Ive been having trouble sleeping lately which leaves me completely useless the rest of the day...
And the thing is...each day I look forward to teh weekend cos i reckon, I can make up for sleep lost on the weekend - but I dont think SLEEP works like that... you cant bank it or withdraw it for later on.
Either you rest or you dont
The problem is slightly stressed by my whiplash injuries (2) which means, the muscles in my neck used to keep my head up - are so tight that the shoulder muscles comepensate... which means THEYVE worked so hard that now, my middle and lower nack muscles are only keeping me errect. but actually - itys your core - tummy muslces that ACTUALLY are meant to keep you errect... which means that now I have flabby tummy muscles...:-P
So generally, I'm knackered...:-P
I am not coping today...*yawn*
I've just googled an NHS chiro in my area - so we'll see how that goes. Although I'm slight SCARED of doctors here cos they're so REMOVED / DISTANT from their patients...
but I guess I'll have to...desperate at this point...
:(
Monday, 27 July 2009
Thursday, 23 July 2009
baby beauty queens
Saw this doccie last night about child beauty queens.
Heaviness.
Talk about sexualising girls at a younge age. These babies - as young as 7! Getting fake tan, their eyebrows shaped etc...
I have issue with this purely based on the fact that these girls are being brainwashed into believing that tehy're only 'good' if people think they're pretty. Doesnt really matter what they DO / FEEL / CONTRIBUTE to society. Its all about looks.
And of course, that in itself presents a myriad of dangerous effects:
If they DONT win (and lets face it, there are at least 20 girls all competing at the same time, they cant all win), then that means theyre UGLIER than other people (process of elimination right?)
and it also means that whatever they have (hair, skin, looks generally) is ugly.
They have their whole TEENAGE life to have all that angst...
anyway, my point is... how do these girls even KNOW about 'sexy poses' at 7, 8 or 9???
And how messed up are their mums that they subject them to all that. And of course, the mums will say they dont force them to do anything. If they want to get out, they can... they dont have to do anything they dont want to...
But then theres the passive co-ersion. Let's be serious.
Whatever happened to playing hopscotch in the streets with the kids in the neighbourhood... okay im dangerously close to...'in my day'
but seriously... theres too much emphasis on looks... they get it from everywhere.
which is why i decided that i wont have my kids spend all their time with Nanny TV.
they'll have 1 or 2 hours a day.
which, according to my sister, is another kind of abuse!
anyway, thats my rant of the day..
out...
Heaviness.
Talk about sexualising girls at a younge age. These babies - as young as 7! Getting fake tan, their eyebrows shaped etc...
I have issue with this purely based on the fact that these girls are being brainwashed into believing that tehy're only 'good' if people think they're pretty. Doesnt really matter what they DO / FEEL / CONTRIBUTE to society. Its all about looks.
And of course, that in itself presents a myriad of dangerous effects:
If they DONT win (and lets face it, there are at least 20 girls all competing at the same time, they cant all win), then that means theyre UGLIER than other people (process of elimination right?)
and it also means that whatever they have (hair, skin, looks generally) is ugly.
They have their whole TEENAGE life to have all that angst...
anyway, my point is... how do these girls even KNOW about 'sexy poses' at 7, 8 or 9???
And how messed up are their mums that they subject them to all that. And of course, the mums will say they dont force them to do anything. If they want to get out, they can... they dont have to do anything they dont want to...
But then theres the passive co-ersion. Let's be serious.
Whatever happened to playing hopscotch in the streets with the kids in the neighbourhood... okay im dangerously close to...'in my day'
but seriously... theres too much emphasis on looks... they get it from everywhere.
which is why i decided that i wont have my kids spend all their time with Nanny TV.
they'll have 1 or 2 hours a day.
which, according to my sister, is another kind of abuse!
anyway, thats my rant of the day..
out...
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
VOOT-VOOT
i just saw that Halls UFO ad...
Its FRAKKIN funny! I those coloured ou's 'it made a sound like VOOT-VOOT' and then 'She vloeked them WEG my bru!'
Made me MISS Cape Town so much! And those black aunties... 'and it opened my throat so I can talk nice'
BRILLIANT!
And I was just thinking. What if that REALLY happened in Cape Town...
Firstly, it would probably land in the middle of the stadium. Cos thats the biggest bit of open land so I guess its only logical. But you know, I'd be pretty pissed off cos what about those ridiculous parking rates... i doubt the aliens had time to change currency... :-P
And I'm sure there wont be any 'unofficial car guards'. I mean, basically, its protection money. They are not EMPLOYED by anyone. They're loiterers who guilt or otherwise INFLUENCE you to dosh out YOUR hard-earned cash on them, based simply on the fact that they're THERE...
