Sing this in the morning and I swear – the day just gets better:
Dashing and daring
Courageous and caring
Faithful and friendly
With stories to share
All through the forest
They sing out in chorus
Marching along
As their song fills the air
Gummi Bears
Bouncing here and there and everywhere
High adventure that’s beyond
compare
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I found them.
And I’m going to share them with you… in fact, there’s a way we can have access to them ALL. THE. TIME. (I’m shouting because I’m excited).
The Counter is this nifty stall at Market on Main in Johannesburg. They do the city’s best brownies. They also do a host of other scrumptious goodies. It’s like mini multiple orgasms in your mouth every time you visit.
They’re attempting to raise funds to open a deli. You know what that means right? Mini multiple mouth orgasms every day!!
Let’s help them?
You can read about their plan and how you can get involved here.
And the IndieGogo campaign is here. You give funds to their start up BUT you get stuff in return. It’s such a rad way to invest in something cool! DO IT!
My favourite South African comedian is John Vlismas. The dude is funny as sh*t. Mind you, he’s originally from Zimbabwe , so I don’t know if I can refer to him as an SA comedian?
Either way – he’ll make you laugh.
I remember watching him when I was little on this TV show – Live at 5? It came on at, you guessed it, 5pm on Mnet “Open Time”. I was far too young and didn’t get half the jokes or understand what the hell was going on but I watched that show every Friday.
Anyway, Vlismas is turning 40 and to celebrate he has a new one man show opening. He won’t give much away about what to expect but he does say there may be nudity, live music and albinos. Rhinos may come in for a lambasting, as will people in wheelchairs, the illiterate, the rich, tourists, rugby fans and people who march. Read the rest of this entry »
You know, the older I get (which, isn’t that old) the more I realise that younger me was pretty selfish and self-absorbed. I never truly appreciated what I had. That was, until Facebook.
My job requires me to spend large amounts of time on Facebook and that means I read a lot of stuff other people post. 90% of it is moans and groans and updates about all the things going wrong. Maybe we’re negative by nature, I don’t know, but the status updates started bugging me and so I began to play a little game. I know the people on my “friends” list. I know enough about their lives that this worked well. Every time they posted a “my life sucks” update, I’d think of all the great things they have going for them. I’d never actually reply but simply tick off a few you’re lucky because things in my head and move on.
And the more I did this the more I realised the people I know are extremely fortunate and so am I. We don’t realise it a quarter of the time. We moan about our bosses and our jobs and our cars… It was around this time that I started getting a bit more involved with giving back. I’m a lucky girl, but I didn’t get what I have on my own. My parents gave me a leg up, some friends, a work colleague suggesting me to a potential employer…. Somewhere along the line we all need a little help. Read the rest of this entry »
I love to read. I love to lose myself in the smell of crisp paper and the visions of sword fights or an autobiography that lets me wonder into the minds of some of the greatest people to grace our earth.
There’s a beauty in books that cannot be found elsewhere. But when you’re a youngster there is a problem that comes with reading. Reading informs you and makes you knowledgeable. You have a larger vocabulary than some of your peers and reading improves your analytical thinking (I’d quote the studies, but the benefits of reading aren’t really the point of this post).
The point, if you like, is that a young girl close to me is being bullied at school. She’s being bullied because she is a bookworm and loves reading so much that during breakfast she’ll read the back of the cereal box… just because. Read the rest of this entry »
My review of of the Stir It Up headphones from House of Marley from their Freedom Collection. The Freedom Collection has an emphasis on mobile (so think your smartphone, iPod etc).
I loved these headphones. The moment they came out of the box they just looked so impressive: the canvas headband and the wood ear cups. But while they look the part the most important thing about headphones is the sound quality. These ones don’t disappoint… read more of this review here.
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If you haven’t figured out by now that I’m a huge superhero fan - where have you been?
I may blog about it an awful lot but now I think the Hollywood machine is playing with it an awful lot as well. ABC has just announced their latest TV series – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D – due out in a few months. It will see actor Clark Gregg reprise his role as Agent Phil Coulson. In case your memory needs a jog, this guy:
The marketing blurb for the show goes as follows:
Fresh from his role in the summer’s box office smash, MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS, Agent Phil Coulson returns to the worldwide law enforcement organization S.H.I.E.L.D. He puts together a small, highly trained, team of Agents to tackle the cases that haven’t been classified yet—the new, the strange and the unknown.
You’ll remember Coulson “died” in The Avengers film. I’m presuming they’ll explain their way out of that. To be honest, I feel like this is going to be too much. Heroes, Smallville… they eventually die a slow death because they’re not meant to be TV shows. They’re beautiful stories meant for the big screen: beginning, middle and end. Stretching something out is never a good thing – even Mr Fantastic has a limit! (yes, I just superhero jumped).
There’s a good team behind this – executive produced and co-written by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen (Dollhouse, Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog), Jeffrey Bell (Angel, Alias) and Jeph Loeb (Smallville, Lost, Heroes)…. but yeah, I’m not convinced.
Check out this sneak peak:
What do you think? Hit or miss?
