Something weird is going on… I’ve turned into Martha Stewart.
I made a lasagne from scratch on Tuesday night. I’ve never attempted anything of the sort in my entire life. I was one step away from pounding eggs and flour together and making my own pasta sheets.
It all began after returning from Phase III and IV of the December road trip (which I didn’t get around to blogging about). It seems that something about staying in tents and backpackers and living off 2 minute noodles and other items that require no refrigeration for a week made me crave domestication.
My dishes are always gleaming and surfaces are scrubbed clean with intense determination.
It’s extremely out of character and making me uneasy.
The first time my mother gave me dishes to dry… (note, I didn’t even have to wash them) I kept pretending to ‘accidentally’ drop them so that she wouldn't ask me to do it anymore. And with regard to cooking, if the preparation required anything more than ‘remove packaging and peel off plastic sleeve’ – I wasn’t interested.
Am I growing up?
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
I'm it!
I was tagged by Phillygirl to do a list of 50 things about myself, so here goes...
1. I’m a dog person – especially the tiny, fluffy rat-like kind. Not really the Tinkerbell sort – but my heart turns into warm gooey melted chocolate at the sight of a Yorkshire Terrier.
2. I adore reality television, especially Bachelor-esque ones, I get indescribable joy at watching the claws come out and the snot en trane that accompanies it.
3. Until recently I was a serial monogamist. I went straight from one long term relationship into another until Italian Ex Boyfriend and I broke up and I stayed single for over year before meeting FD.
4. I’ve got a recipe book addiction. I hardly ever cook anything out of them but I love flipping through the pages.
5. I have an extra rib. I didn’t know about it until I put my neck out from sleeping in awkward positions in the bus on a Contiki tour. We had a chiropractor on the tour with us (pretty good luck that was) and when she popped my vertebra back in she pointed out that I had an extra rib where my neck meets my shoulder – apparently it’s pretty common. I still think it sounds pretty weird.
6. I don’t like spa treatments. Yet people always seem to think a spa voucher is the perfect gift – when Italian Ex Boyfriend gave me one for my birthday I knew the relationship was over.
7. I’m not particularly keen on chocolate. Every once in a blue moon I’ll have a craving but a tiny piece is enough to satisfy me for ages after that.
8. I adore epic, fantasy movies… Lord of the Rings, 300 – totally my cup of tea.
9. I’m also a total sci-fi geek. I have Season 1 – 3 of Battlestar Galactica on DVD. I blame my brother – he’s 10 years older than me so I was watching Star Wars from birth.
10. There are certain childhood experiences I completely missed out on. I never watched Mary Poppins, and I’ve never eaten Jungle Oats or Pro Nutro.
11. I don’t like weddings. I like the idea of marriage – but if eventually I could totally skip the wedding part and go on a magical honeymoon instead I’d be a happy camper.
12. It takes a lot to stress me out… no matter how much work demands of me, I’ll usually just switch off before I get stressed. Only strained relationships between friends, family and lovers stress me out.
13. I hate fleamarkets. As soon as I set a foot in one I want to run screaming for the exit.
14. I love musical theatre – I was raised on The Rocky Horror Picture Show and I have a total weakness for Andrew Lloyd Webber productions like Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar.
15. My family are Jewish – my immediate family (with the exception of my brother) are all non-practicing. I have no interest in it whatsoever. I’ve also never dated a Jewish boy and have no Jewish friends. My mother still has the Jewish insatiable need to feed people though. FD digs it.
16. I could eat sushi every day of my life and never get bored of it.
17. The same goes for most Asian cuisine – especially Thai and Chinese.
18. I want to love scuba diving but I just don’t. I can’t understand it because I love the ocean and have always been a water baby but there’s something about scuba diving that freaks the crap out of me.
19. I used to believe that I should expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised when things go right. Now I always hope for the best and brave the disappointment when things don’t go as planned.
20. I adore making lists. I make lists for everything. It may be a way of procrastinating to avoid the actual task at hand, but it’s compulsive and out of my control.
21. If Ashton Kutcher lived in South Africa I would become a proper stalker – seriously, the restraining order kind.
22. I always reply to emails and hardly ever reply to smses.
23. I tend to forgive and forget far too easily.
24. I can spend vast amounts of time in my own company and never get bored. Having a much older brother meant that I needed to learn how to entertain myself as a child and I’m glad to have that skill later in life. Until I met FD I craved loads of alone time, but now I find I can still maintain my Zenlike-state with him around.
25. Along with rest of my generation as a result of the movie ‘It’ I have an irrational fear of clowns. I also have chiroptophobia, a fear of bats. I don’t understand their purpose in this world.
