On Wednesday's We Wear Pink! Happy 10th Anniversary Mean Girls!

10 Years later and "fetch" still hasn't happened, so maybe Regina had a point? This movie pretty much dictated how one of my best friends "bullied" us for our entire high school careers. (And then later would entertain us with renditions of Kevin G's rap.) Thank you Tavia for beklemtooning (I can't think of the English word right now) the importance of judging people & using humour to face "problems" in life & love. And to the group I nicknamed "the Plastics" I'm so glad you b*tches turned out alright in the end. :)

Since 2004 Tina Fey has been added to my "if I could invite anyone to dinner" along with Alex Ferguson, Freddie Mercury, JK Rowling, Nelson Mandela, Christian Bale & Jerry Bruckheimer.

Here are my favourite quotes, scenes & gifs from the "groolest" movie ever!!!

The Jarrydification of Romance Movies: Why I'm forced to cry during comedies now

I managed to hide the tears threatening to fall down my cheeks as we watched "Last Vegas" last weekend. Yes, it was a comedy, but old people losing the one love of their life after 40 years together? Depressing! Think Ellie in Up. Or Hachiko. Still not sad? Do you even have emotions?

Anyway, it was during this that I realised what the problem with Romance movies are. In real life you'll never love people the same formulaic way they depict on the big screen. It is absolutely impossible, but in Hollywood the formula rarely changes, unless of course you're the exception, which can eventually become a cliche too. It's a vicious cycle and always leads to ridiculous expectations of grand gestures & stadium proposals with flash mobs. Or worse, "Forever Alone" feminists reeking of desparation waiting for Ryan Gosling / Channing Tatum / insert stereotypical movie hottie.

Life is too short to live on the hope that something amazing will happen. Recognize the amazing in the everyday. It takes guts to be your absolute self in front of someone and it's the best feeling when you can laugh with them everyday.

A colleague once told me something she told her husband, "as long as you make me laugh I'll love you," Words to live by I say!

Movies that realistically depict love:

1) He's Just Not That Into You

2) Juno

3) PS) I Love You

 4) 500 Days of Summer

 5) The Break Up

Romance Movies I've Managed to get Jarryd to watch:

1) 50 First Dates (cos he forgets we've watched it before)
2) Runaway Bride (Probably cos he thought it sounded sporty)
3) Fast & Furious Franchise (Cos in between the love for cars, there's ultimately a love story)
4) Nemo (a father's love for his son is an unbreakable bond)
5) Mean Girls (cos who doesn't love Mean Girls)

The Ones that are absolutely banned from the viewing list:

1) Anything slightly related to Nicholas Sparks.

I don't mind the movie choice debates though, they're part of the little things that make me laugh everyday <3

I'm Not Racist But... 20 things South Africans need to stop doing or need get over immediately!

20 Years after our first democratic election and South Africa has come a long, long way but in many aspects the road is still a long walk to where we need to be. I'm not just talking about race relations, although that's probably where all our problems start. I'm talking about those annoying habits we as a nation share.

1) Staring at mixed-race couples or adopted children. Gawking, actually.

2) Having to put "race" on forms... "Human" should be acceptable.

3) Being subjected to unfair "equality" plans... B.E.E & quotas. No wonder our sports teams do so well, oh wait... cough. CHOKE.

4) "He's *****, but he's clever & speaks English / Afrikaans well" RACIST!

5) Referring to a race group as "them".

6) Following lame trends. Take that dirty old rags off your side mirrors and your stick family looks nothing like your obese, inactive selves.

7) Saying things such as "I'm not racist, but *insert most racist thing you can ever say*".

8) Thinking you're a celebrity on the level of Madiba, therefore you have the right to be a pretentious snob. No-one cares about your daily "OOTD", how many times you have to fly from CT to PE, when you're checking in "at bed" and now you have a Youtube channel with your whining on it? Gosh, are you sure you're not an illegitimate Kardashian child?

9) Not asking the white males in the office to help move boxes or any other manual labour... Yes, THAT happened this week.

10) Going overseas for a 2 week holiday and coming back with the thickest, "foreign" accent you can muster... Waarrrraaa?? Water. Or worse, your Australian cousin comes to visit and now you're a greater Wallaby than her.

11) Supporting the All Blacks. Just leave.

12) Saying meaningless things you have no intention of seeing through: "we must braai sometime".

13) Blaming Apartheid for all that is wrong now.

14) Nobody in your office cares about Isidingo.

15) There's no prize for being the biggest douche on the road. "Pappa Wag Vir Jou"!

16) Remakes of overseas reality shows. LAME.

17) Being a wine snob. Can you even spell Sauvignon (Guess who just Googled her ass off)

18) Inventing a fake middle-name on Facebook - "Pretty Cheeks, Party Princess, No Braincells, I-Didn't-Even-Finish-Grade-9, All-I-Have-Are-My-Boobs" 

19) Supporting causes with grand social media vigour but not actively checking your boobs or prostrate or donating ACTUAL money to research for cures. Fat lot of good you not using buckets of MAC did for those suffering, and your moustache just makes you look like Mario or Luigi - The PERV edition.

20) THAT snort. Racist? Mmm... Maybe, But you knew EXACTLY what I was talking about!