Event: First Thursdays 3/12/2013

An event to put into your diary / iphone / galaxy / brain / hand. First Thursdays occurs on the first thursday of every month and involves the late night opening of art galleries, coffee shops and various crafty boutiques to the public after hours. This operation therefore attracts and populates Cape Town's CBD from 5 - 9pm.  

(if I'm not mistaken, this event does exist in numerous cities accross the world as well)

Myself and a few friends took the trek to town and began the walk. We were given a street map with pins on the various places that were open. It was a breezy evening so we often seeked refuge in the galleries, which provided not only shelter from the elements but visual entertainment and the opportunity to converse with the artists.

Some very well-known places were conveniently open including the South African National Gallery. It was clear to see how December is finally here, this the season - since so many people from out-of-town have flocked and flooded Cape Town's streets creating a vibrant and dynamic atmosphere. I dig it. 

To add to the experience was the food. Obviously. Due to the populated streets, restaurants were buzzing with all languages and laughs. Being the adventurous types that my friends and myself are, we easily chose a unique foodstop; a foodtruck - two of them. 
Planted in a parking lot beside a church, these two foodtrucks produced delicious gourmet dishes. Simple, clean and tasty. 

So there we sat, on the steps off a church, eating restaurant-quality food in the middle of Cape Town's central business district ending off the evening together. 

 

cool, bye.




 

Esquire or GQ?

It's time to start a new magazine collection. Now, this may not seem like much to you, but it is to me. I will be putting aside a certain amount of money each month for this new publication so it better be worth it. I've narrowed it down to two choices: Esquire and GQ, other choices included Visi, Stuff and Time (and by those I mean Playboy, FHM and Maxim). However those can be bought at leisure rather than monthly. 

I felt like I was lacking a magazine type which was devoted to men's lifestyle and that the ones that I do collect aren't really dedicated to that. That doesn't mean that I lack guidance in my life and am trying to find a replacement for an absent father figure, because I'm not. In fact, my father genuinely raves over men's lifestyle publications and it always introducing me to various ones and collects some of his own, but that's besides the point. It's something that we share in common and I would like to develop mine into a collection so that once in a while I can show him a thing or two. That's not the only reason. If you've read my previous post on the topic you'll understand why.

I have found not much of a difference between Esquire and GQ, which makes this decision even harder. When I ask people which one they think that I should start purchasing monthly, most of them, without hesitation, say Esquire. Why? Is it because the name sounds swanky? That's certainly a viable factor in my head. 

The burden of choosing a specific country's edition of the publication is also a problem. However my father has instructed me to follow the US edition. I have to say I do agree with him. So then why is it a burden? (wow, Nathan)

I enjoy the retro vibe that emanates off of Esquire, it gives it a bit of an edge. GQ is rather slick and rigid. I don't really feel like I can relate to such structure. That is why Esquire will probably be the answer. Plus, it has a swanky name. 

Cheerio Bumbleheads

Knock Knock Stationary & Waldo Pancake

So it's a new month, July. American independence day,  Andy Murray winning Wimbledon, Macaroni as well as Bastille Day and if I'm not mistaken the nearing end of the northern hemisphere school year (and the start of my second semester).   

It's been my mid-year holiday for the past two-and-a-bit weeks. My family along with two others decided to dodge the flocking of tourists heading down to Cape Town by planning a holiday up the east coast to the town of Plettenberg Bay, a seaside town along the majestic South African Garden Route, only to find we were not alone in contemplating an escape from the city. Expecting a quiet escape, we discover all of the people which we wanted to avoid. Nevertheless, we enjoyed a week of cycling, eating, shopping and scrabble-playing in a house along the river secured in a complex with tennis courts which were enjoyed regularly. 

It was just the other day when I was walking along the town's main road in order to retrace my steps back to a bookshop which I had visited the previous day. I remembered clearly a stand with quirky note-making books as well as paper pads. You'll understand more if you continue reading. I was desperate to buy something from that stand and would not return home without something. With the 140 rand (14 dollars) which I had on me at the time, I could only afford roughly two small items. So I bought these:

Left: a notebook (Waldo Pancake) | Right: a bunch of postets (Knock Knock Stationary)

Obviously I wanted to buy more things but had the insufficient funds. Let these items be an indication as to the type of things which the stand contained. 

