"Take care Witvrou is hier met richelieu en steak vir d comfort. c u 2morrow met concert" sms from lucy ...

day of endings... plenty prime-time & late prime tv shows finales later today...

friends of strand south library a.g.m. is a non-event because no public show up.

godfrey visits & makes supper with ingredients from his garden. his talk is very considered, sophisticated & enlightened - he says he's been immersing himself in spiritual reading material.

finale of 'starter wife' & debra messing imagines herself as an unimpressive catherine tramell.
on the season final of 'nip/tuck' a latina femme fatale deals permanently with her devillish/criminally wicked husband & asian cohorts - when the scientists perfect gene engineering i'd like to mix asian & latam features to make thee perfect sex object...

last nite i dreamt i was working as the assistant to a young woman in my academy class...

"pussy galore!" : there's cats in the kitchen; cats in the toilet; cats in the garden; cats left, right & underfoot ...

ricky martin is gay - i owe so many ppl because ages ago i defended his sexual self-determination telling friends in an argument they're simply wishing he was to justify their own orientation (if he isn't proud of his gayness i don't want him as an icon)... the world is still spinning.

carol & fatima are away on a 2 -day course about library marketing & social positioning. one of the younger kids volunteering at the library, sa has stolen the older librarians hearts & eyes. like most of the kids here he comes from an under-privileged background with family problems. he's sponsored to play golf though after-school for recreation...

the gay/bipolar story arc in 'starter wife' is a little too close for comfort - series ends tomorrow nite, after short run (love debra messing's movie vignettes : lara croft; "dirty harry" - hilarious).

"Hello MARLON. What topics are on the agenda for tomorrow's agm?" sms to marlon.

"Cell C & Zola's partnership and CSI fund has ended. But you are still a Cell C customer and will continue to receive all of our normal Cell C benefits. Cell C" ...

Tonia's b-day!

i wish i were a song... if i was a piece of music i'd be the 'comeback' interlude on janet's "rhythm nation 1814"... i've been re-listening 'design of a decade' (i still haven't 4given her 4 including the shortened radio edit of "love will never do (without you)" - my all-time fave peace&love, secular gospel anthem). i love how this figure becomes a repeated motif thru-out the other songs ...

... finishing reading jimi's biography by sharon lawrence - his story strangely parallels what i know of prince's career myth - the guitar; the fashion sense; the childhood disadvantage; the success in europe before america. i find woody guthrie, mentioned in the book very interesting ...

... after the library closes lorraine & maureen drag me along to sophia's to wish her teacher-son, carlo a happy birthday. they can Gossip!!
....

"FNB:-) You can bank anywhere, anytime with Cellphone Banking by dialling *120*321#. Please transact in the next 30 days to continue using the service in future." ...

sitting meditating in the back garden : humanity is gaia's neural network; every human being's genius/daimon is the spirit of a star; the void between earth & stars roll like a wave with the earth spinning in space ...

a guava falls from the tree in the backyard & i'm thinking of esin, the turkish girl who loved the guava juice on our trip to mitchell's plein town square...

there's a pink carnation growing in godfrey's herb garden...

on cape town tv ted showcases microsoft's seadragon interactive picture metadata app. ...

today is my mother's birthday.

today is the raymond ackerman academy alumni reunion.

tonight is 'earth hour'.

it's overcast & drizzling in the morning.
there's a small turnout @ the graduate school of business. nareeman her kids & husband dean. sam(antha) & our class of january 2008 baby, her youngest (he's big with the biggest, dark brown, bright eyes). stacy (sadly without her baby to show off). rastafarian jason from the class before ours talks about a lot of interesting topics - industrial paints & materials; african continental development; travel; nicola tesla etc. bianca, pamela & washeema are all from the class that i helped recruit. sisa is there but luvuyo is absent - they've apparently had lots of success at the baxter theatre. it's very good to see cameron again. elli is fabulous & smart, as usual. stanley shows up - all smart, beaming & apparently very successful. first time i have a full conversation with serena (hilda's replacement counselor) - who's also in all black dress & impersonating 'batgirl'. she gets teased by elli because tells all about her self-confessed "awesome-ness!!" during her job interview. mampho is late but it's good to see her... handsome junaid is the split image of grant, who was in high skool the year after my class.

today is the launch of the raymond ackerman academy website. mr ackerman sent us all a well-wishing video message.

a speaker from social networking data-miners 'instant grass' ("grass" is irish for snitch) introduces us to www.1501.com.

