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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