xa is temperamental & insolent (strangely not to my nagging grandmother)...

i watch my 2nd episode of 'material girl' with commentary by xa - finally i get to see a dreadlocked (very handsome, very effete) gay man on public tv.

godfrey resigns from his problematic A&R post.

 godfrey has his c.c.m.a. con/arb hearing today... 


Gods Behaving Badly: A Novel
in 'gods behaving badly', the clubland entrepreneur is also called "dion"(dionysos). how synchronous...

godfrey sleeps over @ lucy's in town. xa plays on the 'puter remixing songs by overlapping encyclopedia samples... he disses me about still living in my childhood home in my thirties (i have to bite my tongue not to reply dismissively).

finish reading 'the saga of seven suns' series...

godfrey convinces me to attend setta's dead husband, uncle davey's funeral. i didn't know carol & fatima would also be there (godfrey immediately clicks with fatima's sister, "onie"whom we meet for the first time), along with lorraine & maureen. sandra also attends.
my primary school library & science teacher, mrs. daniels & her son roger is also in the crowd. alvin riffel (teacher;d.j.) our neighbour across the road is the m.c. it's revealed uncle davey used to play rugby in his youth - i always just saw him as the old guy sitting by his roadside frontdoor greeting everybody. gareth plays a josh groban inspired piano piece for his bereaved son carlo.

...

...overcast with mist this morning.

marlon visits & chats with me & godfrey @ sunset...

i escort carol to pay an account. she treat me to hot chocolate & the best cinnamon bun i've vevr had. we argue over "symbolical" as a word. godfrey's employers call to find out where he is - he'd left for work in the morning.

when i get home godfrey arrives - off-sick with his doctor's permission because of job stress...
xa excells in his 'basic study manual'...

"Hello. Godfrey is taking the train” sent (?) 7:38, 24 June 2010.

"Thanks :-)” brian (?)...

“Marcellino, do you know if Godfrey is getting a lift with me into work? Am at station, but we didn’t confirm last night. Thanks, Brian” (?)...

"Hello Dorianne. We would like 4 U 2 check the website & give corrections. Marcellino & Godfrey” sent 21:36, 23 june

"Hi. Not in bed yet? 11.30 tom ok with u? If not, just sms do time and I will come. Nite nite.” from dorianne...

"Hi. Not in bed yet? 11.30 tom ok with u? If not, just sms do time and I will come. Nite nite.” dorianne.

"Yes, of course. Leave the info @ the library. ;-)”sent shahieda ...

"Hi marci is it possible to draw up a cv for 2mrw pls lve u shahieda” shahieda...

early morning, prayers: expansive ...

@ the library i'm shocked by a user introducing me to google maps street-level views

View Marcellino's HOME in a larger map .

by lunchtime: the old lady is fed; the child is fed; the cat & dogs are fed ...

godfrey is upset @ work & returns late along with my mother. sleep soundly...

early moring, uncle cyril (who's name the librarians have to remind me - he used to be my childhood neighbour) helps me change carol's flat tyre.

carol gives me a lift to the animal hospital to fetch morpheus. the friendly vet & his wife gave us a big discount (his "loyal customer" discount) on the operation the her stomache - they say she's the luckiest dog in the strand for surviving...

xa asks to watch 'star wars' - i'm flustered & proud of a new tradition...

xa is distracted while studying & currently obsessed with michael jackson hits.

this morning, xa gives godfrey the chocolate we bought last night as a father's day gift...
'chaos' on tv.

i start xa on the basic study manual...

"Hi. There is a train at 11H40 arriving at Woodstock 1H25P.M only. THX! GODFREY” sent 0836082610, 10:18, 19 june

"Hi Carol. Kindly confirm my acceptance of the quote as per ur email&myprevious sms.Pse email 2 gcluyt@gmail.com . Thank u, GODFREY” sent 0835688785, 22:30, 18 june

"Hi Carol. This serves 2confirmthat I accept the quote 4the FERRRARI CAKE.Cud u deliver 2Cape Town on 2 JUL?Thank u,GODFREY” sent 0835688785, 22:21, 18 jun 2010.

"A reminder from Health4Men to be responsible and PLAYNICE this weekend! Respect your vuvuzela and condomise!” ...

chilly morning (snow on the mountains). mist on the horizon...

i find my RAINBOW ring on my mother's dressing table - it must have lost it closing the curtains...

meryl streep stars in 'defending your life' on tv.

"Hello Angela :-) unfortunately I have to babysit out in the Strand 2morrow. i plan to visit the course room soon, latest next friday. keep well ‘til then, MarcellinO” sent angela...

