Vegetarianism!
It used to be a foreign concept…not after reading ‘Eating Animals’ by Jonathan Safran Foer. I am genuinely freaked out and on a meat sabbatical. Do you know that 99% of the meat consumed in the US is factory farmed…only 1% is farmed by family-run businesses! To put it into perspective, wiki defines it as
"Factory farming is the practice of raising livestock in confinement at high stocking density, where a farm operates as a factory — a practice typical in industrial farming"
So think thousands of chickens stocked high on top of one another in cages the size of their bodies or pigs and cows squeezed tight together with no space to move…so basically they live in their excrements, eat in the same place and don’t get to see the light of day…literally! It’s a cruel, cruel practise and has sent my world topsy-turvy! If you knew me, you’d know that a medium-rare fillet is my choice off of any menu…not anymore!
Another frightening fact – in our lifetime, we will see the eradication of the seas’ populations! Yes, you read correctly…due to the methods and frequency of commercial fishing, thousands and thousands of animals are dying at the expense of our want to eat seafood. I’ll be honest, I can’t give up both seafood and meat, one at a time, but the thought of eating seafood is turning my conscience into a battle zone! Tuna fishing is the number one cause of the near extinction of 145 species in the ocean…you can include the different species of dolphin, whale, shark, turtle, rays, fish, gulls and sea horses into that equation – they’re all facing the chop!
And it’s all because our taste buds are tickled at the thought of say sushi…or…even Friday night fish ‘n chips!
Do yourselves a favour…read this book…it’ll blow you away with facts that are unimaginable, and honesty that will send you reeling with shame and disgust at the way we live! Surely some day, at some point, karma will bite us in the arse – a scary notion to say the least!
It’s ironic that we’re celebrating ‘Human Rights Day’ on Monday 21 March 2010 yet can’t even take the time to point the finger at ourselves and acknowledge the cruelty that we’re inflicting on nature!
On a lighter note:
Change is in the air…work…hair…the distance I run…eating habits (as per the above)…an exciting and scary notion indeed!
I got hit on the other day…he was cute…a 7.5/10…he asked me if I wanted a stuk of his wors (in reference to dry wors)…that’s a new one for the books!
Enjoy the weekend y’all...be safe and think twice about what you’re eating!
KaB
Piss: being the typical hypocrite that I am...sushi is on the menu for tonight! *But I won't enjoy it like I've done so previously...bugger*
Friday, March 19, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
...the other side of 25...
So another astrological year has come and gone...being on the other side of 25 is a shock to the system...4 more years and I'm 30...christ alive!!! How the hell do people that age cope knowing that the 20s are gone?!?
**note: new life motto: put on your dancing heels, get out there and have fun**
I had a revelation the other day too...that ex person who was so much a part of my life...he got a major slap across the face and geez louise did it feel good! He deserved every painful inch of it. Needless to say, it was followed by smses labelling me a psycho and what not. Let's just leave it at this: strange that another previous girlfriend was labelled a psycho...I wish I had taken a minute to decipher this and think 'mmm...why was she labelled that and was she really such a person?!?' She could have had every logical reason to do what she did (as I did) yet it was spun into some psychotic web...just as my situation was! It's strange how people can have the wool pulled over the eyes...sometimes things aren't as black and white as they seem! Whatever...moving on has been the greatest relief ever and realising that I deserve much better is most welcome too! That said, shame on him for already moving along to some next conquest...funny how pouring out your emotions and telling me just how much love there was can be ignored a few weeks later and jumping into the sack with another person is as easy as 1...2...3!
What was once a cherished memory is now a tainted image of what probably shouldn't have been! One thing is for sure: lessons have been learnt and I won't be picking any old fish out of the ocean...I want to land me a whale...once I'm done partying it up like a rockstar and having a good old time out there!
So...to start off my new astrological year I thought I'd intro you to the things I intend on doing before 28 February 2011:
1. Run the 2 Oceans and Knysna Half Marathons
2. Go crayfishing regularly with my dad...wetsuit is in check, license too!
3. Freelance my writing...a few ideas are in the process of implementation and I'm looking forward to getting my name out there...keep a lookout for this!!!
4. Go kloofing
5. Orange River Canoe Trip during September/ October *can't wait to do this again*
6. Drop 2 dress sizes...training has already begun! *goals for the year ahead wouldn't be the same without the cliched diet regime...I stand by my goal though*
7. Visit NYC and do the whole SATC thing!
8. Change my hairstyle...because I can and it's fun!
9. Meet more new and interesting people...it came to a stop recently...I'm now rebooting the system and developing strategic outing sessions to get this one up and going.
