The Last Day of January
Note: The publishing of this post has been delayed by a few hours due to intermittent internet problems with the author’s connection.
After many hours spend in the African sun, the Atlantic Ocean and gazing at the deep blue sky, the Summer Vacation of 2011/12 has finally come to an end. Yesterday was the return to college for many of my friends, some of them would be morbid and depressed to go back I’m sure, some eager to begin writing yet another new chapter of their lives. However they feel though, no one can really deny that this vacation has been one of the best of recent memory. (more…)
If I Were A Bird…
I’m not sure what’s more important nowadays: a smile on your face or money in your pocket. I think the world is losing its sense of what is important and what is necessary.
I’ve had this dream, since I was about 16, of travelling the world, soaking up all its culture and cuisine, its joyful festivities and blood-curdling uprisings and mirroring all I’ve experienced onto a sheet of feint ruled blank paper. That hasn’t really changed. But back then, I dreamt of doing it as a bird. You know, a completely impartial passenger on Earth’s non-stop carousel. Strange, I know. I wasn’t a normal child. Anyway, the reason for choosing a bird was this creature’s one incredible ability – flight. (more…)
Untitled: Post #273
Nearly three years ago, I met this girl out of pure chance. It was rather miraculous. I saw her and instantly knew I wanted to meet her. Later on I found out that she wanted to get to know me too. The unfortunate thing though, I realised just how little I really knew about her.
Tonight, after insomnia had forced my eyes open, I did some faffing around on the internet, and more specifically Facebook. Just a few minutes ago, I found her old profile page which I thought was taken down about a month ago. Apparently, it’s still there and I’m looking at it right now. There’s only three photographs of me and her out of something like a thousand.
I’m asking myself: Do I have the right to even miss her?
I have this picture of us taken in Grahamstown, both drinking from a jug through straws. It’s stuck to the back of my bedroom door. I always see it. Always. And it always makes me want to travel back to the time we were that close, and things were different.
Somehow I feel that I don’t deserve to miss her. But I do.
I’m sorry.
‘Born Into This’
Warning: This post contains, what some readers may consider, strong language.
What can I really say about tonight that hasn’t been said in this blog before? Well, nothing. Except that it’s pretty much the previous 260-odd posts rolled into one small one. The main difference, I guess, is that it’s not entirely about me. In fact, it’s barely about me. (more…)
The Little House on the Hill
I was in Kalk Bay earlier this evening. For the uninitiated, it is a small suburb about 35km South of Cape Town’s city centre. I drove my sister to the house she’ll be taking care of for the next two weeks or so. I’ve been there before, but today it seemed like an entirely different building. (more…)
‘At Times I Think, At Times I Am’
Warning: This post contains, what some readers may consider, strong language and offensive content.
Sometimes I wonder if I’m just being a self-centred, ungrateful bastard for wanting more than I currently have. I’m not talking solely about material goods here though. Yes, I suppose I am quite materialistic, but more important things like happiness, love and friendship will always come first. But I haven’t been genuinely happy in a while and I’ve forgotten what love feels like. So, in that sense, I guess I don’t have much after all. (more…)
The Blessing and the Curse
Warning: This post contains, what some readers may consider, strong language.
Today was uncommonly long day and, as per usual, I failed to have any kind of notable sleep. More unusual though, I have a shirt tan, bangle tan, fringe tan and, believe it or not, an arm-across-my-tummy tan. I look more like an éclair than a human being. In any case, I still enjoyed my day… well, up until about 20 minutes ago, that is. (more…)
Untitled: Post #268
That awkward moment when it’s nearly one o’clock and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is the only movie on. Sigh. This has got to be one of the strangest things I have even seen.
Anyhow, in a stark contradiction to this film’s bizarre humour, my mood is rather more contemplative. This week has given me a lot to think about. Anyway, I’m so incredibly tired…
Goodnight world.
- reddevilandy10
‘The Glistening Frontline Of The Sun’
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SUMMER VACATION EDITION
Keeping up this one-post-a-day thing is really tough work, especially when sleep seems the more logical option. Nevertheless, it must be said, that yesterday was amazing, albeit very tiring.
My friends and I had a little 2e Nuwe Jaar roadtrip planned. A drive to the little fishing village of Churchhaven, in the West Coast National Park, was the initial plan. But upon arrival, we learnt that to get into the Park, we would need to pay R32 per person… and there we’re about 12 of us. And that wouldn’t do. So, we got back into our cars and drove and extra 40km or so to the larger town of Langebaan, about 130km North of Cape Town. (more…)
The Prospective Year Of Plenty
SUMMER VACATION EDITION
After what can only be explained as one epic party, I am finally in my much-missed bed. Last night got rather raucous and frenetic. After all, it was a farewell (or more a “good riddance”, I suppose) to 2011, a year that has left many people smothered by pain and sorrow. The new year though, promises to be one of the most important on record, not just for the entire planet, politically and economically, but personally, inside the homes of those who make the world what it is. (more…)
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