Material Girl

"Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me,

I think they're O.K...

You know that we are living in a material world,

And I am a material girl..."

- Material Girl by Madonna

All girls have a thing for some item of clothing or material item, I have a thing for four of them. Shoes, scarves, sunglasses and handbags. Simple things haha. I am not a materialistic gal, but I do have a penchant and appreciation for the finer things in life. I know my designers and my China Crappo. Here are a few things on my "wishlist".

Heels

This particular shoe is not made by any reputable designer (Dolce Vita) but it is in the must-have shade / tone / colour of the season (year) ... Nude. I have this shoe. It is gorgeous.

Dolce Vita Nude Heels

These shoes are made by Iron Fist. I swoon over these shoes when I see them. They are colourful and I admire the design team at Iron Fist for being so creative and awesome. I will own a pair one day. Please lower your prices!

Man's Ruin

Digiskull

and now... For the Grand Dame of all heels Christian Louboutin

I do also enjoy practical shoes and wear them most often. I love, love, love Vans and have owned many a pair over the years. I love their Classic American styling. Original Skaters! Going to their stores in the States was thrilling for me. Sounds lame I know, but I am a girl and I do enjoy a good shop sometimes (sometimes).

Sunglasses

I collect sunglasses. I have amassed a sizable collection over the years of vintage, retro and new sunglasses. I find I can never own enough of them and will probably never stop collecting them. I wear a new pair every week (I wear whichever pair I feel like). New sunglasses, new persona. I love it!

These are a pair of Louis Vuitton "Bindi" sunglasses. They are actually a 2007 design. I love them. I asked my dad to find me a pair when he was in Turkey back in 2007. I saw them in the Louis Vuitton store in Sandton City (so overpriced). I have a very similar pair in cream which were in fact my mom's when she was my age. I of course wore them a lot. I still want them. Someday my Sheikh will come.

Dior Glossy - so gorgeous

Scarves

This scarf was designed by the late, great Alexander McQueen. It is not exactly a classic. He was described as an aggressive designer and I think this scarf is an example of that. Not many people would put skulls all over their designs and get away with it. Especially an established designer. He did it, celebs loved it, donned it and I love it. I will own one. Until then... Someday my Sheikh will come...

...and finally...

Handbags

I collect these too. Not quite on the scale that I collect sunglasses, although my cupboard would tell another story. No designer bags here. Just designer dreams. I remember when I first saw the Jimmy Choo studded star handbag in the Elle magazine, I was awestruck. I never get like that with "things". I then found out that the Jimmy Choo store had opened up in Cape Town at the V&A Waterfront and this girl had to check it out. Well when I was in Cape Town of course, and did I ever. I walked into the store and saw it's matching shoe sitting there. I took a glance around the store and thought it may not be in, but then I thought, don't be silly, ask the lady. So I asked and lo-and-behold. It was stowed in the back like a little slave boy. Then I saw it. It was awesome and also R18 000. So I got puppy eyed and handed it back. Goodbye my beauty. Someday my Sheikh will come.

I Want to Be a Rally Racer

I just saw this on Top Gear and it cemented in my mind why I want to be a rally racer. I know I sound like a 12 year old boy. But who doesn't want to drive fast and WELL!!

This is one of the most mind-blowing things I have ever seen in my life. It is well scripted, filmed and edited. The Top Gear team are just effing brilliant.

I will definitely take that advanced driving course... Watch this space (okay excuse the cheesy pun)

P.S. The rallyer is Ken Block and the motocross guy is champion Ricky Carmichael

One Spontaneous Hot Summer Night in Pretoria with Johnny Foreigner...

Sissy and I made a spontaneous decision on Friday night to go to the Pretoria Johnny Foreigner show at Hotbox. I had planned to go to the Saturday night show, but knew that that would not pan out so well, and she was well... let down. So we got ourselves all dolled up and made the Northward mission to the dorpie. It was well worth it. We did feel a little like Jozi kids but knew a few (few) friendly faces.

I did take my old Agfa baby gal with me. Ran out of film just before the Johnny kids came on, but fear not! Technology is among us and I snapped some pics with my advanced cellular telephonic device. Please not that the pictures will not be of a high quality or well composed.

Wrestlerish

Love You Sissy

Isochronous

Film Pics end here...

