Toodles everybody!!!

First of all, I'd like to say toodles to everybody who's in my life. I don't need any of yous!

Yes I said "yous" that's a plural. I'm gonna talk to Mirriam Webster and tell her to add it to her dictionary. And if that's not the right spelling of her name, then tough! She's gonna have to change it too.

Coz at this point in my life, I'm at a point where I am unfuckwithable. Another word I'ma have added. Basically I'm rewriting the history of the world as you know it. Everything's gonna change. EVE-RY-THANG!

From the English vocabulary, to capital cities of small countries all over the world. I'm renaming everything I can't pronounce. Re-spelling everything I can't spell. Y'alls (can you keep up?) are not ready for what's about to commence. Yes. I said "commence". Not "start" or "happen" or any of those basic English words. I said "COMMENCE". Get on my level!

Your whole attitude about everything in your life is about to change. After this, you're gonna have to drink tea out of a coffee mug and your latte from your delicate China.

I'm sure you're read all those paragraphs hoping to at least get an idea of what exactly it is that's about to elevate my level awesomeness to an even greater amount of undisclosednessness. Don't worry, I'm about to inject some knowledge in your medula oblongata (I doubt that's what it's called, but like I said, I'M CHANGING EVERYTHAAANG!)

Yes, that's right... I'm on another level now. I'm not holding the lift. Soon as I see you running I'm pressing the "close door" button. <-- It's a metaphor. I'm adding that to the growing list of metaphors already out there. Not only will people be "jumping the shark" but they will be "riding the skinny greyhound". Yes, I'm adding that one. Who do I call? Matter of fact... Have them call me!

At this point I'm not making any useless calls about changing the English language. Queen Elizabeth better add me on her speed dial. King Zwelithini better add me as a friend on Facebook. Mswati better send her new wife to me for "verification purposes" before marrying! That's how I rolls now. (in case you haven't noticed, all my new words have and "s" at the end. Making them even more awesome. Are you paying attention, Mirriam?)

So... without any much further ado...

Let me just send a major shoutout to everybody who owes me money. Everybody who's ever taken anything away from me. Everybody who's ever taken a picture with/of me. Everybody who has established any sort of contact with me before today!
To each and everyone of yous...

1. Keep the pics.
2. Lose my old numbers
3. Frame all the pics you have of/with me
4. Keep the money!
   

That's it. I'm not accepting any more friend request from ordinary people. Only friendship requests pending on my FB account should be... Barrack Obama, Tiger Woods (for the golfing tips) and George Bush (he can use me as his spell-check. Or thesaurus at that). NOBODY ELSE!

Also... I'm changing everything. Idioms included.

I'm also adding what I'd like to call "comparative-idioms". Write that down, Mirriam.

Here are a few examples for your viewing pleasure so you can get an exclusive into the future of the English language:

• As angry as Chris Brown (you were expecting this one, right?)
• As faithful as Tiger Woods
• As smart as George Bush
• As hidden as Osama
  
• As black as Michael Jackson (too soon?)
• As healthy as Magic Johnson (okay... I'ma stop now)

I'm sure you get the picture though, right?

All this because of one simple thing. I WON TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS!!!! $2,500,000.00!!!

How lucky am I!? VERY! Out of 250 000 random emails. They picked mine! Not yours. MINE! I'm a winner, you're not. Deal with it and move on.

Sure, that sounds like small change to Bill Gates, but wait till I get to Zimbabwe and convert those many zeros! I'ma be so freaking rich, I'ma come up with a whole new currency.

I might actually have to come up with a new "-illion" to suite my newly found wealth!

Bye everybody! I'm off to build a small island off the coast of Fiji! Population: ME!

Peace out!

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In the event of my demise

I know this could be considered morbid or taboo or whatever, but I've been presented with death twice this week. First yesterday, and just a few minutes ago we were informed that a colleague passed away this morning.

So it got me thinking, not that I haven't been thinking about it or anything, but it just brought back that reality that death comes unexpected.

Even when someone's sick and they've been sick for months, just the thought of them being there one day and gone the next, makes you think long and hard about what we take for granted. About what we leave behind, who we leave this things to. How people are gonna cope with your passing.

At least that's what I was thinking about while everybody else was busy singing hymns...

Made me really wonder what people are gonna say about me on the day of my memorial service. I wonder. What good memories will they have to conjure up to make me look like the saint that I'm not? What are those things that I do with or to people and not consider the memory I leave with them to deal with? I wonder.

