Aug 26, 2011
Jealousy does not become you...
I’m annoyed with Wayne. I had a very grumpy boyfriend in my flat last night and after further investigation discovered that he was pissed off at my taking Robyn’s new website to Darren to develop. Yes, Darren is my ex-boyfriend, but really he’s barely a blip in my life these days. If it weren’t for work he probably wouldn’t be in my life at all. How many times do you have to tell someone that you love them before they believe you? This is the second disagreement of this type that we’ve had in 3 weeks. The first one was over Martin, now Darren… both of whom barely feature in my life. Oh for goodness sake. So anyways, I’m sorry, but I’m fed up.
Aug 25, 2011
Home of Poi are AWESOME! Shop in their store!!!
It's not often that we see great service delivery here in SA... and in fact, very often we have to travel abroad to actually find it. Home of Poi have absolutely blown me away today.
Here's the background...
Robyn and I ordered flowlights together. All of mine work fine, but her one Spirit flowlight has been fautly from the start and on the weekend she replaced the battery and it just wouldn't switch on.
Anyways...
I contacted HoP, gave them the long version of the problem. They contacted me back, saying that they've had a couple of flowlights with faulty switches and are sending me a replacement flowlight for Robyn. And, to top it all off, I don't have to send the faulty one back to them.
How incredibly awesome is that?
Well done Home of Poi and thank you for the excellent service!
Here's the background...
Robyn and I ordered flowlights together. All of mine work fine, but her one Spirit flowlight has been fautly from the start and on the weekend she replaced the battery and it just wouldn't switch on.
Anyways...
I contacted HoP, gave them the long version of the problem. They contacted me back, saying that they've had a couple of flowlights with faulty switches and are sending me a replacement flowlight for Robyn. And, to top it all off, I don't have to send the faulty one back to them.
How incredibly awesome is that?
Well done Home of Poi and thank you for the excellent service!
The braai was great fun!
Oh hey, I never got around to posting about the braai that Wayne and I had with Daniel, Robyn and Rayson. It was a really lovely evening. The only thing that wasn’t lovely was the wind, but other than that, we all enjoyed ourselves. We will definitely host another one again, but with a few minor changes… paper plates and cups being one of them. Unfortunately Wayne doesn’t own any paper plates, and neither he nor I thought to buy. Oh well, these things happen.
Anyways, here’s a few of the photographs I took of Rayson, Robyn and Wayne spinning fire on the beach.
Anyways, here’s a few of the photographs I took of Rayson, Robyn and Wayne spinning fire on the beach.
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| Rayson spinning the awesomeness :) |
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| Wayne styling with the fire staff :) |
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| Rayson (Right) and Robyn (Left) |
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| Robyn spinning her worlds :) |
Aug 24, 2011
Pretty, Pretty... again
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| From http://www.theprettyblog.com/ - Milk & Honey: Decor Inspiration |
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| From http://www.greenweddingshoes.com/ - DIY Book Planter with Succulents |
Either Murphy or the Universe has got it in for me today...
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| Photo received via email |
Apparently, what had happened was that two cars collided. The driver of the first vehicle (this is where the stupidity kicked in) got out to get the license and insurance details from the driver of the second vehicle… and promptly got flattened by a passing truck. He clearly did not look both ways before getting out his car. The truck then collided with another truck and, as they say, all hell broke loose after that. This was around 6am, so by the time 7am rolled around the traffic was well and truly (excuse my language) fucked.
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| Photo received via email |
Moving on…
As my day progressed I got well into the swing of things until 1:20pm-ish, at which point the electricity died. Yes, it did indeed die… right at the point that I was going to send out an urgent bulk-emailer to our clients. Isn’t that just super? After a fair bit of calling our utterly useless municipal electricity department, Pam discovered that the power cables had been stolen from Currie or Cowey Road (not sure which one) and as a result the entire Morningside area had a power outage. Again, so super… (for those not in the know, this is sarcasm)
At about 3:30pm the lights came back on, thankfully.
Moving on…
Tonight is Fire in the Park, but if the weather does what I think it’s going to do, I don’t think there is going to be one. It’s starting to blow gales and looks like it just may rain.
So… that’s three. That’s it right? Don’t these things usually happen in three’s? Surely there can’t be any more (again, please s’cuse the language) fuck-ups today? Surely?
