Saturday, May 3, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Rabbit Food
I've been vegetarian for 1 month and 1 week now - absolutely no meat and no fish. Was trying to go completely vegan, but cutting out dairy is exceptionally difficult. Can't go without cake and biscuits! I won't eat eggs that look like eggs... ie., not if it's an omelette, sunny-side up, fried in noodles, etc. But if it doesn't look like eggs per se but is mixed into stuff that doesn't taste like egg, eg. cake and biscuits, IT'S ALL GOOOOOOOOD. Pass the cake and biscuits.
So trying to find protein alternatives has been quite an experiment - lots of soy milk, nuts & beans (pooot!) (Just kidding, I don't fart. Really.) ...and came across this vegetarian meat alternative here by Fry's. They've got everything from burgers to sausages to mince to stir-fry strips (?) all made from Soy and mashed up with... er good stuff. This stuff rocks, it actually tastes like SPAM! (aka "luncheon meat")... y'know, that horrible mashed up yuck of pork bits that's bad for you but tastes oh-so-good. And the same tasting stuff here is actually available for VEGETARIANS!
Our freezer is now loaded with the stuff, although whatever shape it comes in, it all tastes the same. Time to discover the next meat alternative...
So trying to find protein alternatives has been quite an experiment - lots of soy milk, nuts & beans (pooot!) (Just kidding, I don't fart. Really.) ...and came across this vegetarian meat alternative here by Fry's. They've got everything from burgers to sausages to mince to stir-fry strips (?) all made from Soy and mashed up with... er good stuff. This stuff rocks, it actually tastes like SPAM! (aka "luncheon meat")... y'know, that horrible mashed up yuck of pork bits that's bad for you but tastes oh-so-good. And the same tasting stuff here is actually available for VEGETARIANS! Our freezer is now loaded with the stuff, although whatever shape it comes in, it all tastes the same. Time to discover the next meat alternative...
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Gaye's ** Birthday Party
Welcome to the official first post on the new site! I'm thankful to be rid of Windows Live Spaces. :p
Monday was Gaye's big ** Birthday bash (** = the unmentionable number) and she invited 20 of her friends for dinner at Tarragon restaurant.
It started off rather civilized, with most of the (old) folks in their **'s (Gaye and her friends are going to kill me now). But then of course everyone got drunker, and someone discovered the most random thing in the ladies' loo - one of those made-in-Japan remote-controlled toilets, complete with buttons for "posterior wash", "feminine wash", "dryer" and the most disconcerting option - "enema wash".
A semi-sober Kiki decided to pull her pants down and try out all options (except "enema wash") in front of the rest of us, while Mandi was filming the entire experience on her trusty Olympus. I was laughing so hard I forgot where my camera was (damn, those pix would've been funny).
By the end of the night, people were falling over themselves and crawling on the floors (literally), and a jolly good time was had by all. Good to know life's still fun after 21.
Happy Birthday Gaye! Click on slideshow below to view full album.
Monday was Gaye's big ** Birthday bash (** = the unmentionable number) and she invited 20 of her friends for dinner at Tarragon restaurant. It started off rather civilized, with most of the (old) folks in their **'s (Gaye and her friends are going to kill me now). But then of course everyone got drunker, and someone discovered the most random thing in the ladies' loo - one of those made-in-Japan remote-controlled toilets, complete with buttons for "posterior wash", "feminine wash", "dryer" and the most disconcerting option - "enema wash".
A semi-sober Kiki decided to pull her pants down and try out all options (except "enema wash") in front of the rest of us, while Mandi was filming the entire experience on her trusty Olympus. I was laughing so hard I forgot where my camera was (damn, those pix would've been funny).
By the end of the night, people were falling over themselves and crawling on the floors (literally), and a jolly good time was had by all. Good to know life's still fun after 21.
Happy Birthday Gaye! Click on slideshow below to view full album.
Skippetty Street is moving!
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Please point your RSS/ Atom feeds and bookmarks to my new link on Blogger.com as follows: http://skippettystreet.blogspot.com/
This is officially my last blog post on this Windows Live Spaces site. I've grown fed up of the unintuitive user interface, the messiness of layouts, the lack of customizing options, the banner ads on top, and the list goes on and on... I won't shut down this site and all old posts will still be available here, and an abridged version of these old posts are also available on the new Blogger site.
