Cape Town, My City.

My baby

Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins once sang, ‘Today is the greatest, day I ever knew.’ And yes, today is that day for your humble narrator. I ordered a monster 23 inch Samsung LCD monitor for a price that is too good to print in this blog. You live in Cape Town your whole life, with an auspicious fortune always within your grasp. You would never imagine that a man, such as I with a modest salary could snag such a beast. But snare it I did. The resolution and clarity is second to none. Previously unseen images, blurred by the soft pixilation of a TV set are now as clear as Lion’s Head on an autumn morning. I installed a 2.1 speaker system to boot; this has taken my gaming into an unheard of stratosphere.

My colleague, who I so dearly call AB, will usually write about viticulture or her experiences in the many restaurants in Cape Town. I am a gamer; my pen is dedicated to the fine arts of the pixel Eden which I inhabit. Miss Sunshine, my girlfriend, has tried her hardest to embrace my hobby and she does so admirably, joining in on many a session. It was a childhood comfort that I have now nurtured into a full blown obsession thanks to my monetary achievements. Sometimes, the outside world becomes a dull blur of shapes as my screen captivates the whole of my attention.

Each one of us has our individual loves. A human being without an obsession is but a hollow shell of a person, akin to a snail’s cove minus the slimy inhabitant. I enjoy shopping, as Cape Town thankfully has a multitude of malls and boutiques to ensnare even the hardiest of anti-shoppers. And I love the outdoors, with the sound of the wind whistling through pine needles and the soft chirrup of crickets being an auditory favourite of mine. Food, friends, music and so on, I strive to diversify my life to the tenth degree. Take a hobby; obsess over it if you will. Do not forget to open the window every now and then to see how the world turns. The gaming calls me away from my writing now. Enjoy your weekend.