Enjoy the evening all
Aug 17, 2011
Aug 15, 2011
The weekend round-up
This weekend Wayne and I managed to do very little. We had officially made it a “nothing” weekend due to us needing a proper rest after the last few very busy weekends. “Nothing” in our world (or mine at least) generally involves doing “something”. On Saturday, after a very late start we popped to Galleria and Pavilion, so that I could look for a dress for the engagement party that he and I are attending on the 2nd of September. One of Wayne’s friends is getting married. After a trip to Galleria and then a trip to the Pav, I managed to find a very pretty, quite simple, but still elegant dress in Foschini. The black and white dress (white on the top, black on the bottom) can be dressed up or down for either a smart daytime function or a nice evening function, so I think I’ll get my money’s worth of wear out of it. I just hope that the weather warms up a bit before the 2nd, or I am going to freeze.
On Sunday, after another late start, I pulled my room apart in a bit of a spring cleaning frenzy. I have yet to put it back together properly… getting there slowly. In the afternoon Wayne and popped to Catalina Theatre at Wilson’s Warf to watch the Familia Flamenco show. I enjoyed the show more than I thought I would. Linda has changed it from the last two years, which is a very good thing. It needed a bit of sprucing up.
Have a great evening all!
Sunday evening saw me, in my bed, playing Sacred 2. I couldn’t be bothered to work on anything anymore, hence the reason my room still looks like my cupboards vomited their contents all over my bedroom floor. Tonight I will sort the crap from the stuff that I’m keeping and chuck out what I don’t want. Heaven help me.
My Patient Bean...
Aug 12, 2011
Fire in the Park – 10 August 2011
This post falls under the “better late than never” category.
Ok, so FiP this week was absolutely… for lack of a better word… EPIC! It was the last day that the Fire Desire guys were spending with us before continuing on their travels down the coast, and so just about all of the regulars and a few newbies pitched.
Martin, Wayne and Baz had the most fun (I think). Martin got to spin with some advanced spinners, which made his heart happy. He could finally talk to and spin with people who are on his skill level with poi. Unfortunately, although it isn’t so nice to say, he is a little bit ahead of the rest of us fire bunnies at FiP, with the exception of Jace and Cass.
Wayne got to spin his fire staff (with fire), and to my amazement he was absolutely brilliant! Don’t get me wrong, I have all the confidence in the world that some day he will be one of the best spinners I’ve ever seen, but I was surprised at how awesome he was after just two lessons and one day of practice. So all in all, three days and he was killing the moves! Nice :D That’s my bean!
Baz got to spin double staff, which he hasn’t done in a while… A while being two years I think he said? He really is very good. I forget sometimes how good at fire staff he actually is, and am reminded again when I see him spinning. Wayne says it’s like he’s going to war :P
Bruno spun everything from my flowlights to some form of fire wand. The man has serious skills when it comes to fire staff, so much so that even Baz said that he wish he had come to the staff workshop. Jaco and Martin spun partner poi and Tertius managed to catch some superb video footage of them. There is one piece of the video where it looks like Martin has 4 balls of flames flying around him. Incredible. Tertius did his fire breathing, poi and closer to the end of the evening had a few willing guinea-pigs eating fire. I passed…
I’m going to miss those guys, although they will be back in April for another tour. They really added a different element to FiP and as a result everyone upped their game and it was one incredible evening.
Oh! Even Faith came to Bulwer park! She finally got her fire hug from Robyn :D
And that as they say, is that :D
Have a superb weekend everyone!
Ok, so FiP this week was absolutely… for lack of a better word… EPIC! It was the last day that the Fire Desire guys were spending with us before continuing on their travels down the coast, and so just about all of the regulars and a few newbies pitched.
Martin, Wayne and Baz had the most fun (I think). Martin got to spin with some advanced spinners, which made his heart happy. He could finally talk to and spin with people who are on his skill level with poi. Unfortunately, although it isn’t so nice to say, he is a little bit ahead of the rest of us fire bunnies at FiP, with the exception of Jace and Cass.
Wayne got to spin his fire staff (with fire), and to my amazement he was absolutely brilliant! Don’t get me wrong, I have all the confidence in the world that some day he will be one of the best spinners I’ve ever seen, but I was surprised at how awesome he was after just two lessons and one day of practice. So all in all, three days and he was killing the moves! Nice :D That’s my bean!
