"Monkey business, capers, and larking about"

[changeling]

The "I'm a Mac" ads have jumped the Atlantic. Check out the UK versions. The first two are the best, in my opinion. (P.S. I've seen the Mac stark bollocking naked. Strange, but true.)

The sister-in-law's home today, too. Luckily for me, I have the cheap foam earplugs that S & I got at the Somebody Gypsies Counterfeit Gypsies' gig, and a pair of cheap computer stereo headphones to put over the top to complete blocking out her music with mine. It is an unfortunate fact that both S and her sister like playing a few select songs on repeat, while I cannot stand hearing songs too frequently or for too long a duration. Combine with that (what I consider to be) her abysmal taste in music, and you have lots and lots of unfun coming my way. And, dammit, today I want to use the computer, which means somehow putting up with her music. I choose blocked ear passages.

I tell you what, though. Between the kinesiologist telling me I need to let my creativity out, and Jess giving us each a booklet of writing prompts, and my old friend Issy calling out of the blue and inviting me to a writing group she's running (working through Julia wossnameCameron's The Artist's Way), it certainly feels like Someone (or several Someones) conspiring to Tell Me Something.

Oh, and S & I have taken to a new "vegan" food - nutritional yeast. We started with powdery stuff (the organic shop's assistant hadn't heard of nutritional yeast, which rather made me question how long she'd been working in such a shop), then the parents-in-law found the flakes the next weekend. My current favourite breakfast thing is toast with American mustard and yeast flakes on top. The flakes might look – and smell – a bit like fishfood, but I think it's tasty.

Chalk that up as one more odd food I'd never have tried without this wacky veganism thing.

Comments

[watersusurrus.livejournal.com]

You should have told them about my yeast pile! And also that I listen to *good* music on repeat...

[ignited-spark.livejournal.com]

What, no Vegemite on your toast? Or is that not vegan somehow?

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

I just hate vegemite. I think it is one of the grossest things on God's green earth. You can tell me how unAustralian that is – that's OK. I was born in Queensland and hate mango. I am clearly a freak.

Steph, however, loves vegemite on toast, and that's what she had. Vegemite and nutritional yeast. :)

[watersusurrus.livejournal.com]

It was a yeast pile!

[daharja.livejournal.com]

You know, I've been vegan for nearly a decade, but I've never (to my knowledge) tried that nutritional yeast stuff. Where did you get it? Was it expensive?

On a totally different note, did you get your tupperware bottom back? I gave it to Vivian when I dropped by yesterday.

On a second tupperware-ish note, I have a very large Decor container (fake tupperware) that I don't think is mine (but might be, because I do have similar things but I'm not sure and am pretty sure this doesn't belong to me) that the frozen fruit was in. Is that yours as well? If so, I'll drop it round when I swing past some time when I can.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

No telling where Norrell got it – probably the South Melbourne Market organics shop. The health food shop by Coles has nutritional yeast, but I don't know if they have the flakey sort. Macro has it, too. It's not cheap; it can retail for somewhere between $7–14, but in theory it should last you some time.

Was the first tupperware container quite small? about 6 inches square? In which case, we found it outside, on the YellowPages. Viv certainly gave no indication of seeing you.

Yes, I'm pretty sure that's ours. Is it large and clear? The sort that has a lid with small circles on it?

[daharja.livejournal.com]

Yes to the first tupperware, and yes to the second one, which is a Decor brand. I'll drop it by, as I'm pretty sure it isn't mine.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

I think the remaining box was the one Steph was expecting first time around. :)

[daharja.livejournal.com]

I'll drop it off today :-)