A lot of people don't actually take the time to tell people that they're doing a good job. Or just thanking them while they're still alive. These are the very same people who cry the most at funerals. The ones who faint. The ones who cry the loudest. I don't wanna be that guy. I don't wanna be that guy who doesn't say what's on his mind - be it good or bad.

That's one of the reasons why I am the way I am. If I like something I will say that I like it. If someone does something good, I will commend them on it. That I will do without fail. On the flip side, as much as good things are praised, bad things also need to be condemned!

I'd hate to be that guy they talk about in a nice way at the funeral. That guy that no one wants to say a bad thing about. I don't wanna be made into a saint. I am a human being. We all have our flaws. It's our mortal duty to see the good and bad in others and ourselves and to give credit where it's due.
Not to wait till someone's in a wooden box on their way down a 6-foot-deep hole. That's what I'm about.

So... in the event that I should meet my demise. I'm sure it will be the right time. As much as people might say "it wasn't his time"... I'm sure it would be the perfect time. I don't know when that might be, but I sure hope it's not anytime soon. I still have a lot I want to achieve. A lot I want to do. Not only for myself but for others as well. I know God doesn't read my blog, but I'm not writing this to/for him. I'm writing this for the world. Friends, foes and the indecisive.

I don't want people to get the wrong impression about me.

I hope and pray that I will have achieved all the things I'm set out to. I hope I will have touched as many lives as I was meant to. I hope I become all I was/am meant to be. I hope all those I leave behind have more good memories of me than bad.

I hope and pray, people don't forget me. May they never forget who or what I am/was. As selfish as it may sound, I hope people never "move on" from my passing. I want them to never forget me. Ever.

Don't worry, I'm not dying.

I'm just saying... in the event of my demise.

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01.01.11

I've decided to start another blog. Yes ANOTHER BLOG! That's gonna be one more blog to update, together with my tattoo blog (which I have easily neglected), my portfolio, my clothing line blog, rView and this one.

But this time it's gonna be different. It's gonna be more personal, yet more informative, more opinionated, and a whole lot more design-oriented. I'm basically gonna be moving everything I've been doing online since day one, to one central place. I'm not copying anything over though, I'm starting a brand new empty blog.

I wanna do this because I have a lot of things that I wanna share with the world, but most of them are locked up either on my profile on Facebook, or are bits and pieces all over the internet. That comes to and end with the introduction of this newness. So expect a more in-depth look at my designs and everything else in between.

Not too sure what I'm gonna do with this blog though, but I think I'ma leave it open for whoever wants to read it.

I'm really gonna enjoy updating that one, I can tell. It's gonna be filled with an even higher amount of undisclosed awesomeness than this one.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Also... less sharing stuff on Facebook & Twitter... more sharing on my website. Good idea, no?

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2011 resolutions. Add something!

So the year's almost reached it's end. With less than two months to go. Pretty soon, it'll be late December and you'll be making resolutions about what you want to change about your life. Where you wanna go, what you wanna do, who you wanna be doing it with, how many times, how often, blah blah blah.... You know the drill. I'm sure you've done that many times before.

Some people actually make it a point to accomplish these "goals" and others just don't care. Some make them as they go along, and again... others just don't care.


That's fine. But before we continue... I would like to turn your attention to this guy...

He clearly falls into that category of "others just don't care". That's fine. But I for one think he should. Not for the sake of being like everybody else and making false promises and whatnot. But for the simple fact that the quality of his daily washing exerience might improve by just 1 more percentage point.

That's all I wish for him, that his life may be one percent better than it already is.

I understand that not everyone can afford facewash, or shampoo, or whatever. Maybe he's allergic. Maybe he lost his job. Maybe he really, honestly and truly... just doesn't care.

Here's the thing, I stumbled upon this picture in one of my Twitter friends' YFrog accounts. The person in the picture is not the friend. But I guess she also found the pic on the internet and had to share it... at least for the LOLz. That's fine, I have nothing against that. I do that too to be honest.

So I RT'd the picture asking my contacts what they thought of the picture. And followers being followers, no one bothered to reply

So I sent the picture again the next day. Still no opinion. What can you do??? Nothing. Unless if you have a blog, then you blog it!

And here we are.

I don't have anything against peoples' hygiene choices, but sometimes you just have to be accommodative to others. If I don't like body spray, does that mean everyone around me has to pay the price? No. So if I really care, I'll obviously try and use something to kill the odour, right? Right.

That's the least I'm expecting from other people - consideration for others. That's all really.

