Or Maybe It’s Just A Bad Cold.

It’s a cold, Wintry Monday evening, and instead of finding myself nestled warmly between The Girlfriend’s firm thighs, I am instead lying in the guest bedroom, drinking Med Lemon and trying to remember where in the room my extensive collection of German pornography can be found.

Med Lemon can quite easily be the vilest drink known to man, and it seems to be pretty useless. Apparently, it’s supposed to help you “sweat” out the cold, but thus far all it’s done is given me indigestion, and severely burned my tongue. “Don’t wait for it cool down. Down it.” urged The Girlfriend, as she forced the only-recently-boiled water down my throat.

Thankfully, the swelling in my mouth has since subsided, and my vision has returned after blacking out for a while, but I’m still feeling a little run down right now.

This could be connected to the whole “Swine Flu” vibe everyone has been talking about lately. I take it everyone has heard about Swine Flu by now, right? The nerdy-but-surprisingly-hot newsreader chick on E-TV this evening claimed that 1000 people have already been infected. Was that in the Western Cape? Or the world? I was knocking back a stiff Jameson at the time so I can’t really be too sure.

Let’s just go with the hysterical route and say it’s a thousand infections in the Western Cape.

In any event, after this ridiculously long intro, I can now share with you some humorous “Swine Flu” pics and cartoons that have recently been circulating around the “internet”.

Middle East humour.

Digging the Winnie the Poo vibe.

How Swine Flu is spread. Allegedly.

Let’s chat again later, once I blew all this shit out my nose.

Oakes signing off.

In About A Month, I Think. Yes.

So, I finally managed to bribe my way out of the Peru prison which had been accommodating me this past month. Airport officials had earlier intercepted me at customs, due to the suspicious package I had in my possession. Apparently, the copy of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, which I always keep down my pants, was a Zone 2 DVD, and with Peru being a Zone 1 region, they predictably flipped out.

Anyhoo, no use crying over soiled milk, I’m back like the Backstreet Boys, so just a quick shout out that normalcy will resume this week.

I’ll chat to you guys a bit later?

Cool, see you then.

The Most Awesome Video You Will See This Week.

Fact.

No intro necessary here. Just push play, and watch. You will thank me in the morning.

Hey? Hey?

How amazing was that? God, I love midgets. It’s no wonder I’m the manager of an up-and-coming midget boy band. (More on them another time).

This was apparently taken at a night club in Medellin, Columbia, called “Mangos”. You can check out more of these videos and pics over here.

Oakes signing off.

[thanks carlos]

Makes You Feel Like You Were There.

Sorry everyone, I was just talking about the 2009 South African Blog Awards, and I realised that I never put up any pics from the event.

So, without further ado, here are some pics from the SA Blog Awards held at Chevelle (courtesy of Brandon Golding):

Someone respectfully observing National Cleavage Day.

Your typical bunch of South African bloggers. No doubt talking about social media, web 2.0, and other geekery.

Another blogger. Taking a break from playing on Twitter to have a drink at the bar.

Some of the winners announced surprised many in attendance.

More geeks. Talking about geek stuff.

There are literally hundreds more, check them out at Brandon Golding’s Facebook page here.

Oakes signing off.

We Have A Quick Recap.

Feeling a little under the weather on this Monday morning. Seems the flu has been stalking me like a silent ninja assassin these last few days, and decided to attack me with a couple of well placed shurikens over the weekend.

I managed to dodge the first one, but the second one hit me square in the upper thigh, just above the part I regularly ask The Girlfriend to rub when I’m feeling vulnerable, but which she always politely declines.

Anyhoo, so the 2009 SA Blog Awards was held at Chevelle on Friday night, which is a club just across the road from The Assembly. So anyway – sorry what? – no, no – Chevelle is the club across the road from The Assembly, not “Friday night”. Christ, are you serious? No, you were trying to be funny? Okay, that’s fine, just don’t do it again. I’m pretty medicated right now, and I don’t have a lot of patience for this kind of shit. Can I go on with my story now? Okay, thanks.

So as I was saying, I went and attended the whole award vibe thing, which was pretty interesting. Strangely enough, I didn’t seem to win any awards this year, but one of the judges lately confided to me that my sheer awesomeness would have meant that I’d have to win everything, which would have understandably spoilt the event a little bit as a spectacle.

Seth Rotherham cleaned up most of the awards, but here with a complete list of some of the other winners:

* Blog of the Year 2009: 2oceansvibe
* Entertainment: 2oceansvibe
* Controversial: 2oceansvibe
* Humorous: 2oceansvibe
* Original Writing: 2oceansvibe
* Best Post: 2oceansvibe (”Idols Judge Challenges 2oceansvibe“)
* African Language: Watkykjy
* Personal: baglett
* Sports: keo.co.za
* Group Blog: SARocks
* Music: MoralFibre
* Parenting: joumaseblerrieblog
* Podcast: Just Vocabulary
* Design: skinnylaminx
* New blog: From The Couch
* Tech: iMod
* Business: Dave Duarte
* Food and Wine: Cook Sister!
* Travel: The Portfolio Travel Blog
* Political: Accidental Academic
* Photographic: Pleasefindthis

Big thanks must go to the guys who ran and organised the event, I’m wearing a hat right now and I’m busy tipping it at guys like Chris Rawlinson and Miguel Dos Santos. Well done guys, very impressive effort.

See everyone again next year.

Oakes signing off.

Do Your Part.

So it’s National Cleavage Day, and what better way to celebrate it than with some random yet breathtaking shots.

Nice chain. I had one like that.

My neighbour, who INSISTS on wearing these whilst washing her car.

The side on perspective. Not bad.

Not sure what that vein vibe is all about.

This is a bit much though. We like is a little more understated.

I have nothing else to say, so will just end it off here.

When You’re Feeling Like Shit.

You. Feeling down because you're in a bit of a pickle.

Sometimes you can reach too far! And when you find yourself over-extended and you’re stuck in a situation that you can’t get out of, there is one thing you should always remember…

Not everyone who shows up… is there to help you.

Remember, things can always get worse.

Let’s all take that in on this Friday.

[thanks lyndi]

Looks Interesting.

Bruno is the new character by Sasha Baron Cohen, and the film comes out in July this year. Here with the “rated R” trailer.

It gave me a few chuckles. I think I’m going to pencil this one in.