Baz got to spin double staff, which he hasn’t done in a while… A while being two years I think he said? He really is very good. I forget sometimes how good at fire staff he actually is, and am reminded again when I see him spinning. Wayne says it’s like he’s going to war :P
Bruno spun everything from my flowlights to some form of fire wand. The man has serious skills when it comes to fire staff, so much so that even Baz said that he wish he had come to the staff workshop. Jaco and Martin spun partner poi and Tertius managed to catch some superb video footage of them. There is one piece of the video where it looks like Martin has 4 balls of flames flying around him. Incredible. Tertius did his fire breathing, poi and closer to the end of the evening had a few willing guinea-pigs eating fire. I passed…
I’m going to miss those guys, although they will be back in April for another tour. They really added a different element to FiP and as a result everyone upped their game and it was one incredible evening.
Oh! Even Faith came to Bulwer park! She finally got her fire hug from Robyn :D
And that as they say, is that :D
Have a superb weekend everyone!
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| Barry spinning staff... he is just amazing :) |
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| Bruno showing Martin an advanced poi move... I think it's called Orbitals :) |
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| Faith getting her fire hug from Robyn... Her first one ever! |
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| Bruno... absolutely incredible |
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| Meeeeee! |
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| Me doing ... what ... fountains? I dunno, it's basically poitruvian man. |
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| Me doing corkscrew :) |
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| My babes, Wayne spinning the awesomeness :D |
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| Wayne spinning fire staff... His first time! |
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| He did so well! :D |
Aug 11, 2011
Most amazing evening!
Fire in the Park was incredible last night :D I will post piccies later this evening :)
Aug 8, 2011
Shorter...
... is sometimes better!
I've shortened my flowlights... Now to shorten my fire poi... somehow.
I've shortened my flowlights... Now to shorten my fire poi... somehow.
Fire Desire Workshop Weekend... Wow...
Another weekend has come and gone, and what a weekend it was!
The guys from the Fire Desire community in JHB are currently touring South Africa. They’re basically meeting and connecting with performance artists (fire / poi / staff spinners / fire breathers / jugglers and all the other people who have “fire” and “juggle” associated with their art forms and hobbies), from all over the country; with the ultimate goal being that of making connections for a tour next year with one of the guys (Richard) from PlayPoi.
Ok, so this is the general round up of the weekend:
Saturday (Cold – Rain, miserable weather…)
Wayne and I made our way to the DUT for the poi and staff workshop that was being held by the Fire Desire guys. I wanted to participate in three workshops, but wasn’t sure if there would be enough time. I ended up paying for the three, but only ended up doing the staff workshop the next day. Fortunately, that was possible as the guys held another workshop down in Umkomaas.
So anyways, back to Saturday… rain and poi. Rayson had managed to get us a class or space of some sort at the DUT, which was perfect as it rained the entire day and we really needed to be indoors. The workshop itself was outstanding. Jaco taught the class and was assisted by Tertius (whom I later discovered is quite an incredible fire breather). On a side note, fire breathing is terrifying… It is never something that I will ever attempt.
Jaco started the workshop off with an explanation of the various kinds of poi, from fire, to baton to sock, and so on. We then started with the basics of the basics with regard to spinning. His approach is very different to Robyn’s for various reasons; time being the biggest of those reasons. He explained side and wall planes and how to get in to and out of them. He also explained arm movement and moving your body with your arms. It was a really good, informative workshop. My only criticism is that they should have worked out 100% the framework of the class. I also think that Jaco needs to make a clear distinction between intermediate and advanced poi. In his head there is a very clear distinction, and I think that it would make it easier for the “advanced” people to determine whether or not they are actually advanced… or not.
So I had fun at the workshop! I managed the beginners workshop fine, and learned a fair bit in the intermediate one, so I think I did ok :)
The evening, cold as it was, saw us heading to Galleria to watch Captain America! Fun movie :D Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Sunday (Cold – but sunny at least!)
Wayne and I arrived at Mi Casa in Umkomaas about an hour earlier than we should have. We ended up having a coffee and relaxing before the workshops got underway. Wayne and I were the only people starting out with the staff workshop, so we ended up having a semi-private lesson with Bruno. Staff, although trickier than poi, is still a relatively difficult art form. I have a whole new appreciation for Baz spinning fire staff the way that he does.
