is a bit bombastic and arrogant.

They came to dinner last night, and I had my usual sparring match with him.

He tried to ‘throw’ me with Latin quotes. But I translated them (by chance I knew the ones he dredged up!).

In turn, I gave him the Latin name for the microcephalic human remains found on an island in the Pacific. 2 weeks ago

Had a meeting with a client today …. and the person delegated to run with the project is a nutter of the first order!

And nutter in the ‘nut’ sense, not the eccentric sense.

When someone sees fit to tell you that they are NOT schizophrenic ….. the conclusion is ….. 1 month ago

sitting legs akimbo on a rickety wooden stool at the cooperative’s garden. 1 month ago

The easter concert took place at a small church built of stone and with a hammerbeam roof, built in a colonial revivial of the gothic revival Victorian style.

Afterwards, we left at the same time as a very well known (and extremeely wealthy – as in billinaire wealthy) heiress – from the most famous SA mining magnate family.

We walked through the lush, well tended parish gardens. As we neared the exit, the symmetry of the neatly laid path was disturbed by a pile of earth and upended bricks. The heiress, who was leading the three Japanese visitors down the path, pointed this out, saying in a most plummy accent: “This must be the work of the Methodists. They have no idea what it means to be an Anglican.” I laughed and responded that perhaps it was the socialists. She laughed in return – because at the concert, the organiser had confused the words ‘socialists’ with ‘soloists’ during an announcement.

Meanwhile, the elderly Japanese gentleman stepped back, protecting me from the pile of red earth. He bowed and I bowed and said ‘arigato.’ He smiled and then I told him about my son in Kofu, Yamanashi province. He responded and said that he came from Kyoto. I told him that I thought Kyoto to be a most lovely city.

Then the heiress, MS, was rather amusing as she struggled to identify her car, saying ‘they all look the same to me.’ Her car was, surprisingly, a very ordinary, just above entry level, sedan. 1 month ago

My world – the world of ‘doing’ and ‘achieving’ and ‘problem solving’bunped up against a world of ‘entitlement’ and ‘hand outs’ and ‘blaming’ yesterday.

I was not pleased. 1 month ago

So I walked into the kiosk at our university with my friend.
me: i don’t really want to eat anything unhealthy..
her: ...
me: they don’t even have doughnuts!
her: because doughnuts are healthy? :P
me: in a weird ass whiny cartoon voice what kind of fucking place is this that doesn’t even have doughnuts?!
I guess I was a little loud and forgot I don’t live alone on earth, so I turn to see a tall dark guy giggling a little, clearly trying to keep himself from laughing loudly. I think I just stood there shocked and a little shy but with a biggg smile. He looked at me and smiled mi-giggle and said “you’re right though”.
He was tall, dark, handsome and had a good body but mostly I can’t stop picturing his smile! I just fell in love with the fact that he just laughed at me like that, and I came across him once soon after that like 20 minutes later. He was sitting alone which I admire but I was too shy to introduce myself. If I had just bought something we could have talked! Oh well, I am strongly wishing to bump into him again at uni. Love of my life maybe o:) 5 months ago

They say bad things happen in threes.
It all happened in a day for me.
Today has just sucked and it all involved interacting with people.
Besides the people that kept staring at me during my terrible parking job.
They just kept staring and didn’t say a flipping word to me, but that was after the worse experience I’ve ever had with a kiosk person at the mall.
All I wanted to do is pay my phone bill and leave. I normally just ignore those obnoxious people but today I didn’t.

The idiot was a little shorter than me but that’s not the important part.
He stared at me and asked about what cleanser I used for my skin.
Yes my skin broke out a little bit, it always happens a week before my period.

What bugged me was how he automatically pointed out the flaw I was trying to hide. I’m beating myself up about how I handled it.
All I did was walked away and didn’t bother defending myself or anything.
That ruined my day, I could’ve just told him off but I didn’t. Maybe I cursed under my breath but that was it.

Do you think it’s really necessary for a stranger to come up to you and pick out a flaw?
I wish I wasn’t such a coward, I could’ve stood up for myself.

I didn’t stand up for myself when I was stared at, nor when I was dealing with the car issue.
I could’ve but I didn’t. I could’ve done a lot of things differently but didn’t. 6 months ago

She was wearing a swirly ‘mullet’ hemmed’ chiffon top in sbright colours, with shorts underneath. Her long, elegant legs were shod in sky high platform stillettos with an unusual double heel.

She turned heads wherever she strode! 6 months ago

Stupid iPhone app deleted my whole entry. But anyways this post will include Halloween and today’s strange encounters
During the day of Halloween, Brody my puppy had his second vet visit to get his vaccinations or as I’d like to call them his ‘booster shots’. He was amazing during the visit. He behaved so well and he kept getting compliments on how cute he is.
I was given the O.K on taking him over to my parents during the evening. As long as their dog stays upstairs.
Brody dressed up in his batman hoodie while I was batgirl, during the visit to my folks I was given the passing out candy task. While my parents continually fussed over Brody.
Let me just say how bossy and greedy the trick or treaters have become! Two candies for each kid, no more no less. That was the rule, and no digging their little hands in grabbing handfuls.
This was the multiple things I’ve heard many times.
“I want more!”“I don’t want that one! I wanted the other one!”and etc. Onto the *strange encounter during the evening, some girl, dressed up as a zombie. We had eye contact.
What did I do? Called her a boy. I felt embarrassed.
Now onto November the 1st, first weird encounter was when I was walking Brody. I guess he got spooked by the gardener and the loud leaf blower.
The gardener stopped saying ‘Hey, sup?’ I didn’t say anything and just went on my way.
Second part I was caught completely off guard, my neighbor knocked on my door to inform me about the pressure cleaning on the driveway. So I moved my car and fully introduced myself and went on my way. 6 months ago

Two experiences that happened a week ago at Walmart. I’m not going to get to deep into these encounters but I know I need to start this.

