Adri I don't know what your dayjob is but if it isn't writing then you've got something to fall back on.
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Jacques Booysen <[email protected]>wrote: > O Captain! My Captain! > > Well said Adri! DarknDirty FEELS to me like the dead poets society, coming > out at night, doing something that FEELS illegal, and then writing reports > about it. > > See ya soon, > The Mummy Man > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:50 AM, Adri Van der Westhuyzen < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> So this is morning time after DnD. I did not ‘earn’ the report writing >> privilege, but had to write about a feeling I get… And also had to >> write about it before the day turns as I might forget about the >> feeling. >> >> After 2 days of rain, I spent at least 2 office hours on Thursday >> afternoon conversing with a few colleagues whether it would be raining >> Thu eve in Centurion or not. Everyone said yes, and the nifty hourly >> weather man on HTC said yes for 16h, 19h and 23h. But working in >> Fourways gives a better forecast than all of the above. Our weather >> generally moves North, so Joburg gets the handout about an hour or so >> before Pretoria. At 3h30 it stopped raining and from the office back >> door the rolling green hills and back yard of the Northern Suburbs >> opened up and there was it again… the horizon. Earlier on Thursday I >> was going to see what the weather looked like at 15h before confirming >> with the others if I was going to do the ride or not. At 16h55 my dog >> was getting a walk, at 16h57 I opted to go see Avatar, but at 17h02, I >> stepped out the office and as I walked under the cloudy skies that has >> been crying its heart out for the past 2 days, I had a feeling. I have >> the same feeling when I pack my bike & gear for DnD on a Thursday >> morning. I have the same feeling when we ride through the MooMall boom >> gate on our way out every week. I have the same feeling when I run. I >> have the same feeling with Ciro Dinner Date coffee, home made pesto >> and the music of Bon Iver at the moment. And I wanted more. >> >> My car left the office and drove down Cedar Rd towards Lanseria to get >> more of the feeling. Skies didn’t open up completely, but the clouds >> lifted. There was a window of opportunity, and I had a feeling that >> it’s gonna be a good night. Down the N14 a combination of Parlotones, >> Die Heuwels Fantasties, Viva La Vida and Bon Iver set the mood for a >> perfect ride. Get to the MooMall and the cars trickle in very slowly. >> Everyone probably hosting the last feelings of should I or should I >> not. But we did it again: talk about the weather of course, but also, >> we did a Mild-to-Wild again. Donald as trailmeister, Eric as his >> advisor and Oupa Gert wearing the green light at the back. Counting 17 >> riders and no new-comers we set off round the corner through the >> veldt, breathing in the fresh smells of luscious green bossies. Half >> way up left, to the tar road and to a greeting face of a former rider >> parked next to the road. The oldies greet him, talk about riding and >> Oupa Gert tells me he’s good on the down hills. We go left down >> Cornwall and right up the tar road for speed. Left up past the shebeen >> for some speed and status of the queen. Slippery slide to Blair Witch >> and first low speed collision and fall just before the road. >> >> A few conversations later we came round the back of Quad Busta and >> easy to the top. What a great feeling. It was Eric(Gadget)’s birthday >> in the week and after our hiep-hieps and whoop-whoops, the “blanc de >> noir” JC Le Roux made a quick pop on top of the hill. Everyone >> complimenting the evening for treating us well and the view a treat as >> always. Big boeing with “Happy Birthday Eric” and “Go Bokke” flags >> cross us whilst the white caramel cupcakes lace our throats for the >> Busta, backwards. From Smuts the tar road down to the green light for >> another speed zone along the railway. Last part heading home: a tight >> single track with a thorn bush on the right, couple stops and some >> explaining they’re not good on single track, even not when in front. >> Couple rocky sections, last portions of kakiebos, something lemony, >> something tropical in Nando’s water bottle, something herbish and at >> the fence we count 17 again and head back. Window of opportunity well >> used. We didn’t clock 35kms or even 25 I think, but we did it; despite >> the weather forecasts. We used the opportunity. See, they come and go >> and you can feel for it, or not. But act upon it, whilst it’s around. >> You can get this feeling when holding your guitar, your wife, your >> kid. Perhaps whilst traveling or buying a new gadget. But act upon it, >> use the opportunity to tell others what you feel, write about it, so >> that those who were there can live in the feeling a while longer… And >> those that were not, can maybe at least smell or experience a couple >> minutes of it when listening us. >> >> Life happens now. >> Shalom >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> ********* >> "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If >> you love what you are doing, you will be successful." >> -Herman Cain >> ********* >> www.darkndirty.co.za >> >> To subscribe to this group, send a mail to: >> [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >> [email protected] >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: >> http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/advracegn/ >> >> <*> Your email settings: >> Individual Email | Traditional >> >> <*> To change settings online go to: >> http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/advracegn/join >> (Yahoo! 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