July 2006 Archives

Charlene: hi there
how are ya?
Guess who just popped up a my door 90 minutes ago
Natalie: hi chicka
who?
Charlene: Only my husband, THATS WHO!
he didn't make the selection.
Natalie: oh shame cha!
shame
poor guy
i hope you're giving him a massive ego massage right now
Charlene: I did!
He's already having a nap
he's totally fine, just got sores everywhere
Natalie: oh cha, the poor oke
Charlene: smelled like ammonia...ugggh
he is so skinny
Natalie: aw give him love cha
feed the man!
Charlene: I have and I will
Well, he leaves for Iraq in 4 weeks
Natalie: shit cha
i'm so sorry my darling
Charlene: I'm handling *wobble-wobble*
I'm coming to visit you when he leaves, though o.k. like October?
Natalie: oh my god you SO are
Charlene: I SO AM
I'm not doing this alone and I'm not just going to sit here
Natalie: correct!
Charlene: so cool; we're on!
Natalie: yay YAY YAY YAY!
Charlene: It is my turn to come to you, after all - and a little sightseeing wouldn't hurt :)
Natalie: yes!
you and the lil hugo
Charlene: Oh yeah, we'll be there
Natalie: we'll go on the london eye, ian and i haven't been on it yet
well ian has i think
Charlene: what's that?
Natalie: hang on
http://www.holidaym.ru/mel/england/london_eye6.jpg
Charlene: a big wheel?
Natalie: http://www.jameswiseman.com/photos/London_EyeThames/UK_London_Thames_Eye08.jpg
Charlene: Does it have awes views?
Natalie: in the middle of central london
Charlene: oh WOW
I was going to say... LOL
Hugo ca't go on a big wheel
and what's the big deal its only a big wheel...LOL
Natalie: lol
Charlene: But now I see that it is like a revolving restaurant thingy
Natalie: it's not a restaurant, it's just a pod thing that you go in, for the view really
hugo will maybe be a bit freaked
it's like the london version of the cable car
just more stable!
Charlene: yes, but you remain vertical and don't feel it as much as if you were on a literal big wheel
exactly
so Hugo could go on that
Natalie: cool
we'll take you to all the tourist things
we can do that in one day
Charlene: shame, I would like that. That's sweet
Natalie: and there's a park right opposite our place with swings and stuff for hugo
Charlene: I will only start working on dates two weeks after Fred leaves
Natalie: cool
let me know if you need us to buy a cot for hugo too - we can buy it from this store near us and resell it back to them after
yeah i know
Charlene: I will let you know tomorrow about that.
I will have to take measurements
Natalie: please send fred our love cha
Charlene: if he's too big, he can just sleep with me :)
Natalie: ok, that's cool too!
Charlene: I will, I was so surprised to see him!
Just pitching up like that
Natalie: i'm sure you were!
Charlene: Crazy
Natalie: just like 'WHAT?'... 'oh!'
Charlene: So when does your first issue come out?
Natalie: it's only being printed on tuesday
Charlene: Awes
Natalie: so will be out in about a week and a bit
Charlene: That was quick!
Natalie: yeah, it's a monthly
Charlene: Wow
Natalie: the repro on the other mag is starting on monday
Charlene: What is it about?
Natalie: so this time i've got 2 mags going at the same time
Charlene: EISH
Natalie: the one is a north london celeb and property mag
Charlene: oh yes
and the other?
Natalie: and the other is one which i've sent you
Charlene: COOL!
Natalie: it's a bit of a heat magazine meets parenting mag
Charlene: I hope that means you're getting free copies
Natalie: yup, of course
Charlene: save them up for me
Natalie: will do hun
Charlene: cool!
So how is Ianus
Natalie: he's fine, just talking to his dad on the phone at the mo
Charlene: oh, yes, sunday
family phoning day
Natalie: he went on a boys night last night and came home really early - stank of beer!
Charlene: uuuuugh
Natalie: i was talking to him and went like 'you're drunk!'
Charlene: LOL
Natalie: and he looked at me, paused
'i'm SO drunk!'
:)
Charlene: HAHAHAHAHA!
That's awes
Natalie: hee hee he just waved at me
Charlene: I think that if Fred were to have a beer right now, he'd keel over and pass out
LOL