First encounter: I’ve been addicted to the Gangnam Style song by PSY. Yes I know it’s been getting old. But this song always puts me in a good mood.
Well I finally got to burn the song from ITunes onto a cd. Yes it does occasionally play on the radio.
Well I wanted to see if I would get reactions while in my car.
Reaching my destination and finding the somewhat closest parking spot, eventually parking. There were these young men walking to their car and I spot them dancing.
Getting out of the my vehicle and thinking little of the situation, I had my mind set on something else. They wee about to go into their car when one of them said
‘Thank you! You just made my night!’.
That just made me happy. They went on their way and that was the end of that.
The other experience happened the same exact night while in Walmart.
While browsing through puzzles, one of the employees interrupted my search and swore that he’s seen me before at a comic store with my now ex. I laughed it off and told him a few facts I found out about the ex recently. Then just went on my way.
I’m just letting it go and laughing it off.

I would honestly declare this as a few of my recent strange encounters. 6 months ago

I know I haven’t updated this in a while, honestly again I just let it go when someone stares at me, ask me a question, compliments, insults or somehow ASSUMES that they know me from somewhere. Yes this happens. I should write about something that recently happened a week ago at Walmart. I will get to that. 6 months ago

because she has divorced him, moved out and now neeeds to move into her very own cottage.

My thoughts? His mother is an adult, she has lived rent freee and subsidised in many ways by my siter for more than 12 years … no thanks to my sister …. and is now maoning about having to move??6 months ago

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn6PXlTihFs

See the link, or, becasue i did not seem able to post it propoerly, search for

‘youtube of heavy hailstorm in johannesburg’.

Watch it for a while and you will then see a series of mini explosions in the garden pool! 6 months ago

woke me up this morning. I would not describe it as a peal – it was jerky, odd, jumpy. Was it perhaps a practice carillon?

Or is it a modern style of bell ringing? 7 months ago

Write about strange, funny and sad encounters.
I debated on adding this because I’m trying to just let things go and move on. But sometimes these awkward encounters with strangers, past friends or random people I met only one time affect me. Not all the time, mind you.
But I sometimes wish I would’ve said something different or acted some other way instead of how I did then.

The encounters I will blog about are face to face, not in the car unless there’s some type of verbal communications.
Now sometimes there may be no actual verbal interaction during the face to face, but there may be eye contact. It’s very unsettling being stared at, and once in awhile feeling like you’re being followed is especially nerve wrecking.

I may post a few past examples but I’m sticking on focusing on the now. 7 months ago

made me worry about the nest of trays I bought from his shop. What if there was cocaine or something on his hands, which transferred to the trays? Then what if the border security does one of those scans of luggage and picks up a drug residue?

Dare I pack the trays at all? 7 months ago

made me worry about the nest of trays I bought from his shop. What if there was cocaine or something on his hands, which transferred to the trays? Then what if the border security does one of those scans of luggage and picks up a drug residue?

Dare I pack the trays at all? 7 months ago

made me worry about the nest of trays I bought from his shop. What if there was cocaine or something on his hands, which transferred to the trays? Then what if the border security does one of those scans of luggage and picks up a drug residue?

Dare I pack the trays at all? 7 months ago

made me worry about the nest of trays I bought from his shop. What if there was cocaine or something on his hands, which transferred to the trays? Then what if the border security does one of those scans of luggage and picks up a drug residue?

Dare I pack the trays at all? 7 months ago

made me worry about the nest of trays I bought from his shop. What if there was cocaine or something on his hands, which transferred to the trays? Then what if the border security does one of those scans of luggage and picks up a drug residue?

Dare I pack the trays at all? 7 months ago

made me worry about the nest of trays I bought from his shop. What if there was cocaine or something on his hands, which transferred to the trays? Then what if the border security does one of those scans of luggage and picks up a drug residue?

Dare I pack the trays at all? 7 months ago

made me worry about the nest of trays I bought from his shop. What if there was cocaine or something on his hands, which transferred to the trays? Then what if the border security does one of those scans of luggage and picks up a drug residue?

Dare I pack the trays at all? 7 months ago

made me worry about the nest of trays I bought from his shop. What if there was cocaine or something on his hands, which transferred to the trays? Then what if the border security does one of those scans of luggage and picks up a drug residue?

Dare I pack the trays at all? 7 months ago

made me worry about the nest of trays I bought from his shop. What if there was cocaine or something on his hands, which transferred to the trays? Then what if the border security does one of those scans of luggage and picks up a drug residue?

Dare I pack the trays at all? 7 months ago

made me worry about the nest of trays I bought from his shop. What if there was cocaine or something on his hands, which transferred to the trays? Then what if the border security does one of those scans of luggage and picks up a drug residue?

Dare I pack the trays at all? 7 months ago

made me worry about the nest of trays I bought from his shop. What if there was cocaine or something on his hands, which transferred to the trays? Then what if the border security does one of those scans of luggage and picks up a drug residue?

Dare I pack the trays at all? 7 months ago

in my favourite, funky shopping precinct.

He was very helpful, offering to photogprah some items I saw but which I was not sure daughter would like.

All the while, he was slurring his words, his loose jeans stayed on by some miracle as they were slipping further down over his hips, and he had to try three times to put the nest of high design black leather and chrome trays that I did settle on, into the packet.

I think that A was as high as a kite. At one point, I thought about asking him what it was that he was taking, but then thought the better of it. 7 months ago