Now just to clear up a lot of confusion here, that is “duck” with a “d” and not an “f” Getting a lot of hits from Google on people searching for devious activities. Now now!

Anyway these retro ducks we found at the Biscuit Mill on Saturday are sick! Especially if you’re into collecting toys and stuff. These are at a baby store, but don’t worry, you’ll be fine walking in. Maybe…sort of…

Oh I think that will go nicely on my desk! But they can also be used in the bath, wow that makes me feel nawteeeee writing this, because in the bath I won’t have any clothes on.

*Giggles*

*Blushing*

Seriously though, minding for a second the acid flashbacks, have a look at these bad boys, available in the smaller one, and then a larger version. So that’s R45 and R95 which is cheap considering I paid about R100 for Bing Bong! (HERE)

Oh my word how divine?! I know doll! That’s why I’m telling you.

You can buy these all week at the store, because Baby Bow Boutique is open from Monday to Sunday.

This is awesome.

Porsche Carrera GT AKA Ultimate Pick Up Artist — I hope this is at the parade!

Ha! Ha ha! Whooooo heeeee ha ha woooo! Every single time I think of Porsche, I don’t think of awesome cars, I simply think of that scene from Super Trooper’s where the dude get’s pulled over by Ramathorn, and he simply says, in a classic accent:

“Sorry officer for ze speeding violation, I am so used to driving on ze autobahn”

“Do you know why I pulled you over”

“Because we were driving vay too fast”

Absolutely classic! Well look over there, this really has nothing to do with what I wanted to speak about so let us get onto the Porsche Parade in Cape Town and what is going to go down. Let us have a look at ze press release:

The 25th annual Porsche Parade takes place in Cape Town from October 23 – 25, where more than 80 Porsche cars will be on display. Drivers will compete for top honours in time trial and autocross events at Killarney race track, as well as a show and shine at the NG Church grounds in Franschhoek. (Durban translation: “Hey no man, spic ‘n span, shiny new bruuuu” — Sean)

The show and shine is a favourite for scores of sports car enthusiasts who have the opportunity, not only see the cars up close, but also to interact with the proud owners. (Touch them, get aroused, talking about the cars, not the owners. Ok maybe the owners as well — Sean)

The Porsche Club of South Africa has been in existence for 61 years and its annual parade is organised by a regional club, with this years’ event being hosted by Porsche Club Cape.

The event has been made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of the main sponsor, Bridgestone Tyres.   Other significant sponsors are Porsche and Big Foot Express with further support from Mobil 1, G. van Cuyck Insurance Consultants/MUA Underwriting Managers and Stafford Bros & Draeger (Pty) Ltd.

This year’s event will see five decades of Porsches attending, from a ‘60’s Porsche 356 (75hp) to the very latest Porsche Panamera.  Among the drivers participating will be Toby Venter (MD Porsche Centre South Africa) and some of his fellow competitors from the Altech Cup Series.

The following events are free of charge, and open to the public:-

Friday 23rd October, 08h00 – 16h00: Bridgestone Time Trials and Autocross at Killarney Race Track.

Sunday 25th October 2009 – Show & Shine at the NG Church Grounds, Main Rd, Franschhoek.

The following events form part of the Porsche Parade, but will not be open to the public due to safety restrictions:-

Saturday: Bridgestone Top End Run, Saldanha Bay

Full coverage of the weekend event will be broadcast on the popular motoring show, Ignition on DSTV channel 265.

Hmmmm I think I’ll attend that! Luckily we’re in Cape Town and not Joburg because in Joburg we’d have:

“Jussus bru, check the chrome hey. Like thick chroming bru. Ja chroming china!”

“Ah shut up Vince, I’ll chrome your mother boet!”

And Durban:

“Hey no man laanie, where’s the gold trim ‘n all?”

And no, I didn’t write that, it’s the ghost writer (In my mind) here at SLXS, who comes up with this rubbish.

(Shot Mitch)

You’re no doubt all enjoying the fact that Vanilla Ice is back on our screens, to be honest, I’m loving it! These are exactly the type of ads that are hitting the spot with consumers and Ogilvy have hit it spot on with Vanilla Ice. Vanilla Ice is cool because you don’t ever hear of him that much anymore, he had the hit “Ice, Ice Baby”, but more importantly there seems to be none of the baggage that comes with superstars of today. From what we’re hearing, he’s super chilled and an all round awesome guy, something that some other celebs could learn a thing or two about. Even our local South African ‘celebrities’ who sometimes walk into nightclubs like they are the CEO’s of life.

