Toothace HORROR!!

So you know how I was complaining about that toothache last night? Ja. Well, it turns out that it wasn't any ol' toothache. It is infact an abscess... YUCK YUCK YUCK!! If you want a gross definition of what an abscess is, go here. Pus?! GASP... SHOCK... FAINT! Okay back to my tooth story.

A month (or so) ago I had a filling done, by a stand in dentist. Not sure where my sweet, gentle and smart dentist was. After the filling was done, my tooth was unnecessarily sensitive, anything could set it off: cold water, hot water, food etc. I went to go see the dentists and he said that it was minor and recommended that I rub Mentadent S on it and all would be good. I did and all was not good. Now here I sit with pain that I cannot describe and an appointment for a root canal for Tuesday the 19th. WHYYYYYYYYY?!

Why me? I have a dental jinx. Anything that could possibly go wrong when it comes to my teeth, always does. Why me? Why? As if that is not enough, I am now on Antibiotics and CANNOT have ONE DROP of alcohol. Conspiracy theory anyone? Root canal is going to cost me many limbs (I am no longer on medical aid because I'm a freelancer) and that means that I'm going to fork out many many Ronds! That means no more John Legend for me. I had to choose between healthy gums and teeth and an amazing musical experience. I'm afraid I HAD to pick the latter, because I HATE pain.

Later days

Toothache blues

I have a HECTIC toothache and am starting to think that I will need to go to the dentists for EMERGENCY SURGERY (to remove the sucker) tomorrow morning... As in as soon as I open my eyes. I think I have mentioned that I cry a lot when I'm not feeling well. So, no prizes for guessing what I was doing the whole of this afternoon. Poor Ms Porcelain... What a whiny crying woman!!

Ooohhhh ooohhh ooh!! Before I forget, last night I finished a song entitled 'A song for...'. It's a fun little song that I will put on here once I've recorded it. I plan to record it this weekend. I CANNOT WAIT to share it with you all. Yay!! Yay!! I won't put it up here immediately but it will be here eventually. I CAN'T wait!!

I am becoming better at writing and composing my own songs. Thank God I decided to take up those piano lessons. I must say that the sound is developing as well. YES! YES! YES! I'm so happy about the music stuff. SOOO happy. Once I have enough music I will start doing live gigs. *falling over with excitement*

Enjoy the weekend :)

Flying solo

So I hosted the radio show all by my lonesome today. Okay... let me start at the beginning. I have been sleeping really late because of the project HUSH HUSH (can't really say what it is, because well it's on the low for now) and I had to wake up really early to get to the studio in time to do a prep and have breakfast. On my way to work I heard my phone ringing, but I couldn't answer it because it was in my handbag, which was in the boot. It was the host of the show who was calling me. She called about 3 times so I knew it was urgent. I called her back and she said that she had a personal crisis and couldn't come to work.

WHAT?!! PANIC PANIC!!! After 5 minutes of panic I called Marcee and said 'Please come to the studio... I think I'm gonna faint." Like a TOP TJOMMIE she put everything down and came to hold my hand. I know how blesed I am to have someone like her in my life. I LOVE YOU MARCEE POO!!!! I was sure I was going to throw up all over the desk and get fired for destroying equipment and fainting on air. Everything went well. I had the support of my bestfreind and everybody else. It went pretty okay and I'm still in one piece. So there is one thing I thought I could never do and I DID IT. Verity was right, I have let my fear keep me small and prevent me from really knowing my strength. I FLEW SOLO TODAY!!!!

Experiment update:
The experiment is going well. Tonight we had Lentil Bobotie (is that the right spelling?). Lovely stuff. I would love to say one of us cooked it, but ti was store bought. Things have been more than hectic this week and it's not going to get better either.

I'm still trying to find a way to go to the John Legend show... Sulk sulk sulk. HEEEELLLLPP!!

Experiment update 1

The experiment is going well-ish. I haven't had any meat yet, but that does not mean that is has not been hard. I've been eating meat for AGES and never thought there was anything wrong with it. It's in my blood... Like the other day when I automatically ordered a chicken mayo sandwich. I'm learning and un-learning at the same time. Marcee is loving it. Thank God I have such an amazing 'experiment' buddy.

Speaking of buddies My dad was here (Cape Town) for one night. Aaaahh... I love my pops, what a lovely lovely man. What makes me love him even more is because I know that he is only human, he has his mistakes but he is still such a GREAT guy. He actually introduces Marcee as his daughter. Sweet man!! We went for dinner and I had Nachos for the first time and Ms Marcee had her first ever Veg burger.

