some light hearted fun

[ajveg]

iamtheqbu set up a thread with a link to a pretty cool questionaire, so inspired am i that i've quickly made up my own questionaire that people can copy by dragging your mouse over it and paste into a reply and answer,

the reason behind this-fun, light hearted fun i think it would be a cool way of getting to know people a bit more
cos well everyone on this site is wonderful. If you find the questions to personal just dont answer them or feel free to add new questions,



NickName:

Age:

Sex:

Part of the world:

Why did you go vegan:

What are your favourite vegan sites:

Status ie married, single:

Favourite colour:

Favourite movie:

Favourite food:

Favourite recipy and can you share it:

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm:

What do you do:

five words that sum you up:

your favourite band or soloist:

[ajveg]

NickName: aj

Age: 17years

Sex: female

Part of the world: England Devon

Why did you go vegan: i felt wrong and guilty about eating other animals, it got to the point when it just tastes dead

What are your favourite vegan sites: check out my story "hello" for a great site that tells you whats vegan and whats not by supermarket or brand, it is brilliant you will not be disappointed

Status ie married, single: living with partner

Favourite colour: black (the colour of my hair!!!)

Favourite movie: so many! okay here are a few moondial (an oldy), all the grease movies and any classic romantic

Favourite food: yofu, or toast covered in golden syrup

Favourite recipy and can you share it: its ment to be a cake topping (carrot cake) but it tastes yummy mix some vegan cream cheese with some icing sugar and lemon juice just do it to tatse and cream together yummy

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: i'd love a pen friend

What do you do: i'm not sure what i'm going to do yet, but i'm doing youth work and working part time at marks and spencer

five words that sum you up: bubbly, loud, compassionate, friendly, stropy

your favourite band or soloist: i love pink, good charlottes and red hot chilli peppers


[edited by VeganKen - removed last name from post]

[iamtheqbu]

Don't put our full name? What, are the vegan police gonna show up on our door step if we missbehave?

NickName: Just call me Em, that's what my buddies call me.

Age: 19, and counting

Sex: Female?

Part of the world: Pennsylvania, USA

Why did you go vegan: I saw a piece by Sue Coe, and browsed the Factory Farming web site.

What are your favourite vegan sites: Vegan Porn, and Factory Farming

Status ie married, single: Single *cries* bah, like I care.

Favourite colour: blue

Favourite movie: uhh, I have never loved a movie as much as The Land Before Time when I was around 5 or 6 yrs old.

Favourite food: Better than Cream Cheese, it's an addiction.

Favourite recipy and can you share it: My newest fav, is my 'meat'loaf and there's a thread for that. I also love spinach pizza. I think I posted that somewhere too.

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: uhh, I'd say yes, but I'm really lazy, and have enough trouble motivating myself to do school work.

What do you do: I'm an Art/Bio double major, so not much more than school work at this point. I'm in some clubs and I started my school's first ever Vegan House. I also like to sleep, eat, and drive Tiny Car. (It's OK, Tiny Car gets 44 mpg, so it's not bad to joy ride...right?)

five words that sum you up: Crazy Blue Haired Vegan Freak!!

your favourite band or soloist: Tie between Life House and Linkin Park what a combo.

That was fun! Time for bed!

[madpogue]

NickName: (same as my handle)

Age: 42

Sex: M

Part of the world: Madison WI USA

Why did you go vegan: Animal rights

What are your favourite vegan sites: Seldom visit them

Status ie married, single: married

Favourite colour: purple

Favourite movie: The Handmaid's Tale, Eat The Rich, The Andromeda Strain, Dr. Strangelove

Favourite food: Too many to list

Favourite recipy and can you share it: ditto

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: no

What do you do: Depends on when you ask...

five words that sum you up: I don't have a clue...

your favourite band or soloist: too many to list

[Husky Corn Star]

Originally posted by iamtheqbu
are the vegan police gonna show up on our door step if we missbehave?

[jenbizagogo]

NickName: I've got many that I answer to, but Jen is just fine

Age: 27

Sex: female

Part of the world: Chicago, IL

Why did you go vegan: see me vegan story for the details, but basically because of PETA

What are your favourite vegan sites: this one

Favourite colour: pink

Favourite movie: Both Lord of the Rings, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Waiting For Guffman, etc

Favourite food: HUMMUS!!!!!