Anyways after the workshop, Wayne and I headed to the Drum Shack at the Stables market. We ended up not staying very long at all… just long enough for Wayne to have one really serious jam.
And that was the weekend in a nutshell!
The guys from the Fire Desire community in JHB are currently touring South Africa. They’re basically meeting and connecting with performance artists (fire / poi / staff spinners / fire breathers / jugglers and all the other people who have “fire” and “juggle” associated with their art forms and hobbies), from all over the country; with the ultimate goal being that of making connections for a tour next year with one of the guys (Richard) from PlayPoi.
Ok, so this is the general round up of the weekend:
Saturday (Cold – Rain, miserable weather…)
Wayne and I made our way to the DUT for the poi and staff workshop that was being held by the Fire Desire guys. I wanted to participate in three workshops, but wasn’t sure if there would be enough time. I ended up paying for the three, but only ended up doing the staff workshop the next day. Fortunately, that was possible as the guys held another workshop down in Umkomaas.
So anyways, back to Saturday… rain and poi. Rayson had managed to get us a class or space of some sort at the DUT, which was perfect as it rained the entire day and we really needed to be indoors. The workshop itself was outstanding. Jaco taught the class and was assisted by Tertius (whom I later discovered is quite an incredible fire breather). On a side note, fire breathing is terrifying… It is never something that I will ever attempt.
Jaco started the workshop off with an explanation of the various kinds of poi, from fire, to baton to sock, and so on. We then started with the basics of the basics with regard to spinning. His approach is very different to Robyn’s for various reasons; time being the biggest of those reasons. He explained side and wall planes and how to get in to and out of them. He also explained arm movement and moving your body with your arms. It was a really good, informative workshop. My only criticism is that they should have worked out 100% the framework of the class. I also think that Jaco needs to make a clear distinction between intermediate and advanced poi. In his head there is a very clear distinction, and I think that it would make it easier for the “advanced” people to determine whether or not they are actually advanced… or not.
So I had fun at the workshop! I managed the beginners workshop fine, and learned a fair bit in the intermediate one, so I think I did ok :)
The evening, cold as it was, saw us heading to Galleria to watch Captain America! Fun movie :D Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Sunday (Cold – but sunny at least!)
Wayne and I arrived at Mi Casa in Umkomaas about an hour earlier than we should have. We ended up having a coffee and relaxing before the workshops got underway. Wayne and I were the only people starting out with the staff workshop, so we ended up having a semi-private lesson with Bruno. Staff, although trickier than poi, is still a relatively difficult art form. I have a whole new appreciation for Baz spinning fire staff the way that he does.
Anyways after the workshop, Wayne and I headed to the Drum Shack at the Stables market. We ended up not staying very long at all… just long enough for Wayne to have one really serious jam.
And that was the weekend in a nutshell!
Aug 3, 2011
Cannot believe...
... how utterly useless some people can be when it comes to computers. Like driving, I am of the firm belief that you should have to have a licence to operate a computer and or laptop.
Aug 2, 2011
Another busy month...
It seems like it's going to be another busy month. On top of work we have the following:
Wednesday's - dancing after work
Every second Wednesday - Dancing and then Fire in the Park, after work
Thursday - Night market
Friday - Baking muffins for Saturday's workshops
Saturday - Poi workshops
14th - Flamenco show at Catalina theatre
20th - Working on Fire and Lights with Robyn and braai in the evening with Robyn & Rayson
Next month (the 24th) I've booked mom and I to go on a cupcake decorating course at The Makery. It's just something fun for us to do. I will post pics of our creations :) In the meantime, here are some of my favourite cupcakes from Zolita at The Makery:
Wednesday's - dancing after work
Every second Wednesday - Dancing and then Fire in the Park, after work
Thursday - Night market
Friday - Baking muffins for Saturday's workshops
Saturday - Poi workshops
14th - Flamenco show at Catalina theatre
20th - Working on Fire and Lights with Robyn and braai in the evening with Robyn & Rayson
Next month (the 24th) I've booked mom and I to go on a cupcake decorating course at The Makery. It's just something fun for us to do. I will post pics of our creations :) In the meantime, here are some of my favourite cupcakes from Zolita at The Makery:
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| Teddy bears - too cute :) |
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| Pretty wedding cupcakes - gorgeous alternative to the traditional wedding cake |
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| Cake pops! |
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