{"id":201,"date":"2005-01-13T05:29:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-13T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=201"},"modified":"2005-01-13T05:29:00","modified_gmt":"2005-01-13T11:29:00","slug":"mugg-bean-killarney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/mugg-bean-killarney\/","title":{"rendered":"Mugg &amp; Bean, Killarney"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thursday, January 13, 2005<\/h2>\n<p><i>Service: * * * 1\/2<br \/>\n<br \/>      Food: * * * *<br \/>\n<br \/>      Ambience: * * *<br \/>\n<br \/>      Babe Count: * *<\/i>       <\/p>\n<p>Sitting here reading through a goal setting book called MAP 4 LIFE,       which I&#8217;ve just bought on my bloated credit card. One of the sections is       about managing your money. What money??? Heheheheh. I love my overdraft,       don&#8217;t I? Pity I&#8217;m right near the edge of it.       <\/p>\n<p>At the next table, five teenage-looking boys and a sizzling redhead       girl are talking loudly about living their art. The loudest guy there has       long hair and a t-shirt that says &#8220;Hungover&#8221;.       <\/p>\n<p>He says, &#8220;I&#8217;m recording my demo tomorrow. In a REAL studio. A REAL       fuckin&#8217; studio, broe! Where fuckin&#8217; real musos go! I dunno who&#8217;s recorded       there, but it&#8217;s the big okes. I&#8217;m telling you!&#8221;       <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in the very last days of my gig directing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.go-opensource.org\/go_open\/\">GO_OPEN<\/a>,       the tv series delving into the open source movement. I&#8217;ve been on a long       break since the end of the year, and today was my first day back at the       edit suite. It was very good fun. Great to see Riaan again. And we&#8217;re       editing a story I did on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hartrao.ac.za\/\">Hartebeeshoek       Radio Astronomy Observatory<\/a>. Brand Jordaan, our cameraperson, is an       amateur astronomer himself, and the footage he&#8217;s shot is mouthwatering.<\/p>\n<p>I       haven&#8217;t been idle during my break. I&#8217;ve been looking into lining up       various other projects. But I fear the end of the month will be somewhat       bleak. Might have to sell some unit trusts. Eeeek. But hey. That&#8217;s what       they&#8217;re here for.<\/p>\n<p>This year, I want to start building real financial       wealth.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a wealth of other wealth&#8230; lots of art on my walls,       tons of books, litres of music.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got lots of potential polyamorous       girlfriends that I&#8217;m slowly getting to know, so my heart is brimming.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m       making loads of my own art, and my friends are making art of their own       too, so that&#8217;s abundant.<\/p>\n<p>Spiritually, I&#8217;m preparing to answer my       shamanic calling, whatever that might be. I&#8217;m feeling it pressing down on       me. (All the books I have on the topic talk of shamans being called       kicking and screaming.)<\/p>\n<p>And before me, the supper Precious has just       brought. I&#8217;ve opted for the South African breakfast, and she&#8217;s been kind       enough to leave out the mushrooms and give me bacon instead. The corn       fritter is delicious.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping the rock star will break out in song,       but they&#8217;ve moved onto a new topic. &#8220;Monash University is much better       than Wits, broe, trust me!&#8221;       <\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/snipurl.com\/visualfacilitator\">visual facilitator<\/a>. 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