Natalie: lol!
too fit!
Charlene: shame
jaaa.
Natalie: you know, ppl in the uk don't say that
'shame'
Charlene: That guy is a piece of work
Natalie: and so whenever i say it i think they think i'm being nasty
like 'shame'
Charlene: Ja, Americans say that to me too!!!!
like sarcy, right?!
Natalie: totally!
but what else can you say?
Charlene: I know!!!
But I do it anyway :)
Natalie: me too
Charlene: fuck 'em
Natalie: :)
Charlene: lol
My friend Lynn loves it
Natalie: really?
Charlene: coz she totally gets what i mean
when i say it
yeah
she's like the only one
Natalie: it's heartfelt too - it's such a useful saying
Charlene: OMG read my latest blog post
Natalie: ok hang
Charlene: exactly
it'll freak you out
Natalie: wtf!
who is this?
Charlene: His name is Adam Woest and he used to work with me at Spur in George
Natalie: NO. FRIKKIN. WAY
Charlene: WAY
He was a homophobe
took it a little too literally
Natalie: so he killed gay guys?
Charlene: yup
Natalie: freak!
Charlene: At a massage parlour in Sea Point
He was still a waiter then too, working at the V&A
SCARY
People
I tell you
the murder was at a place called sizzlers - go to www.crimelibrary.com
Natalie: geez he killed so many!
Charlene: ja
scary
you think you know a person
but I stayed away from him
Natalie: it's like ***** hey
same thing
Charlene: he had a funny way of staring at people
ja, like what's happening with that anyway
Natalie: dunno about now
last i heard he was in prison, awaiting proper trial
Charlene: what a freak
Natalie: preaching to the inmates, 'finding god' and all that BS
Charlene: and you used to work with him
too
Natalie: yup
Charlene: restaurant business
hmmmm
maybe i'll do my thesis on that one day
Natalie: good plan!
Charlene: maybe
Natalie: you've got 2 case studies already
Charlene: LOL
that's still feeling like light years away
ja
fully
Natalie: lol @ fully
Charlene: lol
Natalie: like fully bru
Charlene: like, I was just about to say that
Natalie: geez i am farting like a mofo today
WHY?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!?!??
Charlene: WOW
beer?
Natalie: nope
Charlene: Cabbage
Natalie: lol!
Charlene: beans?
Natalie: nope
nope nope nope
Charlene: period
Natalie: WHAT?
yes!
Charlene: yup
Natalie: what does that have to do with that area of things?
Charlene: see,
Natalie: oh my god i can see this is going to be some cockamamie explanation
lol
Charlene: what happens is, your uterus swells up becuase of it and squashes your bowels
LOL
Natalie: NO
Charlene: yup
Natalie: siriusssssss?
Charlene: trust
me
yup
I get it too, sometimes
Natalie: you have just answered my question!
Charlene: can we talk about the weather now?
Natalie: lol
Charlene: pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase
LOL
Natalie: on friday we went out in wimbledom
Charlene: ja
Natalie: and stayed over at our mate gills place
Charlene: nice
Natalie: woke up on her couch at like 8 am
started walking to the train station
Charlene: is that far from where you live?
WOW
Natalie: streets are empty
Charlene: ja
nice
Natalie: and ian is like 'excuse me in advance'
and drops this MASSIVE fart
Charlene: OMG
Natalie: like REVERB
lol
Charlene: You guys are just two peas in a poopin' pod
Natalie: nothing like that morning after drinking fart
Charlene: now I know that you were meant to be together
Natalie: :)
Charlene: uuugh LOL
Natalie: you know what i mean
don't deny it
you love it too
Charlene: LOLLLLLLL ROFLMAO
yup
no denying that anticipated relieving sensation
Natalie: and it is SUCH relief!
Charlene: I know OMG TOTALLY
You better frikkin blog this convo
Natalie: dude i should totally blog this convo
Charlene: it is so awes
LOL
Natalie: OH
MY
GOSH
JINX!!!!
Charlene: what
LOL
that's two cokes this week
Natalie: that was weird, even how you also said convo!
Charlene: I know
Natalie: ok, totally blogged
Charlene: and I also have my period
JINX
LOL
Charlene: ok sweetie it was great chatting
I'll catch you next weekend and finalise the cot thing
thanks!
Natalie: cool - bye lovely
Charlene: cheers!
Sent at 12:22 PM on Sunday