The notebook belongs to a brand called Waldo Pancake, a brand specializing in the production of items with witty sayings on them. Whether they're notebooks, bags and other obsolete items, they make you laugh, or at least chuckle silently.

The pad of postets belongs to a brand called Knock Knock Stationary. I don't know how to describe the types of things which they make so I will just show you. In a nutshell, it is a company dedicated to making pointless stationary-related items with peculiar functions and purposes such as the one which I bought, which really cannot be all that useful. However they are quite fun.

Waldo Pancake 

Knock Knock

These items you need to see on a large scale so I have not made a larny collage. 

Except for the journal, these items are pads of paper. There are many other products which are made by this brand, these are however some of my favorites. 

Upon browsing, you will buy something. It's a (new) written rule of life. 
Enjoy. 

Links:

Knock Knock
Waldo Pancake  (link to their shop and not the actual site, it has a better array of their products)

Cheerio Bumbleheads

Debriefing | June 2013

(and some of May)

I thought that I'd sum up everything explained throughout the month right here, in an end-of-the-month synopsis, a bulk explanation if you will. A summary. A nutshell. A debriefing. Whatever you choose. 

Without boring you with my endless rambles. Here is a collection, of everything mentioned throughout the month. 

Let this post be an indication that the month is over. For future reference. 

Speak again next month!

Cheerio Bumbleheads 

Obvious Electronics | Summer 2013

I'm going out on a limb here by dedicating this post to those experiencing summer in the Northern Hemisphere currently. Although I am one who lives down south who is currently experiencing winter, summer is more fun to talk about. Just a disclaimer. 

I am once again taking a dive into the deep-end by assuming that you readers are well-aware about various gadgets and the technological trends which the world experiences. These trends are continuously speeding up, making their purposes ever more obsolete faster and faster. If you are one who is not clued up, please visit Stuff.com. If you are one who chooses not to be clued up, then go away.  

Stuff is magazine entirely dedicated to the latest gadgets leaving you drooling after just one read. With their monthly rankings of various technological devices at the end of every issue, it's a pretty helpful tool in assisting ones purchases. Do yourself a favor and just read it. Who doesn't like some occasional product lusting? 

I thought that this segment could come out every season. The only problem is, which hemisphere do I follow? (due to seasonal opposites) Me being one of the ten percent of the global population residing down south, and assuming that most of my readers are from the north, a problem arises. I don't know the outcome. All I know is that it's winter down here and as much as I enjoy it's perks, summer is undoubtedly a better time to be outside, capturing memories and being antisocial with one's cameras and cellphones as if social awkwardness is a new hipster trend.

I will be discussing one of each technological essential required to enhance one's life and everyday experiences during the lovely summertime slowly awakening up north, you're welcome. 


Beats Studio Headphones
The sun is out, being it in America, Europe or the East, you're sitting in a park leaning against a tree, perhaps reading a book? That's your choice. But you have your cellphone / music device handy and ready to blast the tunes. Here are your trusty headphones! They may be too bulky but then you discover that they fold up making them darn convenient. One specification; in my mind, they have to be green. I think it's a summer color but I may be wrong. I just like it. 

Canon EOS 700D
Let's paint another picture. Still in a park. I assume that all first-world-youth do is sit around in parks all day because the weather does not cater for the beach. However America begs to differ, I am just making a generalization, and a terrible one at that. Anyway, the park, perhaps with a picnic? Again, it's your choice. You're with friends, laughing at the funny faces they pull in each photograph taken with this photographic masterpiece. I believe that this camera is brand-spanking new to the shelves of global photographic stores. In a nutshell of a nutshell, it's an updated / identical version of it's parent the 650D.  
     

