Monthly Archives: July 2011

postsecret pic of the week :: passion

i never studied journalism. i never went to rhodes or uct, never spent hours discussing kerouac or the nuances of post-structural literary theory as it applies to Apartheid-era writing. but i knew i liked writing. i was making up stories as soon as i conceived of the ‘I’ and as a kid would spend hours [...]

Monthly Archives: July 2011

friday funnies with happy place

this week i tweetered this funny link about ‘The most hilariously effective signs supporting gay marriage‘. there are tons more but these were my fave… and then i went to ‘Brilliantly smart-ass responses to completely well-meaning signs‘. i’ve decided happy place is my new favourite waste of time. Catch ya’ll later mofo plums. nose kisses [...]

Monthly Archives: July 2011

It’s in his kiss. Right?

Dorothy Black thinks kissing is an art form that should be practiced regularly. ‘I think I should kiss you. You know. To be sure.’ Sparky kinda shuffled on the bench and squidged his nose. I was trying to determine if his lack of tongue technique had anything to do with his lack of girlfriend action. [...]

Monthly Archives: July 2011

Amy Winehouse from The Desk of Marshall

Good Morning, Citizens Amy Winehouse’s death is sad, if only in the sense that someone so young has died. There are those of course who have berated the woman and her lifestyle, damning her habits and seemingly cavalier attitude to life. But the truth is that the wheres and hows and whyfores are not our [...]

Monthly Archives: July 2011

postsecret pic of the week

so lovely and romantic. it makes me happy. the next few pics aren’t the usual sexy sexiness, but i found them on chris love tania (the ‘a’ is actually some weird russian ‘a’ or something…) [clickety click] happy sunday night / monday morning! dot xx

Monthly Archives: July 2011

guddummit

’nuff said. soon. soon i can breathe again.

Monthly Archives: July 2011

postsecret pic of the week

i’m not sure why this is my favourite postsecret today. maybe because it’s got so much story in it. like, why didn’t they get married? what’s up with the butterbeer? what’s the memory they made about that. why hermione? why does this person have to let the other person go? did they say ‘no’ or [...]

Monthly Archives: July 2011

massive attack of the continual replay

so i’m revisiting my love affair with massive attack. ever since i spaced out at the 3arts centre when they made their first and only trip to the south of great mother africa etc i have been a big, serious, ardent uh massive fan of their music. when 100th window came out i was in [...]

Monthly Archives: July 2011

masseeev!

feeling groovy. fucking horace andy’s the freaking shizzle. he was so awesome live. of course he was the only person moving on the stage so that probably added to his appeal. anyway. where was i? oh yes! feeling groovy. what with two hands and all. like julie when she’s running down that green green hill. [...]

Monthly Archives: July 2011

salon owner keeps robber as sex slave

even hotter hot press some clever plums on women24 just alerted me to the fact that this story is 2 years old already! it’s been coming through the feeds fast and furiously and only saw this post [same old sex slave, brand new gawker story] on forbes now. eek. it’s always a toss-up what to [...]