Favourite recipy and can you share it: Jen's Chili! I will post it in the recipe section one of these days!

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: surely

What do you do: workwise...i help others find jobs

five words that sum you up: sincere, friendly, compassionate, vegan, dreamer

your favourite band or soloist: Marilyn Manson

[beka]

NickName: beka

Age: 17

Sex: F

Part of the world: Pennsylvania, US

Why did you go vegan: i love animals, and don't want to hurt them.

What are your favourite vegan sites: this one? i don't really do much vegan stuff online..

Status: single.

Favourite colour: i love every color! you can't tell by looking at me, though.. i tend to wear mostly black.

Favourite movie: fight club, but i'm a cheerleader, superstar dancer in the dark, amelie...oh, i could go on forever.

Favourite food: guacamole, tofu, toast with margarine, hummus on sesame ezekiel

Favourite recipy and can you share it: i don't have a favorite..too many!

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: PMs are fun (not to be confused with PMS)..

What do you do: i read books, listen to music, and send mail/art all over the world.

five words that sum you up: nice, generous, shy, dreamer, forgiving

your favourite band or soloist: so hard to choose! probably death cab for cutie. (although i've been enjoying the cranberries quite a bit lately..as well as country radio..and bach..)

[ModernPrimitive]

NickName: Everyone just calls me Timmy

Age: 20

Sex: M

Part of the world: Northwest Florida

Why did you go vegan: I've always been vegan but i just recently realized that my diet wasn't

What are your favourite vegan sites: This site now

Status ie married, single: single but that's just cause i'm not on the prowl as much anymore

Favourite colour: blue, it feels cleansing for some reason, water i guess? and blue light makes me sleep good

Favourite movie: hmm Any zombie flicks (original Night of the Living Dead is fun) they scared me the most growing up and i guess Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Favourite food: Anything Edible that isn't a animal or from an animal i'm not too picky these days

Favourite recipy and can you share it: Hmm i've gotten real lazy in food prepareing lately, i just eat stuff from my garden by itself alot

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: Sure I always like meeting new people.

What do you do: For money i do freelance modelling/animation (3D low poly stuff for games mainly these days) low pay but i'm not the kind of person that cares about money at all! or the structure of a job and school life!, But i never plan to have kids so it shouldn't be a problem hehe. For fun i make Drum n Bass music/Noise, paint and draw daily and play the guitar every night. I like workin in the garden and making strange things out of bamboo alot too (i grow my own ) sold a few designs actually!

five words that sum you up: Abstract Hyper Active Freak Geek

your favourite band or soloist: myself! kidding uh i'm a real big Drum n Bass head for awhile now too many favs to pick there but i also like to listen to Bjork alot so she is my fav mainstream artist(my male friends make fun of me for that one, so i don't admit that much )

-ModernPrimitive

[Halfelf]

NickName: In real life? Uh.... I don't have one.

Age: 20

Sex: female

Part of the world: Airdrie, Alberta, Canada

Why did you go vegan: I was vegetarian and realized that dairy is gross, eggs are gross, and they're cruel

What are your favourite vegan sites: this one, vegan porn

Status ie married, single: taken

Favourite colour: green. ER.. I MEAN BLACK

Favourite movie: Princess Mononoke, Dr Strangelove, Singin' in the Rain, Death to Smoochy, The Producers, Ghostbusters

Favourite food: spinach mmm

Favourite recipy and can you share it: Er... I dunno

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: sure?

What do you do: Programming student & job in records/library :sick

five words that sum you up: shy, radical, eclectic, nerdy, goofy

your favourite band or soloist: Gilbert & Sullivan (does that count?), Kompressor, Apoptygma Berzerk, VNV Nation, Vivaldi, Propagandhi, Musicals

[Lacykitten]

NickName: Lacykitten, Kitten, Lace.. Toadie but only by my mom.

Age: 20

Sex: Female

Part of the world: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Why did you go vegan: The animals, baby! It's all about the animals! And then I went "oo but veganism is good for the environment, my health, and apparently world hunger as well! Snifty!"

What are your favourite vegan sites: This one of course!! www.shedonteatmeat.com which is my Kelly's awesome site.. VeggieVisitors.com - cos, well, yummy! .. www.fatfree.com or whatever it is, veggie/vegan recipes.

Status ie married, single: Very, very single. *sigh*

Favourite colour: orange, then purple. As you can tell by my hair.

