Category Archives: Rantzillas

Red the Rescue Dog

06
Jun
2011
Red the Rescue Dog

This is Red. My sister and her former housemate rescued him from the township in Piketberg, where he had been left to starve to death. With the huge hearts that they both have (and the number of rescue animals they have managed to save throughout the years), they managed to rescue Red and take him to a safe place. When they first got him about a month or so ago, he could hardly walk, wouldn’t eat and had wounds on … Read More »

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The way the cookie crumbles

19
Sep
2010

This persistent ringing in my ears is making it hard enough to think, let alone the fact that I have been working solidly for um… six, seven hours? More? I don’t know anymore – but having wrapped up one (increasingly frustrating) project I am now finally clear to tackle the mammoth project that is weighing me down like that monkey in the Chicken Licken advert. Being a freelancer has its perks, but the concept of ‘working weekend’ takes on a … Read More »

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Are we there yet?

15
Sep
2010

Woke up with that bleary rub-my-eyes feeling today, and couldn’t resist sneaking in a cup of coffee. It was very milky, and one cup every now and then isn’t too bad I guess. It wasn’t even a late one last night – I worked and looked after my woozy kitten who was back from the vet after being neutered (very entertaining, poor thing was lurching around with a very drunk look on his face, then sleeping so hard I would … Read More »

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Shoe Hell

10
Sep
2010

It is bad enough that the clog is making a comeback. We survived the (still lingering) peep-toe boot trend. Gladiator sandals are almost bearable. Lately however, the new trend for shoes seems to be super, ridiculously ugly shoes that look like they were designed in a high school art class. The fold-over heels are especially offensive, as are the goat mane ones. I haven’t even featured the moccasin heel! I don’t care if they were featured on Gossip Girl, I … Read More »

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Let’s do the time warp… again

08
Sep
2010

Gosh, hard to believe that it’s been a week since I went freelance today – feels like so much longer. This week has been especially manic, pretty much feels like all I have done is work, eat, sleep (not enough) and drink wine. Today I lapsed on my no caffeine attempt, but hey – at least it wasn’t espresso! Yesterday when I woke up I was so sure that it was Friday; today when I woke up I honestly didn’t … Read More »

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Dentists, coffee quitting and a lack of plantlife

06
Sep
2010

It’s been quite a corker of a Monday, starting with a mammoth two hour dentist mission this morning. I wasn’t at all nervous, and as I had barely woken up properly in my rush to get up and be ready and at the dental office by 9am, I was still half asleep. I am lucky enough to have found an awesome dentist who is pretty cute, and also very easygoing and gentle – he explains everything he does, he reassures … Read More »

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Attack of the mehdays

03
Jun
2010

Dear Diary, Today really sucked. Kisses, Rox No really, I knew I had made a stupid decision to not take the whole week off as soon as I opened my eyes this morning and tried to get out of bed. The colder it gets, the more awesome my feather duvet gets (trust me, even the cat agrees with me on this one), and the more grumpy and bleary I am in the mornings. Going back to work today was not … Read More »

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E-marketing: you’re doing it wrong

12
Apr
2010

Finally, something has irritated me into blogging today… Hi, I work for xxx, a leading broker of online advertising, dealing with thousands of independent webmasters like yourself, worldwide. I’ve had a look at your site and think Roxilla.co.za would be a good match for our client, whose target demographic is similar to your own. We’re working on their behalf to acquire advertising from sites such as yours. We would be interested in purchasing advertising in the form of a text-based … Read More »

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Looking for some happiness…

11
Apr
2010

There are few things more pitiful than being sick over a weekend. The cold I have been trying to avoid finally caught up with me on Thursday though, and I ended up going home at lunchtime and staying home on Friday. Waking up on Friday morning was brutal, slept the entire day away and roused myself only when my wonderful mom came to drop off food and orange juice (bless her). The last two days haven’t been much different, except … Read More »

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Meh

03
Apr
2010

It was hard enough rousing myself from my zombie coma this morning, but realising that the kitten had knocked my water glass all over my bedside table and all over my phone soon got me awake. Short story, phone is pretty much kaput… less than three weeks before my Blackberry is due. Ugh. This means I am going to have to mission down to Gardens Centre in search of an el cheapo stand-in phone – bloody Vodashop in Lifestyles being … Read More »

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