on my way home i meet losuko, from our soundandmotion internship, tending the train ticket office.

superboy is caught in the twilight zone & metropolis is facing apocalypse.

near full moon.
after 'earth hour' i switch on the tv again to an instrumental version of peter gabriel's 'signal to noise' on the 'gangs of new york' soundtrack. i always thought the movie is just an attempt to prove to white america that they also have gangster origins & don't need to "wigger" to get street cred.

help all day in library sorting & packing books & videos after stock take...

fix ali's cv . he says the journal this was written in was with him through out his sentence... in my mid-twenties i sacrificed my copy of the artist's "gold experience" to ali's "acquisitive nature" hoping he'd get the message. i lost "1999 : the new master" & "sign 'o' the times" to the same.

making supper, baking eggs i hear a hollow roar... at first i think it's my stomache grumbling; then i think it's the cat at my feet purring; then maybe it's the cat's stomache growling; then i realize it's a jet flying overhead - wierdness...

the ladies at the library treat me with delicious lunch - roti & chicken curry. i take some home for my mother & grandmother.
cast of 'nine' on oprah (kate hudson's musical number out-"beyonce"s beyonce!).

eerie hollow background tune for 'nip/tuck' x-mas episode ...


very sensitive (alert & aural conscious) since late afternoon - watering garden; listening to music ...

"yes. marcellino jonas" - sms reply to RAA bulk emale ...

"REMINDER!! Alumni event please RSVP if you haven'y yet. Saturday 27/03 prizes up for grabs, get together with old and new alumni. See you there." sms from RAA

"Shahieda we can meet @ the library 2morrow." - sms ...

"Quite in order @ 10 would be perfect" sms from shahieda

"Marcellino I don't want sex... " - sms, godfrey/lucy's handset

"that is asking too much. u can visit but don't come with the pretext of sex." - sms reply ...

"numba 20 in 3rd street." - sms reply to shahieda...

"Marcellino can i come visit this weekend pse? I want to spend time in ur silence. I just need 2be held and to hold. I really hope itsnot askin 2 much?Godfrey" - sms from godfrey/lucy's handset...

"after 7 is fine." - sms reply to shahieda...

"Dnt knw whe u stay +im totally hpeless with directions send address pls i will hav to ask carol" - sms, shahieda

"Hi my frend i need to discuss something with u urgently about mothers day when can we meet or when can i pick u up at yo house?shahieda" - sms...

our gardener, david tends to the grass patch, he planted this past weekend, out front of our house... he reminds me to wet the garden - i'd forgotten the hose fitting has different settings. he reminds me.

godfrey e-males ...

sitting in the garden after lunchtime i'm aligned with the cardinal directions but i'm wondering if maybe i'm missing zenith because i wait until the sun seems directly overhead - maybe i'm fooled bi the street grid's diagonal misalignment to the compass directions. maybe zenith occurs earlier when the sun overhead crosses the north-south axis ...

the library is closed for stock-taking. the librarians treat me to late lunch...

antonio banderas & emma thompsom in 'remembering argentina' remake orpheus & eurydice with a twist in the tale - perchance when i switch on tv to see watt's on... last week eye accidentally switched on to part 1 of the late-late nite 2-parter...

"? Siya.Malo" - sms after missed call ...

"(lucy's cell). keep well." - sms to shahieda ...

"Hi marcelino hw r u?do u perhaps hav godfreys cell no for me pls?luv shahieda" - sms ...

first experience with before birth memory in therapy today; at first my recounting during auditing progresses very slowly. graham suggests i get something to eat & tracy buys me a kfc streetwise bucket ... tracy & me overhear someone unbeknownst 'decompressing' on the outside staircase thru the kitchen window.

i get home & feel like watching the'diamonds and pearls' mu' video after ages because the colour has faded to B&W... when i press play i'm delighted that the colour has returned.

wind finally quiet. mist early morning... i get to attend the updated dianetics seminar for free because i did the older version previously. cape town is abuzz with revellers preparing for all the shows & concerts tonight, the eve b4 'human rights' day.

interesting experience wading with tracy thru an episode in therapy.

my mother attends a scientology function with me @ the sabc hall on sea point beach road in the evening..

"Hi M. Please send directions to lucy's place whereG lives?" - sms from X...

"I miss you. Can I come over on Sunday? Thanks 4 u love" - sms from godfrey/lucy's handset...

