan last week:

- The whole point of last week's exercise was only to see if I could do it. And I did.
- It must surely be easier buying tinned chickpeas to use to make hummous and other dishes than buying dried ones, soaking them for hours then cooking them on the saucepan
- I have no idea if I lost any weight- that was not the goal but I did feel better in a number of ways.
- I ate a lot more healthily than normal- normally I struggle but each day I'm sure I ate the recommended 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Lots of lovely stir fries and salads- I didn't just eat pasta with pesto, chips and bread!
- Vegan cheese is not only disgusting but an oxymoron. I am pleased that I was brave enough to try it though....
- Eating at home was easy- I just avoided the cheese counters and all worked out pretty well.
- Eating out restricts your choices severely to salads, chips and chinese
- It is possible to live without cheese but not one that I am define


I have signed up for an account at www.emusic.com at the weekend and although I have downloaded almost 80 songs in that time, the only tracks I've managed to listen to (and are constant rotation in my flat) are:

Plug It In- Basement Jaxx
Bastardo- Charlotte Hatherley
Behave- Charlotte Hatherley (I just love the lyrics to this)
Bottle Rocket- The Go! Team (put this on and feel incredibly happy)
Happiness- Pizzaman

Monday and the afternoon is bearing down on me, I’m watching the clock and the clock is watching me

With perfect timing, Billy Bragg's St Monday just came on my iPod.

http://www.billybragg.co.uk/releases/albums/england_half_english/st_monday.html

"My shift supervisor's staring hard at me" so apt- I had to (jokingly!) plead with my boss to let me go for lunch today.

That's the whole point of this blog- the perfect soundtrack to accompany life.

A Different Bob

My baby was talking in her sleep
She said "Bob?", I said "What?"
She said "Bob?", I said "I'm Bob?"
She said "No. I mean a different Bob"

So I asked her the next day.
I said "Jane?" She said "What?!
I said "Who's Bob?" She said "You're Bob"
I said "No. I mean a different Bob"

My baby was run over by a truck
As she lay dying, She called "Bob"
I touched her hand and said I'm here
But she said "No. I mean a different Bob"


http://stubdaddy.com/CBJE-Bob.mp3