January 2012
37 posts
”.. And boys still drive whatever internet culture is. The dominant tone of the internet is basically a teenage boy: self-defensive, casually offensive, easily distracted and definitely over-stimulated, perpetually moody, horny and sensationalistic. It’s as if your annoying little brother’s personality now defines society. And he’s really not comfortable with girls. They’re mostly unknown to...
all the girls you've ever loved, i think i loved...
interlude for the grand sonata
every mouth you’ve ever kissed
was just practice
all the bodies you’ve ever undressed
and ploughed in to
were preparing you for me.
i don’t mind tasting them in the
memory of your mouth
they were a long hall way
a door half open
a single suit case still on the conveyor belt
was it a long journey?
did it take you long to find me?
you’re here now,
...
Durban is a weird place though
Went to Durbs with my Mama but literally just for the day, came back with my bestie the next day for my Grandmama’s birthday (see photos below). Its such a strange strange place for me because I swear its like a time warp. And the people are so strange. Like wow gold teeth everywhere and in the club, no rhythm anywhere. I thought I was bad but those peeps dance next to the beat. And the...
Yknow how there’s always that one place where everything is just flippen perfect and you can always eat your favourite food and do your favourite things and just bask in love in abundance? That’s my Grandparents house for me. We spent the day there on Sunday and as per usual, my brother and I ran away to adventure on my Grandpa’s scooter (how cute is this thing? He spruced it...
some nice photos
Shot by Riaaz Ameen. This dude got bitten by Tarantulas but lived and used to enjoy driving drunk but now he has learnt his lesson and stopped. Which is a relief because he is quite cool sometimes and I basically want him to live forever.
Back in 'Nam..
… I found myself really intoxicated by these quirky heels. My quirky heels are now happily encased and bouncing on asymmetry. Also, I feel really cool because I can finally say “Back in ‘Nam.”
Musings on: The Benefits of Poppy Seeds
So the drug opium is produced by “milking” latex from the unripe fruits or “seed pods”) rather than from the seeds but all parts of the plant can contain or carry the opium alkaloids, especially morphine and codeine. You should know what these are. If you dont, well then you’re stupid and need to read more because drugs are fascinating and these two especially. What...
Carbon Copies
Have you always dressed identically? Monette: When we were very young, our mother would dress us in different outfits to make it easier to tell us apart. Later, when we started dressing alike, she didn’t like it. Mady: She always made a point of giving us different gifts and treating us as separate individuals. Monette: But it’s fun to wear identical clothes! It amuses us to see people’s...
Something to IMPRINT on your brain
Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.
~ Albert Einstein
“It is my deep and personal belief that the single greatest shortcoming of our constitution is the fact that the university system is not included in the provisions of Chapter 9 (where the Public Protector, Auditor General and Human Rights Commission are provided for). This chapter is headed “State Institutions Supporting Constitutional Democracy”, and there is no institution which has...
Girl Crush: Sepsenahki Aahku
Dont ask questions, just google her. AMAZING. And she sings too. Omg I am OBSESSED.
“I am my best work - a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines.” ~ Audre Lorde
Musings on: Staying in on weekends
I swear, 1 February 2012 is going to feel like my birthday. A friend of mine made me LAUGH when she told me that after seeing me tweet about eating ribs, she added ribs to her list of things to treat herself with once we’ve gotten past January. I’ve totally taken a leaf outta her book and made a long ass list of things I’m gonna spoil myself with the minute the dark cloud of poverty abates. First...
Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily.
~ Lemony Snicket
The Unspoken Tragedy of Natalie Wood
Child star, Oscar nominee, teen bride, and has-been — all before the age of twenty. Leading lady to Warren Beatty, James Dean and finally, Christopher Walken, before she fell from her private yacht and drowned. Her death is still shrouded in mystery but that’s already been sensationalized.
“What’s more interesting than how she died is how she lived: as a stand-in for teens...
There’s a reason why 90% of song lyrics are about love. It is a statistic verified by the Library of Congress that hasn’t changed since the birth of modern music. Even those classic disco anthems where the word funk means fuck and the word dance means love… yes, even those are about romance. Music is a soundtrack and the movie is romance. You’re either in it, or you’ve lost it, or you’re trying to...
Hi, I'm back!
Okay so I had the most incredible holiday ever. It was truly marvelous.
Started in Bangkok, I met my best friend Raisa because she had been working in a hospital there for two weeks and just seeing her was enough actually, I had missed her so so much. We spent the first night at the airport, spoke for 6 hours straight, just catching up in the smoking section outside the airport where we set up...