Cell pics start here with Johnny Foreigner

Lyric of the Day

I'm just going to say it...

"Consider this a picture perfect sweet sorrow.

When you've never been wrong before.

Never been wrong before.

As much as you wait, time won't wait for you.

As much as you wait, I won't wait for you..."

- Utah, But I'm Taller by Emarosa

Valentines Day In The Heidelberg

I am loving my old Agfa film camera and have been taking it out with me wherever I go, and taking pics at every opportunity. A couple posts back I mentioned that I would put the pics up from the Valentines Day braai we had in Heidelberg. Well I finally have them back...

Carol and LouDog

Before

The Weeee Little Braai

After

Traffic on the way home...

Avatar! Finally!

I finally went to see Avatar, two months after it's release. It was cool but it was waaay too long. It got me thinking though... haven't I seen this all before. Not the tall blue people who live in a forest in an alien world that you have to wear special glasses to see, but the storyline. Boy meets girl who lives in "new world", boy comes from world who plans to mine mineral in the "new world". Boy becomes part of girls world, they fall in love and yada yada. Pocahontas right? Right! So I did some googling. As I always do and I found that I was correcto mundo. I was not the only one who thought this. In fact someone had typed out the Disney story of Pocahontas and filled in the Avatar version above it. Very clever. Oh Mr Cameron, have you done nothing original (and don't say Terminator, because those movies were shit)? Titanic was based on true events, except for Jack and Rose of course, we all knew how the story would end yet we all flocked to the cinema to see the ship tragically sink. Don't get me wrong I loved it.

So please enjoy having a little giggle at the story below as I did. I did enjoy the movie in it's true spectacle. It was supposed to do that. I am sad that it was not original. Imagine if it had been!

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Lyric of the Day

This has to be one of the most unbelievable songs ever written. I have loved it since I was all of 17 years old. Yes, young and impressionable I guess. It is fast, aggressive and passionate. It fully embodies what the band is all about. I had a listen to them today and it took me right back to when I was that 17 year old girl who loved going to shows (I still do!). It put a smile on my face. I identified with the lyrics back then and they are still relevant to my life now. I don't quite know what that says about me maturing, maybe I have just adapted them, but then I believe that is the secret to a well-crafted song.

"I don't want to feed myself the appetite of excess.

I don't want to be another voice in the wind,

got it easy in a world that's not supposed to be,

it makes me wonder if i think too much about me..."

- An American Paradox by Strung Out

Doodles

We were feeling creative today at work today... well at least the boys were and they created some cartoons and drawings of me on paint and photoshop. Why me, who knows. But the results were darn funny and pretty rad. Some were lost after a power failure but I managed to snap a pic of the one Paul sketched up on paint. The boys were left to their own devices creatively and I love the results.

Paul's little doodle "Dani Duck Body" (it started off as a sketch)

Steyn's creation "Dani Bunny"

Lyric of the Day

AFI you legends. I got tired of an album (in particular a CD) I was listening to on my route to work this morning and put my USB in and an AFI song randomly came on. It put me in the most awesome mood. They have the most wonderful energy, I am of course talking about their earlier albums ('Very Proud of Ya' and 'Shut your mouth and open your eyes'). The song I am talking about in particular sings of focusing on your life and living the life you want without outside interference/s. Sometimes things just find me! I think these lyrics definitely fall in line with me pursuing my authentic life.

"When it comes the time that you have recognized your line

and you realize the path that you will travel through your life.

be sure that what you want is exactly what you're trying to get,

or you'll be speeding toward a cliff without realizing that...

Before you know, the haze makes you slow.

Ignore your future, forget your past.

before you know, cars start to crash.

There are so many choices, the opportunities abound.

Just be sure to keep things straight and be sure to stand your ground.

Let nothing shade your vision, even fight to keep it clear.

Let no one change what's right for you, for when you start to veer."

- Take the Test by AFI

Floss Your Arse

I first saw this many years ago, my sissy introduced it me to. Driving on the way to work this morning I thought about it again. I had to watch it as it makes me laugh so much, firstly because the misheard lyrics are hilarious and secondly because I love this band.

Then I found this one, I have watched it so often that I no longer hear the original lyrics, or at least what I think are the original lyrics. I hope you enjoy watching them as much as I do... There is always time for a laugh.

