Brett “Fish” Anderson's Blog, page 34
March 28, 2015
to them who have ears
to the ones who feel like they’re constantly defending please won’t you stop for a second and help me on this shine some clarity on the situation because i really don’t understand what it is about this that makes you not want to listen please help me recognise what it is that keeps you from […]
March 27, 2015
a response to my poem ‘i not me’
My friend Avuyile, wrote a response to my poem, ‘i not me’, that i posted earlier today and i felt that it deserved it’s own space here on the blog and Avuyile gave me permission. i hope each one of us will take time to really listen to these words… I am meek, for in […]
pome: i not me
i am lucky because your english tongue finds itself unable to navigate it’s awkward self around the intricacies of my given name = = = i am patience because you are impatient with the repetition that is needed for you to master my moniker and so instead you choose your own one that works for you = […]
One person who gives me hope in South Africa is: Jason Woolf [c/o David Jacobs]
One of the greatest problems in South Africa when you are privileged is you sometimes see poverty as an annoyance. You are sitting down in a restaurant on a Friday night and all of a sudden a group of kids come out doing an local African dance then touting you and tourists for money. And […]
March 26, 2015
Chasing LOL – part I
So by now, if you know me, you know that i don’t really believe LOL is a thing. Apart from someone in my close family who actually thought it meant ‘Lots Of Love’ and actually [true story] sent it to a friend via text who had just lost a family member, as in: i heard […]
March 25, 2015
the sounds of [book-reading] silence
Three Cape Town launches done and dusted [what does that even mean, why would you dust an event?] A decent amount of books bought. Many people uttering phrases like “This kind of book is so important”, “I can’t wait to read this”, and “We really needed this.” And then… Crickets… well first there was the […]
Launching a book without knowing where it lands
Originally posted on The Tangled Pretzel:
Last night I went to my first book launch. I managed to throw it quite far. I like that one. But, silly joke aside. No, it was not the launch of my first book, but the first time I have attended the launch of someone else’s book. Just so…
Last night I went to my first book launch. I managed to throw it quite far. I like that one. But, silly joke aside. No, it was not the launch of my first book, but the first time I have attended the launch of someone else’s book. Just so…
A visual book launch – pictures from Digteby Estate, Vlottenberg – launch 3
So not the worst place to host a winelands side book launch then? Last night was the third of the Cape Town book launches and we were treated to a very special evening hosted by my friends Anel and Johan de Villiers at the clubhouse of the Digteby Estate in Vlottenberg, just outside of Stellenbosch. […]
March 24, 2015
Stick your IFs in your BUTs
Another World Cup, another sad day for South Africa. But a happy day for New Zealand who did outplay us in a tight match and after 8 semi-finals make their first one, so maybe this means a little bit more to them. At least we won’t be labelled with the ‘Choker’ moniker except by shtupidheads […]
March 22, 2015
the busy samaritan… [aka When church becomes churching]
i was online this morning trying to find the time and location of the Assemblies of God church i had heard about in Southfield… Suddenly my search was interrupted by a phone call from someone i don’t know who was facing a bit of a crisis [her son who is in South Africa has recently […]
