Hello peoples!
 
Happy Valentines Day. Or should it be "happy retail established in order to increase consumerism and up prices on crap you wouldn't otherwise buy day!" your call. ;) (Not as catchy huh?) Lol - so, it's that time of the year again, filled with lovesick couples starring into each others eyes over an expensive meal, pissing waiters off by not eating and leaving so they can have a high table turnover, and quite frankly pissing us single people off by filling our favorite places of leisure normally not frequented by couples, as couples seem to become hermits. *sigh* oh well - I guess we can give em one day of the year to flaunt their happiness and all that other kak :)
 
So - tonight, my friends Suz, Georgina and I are going for cocktails, they both have boyfriends, but one of them is pissed off with hers (I didn't ask) and the other one doesn't do the whole commercial vomit fest of a celebratory day - so we are doing drinks, catching up and gonna have a laugh, I'm looking forward to it, and hell it beats the crap out of just hitting the gym and going home like I was planning! :)
 
So... now, for the horrible, bad news - the band is over Finished. Broken up. Kaput. The guitarist / songwriter / asshole Sherwyn decided to be a complete bastard and retract the songs he had written for the band and sell them to a third party. All this cos him and his wife need cash to move to the states as they aren’t getting along with his parents (who they have been living off of since her announcement of pregnancy BTW and who have been more than wonderful to both of them, but being the selfish spoilt children that both of them are, they can't see this through their wants) he didn't bother to discuss it with us, he just did it. Quite frankly I never want to see him again ~ I can't believe he did that, and I want nothing to do with someone who can so easily screw over people who are supposed to be good friends. So, I have started to learn how to play guitar and once I'm getting decent at it (I know it takes a while) I will go on a songwriters course so that I can come up with my own material and not have to worry about ever being in this position again. Oh well - it was all going to hell anyway, things haven't been the same since he got married. There’s a shocker huh? So if any of you wonderful readers are living in the Boston area and you happen upon him once he has moved there in April, feel free to slap him upside the head for me - I would do it, but that would mean having to see him, and thanks, but no thanks.
 
Last night I went to watch a few bands play at the Tanz Cafe (we were supposed to be playing, but it's just not that easy when ya don't have a band). I had organised the gig and my friends FeeFiFoFum were playing, another band I invited to the gig was Elusion, the third band that was called in when we were unable to make it was called Replay. All three were fantastic - my mates band is coming along brilliantly, they jammed well together, they are tight as can be and they music is good, its rock through and through! All they need to do is loosen up on stage but that will come with time and gigs, man I remember how nervous I was for my first few gigs - so I can definitely understand! Replay was a family band, three brothers and another person, they were good, but they really went with the whole corny dedication cheesy crap, and they did a cover of the goo goo dolls acoustic #3 which was not good ~ their original stuff was impressive and I enjoyed them, but they sat all through the performance, which irks me - I hate that, and while they were good they certainly weren't "blow my socks off... gotta see them again" good! The final band of the night was called Elusion - I met the singer at the HP party and we got along which is why I asked them to this gig - he has an awesome voice, and an incredible stage presence, you want to watch them even though there is not a huge amount happening on stage there is an electricity. The bass guitarist was mental - very cool, but completely mad - he was standing on a table, lying on the floor all sorts of odd stuff - and it worked for them - they are quite chilled, upbeat and funky - I will def go see them again, and they are friendly, always a huge bonus!
 
So - the weekend is roaring in and so far, I don't have much happening. I will go see my ex-bass guitarist playing with his other (and now only) band on Friday - they are a hardcore metal band, not my normal thing, ya know, loads of shouting and roaring, which I don't dig, but its nice to try new places, the rest of the weekend is a mystery to me, I know it includes the gym, playing on my guitar and painting (almost done dammit, just those final two walls in the kitchen... I can do eeeet!) I'm hoping for new adventures, new friends (I need me some of them) and lots of good times!
 
What are you all up too?
 
Loves and hugs
the Misfit

Hellooo world... I'm baaaaack!

