two things i'll just always love

• my little ponies
• cornflakes

always!



perhaps they may even get me through this incredibly trying work day... :)

Some fun stuff from Women24 newsletter

How to fight becoming fiscally challenged in winter apparrently :)

I was pretty grateful when this newsletter arrived so thought i'd share these useful and some of them pretty funny tips on my blog!

"The intrepid staff at Women24 have come up with some useful tips for countering this problem. Most are a little silly, but hey... for serious, go to Fin24.

• Abandon dinner parties and simply have more sex instead. (The vleis kombers option we mentioned a while back.) It's free and if it isn't, well, you have other problems you should attend to before reading this list.
  
• Make friends with lots of PR people. They will invite you to launches and things where free food and booze are usually on tap.
  
• Develop a witty, slightly risqué personality and a reserve of amusing anecdotes, so that you will be invited to other people's dinner parties rather than having to throw your own. Be prepared to make a lot of stuff up.
  
• Pretend to like people who tend to throw lots of dinner parties. (This was suggested by the Food24 Deputy Editor, Ilze, and as she has eaten at my house twice in the last month, I am feeling less bad about feeding her my chilli both times.)
  
• Play more Boggle, because it is always makes for a fun night, even if you are by yourself. (This was from our gossip columnist Jenna. We worry a little about Jenna.)
  
• Get really good at soup, and then cover up your inner cheapskate by saying that you are seriously into the slow food movement.
  
• Throw DVD parties. Popcorn is even cheaper than beans.
  
• Freewheel down hills on the way to dinner parties.
  
• Bring empty wine cooler bags to dinner parties, but busy yourself at the fridge as soon as you arrive. Assuage your host's suspicions as to your lack of contribution by sidling up to her later, and pointing out that Tom at the end of the table has been REALLY knocking it back.

well like i said i know it's a little late as most friends i know have already been suffering winter blues but i hope this gave you a laugh anyway!

Woe is me!

minutes after writing a quick note to Keith about how "if i had quite a lot of money lying around this afternoon i would" blah blah blah (it involved jumpin on a plane and goin dancin in jozi)

Deon let me know that Tokyo Star is no more...

what?

sigh.
it was the one place i went to that i rilly rilly liked on our crazy night out! and no... i don't thiiiiink it was because we'd already spent about R200 each on alcohol? don't be silly!

Happy Madiba-day!!

Could there be anyone left who doesn't know who Nelson Mandela is?

But more notably if there is anyone left who hasn't been inspired by him i think we should see to that!

"Happy 90th birthday sir,
You're possibly the most inspiring man of our times and our country is more than amazingly lucky to have had you lead us through dark times into a brighter more tolerant and sane future.
Times are still tough some days in SA but there is so much potential for growth and change and we have you largely to thank for our inspiration to keep trying.

Personally i hope you have a nice relaxing birthday and that you can feel the affection that a whole country has for you!
and also that you get some nice yummy cake and just have an all round great day!"


• Lucy this is your postcard that should be on it's way to you soon :) Travels and big days always deserve postcards!

Popcorn and Snails

ooh! there is a new edition to the office!

After weeks of preparation, a full year of faffing and then a lecture from Neil...
Meet our Gary!

he is the first resident of my desk's fish tank and we hope he'll stick around to welcome one or two more to the neighbourhood!

I'm very excited! but then I'm very excitable. point is I've been wanting fish again for a long time. I did initially want fishes for home but maybe we should all face that we spend more time at the office than we do at home these days and at this point in our life? Maybe my fishes will be better looked after here :) i will bring them home somehow for the holidays tho i hope!

Gary unfortunately landed upside down on arrival

Gary heads straight for the Castle! Happy Bastille day Gary!

and on a completely different note... When did popcorn ( a fun snack with it's roots in frivolous places such as carnivals and circus tents) become so serious? i suspect neurotic dieters are to blame. we should stop pandering to them :)
I mean really..."A wholesome snack for a sustained release of energy"...

perhaps not such a Tall Order after all!

I'm taking this moment to say congratulations!

granted i'm pretty sure i've told them before but it never can hurt to say so again.
Well done Tall Order on the Zula Bar gig last night!!

It so good to see close friends doing well after all the effort and love they've put into a project.
It's also good to see friends who haven't seen them live yet looking so impressed!

I will hopefully post the link for their interview they did after the gig here once it's available

(it's later! and here it is for you! :) http://overtone.co.za/musicblog/interview-tall-order)
Next stop, recording a single, photoshoot, music videeeooooo and then... the woooorld!
*grin*