10. Follow my dreams...writing...animals...the outdoors...whatever I can do and get my hands on in respect of these, I'm going to do!
11. 2010 FIFA World Cup - have the tickets for a Round 16 game...*whoop, whoop*...I will be part of this most amazing event SA will see!
12. *Score* with a rugby player (why not get cheeky and ballsy too)
13. Get more involved with local politics...how I don't know but I definitely want to take advantage of democracy and the freedom to speak up...I'm tired of sitting around commenting rather than actioning!
14. Write music, play music, do more concerts!
15. Enjoy the fruits of Cape Town **FYI: more wine** while still having fun doing all of the above!
**whoop**...here's to being 26!
Rock the funbus y'all!
Over & out
**note: new life motto: put on your dancing heels, get out there and have fun**
I had a revelation the other day too...that ex person who was so much a part of my life...he got a major slap across the face and geez louise did it feel good! He deserved every painful inch of it. Needless to say, it was followed by smses labelling me a psycho and what not. Let's just leave it at this: strange that another previous girlfriend was labelled a psycho...I wish I had taken a minute to decipher this and think 'mmm...why was she labelled that and was she really such a person?!?' She could have had every logical reason to do what she did (as I did) yet it was spun into some psychotic web...just as my situation was! It's strange how people can have the wool pulled over the eyes...sometimes things aren't as black and white as they seem! Whatever...moving on has been the greatest relief ever and realising that I deserve much better is most welcome too! That said, shame on him for already moving along to some next conquest...funny how pouring out your emotions and telling me just how much love there was can be ignored a few weeks later and jumping into the sack with another person is as easy as 1...2...3!
What was once a cherished memory is now a tainted image of what probably shouldn't have been! One thing is for sure: lessons have been learnt and I won't be picking any old fish out of the ocean...I want to land me a whale...once I'm done partying it up like a rockstar and having a good old time out there!
So...to start off my new astrological year I thought I'd intro you to the things I intend on doing before 28 February 2011:
1. Run the 2 Oceans and Knysna Half Marathons
2. Go crayfishing regularly with my dad...wetsuit is in check, license too!
3. Freelance my writing...a few ideas are in the process of implementation and I'm looking forward to getting my name out there...keep a lookout for this!!!
4. Go kloofing
5. Orange River Canoe Trip during September/ October *can't wait to do this again*
6. Drop 2 dress sizes...training has already begun! *goals for the year ahead wouldn't be the same without the cliched diet regime...I stand by my goal though*
7. Visit NYC and do the whole SATC thing!
8. Change my hairstyle...because I can and it's fun!
9. Meet more new and interesting people...it came to a stop recently...I'm now rebooting the system and developing strategic outing sessions to get this one up and going.
10. Follow my dreams...writing...animals...the outdoors...whatever I can do and get my hands on in respect of these, I'm going to do!
11. 2010 FIFA World Cup - have the tickets for a Round 16 game...*whoop, whoop*...I will be part of this most amazing event SA will see!
12. *Score* with a rugby player (why not get cheeky and ballsy too)
13. Get more involved with local politics...how I don't know but I definitely want to take advantage of democracy and the freedom to speak up...I'm tired of sitting around commenting rather than actioning!
14. Write music, play music, do more concerts!
15. Enjoy the fruits of Cape Town **FYI: more wine** while still having fun doing all of the above!
**whoop**...here's to being 26!
Rock the funbus y'all!
Over & out
Thursday, February 18, 2010
I should’ve failed my driver’s!
I literally listen to Gareth Cliff…I don’t just listen to him but I actually respond like a robot to a control and I am completely oblivious to my automated ways!
A few weeks ago, I was merrily driving to work in the Cape Town morning traffic and was happily listening away to Gareth Cliff and his phone calls when I decided to literally follow orders barked out at me and caused a teeny tiny car accident…which actually hurt :(
*karma’s a bitch*
This is how it went…
Random woman calling in to 5fm: Hi Gareth…blah blah blah…something about clutch control…har har har!
Gareth ‘God’ Cliff: People out there…if you want to have a bit of fun while you’re sitting in the traffic then I suggest you brake with your left foot…*insert VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT I WAS QUICK TO IGNORE i.e. don’t do this in the actual traffic but at home without any other cars around*…
KaB: *oh, let me try that for fun!*
#&*SCREECH…SCRATCH*#!...BLEEP…(insert many swear words like…FUCK SAKES…Jissie jirre vok)…BOOM #@!*BANG!
Literally!
And that was that…of course I’d not have braked with my left foot had I known I WOULD LITERALLY SLAM ON BRAKES AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP DEAD CENTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! The poor guy behind me slammed right into the back of my car and knocked my poor little Yaris to kingdom come…all R15 000 of it!
