thinking about going vegan

I was reading up on it online. The main challenge would be cheese. As it is, I eat a cheese sandwich for lunch most days. So I would need something else to make a sandwich. Eliminating butter would be no big deal. Ice cream would be fine--the soy kind is tasty.

We would not be strict vegans--we would demote ourselves to vegetarians while eating out and at my parents' house.

Tonight we went to Whole Foods--I got some vegan margarine Earth Balance, some vegan mayo (a different kind from the kind I tried a couple months ago), some fake salami for sandwiches, a container of lemon soy yogurt to try. Oh, and Ener-G egg replacer for baking. I had been longing for egg replacer for baking for a long time.

I have actually been thinking about going vegan for a while, paying attention to which of our meals are already vegan. I think we would be fine, and as a bonus, I think we would be healthier. We eat too much cheese, or at least I do--maybe Erik's okay.

How does Erik feel about this? "I want to try it out," he says. "I welcome it."

Through the zine community I'm familiar with veganism--I've seen plenty of vegan recipes in zines. Sometimes it seems like vegans are the norm, when it comes to zinesters. We could be straight-edge vegan punks without the punk part.

I've also seen lots of vegan blogs. I know there's support out there. It's not a super unusual thing anymore.