Monday, January 26, 2015

I'm a nice person... Well most of the time at least.

Did everyone I went to school with end up working for Vodacom? Seriously?

So sitting at my desk, minding my own business when suddenly a wild schoolmate appears! (If you don’t get that reference then go back in time and fix your childhood.)

I use the word schoolmate very loosely here… We were never mates… The only reason I know she went to school with me is because she recognized me and said “Hey, you’re Terri, I went to school with you.”

Back-story: I have never been good with situations like this and was informed by my sister a few years ago that when a person recognizes you and greets you by name the polite thing to do is smile and pretend you know who they are. Apparently saying “Sorry bro, I don’t know you.” And walking away is an unacceptable way to deal with this sort of situation. I did not know this back then but I've been practicing my pretend hellos since I found out.

So I smiled and said “Hey, how are you?” and she replied “Good thanks, how have you been?” YES! Success! She thinks I know who she is! At this point I felt like I was winning at everything, so I carried on with our conversation. “I’ve been good” to which she replied “You used to be a lot skinnier in school.”

Seriously? SERIOUSLY?! I was just so lovely to this girl and she passes some snarky little comment. OH. HELL. NO!

Without missing a beat (Even I was surprised at how quick my response time was.) I replied “Yeah I was, people change as they get older. I suppose that’s not always the case, you’re still as un-rememberable now as you were back then.” At this point the guy from my office she was here to see is both shocked and trying to not laugh at the same time. He tells her she can wait in the boardroom and after she leaves he bursts out laughing.

Around ten minutes later another three employees of Vodacom show up for the meeting. I was again just doing my work, chatting to the guy they were here to meet with.

One of the girls pipes up: “Hi, did you go to (insert school name)
“Yes, I did.” (Oh great! Another one!)
“I thought you looked familiar. Terri right?”

Now the struggle begins, am I nice to this one after I wasted a perfectly good fake hello on the last one? I figured, what the heck… I’ll be nice.

So I smiled and replied: “Yes, that’s right.”
“You probably don’t remember me, I was in matric when you started high school.”
“Not really but it was a really big school.”
“You taught me how to swim. I’ll never forget you.”
*Insert warm fuzzies in my heart* “Well, I’m glad I could help.”

They went off to have their meeting and I am super glad I decided to be nice even though I was not even slightly interested in speaking to her.

Day made.

That’s all.

*Unrelated Fact: Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

I like that shit #6

Hey Friends!

This post is about my favorite game of all time. CHESS!


Those of you who are my friends will know I am physically unable to just walk past a chess board. I'm drawn to it and soon enough I'm sitting down playing. (Even if it's by myself.) (Yeah, I do that. so what don't judge me!)

My interest in chess began when I was rather young, (I'm talking primary school days, like 6 or 7) My father had a Nintendo game called Chess Master. (You know the old school cartridge vibe.) When no one was around and I was bored I'd try my hand at this Chess Master thing... Needless to say I SUCKED! I was always kind of interested but soon forgot about it and moved on.

One fatal sunny day in high school while (totally lost) looking for my swimming team meeting, I stumbled upon a chess club... I had NO CLUE we had a chess club! They very kindly invited me in and gave me a quick run through of the rules... Not going to lie, I was hooked. I took a little print out of the rules home with me, went over them and thought "I can do that." Sadly it was end of term and the chess club meeting I had stumbled upon was the last one for the term.

So naturally I found chess games online and started playing. After getting my butt handed to me a few times, I got good... I got really good.

I returned to school in the new term and joined the chess club. It turns out I had a knack for it.

Anyway long story short I love chess and get very excited when I have people to play against. Which trust me, if you are not online, they are few and far between.

I still get all excited when I see someone has a chess board and if it's a beautiful hand carved set I get chills.


On New Years when the clock struck 12 and everyone was drunk, falling over and wishing each other, I was (drunk) in front of a chess board playing. I had my gorgeous boyfriend and a friend to play chess with... I'm pretty sure in that moment I was winning at life.

Well, that's all I have to say about that... For now anyway.


*Unrelated Fact: In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice-cream in your back pocket.