Now... If this guy has a girlfriend, or boyfriend or whatever really... doesn't he care that his lips taste of soap and or sweat? I'ma have to take you guys waaay back for this one... You know how back in high school you don't really care who thinks what... Until you get a girlfriend. Yeah, that happend.

I had this girlfriend who used to used to wash his face and lips (yes, lips) all in one go. Needless to say, this wasn't a very pleasant experience for me because I'd be tasting the soap all the way throughout the kissing. (Don't look at me like you never used to steal kisses at the back of the classrooms during breaks - I see you!)

So now, at some point when I had summoned enough courage, I politely told her not to wash her lips. They don't really need the dedicated washing. This is before I ever knew what facewash was, so we didn't address the washing of the whole face; never mind the neck!

Anywho, that's that.

Back to the topic at hand. And I'll just say this one thing: I really hope this guy realises the err of his ways and invests in some shower time options, for the year 2011 and beyond. He should consider adding the following to his list of resolutinos, if he hasn't already:

Basic stuff like shampoo - developed specifically for the head/scalp. NOT one of those shampoo/body wash combos. Those kill the cause. We're trying to help this guy out here.

Second on the list, should be a facewash. Any facewash will do really. He can start being picky once he's acquainted his face and neck with the idea of getting washed separately from the rest of his body.

That's about it. Just two simple things.

One more thing he might wanna consider is a girlfriend. Or a sex partner or something along those lines. This is not to improve on his sex-life or whatever. This is basicaly so that he has someone to - 1. Tell him what he's doing wrong. 2. Take pictures of/with him in the shower. Obvisoulsy that's a selfpic, but we won't go there!

OK, that's all now. Seriously.

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"Undisclosed amounts of awesome!"

That's my thing from now on.

This blog is filled with undisclosed amounts of awesome!

Done.

I'm sick and tired of the news feeding us with propaganda (big word right there) about robberies involving undisclosed amounts of cash, or jewellery or whatever. I'm sick and tired. Sick. And. Tired.

I mean, what's so wrong with disclosing the said undesclosed amount? How's that gonna change anything? Is it gonna attract more robberies because they'll know have a budget to work on? Will it advertise how much of whatever is at the said location at any given time? Who knows? (don't answer that).

So based on those very very valid questions, I've decided that everything I that's worth measuring, is going to be undisclosed. Be it money, coffee, sugar, sex, milk, water, fun, rain... EVE-RY-THING! EVE-RY-THING? EVE-RY-THING!!!

Here's a quick example -

Random guy: Hey, MX, how cool was that party last night???
Me: Maaaan, that party was filled with an undisclosed amount of
coolness!!
Random guy: *walks away confused*

Do I care? Nope! Couldn't be bothered in the least bit! Bottom line is, I did what had to be done! It's called brand reinforcement!

Do you think Trey Songz ever gets tired of sayin "Yuuup!"? I doubt it. Well, maybe he does, but does that stop him from saying it on every other song? Not a chance! He's got other musicians wondering what undisclosed amount of awesome they can add to their songs to make the people pay attention. Look at what Ludacris does... he says "Luda!" just before most of his verses. Reason? In case you're not sure who's coming up next. At least that's what I think.

Now let's redirect the focus back to me again. It's my blog after all.

Say for instance I walk up to a guy giving out free samples of yogurt (or whatever) and he asks me, how much I'd be willing to pay for such an awesome product. I'ma just look him straight in the eye and say... "an undisclosed amount!" ...and walk away... samples in hand.

That's how I roll! I'm hitting you with undisclosed amounts of awesomeness from now on. (see what I did there?)

Hope you ready!

*Yuuup!

*used without permission. Please don't sue me, Trey!

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Write now!

So I'm sure you've been sitting there, day in and day out, checking my blog every 5 minutes, wondering what I've been up to lately.

Well, seeing as I seem to only blog here when I'm updating you about what I'm busy with, consider this one of those...

I've been busy with 2 things really.

As usual, still trying to push my clothing line to the masses. That's a given, I'm not gonna bore you with that. So let's move swiftly to the next point...

I'm now officially a blogger for a new online magazine called rView. Check the posts I've written so far: Click here!!! So I'ma be kicking some knowledge over there for a while! Join me!

