Friday 10 August 2018

Burning the past

The past two weeks have been weird and upsetting and just downright strange for me.
And after yesterday I vowed to write it down and move on. The past has had strange claws that hooked into me. My soul...my brain, even my body. While I can't change what is happening to my body, I sure as hell can change what is happening in my soul and mind.
Note-don't do drugs kids. It has a special way of eventually just messing your entire body up. My teeth for example...they are giving me never ending hassles. Half my mouth is replaced with fake teeth. The ones I still have a never ending puzzle of pain.

But letting go of the past is not just letting go of the fact that I used to be an addict. No I used to just be a walkover. Yes kids, just line up and take advantage. You need money, sure-I will give you what I have. Oh you need something, sure I will give it to you. Want to hurt me some more, sure, no worries.
Yes I am to blame. I never should have let people take advantage in the first place. No excuses for that. Being nice does not get you anywhere. And thinking that people will be kind to you when you give them kindness, no... that does not happen.

So what was the result of not growing a backbone?

My ex cheated on me many many times. She also ensured that I had about 100k of debt. Yeah-her promises of paying back-never materialized. The relationship was so unhealthy and I see it now finally. She used to gaslight me. Treat me with contempt, unless of course when she wanted something. She wanted many things. She liked brand shoes...nice sound in her car. Want, want, want. And I, in my stupor wanted to make her happy. Nevermind the fact that her phone bill (paid by me) was 3000 Rand (back in 2003)...and yes speaking to the chick she was having a full on relationship with while we were dating. We broke up and I moved away for a brief while. Came back to Jozi and she "helped" me by giving me a place to stay for 2 weeks. She also helped herself to 10 grand which I wanted to pay debts off (her debt) and she took that money after saying she will deposit into the bank for me. How naive was I, to think she would "help" me with anything.
Phonecall after phonecall saying she is sure she is busy overdosing, waking up in a field after she pissed herself, asking me for help. This was after we broke up. I blindly helped...thinking I could...should help. Then the Sheriff of the court came knocking on my door to collect my furniture for the debts. So after she took my furniture, I had one single bed, a toaster and a kettle. He looked at me in pity and disgust. This is while my addiction was probably at its worst also. I was taking the train to work at this stage. The doctor finally said I would die in 6 months if I carried on like this.

I stopped using, withdrew by myself. This is when the long, hard and lonely walk started. My "friends"? Well when we no longer shared the same lifestyle, they quickly forget who you are.

I started paying off my debt. R50 here, R100 there. Threatening phone calls daily. I had two jobs at that time. Life started getting better slowly but surely.

Now, this is not even half of the tale but I want to get to the good part. Where I am at today.

Yesterday I burned the summons, letters from the court, threatening letters that they are attaching my furniture to pay off debt. Because I am done. The debt was paid off about 2 years ago but the last of the summons etc, is gone now. I applied as the main applicant to buy a house...and it was approved.

While I was burning the papers, all the deposit slips... I just have this insane amount of balled up emotions inside of me. You tried to bring me down, you failed. You said I was never good enough, thin enough, cool enough...just not enough of anything basically. And who are you anyways? You leach off people and use and abuse them and them drop them like they never mattered. Yes, I should have been stronger than my supposed love for you. But I want to tell you, that you failed.

I am good enough. I have a good job, I study and I nearly have my degree. Someone loves me with my big ass and funny teeth and she has never looked at anyone else. I am someones dream. You should have just walked away when you realized you did not want me...but the sad reality is that I benefited your purpose. And I was too naive to do anything about it. I am to blame, I accept that. But accept that you can not keep doing this to people. I know you still are btw, for a fact. Grow the F up and start getting your life in order and stop using people. Your charm is only going to go that far and people who are hopefully stronger than what I was, will hopefully put you in your place. To those who are not strong enough and still disillusioned into thinking that a person will give you, what you give them... Please open your eyes. Don't wait until it is too late to grow a backbone and start living for yourself.

I am finally free.














Monday 9 April 2018

Molten precious metal

So, what? Are we all suddenly posting again after an eternity of silence? It seems so. I guess we can stop laughing at the batshit insane reason we were all avoiding this and go back to posting all our boring posts. We get it - you only come here to read Geegee's posts. Whatever.