Samsung Galaxy SVI
You may be wondering, why not the Iphone 5? In my head, the Iphone 5 is old news. As soon as speculation of a 5S emerges into the mainstream, I struggle to fixate on something that will soon be replaced by a better one. The Stuff magazine refers to the S4 as a 'superphone' which it is, obviously. 
You're still sitting in that park with your mates, snapping picture after picture. But this is where that new hipster trend comes in, the social awkwardness being observed by a strange man sitting on the nearby bench. He wonders to himself; "Why aren't these kids talking to eachother?" Instead, what he fails to observe exactly what the kids are doing, Instagramming. Obviously this phone offers more than that, but that's a general popular activity done on devices such as these. Keep it on you always, after all, it's your life companion and carries the risk of replacing friends. One needs a balance of the two.  
   

Go Pro Black Edition
Just an incredibly fun device to own. Enough said. 

A Tablet Of Any Sort
Preferably an Ipad or Android device. However I do find certain Android tablets to be bulky, it's entirely up to you. Another device to confuse the man sitting on the nearby park bench. If you are fortunate enough to live in a city where wifi is everwhere, this will be one of your most valuable possessions. It's pretty much everything-in-one but I'm sure that you already know that. 







It's much easier to establish the importance and life enhancement which these products are able to provide if you picture them in situations, much like the park idea explained. That applies mainly to Europeans, assuming your summer weather isn't all that summery. Americans, go wild, let your imagination paint a picture of how you would use these products to such as extent that it triggers your bank account. 

Well those are the essentials, put them together in one bag and you've you yourself a few grand in whatever currency you may use. Please look after them, let them not get stolen. (yes, dad)


Cheerio Bumbleheads  

First Cars

The aching of parents' wallets is certainly not cured by the purchasing of a first car for their beloved children. Perhaps you, the child, are buying it for yourself and in that case I commend you. Cars that kids want these days are pretty out of the first car price-range. However lets dwell on what we can't have, it's often easier.  

What your parents think they're going to be buying you

"You need a car which you don't have to worry about crashing, there's absolutely no reason whatsoever to buy you a brand-spanking new car when you've just gotten your license"   

  - every parent that has ever lived.

It's pretty much human nature to want things that we can't have. Cars are probably the most prominent example of that. I can easily whip out a lengthy list of cars I want, but I won't (right now, perhaps later in this post). 

When most kids dream of their first cars, me included, price range doesn't matter. Appearance and the 'bells and whistles' that the cars come with are the dominant decision-makers. Obviously one would dream to own a Porsche, Ferrari or even a Maserati, I will be paying more attention on actual possible first cars that may seem to be slightly extravagant. However I do advise you to check out 'My Super Sweet 16' if this is too boring for you. 

Here are the four cars currently dwindling around my brain: 

Alfa Romeo Giulietta

BMW 1 Series Hatchback 

Mercedes A Class (2013 model)

Volvo C30

One cannot simply deny that these cars are not incredibly attractive. Also, one cannot simply deny that parents will, without a doubt, buy one of these for their kids as a first car. However it's nice to imagine. I'll personally buy one of these for you if you can successfully through a tantrum big enough to get your way. 

Let's take a moment to concentrate on what life is like once you've obtained a drivers license. However first, a learners license. Once written the learners test and past, I would estimate that you're about 40% of the way closer to driving independence. After that you are allowed to drive with a legal driver in the car beside you and are able to physically learn to drive. In my country, seventeen is the age when one gets their 'learners'. At this point in time you are still very much in school mode, experiencing exams and work pressure. Getting one's learners is therefore an exiting achievement, signifying the near end to one's school years. 

One year later and you are capable to obtain your actual drivers license. With one year of practice and perhaps cheating on your paper, you are now an adult. I would say that this moment is one's initiation into adulthood, signifying the end of one's childhood and the entrance into a world of freedom and responsibility.

"But Nathan, what if you are in your 20's without a drivers license?"

I am going to be harsh here. Unless you have a medical reason for not being able to drive, perhaps blindness or narcolepsy, you are capable of it. Therefore, if laziness or fear got in the way of your attempt to obtain a drivers license, that's a self-induced problem which only you can eradicate. What I'm trying to say is that, since achieving legal driving status is such a valuable attribute in achieving adult status in the world, if you don't have a drivers license, you rely on lifts from others, making you a TEENAGER. Obviously being street-smart, responsible and independent are vital in a young adult, I believe that being able to drive makes all of those things much easier.

