Riding the Slipstream

It is Friday and I’ve got the end-of-summer lurgies. Miserable and sick and at home courtesy of the two (maybe more) weeks of rain and thunderstorms we had in Johannesburg. I tried one of those 24-hour cold and flu cures. The name already tells you it may not work, since there is no cure for the common cold. Anyway, it involves taking 8 tablets over an eight hour period. I fell asleep after taking the first 3 tablets and only woke up 2 hours later. So in order to stay with the program, I took 3 tablets. Dumb Move!! For the next hour I was as high as a kite and may have had long and intimate discussions with the blue fairy who resides in the fourth dimension. The meds finally wore off and now I feel worse than before. I am actually thinking of renting myself out as a snot-vending machine (I know… gross), but it may be a short-lived career and the perks aren’t that good. Outofctrl and jarvenpa have cast the “five weird habits” meme on me. Now I am already as weird as can be (read more here) and any reader of this blog will know that I do not need any help in embarrassing and “revealing” myself. But since they asked so nicely, and because I am feeling a little guilty, I have decided to play along. I am not going to tag anyone. This meme has been around for quite a while and I reckon most ppl came across it in one form or the other. So without further delay, let the strip-tease begin… 1. I am not particularly religious, but I pray nearly every day because, if nothing else, I do not want to tempt fate and I recognize that I don’t have all the answers. 2. I use the word “basically” a lot in conversations. 3. When I come across a good book or a really nice song, I’ll encourage all my friends or family members very strongly (as in, I insist) to read it or listen to it too. 4. I read magazines and newspapers back to front. I find it easier to turn the pages that way. 5. When I get my hands on a push-button pen, I will click it continuously. It really annoys people around me, but I cannot help myself. Since I had all that free time on my hands, I visited the Apple website and came across this gem: Apple iPod Socks - Dress your iPod up in any one of six vibrant colour socks (green, purple, grey, blue, orange, and pink). This set of knit socks provides a stylish, fun, and practical way to protect your iPod. For use with all iPod models except iPod shuffle. So add a dash of colour to your iPod with iPod Socks, the year's cosiest and most vibrant iPod accessory. At $29.00 for a pack of six, I am thinking it is a rip-off. I can get my grandmother to knit me one of these in no time at all and for much less. I find the idea of dressing up my iPod a little weird. It is prolly no more so than buying a case for you cell phone. Perhaps it is the woolly bit that gets to me? Just for fun: The Penis Song by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. The title says it all. How to fold a shirt in Japan. I’ve actually seen something similar in a television ad to promote the launch of a new South African magazine. And here’s one for the budding artists amongst us. Go here and let your imagination run wild.