It was like falling asleep in a storm and waking up to a warm and sunny day- he was like sunshine. As the birds sang my heart rang. The warmth of love at its best. Love at sunrise. Being in love was so beautiful... But all too soon the heat was unbearable. It burnt my skin and more than warmth I felt irritation. I had tog et out of it and leave it alone. And just like that he was gone
Thank goodness for the afternoon though, because it brought with it a gentle breeze. A breeze which soothed the burn wounds from the morning and early afternoon sun. A breeze which carried on the wind the beautiful music of rustling leaves. Once again I found myself in love. Madly, passionately, but cooly. The music sang until it turned from senasational vibrations to a sound which was harsh to the ears and made them bleed. In the panic, the breeze turned into a harsh gust of wind, throwing summer hats in the air and making dresses flair upside down unflatteringly. I had to get away from it. So I had to run inside to find relief.
Indoors with a lit fireplace, the sound of wood and coal crackling in the fir calmed my nerves while the security and warmth of the house soothe the effects of the assault by the afternoon not so long ago. Love was found. Love, peace, joy, beauty, warmth and security. But because when a fire is warm, that's that, nothing can change and I was made for variety, the fire grew boring and I had to get away. Away to the window to be swept away by the midnight stars.
Stars: Beautiful, peaceful, dreamy, awesome indeed. Love has found me once more. But differently this time, because like the stars, it is distant, dreamlike. Real enough to be seen but conceptual enough not be tangible...
Love is amazing, but falling in love is better, the danger though, is that falling is a process or journey and love is the destination...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Your Looks Upgrade Mine- Upgrading You Upgrades Me Too
Deny it all you want, but we all know its true. Ugly people make average people look beautiful. And average people know this, that's why they surround themselves with these uglies. The uglies also benefit because they average person attracts attention to them.
Example: X is an average girl with quite a strange-looking body for a girl. But she has nice skin, which is about the best thing about her. Y is a guy who seems to be from an alternate universe completely. He has bad skin, is highly overweight and to top it all off, he's not a speaker, he communicates by means of word vomitting. For some reason or another, fate is kind to Y and gives X a moment of temporry insanity which lands her in a relationship with Y. Suddenly X is not that average at all. People start saying things like, "yeah, she's not that great, but there is something about her that makes you look twice". Meanwhile, U is also benefitting because suddenly people are like, "Hmmm, Y must be good in bed or a great kisser or he must spoil her to death or something. Coz he is so aesthetically challenged and yet X is so happy and so in love. I winder what it is, but he must be amazing at whatever it is".
Its a very strange phenomenon indeed. If you are X, please don't feel guilty, and if you are Y, don't feel bad or ugly. The point is this- regardless of who brought what into the relationship, the partnership is working. So no need to squabble over who is the brains and who is the beauty and who is just the weakest link. Seriously though, I find it amazing. Amzing, mind-boggling and just awesome all at once. Because its win-win all around. The ugly gets fame, while the average gets beauty. Its really a masterpiece.
I was just thinking out loud... Most random post ever!
Example: X is an average girl with quite a strange-looking body for a girl. But she has nice skin, which is about the best thing about her. Y is a guy who seems to be from an alternate universe completely. He has bad skin, is highly overweight and to top it all off, he's not a speaker, he communicates by means of word vomitting. For some reason or another, fate is kind to Y and gives X a moment of temporry insanity which lands her in a relationship with Y. Suddenly X is not that average at all. People start saying things like, "yeah, she's not that great, but there is something about her that makes you look twice". Meanwhile, U is also benefitting because suddenly people are like, "Hmmm, Y must be good in bed or a great kisser or he must spoil her to death or something. Coz he is so aesthetically challenged and yet X is so happy and so in love. I winder what it is, but he must be amazing at whatever it is".
Its a very strange phenomenon indeed. If you are X, please don't feel guilty, and if you are Y, don't feel bad or ugly. The point is this- regardless of who brought what into the relationship, the partnership is working. So no need to squabble over who is the brains and who is the beauty and who is just the weakest link. Seriously though, I find it amazing. Amzing, mind-boggling and just awesome all at once. Because its win-win all around. The ugly gets fame, while the average gets beauty. Its really a masterpiece.
I was just thinking out loud... Most random post ever!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Religion, the tie that binds and the fire that burns
There was recently a court interdict which was sought in the attempt to stop a Muslim man from burning bibles in the library gardens in Johannesburg. This story follows a report from the United States of America, where Pastor Terry Jones threatened to burn the Quran. In a country where democracy and equality are severely entrenched, what is the explanation for this behaviour?
Mr Karl Konar of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities said the following; "People fail to differentiate between embracing and tolerating one another's diverse backgrounds and beliefs." He also stated that because each citizen has rights of their own, it is difficult to draw the line of how far each person can practice their rights without infringing on the rights of another. When asked about incidences where the freedom of expression and religious freedom were threatened, Konar said, "we try to avoid such incidents by educating the public. It is important that each individual consider the rights of others when exercising their rights and freedoms."