NSFL content, apparently

Anyway, since suddenly we're slapped with a content warning by teh googz, I was triple-dared by boss-lady to post some porn to justify the age restriction. Please enjoy this explicit (and better-written, compared with the clean one, if I say so myself) version of a fanfiction I wrote. I've removed character names because copyright laws exist. There is a lesbian sex scene described here. Feel free to not read it if you're just going to report this. If you're smart nerdy gay enough to recognize what this is fanfic for, tell me in the comments (not you, Geeg), and I'll give you +1 internet. Without further ado, I present to you


Liquid Gold (explicit)

You look up at her as you’re walking next to her, occasionally resting your hand lightly on [horse]’s flank. You study her features, how for once they’re relaxed. She seems like she’s even enjoying the warm morning sun on her face. You try to remember if you noticed when she started becoming so comfortable. When you first left your village to travel with her she always looked tense, even angry or pained sometimes. You wonder if your presence is as good for her as being with her is good for you. You often privately muse, as you’re doing now, that she would be very different if you weren’t around - although you’ve been learning how to fight with your staff since being made an Amazon, your pacifism has been influencing her, and you’ve witnessed more and more mercy from her, and violence becoming more of a last resort.

You notice a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth - she knows you’re looking, but she keeps her eyes trained on the path ahead, and lets you study her. Her hair flicks lightly over her temples in the warm breeze.

Part of you yearns to be in front of her on the saddle, her strong arms resting at your sides, loosely holding [horse]’s reins, her thighs brushing the backs of yours, but you turned her down when she offered to pull you up as you set off this morning, and you don’t want to explain why you changed your mind. Besides, you don’t mind walking. You get to linger a little behind sometimes and admire the beauty of the [main character's epithet] astride her horse.

You approach a town a little before noon. The sun is high above you, and you’re glad for a chance to rest. [main character] ties [horse] to the post outside the inn while you make your way inside to ask about food, and possibly about staying for the night. You’ve spent several nights sleeping in the forest, and you’re sure [main character] is looking just as forward to sleeping on a bed again as you are.

“We’ve only got one room,” the woman tells you, clearly bored and frustrated. You squirm uncomfortably and look over at [main character], who’s talking to the barman. You really don’t want to spend tonight on the forest floor, trying to huddle close enough to the embers to keep warm. You hand over the money, telling the woman you’ll take it. She eyes the coins suspiciously, counting the Dinars, before handing you a key that’s only starting to rust. You take it with a grimace. You’ll figure out the sleeping arrangements later.

You push [main character]’s feet off the table as you pass her on the way to your seat. She gives you a cheeky grin, and gestures to the tankard and the glass on the table.

“That’s my ale,” she tells you, “and I got you some mead. This town is famous for it,” she says, matter-of-factly, and you make a show of looking for another glassful behind her tankard.

“If it’s so famous,” you chant, “why are you drinking the same kind of ale you always drink and not mead?”

She laughs heartily, and something deep in your belly stirs. “Come on, [sidekick], you know that stuff is way too sweet for my tastes. Besides, I thought you’d prefer a nice girly drink - it’s definitely not my style.”

You narrow your eyes at her and take a sip of the golden liquid. Its rich honey flavour instantly warms your mouth and you feel your face brighten up. “Well- it’s amazing! Thank you!” You beam at her, before smiling fondly at the glass in your hands. You feel her eyes on you and look up at her to see her watching you warmly, the corners of her mouth only just turned up into a gentle curve.

“I knew you’d like it,” she tells you, so quietly you almost don’t hear her, and you see a faint pinkness on her cheeks before you meet her eyes. Your lips part to say something, but before you can, the woman from earlier drops a tray on the table in front of you, nearly spilling the bowls of broth and stew onto the bread and cheese. [main character]’s eyes flick upwards to her in a look of warning, and you quickly thank her.

“Whatever,” she says, and waddles away. You eat, grateful for the more decent food than the stale bread and the few berries you could forage that you ate in the morning, and decide you’ll keep quiet about sharing a room with your friend tonight until after you’re done with the meal.

Just as you’re scooping up the last of the broth with the bread, a man bursts into the inn, panicked. “Fuck,” growls [main character] under her breath, and for once you know exactly what she’s thinking: what now?

The man is panting, his face pale, and it looks like he can’t find the words to say what’s wrong. [main character] strides over to him and puts her hand on his shoulder, bending down slightly to peer into his eyes. “What happened?” she coaxed, while he gulped in mouthfuls of air.

“In the woods…” he sputtered, “they’re in the woods...outside the village...there’s so much blood!” [main character] straightens, staring at the door.

“Which way?” She barked, and the man pointed roughly eastward. “[sidekick], stay here. Calm him down. I’m going to see what happened.” With that she strode quickly out of the inn, and almost immediately [horse] bolted past, [main character] swinging a powerful leg over her saddle.