There's no need to panic, I won't be deserting this blog anytime soon. The only reason I joined the other team is simply because I blog a lot about things that need some sort of feedback or input from readers. And seeing as I've been on this blog for yeeeeeeeears and have had only a handful of comments, user interaction seems to be very minimal on this side. Communication seems to be one-directional (there's a proper English word for that, I just can't think of it. I know it's the opposite of duplex though) anyway... seeing as not as many people want to comment on my awesomeness, I might was well keep the contents of this blog, what they've always been, and share my more conversational pieces to rView. So in essence this blog will remain what it has always been, so stick around. ;)

What say you?

**cue crickets**

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What did YOU do for the World Cup?

First off... I'd like to as FIFA not to sue me for this.

Simply because I don't actually know how the whole copyright issue around using 'FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa' thing works. So I'll just say this here and now: FIFA­™ World™ Cup™ 2010™ South™ Africa™.

There.

Now that we got that out the way...

On to the topic at hand...

The World Cup came and went and the main issue was that only a very few people would benefit from it.

So what did most people do? Try milk it for all it's worth. Coming up with innovative ways of getting a slice off this FIFA pie!

Most black people shipped their family members off to nursing homes and orphanages to make room for opening B&B's and such.

Needless to say, that whole plan never worked coz FIFA had specifically said that they wanted top-notch accommodation facilities and handed out a long list of 'recommended' accommodation providers. And none of the regular black people cum B&B owners saw this one coming and got nothing! All that time and money spent on renovating their houses was wasted.

So what did the youth of this beautiful country do? They came up with something else...

T-shirts! YAY! Now there's a brilliant idea. A t-shirt to ride on this WC wave with!

Although many well established t-shirt brands did get some milk out of this FIFA cow (wow, I'm on a roll with these metaphors!!! FAYAH!!)... anyway... Although some brands did manage to squeeze out some rands out of this whole endeavor, there were those who thought they were onto something major and wanted to see if they could catch a ride on this metaphorical Gravy Train (OK, that's the last one for today).

Many tried, and just as many failed.


Where am I going with all this? Well, the question I'm asking myself is... where are all these brand now, today, this very minute, right this second? I really wonder.

I can understand if some lost hope because the World Cup sales weren't as crazy as expected, but what of those that are still around?

It's all good an well to come up with a great idea and link it to an event (without getting sued). But don't just come up with the great idea then disappear into the unknown as soon as the event ends.

In fact the event must have been the perfect foundation for you to see if this is really something you are willing to get into for the long haul?

Think of all these start-ups that popped-up everywhere during the World Cup. Where are they now? What are they doing now?

All those 113 companies that named themselves Something-Something 2010 and even went as far as registering that name; what of them? Did they not expect their company to go beyond this year? How many of the 113 will still be around come next year, come 2014? Or maybe they planned this all along... that come 2010 they're gonna register their company and rake in MILLIONS!!!

Maybe they didn't plan pas the 30 odd days of the FIFA World Cup.

Look at how the flag business boomed during this short period. The flag business what the business to go for if you wanted to make money throughout the duration of the world cup! But as soon as South Africa was out of the tournament, one-by-one, South Africans started removing the flags from their car mirrors. As if the flags were a symbol of the World Cup somehow. Like being South African and proud was only temporary.

What a shame.

Let me know if you have answers to these questions. I'll wait.

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Things that suck: PIES!

Let's get one thing clear... Pies suck.

I know this because I've been eating pies for a very long time, and regardless of the fact mentioned above, it was only till yesterday that I realised that pies are just useless.

I mean, there's just a huge collection of flaky pastry and some stew-like meat filling inside. What the hell is that about? You bite the damn thing a couple times before you even reach the damn meat which has been strategically placed at the center, just to frustrate the hell out of your hunger.

That's another thing pies completely choose to ignore - the reason you're eating one in the first place - to eliminate hunger!

You take the time, effort and energy to buy a pie; find some way to unwrap the wrapper; ultimately end up eating the damn thing, only to end up with pastry flakes all over your face and an unfilled stomach.

I think whoever decided to put meat in between dough, must've intended it to be a starter. NOT something you can eat when you're really hungry. NOT something to eat for lunch, for instance.

That's all I'm saying.

I've decided I'm never gonna eat a pie ever again. It's a complete waste of time, energy and everything else in between.

Done.

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I see fat people... and they're running

Here's one thing I just can't understand. FAT PEOPLE RUNNING. And I don't mean fat as in a little chubby, or with a bit of "baby fat". No no no no... *shaking head vigorously*

Not looking like this -->

I'm talking really fat. Like borderline-obese fat.

