"Ek is hier maar ek kan nie myself geniet nie. Ek het vir Sandra gevra om my huistoe te bring maar ek moet wag vir haar broer. Ons is al deur te veel enek weet ek is nie perfek nie, maar ek probeer op my eenvoudige manier. As ek jou nie voor die nuwe jaar sien nie, ek is lief vir jou... G" (godfrey/sandra's phone, 23h37, 31 Dec 09)

... fatima is involved in a row with an obstinate library user, which escalates into library lockdown. the patron is a cursing, temperamental angolan who's upset that the children are allowed to play video games online during their 'puter sessions - high drama involving everyone inside.

i'm impressed by fatima's vehement defense of child rights while other adults disregard their interests...

carol & fatima are upset because an experiment with straighteners in a hairsalon left them both shedding & dissatisfied. the rest of the library staff, including myself & godfrey are teasing them (mercilessly)... they look fine 'though & roll with the punches.

"At this very Holy time,we are overwhelmed by the perfect example of our Lord & Master. I urge u 2 make ur own His teaching: let the hunger be fed,the naked clothed,the sick nourished,the aged protected & the infants be cared for. Let us love the orphans & support the widows. Let the Light of the prophets be our guide. Let us do the good can to all the people we can,anywhere we can in any way we can,as long as we can. Be the Spiritual heroes u were born to be. Be bold. He is by your side. Allglory,honour & praise to HIM. the creator of all. The Master of the universe.Ruler of our lives.Love always!" (marlon, 22h54 26 Dec 09)

... he arrives in the afternoon, from his fabulously, insane fresh-of-the-boat tour of duty cousin, craig .

deon visits. godfrey is absent from xmas family lunch ...

"May you have a very special & amazing christmas. Be showered with joy, love and happiness in abundance. Merry christmas! Much love Shaanaz" (+27721985056, 21h30, 24 Dec 09)

today the friends of the library host a special xmas lunch for under-privileged children in the area. during the event godfrey & myself perform a short morality play he wrote about "hare" (afrikaans - 'hairy') & "smiley"(dionysos & apollo - we've type-cast ourselves, him as the delinquent party-boy & me, uptight; up-right). the kids love it. marlon co-stars as a drug lord king-pin & maureen shines as an oscar-worthy, shebeen queen.

afterward godfrey takes xa home because he misses his playstation & says he hasn't spent xmas with his mother in years, as an excuse.

"J gn lnk lewe,reeds besig om vi jo te sms om te vra of j ni vi Xa iets te ete wl bring ni,ek dop go hi om:-)P.S. en naeltjies en pynpille asb?:-)" (godfrey/sandra's phone 11h41, 22 Dec 09)

godfrey rents 'star trek'; 'horton hears a who' & 'terminator'.
i see how spock's ears are cinema code for real life racial difference, where oriental slanted eyes have been morphed into slanted ears - the earthling/vulcan cultural polarity is obviously the american/japanese cultural difference (aggressive klingons are so obviously african-americans from a 50's white american perspective, with the supposed domineering females) ps. zachary quinto is sexy!.

"Ek is nou op pad mall toe" (lolla to godfrey, 10h52, 18 Dec 09)

"Hey wat mk j viri dag. Kan jou kind ni vi my ini mall kry ni.ekt 12uur n afspraak dan kan oz ietsi ga mk.lat weet my lolla" lolla for godfrey (09h29, 18 Dec 09)

xa is difficult & temperamental (his voice is breaking, especially when he protests life's unfairness). partly understandable because grandmother is very nagging towards him, even more than toward us. he's not used to doing chores 'though.

astral visit to the house of healing - the holy temple (?)...

godfrey, xa & me on the beach with sandra, her son, david & deranged neighbour laurianne. tanning, smoking hookah & teasing the xtian rock band on the promenade stage... our wine gets confiscated by beach police.

i take xa to the mall to the game arcade on my way to exchange the madonna cd for the dvd. i'm shocked at how realistic driving simulations are - i was never 'puter game-savvy.

xa visits. godfrey bought the new madonna cd 'celebration'.

horrendous (anachronistic) seasonal joint ache (my joints usually ache when the seasons change over).