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Your Resolutions:

HI FRIENDS!

So just for fun I’ve been asking friends and randoms what their New Year Resolutions for 2015 are. I told them it is for my blog and they happily agreed to share their goals with me… Silly buggers (insert evil laugh)

I said it’s for my blog (Truth) but I may have failed to mention my comments are not always kind… Those who know me and have read my blog made me promise to not name and shame them, I reluctantly agreed.

The more people I asked, the more I realized how many people want the same things… I should group everyone together according to their resolutions and you can start a little support group with people who have the same resolutions as you. Maybe that way you’ll actually keep them.



Let’s start shall we?


LOSE WEIGHT & GET FIT:

I laughed a little when I realized this is the most popular resolution. Not because I thought it was stupid but because it just shows how difficult it is to commit to. (Trust me, I know!) With all the yummy things in front of your face ALL THE TIME! I mean for flip sake, I saw a Bacon Cronut the other day! A BACON CRONUT! Those are three delicious things all wrapped up in a neat little heart attack. Bacon GOOD! Doughnut GOOD! Croissant GOOD!

I personally am kind of on board with the whole get into shape vibe BUT I’m also not expecting immediate unrealistic results. Unless you are my younger sister, doing 10 sit ups tonight will NOT give you a six pack tomorrow.

If that’s what you are looking for you’ve pretty much already lost. You’ll last maybe a month or two and then be back to sitting on the couch eating your bacon cronuts because “nothing works.” (I’m speaking from experience here people.)

This not my New Years Resolution, I repeat THIS IS NOT MY NEW YEARS RESOLUTION! (I’ll tell you mine at the end.) 

I have however enlisted the help of my iPhone to track my eating habits to try be a little healthier this year. I use an app called My Fitness Pal. It’s really simple and you don’t even have to type in the food you are eating… Just scan the barcode and it pulls up all the info for you, along with recommended serving sizes. (Seriously, coming from a super lazy person, this is awesome!) It not only tracks your kilojoule intake but also your fats, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, sodium levels etc… Pretty much everything. It also gives you a nutritional chart that shows what your recommended intake of everything is and what your actual intake is per day. At the end of the day it gives you advise on what it is you need to change in your diet, for example if your sodium levels are too high for the day it pulls up a warning. It’s pretty rad. Also, it’s FREE!

I hope everyone with this resolution rocks it this year and achieves your goals, so go find an app that works for you (just as a little helper) but be prepared for the long term work and beware of the “get fit/lose weight quick” bullshit.


SPEND MORE TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY:

Again, so many people have this resolution. I like this one… Unless your friends and family are dicks and that’s why you weren’t hanging out with them this past year, but you just forgot how much you don’t like them so this resolution happened.

I don’t know how true it is but I’ve read a few studies which suggest social people who have strong ties to friends and family live longer than people do not. However, holiday seasons where people spend a lot of time with family and friends have the highest suicide rates… So I guess it really just depends on whether or not your family and friends are assholes.

If not, then awesome! Manage your time better and hang out as much as possible.

If however they are pricks and you just forgot, I would suggest new friends.
Seeing how you are forced to spend time with family (even if you don’t like them.) my advice would be spend the bare minimum amount of time with them.

What are you missing out on really? That jerk who always has a snarky comment about your hair and general style or that awful woman who tells you how disgusting tattoos are and only has bad things to say about people who get them, knowing full well you have plenty. I don’t think you are missing much. Also, it’s really hard to stay calm and not be a bitch right back.


SAVE MONEY:

When you figure out how to do this… Let me know.


MANAGE MY DEBT BETTER:

Here’s a better idea, if you can’t afford it, DON’T BUY IT! Unless it’s like lifesaving surgery, is it really necessary or are you buying things you don’t need to impress people you don’t like? (Yeah I quoted Fight Club. BOOM!)


DO JUICE CLEANSES TO BE HEALTHY:

I CALL BULLSHIT! You don’t want to be healthy! You want to be skinny. Go for the long term and not the quick fix. It’s better for you in the end.