Lord knows I love me some meat on ladies, but there's a very thick line between the typa thick I like and unacceptably large! A thick one. Fos instance, if you can't life your leg without assistance... but that's a story for another day!

I'm sure they're just following doctors' orders, but let's get real here. Who's gonna help you if you're out on the road sweating last night's midnight binge off? Who's gonna carry you?

Here's how I reckon these people end up running around in the streets...

1. (S)he's chilling at home at a healthy weight. Has nothing better to do, so they start having "snacks" in front of the TV or computer coz they're so bored.
2. Two years down the line, they're at an uncontrollable weight due to all the hobbilessness and binge eating.
3. They get a mini-heart attack, get rushed to the hospital, and get instructed to either join a gym, start excercising or eating healthier.
4. So they figure there's a loophole somewhere. So they decide to rather keep eating whatever they want and run it off.
   A win-win solution, right? WRONG!!!
5. And that's how they end up jiggling all over the streets!

Simple. Isn't it?

Here's an even simpler solution:

1. Don't eat EVERYTHING in sight!
2. Eat healthy foods, you don't have to eat healthy when you hit 200+ kilograms.
3. Run (or whatever) NOW! Don't wait till you have to do it!
4. Don't wait till it's too late!

See, it's 4 simple steps versus your 5-step programme. Think about it.

ATT: Fat people

• If you're extremely huge for reasons other than over-eating, laziness, "I-love-me-some-McDonald's", eating when you should be sleeping, sleeping while you're eating, eating while you're sleeping, eating unhealthy food, etc. Ignore this blog post. Actually... DON'T READ IT AT ALL! Stop reading!
• PLEASE DON'T SIT ON ME!
  

Deuces!

:p

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Inspirational breakups

I think the numer one motivator for any artist's success rests in their heart.

It's only after we get our hearts broken that we rise to greatness. I guess it has something to do with wanting to show the ex that you are much better without them, or that they were standing in the way of your greatness.

Success is always the best revenge anyway, so when artists like Will.I.Am, Kanye West and Usher wanted to get creative, they dug deep. Really deep. Deep to where the pieces of their broken hearts lay.


Look at the crazy success Usher got from the Confessions album (after his breakup from Chilli from TLC). The resounding success of Kanye's 808s & Heartbreaks album. The awesomeness that is Will.I.Am's Songs About Girls (after an 8-year long relatinship came to an end). All these albums were made big by the fact that these artists found inspiration from getting their hearts broken.

Heartbreak is so inspirational that most of these artists most popular songs are those about getting their hearts broken. Here's a short list, off the top of my head:

• Usher - Burn (the whole Confessions album - both of them)
• Kanye West - Love Lockdown
• Kanye West - Heartless
• Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreaks (the whole damn album!)
• Drake - Karaoke
• Will.I.Am - Heartbreaker (which is really one long apology)
• Craig David - Walking Away
• Beyonce - Irreplaceable
• Lil Wayne ft Rick Ross - Single Again
• Blackstreet - Don't Leave
• Usher - Separated
• Usher - Moving Mountains
• Maxwell - Pretty Wings
• Maxwell - BLACKsummer'snight (most of the songs on the album)

Also worth mentioning is that some songs on Drake's Thank Me Later album seem to have a simillar theme. He mentions an ex-girl in a couple songs, so I assume there's a story there. We'll only know once he opens up in some interview somewhere...

Chris Brown and Tyga's latest single, Deuces, is even more testament to this theory...

Bottom line: If you're looking for inspiration, motivation or a reason to start something - get heart-broken!

After-thought: Seems most of these "I'm sorry, take me back" songs are by male artists and the "go to hell, you bastard" songs are by the women. I'm not sure whether to :) or :'(


Oh well...

Deuces!
:p

Did I leave anybody out?

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Enough Soweto already!

I'm sick and tired of everything happening in Soweto! Seriously.

I know it's the biggest township yada yada and all that jazz, but seriously, there are other more deserving townships and communities in South Africa!

Everything that has anything to do with charity or some needy community anywhere in SA, always takes place in Soweto for some reason. As if all the other townships are fine and Soweto's playing catch-up. Why is that?

If there's any charoty that needs blankets to fight off the winter cold... guess where it is... SOWETO!
Nike built some soccer thing "for disadvantaged communities" and guess where it is? That's right... SO-freaking-WETO!

Why?

Do these big international companies even know about other more deserving, far less priveleged communities anywhere else in South Africa? I don't think so.