Being a complete idiot I responded to the other driver’s concerns with an…“it’s all my fault…oh my gosh…I’m so sorry…I don’t know what else to say other than a spider ran across the windscreen and I got such a fright!”
FAIL! First off, what a lame excuse to cause an accident *woes* and secondly, when do you willing put up your hand and state that it’s all your fault…that’s ‘How not to deal with a car accident 101’!
Needless to say…I shat on Gareth Cliff the very next day and told him where to spend his salary this month and also received the great news that the other driver’s insurance company would be footing the bill and my excess!
Sis but I’ll gladly accept…after all…it was Gareth’s fault and not mine!
KaB
A few weeks ago, I was merrily driving to work in the Cape Town morning traffic and was happily listening away to Gareth Cliff and his phone calls when I decided to literally follow orders barked out at me and caused a teeny tiny car accident…which actually hurt :(
*karma’s a bitch*
This is how it went…
Random woman calling in to 5fm: Hi Gareth…blah blah blah…something about clutch control…har har har!
Gareth ‘God’ Cliff: People out there…if you want to have a bit of fun while you’re sitting in the traffic then I suggest you brake with your left foot…*insert VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT I WAS QUICK TO IGNORE i.e. don’t do this in the actual traffic but at home without any other cars around*…
KaB: *oh, let me try that for fun!*
#&*SCREECH…SCRATCH*#!...BLEEP…(insert many swear words like…FUCK SAKES…Jissie jirre vok)…BOOM #@!*BANG!
Literally!
And that was that…of course I’d not have braked with my left foot had I known I WOULD LITERALLY SLAM ON BRAKES AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP DEAD CENTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! The poor guy behind me slammed right into the back of my car and knocked my poor little Yaris to kingdom come…all R15 000 of it!
Being a complete idiot I responded to the other driver’s concerns with an…“it’s all my fault…oh my gosh…I’m so sorry…I don’t know what else to say other than a spider ran across the windscreen and I got such a fright!”
FAIL! First off, what a lame excuse to cause an accident *woes* and secondly, when do you willing put up your hand and state that it’s all your fault…that’s ‘How not to deal with a car accident 101’!
Needless to say…I shat on Gareth Cliff the very next day and told him where to spend his salary this month and also received the great news that the other driver’s insurance company would be footing the bill and my excess!
Sis but I’ll gladly accept…after all…it was Gareth’s fault and not mine!
KaB
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Ek wil huis toe gaan na mama toe!
And we're off...again!
Due to circumstances and events my colleagues slash friends and I are heading back home to Cape Town tonight! I am just relieved and grateful to be heading home!
I am ready to take those exciting steps off of the plane and onto the glorious soil of Cape Town...home! Some rays of sunshine would do me good too, thanks!
Catch you in SA!!!
Due to circumstances and events my colleagues slash friends and I are heading back home to Cape Town tonight! I am just relieved and grateful to be heading home!
I am ready to take those exciting steps off of the plane and onto the glorious soil of Cape Town...home! Some rays of sunshine would do me good too, thanks!
Catch you in SA!!!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Lover's Lost
Valentine's Day.
Bleh.
May as well have stuck me in a bottle store and locked the doors...I'd have been glad to drown my sorrows and stumble off into the sunset arm in arm with my new partner in crime...dear old uncle Jack Daniels. I'd rather have gotten piddled and sloshed to the extent that my long term memory was but a distant age old tale of dreams and tragic love stories illustrating great lovers like Heathcliff, Mr Darcy or even the Princes who rescued Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. Alas, my love story is but a short novel with a tearful ending.
I am still hopelessly in love with him. Don't roll your eyes...I still have reservations about a few things but not about this!
For Valentine's Day today I have this to say to you:
If I could be with you today I'd tell you how much I'm still in love with you and that I still want the same things that I wanted 1 year ago today...regardless of everything we've been through I've never doubted the way I feel about you, then and now, and if I didn't say this I'd be cheating myself on the one thing that I am truly 100% sure of...I love you and miss you.
Oh the day I wake up and it's all better!
To the rest of y'all...I hope Cupid shot his arrow in your direction and that you were lucky enough to be loved and cherished by your special someone.
Right, back to trashy British celeb TV...goodie-goodie gumdrops!
KaB
Bleh.
May as well have stuck me in a bottle store and locked the doors...I'd have been glad to drown my sorrows and stumble off into the sunset arm in arm with my new partner in crime...dear old uncle Jack Daniels. I'd rather have gotten piddled and sloshed to the extent that my long term memory was but a distant age old tale of dreams and tragic love stories illustrating great lovers like Heathcliff, Mr Darcy or even the Princes who rescued Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. Alas, my love story is but a short novel with a tearful ending.
