Saturday, 18 August 2012

7:50 PM, July the 27th, The Future


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I adjust the colour of my dress with the push of a button. Got to get that deep red hue to match the hair, the shoes and the nails. The bacteria woven into the silk recognize the change in nutrients at once and start to produce the appropriate pigments. Saves having to get a different coloured dress to match each of my shoes. In addition to colour, the bacteria can also produce various scents. The perfume industry had a little to suffer because of it but they quickly changed direction and now they are inseparable from the textile industry.

The Flesh of Fallen Angels Bar and Grill. An apt, albeit dramatic name for this restaurant. The sombre decor complete with black candles and black velvet chairs and the 80’s rock and metal playing in the background go very well with cocktails called Ragnarök, Aesir and Asgard and menu items called Spicy Valkyrie Wings, Jörmungandr steak and Flesh charred by Fafnir’s breath. The whole atmosphere is like a bubble out of time that evokes memories of the years when life depended less on the synthetic. What makes this place truly special, though, is that they serve actual meat. While one can easily forget that the ‘meat’ in their everyday dinner is synthetic, an anniversary still calls for a special meal and it is these meals that remind me that no synthetic analogue can fully reproduce the taste and feel of a good steak. Sweet wine fermented by enhanced bacteria is, however, a significant improvement over that which has come before it.

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