"RAA Alumni reunion & braai 27/03, 10 am at GSB. R500 voucher to be won, R2 to enter. Please RSVP for catering if you haven't yet. See you there!: Bulksms.com" - sms, RAA

"sorry. i'll be in town on course per train. then i might get lift back to Strand with mother in town." - sms to cape town scientology org ...

"Ok" - sms, course room supervisors...

"Are you coming from stellenbosch tomorro in a car? Could you help someone with a lift?" - sms, scientology org

this morning my mother, grandmother & me sing godfrey "happy birthday" over the phone. my grandmother is humming along ...

there's a praying mantis (hotnotgot@yahoo.com) in the herb garden this morning when i water it, after morning prayers...

passed the 'basic study' course : i get now the name for 'applied scholastics' with the emphasis on application & usefulness/practicality of facts; chat with shereen , the org accountant ("auditor"!?) & kim (back from missioning) ...
on my way home walking along the beach start chatting with a young german tourist... we talk about religion...
he seems very clear & buys us both bottles of water ( 'premium still'! - "the waters of life"). the small boys playing in the street harass me & beg to sample the bottled water.

all week i've been listening to janet's 'discipline' & '20 y.o.' - i think she referenced dianetics & scientology with the therapy discussed with oprah during her 'velvet rope' period. 'so excited' mentions "... and everytime I give you the assist you know how to slam it down,". the dictionary definition clarifying discipline is pure study technology... prince referenced dianetics in his '96 'emancipation' period & oprah innervue. madonna during her 'bedtime stories' ("it's all about survival"album opener & 'bedtime story's music video... ).

my grandmother reminds me to water godfrey's food garden ... on 'nip/tuck' : eerie use of indian music as opposed to their usual latin tango theme during tense moments ...

"Yes. 1 Hour away" - sms to org course room ...

"Hi. Are you on you way?" - sms, cape town scientology org/course room supervisors...

midday, lunchtime (with time to pass i head to simon's town : "took a train ride to the end of the line..." - mika) on my way to the org. side-tracked escorting 2 canadian tourists to boulders reserve - to see the penguins. the trains break down so all us passengers have to take buses to our end destination. the young women are teachers in egypt. i ask about the pyramids, they suggest visiting luxor & aswan someday. they enjoy ice-cream with us walking down wind-swept simon's town main road - the men on the street are sooo! checking them out. i leave them @ the doorstep ...

at the org i get my results for 'basic study' & get told i should re-write to improve.

on 'nip/tuck' an elegant francophone oriental hoodlum harasses gracefully aged jacqueline bisset (hmmm!!) ...

"waiting on train" - sms to course room supe ...

"Where are you?" - sms, org course room supe.

i have to fix the wrong-dated notice for friends of southern-strand library a.g.m. i posted
...

young german/los-angelino virtuoso violinist raves about NY on ctv doccie ...

feel good this morning. feel rested...

after course @ the org, i'm standing in the rose garden @ sunset when i hear lucy shouting. she & godfrey are on their way through the gardens. he hugs me... red wine @ la ref afterwards.

mastercash is in the house (!?) - even though he's bad-mouthed dion publicly; his sound system is still being rented to the club.

"RAA Alumni reunion on 27th March 2010, starts at 10h00 ends with a braai. Prices up for grab. Please RSVP to this message. : Bulksms.com" - sms, RAA...

"NANNA, i'm going tn spank you : it should read "prizes up for grab", not "prices". missing you. loving you! see you soon. "Madonna"." - sms to nareeman, RAA secretary...

godfrey gets a haircut (i use to make rings out of the off-cut strings from musos replacing their guitar strings at my rehearsal space - bass strings worked the best) ...

my joints are sore from all the running around in the week...
off to bed very early (after 'my name is earl')...

meet my mother's financial adviser, heinrich...

see shahieda (she's slightly depressed), with carol & fatima at the library...

assassin in black trench coat on 'smallville'; 'assassin' with antonio banderas on tv later ...

i meet ntswake getting off the same train on cape town station platform; we bump into khadija outside the station, on her way to a p.a.n.s.a. meeting & group hug before we're off in our separate directions ... sunset : in the companje rose garden are flourescent red roses; the fresh shrubbery are a carpet of pink & white... my 1st glass of red wine in months at dion's la reference to celebrate after i finish the course at the org.

dion gives me a black trench coat as a birthday gift.