I’m stoked Vanilla Ice has worked with a Cape Town company and been to Cape Town, and with the quality of the ad’s Ogilvy have put out, I’m suitably impressed. Let’s check the press release that SLXS received:

There is nothing like an international rap star like Vanilla Ice, to bring some tongue in cheek flavour to an already popular beer brand like Castle Lite. The commercial, created for South African Breweries (SAB), emphasises the beer’s new extra cold attribute by aligning it with Vanilla Ice, otherwise known as Robert Matthew Van Winkle, and his number one hit single from the 90’s, ‘Ice Ice Baby’.

The brief to Ogilvy Cape Town was to highlight Castle Lite’s new intrinsic proposition about being ‘extra cold’. The temperature of the product is carefully managed from brewery to bar ensuring a crisp, premium beer. The new Castle Lite products also have thermocromatic ink stickers which appear blue when at their ideal temperature for consumption – extra cold.

The campaign also includes exclusive ice-cold fridges found in premium on-premise outlets across the country; these fridges house the new products ensuring it’s served to its consumers at extreme cold temperatures.

Ogilvy Cape Town and SAB worked with director, Peter Pohorsky of Plank Films, pushing the boundaries in the beer category.

“We needed a creative device to drive home the new product offering of being ice cold – and the classic ‘Ice Ice Baby’ song proved a winner. The first prize became to get Vanilla Ice to be part of the commercial and we were thrilled when he agreed,” says Ogilvy Cape Town Creative Director, Gordon Ray.

“It was imperative to shape an idea that would break through the clutter and stand out – and what a better way to do that than to use a character like Vanilla Ice, to express what the brand is all about – an extra cold lager. The two fitted perfectly, we couldn’t have secured a more suitable collaboration.”

Emma Lundy, head of broadcast at Ogilvy Cape Town contacted his agent and negotiations began. The 90’s rap star is still very active in his performance career doing up to 100 concerts a year. He managed to find a window in his busy schedule and flew down to Cape Town for a few days to shoot the ad in a location in Stellenbosch before his next concert in Dallas. Van Winkel will be returning to the country later this year to perform in Pretoria.

“He was so calm, cool and co-operative on set”, explains Ray. “We designed a blue sequenced outfit which he was more than happy to wear and we shaved his head and eyebrows to create his original look from the 90’s. He was really a pleasure to work with – he’s still got all the moves and the attitude and was eager to do whatever was required, and improvise.”

The lead actor in the ad, Sekoati Tusban of Sewende Laan was one of Vanilla Ice‘s most devoted fans as a young child. Tusban and the rest of the cast were in for a big surprise when Vanilla Ice appeared on set, as they were unaware he would be joining them in the commercial until the day of the shoot.

“It’s amazing what’s possible when we stop, collaborate, and listen,” concludes Ogilvy Cape Town Managing Director, Gavin Levinsohn.

Ha ha, I dig Gavin’s little ending there, classic! It’s refreshing seeing such a fun group of people, because I’m sure most of you have a bad image of celebrities and anyone working in TV, but between Ogilvy Cape Town and Vanilla Ice, they’re just a regular group of people, have an insane amount of fun. I love it! Let’s have a look at the advert, it really is the radness (Copyright Jerry D, 2009):

And a quick behind the scenes look at the making of the advert:

Um…is Cape Town once again proving to be the most awesome place to live in the entire world? I think so!

Well done to Ogilvy on that one, because it’s rare for literally all my friends to be talking about one advert in particular, but they’ve nailed it with this.

Once again going to show that there are some productive people in Cape Town. Ha ha!

*Sean hides behind his magazine, refusing to take questions”

I always tend towards the more natural side of life (Mind you…Bush is now out of power. So besides that. Hey?) and my skincare products are TO DIE FOR SKAT!

No really, they are (I didn’t write that at all). As I have many stalkers, they all want to kill me and make me into a lamp shade, and posts like this simply fuel their stalking tendencies, allowing them a further glimpse inside the mind and body of thee.