("lolita, u're sweeter but u'll never make a cheater out of me" - prince)

in sandra’s bed all day. (i feel better when sandra is around 'though - familiar for only 2 weeks & we already click/clique like family.)

out to party @ sandra’s house. we walk there & i remember why i hate going out with godfrey, when he whines incessantly on our way about my short-cut there that takes too long...

sandra's house has an open door policy. it's noisy racketing. we dance, drink & smoke all-night with a parade of her sons' zachary & david's friends. godfrey is infatuated with sandra's cousin huram. zachary is exceedingly polite towards me - he's reverently respectful...
candace loves mika. i'm surprised all the friendly party-goers know 'lollipop'.

along with godfrey & sandra - drive by clinton & later ebrahim unnoticed.

my mother replaced my broken headset with an early xmas gift.

"Hola bafethu. All hola 7 customers get 2 free tracks from my new album! Go to http://www.hola7freestuff.mobi 2 download yrtracks now. Zola" +27840001207, sms from zola's hola 7 club 15:56, 09 december 2009

next door the boys are rowdy, boozing – bertram’s gotten into playing 80’s madonna at their parties. marius was always tallest in my primary school class, even though he’d been the youngest. he lifts me up like a feather when I go to the party to wish him happy birthday. geoffrey, my competitor from primary school is also there – it’s his birthday too.

i didn't understand the totem talk yesterday but marlon explains to me that totems relate to astrological sun signs.
my grandmother tells me & godfrey a tall tale about how her mother was kidnapped & almost drowned by a river snake when she was a child - she was held underwater captive by the river snake for a week before the family had to sacrifice a goat for her ransom (?)... my genealogy just entered dreamtime(!) ...

marlon's mentor from zim is guided by him to the library. the friends of the library are all enthralled by this composed, well-spoken, wise man who walks around with all the magical implements (blade; spear; quiver, bows & arrows etc.) in archaic toga. he talks about spiritual warfare & says our spirits have known each other before & will meet again. he talks about totems - i'm too overwhelmed to ask for a definition of totems (i'll have to ask marlon).

"als oraait my sieza!" (sms to Sandra, 14h42, 02 Dec 09)

"Hi Lucy! I forgot I have a radio interview tomorrow. I will come when I have transport money. Thanks 4 the lovely party! GODEREY" (sms to Lucelle, 14h31, 02 Dec 09)

"Girlfriend, moenie te laat kom nie. Ons gaan slaap tienuur saans. Ek wag vir jou. Carlo het 'n paar kontakte vir ons. GODFERY" (sms to sandra, 14h23, 02 Dec 09)

dystopian nightmare - nuclear catastrophe...
godfrey & me up very early (long before twilight): learner licence in vredendal (all the way from strand/somerset-west)
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(escorted by suspect, overly critical pakistani driving tutor). driven by sandra, en masse in friend's landrover... backward racially segregated town - unfriendly white shop owners : horrible photographer .
failed eye test. ethical dilemma (self-righteous xtian instructor; substitute another student for me but he also fails that test ... divine justice! - cause & immediate effect) lavender bushes around .

hear madonna's 'celebration on the way back home over the suv's sound system - impressive sub-bass.

"Hi Marcellino! Hope you are well. Youstarted paying toward your lifetime membership few months ago. Can you pay more 250 this week for the same? Regards, Ellen" (11h46, 19 Nov 09)

meet driving instructor, sandra @ my mother's boutique.

"Wilmien 0824799682. Voeg asb haar naam * nr by op Friends se website. Sy vra om verskoning virvandag. Sy het Geld vir Godfrey se boek. Hulle hou konsert 5 Des met kleuters. Groete" (Carol, 09h52, 18 Nov 09)

carol takes me & godfrey out for ice-cream by the seaside. we see madonna's 'celebration' music video for the first time on the big screen in the diner.

... shadley daggia is a conniving; scheming liar ...

godfrey phones hysterical, early morning from cape town – he’s been assaulted by gangsters after trying to help a woman being attacked. early morning chasing around with carol after godfrey’s train my time sense is altered – like working with jason on the all-night movie shoot; early sunday morning the sun is already high & the roads are empty. we miss him initially but find him haunted-looking, sleeping on the beach-front - his phone stolen.

lazy morning.
setting up audio software on new ‘puter (immensely grateful to lecturers for help & freebies – about time i apply my lessons; 700+ days between getting it & now applying it).
enter the dragon on tv. also do the right thing (which i saw when it was released with karen’s mom, judy)… the new james bond, daniel craig plays a nameless lead in layer cake on tv later tonight.

RE:ASON (Raison d'Etre) ... my 'puter is RE:loaded.