Yes, there may be some parts of Soweto that aren't as developed as others, but that's not the issue. What about those communities/townships that have nothing at all to begin with? How many townships you know have a fully fledged mall? A mall, in the hood. How many? I only know of one. And guess where it is... SOWETO!

Hasn't Soweto got enough facilities and tourist attractions already? How many people know about the other parts of this beautiful country of ours?

When tourists come to South Africa some go to the beach, others go on some Safari... where do the rest go? Again... SOWETO!

Why are all the other provinces not doing as much to promote the history, heritage and overall exposure of their townships?
Or maybe let me as this... What needs to happen in your community before you have enough reason to market it as a tourist destination? Do we need another political uprising? A billionnaire to build a mall around your block?

Get up and do something! Invest in your own. Otherwise Soweto's gonna take over.

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Women lie!

...ALL THE TIME!

And their biggest one isn't the usual "I've never done that before", "I'm pregnant" or the "it's your baby" lie. Nooooooo...

Their biggest and most frequent lie is... wait for it... you ready?... OK... here it comes... The biggest and most frequent lie told by women all the way from 16 to 61 is... "I'm going on a diet!" POW! There it is!

Be careful, this lie comes in many different forms... It can be just three
simple words: "I'm on a diet." or the longer version: "I can't eat that, I'm on
a diet.".

LIES!

The sad part is that this lie is extremely popular amongst the black community. Unfortunately.

This famous lie usually comes early on a Monday morning, when said female realises that they were a bit over-indulgent over the weekend and it's time to change their ways. As if that's gonna change anything.

Do this: On any given Monday, ask a female colleauge if she want to join you for some KFC (or whatever temptation you can throw her direction) for lunch, and look at her face get all minced up as she thinks of the right tone to use in delivering the lie... *face all messed up: "No thanks, I can't, I'm on a diiiiet! (pronounced: daaiyet)".

Then give her a maximum of two days and see if you wont spot her munching down a McD's burger and a Coke during Wednesday's lunch.

A plain lie right there!

How often do you hear a particular woman say they're on a diet, and yet no one notices any change in her weight?

And all females love this lie. Each and EVE-RY-ONE of them. Well, at least those who are concerned about such.

If only women were to realise that there's no quick fix to that bulging waist-line. It takes more than a two-day diet to help you get back in shape or stay in shape. Eat right. Regardless of how much or how little you eat. As long as you eat what your body needs. NOT what you fat molecules are craving!

Stay real!

:)

Deuces!

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Social networking killed the blog-star!

Okay, I know blogging is part of the social networking umbrella, but still.

I think Twitter and Facebook have single-handedly driven real opinion blogging to the ground. I know this because over the past few months (if not years) I've blogged less and less. Simply because it's so much easier to whip out my phone, log into FB or Twitter, update and log off all in 3 minutes or less.

The convenience of real-time "updating" has become the biggest thing to hit the internet since the instant messaging.

So as a resolve, I've decided to cut down on my FB and Twitter activity, and reserve my opinions for my blog. I know it probably doesn't make a lotta sense, but I think I've established myself enough as a social media addict, to drive people to my blog now.

So as from now on I'm gonna try concentrate more on this blog than my social networking accounts.

In case you wanna stalk me, feel free to follow me on Twitter.

Deuces!
:p

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Check BBM*

I've come to notice something...

People will do anything to get some sort of social acceptance in their circles.

Have you noticed how many people now have the ultimate "I may not have much, but I have this" item? In case you're wondering what I'm talking about, I'm talking about a BlackBerry.
Almost everyone who gets a chance at it, wants it and gets it. Ahh, the joy of wanting to fit in. I don't think people get BlackBerrys for their sheer ease of use, or whatever. I think people get them now as a way of showing that they've made it.

Got a new job? Get a BlackBerry.
Got a promotion? Get a BlackBerry.
Got proposed to? Why not get a BlackBerry to go with that?
Got a threesome? Get a BlackBerry so you can social-network about it!
Got a tattoo? Why not get a BlackBerry so you can share a blurry pic with all your closest friends and family?

That's how it is now.

Noticed how many other handheld manufacturers are copying the QWERTY-keyboard layout of BlackBerry? Almost all the big guns in the industry are making QWERTT-keyboard phones now. From Nokia to Samsung to LG; eve-ry-body!

Do you know how long BB has been around? How come you always used to diss it for being bulky and too complicated, but you hear some American singer praise it in a few hundred songs, now it's the very best thing since sliced cheese!?

