Tails’ Blography

So yay for feeling like a little school girl again! My best friend (bbf) got a day off work, so I said, “Ooooh, girl, Imma comin’ over foh flapjacks!” and she readily agreed. Knowing i’m loathe to get up early on Sundays, I said “mmhmm and imma sleeping over!” which again, she readily agreed to! And this all coincidently tied in with the bf possibly going to JHB for Rage….convenient!!

So while she’s finishing up at work on Sat night, I’ll be sitting at the bar, drinking. Then, when the restaurant is closed, we’re gonna decide whether to go it alone (just the two of us) or go out with her work collegues to drink/play pool. Then back to her place to snooze til morning (err, or rather, later in the morning) and then wooo yea! flapjacks! (been craving them soooo badly lately!).

At least this time I have the choices of her bed, or spare room rather than just the couch hehe….hmm I snore, so spare room might be the wiser choice, but then is it a true girls night if its not spent chatting til all hours in the same bed? Ag I dunno…I guess it’ll depend on how much we drink (lol I snore worse when I drink lol *blush*) haha!

But yay! After the way I’ve been feeling lately, this is exactly what I need!! To de-stress, let my hair down, and par-tay! It’ll be odd not having the bf there, but it’ll be good for the both of us. And if he doesnt go to JHB, he might go partying with a few friends himself since his friend’s gf is away this weekend anyway.

Weee so I’m counting the sleeps til Sat night! And bbf, if you read this, “yo muthafucka weeeee!”!!

Last night myself, my bf, my family and a few others were treated by my aunt to The Rocky Horror Picture Show being presented at The Barnyard Theatre in Willowbridge.

We sat on the balcony overlooking the stage and audience, so we had great seats. We got there early, ordered pizza, I bought a bottle of wine which I shared with my mom, and snacked on chips and sweets which we brought in. I’ve never seen the Rocky Horror movie (yea yea!), so I went in armed with only the synopsis in my head that I had read a few hours before leaving. I knew the gist of the show, and I tell you, I loved every minute of it!

Of course, the moved quickly through the movie, and added humour here and there, and of course everything was theatrical. The singing, accents, and costumes were spot on (so I was told ) to the movie, and I found myself enthralled all the way through!

Half time brought lots of chatting, more wine, and I got to meet one of the cast and I snapped a photo (with her permission). The make up was brilliant, I just had to get a shot! After half time we all got up and did the Time Warp, as instructed by “Dr Frank N Furter”. Lots. Of. Fun!! Then the show continued and once again I was enthralled. Posters of “Rocky Horror” were being sold and my cousin bought one and managed to get it signed. After the show, I managed to meet three other cast members, namely “Dr Scott” and “Columbia”, and I was glad I got to thank them for a fantastic performance.

We werent allowed photos of video of the show, and I was too chicken to try my luck, so you’ll have to make do with seeing the photos I got before the show (click each for larger), at half time, and after the show. The show ends today for Cape Town, but they’re showing in JHB next, so if you’re there – you’ve GOT to watch it!

The poster of “Rocky Horror”

Michael and I (the camera makes us look pinker than normal…I swear!)

The view from our seats

The view to the right of us

Looking directly over the railing at the audience below

On of the cast members who came by at Half Time

Saw this on a few other blogs and thought I’d give it a try (I have some weird crap on my music list which should make for some interesting results). I’d love to see other people’s answers, so if I’ve tagged you, dont break the chain!

:: Put your iPod or other music player on shuffle.
:: For each question, press the NEXT button to get your answer.
:: You must write that song name down no matter how silly it sounds.
:: Tag friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got this from.

If Someone Says “Is This Okay” You Say?

When I’m Gone (3 Doors Down)

What Would Best Describe Your Personality?

Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson)

What Do You Like In A Guy/Girl?

Ticket to Ride (The Beatles) – haha!

What Is Your Life’s Purpose?

I’m a Believer (Smashmouth) – haha!

What Is Your Motto?

Cocaine – JJ Cale – *snigger*

What Do Your Friends Think Of You?

Losing Grip – Avril Lavigne – bwaahaha gonna have to relisten to that song now

What Do You Think About Often?

