October 2011
45 posts
The Long Walk to Economic Freedom? Uuuuuh right.
So now, the last mass action by the Youth League happened outside Luthuli House at the start of last month because of Malema’s disciplinary hearing. This is my take on marches: lemme make sure I’m safe and then I’ll start thinking about stuff. Yes, I am a sheltered and protected member of society, out of touch with the realities faced by the majority of the population, but I am also someone’s...
“what can i do with my happiness? how can i keep it, conceal it, bury it where i may never lose it? i want to kneel as it falls over me like rain, gather it up with lace and silk, and press it over myself again.” - anais nin
hustlin' holidays here and there
So I spent last week in Cape Town because I hustled my way into a conference. The conference went real well (even though I had no business there, I think I did well, networking/sucking up nstuff) and I also felt like a grown up, going on my first business trip. The conference was at the Cape Sun so we soma stayed there which was lovely. Also, the brilliant combination of hotel food and a gym on...
Cocaine 80s
I wanna kick myself for sleeping on Cocaine 80s. According to Pitchfork, the group was started by acclaimed and coveted producer No I.D. The hip-hop collective is an ode to the feel of authentic 80s Hip-Hop and real music. With such an ambition in mind, its not surprising that No I.D. employed Common and underground R&B guru James Fauntleroy for the collective. First EP was called The...
Try as she might, Sonya doesn’t remember Earth. She was a baby when her family left for Umilenie, and a young adult by the time they arrived. She learned to walk, speak, and read in a spaceship.
Sonya wanted to learn about the world they’d left behind, but her parents were not helpful in this regard. “Oh man, such a shit-orb,” groaned her mother. “So much death. Sonya, that planet was fucked....
You need to settle down with someone decent
Girl: And what about you, what do you look for in a partner?
Me: Just someone is who is ready for a dystopian post apocalyptic future earth and has mentally prepared himself for the possibility of a zombie attack.
Girl: Okay?
Me: I also like kindness, beards, emotional intelligence and inappropriate wit.
Girl: Okay.
Me: Maybe someone whose lap i can sit on while we...
What forms of life are possible?
Excerpt from “Carry on camping by brandon edwards, Mahala
“If you wanted to make the moment intelligible to yourself, you had to find your own way to do it. There was an unanswerable question in the air, or so it seemed to me, about what forms of life are possible.
It is the only real question before us. A question that can’t be avoided anymore. Avoided, I mean, by the professional...
Macha Jewelry
‘…Macha is about a quiet rebellion, not necessarily‘beautiful’, but not without nobility either, rough and warm-hearted and full of ripe character. It‘s witty, tenacious and defiant with an air of old fashioned peace…’.
If anyone wants to make me reeeeally happy, all you gotta do is click here.
A Community of Spirit
There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise.
Drink all your passion, and be a disgrace.
Close both eyes to see with the other eye.
Open your hands, if you want to be held.
Sit down in the circle.
Quit acting like a wolf, and feel the shepherd’s love filling you.
At night, your beloved wanders. Don’t accept...
Poetic Justice Braids
I’m seriously contemplating getting long ass thick braids like this. My friends say I’m crazy. Raisa my bestie was like “Dude, you’re not black. Have you EVER seen braids look nice on anybody that isn’t black? You’ll look like a tryhard” which obviously broke my heart a little bit. I wouldnt have em forever, just as an interim solution when my hair...
Some art I've been getting lost in
Collages by Jeffrey Meyer. I like the names almost as much at the visuals.
1. “Was It Good For You Too, Mrs. God?” The idea of the powers that be smoking a cigarette after f-ing us over is made so much more palatable by female representation, male consideration and of course, cigarettes.
2. “Dancing Shoes.” This makes me think of Kanye’s “Touch the...
A Room With A View and A Thousand Angels
I’ve been carrying around a brochure for this place in my purse for almost three years. No jokes. Its dog eared nstuff. My ex boyfriend used to live nearby and after driving past it for years, we were exploring Melville on a scooter one day and I made him practically drive into the bathroom, that’s how close we were.When I saw it up close I nearly died. My insides melted. Soon after,...
bucket list this ish.
A friend’s recent post about needing to see this before he dies just reminded me that I put this on my bucket list the first time I saw it on TV, National Geographic I think. I’ve always known the phenomenon as Northern/Southern Lights but its actually known as an Aurora which is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude (Artic or Antarctic regions), caused...
But she doesn't look much like a rapper?
Three things: Australian, supermodel hot and a badass rapper. That’s pretty much all you need to know really. Oh and she owns a weave company and is named after her paralysed dog, Iggy Azalea. Real name: Amethyst, which isn’t that bad either.
In a nutshell, I am obsessed. This morning I tweeted: “Officially OBSESSED with @IGGYAZALEA. Wow she is badass beautiful” and got...
