Welcome 2011.

Welcome to a new year. 2011 has started out with a bit of a bang. Good and bad bangs. I've been quite busy with a lot of very exciting projects coming up. One of my best friends spent the better side of two months with me in Pretoria. It's funny, I never really realised what a big part of my life he is...

Also, there are some bad things that came with the new year. Got some bad news concerning a very important person in my life. Cancer is slowly eating away at his body and there is nothing that science can do for him. The threat of death always brings strange feelings... Don't really know how to explain it other than exhausting.

Mornings.

There's something very personal about mornings. I feel very solitary. I mean early though, before sunrise. When everything is bathed in a pastel blue-purple colour. It's a very good feeling because I've been feeling a little boxed in lately. Crowded.

I'm glad to have pre-sunrise mornings. I'm glad because I feel like they belong to only me. It's only me in the world and even though that's quite silly it's the way that I like it.

It reminds me of a character in a book I read recently, My Friend Leonard by James Frey. He walks through a deserted Chicago in the wee small hours of the morning. It gives him time to think, escape in a way.

It's a good book, you should read it.

Listen to January Rain by David Gray as well. But listen to it just before sunrise.

Don't know what I'm saying anymore, I fear the lack of sleep is now catching up with me.

Enjoy.

Haven't done this in a while...

I was quite put off of blogging for a while... I couldn't think of anything to write and I was quite annoyed with the idea of thinking of something intellectual to blog about.

I then realised that I was being quite silly, like Steven Biko said "I write what I like" So here I am, I've made my comeback.

I will be posting more often now.

Finally...

I just got the new Editors album, In This Light and On This Evening, and it's brilliant. I have to admit that I was never really a fan but this album is just amazing. They're finally making music that suits Tom Smith's unique voice. Have a listen it's awesome...

Also recently got the new Pearl Jam and they just never cease to amaze. Eddie Vedder's voice is still just as ,or maybe a bit more, powerful. Get both these albums today!

On that note, here's a photo of Alex from Foto Na Dans. This guy has such amazing energy on stage, if you haven't seen them live do yourself a favour and check them out.

Reminiscing...

Been going through some old photos lately, found a couple of cool shots and re-edited some. It took me back, I went on a three day road trip with a couple of friends and the guys from Foto Na Dans, driving them around the North. Listened to good tunes and laughed at stupid jokes.

Good times...

Big Day.

Got a big day of work ahead, and then a packed weekend. Shoots, birthday parties and getting ready for a hectic December. 


http://www.astoreisgood.com/alist.html - Check this store out, awesome Cape Town based retailer. They sell the coolest stuff at discount prices. Nice.

Have a good weekend.

Today...

Reconnected with an old friend today and it got me thinking... Seeing people I used to have a tight connection with always gets me thinking about myself at that stage in my life and, if I have changed, what has caused me to change and have I changed for better or worse? 


I'm probably complicating something that shouldn't be complicated at all? Either way, nostalgia is a strange feeling.

"For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen

We were merely freshmen
We were only freshmen" - Freshmen by The Verve Pipe


It always takes me back...