I know people who hand over the money cos they feel sorry for them or because they dont want them to break into their cars.
Am I the only one who sees a flaw in this logic? So the POSSIBILITY of a R5 is enough for this dude to go...' you know what those wheels / cd's / *insert valuable* in that car are probably not worth the R5 that sucker's gonna pay me when they've finished buying their shopping...'
Erm. No.
As far as I know, we all pay taxes. Which, in turn, pays for our (inefficeint but still active) policy force and traffic officers, who, on a good day, should be patrolling and DETERRING such undesireable behaviour... no?
And even if they DO break into your car, you can't actually hold them responsible can you? you cant be like... 'okay so my wheels are gone, which means I'm NOT going to give you ANY money. Arent you sorry now?!'.
Anyway, I digress...
You'd probably get all these random people claiming to have seen the thing land - and then being interviewed on eTV.
Witness: 'Ney I saw this thing and I tol' myself, ney man, thats mos not a normal plane, cos why I never saw a Kalula or Mengo chappie or nothing. So I told my motchie, dets a UFO but she just laav en say I'm keeping me clever agen'.
Which is probably why they set the new Peter Jackson movie in JOHANNESBERG not Cape Town called District 9!
A full length film set in JHB about aliens who invade JHB. Produced / co directed by Peter Jackson - of Lord of the Rings fame.
I've seen the trailer and its pretty cool cos it draws on alot of parallels between the whole segregation thing. The aliens have to live in 'informal settlements' in demarcated areas in JHB and there are 'humans only' areas within the city and the aliens are not permitted to congregate in groups etc.
Anyway I'm looking forward to it. My friend was like: 'its gonna put SA on the map'
Im like.. SA IS on the map - its at the bottom of Africa...
Its FRAKKIN funny! I those coloured ou's 'it made a sound like VOOT-VOOT' and then 'She vloeked them WEG my bru!'
Made me MISS Cape Town so much! And those black aunties... 'and it opened my throat so I can talk nice'
BRILLIANT!
And I was just thinking. What if that REALLY happened in Cape Town...
Firstly, it would probably land in the middle of the stadium. Cos thats the biggest bit of open land so I guess its only logical. But you know, I'd be pretty pissed off cos what about those ridiculous parking rates... i doubt the aliens had time to change currency... :-P
And I'm sure there wont be any 'unofficial car guards'. I mean, basically, its protection money. They are not EMPLOYED by anyone. They're loiterers who guilt or otherwise INFLUENCE you to dosh out YOUR hard-earned cash on them, based simply on the fact that they're THERE...
I know people who hand over the money cos they feel sorry for them or because they dont want them to break into their cars.
Am I the only one who sees a flaw in this logic? So the POSSIBILITY of a R5 is enough for this dude to go...' you know what those wheels / cd's / *insert valuable* in that car are probably not worth the R5 that sucker's gonna pay me when they've finished buying their shopping...'
Erm. No.
As far as I know, we all pay taxes. Which, in turn, pays for our (inefficeint but still active) policy force and traffic officers, who, on a good day, should be patrolling and DETERRING such undesireable behaviour... no?
And even if they DO break into your car, you can't actually hold them responsible can you? you cant be like... 'okay so my wheels are gone, which means I'm NOT going to give you ANY money. Arent you sorry now?!'.
Anyway, I digress...
You'd probably get all these random people claiming to have seen the thing land - and then being interviewed on eTV.
Witness: 'Ney I saw this thing and I tol' myself, ney man, thats mos not a normal plane, cos why I never saw a Kalula or Mengo chappie or nothing. So I told my motchie, dets a UFO but she just laav en say I'm keeping me clever agen'.
Which is probably why they set the new Peter Jackson movie in JOHANNESBERG not Cape Town called District 9!
A full length film set in JHB about aliens who invade JHB. Produced / co directed by Peter Jackson - of Lord of the Rings fame.
I've seen the trailer and its pretty cool cos it draws on alot of parallels between the whole segregation thing. The aliens have to live in 'informal settlements' in demarcated areas in JHB and there are 'humans only' areas within the city and the aliens are not permitted to congregate in groups etc.
Anyway I'm looking forward to it. My friend was like: 'its gonna put SA on the map'
Im like.. SA IS on the map - its at the bottom of Africa...
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