Extreme Lifestyles '09

I went to Sunflower Market today just to get the weekly necessities and when I was looking for some new vegan vitamins (I'll come back to that...), I stumbled upon the deodorant section. I wasn't necessarily looking for a new deodorant, but knowing that I wasn't gonna pay for it, I figured "what the hell." The deodorant I have is sketch anyways. I got this cucumber/grapefruit shit that smells awesome and feels amazing, but that's besides the point. When I put 2 and 2 together, the first 2 being the word "deodorant" and second 2 being the fact that I was in a health store, I remembered that over the summer my friend Andy (Nachos, not mustache) and I were shooting the shit, on a grassy hill on a beautiful day, might I add, and whilst shit shooting, he mentioned that the singer of the band he was in at the time was using a "deodorant crystal" on that tour. I was perplexed. I ran over to their van (as cautiously as I could. I was on a hill!) to inquire about this seemingly ridiculous and unnecessary item. He told me that he picked it up at a heath food store and that he really liked it. Apparently you put water on it and rub it on your pits or feet and it kills all of the odor causing bacteria. Not only does it kill bacteria, but it's supposed to help draw the aluminum that regular deodorant puts into your skins pores. Needless to say, I pocketed one of those shits. That's way too funny to not try out. I will admit that getting a deodorant crystal makes me feel slightly like a hippy, but stealing it made the punk cancel most of the hippy out. As for vegan vitamins. I don't know why, but the fact that a lot of pill capsules are made with gelatin completely slipped my mind the other day when I got a new bottle, so I picked up some vegan vitamins today. I got some Country Life chewable adult multis recommended to me my boy and fellow vegan/edge man of leisure and blogger, Klint, whose new blog, Learned Men is quite an entertaining read.

I just realized how long this post is, so in true 30 Rock fashion, I'm gonna shut it down. Stay tuned for more anecdotes about my quest to be a sick punk guy. As of the 2nd I will have been vegan for one month. Really quick, I was talking to my little asshole of a cousin, Miguel, about how fun the challenge of going vegan/vegetarian is. He's been vegetarian for a bout 3 weeks now. Going vegan is like going vegetarian all over again. It's fun. The feeling of realizing something you're used to consuming will no longer be part of your day to day is exhilarating. There is always gonna be something you don't think about, but slipping up is part of learning, and that's what I'm trying to do by making this change.

Oh yeah, I think we're going to Chaos In Tejas this year. Cock Sparrer/Brutal Knights/Mind Eraser/Crude etc etc etc. So sick. Listening to the Knights right now. Hence this blog post title. PARTY ON.