Saturday, December 4, 2004

Its my birthday and i'll sigh if i want to, cry if i want to, die if i want to...
The aftermath...

this must have been the suckiest birthday i ever had. i woke up to a day that would turn out to be like any other day...except worse.
what i did that day you ask? well i did absolutely nothing...thats it! nothing, i didnt draw, i didnt jam any video games, i didnt walk in the park...all i did was sit, sit and do nothing.
i didnt receive even one phone call the whole day...one would think that their very close cousin would at least call but alas he did not. i myself didnt even get to talk with my angel...i was sad but i cant change what has already been no matter how much i regret not being able to hear her sweet voice *sigh*
and to top it all off my mother didnt even cook me lunch and i was stuck eating MY FATHERS left over dinner from last night!

the better part of the day...

at about 19:30 my father treated the family to our "traditional meal" spent outside...this time around we went to this very cool mall(well its more like a miniature town) called melrose arch where there were all these really swank looking restuarants but i decided that we should go to this place called "the meat co.", a really upmarket steak house and from what u can tell it was definitely the best choice. I as well as my brother and father ordered 300 grams of the most tender, juicy (getting your mouth watering yet?), delicious lazy aged steak i ever tasted in my life (and yes it was way too much for me served with onion rings and chips) while my mother ordered and equally delicious 250g fillet steak, after the main course i was given a complimentory ice-cream with chocolate sauce, courtesy of the meat co. which i happily shared with my family. the meal now over (and
contrary to what i was previously told) i actually did receive gifts from my parents as well as my 12 year old brother and from the shape of its packaging i am led to believe that the three envelopes hold a rather hefty sum of money...or it could just be cards, i havent opened them and i'll tell you what it is when i open it.
I was pleasantly surprised when that same cousin that didnt call me showed up at my house after i returned and little did i know what he had in store for me...he and his little brother came in Jarryd (the older one) holding a long thing oblong box- wrapped with a ribbon and hand made card (complete with silly spelling mistakes like "birtday" lol). I opened it with much anticipation and my curiosity was rewarded (remember vanila coke?lol) with a very ornate replica of a Japanese katana blade...looks more like a wo dao because the scabard and hilt are decorated in a resin made to look like some ivory- dragons grace these parts of the sword and it seems as though there are chinese characters on the scabard (im not sure though).
now i have one problem- Jarryd who was my best and one of my only friends (till we started school) has given me the most wonderful gift that means so much because he knows i love weaponry (swords in particullar) but i have no idea what he likes because he is rather plain, except for his amazing and somewhat sickening devotion to his religion and i refuse to give him an object of that kind as it goes against my beliefs.
i may draw him a picture from a photo that recaptures the magical moments of our youth and then make a custom frame with engraved aluminium and wood...but i wont be able to complete it as he will be on holiday with me and his birthday coincidentally is on the 6th (we're born 4 days apart). i'll have to give him an apology- im getting good at it because i say sorry so often now. and that is the conclusion of my birthday...for the most of the day it was boring and depressing but closer to the end it really became something special, but i still didnt get to speak to my love...that would have been the icing on the top (my favourite part of the cake lol)

i leave for Durban today...Ballito Bay to be exact. i'll be leaving at about 22:30 my time and its a 7 hour bus drive. after i get there its just surf and sun and believe me when i say that im gonna relax, just the holiday i need to get refreshed from college. it may turn out to be something great...theres a bar down the road so its a good setting for my cousins birthday lol, but it may not be so good as in i might get bored. im sure i'll come back with many funny stories to tell and a plethora of photos to exibit.
I will miss you all (and i know that i sound pathetic but take it from a guy who has no friends except for those on myO)...i will especially miss: Rayea, Krystle, Anna, Katie and Mistral to name but a few...i just hope you dont miss me too much ^_^ lol.

i arrive back in Jo'burg on friday morning and i'll try to update you on my holiday.

so until then my friends, take care of yourselves and enjoy your time at home because family is important but also dont forget to wear your AIDS ribbon and show your support.

-J-

P.S. i know i never asked for a gift from anyone but i was slightly depressed when i found out that i had about 40 hits over the last 2 days (which brought me up to 820 visits woohoo) but not even one solitary person even signed my guestbook, nor did anyone even vote for my art and not to mention my new poll is up and the 3 votes up there include mine. youre all still welcome to leave birthday messeges on my previous post or as a pm but please can visitors at least show some sign that they were here. i hate to be a nag but in the end its your decision. thanks


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