Monday, May 31, 2010

BEAUTY & THE BEASTS

>This is going to be a long one... brace yourself<

So the past few days have been absolutely jam packed with pure awesomeness! My weekend pretty much started on thursday, due to the convenient fact that I didn't have to write on friday (exams... joy). So Thursday night I went with my friend Demi to go and watch a good friend of ours, Jason van Wyngaardt, play at Tanz Cafe'. His band has recently been recording some of their stuff with SABC, and have played quite a few gigs, but until thursday I'd never gotten the chance to see them live, and boy oh boy were they insane:) They're called 'Arctic Jinn', they're like a mixture of jazz, funk, rock and everyday awesome music:) Jason is unbelievable on guitar, his performance was seriously jaw dropping. He even played 'Johnny be good', a song I absolutely adore! I also got the chance to catch up with people I'd met earlier this year, another guy named Josh Bristow, which was awesome! But yeah, it certainly was a wonderful way to kick off the weekend:)

Friday morning I had rehearsals, which weren't that bad, short and sweet which worked for me. That night I had been invited to go with Jason to watch Josh (Bristow, from thursday night) play rugby, it was all the way in Roodeport but it was so worth going. However I froze my @$$ off! I didn't realise how cold it was going to get, and wore one jacket, no socks and open shoes (yes, I can be quite the dumb-ass). So while waiting for Josh to play I went and bought myself some rugby socks to keep my feet warm:) So I now own a pair of black and green Roodeport rubgy socks:) I felt pretty hardcore;). Josh played like a beast, but his stupid coach didn't give him enough playing time and sent him off early, but it was still different and I liked it:)

And of course... Saturday... "SEASONS WITHER -Beauty & The Beasts" <--- WOW! It was mind blowing, everything I could ever want in life was right there in that one venue. From Kick ass bands, to amazing people (old friends and strangers), to the Love of my life - ZORAN RAMOS, the lead singer of 'The Dead will tell'. I went crazy when I saw him live, I was even lucky enough to get a picture with him (Sigh...) I then went on to buy their band T-shirt (it's now my favorite, heehee). It really was truly amazing, and - thanks to the amazing mister Rowen - I got to stage dive for the first time ever! It was one of the single most amazing experiences ever, it may seem a little over rated to some, but I loved it, I was carried pretty far too:) and they didn't drop me! yaaaaay! The cage fighting wasn't that amazing, I managed to ignore most of it, but in general I had the sickest time... so much happened but it was all super cool:) (well.. most of it, some retard bit me in one of the moshes though... not cool) but anyway..
Check out some pix!:





  
See the sexy boy in the middle? That's Zoran Ramos, the same guy in the picture with me up at the top! sigh... >hearts<

So yeah, sunday was also pretty cool. Had to go to a choreography rehearsal which killed me, I was so stiff and achy from Saturday that dancing wasn't exactly at the top of my "omigoshIreallywannadothis" list. But We all made it bearable. However, on Saturday I got Natalie to kiss my neck with this hectic lipstick on so it would leave a kiss mark, cuz I thought it looked cool, not realising it would stain my neck - which it did - and ended up looking like a Hicky. I had pictures to prove my innocence, but everyone chose not to believe me and went on to nickname me "Hiki Riki", which I found kinda funny:)... whilst on stage I asked a group of friends to keep my phone safe for me, instead they did this:(reffer to bright green image)... they made it my wallpaper, screensaver and start-up image on my phone... just to remind me;) evil... but cute:)

ANYWAY... I think I'm done now:) thanx to everyone who made these past few days awsm. I needed it! :)
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Monday, May 24, 2010

Almost

Hello again. So I've just managed to get mostly everything back on track. I've been kind of disorientated lately because there has just been far too much going on - all at once - So I've been a little lost, the good news is I'm almost all better:)

On the 1st of July my family and I are moving, we found a house about a week and a bit ago and since then things have been super muddled. I hated the house when I first saw it, there were just so many things that I didn't like about it and I couldn't handle having to 'just deal with it'. However, over the past few days I've managed to kinda get over most of it, and I'm now planning on how I'm going to rikify my bedroom, it should be pretty epic. 

Also my computer has been giving me shit lately, which also threw me off balance. But slowly it's getting better. The only thing I haven't gotten back is my photoshop... but we'll see what happens.
 

So I went to CLARENS! It was super pretty, look!
If I could wake up to this every morning I would...






So the other night, at about 11:55pm, whilst successfully burning my dinner (which so happened to be 3 small mini pizzas)I recieved an extremely random but super awesome phonecall from a long lost friend, Stephen van der Sluys:). He used to be the guitarist  in my first band, "Fetch", and also one of my favorite people EVER! Was really awsm hearing from him again, haven't seen him in about a year and a half because he lives in cape town, but hopefully I'll be seeing him sometime during the holidays:) so I'm super excited!

Anyway, extra maths beckons! untill next time!
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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Friday, May 7, 2010

Blah

Didn't like this week. Not one single bit. Stupid week. Hmpf.
My wife left me last night. Apparently we're now divorced, but I'm still somehow her wife? WTF... I think not. Also went to go see the Bryanston Major Production, was much better than last year... still quite entertaining though. I fell in love with one of the actors, blonde, stunning smile and looked pretty darn hot in make up;) I then proceeded to do the stalker thing and find out what his name was during interval. Turns out his name is "Joshua Stevens"... I then decided to write him a letter:) it said:
"Hi there. I think you are absolutely gorgeous! Keep smiling, and well done:) <3 "Julia" (From the Wedding Singer) Fourways high School." <--- I wrote 'Julia' so that he'd only find out who I was after he'd come to see our show (which is what Bryanston always does - Kinda like a traditional thing) anyway, so the letter had been delivered. According to my fellow cast mates there is a chance he might be gay (just my luck)... so lets all pray for me:) ok?

I also got the chance to sit in on The Stella's recording session (that I arranged, cuz I'm cool like that). I must say, each time I hear them play, I remind myself why I love them so much. Their music is just too cool for the world:) another plus point is that they are all ridiculously sexy, each and every single one of them! It's amazingly wonderful:) So I had lotsa fun. Still got that song in my head... "Drowning on air, working for the boss man, bills I pay, never ever seem to end..." sigh... good stuff.

So yeah. that's my news. Smile! ***

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Borrowed time...

I swore to myself I'd never post my own lyrics, poems or songs on the internet, but this time I think I should. Friday last week, a dear friend of mine's father passed away, after a long struggle against cancer. Last night inspiration hit me and I wrote this song, especially for her. Raffy - I Love you hun...

Borrowed time...

Standing Ovation 
This life I've created
I look back
and smile at those years

Body is Aching
This life that you're taking
has broken and reduced me to tears

We find him living on
Borrowed time
Teachers spread the word
Please don't make it hurt
Make it go away
Give me time
To try and say goodbye
and dry the tears from my eyes
and let him go...

I Try to keep breathing
suddenly I see him
Right here but so far away
Dark lines fall from me
while he's still above me
I pray for just one more excuse..

To keep him living on
Borrowed time
Can my thoughts be heard?
Will he keep his word
Make me understand.
Leaving behind
Belongings re-arranged
will it be the same?
I still wonder why...
I still wonder why...