Staying Alive (Beejees) – bwahahaha too true!

What Is 2+2?

I Was Hoping (Alanis Morrisette) – spelt the correct way

What Do You Think Of Your Best Friends?

War – System of a Down – eep! Sorry guys!

What Is Your Life Story?

Evenstar (Howard Shore) – this is a track from Lord of the Rings, yay! Its a nice song!

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

Butterflies (Michael Jackson and Eve)

What Do You Think When You See The Person You Like?

Ordinary Day (Vanessa Carlton) – aww

What Do Your Parents Think Of You?

Macy’s Day Parade (Greenday)

What Will You Dance To At Your Wedding?

Fields of Innocence (Evanescence) – will keep this in mind

What Will They Play At Your Funeral?

Firestarter (Cartman, South Park) – hahahahahahaaha!!!

What Is Your Hobby/Interest?

It Is Love (Dana Glover) – this ones from the Shrek OST

What Is Your Biggest Secret?

Blood, Sex and Booze (Greenday) – BWAHAHAHAHA um, true? ;P

What Do You Think Of Your Friends?

The Look (Roxette)

What’s The Worst Thing That Could Happen?

Have Your Way (Tree63) – yea I hate it when other people have their way

How Will You Die?

Cello (Parish & Toppano) – wow, very apt. very.

What Is The One Thing You Regret?

Island in the Stream (Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton) – aw I like this song?

What Makes You Laugh?

If You’re Getting Down (5ive) – haha!

What Makes You Cry?

Hippy (Atomic Kitten)

Will You Ever Get Married?

Dr Jones (Aqua) – I’m going to marry my sister’s bf??? (he’s a Jones)

What Scares You The Most?

Colourblind (Counting Crows) – yea I guess this could be true…

Does Anyone Like You?

For the Benefit of Mr Kite (Billy Connelly)

If You Could Go Back In Time, What Would You Change?

Bad Moon Rising (Creedance Clearwater Revival) – hmm ok

What Hurts Right Now?

Nitro (The Offspring)

What Will You Title This Post?

Smooth (Santana)

Tag! You’re it!:

:: QuitePhrankly
:: Christy’s Ramblings
:: The Broke-Ass Bride
:: From the Silicon to the Tanana Valley
:: Pixie Dusties

This month I finally participated in my first OC. OC stands for Organised Chaos and is a LAN held at the Bellville Velodrome. If you’re unfamiliar with what a LAN is, its pretty much a place set up for people to bring their PCs/laptops and play games against each other and share files etc. It runs from Friday evening (6pm I think) until Sunday afternoon (12pm), and lots of people bring mattresses and bedding to stay the nights. Tournaments are held and prizes can be won, and some months they’ve held spot prizes, where if your seat number is drawn you win a prize. Its great!

Booking is done online or on the day, and is R140 per seat. If you’re just spectating you dont pay, which is normally what I do. This time, however, I brought my PC and stayed the weekend. I participated in some Call of Duty 4 games, and sucked haha. I was sitting at 26 kills where everyone else was at around 80 haha (I wont even mention my kills:deaths ratio!!). Its a hard blow to my ego because I used to kick ass at Unreal Tournament a year or few back hehe. But I’ll get better…oh yea, I’ll get better.

Also at the LAN are food stuffs. There’s a burger place, pancake place and this month there was a chip place that sells those chip twister potatoes-on-a-stick things. Pancakes are R4 each, and burgers range from R14 (single plain burger) – R37 (a double meat and chicken burger with chips). Coffee is R5 and there are various chocolates, sweets and cooldrinks aslo for R5 each. Scooters Pizza* delivers to OC if pizza is more your meal of choice (oddly, whilst searching for the Scooters’ website, I came across the Epic Scooters Pizza Delivery site – really, what next!!). You can bring your own food and booze (if you drink responsibly and are not underage) if you’d like. I brought snacks (pretzels & doughnuts! yum!!) and wine (and was told I look “too classy” for a lan because everyone normally drinks rum/brandy & coke from a 2l coke bottle haha).