“Great,” You mutter, and go over to the man. The inn owner’s wife brings over a glass of mead and you make the man drink it, rubbing his upper back gently, straining to hear the fading hoof-beats over the chatter starting up again.

After what seems like an eternity, you’re slumped on the table, your chin resting on one arm, unable to hide your boredom any further. The man - [man] - is relaying for probably the tenth time what he’d seen. “I don’t know, maybe someone went mad - it’s so close to Dionysus’ festival and I found them so close to the temple-”

“Temple?” You ask, sitting up. “What temple? You never mentioned this before.”

He looks at you as if you’re the stupidest person he’s ever met. “The temple of Dionysus, of course. Weren’t you listening? The Dionysia is the day after tomorrow.”

Your face crinkles. “But that doesn’t make sense. Dionysus likes...parties, not murder!” [man] shrugs.

“I don’t know. Maybe he’s angry because he prefers wine and we only make mead here,” he suggests, draining another mug of the honey-wine. You roll your eyes and lay your head back down on the inside of your elbow.

[main character] wakes you by shaking your shoulder. “‘S going on,” you mumble, smacking your lips. It’s after nightfall. She sits and scrapes her chair closer to you.

“It’s Ares,” she whispers conspiratorially. “He’s not happy with Bacchus. He’s convinced an assassin to stop any festivals for the Dionysia. I still have to find out why...but I know it’s him!”

You frown. “Ares? Why would he care about Bach- Dionysus?” Your back makes popping noises as you stretch, yawning widely. “Do you think it’s got something to do with the mead?” you add, scratching your scalp.

“Mea- what are you talking about, [sidekick]? Anyway, let’s get some sleep. I have a feeling that assassin won’t be doing anything tonight. Which way to our rooms?” She stands and you quickly get up too.

“Rooms. Uh...about that. There’s-”

She turns to fix that piercing stare on you. What have you done, [sidekick]?, they ask. You falter.

“There’s only one room,” you whisper, looking at your feet. She doesn’t reply. When you look up, she has that signature smirk on her face, one eyebrow up in a wondrous arch, her pursed lips curved in what could only be some kind of amusement. What is she amused by? You feel that stirring again that you don’t quite understand.

“So, where are you sleeping, then?” She finally asks, her eyes twinkling dangerously, her brow only arching further and her mouth breaking into a grin. You gape, opening and closing your mouth like a fish. You’re too dumbfounded to reply; would you have to sleep outside? Would she let you sleep on the floor in the room, at least? Should you even ask?

“I can...I suppose [horse]-”

She laughs, loudly and richly and something in you almost aches.

“[horse]? I didn’t know you felt such an attachment,” she teased. “Come on, you big dummy, we can sleep in the same bed for one night, surely.”

You’re grateful when she takes your hand and leads you up the stairs to the rooms, where you unlock the door to yours, because she doesn’t look back to see you blushing.

You wake the next morning to find yourself alone in the bed. There’s a note in her place.

[sidekick],

I’ve gone to the temple. Tell anyone who asks that they should prepare for the Dionysia as normal. I have to find out what Ares is up to and stop him from hurting anyone else over this grudge or whatever it is.

I’ll meet you back at the inn as soon as I can.

Yours,
[main character]

Yours? You wonder what she means by that, but you quickly make the bed and get dressed. It looks like another boring day for you. You go into the town, and get some supplies for when you leave. You talk to a few people, some who want to know what to do about the festival. You find [man], no longer anaesthetised by the copious amounts of mead, sitting in front of the inn, sobbing. You sit with him and try to help him work through what he saw. You comfort him, and a few other people, inside by telling stories of your adventures with [main character] and promising them that she’ll keep them safe. As you’re talking, convincing them how brave [main character] is, you can’t help thinking about her, worrying that she needs you. You know, logically, that there’s not much you can do most of the time to help her, but you like being by her side just in case. You hope Ares didn’t appear to her again and put her in any danger. You wish you knew what was happening. You’d probably have to beg her to tell you on the way to the next city.

The sun is starting to set. What the hell, you figure, you’ll have a glass of mead. You rarely drink, and since [main character] basically abandoned you, you deserve something to make you feel better. When you take a sip of the sweet liquid gold, you’re instantly overcome with a flood of memories. [main character]’s eyes, staring into yours, that rare smile on her face - her anger and disdain at someone who threatened you, her hand moving to your hip to guide you gently aside as she protectively steps in front of you - her pulling you up onto [horse] and pressing you close to herself as she spurs the horse on to get you out of harm’s way - feeling her watching you as you take your first sip of the mead - her arms wrapping around you, one strong thigh winding over your hips as she...cuddled you in her sleep last night - your throat catches, your whole body on fire. The mead must be stronger than you think. You cover your eyes, you can feel your face burning.

