Not Ideal

Quick one, I may in fact be offline for a couple of days, whilst I sort out some technical issues. Sit tight, hope to have this sorted out shortly, and hopefully we can chat again in a few days. Suffice to say, the R250 a Day Challenge is now dissolved until further notice. Boo.

Oakes signing off.

Not One Of Our Better Ones

And that’s it then. Let’s hope the next few days are better than this one which, to be frank, was pretty f**king shit.

That is all.

Oakes signing off.

Hating That

If you avidly read this blog as much as I do (after I write something, I generally stare at it for hours thereafter) you would of course have noticed that this site went crashing last night.

It seems to be okay now, but the geeks at my hosting company seemed non-commital on whether this may happen again, so just be prepared if things come tumbling down this evening.

Just thought I’d let you know. Does this count as a daily post?

Maybe.

I’ll see how I feel later.

Oakes signing off.

Theme - Famous Couples In History

Some Other Guy: Showing a bit of leg for a fancy dress party.

Actually this is not really a poll. I lied.

I need your help with something though. The Girlfriend and I are attending a fancy dress party with the theme of “Famous Couples In History”. I know, not your traditional easy “P” party theme, this one will require some thought.

Cleopatra and Mark Antony is taken, as is Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. Tarzan and Jane was thrown around as a possible option, but I’m not too keen on prancing around in a loin cloth all evening, and besides, I still have some scars from the cricket the other day. The Girlfriend wants us to go as the Incredible Hulk and the chick that he fancies, but that means painting me green, and to be quite honest, green has never been my colour. King Kong and the chick that he fancies was another one mooted by The Girlfriend, but that requires me to dress in a warm gorilla suit, and I already have a major sweat problem as it is.

So, that’s where you come in. Any cool ideas for us to use? At the moment, I have as much creativity as a block of dry wood, and I’m flush out of ideas. If you have anything to go with though, please give me a shout. It’s this coming weekend, so we have a few days to think about it.

So please drop your ideas in the comments section, I’ll forever love you if you do.

Oakes signing off.

Old Spice That Is

Growing up, I hated getting Old Spice deodorants as gifts, as I thought they were for boring old men called Wally and Cecil who put Brylcream in their hair, and wore grey shoes. These days Old Spice seems like a pretty cool brand, as this latest advert shows.

Hey? I liked that.

Let’s chat again tomorrow. Have a few things I want to get off my chest.

Oakes signing off.

If One Can Call It That

Not much to say on this blustery Friday. Been like a busy bee today, but will make the effort of an obligatory blog post, thus maintaining my record, which was broken two weeks back by the sneaky Stephen Oakes - who it turns out - is actually related to me, and as such, is therefore not eligibile for the prize. Sorry Steve O.

Will probably have some interesting things to tell you in the next few days. Hitting Wafu this evening, and then Long Street thereafter. Pull through if you’re keen.

Oakes signing off.

How Do You Get Access To The Extra Tickets?

So after last week’s confession that I had dropped the ball, and had seemingly missed out on getting tickets to the 2010 World Cup, there seemed to be a glimmer of hope with the news that hundreds of thousands of tickets would be released to South Africans, thanks to the greediness of the hospitality industry.

However, logging in to Fifa’s official website and trying to purchase these tickets is proving to be a difficult task, as nothing seems to have changed since last week. Is anyone else battling here? I think this calls for a poll.

Click here if you cannot see the poll.

Oakes signing off.

What Do You Think?

Shaun Oakes Logo

Friday evening, and I thought I’d take the opportunity to touch on both myself, as it’s been a long week, but also the fact that I recently comissioned a new logo, or “corporate identity” as they say in marketing language.

Based on some of the feedback so far, I would say consensus is pretty polarised, some of you have hated it,whilst others have not really hated it.

Give me a shout and let me know what you think.

We will chat again tomorrow.

Oakes signing off.