On Last Minute Catastrophe, Scotland and a Local Girl.
My life functions in polar opposites. There is never anything happening until everything happens at once - like a cloud burst. "Gradually and then sunddenly".
We have an ADSL line at home. This is very helpful for downloading mindless amounts of data but since we have DSTV aswell, we were invited to try out the not-yet-released-to-market Multichoice and Telkom service of "Video-on-demand". Basically we stream videos across our ADSL line onto TV via a set-top-box. They contacted us months ago. Today they are installing the system and today I leave for Cape Town for a month.
My trip to Cape Town has been planned for at least a month and a half in advance - free accommodation, the only serious expenses being food and alcohol. Yesterday I am notified that Frank - who has been down for a week already - has been kicked out of the apartment. I am now homeless too. I make a few phonecalls and - one to an old girlfriend - and I managed to organise accommodation with hi-friends. Y'know, those acquaintances that you are friendly with but never seem to say much more than "hi" to each other.
One of my closest friends is leaving for Scotland today aswell. He and his girlfriend are working for Gas Electric and Telecommunication in Glasgow - for a year! His flight is two hours before mine and if I were to see him off from the airport I would either need to make a double trip or I would have to wait at the airport for four hours until my plane departs.
My season of dry-spells and flings seems to be ending now, but it's not all that simple either. The Scotland bound friend's girlfriend has a friend that I really get along with and that I'm attracted to. I'm told that she likes me alot but she is staying in Pretoria and I won't see her until I get back. It doesn't help that there is history there too. History between me and another friend of hers but it could get in the way nonetheless.
I wouldn't be going to Cape Town for so long had it not been for my Scotland bound friend. He and his girlfriend were set to come down with us. I was meant to drive down with them and they were going to leave before Christmas. I didn't want to be in Pretoria for New Years and so I opted to stay on with Frank until January 10. Two weeks before we're set to drive down, my friend is recruited to go overseas. By this time, I have already swapped out my shifts at Exclusive Books with some difficulty and I don't really want to cause any more trouble.
I'll be okay. I travelled Europe on my own, I think I'll do fine in the Western Cape.
We have an ADSL line at home. This is very helpful for downloading mindless amounts of data but since we have DSTV aswell, we were invited to try out the not-yet-released-to-market Multichoice and Telkom service of "Video-on-demand". Basically we stream videos across our ADSL line onto TV via a set-top-box. They contacted us months ago. Today they are installing the system and today I leave for Cape Town for a month.
My trip to Cape Town has been planned for at least a month and a half in advance - free accommodation, the only serious expenses being food and alcohol. Yesterday I am notified that Frank - who has been down for a week already - has been kicked out of the apartment. I am now homeless too. I make a few phonecalls and - one to an old girlfriend - and I managed to organise accommodation with hi-friends. Y'know, those acquaintances that you are friendly with but never seem to say much more than "hi" to each other.
One of my closest friends is leaving for Scotland today aswell. He and his girlfriend are working for Gas Electric and Telecommunication in Glasgow - for a year! His flight is two hours before mine and if I were to see him off from the airport I would either need to make a double trip or I would have to wait at the airport for four hours until my plane departs.
My season of dry-spells and flings seems to be ending now, but it's not all that simple either. The Scotland bound friend's girlfriend has a friend that I really get along with and that I'm attracted to. I'm told that she likes me alot but she is staying in Pretoria and I won't see her until I get back. It doesn't help that there is history there too. History between me and another friend of hers but it could get in the way nonetheless.
I wouldn't be going to Cape Town for so long had it not been for my Scotland bound friend. He and his girlfriend were set to come down with us. I was meant to drive down with them and they were going to leave before Christmas. I didn't want to be in Pretoria for New Years and so I opted to stay on with Frank until January 10. Two weeks before we're set to drive down, my friend is recruited to go overseas. By this time, I have already swapped out my shifts at Exclusive Books with some difficulty and I don't really want to cause any more trouble.
I'll be okay. I travelled Europe on my own, I think I'll do fine in the Western Cape.
Labels: relationships, travel, tv
At 11:00 Debaser mumbled incoherently.
2 Comments:
pffft I know what you mean with bursts and slow downs! and as irony would have it youre in the WC when we arent....but hey, enjoy it! Hope you have a great time!
Who knows what might happen.. these things alwayys seem to happen to you. One ounce of acvice; don't fuck it up this time. You're a good guy and you deserve the best... don't let that stop you from giving all of you. You will (in time) regret it.
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