Today class, we show you what keeps me clean, and what keeps me smooth. And we’re not even talking about my pick up artistry. We’re talking about skin products.

Shower Gel

Victorian Garden Vanilla and Pine Needle Shower Gel. This stuff is amaaaaaaazing! Chicks dig it, I’m always clean and smell like the forest, minus the mushrooms and weed. It works well, oozes desire and it’s good for you and the environment. That’s insane Goldmember! It is completely natural which is awesome and it is a local product. You can buy it online HERE should you wish, or at any decent health store.

Victorian Garden Cape Aloe and Propolis Moisturiser

Phenomenal cream! You don’t look like this from using that stuff you bought at Pick ‘n Pay. You can buy this particular moisturiser over HERE online, or at any decent health store. My skin has never felt or looked better! No dryness, no greasiness and chicks dig the vibe! This cream is for fairly dry skin so do take note of that. If you have dry skin, it’s a treat and it’s only R62. Here is a photo of the current state of my skin. I am not the black dude with the spear:

(That photo is an absolute keeper for the stalkers, make it your screensaver)

Then I use also The Body Shop For Men Maca Root Face Scrub. We spoke about that here.

Great! Gorgeous! Divine!

Some more about my life that you can use as you please.

But seriously those products are really good, and anyone who tells you otherwise and that you’re a “chick” is just jealous that you look so awesome and that you’re using natural products, thus helping the planet along, and your body, and doing your karma a whole lot of good!

I get sent loads of links (Thanks to Rashiq for this) and this is quite cool, it’s a collection of webcams on the 2010 stadiums.

Unfortunately due to our work ethic in Cape Town and the weed from Hout Bay, the Green Point stadium camera is the only one that has not been updated, so the last photo is from the 4th of September 2009.

Below we have a photo from today of the Moses Mabhida Stadium and no I don’t know who that is either or where it is either. But apparently it’s there.

Laduma! Whatever that means…

But it’s kind of cool to check out the stadiums, although on a day to day basis it’s extremely boring. But the balls in your court now…rub yourself with it.

Rub yourself with balls.

Click here for the 2010 Stadium webcams.

Being in the leisure industry and having copious amounts of time to explore the deepest depths of my mind and the internet, I need to amuse myself while others are at day jobs and stuff. So I was clearing up my desktop now and deleted a photo called “Your car” Obviously it gives you a message before you delete it. I thought if we play with the file name we could have some fun.

Maybe I have too much time on my hands?

Ha ha ha ha!

How is your day going?

I don’t think I’ve ever in my life…

Like the guys who have those shirts “Bok Befok”

So beautiful I want to cry.

Tears of kryptonite.

They’ll run down my chieselled abs.

A fair maden will have come out of nowhere, a desert wanderer who got lost on a naked modelling shoot two days prior in the Kalahari. She will have miraculously walked into Cape Town naked and not been given any water.

I’ll bump into her at the petrol station. About to take her last breath and give up on life, she’ll see my tears running dowm my abdomen. She’lll lunge to drink them.

They’ll fall further down. She’ll rip my pants off to get to the nectar of life. My tears.

The end.

(Contrary to popular belief I don’t suffer from acid flashbacks)

(Thanks Sean vir Bloe Bulle HOOR!)

Check this from iAfrica Sport, Cape Town Ryan Sandes is leading the Jungle Marathon in The Amazon Jungle. Not bad for a guy from the chilled out Republic Of Hout Bay! Check it:

South African ultra-marathon star, Ryan Sandes, is currently leading one of the world’s toughest races — The Jungle Marathon in the Amazon Jungle in Brazil.

Sandes became an overnight running sensation after winning the multi-stage race across the Gobi desert in China last year. It was the first time Sandes has entered such an event and he blew the rest of the field away after winning every stage.

The Capetonian followed his maiden victory up with another clean sweep in the Sahara Desert race in Egypt later in 2008.

And it looks like Sandes is on the way to another overwhelming victory in the Amazon after winning the first three stages in the six-stage event. The Jungle Marathon, which runs over seven days, finishes on October 17.