QUIT SMOKING:

I am 100% behind you on this one! You not only have to break an addiction but a habit as well. Stick with it and don’t let multiple failures in the past haunt you. Ask any ex-smoker how many times they failed before getting it right. It’s a long term commitment, but I don’t have to tell you the health benefits.

Plus, think of all the money you will save. That shit’s expensive!


GET A BETTER JOB:

Good for you. I hope you find what makes you happy.


LEARN SOMETHING NEW:

Like as in one thing? Just one? I suppose, set your standards really low and you will never be disappointed. So here you go, I’m going to help you out now.

How to fold an origami crane:


TA-DA! 2015 New Year Resolution DONE SON!


VOLUNTEER:

I thought this was a rad one. When I questioned further, I was a little disappointed. I asked this young lady what volunteer work she was interested in doing, she then went on to tell me she doesn’t really care, she just wants to do it because there is a girl in her school who always gets stuff in assembly for volunteer work she does and she wants awards as well.

So this has absolutely nothing to do with helping anyone, this is about trying to claw your way onto a pedestal so you can look down on all those mere mortals beneath you.
I hope you get diarrhea.


GET MARRIED:

This came from a girl who has no boyfriend and no prospects for one… So she is going to meet someone, date them, fall in love and marry them all in one year? It's not impossible but it's implausible.

I’m sorry if you take offence to what I’m about to say… Actually, nope, nope I’m not.

This is a perfect example of what is wrong with marriage in our society… 
You think you want a marriage but you don’t! You want a wedding. You want to wear a fluffy white dress and throw a huge party where for one day you are the center of attention… It doesn’t matter what weirdo is standing next to you, as long as he looks good in a suit. You are pledging your life to a stranger! WHAT THE FLIP IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

Why not just have a big party with your mates and wear a fluffy white dress?

Think about it this way, would you still be so keen for this if Divorce was illegal and you couldn’t just throw your hands in the air and say “Oh, well… That didn’t work.” Yeah, I don’t think you would.

Maybe I’m just cynical and believe some things are not worth rushing into. Perhaps it’s because I’ve dated sociopaths who seemed like really lovely guys, who knows but in my opinion you’re stupid and someone should slap you.


So my New Year Resolution is simple.

I WANT TO DO THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY AND TELL MORE PEOPLE TO FUCK OFF.


I don't think I need to explain this one... It's pretty straight forward.

The End.


Monday, January 5, 2015

HELLO 2015!

GUYS! GUYS! GUYS! WE DID IT!

Congratulations everyone, you made it to 2015 and with barely a scratch on you... Well Done!

I'm super excited for what this year has to offer and can't wait to share it with you little sociopaths! First, here is a little picture recap of my 2014:

Fell head over heals in love with this guy.

Said Goodbye to Edusport Travel and actually got a gift.

Visited so many coffee shops

Mmmm Coffee...

Babysat... #Hunter

Babysat A LOT! Look at my cute nephew! #Noah

Sister pool vibes

EEEEK! Got my very first pair of derby skates!

Aaand Emergency room selfies after putting
my new skates on for the first time.

Crutches are from the devil. Just saying.

Love my MissFits

My motto for 2014

I added to my ever growing collection of onesies.

And heard this A LOT! From EVERYONE!

Hung out with my epic sisters

Cut a fringe.

Hung out with my bestie

Had plenty tee-pee play times with my nephew.

Watched rad movies.

Road tripped to Joburg to watch derby

The Savage Sailor Dolls vs. The Raging Warmones

Fun with Friends at a 90s party... All of the grunge.

I ate cups of bacon with cheese sauce...
And I'm not even sorry.


Skated in South Africa's first ever inter-provincial bout.

Durban vs. Joburgs Slam Damsels

Partied with my MissFits

So much fun with my sisters, my boyfriend and friends.

Made new friends. #PugLife

Best boyfriend in the world. #iwokeuplikethis

My squishy face naps during "boring" movies.

Back to work... Done right.

So from one weirdo to another, HAPPY 2015 EVERYONE!
Always remember whiskey tastes better out of teacups.


Yes, these are all from my Instagram... I Instagram... Don't judge.
You can follow me (if you can find me) on terrrawr.