26. I’ve never bought lettuce from a green grocer in my entire life. The idea of picking it apart, washing it and possibly coming across a worm completely freaks me out. I will only buy it pre-washed in a packet from Woolworths.
27. I used to have a massive complex about my height – I’m about 5’3 which isn’t even excessively short compared with other women – but I used to refuse to wear flat shoes until about five years ago.
28. I can tap dance… I can also do modern and hip hop… pole dancing is next.
29. I have a small Taurus symbol tattooed onto my lower back.
30. My favourite indulgence has become freshly brewed imported coffee made with a plunger – usually brought to my bedside by FD.
31. I think I enjoy horror movies but I actually hate them. When ever I go and watch one I end up hiding behind my popcorn box the entire time.
32. I can’t have a room mate – when The Ron moved in for a couple of weeks I nearly killed him in cold blood.
33. I can play the guitar – an ex taught me the basics and after we broke up I carried on teaching myself. I can only play cheesy drunken sing along tunes but I love it.
34. I love watching rugby live or on TV. I don’t feel the same way about cricket.
35. I have a book where I write down all sentimental smses that I can’t bear to delete forever – I’ve been doing it for about five years now and its almost turned into a bit of a diary documenting relationships as they take their course.
36. I used to be a hoarder but now I’m a compulsive thrower-awayer… all sorts of vital documents have hit the bin since.
37. I don’t like cocktails. Except for mojitos. And pina coladas. And daquiris. And caparinhas. Okay, apparently I do like cocktails.
38. I think Elvis is fabulous. So is Oprah.
39. People used to say I spoke with a posh accent after I left high school as a result of my snooty private school education. Fortunately I now speak like the rest of the country.
40. I won’t eat game meat. I also won’t eat veal. I do, however, eat lamb. Apparently in my head baby cows don’t deserve to die but baby sheep do. I try not to think about it too much.
41. I haven’t smoked a cigarette in four and a half months. I still crave one every once in a while though.
42. I think gerbers are just the prettiest flowers in the world. And jasmine smells the best.
43. My maternal instinct hasn’t really kicked in yet. The only kid I really love is my nephew. I’m hoping when I eventually have my own something will kick into gear.
44. I think the Red Hot Chili Peppers are demi-gods.
45. I really wish I wasn’t fascinated by the Hollywood antics splashed across the pages of Heat magazine – but I am.
46. I can only read trashy novels when on holiday… either rubbishy chick lit or gruesome, nail biting crime thrillers.
47. I have two t-shirts with Madiba’s face on, another with a map of Africa and yet another with Jozi’s skyline – I wear my patriotism with pride.
48. I’m allergic to the nickel found in metal – which means I can’t wear jewellery unless it’s platinum or gold.
49. I’ll share anything, except popcorn in a movie.
50. I’m going to Mauritius next week – woohoo!
1. I’m a dog person – especially the tiny, fluffy rat-like kind. Not really the Tinkerbell sort – but my heart turns into warm gooey melted chocolate at the sight of a Yorkshire Terrier.
2. I adore reality television, especially Bachelor-esque ones, I get indescribable joy at watching the claws come out and the snot en trane that accompanies it.
3. Until recently I was a serial monogamist. I went straight from one long term relationship into another until Italian Ex Boyfriend and I broke up and I stayed single for over year before meeting FD.
4. I’ve got a recipe book addiction. I hardly ever cook anything out of them but I love flipping through the pages.
5. I have an extra rib. I didn’t know about it until I put my neck out from sleeping in awkward positions in the bus on a Contiki tour. We had a chiropractor on the tour with us (pretty good luck that was) and when she popped my vertebra back in she pointed out that I had an extra rib where my neck meets my shoulder – apparently it’s pretty common. I still think it sounds pretty weird.
6. I don’t like spa treatments. Yet people always seem to think a spa voucher is the perfect gift – when Italian Ex Boyfriend gave me one for my birthday I knew the relationship was over.
7. I’m not particularly keen on chocolate. Every once in a blue moon I’ll have a craving but a tiny piece is enough to satisfy me for ages after that.
8. I adore epic, fantasy movies… Lord of the Rings, 300 – totally my cup of tea.
9. I’m also a total sci-fi geek. I have Season 1 – 3 of Battlestar Galactica on DVD. I blame my brother – he’s 10 years older than me so I was watching Star Wars from birth.
10. There are certain childhood experiences I completely missed out on. I never watched Mary Poppins, and I’ve never eaten Jungle Oats or Pro Nutro.
11. I don’t like weddings. I like the idea of marriage – but if eventually I could totally skip the wedding part and go on a magical honeymoon instead I’d be a happy camper.
