Let's Fight Against Shell

Below is a speech given by Lewis Pugh - The Human Polar Bear - at a function in Cape Town on Friday night. I've had to google a few things to find out what he refers to in some instances, and I'm glad I have because I've learnt something new today.

As petrol prices increase tonight - and will soon over R10 - even if i have to drive an extra 100 km's and pay extra for a different brand of petrol ... I will NEVER use BP, and l will NEVER use SHELL.

 

The TOPSY Foundation

It’s usually when I’m doing cool research for work that I come across the most amazing stuff that I always want to share with you guys. I saw this video early last year and to say that it really moved me, is nothing short of an understatement. It made me cry, it made me hopeful and it made me get involved. Now this is the kind of advert that I want to spend the rest of my life making. The kind that moves you to action. I could watch it a million times over.

My friend the designer and I used to be really involved in AIDS research while we were studying at Vega and we always had these dreams about dedicating our lives to those suffering from the disease. And even though dealing with the pain and suffering of it all made our hearts sore, it also made us feel good to be doing something positive - something we thought could be sustainable. I’ll even go as far as to say that the things we saw and experienced not only created an incredible bond between the two of us, but it changed our lives.

Middle Class Life, however, has persuaded us to get average paying 8 - 5 jobs, cook dinners in the evenings and weed the garden on weekends. It makes me sad and more often than not I feel that by being a normal suburban dweller, I am wasting a perfectly good life that could be put to better use elsewhere. It’s really hard though, you know, when you have to pay taxes and bonds and put petrol in your car and survive from day to day – we get caught up in the whole mess of our own lives that we forget about the bigger picture.

I do know and admit that it’s really tough, but flip man we have to try. We can’t cure HIV AIDS, we can't save everyone, and  we can’t even pretend to know enough about it to try. What we can do … is support those people who do, and who are trying to make a difference. We have to start somewhere.

Start with this video, and go from there …

WE HAVE MOVEMENT ...

Please look ... 

An intsy wintsy teeny weeny little green sprout. 

I’m such a  proud mommy.

Note to self – get an iPhone,. The quality of it’s 5 megapixal camera is leaps and bounds ahead of the Blackberry.

So you know how last week I mentioned that I never win anything … OH EM GEE how that has changed in the 24 hours.

This morning, while naughtily checking out some blogs when I REALLY should have been brain storming up some teen-tampon ideas, I saw this on CAPE TOWN GIRL! 

This is me ... in a weeks time ... when my prize arrives 

And then  I got a mail from the peeps at TOPS & TALES telling me that my little story synopsis that I’d entered has just won me 2 new fabulous books.

STOKE STOKE STOKE … I’ve also changed my mind about my mood today. I’ll leave “being sad” for another time! Thanks to TOPS & TALES for the books – can’t wait to share them with the girls at Book Wine Club, and YAY for Cape Town Girl … and my new wardrobe. Perfect timing

XO

Today I feel sad. It feels like my mood is at the bottom of the well and I just can’t seem to draw it back up. I guess to think that everyday could be wonderful and problem-free would be irresponsible. Life, after all, isn’t that easy, right?! But it’s also ok to have bad days and to go through troubles – it’s what we hope will carve us into better, stronger, more capable people. Today, however, I feel sad and I’ve decided to leave the feeling be. I’ve decided to embrace it.

There are so many things going on in my life right now that are positive and smile-worthy. But there’s also a lot of stuff that isn’t. And I think its time to stop pushing the bad stuff to the back of my head and to let it consume me – if only for a day. If I don’t, I’m scared it will keep trying to creep back little bits at a time and then I will continue to waste my energy trying to push it back down all the time. Know what I mean?

Life is good. In so many ways. But at least I’ve got that to fall back on. The fact that all this bad stuff will eventually pass and I can carry on living day to day.

But just because I’m having an off-day, doesn’t mean that you have to too. So I’ll leave you with a picture of my latest favourite wedding cake that I think I might want. Actually, I know I want it!

sorry about the poor quality of the pic, I scanned it in from magazine

pic courtesy of Southern Living Weddings / USA

It’s day 7 of Mr. Grass Man – and still no growth whatsoever. Just a heck of a lot of water retention around the waist area.

Seriously … Am I doing something wrong?

I talk to him, I water him, I give him window sunlight, a fabulous view of the N2 and an abundance of interesting things to watch on my computer screen.

But he just sits, and refuses to perform.

Tomorrow – if there’s still nothing, I’m taking him out back and giving him one last chance at some sunlight.

If that fails … well then I just don’t know.

Perhaps a kitten?

Jennifer Aniston Sex Tape

Hello lovely peeps. Happy Monday. If there is such a thing.

Actually, mine isn’t going so bad today. After a pretty rockin’ weekend I managed to get enough sleep to make me feel almost-kinda-semi-human today. A first for a Monday, in a very long time.

I have very little time for blogging this week – super crazeee at work. YAY. It’s so nice to be busy rather than twiddling one’s thumbs and spending too much time staring out the window. I’ll try to squeeze in some posts here and there, but let’s start off with this SHOCKER.

I guess it was only a matter of time before Jennifer Aniston succumbed to the pressure and made her very own sex tape. Check it out. It’s pretty freaking awesome.