Lyric of the Day

I love this band and their no nonsense "we are punk as fuck" attitude. I have been playing them often in the last few weeks, and today in particular. Whenever I feel like a laugh and listening to some awesome punk then I put on Guttermouth. Their name says it all. Too funny.

"I don't like the things you like,

And you don't like the things I like,

She don't like the things they like,

So who the fuck is really right..."

- Asshole by Guttermouth

Take It or Leave It

"... being lost only has meaning when contrasted with knowing where you are..."

- Lost and found by David Hollies

Lyric of the Day

"I am vindicated,

I am selfish,

I am wrong,

I am right,

I swear I'm right,

I swear I knew it all along,

And I am flawed,

But I am cleaning up so well,

I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself..."

- Vindicated by Dashboard Confessional

Lyric of the Day

This song reminds me of the drive Caroline, Kayleigh and I took today to visit Louise in Heidelberg. We went for an awesome summer braai to celebrate Valentine's Day... For all the single ladies, and our guyfriends too.

"Where is your boy tonight?

I hope he is a gentleman.

Maybe he won't find out what I know:

you were the last good thing about this part of town."

- Grand Theft Autumn by Fall Out Boy

Take It or Leave It

"Your time is limited, 
so don't waste it
 living someone else's life..."

- Steve Jobs 

(Co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.)

Lyric of the Day

This song is amazing, sung by the amazing Dallas Green (City and Colour, Alexisonfire). I sometimes feel as if I am the only person who can relate to what he is singing about (which is silly). I think that is the key to a well-written song. He is sometimes very melancholy, but hey I think we all are at times. I forget how truly emotive he can be with his words.

I too strive to have a sensible heart...

"I get so distracted

By some peoples reactions

That I don't see my own faults

For what they are

For what they are

At times so self destructive

With no intent or motive

But behind this emotion,

There lies a sensible heart

A sensible heart

See I'm no king

I wear no crown

But desperate times

Seem over now

But still I weaken somehow

It tears me apart

It tears me apart

I hope to learn as time goes by

That I should trust what's deep inside

Burning bright, oh burning bright

My sensible heart

My sensible heart

My sensible heart

My sensible heart..."

- Sensible Heart by City and Colour

Lyric of the Day

AFI happens to be one of my favourite bands. I know I say that about every band, but hey I even chose a design from one of their albums covers and now wear that design as a tattoo on my wrist (wow my cell takes crappy pictures).

This song also stands as a favourite. A song about frustration and friendship. Seems apt to me, sometimes a song sums up the feelings you have inside and through those simple words you are able to tell someone how you feel. I just wish sometimes that I could send a song to someone, or play it for them, and then they would have an "aha" moment. You know that shizzle Oprah talks about.

I think this could work in countless situations. "I love You, let me play you a song".

"You're a jerk, let me play you a song". "I'm heartbroken, let me play you a song". I think you get the point. Now let me play the song.

"It's the same old situation,

it seems it's coming 'round again.

I wont play the fool,

I'm not screwin' around.

I only play to win.

I only want what I deserve so who are you tryin' to kid?

No more waitin' around,

no more hangin' around,

no more draggin' me down.

no more, no more."

- Your Name Here by AFI

Lyric of the Day

I have been listening to my old time favourite, Atreyu. Apart from the gorgeous lead singer, the music ain't that bad either. Just kidding, I am not that shallow.

I chose this lyric as I have reached a point in my life where I need something new, challenging and exciting. I have clashed with my friends, I am a little bored at work, I am tired of going to the same places... I am in a bit of a rut. I would love to pack up and explore the corners of the globe, but this of course requires some extra moola. It will all happen in time. I am working on my attitude to my friends, I am looking at new things to do at work (keeping myself busy) and I have decided that I would rather stay at home than be somewhere where I am not happy. This of course ties in with my posts last year about "living my authentic life". This has been, and will continue to be a process (the pursuit of happiness). I will always strive to do better and improve myself. As I fully understand that I have to take control of and be responsible for my life, I cannot live my life waiting for others to justify me.

"Back and forth the struggle consumes us all.

Trying to keep a level head.

In the most unsettling of times.

Today I'll become the bull..."

- Becoming The Bull by Atreyu