“Thinking about [horse] again?”

Her voice is deep, and it feels the same as the mead pouring into your chest. You can hear the way her lips are curled, the way her brow is raised up. She falls into the chair next to you, and puts her feet up on the table. Her boots are muddy. The leather is scuffed and frayed in places; you should probably find her a new pair soon.

“This mead is really good,” you say, draining the glass. She just keeps smiling at you with that eyebrow cocked. The barman puts a tankard of ale in front of her and disappears.

“Yeah, it seems like it. I spoke to Ares. Apparently our friend Bacchus interfered in some scheme Ares was hatching. Made a general abandon a skirmish Ares had stakes in but would have affected Bacchus’ plans. Ares wants revenge and also influenced the general, to try to prevent the Dionysia so people would stop their worship of Bacchus. I haven’t found this soldier yet, and Ares refuses to give him up. Of course he thinks the whole thing is hilarious. Scumbag.”

You stare wide-eyed at [main character]. You still marvel at how she gets involved in the affairs of the Gods.

“So you’re supposed to find this general and stop him? How are you gonna do that?” You sound childlike in your fascination.

“The next town over is joining this town for the festival. I think the general is headed there to kill some of the worshippers. I went there after speaking with Ares, but I needed some supplies. And to let you know I’ll be back in the morning.” She finishes the ale in her tankard, slamming it back on the table. “Goodnight, [sidekick],” She says, smiling at you almost sadly, and before you can react she gets up and strides across to the door.

“[main character]!” you call just before she crosses the threshold. She stops and looks back at you over her shoulder, her face passive. She could have been feeling anything. You suddenly don’t know what to say, so you just say “be careful.” She snorts. You go up to your room and try to work on the scroll you’re trying to write, but not one of the Muses are blessing you tonight. You fall asleep.

The sound of flutes and lyres wakes you up. You hear people below laughing and talking loudly. Today is the Dionysia, and apparently whether the various phoroi arrived from the other village to join the procession or not, the townspeople were going to enjoy the festival as much as possible. You can’t help but feel a little bit excited as you head downstairs - you’ve never attended one of these festivals, and you don’t know what to expect. You were always told you were too young to attend the ones the bigger town nearest your village used to have, and [main character] didn’t strike you as the type to attend a giant party. First time for everything though, right?

As soon as you land on the bottom step someone shoves a whole tankard of mead into your hands. You start, and nearly throw it into the air, but the woman who gave it to you just smiles and encourages you to take a sip. She’s already looking very...cheerful, and the sun hasn’t even been up long. You go out into the town and find the streets, the square, everywhere filled with the sound of people clinking drinks together, laughing and singing and shouting. It’s almost overwhelming but the atmosphere is certainly infectious. You hope [main character] returns soon, you’d like to see what she’d do in this situation. You, however, just walk among the people, turning down nearly all the drinks you’re offered, starting to feel a little uncomfortable as the townspeople become drunker. They seem to have forgotten about the deaths just two days ago - but perhaps that was some extra motivation for drinking, especially for the families.

Not even noon yet, a sudden commotion starts at the eastern entrance to the village. Flutes, piping a distinctive melody. You crane your neck, stepping out of the way of a near-stampede of people, but even before you see anything, your heart leaps - [main character]'s battle-cry rings out among the cacophony. A broad grin on your face, you run into the stream of people, wanting to get to the [main character's epithet].

She scoops you up onto [horse] when you get to her, smiling broadly. She allows [horse] to lag behind the throng of people entering the town. “Ready for your first Dionysia?” she asks, her mouth brushing against the conch of your ear, making the hair on the back of your neck stand up. You look over your shoulder at her, beaming.

“I found the general. He didn’t get to anyone else.” She tells you, back in the square. You’re sitting with her on a pile of haystacks, waiting for the procession. You smile at her. You don’t need to hear the details right now, and she won’t burden you with them. She smiles back and hands you a mug from Gods know where, and you peer inside to find not the mead you’d grown accustomed to drinking in this little village, but rather what looked like red wine.

“Try it,” [main character] instructs, taking a long pull from her own drink. “It’s wine mixed with honey and spices. They call it a hypocras.”

You take a sip, and while it’s not as pleasant initially as the mead was, it’s tasty, and probably still too sweet for [main character]. You peer over into her mug, and as you expected, there’s ale inside. You laugh. She looks at you and winks, knowing what you find funny. A silence falls over everyone, and [main character] looks up. The expression on her face changes from surprise to a mischievous grin.