"We want you to come to graduation tomor night at 8:30pm to receive your cert. Please let us know asap as we may want you say a few things if you are willing. :-) ml Angela" angela, C.o.S. ...

"Hi there. I’m sorry to be disturbing you, I am trying to get hold of Godfrey re: work tomorrow but he obviously isn’t at home. Can you ask him to call me please? This is my cell number. Kathleen” 18:23, 17 june 2010

morpheus is still @ the animal hospital. carol drives me to visit her. the vet won't release her without operating on her spastic intestines...

godfrey fetches xa... he creeps up on me & strangleholds me - i don't think he realizes how strong he's become.

"die doctor wil BAWU opereer – R4000. Dr Barnesley 0824522044.” sent phillida ...

youth day...

i take neo out to see the marching band parading down the street & nicole (uncle errol & aunt hazel's grown-up baby daughter) across the road asks to see the puppy. she shocks me by telling me our dog is a bitch - everyone's been fooled into thinking they're hounds. nicky spends the whole time removing ticks & telling me how to take best care of them...

"Keep warm x ” lucy, ...

"hi. had a lulu moment. got on the train 2 strand 4getin our arrangement! sori 4 inconvenience. c u soon!godfrey” sent lucy ...

"Waar is jy en het jy sparetym vi my luv u ” shahieda, ...

"Hello SHAHIEDA. Ek onthou nog ons gesprekke en beplan om jou binnekort weer te sien. Mooi bly. Marcellino” sent shahieda ...

"Hello MARLON. Kan ek maar die qabalah handbook terugkry as jy dit nie gebruik nie, asb? Geniet joudag. MarcellinO” sent marlon ...

i've picked up a flu virus...

morpheus is catatonic & quiet, out of character.
my mother takes him to the vet.

godfrey & me wash & remove ticks from the puppies...

johan visits to catch up...

godfrey & i have a nasty altercation about using hygeine products.

on my way to town... today is the start of the soccer world cup (our modern holy grail) competition: on the streets everybody is friendly & excited.

i go to pick up xa. his mother insists he stays with her a few days longer. xa is taller & handsome with his voice broken: we was circumcised last week. he's exstatic & proud of his father working with the talent @ the world cup ceremonies...

i finish reading 8-80 in the org library...

while waiting for my mother to pick us up godfrey & me party with my sister, aleasha & her boyfriend ricardo's gay friends - they're fun...

sandra visits with a bottle of "4 cousins" rosé (last time i drank it, it tasted like piss mixed with petrol - the taste has impoved a lot). the bottle looks smart with their faces burnt on the plastic cork. we all agree the youngest cousin is the cutest - i'm saying the eldest is probably the wisest...

"Ok thanx” lucy.

" "the bondwoman’s narrative” by Hannah Craft (edited by Henry Louis Gates jr.). GODFREY is asking if he could overnite by u on thursday nite please?” sent lucy ...

... ...
thunder roars over the sea early morning while at the library; carol gifts me a pin/weapon (a national flag but the ceramic black is eroded to gold = "black & gold, black & gold...")...
....

“Hi Marci howzit wat is the name of that book Godfrey had x” lucy...

“Health4Men is planning a photo exhibition entitled Taking a Risk for Safer Sex, showing CPT men posing naked 2 promote awareness around safe sex! Call Renaldo 0214256463” ...

in the morning the kitten & puppies are very co-operative (friendly & accomodating). the kitten tries to climb up the iron washing tree (my meditational, mock-mineral kingdom tree of life)...
cleaning up dog shit most of the day - i'm sooo turned off spaghetti...

i'd forgotten today is prince day. sandra visits shortly before anyone has arrived home (she named the kitten - whom i think of as marylin monroe/norma jean for her whispy meow, my mother keeps teasing - "misty" because of her silver-grey coat). she doesn't manage to return later (i try to apologize for my faux-pas saturday. she's very forgiving).

... grandmother feeling ill ...
the puppies are taken to the s.p.c.a. & de-wormed ...

sandra visits & we yak & lounge all nite.

i feel sooo stupid: while explaining "pussy control" 's lyrics i inattentively talk dismissive of teen prgnancy with sandra, forgetting she also had david in her late teens...

visit the org library (to read "8-80") while on my way performing some errands for godfrey.
david @ the org, whom i'd met @ the seminar is looking to organise volunteers ...

the trains are running badly - train strike. our line is stopped halfway between strand& bellville. i escort carol when she picks up her sons sean & stephan from far-off eerste river station.

godfrey managed to get home safely...

power on again. municipal helpdesk clerk draped in purple with a massive amythyst ring...

"Tom passed away” sms from carol...