Archive: January, 2007

You Are One Ugly Motherfucker

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

“Predator! As if that isn’t one of the best movies of all time.”
“You are such a boy.”
Of course I denied it at the time, but here I am excited because the tennis is over, and Rocky is on. And we did go to watch Rocky Balboa on the night it opened in Fiji because […]

Invest in Life, not Timeshare

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

On Tuesday, we sacrificed 90 minutes of our precious time to go to a Trendwest seminar because:
“Congratulations Mrs. Goolavin, you have won a fun-tastic prize, you can choose between a dvd player, a hair dryer, an mp3 player, or a holiday to a destination of your choice.”
First of all let me clarify that this is […]

Oh the Boy the Diamond!

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

“Oh the boy the dia-mond!”
“What are you on about?”
“Oh the boy the diamond! A bear said it, in a cartoon.”
“Ri-ight. Did he say it in that accent, or are you making that up?”
“No, he said it in that accent. It’s a bear accent.”
“I think you’re lying. If he had said it in a bear accent […]

When Apartment Buildings Go Bad

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

Naturally the power outage today meant that we couldn’t use the lifts in our building, or get in through the front door for that matter. But since we had driven in the car park (the garage door for which had been left open - the three people walking up the ramp pushing their babies in […]