A lot can change in a year. In my life, it feels like my whole world has changed, just in this past month alone. I’ve said goodbye to my cats, battled some rather intense stress and fought a few demons, had a bit too much conflict for my liking, cried, laughed, hardly been to gym and coughed out a lung. Coming out of it, I’m a bit wary, but generally I feel ready to tackle a new month. But more …
And yet again, the words are just not coming out when I try and blog. Maybe I’ve used them all up today writing about all sorts of completely boring things for work, or maybe I’m just too tired and clogged up to bother. I don’t know, but The Cure seems fitting for a windy and introspective Monday night. The Cure – The Kyoto Song A nightmare of you Of death in the pool Wakes me up at quarter to three …
I’ve been thinking back to my crazy teenage years, and was thinking that 1999 was possibly one of the most insane years of my youth. Fresh out of school, and showing no intention to go to collage, tech or do anything serious, instead I got a job as a door lady at one of Cape Town’s most infamous and awesome clubs, Springfield. I had short hair, that change colour almost every month. I wore fake furs, hideous Sketchers or sometimes …
Anyone who has ever listened to Leonard Cohen will understand what I mean when I say the man is a genius poet. I grew up with his sad, beautiful and intense songs – from Suzanne to Chelsea Hotel, So Long Maryanne and many others, but my favourite is Hallelujah. In honour of his 75th birthday, and considering it’s perfect timing for some Monday Mope Music, here is Hallelujah in all its breathtaking beauty. Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah Now I’ve heard …
Today has been too dreary and icky to even mention, so instead I thought I’d share some of my current favourite things… 1. Vitamin Water I don’t care if it really is healthy of not, or that it’s made by Coca Cola, I love this stuff and completely believe in its magical powers. Pink vitamin water especially makes everything more bouncy, and I need to have this stuff at least once or thrice a week to survive. 2. Nivea Happy …
Planet Bar: Divine! I can barely believe that the weekend has come around again – it seems like just a day or two ago that I was waking up with that wonderful realisation that it’s not a work day… time really does seem to fly as the year end approaches. Anyway, I’m not complaining – the sun is out, the whole weekend lies ahead of me and I am having a good hair weekend. A few other current musings include …
Awesome. I’ve known this for like ever of course, but nothing goes better with wine than mope music. This is where Dark Def Leppard days began, and like many chicks across the planet I’ve spent many a somewhat tipsy night getting emotional over depressing music. So when I heard via iMod about The Parlotones launching their very own wine label at Woolies you can see why I would get a little bit excited. See, not only is the wine named …
Early on, before I had any inkling just how tough this month would be, I was considering a ‘zen for October’ mission. A diet for the soul, a month to put good practices into place, to teach myself how to let go of the bad stuff and keep myself calm – despite any storms raging around me. Two or so weeks into this month, and I am battling to keep my head above water… so my idea of a zen …
Swing when you’re winning… and when you’re not. Aah, Mondays. No matter how hard you try to brighten them up, you just can’t escape from them. It wasn’t the worst one today, but after a solid week of working until late, and a weekend spent catching up with other work (and hibernating) I was less than amped to mission off to work. A few things turned a rather bleak day into a somewhat interesting day… * Some inspiration from @Brazen …
Awesome award from the lovely @BeingBrazen When Brazen tagged me in a 10 Things meme (and gave me a fab award!) I got quite excited – I’ve been battling to blog lately, with just too much going on in my head to put down logically. So here are 10 Things About Me you may or may not know… 1. I am a bit of a cry baby. Hardcore as I like to think I am, I am a sucker for …
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