Stupid drunken ideas, part 957: Vegan Week!

I’ve got a confession to make. I have a hard time saying no to little blue-eyed girls of the blond variety which is more than likely a major driving factor behind some of the dumb shit I do from time to time.. A silly suggestion served with a smile from either Zascha or Tina and I’m pretty much bound to think that whatever they’ve come up with is, indeed, the best idea ever.

Why am I telling you all this.. besides from obviously feeling the need to create a world of trouble for myself by letting the secret out? Well, mainly because it’s probably the main reason behind me agreeing to our latest, crazy stunt. You see, last night while sharing a couple of healthy servings of pork tenderloin with saffron risotto with the gang, Tina and I (over a couple of glasses of wine – and a beer or two, or five!) got to talking and somehow, just somehow, an idea developed in our heads: “Hey, wouln’t it be fun if we were to observe a completely vegan lifestyle for a week?” – At this point, you’re probably thinking “Umm, no, dufus! That’s, like, not a fun experiment at all” and frankly, at this point, I somehow agree.. But you got to remember that last night’s decision-making was influenced by both alcohol and a cute blond.. And I am after all only human? So, sure, of course it sounded like the best idea in the world at the time, and subsequently an agreement was made.

As a result, it gives me great pleasure to introduce a new social experiment: The first (and possibly last) annual “Vegan Week” !

The rules:

• The game is on from Monday, 28 January, 6 AM – Monday, 4 February,  6AM.
• Through this period, Tina and I must maintain a 100 percent vegan life-style in terms of our diets.
• Either party may chose to forfeit the game at any time.
• Whoever breaks the rules or forfeits the game must buy the other party dinner (two courses minimum)
• If, by some stroke of luck, we both make it through the week, we will split the expenses for said dinner.

And that’s about it.. A full week of no meat, no bacon, no cheese, no eggs, no dairy, no.. Well.. Umm.. I think next time we’ll sit down and take a look at the positive list of food items before making decisions like this one – and no like we did this time, make the bet, then sit down and make notes of what we can and can’t eat. Nevertheless, this sounds like a fun challenge in a really messed up kinda way and I really don’t know what to expect.

Well, I guess I can expect being strung out on meat.. Hmm.. Charming as that may sound. I guess I can also expect to be eating a lot of veggies, fruit, rice and dried egg-less whole wheat pasta. I also suspect Tina and I will be doing a lot of shopping and eating together. I fully suspect that my cooking skills will really be put to the test in trying to figure out how to cook wholesome, interesting meals without the use of so many of my staples..  Lastly I suspect that by the end of the week, I’ll be insanely upset with myself for doing this during a time frame which includes Superbowl Sunday.. No hot wings, cheeseburgers or hot dogs on Super Sunday? Oh the humanity!

So, yea.. That’s it, basically. Is this sane? No, probably not? But you should know us by now, we do weird things for shit and giggles.. That’s how we roll!