Safety first, then teamwork

So my res has taken safe sex to a whole new level. I mean they were quite intense about it before, and rightly so. They had free condoms at the door, free condoms in every cubicle in every bathroom, and we got several very serious speeches at the beginning of the year on safe sex, STDs and a tutorial involving a water bottle, bananas, condoms, diaphragms, and other latex products. Fun. I'm not undermining the importance of safe sex, seriously, be wise, condemize and all that, but now they're just getting impractical. Several new 'condom boxes' have been attached to the walls throughout res, very large boxes with pointy corners that stick out of the wall very inconveniently. I cannot count the number of times I have walked out of my bathroom and straight into that stupid wooden box, that, by the way, doesn't even have any condoms in it, so like, what's the point? There can be no doubt as to the purpose of these boxes as they all have a large, purple, laminated sign stuck above them displaying the wonderfully witty and completely original message that "SAFE SEX SAVES LIVES!" (and on a side note I'd like to point out that it also prevents lives, so although true, the message leaves itself open to a lot of sarcastic jokes which tend to undermine the deeply sober thoughts and seriousness that it was supposedly meant to instill in it's young and wild sexually active readers). Here I'd like to make another point, and that is that these large boxes coupled with their equally large signs are not very inconspicuous and people are a lot less likely to brave the publicity and actually go get a condom out the box. It made much more sense to keep them in the bathroom which provided a subtle excuse, so that if one did require a condom it would not be so blatantly obvious. I completely agree that safe sex and the promotion of safe sex are important, but i would also like to be able to walk around a corner or down a corridor without sustaining a semi-serious injury. In conclusion, for structures that are meant to promote safety... these boxes are kinda unsafe. 

xxx Jamay         

Below are some pics of said 'safe sex boxes'

Stuff that's averagely interesting at home but exciting as hell at res

So something I've noticed about res life is that certain things are much more exciting here than they would be at home. One of my absolute favorite things at res is every second Wednesday, because every second Wednesday is chicken-mayo-roll-and-chips day at the dining hall. At home, chicken mayo rolls are averagely interesting, but not day-brighteningly exciting. At res I can have a mind-splitting headache, been late for every lecture and tut and have broken my poor overused shoes while walking down the hill, but its okay... because it's chicken mayo day, and chicken mayo day makes Rhodes a better place. Some other things that are unreasonably exciting at res are the double thickness shower curtains that turn up every now and then, Wednesday nights at friars, sales on box wine or any cheap alcohol really, student discounts at any food providing organization, and when that movie or series you've been dying to see (but not enough to pay for it) fiiiannly gets put up on DC++. I'm still trying to decide if this different perspective we seem to have at res is good or bad. On the one hand, we're appreciating the smaller things in life, on the other hand we're turning into cheap ass, food guzzling, illegally-downloading, party animals with a drinking problem, that turn to chicken mayo rolls every time they have a shitty day. Yeah... that sounds about right. :)

xxx Jamay   

To: The Crackberry Using Sports Fans, follow the logic

You know what gets to me? People that post sport scores or game info as their facebook or bbm statuses. I'm not a sporty person myself and I have nothing against you if you like watching sweaty people swinging clubs, bats and/or chasing a ball if that's what floats your boat. Even I watch the big SA rugby and cricket games... some times. Seriously though, the way I see it there's no point in making your status the score of whatever game you're watching, cause if people were interested they'd also be watching and would therefore already know the score. The people that don't know the score aren't watching, and so obviously don't give a damn. Follow the logic. 
 So those are my thoughts on that.

xxx Jamay   

When all the fun things become legal

Today is my little brothers 18th birthday, Happy Birthday bruv! In SA this of course means he can now legally drink, drive and other things we tend to do illegally anyway ;P So I'm a cake person,I love baking. My bruv and I have a tradition of me making him a kick ass birthday cake which I have to top each year. So far I've managed but this year was hard since last years was sooo amazingly awesome and extremely ambitious. I always use this gorgeous brownie recipe for the cake part, and then go to down with the decorating and such. 
Check out the pics of this years cakes and some of the past ones :) 

xxx Jamay

2012- and collage of things he likes

ipod and rowing blades

bike helmet

2011 cake, full sized bass guitar

2010 cake, double chocolate death by chocolate

The Plague of the Peroxided Mullet

It's been a while since my last post and in that time Tri-Varsity, now known as Inter-Varsity, has come and gone. Everyone at Rhodes likes to go a little nuts during this weekend long sporting/ party event and unfortunately for the male Rhodes population this means a 'who has the ugliest hair' competition, usually done by growing a mullet and then badly peroxiding the shit out of it. Now I'm all for the Inter-Varsity madness, heck I went crazy with the purple paint and overalls myself, but it's been over a month now and for some reason I'm still being subjected to the should-be-illegal peroxided mullet all over campus. Seriously guys, it's time to let go. Let it RIP in the tomb of bad hairstyles of the past. If really necessary... you can dig it up next year when the awesome raucousness of Inter-Var allows for the loss of sanity for one, count it one, weekend.

xxx Jamay 

check out some tri-var party pics bellow :)