Important News:

I have got my domain up and running so the blog has moved to http://www.goblintalk.co.za

Please update your links and mosey on over there. I’m dying for criticisms on colour choices and what not. No doubt some of you will offer them freely

Free time to fill

On Thursday I received a fascinating email from my brother – a full on rant about a South African video blogging duo. I was going to put it here but then I decided against it and thought I’ll just sum up what was said:

They’re fucking embarrassing.

Of course, I then watched the link he supplied and I have to agree, it is embarrassing. A few minutes later I received another email with the simple subject line: “Oh Christ, another one” with a link to another one of our video bloggers. Again, it was embarrassing to watch and, well, I felt sorry for the person. They’re sitting there umming and ahhing and not making much sense and clearly had no coherent plan when they sat down. Guys, think about what you want to say before you sit down, if you can, keep notes with points you want to put across and make sure you don’t look like enough of a jackass for me to mock and feel pity for.

Which had me thinking.

What if I took Goblin Talk to a new level – video rants. Of course this would be purely an exercise in narcissism, but hell it would be fun. Some drama and some flair and I could build a whole “rock star image” for myself as some people have said. Since I’ll have some free time coming up, it’s something I may explore further. That is, when I get my hosting sorted out. Which reminds me, webafrica can get fucked. It’s been a mission dealing with them from the beginning up until the point I clicked the cancel button. I paid for three months of hosting up front which I never got sorted out and it’s just been a colossal fuck up. Major fail on their behalf.

And to end this wonderful Saturday night off, I would like to introduce you to the most awesome spam comment I have checked on here:

“The nature of love must tally with the nature of the Creator in all respects. Tits” – Left by Tits from some adult movie site.

I thought it was wonderful, I got some philosophical advice coupled with a link to porn. That’s awesome.

Freedom sweet freedom

So after threatening to do it for a LONG LONG time the Goblin handed in her perfectly polite resignation letter today. This means in 2 weeks I’m going to experience freedom for the first time in 14 months. Schweetness. Of course I’ll have to find a new prison and all but, considering my experience over the past year – I’ll welcome a change with open arms.

The down time will be well spent though.

The first week I am going to spend stoned off of my tits.

From there I’m going to begin working on a project with my boet who I have grown closer to this past week after a mutual kak experience.

This is going to be accompanied by some freelance work and searching for a new challenge which may interest me more than the last one.

It sounds strange not to have a plan and all but it’s strangely freeing.

I’M FREEEEEEEEE

FREEEEEE FAAAAALLLLIIIIIIING

Unfortunately for you lot, this means I’ll be updating more. I’ll apologise in advance.

Before you really panic about the end of the world…

This weekend I heard lots about swine flu from the boyf who takes an interest in such things. Then, this morning as I drove to work I stopped at the shop to pick up a sandwich for lunch and I saw the newspaper headline “Killer Flu Virus Sweeps the World”*

Everyone is panicking – largely thanks to the media and their use of the word ‘pandemic’.

Me, not so much. Not yet anyway.

Yes there have been 50 confirmed cases in the U.S. and another like, 2000 suspected cases around the world (mostly in Mexico). Yes, the virus has a striking resemblance to the Spanish Influenza virus of 1918 (do I need to point out that it was 1918?). Yes, there have been 152 deaths…but all in Mexico.

Now, Mexico’s health care system isn’t the best. And the country has a history when it comes to respiratory illnesses such as…influenza. Pneumonia and influenza (the regular kind) still remain in the top ten causes of death in the country. Combine this strain with poor health care and you have an explanation for the “sweeping deaths”.

Scarily enough I actually did go and read up on this because I was getting a bit annoyed with all the fear mongering. Can we not panic and start holing up in bunkers just yet? What really worries me at the moment is that the only news source I’ve read that hasn’t gone the route of trying to invoke full on fear – was BBC news. The BBC article I read essentially told people to chill the fuck out. That like, never happens.

I suppose our own media need something like this now since elections are over and the ANC won and haven’t declared the white man evil and running them out of the country just yet. That seemed to be something they were really relying on after last week. Must be a bit of a bummer.

Of course I’m not saying that this couldn’t become a problem, it certainly could…sometime, perhaps, maybe. But could we please not start talking about the end being near? Shit still needs to get done. Like my coffee. It needs to be made. STOP PANICKING AND MAKE MY FUCKING COFFEE.

*Or something like that.

Monday Morning Zonkout

I woke up this morning and everything was fine. I fought to get out of bed, threw some clothes on, did the bathroom run and you know, left for work.

It was on the way to work that something weird happened.

I zonked out man. Like totally. I was cruising along, jamming to the new Prodigy CD (kicks ass) and noticing how epic the trees were.

And that’s why I’m having a conversation like this:

Goblin says:
find something you love and doooo eeeeeet
Goblin says:
just not gay porn
Cookie says:
wtf would i do gay porn?
Goblin says:
Good question
Goblin says:
I would totally do gay porn
Goblin says:
but that’s different isn’t it?
Cookie says:
lol
Cookie says:
good money involved
Goblin says:
I would have to learn to love seafood really quickly though
Goblin says:
that’s kinda bleak
Cookie says:
LOL
Cookie says:
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Goblin says:
Fish taco much?
Goblin says:
a little bit of starfish on the side
Goblin says:
I think i may stick to sausage
Cookie says:
*falls of chair*
Cookie says:
hectic

What worries me is that I was typing all of this with a straight face.

And I’ve been at work for three hours now and still not to sure what I’m supposed to be doing today.

Is it too much Diablo 2? Hmm..