I'm sure BlackBerry's market share rose a few hundred percentage points over the past 24months due to black people wanting to get themselves the very best in "Hey, look I made it!" of accessories.

Gratz BB!

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The video!

In case you missed it, here's the video!




Footage courtesy of BlackBrain Pictures & SowetoTV.

Please don't sue me!!!

Deuces!

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On your TV screens!

Yesterday I was informed of some awesomeness that'll be gracing TV screens all across the border!


That's right, the one and only Diamond Dealer will be featured doing his thing on SowetoTV (DSTv Channel 150) today.

I'll obviously be glued to my TV that time. My ritualistic PlayStationing immediately after work is gonna have to take the backseat. I wanna be there to witness history unfold!

You might be reading this and thinking, "what's the big deal!?". Well, let me ease your aching head...

The 051Free State range of t-shirts were only launched on the 15th of March 2010. And not even two months later they're gonna be on TV! <-- That right there is a big deal on it's own! Coupled with the fact that I basically took a giant leap in approaching a total stranger and asking them to be the brand ambassador for a brand that had only printed it's very first t-shirts in June 09. A brand that not a lot of people knew about. A brand that is determined to make it regardless of who said what. A brand that has had no sort of funding or exposure from any other big name. This could easily be the very best day of my life! The begining of it all! I just hope broadcast doesn't get postponed/canceled or anything along those lines. *touch wood* Deuces! Keep it 27degrees cool!

PS: Thanx to tehPaperCut Designs for the killa pic :)
PPS: I'm plugging myself like you wont believe.
PPPS: I don't care how that sounds!

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T(hree)-Pain

I'm convinced Mr Autotune has some sort of weird fascination with people's hands being opposite to the ground.

I noticed this after watching DJ Khaled's All I Do Is Win (video) for the umpteenth time on Channel O this morning.

I realised as I was frnatically throwing my hands in the air and singing along, that T-Pain has entertained this idea a couple times before.


He has mentioned the phrase "hand in the air" in all three of his latest music videos. This must be a world record of some sorts!

Case in point... I specifically remember him saying "Throw your hands in the air, home-girl take your motherf***ing shirt off" on his first single Take Your Shirt Off (video link); I then went on to remember his autotuned voice uttering the same words in another song called Reverse Cowgirl (video link), where he candidly says "Throw your hands in the air and go hee-haa, hee-haaaaaaa". Sounds weird when you read it, maybe as you were reading that, the tune played in your head. We can only hope...

Anyway, this is no big deal really, unless he's trying to expose some subculture of people who recklessly throw their hands in the air for no apparent reason. Either way, we loving the music Mr Pain.

I would also like to highlight the fact that I love the DJ Khaled video. And this has nothing to do with the fact that the killa hook & chorus keep my arms fit and in good working condition. I love the two cars in the background: The matte black Chevy Camaro and it's white counterpart.
If for any reason, you feel the need to reward me for this awesome praise of your lyrical abilities, I will gladly accept either one of the two cars. (I've attached pictures for your convenience!)


Thanking you in advance.

The one, the only... Paper!
Deuces!

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A quest for fame! - Who doesn't wanna be famous?

Ever since I can remember, I've alwways wanted to be on TV. ( That sounded like the generic answer to "Why do you wanna be on TV" LOL ) I think much of it has to do with the fact that I have successfully managed to spend a whole lotta time watching the damn thing. I was exposed to a whole lot of mediocrity on TV and always felt that I could do better.

Well, it doesn't seem like this dream is too out of reach now. It seems every other music show on TV is looking for new presenters.

I'm convinced this is my chance. My time to shine!

Ever since the first ad for presenters aired on SABC1's LIVE, I've bee trying and trying to register on their Ning based social network. No idea why the thing always kept giving me errors. But it did. Each and every time. No matter what time of day. And the errors were always the same. Either something's missing, or they're experiencing a high volume of entries.
Look:

Anywho, I've since given up on that avenue. And just this morning, I was getting bored with watching the news when I decided to check out some music videos on Channel O. And the first thing that came up was an ad for new presenters for one of their shows called O-Access.

Currently, the show's hosted by Nonhle Thema. I guess they want somebody to help her out or something. I mean, it can't be easy travelling all over the world interviewing high profile celebrities. I can understand. Not relate. Understand. I'll relate when I'm the one doing it. :)

This brings me to the question: "who is best suited for this job but me?"

And subsequently, that then leads to the answer (in the words of Keith Sweat): "Nobody baby!"

I'ma do this!

See you on the flip side!

