Sean Lloyd, still not taking life too seriously…
Consistently ranked in the top 100 blogs in South Africa according to Afrigator, SLXS is one of the most popular blog style websites in South Africa. Whatever other bloggers say about why they started blogging, everyone is in it for the fame. I’m just not afraid to say it. With SLXS, it is my aim to live a life of rock ‘n roll excess, and whether or not that happens remains to be seen, but so far we’re doing alright.
Praise still eludes SLXS and I deal with abuse on a constant basis! Being ranked in the top 100 blogs in Africa as well as South Africa means nothing, so kids…whatever you do with your life, avoid blogging. Comments like this are what make blogging fun!
Sean Lloyd, you are not big and you are certainly not clever. Your blog is a moist, muddy quagmire of confusion and the obvious result of either a diseased imagination or a mother telling her son how good he is until he eventually starts to believe her…
Well Sean, let me break it to you, your writing has all the charm of an open sore.
This is a weak attempt. It’s confused, bemused and confuddled. Do you really think that you should have been included in GQ’s Best Dressed list, you with your salmon pink shirt, douchebag hair, too much shit on your wrists and Markhams waistcoat that you don’t even know how to wear properly (never do the bottom button, fool)?
Ho-ho, keep treading the waters of mediocrity.
Yeah, that’s what I have to deal with! That was from a post entitled ‘GQ Best Dressed Men Awards Are A Joke’. Anyways, moving on!
Over the past four years SLXS has developed into a place where I post pieces on cool things happening, products, places, people…anything that I feel people should know about.
Oh yeah…
SLXS is a mix of fact, fiction and satire and readers are required to differentiate, with the divisions being clear i.e a write up on a party will be completely accurate with regards to dates, times and places but if I mention that I was doing coke off a circus midget, readers are required to use some common sense to separate the fact from the fiction. A read up on our archives will also get you into the swing of things quickly.
SLXS is my lovechild on the side, it’s my gym after work, it’s my bottle of vodka on the weekend, it’s the Rebecca Loos to my Victoria Beckham.
However contrary to popular belief, and contrary to what is written on these pages, I do work when the mood strikes me. Rarely. On a career level I have a diploma in journalism, I’ve written copy for travel companies (Focusing on Cape Town and South Africa) and continue to work in the field of writing and journalism. My favourite job in the world which I freelanced on for many months, was writing the copy that advertised and (No doubt!) sold houses. If you need me to write creative copy that will sell your house, you can contact me on the means below. I’ve also written many winning letters to GQ magazine, to the point where I now write under various aliases in order to continue winning prizes. Ask them about the Michel Herbelin watches, and wine fridges, and polo watches…the list keeps growing.
I’ve loved writing for as long as I can remember, and this is my space where I bring you what I think is cool and it’s all about the excess…because all rock stars live lives of excess, and dammit, we’re all rock stars in this life!
If you need to contact me with any information or if you have news submissions…anything really, don’t hesitate to drop me an e-mail at seanl (at) slxs (dot) co (dot) za.
Alternatively, fill in the contact form at the bottom of the website.
I hope you enjoy the journey with me, and remember:
“Buy the ticket, take the ride” — Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
See you around.
Sean Lloyd
August 2010
SLXS Online
Sean Lloyd holds a diploma in journalism through The Independent Institute of Education.