“The procession is about to start. You’d do well to finish that drink,” she informs you, winking.

“Why?” you ask, obediently draining the sweetened wine.

“Oh, you’ll see,” she responds cryptically, still grinning.

Music starts up again and the first people in the procession are some dancers, musicians walking alongside them. You don’t particularly see anything that needs you to be feeling the warm buzzing of the wine that you do until-

“Oh Gods, are those-”

“Yup,” [main character] replies, her grin wider than ever as the first phallophoroi came into view.

“Gods, [main character]!” you yell, covering your eyes, giggling. You can feel how hot your cheeks are and know how red you must be. Her low chuckle only makes you squirm more, but she pushes another mug into your hands and you gratefully drink from it, your back turned on the parade of phalloi.

“What? Don’t tell me you’ve never seen one before,” she teases, elbowing you playfully in the ribs. You risk another peek and fall into another fit of giggles. “Oh come on,” she laughs, “with all those guys running after you and all the times you’ve been ‘in love’ you’ve never seen one?”

“Only in paintings,” you admit, trying to regain your composure, having another sip of hypocras and pretending to watch the procession. [main character] scoffs, but the smile on her face is not a naughty one anymore. She puts an arm around you and pulls you into a side hug, and you relish in the affection she’s showing you.

Long after nightfall [main character] helps you up the stairs into your room at the inn. Three nights in a row, you giggle to yourself, that you’re sleeping in an actual bed. And now you’re drunk and [man character] is practically carrying you to bed. You giggle more. “Okay,” she tells you, as she guides you to the bed, where you sit. “It’s okay.” She’s smiling softly and you can’t help but smile back, holding her gaze.

She begins undoing her armour, and you reach down to take off your own boots. With fewer straps to undo on your outfit, you’re scooting back to the top of the bed in your underclothes before [main character]’s even taken off her leathers. Finally in her white undergarments, possibly the best way she looks, she sits heavily on the end of the bed, untying her boots and kicking them off before crawling over to the pillow. She lays on her back, hands under her head, her elbows splayed out. You prop yourself up on one arm, and your eyes rake over her body, studying her yet again. Her eyes are closed. She is breathing slowly, deeply. Your eyes linger at the ties closing the garment over her breasts, or more specifically, the gaps between the ties. You have the sudden urge to push your finger through one of them, but you settle for licking your lips and sighing. There are still people outside enjoying the festival, and you can hear their rowdiness filtering in through the windows. The heady atmosphere is still palpable, and suddenly you’re missing the physical contact you’d shared with [main character] the whole afternoon and evening. She’d been enjoying the festival - or, you suspect, she was enjoying you enjoying the festival, tucked into her side drinking mead and hypocras while she sipped on her ale and watched you rather than the procession. Between the effects of the alcohol, the symbolism of the parade, the mood of the people dancing, drinking and celebrating around you, and the unique experience of being so close to the [main character's epithet], enveloped in her scent, feeling the strength and even, dare you say it, tenderness of her body against yours, you’re feeling as though you’re lying on a cloud and not a straw mattress. You find yourself blushing, grinning coyly at [main character]’s restful face.

Her lips curl again and an eye opens, fixing you with a quizzical clear blue. “What are you staring at, [sidekick's epithet]?”

You crinkle your nose, lowering your eyes. She caught you. She turns onto her side to face you, and reaches up, lightly running her fingertips along your temple. You meet her eyes and find her looking at you affectionately.

“Did you like the Dionysia?” she whispers. You take the hand from your cheek, and rub the pads on the underside of her knuckles. Without thinking, you bring her hand to your lips and kiss it softly. Her eyes flicker up to yours.

“It was amazing,” you croak; your throat feels thick. “Thank you for sharing that with me.”

She shifts closer to you, and your breath catches as her breasts brush against yours. She nuzzles the tip of your nose with hers.

“What was your favourite part?” she husks, impossibly quiet but all you can hear.

Your lips brush hers as you start to reply, but you forget what your answer is supposed to be at once when she captures your lips in a kiss. You pull yourself into her body, and you embrace each other as she deepens the kiss, her tongue sliding over your lips and meeting yours. Ale tastes better on her mouth than in any cup, you realise. She sucks in a breath sharply as your hand finally cups her breast, and you moan as she pulls you even closer, her hands on your buttocks.

You pull the ties on her clothes and she breaks the kiss to smile at you. “Are you sure?” she asks, in a breathy voice you’ve never heard.