Unfortunately, for about 3 hours on Saturday at around noon, the power went out and left us high and dry. A lot of people gave up pretty quickly and went home (losers!), but we stuck it out and once it came back on again, we had a good 10 more gaming hours (we left at 3am on Sunday morning). In fact, a lot of people thought the break from gaming was a nice change. All in all, a great time was had and I cant wait for the next one! Seriously, I’m hooked!

If you’d like to participate and bring your PC, go to the OC website* for booking information (you can book online), prices, and rules. Its definately worth it! The site also has some great photos (April’s pics will be within the week I’m sure) or check out their Facebook group. Do remember to game safely and, especially since someone at this month’s lan had an epileptic fit, remember to get enough sleep and eat a decent meal. I was unaware but apparently too much sugar and sleep deprivation can induce fits if you’re prone. I enquired after the guy and turns out he was ok, the fit was minor, and he was collected and taken home to recover. Poor guy

Some pics of our little corner of OC:

About 1 min after the power had gone off (lights were running on generators)

A better view of the disgruntled lanners

The bf…unimpressed about me taking a photo of him. Thats our friend, Ferdie behind him, and behind him you can see some of the mattresses people have set up for sleeping

A disgruntled Steve hehe

My PC (yes, I like my grey mouse and keyboard, ok! ) next to Michael BIIIIIG 26″ monitor and sleek black keyboard (the silver machine behind my monitor was huge and very expensive! People kept passing by to admire it haha)

* Note: at the time of publishing this post, both these sites were down. If they’re still down when you look at them, keep trying every day or so – they’ll come back eventually.

So I’m a little late in putting this out there, but its still a great memory, so I have to blog it. The Sunday before last, my dad treated the family and a few friends to a horse-drawn carriage ride (18-seater) through our CBD. It was mainly organised for my mom, who’s been through so much with her sister’s passing, and has had to deal with so much (sorting Didi’s possessions, etc since Didi wasnt married) and needed some time to relax.

After keeping it a secret from my mom and our friends for the whole week, the day finally arrived. The carriage ride started the Castle of Good Hope where we (by special arrangement) had a few drinks on the wall before setting off.

Moving through the Castle gates

The ride continued along the streets where people waved and took photos. I cannot fault them, as I too would be grabbing for my camera if two Percherons clamoured by drawing a huge carriage. They really were a gorgeous sight! The ride itself was rather bumpy, especially when moving over speedbumps and parking lot entrances. Some of us had drinks of wine and/or champagne on the ride (again by special arrangement) but luckily nothing spilt. Please dont think me conceated mentioning ‘by special arrangement’ here and there, but I do so for two reasons. One, I dont want to mislead anyone who might want to hire the carriage, and two, it truly was a special evening, not one every person can experience, and I like to treasure that. Its not me being conceated, but rather just over-excited at such an opportunity.

About half-way though, we had a brief stop along the beach where we got out and I took photos of the family infront of the horses…well, those who were brave enough haha. The horses were also very relaxed and obliged my camera and by yawning repeatedly…photos can be seen below!

The BF in front of Monty (left) & Light (right)

Myself in front of Monty (left) & Light (right)

After that we headed back and by sheer luck, I was awarded the privelage of actually driving the carriage! It was nerve-wracking to say the least to take the reins of two gigantic horses and have them listening to your instructions. Our driver, Joseph, quickly took over when the horses started veering to the right into the next lane of traffic. Whoops!

On returning to the Castle, 2 hours later at around 8pm, we attempted more drinks on the wall, but alas it was too windy, so we returned to the garden where we set up our picnic dinner (special arrangement) and toasted our wonderful hosts and my dad who organised it. Sushi and various other finger foods were shared amongst everyone, and champagne and/or wine all round!

The evening ended at around 10pm, where everyone left very happy and relaxed, with memories of a time well spent with loved ones.

More photos from the trip:

The view of the beach to our right

Rumbling down the streets of Seapoint

Light giving us a yawn

Monty giving us a yawn

Monty, “Wazzuuuup!”

The view from the Castle wall, 8:30pm

Inside the Castle garden, approx. 9:30pm