Showing posts with label at the office. Show all posts
Showing posts with label at the office. Show all posts

Monday, September 01, 2008

Day One

It was hard for me to bask in a spiritual infusion today, when my brain must’ve been trying to escape through my eye sockets, for all the pain I blinked back.

Hello Caffeine Dependency, you are such a bastard.

A website I was working on had its database eaten by some e-tokoloshe.

That translated into two full days of work having to be compressed into a couple of quicksand hours in order for us not to look like inept fools should some client surf over. This excluded the two hours of downtime we experienced due to the power being cut-off because someone was having a Marie Antoinette moment down at the municipality.

It takes a strong person to not want to smash up the internet and unleash an inner Gustav on anyone within arms reach.

I am not a strong person.

I tried to smile, and I failed.


The frustration and the physical fatigue gave my aura the brown-colour wash of a party-pooper. I could see relief iron out the wrinkles on my boss’ face when I asked to leave early.


I admit the juggling is a feat and I’m trying very hard to keep work, pray and kitchen in smooth circles up in the air.


But this is only Day One. I have an entire month (and beyond) to work out my arms.

And there is something truly magic and complete about breaking your fast with someone who builds your world.

Friday, June 22, 2007

capsule mthatha (a really little pill)

O.R Tambo International Airport - 6.15am.
Take-off for Mthatha in a Jetstream 4100, one of those R/C looking propeller planes.
(Blah photograph but I do like the Munsch-colours. We all begin in blood.)



The tallest building in town.

Mthatha -
smells like: damp wood.
tastes like: sweet veld grass.
sounds like: unhurried deliberation.
feels like: the place you would go, to listen to the wind.

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

at the office...(2)

Rowena: "Guys, I saw this headline on a poster on my way to work today, 'Benny burns Bolton'. Did Benny McCarthy burn Michael Bolton?"
Profane. Profound. What's your poison?