“Yes,” you hiss, as she pulls her clothes off. You take off the last bits of fabric covering you, and as the come away your bodies clash together again, lips and tongues meeting instantly. [main character]’s skin is soft and supple, almost unexpectedly so. You feel like you were made to fit just there, in the [main character's epithet]’s embrace.

You cry out as a finger slips into you, and you curse against her mouth. You’re panting as a second digit joins the first, and when you look at her, [main character]’s eyes are exuding passion and affection like you’ve never seen.

“Mead tastes good on you,” she pants, pushing into you again and again. You put your hand between her legs, but hesitate. You’re not sure what to do. “You don’t have to,” she breathes softly, her own hand slowing. You kiss her firmly.

“I want to,” you whisper, and decide to do what she’s doing. Your fingers slide into her, and it’s hot and wet and the most decadent thing you’ve ever felt. Velvet may as well be splintered wood. Your thumb hits a spot and she grunts, her hips buck against you, and you pull back, thinking you’ve hurt her. She grabs your wrist, making you do the same thing again, and puts her own thumb on the same spot on you. Your body shudders and you mewl - it feels unlike anything you’ve ever felt...better than anything you’ve ever felt.

You rock together on the bed, hands massaging hot, wet flesh, and you feel as if something is coiling tighter and tighter inside your body. [main character] is just as flushed and sweaty as you are, and you’re both panting and moaning quietly. Before long the coiling suddenly winds even tighter all at once, and your whole body goes taut, then the spring inside you is set loose - you cry out, cursing and calling [main character]’s name, and she’s responding with yours, writhing along with you. When you both still, and you crawl into her arms, she kisses the top of your head.

You look up at her, and she doesn’t have to say anything, but she does: “I love you, [sidekick].” You bury your face into her bare shoulder, thrilled.

[main character] lifts you up onto [horse] the next morning as you resume your journey towards Thebes. You don’t argue. Eventually you turn and look back at the little town, now in the distance.

“That’s probably worse than Tartarus now for those people,” [main character] sighs, turning the horse so you can both look at the now quiet village. “But I’m glad we were there - for once I really enjoyed the festival.”

“Me too,” you reply. “I think I could cope with a taste of Tartarus for what happened last night.”

“In that case, how about some mead for the trip?” she teases. Your stomach lurches.

“You know, I think there’s a better way for you to make my insides flip,” you laugh, and her chuckle ripples through you in return.

She snaps the reins and whoops; [horse] bolts forward along the path. As you ride across the plains, the [main character's epithet]’s strong arm around you, holding you close, you decide that this story should stay in your heart rather than on a scroll.

Thursday 5 April 2018

Holy shitballs

Yeah...I know. It has been years since I logged on and posted. What the heck.
Like GeeGee says...life certainly happened. 
I am a year away from getting my degree. What a rollercoaster it has been. 3 distinctions later and I am still ready to pull my hair out. But I am not complaining (too much)...it has been good for me. It has placed a certain level of stress in my life, that has molded me into an adult.

I got married! Yeah I know. I never thought the day would arrive where I would get married. I was so against the whole institution of marriage and what it represented...and now I am someone's wife. A someone who is my whole world and I can't imagine life without her. Nothing has changed and that is what makes me so happy. We are still the same. We are our own people but we choose to live this life together. 

In-between all the other things happening in my life (promotions, house break ins, fights, angst, happiness, good and bad) I am at a place where I am happy. 
I have realized a lot of things. Who my real friends are for instance. Where I now know and understand that not everyone who pretends to have your back and pretends to be on your side, is actually on your side. This is a very harsh reality I had to learn. A person who I honestly thought was my friend, is a total stranger to me. I am glad the reality finally hit, even though it really hurts. I now know...and is not stuck in some illusion that person created.

I want to start writing again, even if it is just for me. So hold on...more may be on the way.

Wednesday 28 March 2018

What 2016 and 2017 taught me - Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys!

I knowIknowIknowIKNOW... It's almost APRIL ffs. Hey, at least the tree is down and I don't have to start wondering if I should hang Easter bunnies off it. Ok, in all honesty, it's only down because it was never put up. I've been so busy being Hubs' Executive Personal Assistant Glorified Tea Girl that everything else has taken a back seat for more than a year.

We're a collaborative blog here and I know I'm not the only one who's been quiet. There have been adoptions, births, weddings and funerals, breakups, degrees earned, battles with cancer fought and won, operations and hospital stays, promotions, new homes bought, goals achieved... You know, LIFE lived! I'm very happy to say that the joys have far outweighed the sorrows and that's always a good thing.

