Nicisms

So in case people thought that the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding was full of rubbish let me prove to you that I live it, every Sunday lunch.
Incase you don’t remember the movie:

Here you will see All the “Nic’s” in a row. My Grandfather on the far right and the subsequent generation of Nic’s.

In the line we hav Nic, Nico, Nicole and Nicholas. Wow.

photo credit: Sylvie Shekinah

I loved my Nokia N95, LOVED IT. I can’t verify that fact any more than stating it that emphatically. It truly was a great piece of hardware and software in combination. But the nature of technology nowadays pushes companies to develop new tech that attempts to outdo the old.

The Nokia N96 was such a piece of tech. It tried to outdo the N95. It succeeded in many areas yet struggled in others.

I’ve been using the phone now for a few months and overall I like it. I think. It has some issues, one being speed. It’s one of those phones that does a lot and achieves it all but very slowly. So opening up your contacts, loading an application or receiving a text message takes a bit of time – when I say a bit of time I am part of the generation that is frustrated when Internet on a plane doesn’t work and when I wait for 20 minutes to get on to a giant piece of metal that flies. So it’s not really THAT slow but takes that extra 5 to 10 seconds to search for a contact or read a text msg.

With that said there are some pros to the phone. The GPS is fantastic and has allowed me to not purchase yet another technological device to clutter my car. It is seemless, effective and works 99.9% of the time.

The multimedia capabilities are great with a 5 megapixel camera and fantastic video recording. Once you’ve got the media though it’s a bit slow.

I also made fantastic use of the phone’s mp3 player on my trip to Kenya to listen to music – the 16gb flashdrive is a great help with this.

Overall I must say I wouldn’t buy this phone at it’s going rate, I’d rather wait for the N97 to come out. But I am glad that I’ve had the chance to mess around with it and make great use of it in presentations and for much of my citizen reporting.

The man who has done most of my ink is called Jade. Jade is a genius and a gem of a gent. His work is impeccable and his attention to detail is fantastic. So how could I possibly not go to the launch of his new Tattoo Parlour called Jaded Ink.

Here’s Jade doing my most recent piece that he now needs to complete (3/4 sleeve):

And here’s the piece:

I was fortuitously invited by one Don Packett who MC’d the event.

Don is a brilliant MC. He is, by nature, a funny guy but knows when an event is not about him and his talents and humour. Last night’s event was about Jade and Don made sure to focus events as much as possible on what was at hand, or in this case leg, thigh, full sleeve, half sleeve, bionic arm, ankle or any other body part you could imagine with ink on it.

Here are some videos from the Tattoo Fashion Show that Jaded in put on:

After this event the most incredible thing that I realised is that the culture of tattoo bonds people. It brings like-minded individuals together no matter how far removed from one another they are.

Jaded Ink will definitely be doing my sleeve in the very near future.

So I thought I’d kick Friday off with a meme.

Answer the questions below with only one word.

1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket
2. Your significant other? Inspiring
3. Your hair? Messy
4. Your mother? Home
5. Your father? Fucked
6. Your favorite? Rainstorms
7. Your dream last night? Whacked
8. Your favorite drink? Soco
9. Your dream/goal? Dominance
10. What room you are in? Office
11. Your hobby? Music
12. Your fear? Failure
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Independent
14. Where were you last night? Tattoo
15. Something that you aren’t? Contented
16. Muffins? Top
17. Wish list item? Bravo
18. Where you grew up? Jozi
19. Last thing you did? Email
20. What are you wearing? FCUK
21. Your TV? Old
22. Your pets? None
23. Friends? Hand-picked
24. Your life? 42
25. Your mood? Disquietude
26. Missing someone? No
27. Car? Fine
28. Something you’re not wearing? Jacket
29. Your favorite store? Apple
30. Your favorite color? Charcoal
33. When is the last time you laughed? Dinner
34. Last time you cried? Unknown
35. Who will resend this? Lame
36. One place that I go to over and over? Africa
37. One person who emails me regularly? Viagra
38. My favorite place to eat? Polpetta

This is absolutely awesome. Received the video via email this morning. Found it on Youtube then found the final performance that these guys gave. Very refreshing.

And the final: