Could care less about my birthday. In the past, the first time I've remembered it's actually my birthday is when my mum has rung me up to wish me a happy birthday. I don't tell people when it is because it means nothing and I feel fake having to pretend i care when someone gushes over it. There's one proviso, in workplaces in the habit of having a cake everytime it's someones birthday. I guess anything can be justified by cake, but even then I can buy my own cake.
What someone does on every day of the year is far far more important than that one, and i do have a habit of coming to work with sweets for no reason at all now.
Some covers are better but it's up to personal taste and often it simply depends on on which version you heard first. Also if the cover matches the style of music you're into at the time makes a big difference.
A few good ones mentioned above. And a couple more off the top of my head in vastly different styles...
Higher ground, Chilli peppers, originl steppenwolf.
Can't get used to loosing you, the Beat (or british beat or english beat) original popularised by Andy Williams - not sure who wrote it)
Voodoo People, Pendulum, original prodigy.
Queens of the Stone age did a decent version of Tom Waits Going out West though I still prefer the original and with all the other covers of his definitely. But Tom Waits is a good example of preference, his voice is very much an individual preference and lots of people prefer the covers.
Also lots of trip hop out there that grabs a kernel of a song and turns it into something totally new. Sometimes they almost lift the entire song and put some layers over it, change it around a bit, speed it up - whatever - to turn it into something totally new.
Chinese Man - I've Got That Tune - grabbed an old jazz number (Washboard Rhythm Kings Hummin' to Myself (1932)) and transformed it.
Kid koala on 12 bit blues sampled lots of old scratchy blues and gave them a modern feel but still keeping the old scratchy feel.
My deal? Straight, ace high.
oops, just realised it's in ask the gals.
One thing you can say about Lush forums. They cover the big issues.
But why isn't there a just tinsel and bauble option, a 'no lights' option or a nothing at all option. A young pine with its dignity still in tact.
The human body has lovely form, lovely curves and edges that define. To me a tat should fit in with this, either accentuate these lines or be done in a minimalist way to not get in the way. With the vast majority of tats this isn't the case. The body is treated as a blank flat canvas, it isn't. They look like they're plonked on and they ruin the beauty of the human form.
Also ones that are meant to have meaning are so often ill thought through, and with a little more maturity/knowledge will look to the owner as trite or inappropriate or simply wrong. So many phrases look so simplistic to my eyes, not always, but often enough and I wonder how the owner will view them in 10years. Someone showed me a tat of a little bluebird the other day. They said it was for their mum who used to love the little blue birds. Trouble is it would have been a superb blue wren she loved since they lived in Sydney but this was plainly an American blue bird - a thrush. Entirely different genus, and continent, shape and markings - the only similarity being blueish and small. Seemed daft to me to get something so wrong.
Answering the question. Never really been into them to then get tired of them but don't mind them if done well.
The human body has lovely form, lovely curves and edges that define. To me a tat should fit in with this, either accentuate these lines or be done in a minimalist way to not get in the way. With the vast majority of tats this isn't the case. The body is treated as a blank flat canvas, it isn't. They look like they're plonked on and they ruin the beauty of the human form.
Also ones that are meant to have meaning are so often ill thought through, and with a little more maturity/knowledge will look to the owner as trite or inappropriate or simply wrong. So many phrases look so simplistic to my eyes, not always, but often enough and I wonder how the owner will view them in 10years. Someone showed me a tat of a little bluebird the other day. They said it was for their mum who used to love the little blue birds. Trouble is it would have been a superb blue wren she loved since they lived in Sydney but this was plainly an American blue bird - a thrush. Entirely different genus, and continent, shape and markings - the only similarity being blueish and small. Seemed daft to me to get something so wrong.
Answering the question. Never really been into them to then get tired of them but don't mind them if done well.
Do you want to come home to my place. I can show you my axe collection.
Excuse me, I have to go replace my incontinence pad.
I probably shouldn't be dating you know. I haven't finished the antibiotics course yet, but you're just too hot to resist. Still, a condom will always contain the discharge.
Me and my ex split because she thought I was too possessive. It's very sad, she died soon after, ended up having a mysterious accident.
It wouldn't matter to me at all. In fact I'd want to know all the intricate details of what happened and how you felt. And then maybe plan some more if she wanted to, but that's my kick.
And now after checking out your gorgeous pics you have managed to get my blood pumping knowing it's a fantasy of yours.
Oops, just realised it was placed in 'Ask the gals'. The problem with having the latest posts pop up in the scroll for the unobservant like me to flagrantly respond to.