"Unleash the Dragon on chanel3!" (sms to Sean, 20h05, 14 Nov 09)

vivid sex fantasy about a pre-raphaelite looker i used to be acquainted with; followed by a sex dream featuring a long-distant, handsome cancerian.

start friends of the library blog.

in our backyard the neighbourhood cats are a lot more familiar – i call the tomcat, tom cruise or thomas anderson depending on the weather; the siamese is cocao shanelle. the other pussycat godfrey calls claudia, which evolved from 'cloudy' & 'cloudier' & unbeknownst to him is the owner's daughter's (aunt hazel's claudia) name...

bought blue plastic clogs on beach. walk, lunchtime after lift to town centre with carol. beach-side with godfrey, who passes on going boozing & gallivanting with ntswake. we record his footsteps & wave crashes on his laptop to use in a tone poem; i accuse him off being too nonchalant/showy with his laptop on the beach in front of very suspicious-looking boys. he leaves for ntswake’s anyway.

"Yes, of course. All is well on this side. God luck with the organising. Our Queen. Love, M." (sms to Natalia, 11h33, 09 Nov 09)

"Hi hope you are fine! Are you available to work on wa was djy at night the run is from 28 nov - 4 dec and 7- 10 dec.regards Natalia" (11h24, 9 Nov 09)

... i finally have a successfull dual-boot system courtesy of UBUNTU ...

my mother, godfrey & i watch jet li’s ‘hero’ on tv - beautiful. as opposed to the usual sitcom or “skop-skiet-donner!”.

... alone with carol to 50's theme restaurant, de la creme (godfrey visiting friends)....

LIGHTS OUT! ...

...

"Here is the fax no 086 0103098 then u must phone this no 086 0103089 to cofirm" (Phillida, 15h40, 27 Oct 09)

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"jammer g’n idee. kan hy nie ‘n kinner party favor koop of maakie? lekker dag. Sterkte. M” (sms sent to Fatima 13h17, 22 Oct 09)

"Hi da jy weet ni dalk war ek n jokercap mt tossels kan kry?Fatima” (10h07, 22 Oct 09)

Plz call Godfrey

"Hi, not seen u in the org for a while, some great news at our org event on 24th Oct. 6.30pm.Data u need 2 know. Like 2 see you there.Let me know Cecilia” (14h18, 17 Oct 09)

"Hallelujah! Amen.” (sms sent to Carol 13h27, 16 Oct 09)

"Smartcape werk” Carol (13h24, 16 Oct 09)

"Thank you for giving us your details for RICA. You have successfully registered with Cell C. Your number is X. Cell C for yourself” (16h40, 8 Oct 09)

"Hi. Getting 2gether @ my place 2moro evening 2 plan xpo @ Strand lib. Pop in if u can. I get home @ about 6.30” sms from Carol (19h53, 6 Oct 09)

"Thank you for the beautiful invite to the seminar. The hand-written letteis truly exceptional. I feel honored. I plan to get a copy of the dvd asap. Keep well & good luck with your studies. ARC ”(sms sent to Ellen 11h14, 6 Oct 09)

godfrey buys them gifts & chocolates & xa willigly shares his sweets with everyone (endearing)...

... i watch the children all day . we rent videos & i make them popcorn while i'm transcribing song lyrics for godfrey from a new song i acquired. he's home from work (despondant) with my mother.

MADONNA : "If I was an animal, I'd be a lion
If I was a car, I'd be an Aston Martin
If I was a genius, I'd be Isaac Newton
If I was a hero, I'd be Martin Luther

If you want to reach the top (reach the top)
If you do, you'll never stop (never stop)
(The top)

If I was an actor, I'd be Marlon Brando (the top)
If I was a painter, I'd be Frida Kahlo (the top)
If I was a drink, I'd be a lemon drop (the top)
If I was a song, I would be super pop

If you want to reach the top (reach the top)
If you do, you'll never stop (never stop)
If you want to reach the top (reach the top)
If you do, you'll never stop (never stop)
(The top)

If I was a star, I would be who I am today
If I was a fighter, I'd be Cassius Clay
If I was emotion, I would be intense
If I was a man, I would be president

I'll be different
If I'm the president
I'll be different
If I'm the president

If I was an animal, I'd be a dog
If I was a dog, I would be a man
If I was a man, I'd be the president
If I was the president, I'd be different

If you want, you can reach the top (reach the top)
If you do, you'll never stop (never stop)
If you want, you can reach the top (reach the top)
If you do, you'll never stop (never stop)
(The top)

If you want to reach the top
You would start and never stop (never stop - the top)
If you want to reach the top
You would start and never stop (never stop)
If you want to reach the top (never stop)
You would start and never stop (never stop - the top)
(Reach the top - if you want you can reach the top - never stop) ..."

