cleaned up

yesterday's news:

i had a haircut, a real one - one that leaves me what can tentatively be called a hairstyle! i kind of like it, actually :)
i makes me look all clean and tidy.

i went shopping, competing with foreign sailors in odd-looking uniforms for the cashier's attention, and then came home to discover the anime channel
^_^

i found a free photography lessons e-book, and spent a short while figuring out how to view it on my pda - not the smoothest solution, but decent enough.

i got stuck in serious traffic on my way to pick up my mum, and we went beyond the boerewors curtain to pay the opthalmologist a visit. while waiting for my mum i read a women's psychology magazine that provides lots of "common sense" advice that makes it a winner.
after my mom it was my turn to cry yellow tears, it turns out that while my left eye's correction isn't very different from my lens, my right is in need of an upgrade.

hospital closure: my niece, who in august gave me quite a turn, has finally had the required operation. we went to visit her and have a good laugh, and she was kind enough to let me use her car until she's better ^_^

we came home for dinner, spent a while planning for the apartment (assuming the sale goes through when i return), and nearly killed ourselves laughing.
literally.
my mother was showing me the locking mechanism for a heavy wooden ceiling cupboard door, and it doesn't work. we both started laughing when we discovered this, so much so that we couldn't focus and the door kept getting heavier and heavier to hold up...

i fetched my cousin and his buddy and we went to julip to meet up with protoplasm and his new girlfriend. after a drink we moved over to the rhino room... let me just state that anastetic and whoever played after him were both viciously psychotic and i'm extremely grateful for that. it was a release i've been seeking for way too long.

i was abandoned by all parties while getting my aerobic exercise sorted out, and about half an hour later managed to wobble off the dancefloor and make my way home. my cousin leaving his copy of slug - hardwired in the car didn't provide relief as that crazy bastard's beats got me even more hoppy.

i do feel sorry for the poor parking attendant, the only coins i had left were R2 and he was most vocal about the injustice done to him.

i suffered from a shower handicap until about 8am, meaning i didn't actually have the physical strength to stand for that long after the excessive workout from the party. in addition to that, cupboard door paranoia runs rife as i realized this morning that it's still not locked properly.

the important news:

the constant lucid dreaming i experienced from the moment i passed out on the couch until i forced myself awake at 11am is a solid indicator (to me) that my inner beast has been awakened. i consider this a personal victory against my uniform overlord.

today:

i paid the dietitian a visit, and it was a most interesting hour. she's come up with a plan that seems quite do-able! and i now know that i'm overweight, but my body fat's approaching "anorexic" - so the muscle-building thing seems to have worked out for me :P

i picked my second mum up from the hospital. once i'd dropped her off at home, i picked up keys from an odd english woman and dropped off my glasses for the correction, then dropped off the keys in milnerton and the reality bites in town, forgot to visit my niece (charming uncle, aren't i?) and came back to sea point to rent a couple of videos, buy fish 'n chips (i was under orders) and watch wall-e.

wonderful movie :)