Ryan also has a blog, here is a short post after stage 3 of the Jungle Marathon:

I woke up this morning with sore ankles and thought OH NO, but today was the opposite of that.
I started off today quite easy and then at the second check point I decided to push on a bit… it was a risky move as it is so hot and humid here that if you bomb out in the jungle you do so in style. It is really hard to pick yourself up again and it feels as if all your energy has been sucked out by a vacuum cleaner. The risk paid off and I finished the stage strong (37min ahead of second athlete) but a little tired and shaken from seeing three snakes. I remember climbing up a hill on all fours and seeing a set of eyes looking at me from a large hole in the ground. I would like to think it was a large lizard but I did not hang around to get a closer look.
Thanks to everyone for the messages of support, they help me keep going when everything says stop!
Off to the hammock…
Cheers
Ryan

Even if you’re not into trail running, you seriously need to keep an eye on Ryan Sandes, he’s an absolute machine and is cleaning up around the world.

Well done Ryan,  there are a whole load of people cheering you on from back home, we’ll welcome you back with a win! Phenomenal stuff…

Click here for Ryan’s blog.

I’m not sure if any of you ever give anything but it feels good! For instance I basically, essentially, totally give up my life for SLXS. Some say I’m a saviour, some call me the Mother Theresa of my generation, only I’m young, dashing and have the wit of a childish high school kid.

But giving really is one of the greatest things in the world, because sometimes we don’t give enough, if at all. It is tough in a recession, you’re thinking “Should I donate this R300 to charity, or just blow it on something mindless at the shops”

But something I really think is a worthwhile initiative and which I’m going to get involved in is called “Santa Shoe Box”

Basically iy entails filling and wrapping a shoe box, including gifts for children for Christmas time. You’ll probably remember Christmas time as a joyous time, where you used to open the wrapping of presents the night before to see what you were getting! I know I did, but then again I was a naughty little devil!

Unfortunately not everyone has this opportunity in life and for some, Christmas is just another day, devoid of the things that so much of us take for granted.

This is such a simple way of giving, and trust me, it will make you feel awesome. The gifts are also very simple but will really mean the world to the children receiving them. This is what your shoe box needs to be filled with:

• Toothpaste  and tooth brush

• Bar of  soap and wash cloth

• Clothing

• Educational supplies

• Sweets

• A toy

And that’s it! What I’m going to do is send you straight to the website where you can find all the finer details of drop off points (Cape Town, 20-21 October at the NG Kerk Church Hall, Kloof Street) and all that jazz. And do spread the word! Tweet this, Digg it, and spread the word of the Santa Shoe Box project.

Wicked cool!

Click here for the website.

Apologies for the not too constant and mind blowing stream of rad today, but you know when you’re dealing with Le Quartier Francais, concentrating is a bit much. It’s not the warmest time for the pool, but it’s still stunning so I snapped a few pics with my cellular telephone (Bloody marvelous things, I think they might take off. I was thinking of starting my own phone company, I was thinking along the lines of  ‘Nokia’ Although to think of it deeply, I really don’t think it will work)

Below par

Below average

I want an office job

It’s best just to think of nothing!

HEY! What are you still doing here? The boss is haggling you for that PowerPoint presentation!

Slip a clip of you naked into it. Bosses love that, especially when it’s a presentation for a high profile client. Nothing makes you feel more alive than fear.

Class, assemble! Two spelling mistakes (I think…I failed some classes):

So Robin needs to be ‘Robben’ and bought needs to be ‘brought’ if I’m correct.

Someone say I’m a genius! Come on give it up for me! So Simply Green you owe me R100 for that. I’m serious.

I hate it when people say “Give it up for…”

I was on the way back from Earthwave Cape Town when I was reminded of something I meant to write ages ago but as usual, I forgot.

This is something I do all the time with my phone, because I hate driving with it in my pockets because it’s uncomfortable. Now I find if I put my phone on the passenger seat it slides off and if I put it anywhere else I forget it in my car and then our trustworthy car guards and other people are tempted to steal it. So I put it on my seat, and it essentially is on…my…kugelsak!

So I was wondering, does this put me at increased risk of testicular cancer? I’m pretty sure it does.

Having cellphone signals right there for a good few hours a month can’t be good for things! So this is more of a warning for future wives that our kids are in all likeliness going to have 4 arms, a toe for a leg, male pattern baldness (Even though they’re a female) and a penis for a nose.

Wow they are going to be stunners! On that note I need to drop my DVD off, it’s late and I still have not watched it.

