IHateABSABankYou are on the archive wiki. The new wiki is here. Had a cool-ish weekend. Went to visit Andrew and Cara on Friday, played with the tiny kitten. Then went to Ivan's to watch dodgy videos. First got Chinese from Afu. Yumm. Then watched some terrible stand-up comedy. At one point, Bullet got up, looking like he was going to be sick. Then, he just throws up, passes out and hits the wall, taking the cabinet with him, all in the space of 2 seconds. So I'm like "oh, shit, he's just eaten a dodgy chicken roti from Sunrise, could it be an allergic reaction?" So we roll him onto his side, to stop him doing a Hendrix, and he wakes up saying "no, it's ok, I'm fine". Turns out he smoked some weed before, and it just made him pass out. Prolly the beer helped. He's apparently passed out from weed before! Dumbass. It was lank scary. Poor Koji was traumatised. He's like "it looked like you were moved by a supernatural force". He's from a very small Japanese island :P. Anyway, Bullet then continues to drink beer, laughing while Ivan mops his vomit. Sheesh, what an arsehole. After that brief excitement, we watched "Polyester", a John Waters movie in the worst possible fashion. It was so bad, but then I don't expect any less from Ivan. Saturday I went to buy stuff for illumination, then called up Erica and invited her for a swim at Andrew/Cara's place, as I had to feed the cats. She brought Michelle the Younger with, and we had a great swim. The kitten is soooo cute. Then came home, made mushroom/spinach/blue cheese vol au vents for Marcus the Elder's engagement party. They were good, apparently. Saw Adeeb there, he cleans up good. We left early to go to Julie's party. Was cool. Saw Neil, which is always cool. He's my pimp daddy. Sunday morning got up early-ish (I'm getting used to waking up early for SCA stuff on the weekends) to do some illumination at Claire's. It was soo cool! Going again this Sunday. I can make pretty scrolls :-D. Then went to visit Phleep at AndCara?'s to take him some Nando's with Sidrianna. Afterwards, fell asleep on the couch with the kitten. Was apparently extremely cute. Bastet, the kitten, likes to cuddle in one's neck. It's really ticklish. Took the day off today to do some stuff: book driver's licence, close Absa account, go to orthodontist. The booking took years! I thought it was a quick go in, pick a slot, walk out. I didn't know you had to have an eye test too! They were short-staffed, so only one dude doing tests for the 50 ppl in the queue. All but 3 of whom were renewing their licences. They should have separate lines, really. After 2 hours, I got done, and I have a driver's test on the 26th Feb. The lady was like "the earliest we can give you is 20 Jan" and I said "could I have it a bit later, like end of Feb?" She looked at me like I was mad. Then off I went to Absa to close my account. The dude's like "may I ask why?" and I said "your bank charges are exorbitant". Cobus: Do you have the internet at home?. Me: yes, C: how much do you pay?, me: R50, C: wow, with who?, me: discovery, but this is besides the point, I just want to close my account. C: well, I could move you onto this other cheque account where you pay R150 service fee, and you get internet access. Me: well, with 2020 my fees are capped at R100 anyway, so no thanks. I just want to close my account. So, after him trying to offer me other accounts, I was like "listen, I'm not interested in anything else Absa can offer me, I just want to close my account." So he looks up my account, and goes "well, I see we at least managed to get your student loan out of you." So I go "yeh, that's another thing, you still think I'm a student." Him: no-one thinks you're a student. Me: my statement still says "First year fashion design", even though I've not been a student since 2001. Him: did you come in to update your account details? Me: yes, I told them I'd stopped studying, and that's when I started paying back my loan. And you declined me a credit card because you thought I was still a student, even though I get a monthly payment saying "salary" on my statement." Cobus: well, unfortunately, we can't check everyone's statements every month. Me: well, then, why did you offer me a credit card if you thought I was still a student? Him: ----. Yeh, so, I closed that damn account and they gave me a cheque for the balance of R80. Sheesh. Absa sucks fucking balls. Then I went for orthodontist appointment. The rubber they use for the moulds tastes of vanilla. Then went to lunch with Mom, then visited Phleep and took him lunch. Mmmmm, Charly's. Then went to Andrew's to swim. Am now eating miso soup and blogging, in an attempt to WAB, cos I should be writing an article on medieval hairstyles. Bleh. Perhaps hot chocolate will inspire me. |