Favourite movie: Oo toughie. Last Unicorn, Lilo and Stitch, Nightmare on Elm Street entire series, Demon Knight, Disturbing Behavior, Blade II (I love those guys!).. Poltergeist movies.. Flight of the Navigator.. Watership Down.. Plague Dogs.. there are way too many that I absolutely adore.

Favourite food: Probably zucchini, I adore zucchini. I love dark chocolate. BBQ chips. Apples, bananas. Okay I think my most favorite foods are the vegan chicken balls, deep fried wontons, rice with two kinds of sauce, and 50 billion other things at Buddha's Veggie Restaurant. .. cookies.. cake..

Favourite recipe and can you share it: I think my favorite recipe, currently at least, is the shepherd's pie on VeggieVisitors.com. .. also some cakes and cookie recipes.. but I'll post those (eventually) in the Food forum.

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: Hey everything's cool!

What do you do: Amma student.. currently lacking the student part. Was doing an Oil Painting class on Saturdays but I didn't like getting across the city for 9 am (getting up at 6:30) so I brought the stuff home and haven't really done much since. I'm going to be taking my web design certificate courses when school starts up, that's night class, to get the certificate (finished like 3 out of 12?).. am going to enroll part time at the U of Calgary and take 2 classes a semester (which is the max) on just whatever interests me. Currently I think women's studies and religion. Going to enroll full-time at Alberta College of Art and Design for the second semester.

Looking for a job.

I play Vampire: the Masquerade LARP every Saturday night except the third Saturday of the month. I'm in three games. I also play tabletop Robotech with high school friends when we can.

Mostly I sit around, read a lot, play on my computer, design websites (what I wanna get paid to do), do artsy stuff (ditto), and cuddle with my animals.

five words that sum you up: Artsy, punky, strange, cute, shy.

your favourite band or soloist: Majandra Delfino, K's Choice, AFI.. various.. favorites are hard to pick just one of.

[Spaceman]

NickName: Spaceman

Age: 27

Sex: M

Part of the world: Western, NY

Why did you go vegan: ethical and health reasons

What are your favourite vegan sites: veganporn.com

Status ie married, single: married.

Favourite colour: blue.

Favourite movie: Alphaville.

Favourite food: popcorn, stove popped, with hotsauce.

Favourite recipy and can you share it: My wife does the cooking ... to help, I just do what I am told

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: sorry, no.

What do you do: For 40 hours a week, I am legal publisher for Thomson Publishing. For the rest of the time, I am a husband and dad.

five words that sum you up: just five?

your favourite band or soloist: Spiritualized.

[veganlove02]

NickName : Kris

Age : 27

Sex : Female

Part of the world : U.S. Indy, Indy (Denver, CO soon!)

Why did you go vegan : Always had a vegetarian lean, but I finally had someone to teach me how to eat, and deal with pressure, and complain to about cravings, etc... It wasn't for the animals at the time, though I did hate what little I knew about. Realized more and more that vegan was healthier.

What are your favourite vegan sites : VeganRepresent, peta.org, Vegan Spam (newsletter)

Status ie married, single : engaged

Favourite colour : purple, brown... almost all of them!

Favourite movie : no such thing (latest movie: Unfaithful)

Favourite food : no such thing (just finished eating garlic tofu stir fry)

Favourite recipe and can you share it :
Butter Bean Soup
1.5 cups finely chopped celery, 1 cup finely chopped carrot, .25 cup finely chopped onion, 3 tablespoons veg oil, 3 tablespoons flour, 4 cups water, 2 (16 oz) cans large butter beans (drained), 1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes, 1 teaspoon basil, .5 teaspoon salt, .25 teaspoon pepper
(I personally don't measure the spices, and I add fresh garlic, and dill weed. Also, canned stuff is easier for me. Modify to your hearts content!!)
In large pan, cook celery, carrots and onion (and garlic) in oil until soft. Add flour; cook and stir for 1 minute. Gradually add water, stirring. Add remaining ingredients; bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 20 - 25 minutes or until slightly thickened.

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm : sure! now, i only pm if i find a particularly interesting post or have a specific question. would love a pen pal from denver, since we're moving there.

What do you do : college student, need a job

five words that sum you up : unique, lovable, interested, loving, creative

your favourite band and soloist : Toad the Wet Sprocket, Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket), many other artists, including Angelique Kidjo, Henri Dikongue... love world music.