GODFREY & m(eye) MOTHER arrive hOMe 4rOM wORk wit Xa & Xe IN tow (ON sKOOL holy-dae) ... M(eye) GRAN ease feeling Ill, sHE VISI.T.ed hER senI/Or cI.T.yZEN'z groUP 2dae 'tho aftER yonkERz...

T2 ON tea-vee - GODFREY arrivez hOMe half-wAY thru ("Oui" slEEP sePAR8ly) ...

"African ideal orgs 2010 calenders now available for only r250. Proceeds go towards the ideal org. Order now. Reuben.” Sms from 076-314-6820 (16h06, 27 Sept 09)

"SARAH, Thank you for the opportunity but I won’t be attending tonight. Keep well.”(sms sent to Sarah 16h43, 26 Sept 09)

"M, where must I meet you @ 6, the function is 7. Sarah” sms (16h38, 26 Sept 09)

... Incubus nI.T.e-mARE - Eye fELt INTerror-gATEd; Eye w(ache) UP sCREAMing :"Eye'm alONE!" (DEFinite PHemale huMAN Presence 'tho)...

cATs St.ROLLing thru GARDen tHIS MO(U)RNing while eye RE:AD... Tom POUNCEs Pussy - eats a nature DOCcie rAPE scene : sHE aCTs nONchalant, butt gE.T.s CATty aftER A While (GODFREY'z BROthER'z CHIldHOod GirlFRIend APParently 1nce DEclARED wit PROvincIAl sprezzatura tHAT sHE waz "VARY INDIE-PANDANT") ...

wAR ov tHEe eXes ...

...CHIMIE vISITs 2 gET hELP wit Biz pLAN (SHADLEY sI.T.s IN); alterCAy-shUN wit naked pix : sEX wAR Continuez - GODFREY slEEPs OUT; 'WHEN HARRY MET SALLY' On Tee-vea [1St. t(eye)me eye wATCH] ...

... bURNing tHEe mIDnI.T.e O/il...

... wORking IN m(eye) MOTHER'z sHOPpe; hELPing Cut p@terzn 'till EARly MO(U)RNing ...
ANother fALL OUT wit m(eye) QUArrelsum SIStER tHIS MO(U)RNing ...

"Sometimes,when things are going wrong 4us ot around the world,It may well be God’s way of ministering to us,But most people often miss His voice. 2Chron 7:14” sms from UNK #

"Hi Marcellino. Thanx 4 2nite & 4 being my friend. Any time spent with u is time well spent. Sleep tight.” Sms from Carol (23h53, 19 Sept 09)

CAROL, GODFREY & "moi" R OFf 2 atTEND A SCIentology FUNK-shUN @ tHEe VICtoria jUNk-shUN PROtea HOtel. LARRY pER4mz sum MENTAList feat.s (SPOON-bENDing!! - Who NEW!?) - the org staff doo cabaret wit GRETA az gRANDe dAMe (tHEy wORk haRD 4 tHEIR MOney - i fall in love with each ov tHEm BEing SOoo pLAYfool). eat's a FUNdRAizER wit A VOciferously ANTi-gAY; gERman sPEAKER, who sings TOM Cruise's pRAISEs 4 hiz L8est. apollogetic nazi role ("the road to hell is paved with good intentions..." - MADONNA) ... "Oui" gE.T. bacK 2 thee St.RAND & m(eye) MOther ease sTILL BUSy maKING MATric bALL gOWNz ...

"Hi there! There will be a special and exclusive briefing for all key players in our city… This concerns the future of Scientology, you and your family and friends… Sat 19th, Protea Hotel Victoria Junction, Green Point, 6:30 for 7pm, Dress is smart casual. Dinner provided and childcare. RSVP this number”

"Smartcape working” sms from Carol (10h04, 18 Sept 09)

"Stil having network problems” sms from Carol (8h39, 18 Sept 09)

Eye RE:tURN sum LOOONG OVErdue I.T.emz 2 thee LIBrary (sPOT LINDIWE Dana'z 'ON BANTU BIKO STREET' in kNEW arRIVALz)... @ STEMtech mEATing wit CAROL & FATIMA (wit FATIMA'z husBAND & AMong CAROL'z FRIendz, "PIKKIE").... CAROL & PIKKIE C A fALLing sTAR ON Our wAY hOMe .
..

