True Love Waits‚Ä¶

Auriol Hays

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I am going to write about Sushi. Mouth watering, you-can-kill-me-on-the-spot-and-I-don‚Äôt-mind-going-to-hell-even-though-I-don‚Äôt-believe-in-it-and-it- just-happens-to-exist-anyway-kinda sushi.¬† Only now do I know why Eric (from True Blood) mocks Vampire Bill because he drinks synthetic blood. After that first bite ‚Äì you just can‚Äôt go back, can you?

A few years ago I decided to be a vegetarian. I believe I had some moral and ethical reasons for doing so. Being a vegetarian made me appreciate food. I certainly paid greater attention to what I put into my body. Then I said, ‚Äúfook that‚Äù and went back to my old chop loving, biltong eating, crazy barbeque chowing evil ways! ¬†So far only music and Capoeira has managed to give me that deep feeling of satisfaction. (Well, there are other…unmentionables) Sure, I love chocolate and all things sweet and delicious ‚Äì but Sushi has changed everything.

In fact it really got me thinking about how we nurture ourselves. ¬†I know when my mister comes home with a slab of chocolate that something is very, very wrong. Stressed out and fed up ‚Äì all he is looking for is something to sweeten up his day. ¬†So I leave him and his chocolate in peace. Only when I know that it has been eaten will I talk to him…lol! Yes, we are more affected by what we eat than we would like to admit.

And it has been a while since any food has had that effect on me. Sushi makes me want to close my eyes and switch off the music. I want to eat it slowly and not talk to anyone. I write this because I just had sushi and honestly… I can‚Äôt fight the compulsion to hug someone, say nice things to strangers give the car guard more money than I think he deserves, make love, write songs and to lounge on the sofa like a cat. I am madly and terribly addicted to sushi…