Dear Cape Town drivers

Dear Cape Town drivers,

Wouldn't it be nice if we could all just drive properly, and get along?

• Flickers or indicators are not accessories to use when you choose to, and believe it or not you don't look cool switching lanes in your fancy car and not using them, you just look like you don't know how to drive.

• Parents! Please put seat belts on your children sitting in the front seat. What's wrong with you? Do you want them to go flying through the windshield?!

• Driving right up my tail is going to make me go even slower, not a even a little bit faster. ;)

• There is a thing known as "Sunday drivers", but is it necessary to drive under 60kph?!

• When I put my hand out the window and make little circular motions, I'm not doing a funny hand dance or waving - I'm indicating that I'm turning left as my flicker is broken.

• Woman are bad drivers? Haha! I've seen more men this week talking on their cell phones and trying to drive safely at the same time. Get a hands free!

• This is one for some the cyclists. Please stick to your side of the lane (not the middle), or cycle on the pavements where you can. I'm tired of driving halfway into oncoming traffic to pass you safely.

Thanks for reading my rant.

Time to get out there and enjoy the rest of the weekend. Safe travels if you're driving anywhere this long weekend!

Regards,
MC

My latest TV show addiction

I'm not afraid to admit it, I love my TV shows. Fortunately I have three jobs that keep me very busy, so I don't have much time during the week to blob and watch them. But, one of my favourite things to do is to block off a couple of hours when I have the time and the week's just been too much, and watch a series marathon of whatever I'm really into at that moment.

Right now, that series is Criminal Minds.  Each 40 minute episode is so gripping and well written, it's hard not to stay glued to the TV. The series is about a group of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia. The group travel around the country in attempt to crack each case, and "go inside" the mind of the killer, rapist or kidnapper. What makes this show so different to all other criminal system procedural dramas (such as CSI, etc), is that it focuses on the criminal instead of the actual crime itself.

Breakdown of the show:

In this crime series, a crack team of FBI profiles fly from Quantico to the focal point of the criminal activity of various serial killers. There they investigate the evidence from the crime scenes, compose a profile and try to prevent the next fatal strike. Top brain is academic Jason Gideon, with his more by-the-book operational right hand man Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner. The still juvenile Dr. Spencer Reid is an erudite on everything except real life, Penelope Garcia a brilliant computer whiz who gets access to any database etc. As they are mobile, cooperation with local police and FBI agents is important but often poses jurisdictional and other problems, as do some witnesses and suspects. Written by KGF Vissers

 

Based in Quantico, Virginia, the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) is a subsection of the FBI. Called in by local police departments to assist in solving crimes of a serial and/or extremely violent nature where the perpetrator is unknown (referred to by the Unit as the unknown subject or unsub for short), the BAU use the controversial scientific art of profiling to track and apprehend the unsub. Profiling entails coming up with basic characteristics of the unsub and the victims (referred to as the victimology), using evidence from the case and matching that information to historic precedents and psychological analyses as a means to solve the case. Because of the nature of the work conducted by the BAU - the work being time consuming and psychologically demanding - its members are fiercely loyal to the Unit and to its other members. Also because of the work's overall demanding nature, not many members of the BAU have been able to maintain a happy or stable family life

My reasons to feel good!

• It's the beginning of my favourite time of year again - Autumn. Crisp mornings, red and orange leaves, sunny days...gorgeous!

• We had the family over yesterday for Easter lunch. Great food, good convo and laughter - there's nothing better.

• I'm finally doing what I love and enjoy, and not just something to pay the month-end bills.

• Two much anticipated movies are opening soon: "Clash of the Titans" and "Sex & the City 2"

• Geoff started his new job this month. It's great to see him happy and excited about work again.

• It's our 3 year wedding anniversary later this month. 

• I'm starting to look forward to the Soccer World Cup.

• I saw my 17 year old cat cuddle up to Geoff this weekend and my heart melted.

• I am blessed to have such great friends - those who have bothered, cared and stuck by me through the last few months when I really needed them.

• I really have the most amazing husband in the world. :)

• I've decided that I am going to lose 6-7kgs by 1 September!

• I'm happy with how far I've come over the past year and what I've accomplished.

 

The time is now!

I think when you start to feel that your clothes are a little tighter than usual, you no longer need to wear your cool belt and your sister-in-law starts referring to you as "vettie" - it's REALLY time to look in the mirror! I've never had an issue with my weight - till now. I was 49kgs in Matric, and very happy as I had a good excuse to not donate blood (you had to be 50kgs or over, and I was terrified of something pumping through my arm!). Almost 10 years later, and 10kgs later...a big NO NO!  It's not that I stuffed my face with cakes and what not, but working in an office job that I hated, and having little time for anything else really did a number on me. So here I am, with this goal. From today, 1 April 2010 I have 5 months to lose 7kg's....just in time for Spring. My inspiration...Shape Magazine SA.

www.shapemag.co.za

I got sick of reading magazine's like Cosmopolitan, that made you feel not so great, and like you couldn't afford to buy half the things they put in there. No, Shape is all about promoting  a HEALTHIER and HAPPIER you! They have so many positive and inspirational stories of real life women, excersises that you can do at home, low fat recipes, and so much more! I recommend giving this magazine a try for a month, in fact - I'm trying their gym treadmill and bike programme today..looks a bit more intense than what I normally do, but sometimes you just need that extra push! Here we go...no turning back now that I've put this in writing for all to see! ;P


"There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness." - Lady Marguerite Blessington