In response to the question, 'what are the limits of religious freedom', Donovan Grigg of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, said that in some instances they cannot practice their religious beliefs fully as they seem to contravene the accepted norms. For example, from Friday evening until Saturday evening, is a holy day of worship and rest, referred to as the Sabbath. However, being at an institution like Rhodes University where exams and tests are often given at this time, it poses a challenge of how far one is able to go in enjoying their religious freedom. A student who requested to remain anonymous, said that his freedom of religious belief is not fully guaranteed or protected in Grahamstown because Christianity is the centre of all things. He cannot freely continue in his disbelief of God because Grahamstown is saturated with Christians who impose their God on him at every end. In response to the same question, Sheiraj Batiste, an Imam from Cape Town said that the truth of the matter is that you are only as free as your surroundings allow you to be.
How free then, is religious freedom, if you are either forced to believe something, or rejected because you don't? How can we all exercise our religious freedom if in order to do so we need to persecute the religions of others?
Mr Karl Konar of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities said the following; "People fail to differentiate between embracing and tolerating one another's diverse backgrounds and beliefs." He also stated that because each citizen has rights of their own, it is difficult to draw the line of how far each person can practice their rights without infringing on the rights of another. When asked about incidences where the freedom of expression and religious freedom were threatened, Konar said, "we try to avoid such incidents by educating the public. It is important that each individual consider the rights of others when exercising their rights and freedoms."
In response to the question, 'what are the limits of religious freedom', Donovan Grigg of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, said that in some instances they cannot practice their religious beliefs fully as they seem to contravene the accepted norms. For example, from Friday evening until Saturday evening, is a holy day of worship and rest, referred to as the Sabbath. However, being at an institution like Rhodes University where exams and tests are often given at this time, it poses a challenge of how far one is able to go in enjoying their religious freedom. A student who requested to remain anonymous, said that his freedom of religious belief is not fully guaranteed or protected in Grahamstown because Christianity is the centre of all things. He cannot freely continue in his disbelief of God because Grahamstown is saturated with Christians who impose their God on him at every end. In response to the same question, Sheiraj Batiste, an Imam from Cape Town said that the truth of the matter is that you are only as free as your surroundings allow you to be.
How free then, is religious freedom, if you are either forced to believe something, or rejected because you don't? How can we all exercise our religious freedom if in order to do so we need to persecute the religions of others?
Monday, October 4, 2010
You've moved out of my heart and mind, so move on!!
I apologise for the extreme silence. I have no real clue of why I have been so busy. Everything which has my name on it has been such a chore lately; varsity, friendship, being a girlfriend, being a daughter, I have just been drowning and drowning. Fortunately though, something annoyed me today. It really annoyed me, to the point that here I am ranting and raving about it.
There's this guy, lets call him X. We dated, about a year or two ago. We broke up, it was bad for him but good for me, (breakups never affect both parties in the same way), I moved from Jozi to Grahamstown and put it all behind me. He followed me here and made threats to find a job here so that he could be close to me so that we can work on things. I then made threats of calling the popo if I saw his scrawny ass anywhere near Grahamstown- the long and short of it, he's gone... Or so I thought. Today he sent me a message on Facebook, (which I had deleted him from), informing me that he bought a new car and I should tell him when I am free so he can take me for a ride. Naturally I said no thanks. I mean, I have been on a ride with him before and it left me vomitting and pale-*giggle*. So those kind of things are never to be repeated. To my great astonishment, he then sent me angry messages to the effect that my refusal is rude and I am very angry and violent, blah blah blah. Now I'm thinking, WHAT THE HELL!!! Do you want me to shove my foot up your nostril so you can experience what violence is really like? I mean really dude, its over. We broke up, I moved on. Please just go away..
Nx! Why can't people just go on with their lives. I mean sure, it was fun while it lasted, but now I am making it last with someone else and your intereference is making it rather challenging. One more thing, when I delete you from Mxit or Facebook, it means I want no contact. It does not mean that I am taking a break and when you are ready, you can invite me again. Nx! Where do you tihnk this is? play school or something? Hawu!!
Nx!!
Enough said,
(**,)
There's this guy, lets call him X. We dated, about a year or two ago. We broke up, it was bad for him but good for me, (breakups never affect both parties in the same way), I moved from Jozi to Grahamstown and put it all behind me. He followed me here and made threats to find a job here so that he could be close to me so that we can work on things. I then made threats of calling the popo if I saw his scrawny ass anywhere near Grahamstown- the long and short of it, he's gone... Or so I thought. Today he sent me a message on Facebook, (which I had deleted him from), informing me that he bought a new car and I should tell him when I am free so he can take me for a ride. Naturally I said no thanks. I mean, I have been on a ride with him before and it left me vomitting and pale-*giggle*. So those kind of things are never to be repeated. To my great astonishment, he then sent me angry messages to the effect that my refusal is rude and I am very angry and violent, blah blah blah. Now I'm thinking, WHAT THE HELL!!! Do you want me to shove my foot up your nostril so you can experience what violence is really like? I mean really dude, its over. We broke up, I moved on. Please just go away..
Nx! Why can't people just go on with their lives. I mean sure, it was fun while it lasted, but now I am making it last with someone else and your intereference is making it rather challenging. One more thing, when I delete you from Mxit or Facebook, it means I want no contact. It does not mean that I am taking a break and when you are ready, you can invite me again. Nx! Where do you tihnk this is? play school or something? Hawu!!
Nx!!
Enough said,
(**,)
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