Archive for April, 2009
Monday, April 27th, 2009
I have to admit to being convinced that Oprah was either wearing a wig or had her hair in a weave like other celebrities like Beyonce, etc.
After a fan brought up the subject on Twitter, Oprah answered the question on her show last week.
She confirmed that her hair is not a weave, but her own natural hair that gets straightened and curled into shape for the show.
Not being one to shy away from showing photos of her and face in it’s natural state, she brought this one below onto her show.
Like Oprah’s friend Gail said at the sight of this photo, “Yowzer!”
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
While surfing IOL this morning, the message below annoyingly paralysed my screen with a message about taking away freedom.
I wasn’t going to write about Freedom Day today, until that message appeared on my screen.
Having thought and written a lot about the effects of apartheid during the recent election campaign, I just wanted the time to let some of the anger and frustration go.
The IOL message though brought to memory the first day I ever travelled by train.
I bought a first class ticket and nervously waited at Salt River station and eventually got onto the train heading home.
That evening, as I usually did, I looked at the newspaper and saw that my first day on the train was also the first day segregation on trains were officially abandoned.
I was shaken to the core, because I had no idea that there were still separate carriages for different races – until that day.
I wondered what would have happened had I bought a ticket the day before…
Today I really don’t know how I feel about Freedom Day…because we were all meant to be born free. Some idiots were allowed to take that freedom away.
Excuse me for not celebrating getting back something that was mine in the first place!
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Marilize van Emmenis, the girl in the Joost sex tape, no longer wants to be known by the video that made her famous according to Rapport.
The 24 year old she says she’s no longer the Joost video girl, is done talking about the past and is moving on with her modelling career.
She apparently has more modelling gigs lined up as well as a secretarial course.
She told Rapport that she’s involved with her church now, which has accepted her with all her faults.
Marilize is also upset that people who calls themselves Christians have been badmouthing her on the internet.
Joost meanwhile will hear this week whether his suspension at Supersport will continue, according to Rapport.
Supersport’s lawyer will be meeting with management to make a decision on the Joost situation.
Someone called Supersport to claim that Joost had a steamy relationship with one of the make-up artists at an outside broadcast.
Joost denies being in the sex tape that got him in trouble in the first place as well as any other extra-marital affair.
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
On Saturday morning I knew the time had come to break up with my boyfriend again.
I had been thinking about it for a while and tried doing it before, with little success.
After ignoring his calls and smses all day, I sent him an sms in the evening to say that I’m no longer into the relationship (I know, sending an sms isn’t exactly classy, but I hate confrontation).
When he asked why, I thought of a million reasons – most of which I wouldn’t air in public.
We’re bad for each other though – and not in a good way.
I thought of saying “it’s not you, it’s me”. But that wasn’t true – it was him and me.
At the best of times breaking up is so hard to do.
Then I remembered that he voted Democratic Alliance.
So when I eventually replied, I said it’s because he voted DA.
Ordinarily I wouldn’t recommend it as a great excuse to end a relationship, but everyone who knows me knows of my DA loathing.
So I hoped it would work.
I was rather pleased with my excellent idea.
Instead of saying really horrible things about his eating habits or smelly feet to get him to leave me alone, I felt that I had let him down easily.
This morning I woke up to drunken (or so he says) smses.
Looks like I’m going to have to resort to more traditional methods of calling off a relationship that just hasn’t been working for many months now.
It made me wonder if in future I could date someone who I know is a DA supporter, but that is the subject for another post.
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur died peacefully at the age of 86 on Saturday, after fighting cancer.
She will be remembered as dry and very funny Dorothy on the 1980′s sitcom that ended a few years ago already as well as, Maude, her previous 1970′s sitcom.
Rest in peace, Bea Arthur.
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