Aside from a brand new look on Blogger, there are so many new (easier) ways to get things blogged - and you can also subscribe to email updates so I no longer have to send out those long-winded emails (plus, it's a Google company and Google's cooler than Windows).
Moving onwards and upwards! See you on the other side.
Please point your RSS/ Atom feeds and bookmarks to my new link on Blogger.com as follows: http://skippettystreet.blogspot.com/
This is officially my last blog post on this Windows Live Spaces site. I've grown fed up of the unintuitive user interface, the messiness of layouts, the lack of customizing options, the banner ads on top, and the list goes on and on... I won't shut down this site and all old posts will still be available here, and an abridged version of these old posts are also available on the new Blogger site.
Aside from a brand new look on Blogger, there are so many new (easier) ways to get things blogged - and you can also subscribe to email updates so I no longer have to send out those long-winded emails (plus, it's a Google company and Google's cooler than Windows).
Moving onwards and upwards! See you on the other side.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Shoot in Parow, Cape Town
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Straight after the Irene shoot, I headed back to Cape Town on another shoot for a different client the next day. This one was more fun - we had an extremely large lady that had to be rigged to a harness so it looked like she was being sucked into the sky, and we also did the same with a golf cart and motorbike.
...it took 3 men initially to hoist her up, but then when we had to change the angle where she was being lifted, it took a total of 5 men (3 on the ground, 1 on the roof of a building, and yet another one running in the opposite direction, hanging onto a crane beam for support). It was pretty hysterical. More photos in the photo album column and some videos below. (oh, forgot to add: This was also Kelly's and my first job together since we've been working at the same place again. Spot him in the pix!)
...it took 3 men initially to hoist her up, but then when we had to change the angle where she was being lifted, it took a total of 5 men (3 on the ground, 1 on the roof of a building, and yet another one running in the opposite direction, hanging onto a crane beam for support). It was pretty hysterical. More photos in the photo album column and some videos below. (oh, forgot to add: This was also Kelly's and my first job together since we've been working at the same place again. Spot him in the pix!)
Shoot in Irene, Pretoria
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Last Thursday & Friday, we were in Irene, Pretoria on a shoot. Pretoria's the official capital of South Africa (it's right next to Johannesburg, and both cities are growing so quickly that they're merging into one). Irene (pronounced Ai-ree-nee) is a suburban area with a few dairy farms in the area, and everywhere we went from the Irene Country Village Mall to the Irene Village Farmstall, there were cows and cow-themed everything, everywhere. Check this upside-down cow statue in the local village mall.
There was an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in the area so we were told not to eat the cheese or drink the milk (although farmers were selling RAW milk - unpasteurised/ unhomogenised in the streets). YUCKS!
We were shooting a pastoral/ nature scene with the four seasons and it was glorious what art department did - check out rain in summer, snow in winter, lots of red & gold leaves in autumn (each individual leaf was dipped in double-velvet wall paint for extra strength, with glitter added on top), and pink cherry blossoms in spring. More photos in the album on the left, and some video footage at the bottom of this entry.
Last Thursday & Friday, we were in Irene, Pretoria on a shoot. Pretoria's the official capital of South Africa (it's right next to Johannesburg, and both cities are growing so quickly that they're merging into one). Irene (pronounced Ai-ree-nee) is a suburban area with a few dairy farms in the area, and everywhere we went from the Irene Country Village Mall to the Irene Village Farmstall, there were cows and cow-themed everything, everywhere. Check this upside-down cow statue in the local village mall.
There was an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in the area so we were told not to eat the cheese or drink the milk (although farmers were selling RAW milk - unpasteurised/ unhomogenised in the streets). YUCKS!
We were shooting a pastoral/ nature scene with the four seasons and it was glorious what art department did - check out rain in summer, snow in winter, lots of red & gold leaves in autumn (each individual leaf was dipped in double-velvet wall paint for extra strength, with glitter added on top), and pink cherry blossoms in spring. More photos in the album on the left, and some video footage at the bottom of this entry.
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