You could always find a job and earn the money for yourself in order to buy the car of your dreams, if your parents are into all of that 'self-reliance' stuff. I'm sure it certainly does make you feel proud. However if it's one of the cars mentioned above, you will need some financial aid. 

Cheerio Bumbleheads  

      

Iphone or Galaxy | The Mother of First World Problems

There comes a time, at the end of your cellphone contract. You can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The light which you've been anticipating for two straight years. The moment where you can finally hop back onto the speedy road of current technology. With rivals Apple and Android releasing new devices as quick and easy as changing your socks, it's hard to keep up. As soon as one purchases a new phone, it's already out of date. 


So what do you do? 


There isn't anything you can do that's practical. What you could do is ditch the phone you have at the time and buy a new one as they are released. But that's obviously a no no. Unless you have money to clean your floors with, do the sensible thing and wait. 

My cellphone contract is seeing its dying days. That's all good and well but what cellphone do I want? The sleek, smug and brand offered by apple in its deliciously irresistible Iphone 5 or the techno-jam-packed-all-in-one Samsung Galaxy S4? It's hard not to be able to distinguish this issues' high place on the feudal system of first world problems.

But why should the Iphone and Galaxy be one's only option? There's a whole world out there of spectacular cellular devices to choose from. I sit and contemplate as to why these are my only two options. I think about what they offer and why the world raves so much about them. I begin to understand why and secure my decision. It's as if ones decision is either black or white. I decide to choose between one of those popular choices. 

I am one who enjoys to observe and participate in the race for technological supremacy, it benefits us consumers greatly. However it is a tad too fast for most to keep up. Does it really give people enough time to settle down with their electronic devices' current versions and to get used to them? No really. But this race isn't ever going to slow down, only speed up. 

Back to this problem. Which device should one choose? It entirely depends on the person. For me, I see joy in both, which makes the decision even harder. One's choice has to be secure enough in order to endure the cellular device for two years before allowing a new one to enter your life. When I see the Iphone I see all the experiences which I will enjoy along with it, using Instagram and all its lovely additions to my advantage. I do also prefer its smaller size to the S4 however the S4 is also pretty magnificent. It's a super-phone, offering one everything. Before the release of IOS 7, Android was way more up-to-date in its operating system than Apple, allowing my decision to lean more towards Android. But now, everything has been turned upside-down.      

I have wanted an Iphone for much longer and feel that if I abandon that lust I will feel as if I will miss out on its fantastic features and opportunities. That being said, I have never endured Android to the extent of owning a device which runs on it. Point to Apple. 

The Iphone is looking better and better. It will probably be my next phone. Although anything can happen. The S4 is still looking pretty good. It still stares at me, as if to call me over. However the Iphone does too. Ah the decisions one has to make. Although I think the Iphone will find its way to my heart eventually. 

That being said, what color does one get? How about a phone cover? 

Oh dear. 


Cheerio Bumbleheads

IOS7 Synopsis

So what's the deal?

I will not bore you will every technical detail that this highly anticipated mobile operating system has changed and improved, however I will be discussing the most obvious things; its new look and new features. After all, we consumers care for nothing much else. It is, however, enriching to know its technical enhancements, I suggest that you read that on the countless reviews which sprung up out of the blue. 

It amazes me, judging from the video displayed above, the articulate speech used to promote the software already presents the "apple is the way of life" platform right in front of you. All you need to do is allow yourself to be immersed in it and to merely float on over. It really isn't hard. 

So what is the actual deal? I've heard remarkably mixed reviews on it's new appearance, the most obvious one that it resembles Android, which I must say that it does. But is that a bad thing? Those who are liberal in the rival between Apple and Android, do you really care? The video displayed above expressed the simplicity and efficiency this OS provides but with the same layout as previous IOS versions. I do have to agree however not having first hand experience with the software, we use our eyes to judge don't we? 