... M(eye) dae BEginz wit A INterCONtinenTAL PHone-cALL ["Flyin' in an aero-plane with pen in hand
Over miles and miles of deep blue
Wonderin' if it was all part of a master plan
Forget the 1 and become 2

How could your brother hear the same music? (music, music, music)
Yet somehow dance 2 a different tune
I guess that once you go divide this precious land
This precious land will divide you...
Walkin' down the street
No flag in hand
No stars and stripes
No claim 2 land
No crescent moon
Just a holy man, holy man

How far from heaven must we go?
Before the winds of change will blow and show
This world how it's supposed 2 be, land of PEACE and HARMONY...

United States of Division
BLACK (Division)
WHITE (Division)
STRAIGHT (Division)
GAY (Division)
CHRISTIAN (Division)
MUSLIM

Why must I say "God Bless America"?
And not the rest of the world
Oh say can you see?
I love my country but I love God more
Every man, women, boy and girl

Oooh, can you say it with me?
... " - PRINCE, 'United States Of Division'] TalKing 2 "ZIGGY" ov Sea Org. & endz wit A LISTen 2 OPERA <CECILIA Bartoli : OPera Proibita>COMMissionED 2 bi A Sigismondo ("ZIGGY") ...

GODFREY hAD A sCREAMing nI.T.emARE lASt-nI.T.e & 1ts 2 GO OFf Hiz Psyche-hAT-TricK mEDz aGAIN ...

...SHADLEY vISITz : "Oui" hAVE An argue-mint OVEr m(eye) UNRE:tURNED /Broken lAPtOP witCH "Oui" RE:solve bi sWITCHing 2 Spiritual talk & MUsic LISTening (& He gE.T.s A PHree necK MASSage - He'z PAUSEd Hiz RE:search IN2 AUraz) ... GODFREY ARrivez 4rOM hiz mAD SIStER & INtro-deucez Him 2 MADONNA : Confessionz ON A DANce-FLOor ...

... GODFREY sLEPT OUT lASt-nI.T.e [UN-anNOUNced]... He putz Xa ON tHE Line 2 tELl Me hOW boRING St.AYing @ Our HOuse ease.

... Eye hELP m(eye) MOther CUTting drESS p@ternz @ hER sHOPpe 'till mID-nI.T.e [jUSt l(eye)ke wen eye waz A CHIld hELping hER cut clOThing p@ternz IN MATERial, IN thee MASTer bED ruum On the King-s(eye)ze bED wit thee HUGE scizzorz] ...

Plz call me – Godfrey

... 4Our Ancient LADiez vISIT m(eye) gRANDMOther @ hOMe [4rOM hER SENiOR cITizen'z groUP] ... They'RE: vERy VIVAcious 'tho. ...
Eye hAVE kNEW Co.mPANy, RE:ADing IN tHEe bacKyaRD, wit tHEe SIAMese St.ROLLin' thrU ...

... Eye S-Co.uRT SHADLEY ON Hiz "trADe rOUTe" (Eye sHOW Him Health4MEN)... "Oui" BuMP IN2 SIMPHIWE (4rOM tHEe R.A.A. clASS folLOWing Mine; Hiz nAMe ease IDentiCAL 2 thee AFRO-cONSCIoUS DIVA) & POet / "AD-MAN" Co.lLEAGUE (ALso, lIKE GODFREY wRITING aBOUT mADness) aLONG tHEe wAY @ capegateway... Eye rUN IN2 KELE L8ER bi thee LADy fLOWer-CELLarz...

... JUSTIN cALLz aBOUT MOney mattERz ...

"Wag vir jou binne in Sentrale Biblioteek. Ons is klaar." - sms 4rOM CAROL ...

"Finished about 4." - sms 4rOM CAROL 2 mEAT IN tOWN 4 STEMtech DEMO @ hER FRIend'z...

... CAROL & m(eye)sELF GALLivANT 'till witCHIng hOUR vISiting hER CHIldHOod FRIend/tEACHing Co.lLEAGUE & DOing A STEMtech prez 4 hER Savings-GROUP ('hen-pARTy!') ...

"Will not b at work 2day." - sms 4rOM BASIL ...