Jamie Cullum was great. Loved his show. And am now officially, a fan. Used to be that I was just "interested" in his stuff. Now I love it and have become a huge admirer. He's so young, he's so talented and he is so charming and he appears to be so intelligent. A deadly combination in my books - talent, charm and intelligence. Plus he is musical, I mean totally and completely musical. You can see and sense that he has an absolute passion for music, the sound, the sensation and the emotion it creates. And can he play the piano - oh my God! Lovely, lovely, lovely. I'm sure God smiles at him everyday because he uses all the talent given to him.

It was the kind of show, at which I, for the first time in a long long while, really wished I had a boyfriend. Some of his stuff is quite romantic. It also helped that there were quite a few good looking fellas around; intense, intelligent, nerdy but distinguished types. I thought I'd mention to my friends who were with me at the show, that I'm kinda ready for a boyfriend now because I think I would make a really great girlfriend. Well................ They set me straight and proceeded to tell me that, in their opinion, I am not and will never be considered good girlfriend material. Because, they say, I'm too opinionated, not needy enough and have been on my own for too long. (My friends are both very happily married) Well, again.................... that took the wind right out of my sails. Here's me thinking, that I would make the ideal girlfriend, precisely because I can stand on my own two feet and because I want to be with a guy and I don't need to be with him. Just goes to show, what do I know? My friends were quite amazed that no one had ever told me this before. I really do hope that they have it wrong. I'm still holding out for someone who is as good for me as I will be for him. Yep, I'm waiting............... and having great fun in the meantime.

While doing some grocery shopping at the local Pick 'n Pay this weekend, I came across, in the bargain bin, a DVD of Jamie Cullum live at Blenheim Castle. Bought it and decided to give it a watch last night. Well.................... it is awesome, beautiful. He calls his music Pop Jazz. I like that and I really enjoyed the DVD. Wow, can he play the piano; and probably just about every other instrument around. His singing voice is also really interesting; kinda scratchy, like too many cigarettes and coffee. I own some of his cd's and like to listen to them on my home late at night or when I'm feeling mellow or a bit melancholy.

So, this morning I decide to check out his website and guess what? First thing I see is that his next gig will be on 24 August in Johannesburg South Africa. Couldn't believe it. Went to Computicket and- yep- there it was, he is performing together with Jonathan Butler. How did I miss that? I booked. The ticket prices are reasonable too, unlike Mr Billy Joel who's ticket prices are the equivalent of my monthly grocery bill! But that's a story for another time.

Can't wait....

After all my grumbling and groaning yesterday about the dry weather, the heavens opened up. Not only did we have a lot of rain yesterday afternoon, but hail as well and today...........would you believe it...........snow!!! Actually it's more like sleet, but crumbs am I cold. It is freezing cold max temp is 7degrees celsius.

I will never grumble about the weather again. Obviously someone is listening. So I'm going home to my duvet, a cup of hot chocolate and something great to read.

I have the winter blues. By this time of the year I am in a constant foul mood - it's from all the shivering and shaking during the past few months. My body is all cramped up and that makes me miserable, plus the air is bone dry. We need rain, I need rain - please pretty please!
Mom, Aldie and I did the 702 Walk the Talk last week (for those of you who don't live in this country 702 is our local talk radio station). We opted for the 5km walk. It was crowded and lots of fun. The field was 61 000 people strong - that's a lot of Joburg folk walking about. I'm so proud of mom, despite the fact that she has a spur on her left heel she still walked and way ahead of me too. My feet are still burning - I've been doing a lot of running around since the big walk - for work. Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. We each received a medal at the end, which I thought was a great touch. Confession - I have never completed any kind of race and this is the first medal I have received in my life. It now hangs about in my cupboard, like a grand piece of hip hop bling. 702 tried a new venue this year, because the field was so big, and they sure had their teething problems. Mostly parking. They didn't provide any park and ride facilities, so not only did you have the race to walk, but the distance from the parking to the start was probably another couple of kilometers. Mom and I grumbled and groaned a lot about that. Ah well....

Mom has just returned from a weekend break in Durban and goes to Germany in two weeks time. Lucky her. Actually no, not lucky her - she deserves it - in spades. Our rennovations are so to speak complete and she was the one who had to deal with all the building contractors who simply turned her house and her life upside down. I reckon she deserves a break and a change of scenery. I can't wait for her to go, cause when she comes back she always brings lots of news and pressies from everyone. German gummi bears (bit like wine gums on juicier) are the best. Mmmm looking forward to those!!