Let's have a recap. The appearance in my opinion is flawless and I have to compliment it. I am on who quite enjoys simplicity. Just as a new layout comes along, it makes you realize just how out-of-date the previous IOS was. The bubbleness of the apps previously have now been removed. It was nice while it lasted. But with an ever-changing world where technical rivals are experiencing a constant war, IOS 7 should place Apple 'back up there' with Android where it belongs. 

Some new additions: control center, airdrop, itunes radio and pretty much totally simpler apps. I don't feel like diving into the depths of this discussion because I frankly don't feel like it. Let's float above the discussion and only mention the key comments. Control center is exactly what it says it is. It's a useful addition which allows even greater simplicity. Go apple. 

If you've read about Airdrop you'll know it's function. I think it's pretty neat. 

Overall, I commend apple, obviously. Although I do highly enjoy apple products and count myself a fan, I do dream about android devices in my spare time too. I would count myself as a liberal but people who know me personally might beg to differ. This revamp and rejuvenation of a much-loved operating system was a good move, well done. There's irony in simplicity in a world where things are getting more complex by the day. 

So how close is that platform to you? Don't worry, it'll get closer. 

Cheerio Bumbleheads 

A Day Made Of Glass

Mentioned in my last post, if you haven't already seen these. Feast your eyes on this. Desirable and landing soon to a planet near you. Unfortunately, they are still in experimentation and developmental phase and are not available nor properly work yet. But this glass makes one anticipate the future and it's unlimited possibilities.

Enjoy

Cheerio Bumbleheads 

Rooms of my Future House

Let's share a moment of "damn I cannot wait to be an adult"

Every kid has those moments. Some good and some bad. Bills and insurance is one side of it, but I focus on the other side: Free will. You can buy what you like. I may have to be kept in a cage. 

I remember those days, frolicking without a care in the world, naked around the garden on a hot day at age four. Creating memories while picking sand out of your belly button and eating your findings. Don't act disgusted, its not worth your time and patience judging a person you've never met. (let's get back on track)

Looking back on those days, they make me reminisce. Thinking to myself currently; "The world is a scary place, how are you going to make money?". I then think back to the good old days in my childhood home, well the one that I lived in the longest for, looking back at one specific memory: jumping on my trampoline with a good friend of mine discussing our future homes as if they would fall from heaven and present themselves on a silver platter right in front of us when the time was right. Ah, how we used to explain the purpose and importance of having a zero gravity room and a floor present in the house of the Jetsons, one that moves wherever you are. 

I thought I may share some of our ambitious architectural obstacles as well as some more up-to-date and practical ideas:

1. Trampoline walls and floors
2. A zip line from house to house
3. A ball pond room (still highly desired) 
4. Sky diving room
5. A zoo room (we were four years old)

Practical and up-to-date version:

1. Combined walk-in-wardrobe and bathroom
2. Eco-pool (google it)
3. A traditional conservatory 
4. Scale-electric room
5. Classic billiard room
6. A man cave
7. A city view
8. Proper architect's study
9. Corning's "A day made of glass" glass covering ALL surfaces

I must say that I cannot wait for my own house. Preferably a loft to start off with. But I'll save that for another post. 

Cheerio Bumbleheads 

The Meaning of 'Stuff'

I like stuff.

I can't help it. It's my nature. But what is 'stuff'. After all, it's probably the most vague explanation that one can come across. Similar to these...

Mother: "How was your day at school?"
Child: "Fine."

Character 1: "What are you doing?"
Character 2: "Nothing."

Mother: "So, what do you feel like for dinner?"
Child: "Food."

These children certainly have a thriving relationship with their parents, one that encourages discussion. 

From this point on wards, I encourage you to follow with me as we dive into the depths of discussion; about the meaning of 'stuff'. Well, sit back and enjoy scrolling as I try to unravel what my brain is eager to share. 

This term is highly relevant to me as well as this blog as the 'desirable products' which I share with you, are 'stuff'. Well done Nathan. This understanding of the word brings us even closer into understanding my meaning of the word. 

Stuff: a tangible object / material which promotes desire and lust due to the immense joy and satisfaction which it provides due to its specific function, appearance or taste in some cases. 

Take that in. 

Therefore, my interpretation of the word positions itself perfectly within the context of my life as well as this blog. The basis of this blog is then relied on 'stuff'. Still being a general term, let's attempt to break down its generalization.   

The term could refer to an extensive range of categories. When thinking of it in the context which I have mentioned above, perhaps things such as physical objects such as a toaster, a camera or a book. Connotations of the word are associated with anything that we can see. Not so much nature though. Nature's an exception. God indented it that way. So that we can appreciate it more. (let's get back on the band wagon)

In my interpretation of the word, 'stuff', carries with it the burden of "I want this object more than I need it", which makes 'stuff' a luxury rather than a necessity. May I reiterate an even closer connection to the term and to this blog. However, the ability to separate the explanations which are clumped together under the umbrella of 'stuff' is harder than I thought. Nevertheless we will attempt to unravel it!

Imagine a spider-gram hovering in the air opposite you. Place the word 'stuff' in the air opposite you. Draw two lines coming out of the word. The lines represent the introduction of the subcategories which this term covers. The two lines represent: tangible objects and psychological lusts. Now stop right there because I have taken the liberty of showing you what I mean. 

  

So that's how my brain works. Completely random. But structured. I wish it would come in handy during studying.

Back to the additional connotations of the term. Since it's a luxury, emotions of lust and attraction are heavily evident it any objects regarded is 'stuff'. It's pretty easy to understand that because cameras, clothing and anything that will pointlessly uplift your life is generally sort after by a large group of people. 

May I remind you of the website This Is Why I'm Broke . com, a prime (although extreme) example of pointless stuff which people want more than anything in the world. 

Let me conclude before this rant's structure completely unravels.

I will end off by saying that this explanation of 'stuff' completely fits in with the notion of this blog. It was meant to. Oops. 



Cheerio Bumbleheads

PS
Remember to check out my new tumblr. It's riveting.   

ITS TUMBLR TIME

The dpl is officially on tumblr. Yay. 

http://www.thedpl.tumblr.com/

Get following my little ferrets. You won't be sorry. 

With the launch of this blog's tumblr form, I will now have two pages to monitor. However (I have lost count of how many times I've used that word today #examsftw) this blog will be the main priority. 

GET AMPED. 

Hahah, I don't even know if I'm talking to anybody. 

Well, I'm excited. 

Stormy Weather

The most ideal time to move into a new house, to continuously travel outside and then in in order to get all that furniture in efficiently is best done during thunder and lightening 

It's time to blast those tunes and open a bazillion tabs of websites to distract you from outside's schizophrenic show. Yes, an electric storm has hit Cape Town and I sit alone in my house trying to be distracted by the internet instead of enduring the conclusion of mother natures menstrual cycle. 

A young couple have just moved into the house opposite mine and seem to be pretty happy. Their first home, first car, perhaps child, shared furniture... I can understand why it's very special. They have some pretty nice furniture. Then it struck me. A quick and easy list of things for that first night in your new surroundings. A sort of emergency kit. 

So here comes a completely unknown internet figure to save the day! I hope you know that I'm purely doing this for my entertainment. Honest. 

Sit back and relax. I've got you covered for that first daunting night. 

Some Explaining:

1. Top left

Yes those are plasters because you will be encountering cuts and grazes from transporting and unpacking laborious boxes and prodding yourself with the stanley knife displayed in the top left.   






2. Food

•    Biltong

•    Peanut Butter

•    Take out sushi

The first item for your grocery cupboard plus the two best things in the world. I'm assuming that you want an explanation for what 'biltong' is; it's legitimately dried meat coated in spices and sold for a lot of money, nothing else. It's a South African thing I guess. Dates back to the time of old Dutch people participating in our history. Once encountered, you will get hooked on it. Believe me. 


3. Lush Ultrablast Toothey Tabs

They may be immensely convenient, but taste vile. They supposedly are the equivalent to brushing you teeth. However, I'd rather, although don't want to, waste the time brushing them. But on a night where your possessions have been added to a cocktail shaker and shaken once of twice, it's not a bad alternative. 

4. The Mysterious Suitcase 

A ghost hunting kit. Honest. You're in new surroundings. Unfamiliar territory. You don't know what could be around the corner. The first night of living in a new house is always a tad scary and I say this with complete confidence. It's taken me 9 houses to find that out. You never sleep well because you need time to adjust. But couples in their first home together probably be preoccupied... 

5. A plant: Responsibility needs to start somewhere

The two of you are on your own now. Baby steps towards achieving actual baby steps are key in establishing effective methods for taking care of your future child. Therefore, why not start with a plant? Slowly kick it up a notch with a goldfish, then a hamster, get bigger and bigger until you can buy a baby (or make one, your choice).


Hope this is helpful.


Cheerio Bumbleheads

Personal Hygine | Because You're Probably Dirty

(certain) TOILETRIES MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND

Maybe it's the packaging. Maybe it's the fact that I suck at retaining emotion for my love of a product. I know for a fact that it's not the fact that I'm a neat freak, because I'm not. 

Yip, it's probably the packaging. 

I dig toiletries. 

Eradicate the stereotype that only girls obsess with hygiene. Make-up, yes, is a female obsession (and to the occasional inquisitive male) but the habits of personal hygiene are deeply spread between the sexes. I myself do not exactly obsess over hygiene. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy feeling clean and cannot end the day without a shower, but I don't obsess over it. However I do enjoy trying out various products to help me feel clean, because that is a fantastic sensation. 

That's where this post comes in; various toiletries that I like. Call me the Zoella men's addition. 

I dig shops such as Lush and Boots and consider my journey into those stores to be pretty manly. I'm pretty sure girls like this? 

The following products I have actually used. Finally, something Nathan has actually used rather than perving over it's picture online, with his mouth drooling and eyes wide. This is an actual first-hand source of information. 

Call it a review? 

I don't know. 

If you can't see:

LUSH Party On shower jelly

LUSH Dirty shaving cream

LUSH Ocean Salt face and body scrub

Try these out, male or female. I highly encourage that you do. 

Cheerio Bumbleheads

The Ideal Gym Bag

Hand-picked items in order to create an expensive, desirable fitness package that activates envy and attraction

Good day my friends! 

I have thought about this idea for a while now and have contemplated what items I will include, and I think I have provided you, the readers, with some pretty snazzy products. 

Mostly because I've been missing the gym so much, I find it entertaining to troll the interweb in search of fitness items. Mainly to put to use right here. Right Now.
I really do enjoy going to the gym, despite the smell of chlorine and the constant hum of people panting and occasionally groaning as their trainers push them over the edge. Feeling active and fit is a good sensation. It makes you realize that you're doing something that will benefit your body in the future... Until you get kicked out of the gym because one of your relatives didn't pay their fee that month, and you happened to be attached to their account. Thanks mom. 

Hectic competition between people at the gym is definitely prominent; fitness wise and product wise. When I say product wise I mean their phone, music player, clothing, shoes and whatever else they've brought with them to indicate they're among higher feudal levels than you.

It does feel good to buy and own things (materialism for the win). Therefore why not show the world what you've got. With humility of course. These gym items selected, are a range of things I stumbled across while trolling around. Things I like obviously.  

Due to the immense fun I had while pairing the items together. I have taken the liberty of including 2 categories of each package: Sophisticated/Pompous and Funky/Subtle Wealth.

1. Sophisticated/Pompous: the visibility of their wealth and class is evident. 
2. Funky/Subtle Wealth: their desirable products are less rigid and formal as category 1. Perhaps more or a mass-appeal is present.

Disclaimer: I'm certainly going to hell, encouraging materialism and external rather than internal improvement goes against almost all the manifestos of most religions. Please remember that none of this is actually meant to influence your life. It's more of a quirky way of enlightening your minds about current products.

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1. Funky/Subtle Wealth
2. Sophisticated/Pompous

So there we go. That was Über fun to make. 


Cheerio Bumbleheads