[downwithapathy]

NickName: Colly, but if we've met since my 18th birthday, Sonja is preferred.

Age: Twenty is quickly approaching (May 10)! <-old

Sex: Female.

Part of the world: "Middletown, USA". That is, Muncie, Indiana. It's mentioned in a few country songs.

Why did you go vegan: I'm your typical, run-of-the-mill, ethical vegan.

What are your favourite vegan sites: Vegan Represent and whichever have what I'm looking for at a given time.

Status ie married, single: Single.

Favourite colour: Blue, but green is a close second.

Favourite movie: *sigh* "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", "Requiem For a Dream", "American Psycho"...

Favourite food: Ice ice baby.

Favourite recipe and can you share it: I like to freeze red grapes and banana slices. I sometimes smash up the bananas and eat them like ice cream! Frozen guava nectar also makes me happy.

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: Sure thing.

What do you do: I'm a university student, majoring in journalism and anthropology. I may upgrade the minor (history) to major-status, for I wish to stay in school FOREVER.

five words that sum you up: coolest person in the world

your favourite band or soloist: B-O-B-SPACE-D-Y-L-A-N BOB DYLAN!!!!!!

[shade]

NickName: Jacqui is what you can call me. Others have come up with various nicknames though such as: wacky jacqui, pinhead (thanks to my manager at work...), mouse, veggiehead, jax, jac-o-latern, etc..etc.. on here I go by shade.

Age: 17

Sex: female

Part of the world: Calgary, AB, Canada

Why did you go vegan:
I became a vegetarian because of health reasons (basically everytime I consumed meat I would vomit after getting some horrid 4-month-long flu). I have always been an animal lover and wanted to go the extra mile, mainly because I was having a hard time differentiating whta I could and could not eat being only a vegetarian, and when asked by others why I would eat something like cheese but not a hamburger I just couldn't answer them. Allergies to animal products also helped a lot with making the leap.

What are your favourite vegan sites:
this one :P

Status ie married, single: single.. sorta.. casually seeing someone, but not really "committed".. and yes, technically single..

Favourite colour: green

Favourite movie: American History X

Favourite food: hummus, vegan tacos, broccoli, spaghetti, etc..etc.. I love food WAY too much.

Favourite recipy and can you share it: umm... my mind is drawing a blank trying to think up a recipe to share..and I'm feeling a little lazy, so on to the next question!

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: I like pen pals.. I'm not very good with them though. I am always all over the place and it takes awhile for me to write back. I love getting mail though! hehe

What do you do: currently I am an Alley Coordinator at the evil Red Lobster. I'm also still a student and slowly trying to make my way towards getting involved in Forensics as a career.

five words that sum you up: quiet, crazy, lazy, nerdy, compassionate.

your favourite band or soloist: I can't possibly pick one, so here's a few: Mudvayne, Primus, Tool, Suicidal Tendencies, Audioslave, Dope, Rush, Deep Purple, System of a Down, etc..etc..etc.. the list could go on forever.

[purplemackerel]

NickName: I get called doughnut a lot... or purple

Age: 31 and proud to be a 30 something

Sex: female

Part of the world: Sheffield, UK

Why did you go vegan: I realised that being veggie wasn't enough. By consuming dairy I was still causing suffering to animals, the environment and me.

What are your favourite vegan sites: Has to be the Vegan Society Along with you guys they always seem to have answers to my questions.

Status ie married, single: married to a pacifistic pulse

Favourite colour: purple

Favourite movie: ooh hard, The Colour of Paradise, High Fidelity, Life is Beautiful...too many

Favourite food: tempeh and purple sprouting brocolli

Favourite recipe and can you share it: it depends...maybe homemade baked beans at the moment, or stir-fried tempeh, or scrambled tofu on toast

Would you like a pen pal do you want to be pm: I always love to chat, so yeah

What do you do: I work part-time for Lush, I'm studying for a masters degree in Children's Literature. I eventually want to be an early years teacher. I also play in the Sheffield Samba Band, I'm about to start as a volunteer tutor for the Northern Refugee Council teaching English as a Second Language, and I'm also a local contact for the Vegan Society.

five words that sum you up: crazed fish with big heart


your favourite band or soloist: Natalie Merchant and 10.000 maniacs