My other 'top tjommies' have started their own blogs. WELCOME WELCOME guys. Got much love for you, hope blogging gives you as much joy as it has given me. Marcee... *crickets*
Uhmm.... Anytime you are ready to join us here in cyber space. Take your time... *crickets* My three 'top tjommies' and I are working on a bit of a hush hush project, will let you know about it in the near future, just keep your ear to the ground and your eye to the screen ha ha ha ha. I'm easily amused...

Went to go see a play earlier on tonight, but I will do a review of it later this week when I have a picture of the cast etc.

Still trying to make my way to Sun city to see 'Mr John'... Sigh!

P.S Tertia's little boy Adam had an operation and he came out of it just fine. Well done Tersh, you survived your first 'big mommy' op. I wish you nothing but the best for your FET cycle that starts this week. I will have a glass of wine for you AND Marko.

He is COMING!!! And I'm not...

This morning my girl Phi calls me and tells me that JOHN LEGEND will be in THIS country next week. So I'm like: WHAT? And she is like: YEAH. Okay, so I must have missed the extensive advertising for this gig. But don't panic because you can still catch the show in Cape Town. This is what I was telling my self.


IT'S FOR TWO DAYS ONLY... Two days?! *running around the studio frantically* 'Oh poor John, how will he cope with two shows in two cities and no day to rest', I asked myself. IT'S ALL HAPPENING AT SUN CITY... At this point I have fallen over in despair and am completely inconsolable.


So today is my first day as a Vegetarian and this is what I've learnt so far:

1. Vegetarians cannot have chicken mayo sandwiches (I did it out of habit, but a good friends quickly stopped me)

2. Sun City is very far away from Cape Town

3. Men will come, WITH or WITHOUT you.. sob sob


Nuff said :)

Fully clothed, beautiful and talented

Here is proof that you can be classy (as in not naked) and still be a respected and most AMAZING singer. There is no reason why we need to be half naked to sell records. I have much respect for these ladies. Just in case you are wondering what it is: the first one is Billie Holiday singing one of may favourites (Fine and Mellow) and the second one is Mama Ella with 'Night and day' (not one of my favourites, but still sooo beautiful). The clips are a little long, but definitely worth it. Fabulous-ness!! I LOVES it. This is my kinda stuff. These ladies are amazing!! Mama Ella's voice stayed so strong and SOOO beautiful :)





Nuff said...

The unforgivable sin

Why do people 'lip sync'/'mime'? Why do some South African musicians think that it is OKAY to 'lip sync'? Why do you want to mime your way through a performance? Why must you waste our time? Why even bother showing up when we can just play the CD? There is nothing more pathetic and embarrassing than an artists miming their songs at a 'live' show... NOTHING!!!

Okay, so I know you're wondering what has brought this on. Well, I was watching 'Strictly come dancing' re-runs tonight (yes I'm unexciting, but that is SOO not the point) and there was this new hip hop artists who came on. Now... There is always a band and singers on this show, so a live performance would not have been asking for much. They have two singers who actually sing live every episode. But, not 'brother man' he decided that he was going to show up and 'mime' his song.

Am I the only one who thinks that is embarrassing? I would rather die than do that. Call me a snob, but I want to perform live. Nobody wants to hear the song sound exactly like it does on the CD, otherwise they wouldn't show up for the LIVE PERFORMANCE!!!

A few months ago I had a very interesting conversation with Lira and I asked her how she feels about people 'miming'. I was very relieved when she said that she does not mime. She would rather sing live on TV even if the final mix does not sound that great. I can totally respect that. I was highly impressed with that. Surely the people listening appreciated the fact that you are singing for them at that very moment and not pretending to.

I hate people that do not sing 'live'. If you are not going to sing 'live' don't do it at all. Just stay home. I'm not sure how it works everywhere else in the world, but I know that here at home too many people are doing it. Please don;t get me wrong. I'm not saying ALL South African acts 'lip synch', cause that would be a lie. I have seen some pretty good live perfomances, but it's mainly the guys who appear on TV shows etc. I am also not talking about cases where people have hectic dance routines and would never be able to sing and dance.

Tell me, does it bother you when singers don't do the 'live' thing or are you generally happy just to see your favourite artist on TV/stage? I would really like to know how you feel.

Okay that it from me :)