Lessons I learned the last 18 months or so?

I'm no longer terrified of learning new technology

Thanks to my son I don't get an eye twitch at the mere thought of learning new things when it comes to technology anymore. I have zero patience and have often wished that it could be like the movie "Matrix" where they just plug a thing into your head and suddenly you have mad skillz. It was bad people, really bad. Case in point: It took me almost a year just to open the box when I was given an iPod and I only did that at his insistence, then the thing sat in a drawer for another six months or so. He has some serious patience, no lies! Little post it notes saying things like "don't forget dongle on the back" so that I don't get too rough with the laptop and when he sent me my first GIF on Whatsapp it was followed by a message saying "tap it" with a finger pointing upwards. THEN the cheeky little shit sent me this:


Considering what he went through with me, especially the many times I would say "I can see your lips move but you may as well be speaking Russian", I can't exactly argue haha

I'm not insane when I say I attract weirdo's

I've been busy consolidating (fuck, I feel SO clever saying that - cooonsooolidaaaating!) my devices and I came across this random pic Hubs sent me via Whatsapp:


Now that I am (mostly) over myself I am LOVING technology! Hubs does all the household grocery shopping and when he is unsure of what I want he can take a picture and send it. 

Gotta love this man - taking on one of the crappiest parts of running a household just to keep me out of trouble! I've been saying for decades that I attract weirdo's and he was always convinced that I had to play at least some small part in it. I get it, I'm not even insulted by that. We've been married for 30 years and he knows all my crazy. There was that time a total stranger grabbed my arm and licked it. Temper lost. The time a guy behind me in the checkout line with a trolley stuffed to the brim with luxuries asked me to pay for his groceries too and called me a racist when I said no. Temper lost. The time I arrived at my car to see it had been pushed about a meter backwards by another car and our number plates were stuck together! Wtf right? I was blamed by the driver who was so pissed she could hardly stand up straight. Temper lost. Soooo many more... Sigh... 

Hubs never believed I was totally innocent until the day we were doing the shopping together and I got cornered in the freshly baked goods section by a Hasidic Jew. I'm talking black hat and clothes, ringlets, the works. All smiling and innocent looking, this dude starts asking for advice on what the best loaves etc are. The more I'm politely trying to tell him I'm not the person to ask, the more he's insisting. UNTIL I glanced down and saw he was fondling everything that was rounded... In a very suggestive way. Fucken perv was even pinching 'nipples' on some of the rolls! Have you ever?!?! Temper Lost!

Me: "Omg, you won't believe what happened!"
Hubs: "I saw, I was watching from behind that big bread rack."
Me: "What?? Why didn't you step in to rescue me?" 
Hubs: "I was waiting to see if HE needed rescuing." 

I really truly don't give a fuck about bullshit

While consolidating all my devices (there's that clever word again) I also found a lot more screenshots of the stalking and trolling that's been going on for 7 (yes, SEVEN fucking years now) and even I was amused horrified because I lost count at around 200. Jaysuswept... I must be FABULOUS, nevermind completely UNFORGETTABLE. Yeah, I will deal with that when I have the time. Or when I am really bored. I'm happy that I have friends who send me this crap when they see something because I don't have time to find all the fake names and profiles thanks. There have been the most disgusting things written, complete fabrications, and I wonder what kind of person could possibly make shit up about someone they used to be best friends with just to try and destroy them. Then there are the declarations of love and miss you's in between the hate... Seriously? It's sad really, to watch someone lose their grip on reality - especially when it is someone you used to care about deeply who seems to find it impossible to move on and vacillates between love and hate. 
Choose a personality please.



Back in February I was sent a clip via Whatsapp and it made me laugh. It was dumb and a bit lame, but it made me laugh when I first saw it. I'd been quiet on FB for a couple of weeks so I posted it on the spur of the moment. OMG!!! The lashback... Jaysus! It caused a HUGE argument and sparked so many comments I had to scroll and scroll and scroll to read them all. By the end of it I was so fucking irritated I don't think the word irritated comes close. Did I delete the post? Nope. I posted this instead... 



What does bemuse me is how people can get worked up by a post on social media that is not aimed at them, especially if it's done by someone they've never even met in person. Get a fucking life people... Like a friend of mine once said, "If it doesn't feed you, fuck you or pay your bills and if you didn't give birth to it, why give a shit?" So, unless you bring real time value to my life? 
Stay in your own fucking lane please. 