Deuces!

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The rebirth

Can't believe this is what my life has come to.

Ok. That's a bit of a melodramatic opening line...

Let's try again...

So this is it. Make or break time. (muuuch better)

I told myself that at some point in my life I'd return to school and study something in the creative industry. Not because I think it's gonna be easy, but because I wouldn't mind spending 3 years of my life studying something I am passionate about.

One thing I didn't anticipate was what I'm faced with at this very moment. I have to draw or paint something (anything) before I can be considered for admission.

This is no problem for me. I know I can draw. Even though I don't remember the last time I actually drew something.

I'm not worried about actually doing it. I'm not worried about what the end result is gonna look like. I'm not worried about ho little time I have. Actually... I'm not worried at all. I'm gonna do this. Even if I have to submit a page with one blob in the center!

Just got back from buying some drawing pads, pencils, an eraser and a sharper. All the tools I used to rely heavily on back in school when I used to draw during my downtime.

Come to think of it, back in the day I used to only draw when I had nothing better to do. On those days when I wanted to be alone with just me, my pencil and my music. Not a lot has changed since then, seeing that I still do pretty much the same thing, only difference is that I've come to rely so much on clicking and double-clicking that I have somehow lost the connection I used to have with paper. I guess this is my chance to rekindle that bond. See if the spark still exists.

There's no other way to do it but to do it to it!

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Biiiiiiig mistake!

So this morning, after several unsuccessful attempts to log on to the interwebs. The network connection at work finally came about and to my surprise (or maybe I should say delight) all websites were open.

I noticed this when I could see Flickr-linked pictures on my website (http://27-degrees.com/). Needless to say, I jumped straight from that site to Flickr.com to see if it really is open. And well, you guessed it, it was. I smiled like a maniac!

Went straight to Twitter, and caught up with the rest of the social networld!
http://twitter.com/tehPaperCut
http://twitter.com/27_degrees

So I've been trying to update my Twitter page but that doesn't work, so either way it's still cool.

Obviously I also came to my blog and updated. OBVIOUSLY!

Biiiiig mistake on your side Mr Government-proxy-firewall-thingy person!

Deuces!

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27Degree Update

Hmmm...

Where to begin...?

Been gone so long. Haven't been blogging for a while. I guess not having my own internet access is yet another hurdle I have to jump over sooner or later.

First it was not having my own PC to blog on whenever I wanted. Got that sorted. And now it's the internetlessness issue.

Anyway, I didn't come back on this blog to complain about my lack or resources. But rather to update you. Yes you, the reader about what I've been up to.

So, let me be the very first one to announce that my days of boredom are a thing of the past.

And by past I mean a very very long time ago. Over eight months ago actually.
You see, last year in June I started a clothing company called 27 Degrees Clothing. Wasn't as hard as I thought it was gonna be. Didn't expect so much support from a place where I didn't know even one person.

This is basically how it all started.

I had this brilliant idea of starting a t-shirt line combining all the popular t-shirt brands that are already available out here in South Africa. I took inspiration from up-and-coming brands as well as well established labels. Everything from AmaKipKip, to IMAKOOLKID to even the smallest of the small brands that seem to be popping up everywhere.

I studied most of these brands, learned from their successes and failures. Took what worked from them and adopted it into something that'll suit my style and my target market. I can safely say this has yielded great results for me.

I may not be where I wanna be yet, but I'm most definately on the right path towards that dream.

The main idea behind starting this company was to provide a way for people to represent where they're from. Using area codes together with the name of the province, was an effort to take wearing a tshirt a step further than it having just a name and no other interesting element to it.

I also created a website to go with the clothing brand (http://www.27-degrees.com/). I wanted to have a platform where I can interact with my customers and allow for total transparency in case somebody wants to get through to me and doesn't know how to, or where to go. Hence the reason the website is not only a way to show off the latest designs, but functions primarily as a blog for the company.

Though the brand is still small, I'm proud of how far it has come in the short time that it has been around.

Having gone from just one Facebook page with only one fan (me) to having an estimated total of over 463 fans spread out over 3 pages. With well over a 500 t-shirts sold in 8 months... the best is yet to come.

And basically this has been the one thing that has taken up most of my time, money and energy.

The plan for this year is to basically get the brand recognised throughout SA. Even if you don't know what it's about or why it exists, as long as you recognise the design. Then that's all that matters to me.

For more details on the brand feel free to go through the official 27Degrees website or check out the pictures on Flickr.

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See y'all later!
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