I am still hopelessly in love with him. Don't roll your eyes...I still have reservations about a few things but not about this!
For Valentine's Day today I have this to say to you:
If I could be with you today I'd tell you how much I'm still in love with you and that I still want the same things that I wanted 1 year ago today...regardless of everything we've been through I've never doubted the way I feel about you, then and now, and if I didn't say this I'd be cheating myself on the one thing that I am truly 100% sure of...I love you and miss you.
Oh the day I wake up and it's all better!
To the rest of y'all...I hope Cupid shot his arrow in your direction and that you were lucky enough to be loved and cherished by your special someone.
Right, back to trashy British celeb TV...goodie-goodie gumdrops!
KaB
Thursday, February 11, 2010
The new old blog...
There is a new me. Hello world!
So, guess the cat's out the bag...I'm a single lady! When a relationship ends, a new you evolves out of what one used to be, hence my new old blog. I'm not going to get all mopey and depressive over the ex and I'm certainly not going to write about him on my new blog but it's been the usual 'trying to get over it process' to put it lightly...tears, sobs, cries of why, going back and wearing my heart on my sleeve, make up sex (mmm...that was great), wishing and hoping for what may be, believing again, a psychologist, lots of wine and far too much thinking!
One thing is for sure...how the hell do people put themselves through this over and over again?!? I cannot begin to think about the pyschological expenses (both immaterial and material)...the emotional investment and loss that one feels should the relationship come to an end, and let's be honest, that's pretty much all the time unless you're the luckiest son of a gun and found the one! I thought I was the one...I thought he was the one......(I think I still believe that *sad face*)...how many unlucky sods must think that! I now know of two! Funny thing is...no matter how angry and sad I am...if I knew that things could be different and if I knew we could make it work I'd do it all over again with him! I miss him and I miss us. But anyway...bleh!
I am done. He has walked away from the best thing in his life and it's not my problem anymore!
So...to kick it off...I find myself in London once again...to say that it's cold is an understatement! My colleagues and I are on a mission to seek out and capture ourselves a real live chav...just the other day one sat on a tube scratching its balls...*lovely*! The concrete jungle doesn't leave much to the imagination when it comes to its resident wildlife! We simply can't wait to head out on citifari each day to come across some new and unexpected species!
Not much else to talk about at the mo...have a few things up my sleeve...get back to sunny SA on my bday...have plans to braai, swim, retan (lack of sunshine...eish) and head on out to jam with the Prime Circle bunch...guess that should be fun if inebriated and enjoying the fact that I'm one year older...ugh!
Catch y'all on the flipside!
KaB
So, guess the cat's out the bag...I'm a single lady! When a relationship ends, a new you evolves out of what one used to be, hence my new old blog. I'm not going to get all mopey and depressive over the ex and I'm certainly not going to write about him on my new blog but it's been the usual 'trying to get over it process' to put it lightly...tears, sobs, cries of why, going back and wearing my heart on my sleeve, make up sex (mmm...that was great), wishing and hoping for what may be, believing again, a psychologist, lots of wine and far too much thinking!
One thing is for sure...how the hell do people put themselves through this over and over again?!? I cannot begin to think about the pyschological expenses (both immaterial and material)...the emotional investment and loss that one feels should the relationship come to an end, and let's be honest, that's pretty much all the time unless you're the luckiest son of a gun and found the one! I thought I was the one...I thought he was the one......(I think I still believe that *sad face*)...how many unlucky sods must think that! I now know of two! Funny thing is...no matter how angry and sad I am...if I knew that things could be different and if I knew we could make it work I'd do it all over again with him! I miss him and I miss us. But anyway...bleh!
I am done. He has walked away from the best thing in his life and it's not my problem anymore!
So...to kick it off...I find myself in London once again...to say that it's cold is an understatement! My colleagues and I are on a mission to seek out and capture ourselves a real live chav...just the other day one sat on a tube scratching its balls...*lovely*! The concrete jungle doesn't leave much to the imagination when it comes to its resident wildlife! We simply can't wait to head out on citifari each day to come across some new and unexpected species!
Not much else to talk about at the mo...have a few things up my sleeve...get back to sunny SA on my bday...have plans to braai, swim, retan (lack of sunshine...eish) and head on out to jam with the Prime Circle bunch...guess that should be fun if inebriated and enjoying the fact that I'm one year older...ugh!
Catch y'all on the flipside!
KaB
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