South Africans are so hot right now.
(Well actually, at the moment if you're in South Africa you're likely to be ass-clenchingly freezing, but anyway.)
I fear we're the next hot foreign thing, like the world's love affair with Brazil after City of God, very personal waxing, a bikini design that lets it all hang out and the event that is Giselle.
It may be a few years since Charlize clasped that little gold figurine in her Benoni-paw, but in the meantime the country's slowly inching its way – sidling, if you will – onto the world stage.
What got me thinking about this this morning was the surprising success in the States of the all-South African cast, all-South African crew, all-South African concept movie release District Nine. Yay for a full SA cast ... no more half-Aussie-half-Austrian-fully-non-South African accents to endure (sorry Mister DiCaprio, you're lovely, you are, but you sound like a retard).
Oh wait, I just remembered the soon-to-be-released Invictus. Matt Damon, please don't let me down.
Anyway, with 'South Africa' being thrown around by TV CIA agents and pop singers more and more frequently, I worry that we're the next new thing. Sure it'd be great for tourism, raising the country's international profile etcetera etcetera, but the next new thing eventually becomes so five minutes ago. I don't want to be last season based purely on my nationality, do you?
Of course, a coworker's friend at a medical conference in the States was recently asked by an incredulous American, 'South Africa? But you speak English! How did you learn it?' – so maybe we're still underground cool, which is so the best kind to be.
5 Posts in a row and no comments? You have a lovely site! It looks so good! Im visiting you and copying and pasting a post off my site. You can delete it if you want to. Its meant in good spirit.. I believe it holds some keys. It has certainly worked for me... and has helped my blogging. Hope to meet in bloggy land. Steve
ReplyDelete"We have some of the most beautiful girls in the world in South Africa. Do you recognise this stunner in Levis? Do you? Yes.. Its a photo of Charleze Theron looking so good in jeans..
But what about our South African Girly Bloggers...? Where are they..?
Do they exist..?
And if they exist, do they only blog about coffee, cake, cookies, fudge and koeksusters..? :-)
Do they know that "blog" is a noun, and that "blogging" is a verb..?
I have come across many fudgy sweet bloggy sites, written by our local lasses, and it is clear that these sites sit merrily in cyber space.. Doing nothing!
"The secret dear friend is visiting and commenting! This will make your site come alive!"
So we ask the questions again.. Why are the South African Bloggy Girls so quiet..?
And why do I ask these questions dear reader..?
The reason is simple.. I am able to blog and comment with bloggers world wide.. my blogging seems ok.. attracting lovely traffic and comments..
Yet I seem unable to attract South African Girly Bloggers to comment at The Levi Store..
Is it because they do not enjoy wearing Levis..?
Is it because they are too shy..?
Or are they too busy making koeksusters and tea...?
A question deserves an answer..
Lets hear from you girls!"