12. It takes a lot to stress me out… no matter how much work demands of me, I’ll usually just switch off before I get stressed. Only strained relationships between friends, family and lovers stress me out.
13. I hate fleamarkets. As soon as I set a foot in one I want to run screaming for the exit.
14. I love musical theatre – I was raised on The Rocky Horror Picture Show and I have a total weakness for Andrew Lloyd Webber productions like Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar.
15. My family are Jewish – my immediate family (with the exception of my brother) are all non-practicing. I have no interest in it whatsoever. I’ve also never dated a Jewish boy and have no Jewish friends. My mother still has the Jewish insatiable need to feed people though. FD digs it.
16. I could eat sushi every day of my life and never get bored of it.
17. The same goes for most Asian cuisine – especially Thai and Chinese.
18. I want to love scuba diving but I just don’t. I can’t understand it because I love the ocean and have always been a water baby but there’s something about scuba diving that freaks the crap out of me.
19. I used to believe that I should expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised when things go right. Now I always hope for the best and brave the disappointment when things don’t go as planned.
20. I adore making lists. I make lists for everything. It may be a way of procrastinating to avoid the actual task at hand, but it’s compulsive and out of my control.
21. If Ashton Kutcher lived in South Africa I would become a proper stalker – seriously, the restraining order kind.
22. I always reply to emails and hardly ever reply to smses.
23. I tend to forgive and forget far too easily.
24. I can spend vast amounts of time in my own company and never get bored. Having a much older brother meant that I needed to learn how to entertain myself as a child and I’m glad to have that skill later in life. Until I met FD I craved loads of alone time, but now I find I can still maintain my Zenlike-state with him around.
25. Along with rest of my generation as a result of the movie ‘It’ I have an irrational fear of clowns. I also have chiroptophobia, a fear of bats. I don’t understand their purpose in this world.
26. I’ve never bought lettuce from a green grocer in my entire life. The idea of picking it apart, washing it and possibly coming across a worm completely freaks me out. I will only buy it pre-washed in a packet from Woolworths.
27. I used to have a massive complex about my height – I’m about 5’3 which isn’t even excessively short compared with other women – but I used to refuse to wear flat shoes until about five years ago.
28. I can tap dance… I can also do modern and hip hop… pole dancing is next.
29. I have a small Taurus symbol tattooed onto my lower back.
30. My favourite indulgence has become freshly brewed imported coffee made with a plunger – usually brought to my bedside by FD.
31. I think I enjoy horror movies but I actually hate them. When ever I go and watch one I end up hiding behind my popcorn box the entire time.
32. I can’t have a room mate – when The Ron moved in for a couple of weeks I nearly killed him in cold blood.
33. I can play the guitar – an ex taught me the basics and after we broke up I carried on teaching myself. I can only play cheesy drunken sing along tunes but I love it.
34. I love watching rugby live or on TV. I don’t feel the same way about cricket.
35. I have a book where I write down all sentimental smses that I can’t bear to delete forever – I’ve been doing it for about five years now and its almost turned into a bit of a diary documenting relationships as they take their course.
36. I used to be a hoarder but now I’m a compulsive thrower-awayer… all sorts of vital documents have hit the bin since.
37. I don’t like cocktails. Except for mojitos. And pina coladas. And daquiris. And caparinhas. Okay, apparently I do like cocktails.
38. I think Elvis is fabulous. So is Oprah.
39. People used to say I spoke with a posh accent after I left high school as a result of my snooty private school education. Fortunately I now speak like the rest of the country.
40. I won’t eat game meat. I also won’t eat veal. I do, however, eat lamb. Apparently in my head baby cows don’t deserve to die but baby sheep do. I try not to think about it too much.
41. I haven’t smoked a cigarette in four and a half months. I still crave one every once in a while though.
42. I think gerbers are just the prettiest flowers in the world. And jasmine smells the best.
43. My maternal instinct hasn’t really kicked in yet. The only kid I really love is my nephew. I’m hoping when I eventually have my own something will kick into gear.
44. I think the Red Hot Chili Peppers are demi-gods.
45. I really wish I wasn’t fascinated by the Hollywood antics splashed across the pages of Heat magazine – but I am.
46. I can only read trashy novels when on holiday… either rubbishy chick lit or gruesome, nail biting crime thrillers.
47. I have two t-shirts with Madiba’s face on, another with a map of Africa and yet another with Jozi’s skyline – I wear my patriotism with pride.
48. I’m allergic to the nickel found in metal – which means I can’t wear jewellery unless it’s platinum or gold.
49. I’ll share anything, except popcorn in a movie.
50. I’m going to Mauritius next week – woohoo!
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