hm. you know, having had a bit of a chance to think about it [once i crawled out from under the pile of stones] i think there is some point to the judgements that have been made. i say 'judgements' because they have come across like that which i find very sad. maybe it's in line with the fact that it's virtually impossible to read tone into emails and so someone might be saying 'hey, [...]
last nite the beautiful Val and i went to go and have dinner with our friend bren who we had not seen for a long time which i was really looking forward to. when we got there he was busy prepping a pretty amazing spaghetti bolognaise (i could quite possibly eat that every day, yum.) and he mentioned that he had invited his friend angelique for dinner too. my initial thort was flip that's a [...]
so back in new year's times i met a guy called gabe at an event i was mc'ing and it wasn't the greatest of meetings - we had a difference of opinion over some or other thing, i blogged about it without using his name (altho everyone who had been at the event knew who i was talking about) and he (and more particularly his friends) didn't like that i did that so much (some [...]
my interview with local-born muso nick groves continues... Q:In the one track i listened to i'm pretty sure i heard some white-man-rap? guest artist or mister nick groves branching out? and where'd that come from? [i was secretly pretty impressed] A: :) ...I've always enjoyed poetry - mostly at high school - song writing flows out of that but rap is the modern day poem. (After all - it an abbreviation for Rhythm And Poetry). [...]
i am privileged to be friends with a lot of really talented people, especially in the area of music, and was recently inspired to write a series of blogs that showcase some of these people and their talent so that more people can hear what they are producing - this will take the form of a number of interviews with links provided so that you can go and check them out and first up is [...]
so i've devised this friend test that goes like this: brett and bob are friends. brett hurts bob (says something out of line, scratches his car, steals his girlfriend, whateva). bob stops being brett's friend. question 1: was bob really brett's friend? or was he just hanging around while thing were easy and it made him feel good about himself? if the moment something goes wrong, bob disappears, starts ignoring brett, starts bad-mouthing brett, whateva, [...]
so yesterday morning the beautiful val and i headed out to muizenberg for my super surprise birthday morning where we weere met by one of my best friends rob lloyd and his wife nicky and went for an hour's worth of blokarting on the beach which in a nutshell is like a combo between windsurfing and go-karting and a whole lotta fun. you get a three wheeler cart thing with a huge sail and armed [...]
don't cast pearls before swine... that's how it goes, right? i mean Jesus said it and everything (matthew 7.6) but here is another take on that perhaps? use it, don't use it... i've been listening to a song by the foo fighters (what is foo? do you think they maybe originally started out as 'the flu fighters' and then someone typo'd their name and the rest is history... and if you started a band and [...]
i love my wife [we don't have kids, but if you do have kids, that is one of the best presents you can give them - love your wife well. right now, we will have to model that for other peoples kids] and today she really outdid herself with my Christmas present. i gave her a bunch of stuff - she gave me a bunch of people. my friends. my wife gave me my friends [...]
so blah blah blah botswana trip... we went up with our friends dreadlock mike (dreads) and nancy the twin (twin) and two of their friend couples and i could possibly blog a lot about living with all three for the week... but the one i want to briefly write about is a couple who were mike and nancy's groomsman and bridesmaid respectively... a physio for the sharks and a high level manager type product control [...]