"Hey Marce, Hapi B-day. Hope all is goin ur way. Cheers. Justin R. Fisher" !! - sms... "cupboard love"?

godfrey calls early morning, after i've wet his food garden, to sing "happy birthday" to me.

on course at the org. keith shows off his "top gun" moto-cycle helmet in the elevator to a girl who asks his advice about moving to another town for work - he urges thinking in terms of "pro-survival choices" - simple & elegant... interesting application of dianetics thinking.

i walk along the beach & sit down to hear a young white guy (dressed all black), who asks me to walk with him lament... he turns aggressive and wants to steal my bag. he's bigger built than me & i have a bag to protect = i have to run. i sprint into the hotel across the road... eerie how halfway into our conversation i realized that this is a scenario paulo coelho described in his last book - only the girl by the seaside was unfortunate enough to be killed...

carol gives me money - wages from working with her brother-in-law, deon on her home renovations this past weekend.

i start the basic study manual at the scientology church. some mix up with paper work because my billing information is so old . i see angela again. the course room supervisors are the two handsome, keith & matthew.

in the evening i help my mother with a dress pattern before the season finale of 'ugly betty'

...

'nip/tuck' has a scientology kidnapping.

i see sandra (from the blinds factory across from our old shop-fitting workshop) again when i drop by the cosmetics warehouse next to basil's old factory shop for nail polish. she's expectant & as exuberant as ever ... the old premises is now a mechanics' shop & next-door which use to be the old german's shirt factory shop is now an office of eskom-sponsored solar powered geyser sales reps.

burn gutenberg library freebies @ the capegateway freedom toaster in town : 'alice in wonderland'; 'the art of war' etc. ...

i run into chimezie, who stops his car as my mother & dion pull up to pick me up in front of the cape cookies factory. in the car back from town, my mother says i have a fear of failure holding me back from ventures... we drive by the hellfire hire van parked by a theatre space.

"Maak 'n draai by die bib." - sms, carol

"Please call." - sms, Nur/DJ Angelo... i don't respond. he's right next-door so i hope to see him in the morning...

carol fetches me from the library to help her builders knock down a wall (?!). i go to lend a hand & end up varnishing wood frames ...
later we drive to town to pick up her son, stephan after his invigilator duties at the british council.

at her sister doreen's place on our way, her nephew, ky entertains us with re-runs of 'britain's got talent' (i've never seen the show before)... his sister mi has an artistic craft assignment to complete.

we got home in the strand late (i missed helping my mother with dress-making).

rediscover patrick fillion online ... "super"-gay, overtly sexual superheroes (AMEN!!) ... exaggerated sexual is comical & very arousing... comedy brings light to life (qabalah terms... i'm not a size-queen but this fantasy is enlightening).

bump into ali on my way back to the library on an errand... he seems well after serving his sentence for theft. he's employed as a mechanic's assistant.

i get to treat carol & a friend of hers to ice-cream on the beach ...

an elderly white guy cruises me in a public toilet - flattered.

... i go sit on the beach far-end for sunset ...

on my way back home i bump into omar (who stole my handset a few years ago) - he "apologises" & says i must be mistaken about the theft.

"Join Health4Men in the PRIDE parade! Meet @ Greenpoint office fron 11am Saturday 6th March. Parade starts at 12h00. Bring water! For info: Renaldo 0214256463." bulk sms.

meet shahieda at the library...

"Se vi mamma Aleasha ko ni huistoe vanaand ni liefde lucy" - sms, Mother

i dreamt my hair was dyed blond again...

godfrey calls early morning to find out about any messages left for him ...

i watch a prog on cape town tv about perma-culture & feel inspired to exercise my green fingers - i learnt the new word 'mulch' & its importance...

'le divorce' on late-late nite tv celebrates french extramarital affairs - the outro theme is minimalist noir vocal trés sexy! ...

early morning i escort my grandmother to the day hospital. we get a lift with my mother on her way to work. i refuse to wish my sister on her birthday telling my mother that she has stopped greeting me whenever i greet her - returning the favor. uncle errol offers to fetch us from the clinic.

home alone... solitude @ prayer times.

'ugly betty' features a super-hot faux-'mo & in 'nip/tuck' they tackle scientology & sadean homo-eroticism.

'the craft' is on late-nite tv - heather nova covers peter gabriel's "i have the touch" on the outros.

i skip helping out in the shop for 'ugly betty'... (why do i sympathise with the spoilt white boy & is the social climbing black woman the villianess??) ...
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