Offbeat

My new brother Clive, husband to my older sister, announced at their wedding this weekend that he and Julz were planning on writing a book 'Wedding Planning for Dummies'.  I'm thinking of writing my own one called 'Rogers guide to being a wedding spectator'.  Julz and Clive managed to pull off a wedding and avoid any fighting, in four months.  I managed to avoid everything for four months.

We watched the Count of Monte Cristo on Sunday night.  A quick 'Compare and Contrast' with the chicken and bacon burger I ate while watching:

Movie, improbable tunneling skills. Burger, improbable to eat without getting sauce on everything within a meter of the box.
Movie, home-video'ish. Burger, homemade'ish.
Movie, 2 hours... Burger, 15 minutes.
Movie, though French... no french. Burger, french fries. Burger wins.
Movie, massive rock jump. Burger, risky sleeping-Monique jump to get to the sink to wash off.

That was ridiculous.

Review

Its been a week full of events I could write about, but no one would read a comprehensive breakdown, so Im still not sure what to include.

Major event this week is having my expectations met, exceeded and then blown away by God.  We've just been backed by the Eastern Cape's biggest shopping center, Hemingways Mall, to run a soccer tournament there in the June holidays.  I can't convey the full extent of what a coup this is without a page of background information, but 'Shakka boom ba!' will have to do for now.

On a lighter note, I grabbed a tin of condensed milk during my grocery blitz on Sunday night.  Ive always held the stuff in high regard, as if its the ultimate unhealth, pie dominating, fear no burger food.  It was a timeous purchase too as the bitter coastal winter rolls in.  Two big spoons in a cup of coffee is worth trying, its that good.

Lastly, Im breaking new ground this weekend as I take on a Sunday School class.  I am the substandard-sub, brought in because there was no one else.  No one.  Not even a girl. Not even a girl who likes little kids. I intend on going in hard, establishing the hierarchy upfront.

Morning

So winter is approaching - autumn is advancing hard. I can attest to this after passing through the valley this morning on two wheels. Coffee intake is up, tracksuit pants wearing is up and its dark when I wake up.  Greetings.

The latest addition to my arsenal of nerd toys is my phone.  I have only one complaint so far - the alarm.  Im no morning person and really valued the fact that my old phone engaged snooze when you pushed the biggest button.  Good one Norway.  Not so with my Korean replacement.  This one asks you if you'd like to snooze for 5, 10 or 15 minutes - which violates the core principle of snooze, given you need to think and be co-ordinated enough to hit the right button.

e-Thug

So I watch a lot of youtube videos - fortunately the office just picked up an uncapped ADSL line, so my guilt has eased.
I love reading the comments under videos.  It doesn't matter if its a cooking tutorial, news clip from a Julius Malema interview or a Korean kid giving it stick on a Whitney Houston song - the only people to take the time to comment are e-thugs.

I have an app which summarizes the words used in comments and shows a 'most popular words' summary for each video - and the negative words are always the same, always leading with F***.  There are millions are prepubescant teenagers hating on race groups, women, men, koreans, whitney houston, politicians, the press - basically any definable stereotype - from the comfort of their computer chair - one of those ones with wheels on the bottom and a gas lever.

Don't become an e-thug.

The summary extension runs in Google Chrome, its called Extension Cloud available here

Peace

Its been a busy last few weeks - since my spell in the trailer there has been a lot to do.  Im inclined to leave for tomorrow what I needn't do today - never the best option in hindsight, but frustratingly comfortable at the time.

I spent the evening yesterday sitting watching the sunset over Nahoon River, and then sat in the dark at home letting the dust settle, so feeling pretty comfortable today.  Comfortable even with my new phone, which has added an extra layer of complexity to the last 2 days.  It also rained - rain always complicates things.

Ive given notice in the valley.  Its unfortunate, but a range of factors have pulled together to get me out of the countryside and hopefully into the suburbs.  We haven't got a place yet, but Im not overly concerned about finding somewhere... theres always the trailer.

Ive realised a lot of people don't read these posts - big up to those of you who do, more so to people who actually subscribe... if you're on facebook, check out the actual blog these posts are pulled from and stick your email address into the 'subscribe' box... readership motivates production.