That’s right, back in the public eye - my face calmed down, the pimples have retreated (yay low dosage anti-biotics) and the partying has begun again! The weekend kicked off on Thursday when a group of mates and I went to watch the finals for the HP design your personal life competition (you remember the comp, the one you all voted for me and my band on - we came 6th... so we were not playing in the finals. missed it by one position!) So that was a free entry - free drinks all night long event (which must have cost them a fortune!!) and i have to say, we had a complete blast! There was one person in the competition who I don't believe deserved to be there as this was a competition for up and coming bands and he is a signed international artist, has cd's and dvd's out and does this for a living ~ so needless to say when he started playing I had to throw random abuse at the stage *tra la la la* tee hee... The bands that made it were ok, nothing great, and the winning band certainly didn't blow my socks off... I know that you all think I am being mean cos I think we should have been in the competition, but WE SHOULD HAVE MADE IT TO THE FINALS. Plain and simple. We would have wiped the stage with the other bands. grrr. REGARDLESS - we had a blast, danced our assess off, partied hard, shouted support to all the bands except the one pratt *evil grin* When we retreated upstairs to the long area we discovered the mirrors on the roof... so that was a whole other  porn show (ok, not quite.. but you can imagine the jokes and the attempted photos... which didn't come out - bloody flash on a mirrored roof!) The evening ended at about 1 (i think...) and i only just managed to drag myself out of bed for work!

Friday i was really tired, but I somehow managed to go to the doors that night with Suz, Simone, Brenda and the boys. I love the doors. Free entry for females - Cheap drinks (I was the DD so only had one) great music and an endless line of people who are trying really hard to be rebels and scary. hehe ~ there is the guy on stage who only knows how to headbang while thrusting his fist in a "YEAH BABY" motion, repeatedly... in fact I’m pretty sure it is all he does while on stage - top off and occasional back arched as if howling at the moon ~ then there is the standard reeeeeaaaally drunk chick with SEVERE self esteem issues who is trying to catch the eye of said headbanger, God only knows why cos he certainly can't dance, and while he may have amazing neck muscles the brain has been hitting the insides of his head for waaaay to long so conversation might be rather limited... even if in a drunken state conversation is the last thing on ones mind :)

Then you have the underage "parents worst nightmare" kids,  they think they are hardcore... one beer and down the stairs they fall! It's like watching a slinky... it never gets boring! And finally there is the group of vacuous "goths" who can't crack a smile... cos the make up is far too thick and who don't dance incase their body heat goes up and the slab of make up falls off! Aaaaah - yes... I love the doors! We danced till 3 in the morning ~ they had such a good mixture of old school rock, metal and alternative happening - even though it is far to get too it is well worth it every time!

Saturday I was up at 8am ~ wish i knew why... but it just seems the mental alarm clock went off and sorry for me, time to get the hell up! So I did... ran around, got my car washed, bought a present for a friends birthday, got groceries and made myself look human for the 30th that started at 1pm... By the time it hit 3pm I was finished. The party was nice, there seemed to be a whole male/female segregation thing happening, and there were children ~ small ones... with little hands that moved towards the chip dip like desperate housewives to a stripper at a bachelorette party! I didn't know most of the people there but all of them seemed so grown up - I sorta felt out of the loop - well that and sleep deprived! From there it was on to a friend’s braai - they didn't even know we were coming... hehe, we just sorta rocked up at their place, which they had moved into on that day (which is why they may have been all the more surprised...) and didn't leave till after they fed us and we were done playing poker. I suck at poker. Still don't get it really! This coming weekend is the official house warming party... It could get out of hand... I can't wait! boo ha ha! (I can see all of us landing up in the pool somehow)

Sunday was spent chilling with my Mate Geee - we went out for lunch, did some shopping a the nursery (I needed a new plant in my lounge) and basically took it easy and caught up - then I painted another 2 walls in my kitchen... it's so close to being done, I'm really proud of my efforts! and eventually collapsed into bed! I slept like a log. Was great!

Monday was back at kick boxing and tonight is the gym and then out for sushi with the mates! I loooooove sushi - if i could afford to eat it everyday for one of my meals I really would! And it's so healthy which is good, cos otherwise I would wonder why the hell I'm on breakfast shakes and gymming so frikken hard! Is being a supermodel so hard to achieve? hahahaha!

I have also decided to look for a new job! It's time. I have been with my company now for 3 years, and hell - a change is as good as a holiday... since I just had a week off though I think I will try to have my cake and eat it too... I want the change!

How are your weeks going?

Loves and hugs

me