Quietly slinks out of the room.
My only problem with feminism is the word. I'd prefer egalitarian, with a focus on gender equality perhaps. But I'm a pedant like that. Should there also be masculinism for those few areas that are skewed the other way, or transgenderism or homosexualism. So again, for me gender equality in the midst of a wider focus on egalitarianism is enough but I can't deny there is empowerment in belonging to a cause and so perhaps the term feminism serves a purpose there, a purpose that for some has been met and they no longer need the word but certainly not for all, and, world wide, no where near a majority.
...Just looked up the terms. It seems masculinism does exist - for men's rights, sometimes masculism. Transgenderism exists for seeking rights for transgenders, but homosexualism simply describes the state of being homosexual (one website described it as the teachings and indoctrination of homosexuality - lol) It seems the terms aren't used enough to have solid meanings, but even so, the English language can be a daft thing sometimes.
Laughing Clowns - Bully in the town.
I don't wear it and can't stand the stuff. I don't like it when other people wear it either. This applies to women as well as blokes. Some people at least do it with a little subtlety so it doesn't overpower and you don't notice it unless you're real close (unless in a lift or the like). For those that lather it on I find it assaults the senses as much as passive smoke does. A full morning bus can be a nightmare. But I'm not into anything like that. Don't like makeup either but at least that stays on other peoples bodies, unless they expect me to kiss them.
I do wear antiperspirant but only if I'm likely to get sweaty during the day.
And on the recipe front:
I've made up a chick pea salad I love. Roasting chickpeas mixed with olive oil, fennel, nigella, coriander, cumin, paprika. Mixing with char grilled pumpkin slices cubed, haloumi char grilled and cubed, raisons soaked in balsamic all poured over. Eaten with a salad of celery, baby spinach, rocket, steamed beetroot (cooled), capsicum, snow peas, coriander leaves - lots.
Often make a stir fry that is pretty fluid but generally has ... almonds, roasted in the pan first and put aside, hard tofu cubed and fried in sesame oil till crispy and put aside. Garlic, ginger, chilli - earlier - , coriander and teriyaki - later - making the flavours (added at the right times of course) and whatever vegies but always a good mix (eg capsicum, snow peas, broccoli, Spanish onion, bok choy, celery, carrots and a mushroom of sorts - shitake or wood mushrooms are my favourites. Right at the end squeeze half a lime through it and sprinkle the almonds and tofu over the top.
I make a nut wellington that a vego friend loves, tastes better than a meat version I reckon.
BTW, I'm not vego myself, been doing a lot of meat and three veg lately, though the meat is never simple. My wife is craving the meat, and not in the way this site may inspire - lol.
Proteins: The most obvious tip which I'm sure everyone knows is to mix legumes with cereals to get your full compliment of amino acids (protein building blocks). The old furphy that you can't get enough protein from vegetarian sources is just that.
eg: Chickpeas/CousCous, peanut butter/toast, baked beans/toast, homous/pita, kidney beans/corn chips, lentils/pita, lentils/rice, etc etc
Iron:
(I've just been through all this with an iron deficient wife, hence I've written heaps on it, for most people it's not an issue)
Iron is very poorly absorbed by the body, from any source, but it is more poorly absorbed from vegetarian sources (non-heme iron) than animal products (heme iron). This poor absorption is generally good as the body doesn't get rid of iron and too much is toxic, but if getting iron from vegetarian sources there's a couple of things that can improve uptake (Note: Our biochemistry is geared more towards preventing iron uptake than enhancing it, I have a friend that doesn't prevent uptake and has dangerously high levels. Don't go overboard with iron uptake unless your doctor says there's a problem, obviously more of an issue with women, particularly if they have strong periods)
- Mix good iron sources with vitamin C sources to enhance uptake. Adding vinegar, lemon juice, basically anything acidic also helps as it changes the valency of the free iron to one more easily absorbed). Lots of tomatoes are always good.
- Avoid tannins with meals an hour before or after, unfortunately that means tea, some herbal teas, coffee and red wine.
- Other minerals (Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc) also hinder uptake so dairy products aren't a good mix.
- Some supposedly high iron sources are actually poor due to other chemicals hindering uptake (eg, spinach has oxalates, eggs aren't a good source either)
- Heme iron uptake is also reduced if you cook the meat too much and is enhanced by all of the above.
As with being an omnivore (no-one is really a carnivore), a mixed healthy diet is best. eg: As calcium and iron compete for uptake mixing things up means that sometimes you get the calcium you need, other times you get the iron, etc etc. Similar with amino acids.