For the stalkers out there I hired “Doubt” from DVD Nouveau in Newlands and I will be dropping it off at around 10:00 am this morning so you can either wait in the store to attack me, or you can hire the movie as I drop it off, then rub it all over yourself.

Go wild, it’s your fantasy.

I was cruising to the race course to see a man about a horse when I decided I’d nip into the Spar and buy one of those oh-so-gorgeous imported Cherry Cokes (Al Gore loves this type of excess), when I found myself wandering the deep blue yonder.

I was mincing from aisle to isle like a proper tart! (Did I really write that? Probably not. It’s all in your mind Sean. Outrun this one last unicorn into your Ritalin cage, and you’ll be fine)

So I was in the coffee aisle listening to my iPod.

How funny is it that you can be dressed pretty suave, in like a shirt, tie and waistcoat and chicks are going “Oh my word, that guy is so date-able!”

What they don’t realise is that my iPod playlist consists of nothing but The Bee Gees and Elton John, ha, hilarious! I love the fact that no one knows what you’re listening to, it’s absolutely hysterical.

But for those of you with a taste for the finer things in life, it can’t possibly get more awesome than the Rosmead Spar stocking Zebra Pate. But don’t worry if that’s not your thing, they also have Wildebeest as well as Crocodile should you want!

Zebra, rosemary AND wine, good grief!

They really do have quite a range in Spar, from imported products such as Cherry Coke to local things such as tinned zebra.

Check, check, check it out:

After an amazing Season Launch event in September, featuring Daniel Wanrooy, ‘HALO’, in association with ‘TRANCE AFRICA’ & ‘E.S.P.’ once again brings you one of BLACK HOLE RECORDINGS’ top Artists, FIRST STATE.

FIRST STATE:

Sander Van Dien has much to be happy about…

Not only is he, as FIRST STATE, responsible for a string of top selling club hits (including E.S.P.’s favorite “First State – Falling”), but he also lays claim to being one of the few artists to have remixed both Tiesto & Armin Van Buuren within a single year.

Having recently rocked the biggest trance event in the world, Trance Energy, he is on his way back to South Africa by huge demand!

This time, ‘HALO’, in collaboration with ‘TRANCE AFRICA’ & ‘E.S.P. [JHB]‘, have added an exclusive Cape Town appearance to ‘The Tour’.

To add to the attraction he will be supported by ‘TRANCE AFRICA’ & ‘E.S.P.’s’ SHANE HALCON as well as the HALO Residents.

PLAYING HOST to this feature event:

Ku De Ta, Durbanville, a beautifully decorated haven of the Northern Suburbs. Sporting 2 dance floors, 3 bars, plenty of chilling space and a newly upgraded sound rig.

To add to that, HALO will be hauling in extra Martin MX4 Scanners, L.E.D. Parcans, LCD Visuals and a DMX Laser!

Admission: R40

FIRST STATE supported by:

Shane Halcon (Trance Africa & E.S.P.)
Scott Small
Shaun Holiday
Leyton Lee

Friday 16 October 2009

Doors open at 9PM

Ticket pre-event bookings can be made, either, send an email to  ticket@mixedup.co.za with you & your guests’ FULL NAMES and CELL NUMBERS

or…

SMS the word ‘ ticket ‘, as well as you and your guests’ FULL NAMES and CELL NUMBERS, to ‘ 33903 ‘ (R1.50 per SMS)

You and your guests will receive an SMS confirmation of your ticket bookings, as well as a FREE ‘FIRST STATE’ Promo CD , to be collected on arrival.

And SLXS Cape Town have some comps to give away, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post (Do leave your name, and keep a track of this post) and we’ll randomly give them away.

Sickie woo!

BREAKING NEWS: The Bulls defeat Western Province at Newlands and now The Bulls face The Cheetahs in the Currie Cup Final at Loftus Versfeld on the 31st of October. SA Sport Travel are supplying SUITE TICKETS, simply click here to buy your tickets to the action.

So the Bulls are facing Province at Newlands this weekend, and you’re looking for tickets but can’t find any? No problem!

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Date: 17 October 2009
Match: Semi-Final
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Kick-off time: 17:00

VIP suite package includes:

• Fully staffed private suite facilities ranging from 24 seats

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• Accommodation

• Airport transfers

• Car hire

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