By the way, if you one are of those people who get easily offended? I'm not sure why you would be here then (stalker much?) but do me a favor and go and watch the Ricky Gervais standup special on Netflix called Humanity. You will LOVE it! *cackle* It's excellent, in fact I'm convinced it planted the seeds to start this piece germinating in my subconscious. 

So, my mantra has gone from "Prison orange is NOT my color" to "Not my circus, not my monkeys" and La Vida es Bella!!! 

New Years Resolutions? Not a single fucking one! 

Aaaand on that note. HAPPY NEW YEAR! *ahem* I will leave you with this thought... Life is way too serious as it is so...

Live well, love much, laugh often and always remember to dance! 
GeeGee x

P.S. Thanks to my friend Colleen who tagged me in this song last Friday with the caption "Tabletop dancing drinking song". My days of dancing on tables are far behind me but I think it inspired me into finishing this entire post Col - fuck knows how or why but I'll take it ;) 




Monday 10 October 2016

Riding the Anaconda

I first published this piece on my old blog quite a few years ago asking if anyone knew who wrote it because it was anonymous. As the person who always volunteers 'out of the goodness of my heart' to look after everyone's valuables when they go on these gawd awful rides I can totally relate and I was crying with laughter while reading this! I accidentally logged into my old blog's email account and much to my surprise there was an email from the author who has agreed to join our team of Merry Misfits over here. Us South Africans have a unique way of blending English and Afrikaans and that's why I am creating a 'Saffer Style' tab for his writings...
Hope you enjoy...
GeeGee x


Riding the ANACONDA

I am a father.  So, sometimes I need to do stuff that fathers do.  In the old days, it was marbles and tolle and ketties.  Things have changed.

So, two weeks ago, the fucking bright sparks over the road here, whispered the words "GOLD REEF CITY" into my laaities ears, and what can you do?  You go to GRC.

Ok, so I checked the website... nananana, looks like piss, hier en daar n fokken ride or two, and I wanted to go down the mine.  So ek trek my plakkies aan, kam my hare, and off we go.

We got there early.  Ek kap manhaftig twee worsbroodjies weg, en n halfliter melk, and followed my son to the first ride... called Runaway Train.

We get on, and I thought these things were for kids and stuff, and off it went.  I did not like it.  It was going sideways and shit, and I was queasy when I got off.

What bothered me though was the sound coming from behind me somewhere. Dit klink soos n fokken boeing wat land.  And then I saw it.  Big signwriting... ANAFOKKENCONDA.

I had to keep face, I wear the pants in this family.  Ek maak my arms bak, en ek loop fier en regop teen die dekplank op.  Ek gaan die donner ry, what can go wrong?

There was a queue and the fuck up with that is, you can see what the thing does to people.

When it came in the second time, and a young student dude, met spiere waar ek voue het, got out, and kots oor die reling, toe weet ek, my kak is uitgeknip vir my.

Then it was our turn.  Jono chickened out, BUT my wife was checking me out. This is where you have to be nonchalant, and manly.  I kept my chin up, en my hol toegeknyp.

You get into this thing, and you hang.  The safety bar didn't want to go over my hoenderborsie, so I pulled a Ville Valo, and made myself thin, and hooked a clip too close.... I think.

KLANG KLANG KLANG KLANG.... en kom ons fok nie rond nie.... skielik is ek so bang dat ek n bliksemse nieraanval kry..... dan draai die kak ding en FOK HY NA BENEDE....MET DIE SPOED VAN N HEILIGE FOKKEN WIT ELAND.

I shit you not, forget any car, bike, plane or whatever the fuck you measure your manliness by.... it accelerated like nothing I have ever felt.  But if this wasn't enough, gaan donner die ding onderstebo met jou.  I feel the worsrolletjie.  No wait, I feel the texture of the worsrolletjie, every fucking fibre of the worsrolletjie.

Kerels, we came out that first loop met die spoed van fokken wit lig. I wanted it to stop.  I haven't prayed in 22 years.... I did then. We leveled out, and then it hit the second loop. Shorter radius than the first. Ons fok daardeur, en ek verloor my plakkie. Onderstebo, and then around 2 flat corners wa ek 10 jaar ouer word, and then....  the fucking thing corkscrewed. Klits daai fokken broodjie en die melk laat dit lyk soos daai kak wat jy oor bobotie gooi, and another, en fok dit, toe skree ek soos n Namibiese vlakte vlermuis wat se sonar gekak het.

And into the station at 200km/h, and just for shits and giggles, they stop it in 10m flat.

I just sat there.  Stunned, and my wife is oooh and aaaahing, en lets-go-againing....sy moet haar jags hou.


It fucked my whole day up.

~ Lokkenfekker