I don't really know what to write. Perhaps starting a blog post with those words is not conducive to writing anything of any interest to anyone.

I think that yes, I am getting older, I'm 24 this year, and I feel it in my body. My hip still aches from that concert I went to like a month ago, my skin is going ballistic, my girl cycle (see guys, I'm sensitive to your freaked out-ness by girl stuff, that's why I didn't say PERIOD or MENSTRUATION, oh OOPS, oh well deal I guess) is all over the place, I'm having some dental issues, I feel like I can't go anywhere without wearing makeup. I feel like my body isn't doing the right thing anymore - I can't just eat and eat and not care about the effects, I have to think about what I put in my mouth now.

Maybe it's the government issue pill I'm on.

On the upside, work is going well, I'm loving my new role and the new responsibilities. I know you're not supposed to blog about work, but I had a really intense scary moment on Tuesday where I thought I was going to be in the dog box massively and some co-workers helped me sort out the problem. I foresaw my little mistake causing no end of crap and it actually all came out okay.
People were like "it's your first issue of the mag, it's ok" but I really didn't want to rest on that excuse, I wanted it all perfect and right and glossy and gorgeous but I think I also have to realise that magazines don't come from one person, they come from a team of people who all have to work together well and that I should just ensure that my little piece of that puzzle is done well, and then it'll all happen the way it should.

Let's see, what else is positive? I could go on about Ian but I know it gets tiresome for people to read. I love the time we spend alone, something I was worried about when we moved in together, just the two of us, I had visions of us just getting sick of each other in our lovely little flat. But we can split, and do our own things, and then hang out together later perfectly well, which is amazing.

And here's something - we went out with our totally cool friends last night and everyone got on really really well. We have such a class act group of friends!

I must do this more, take stock and not think of the bad all the time. Noted.

When did I become the person who blogs once a month?

When did I become someone who lets her work worries affect her enjoyment of her weekend? (It's JUST A JOB NATALIE...)

When did I become someone who needs at least a week's notice for going out on the weekend, who needs to check her GCal (or as Charlene calls it, 'Galendar', a name I secretly think is awesome and wish I'd come up with) to see if she's free?

When did I become someone who gets really pissed off when someone can't make the event I've planned, be it curry, a braai, a night in a Spanish pub? I hate it when people hold a grudge against you for this, who keep tabs on 'oh you didn't come to this so you owe me one'. Seriously, that's me now! Why?

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Dan's meme. Strip creator here.

Talk about your all time funny awkward moments.

Ian and I went to Greenwich Market yesterday to buy a gift for someone, and stock up on olives, tapenade and nougat, all freshly made, organic, and ridiculously overpriced.

We have been meaning to go to this bar, the Powder Monkey, and decided to go while we were in the vicinity. It's all trendy looking, quite nice, and we go in.

I start voicing my realisations to Ian: "Isn't it weird, I'm like the only girl here?"
Later, "All these guys are like really good looking."

And that's how Ian and I ended up having a drink at a gay bar in Greenwich at 3 in the afternoon.

However, considering that Ian said he'd had a 'bee in his bonnet' about going there, he might not have been so out of place.