Theme of the week: being good..

• “It’s a struggle, Livin’ like a good boy oughta
  In the summer, Watchin’ all the girls pass by”
  – Scissor Sisters, Take Your Mamma

• This is also the tune of the week, btw.
• Monday, had a good long stare out over the Bakoven sea while munching on my Weet-Bix, good day to make a few changes, gym, swim, attended Mia’s swimming lessons in Somerset West, visited Will, 1st Stellenbosch GeekDinner.. good food and nice to see Theo, drinks with Debby at Wijnhuis, managed to drive all the way from Stellenbosch to Cape Town with a single cruise control setting.
• I figure conflict resolution has a lot to do with conflict avoidance. Sometimes you have to ask.. how did you enter this environment and how do you exit?
• Tuesday, tea with Cath and Andy at Daddy Cool to do some wedding planning, soccer at La Med.. I scored a goal, housewarming planning.
• Wednesday, bit stiff from soccer with the new boots, Lions Head walk with Andy and Keith, tuXlabs workshop, Heavy Chef.. very nice presentation by Cath, drinks at the Grand Daddy bar on the roof with Andy, Chinese food at home.
• Lingo for the week: “Behaviour Modification” from Cath’s talk, “Preferential Attachment” from the GeekDinner.
• The popular become more popular, the connected become more connected, the rich become richer.. until the rules change.. then it happens all over again.

• “All I know is that
  There were rumours he was into field hockey players
  It was like so hush hush
  and then the next thing you know…” — Pixies

• Thursday, nice walk from Bakoven to Glen beach, jacSharp at Daddy Cool.. I like the new songs, tapas at Fork.. very nice, Bang Bang trance night with Keith.. who is updating a travel book about Cape Town.. so Andy and I are co-pilots on some of his “researching the city” missions.
• Friday, Infecting the City play at the Adderly St fountains, Design Indaba at the CTICC with Keith, Naulene and Mia.. kinda cool, well worth it.. if only for all the hot woman in summer dresses. Got invited to go test drive some Vespa’s. Got Mia a Woo-men toy.. very cute.

• “Chewow?, no, it’s worse that that.. if it was called ‘Chewow’ it would be honest.” — Keith, about Chevelle.

• I figure the Design Indaba is the perfect place for the big dull corporates brands to be pimped as lateral thinking brands.

• “I’m so busy self actualising, I don’t have time to work.”

• Saturday, gym, swim, French toast at Knead, bumped into Lauren (K), black cherry ice cream, a 3hr shop till you drop session with Mia.. for bath, pool and beach toys, Mia passed out on the way back, turns out that cute waitress from Neighbourhood bar works at the toy shop, bumped into Nikki and Andrew, we hung pictures around the house, watched Mulan.. nice story, long bath play session, sleep.
• I think I really enjoy shopping.. (weird) with Mia.

• “I want to take a bath dad” — Mia at 7:30AM.. (that’s a first) wanting to play with her new bath toys.

• Sunday, Chai Rooibos, honey and rusks, gym, swim, goji berry smoothie, we visited Cath, nice tuna salad, nap, Beta Beach, took Mia to her SSW home, drinks by the pool at the Lord Charles with Andy, Ryan and G, pizza at Bacini’s Kloof St.
• I live with such modern men.. I realised we all have more than one product from the L’Oreal men facial range, haha.
• This week one of our close friends discovered she had breast cancer. Seems to be a very early diagnosis and we are all positive it will work out well. Scary times when you have to worry about cancer in your early 30′s. Makes you think about being more pro-active about a few lifestyle changes.

Be good kids, be good.