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To assume Vanity Fair magazine is strictly a women's magazine indicates a certain level of ignorance and naivety - that of which I would not be proud. A quick browse through the magazine will certainly produce women's advertisements, but on closer inspection one will find the odd men's fashion or car ad. Vanity Fair magazine has always been in my top three magazines in the world list and consistently produces a level of journalism, class and insight that has earned it global acclaim for many years. Certainly a million leagues ahead of our local South African magazines which consistently produce articles that can only be compared to my Afrikaans language oral I repeated every year at school - the one about my pet goldfish. By matric I didn't have to say it any more, my Afrikaans teacher just gave me the class average. Dankie Meneer. Vanity Fair shares Seth's top places with the likes of Wallpaper Magazine and Esquire (again, to assume Wallpaper is strictly an architecture / interiors magazine shows a good dose of close mindedness). Not that one should be ashamed of reading women's mags - nay, on the contrary, I have always found that a browse through the Cosmo's of the world has produced some valuable insight into the workings of the fairer sex. Knowledge of the the new Burberry check or Revlon's new colorstay lipstick can be very useful when putting an angel at ease. Asking a girl if she has any Elizabeth Arden '8 hour cream' instead of 'lip-balm' will always help making in-roads. Referring to an 'ex-girlfriend' after a statement like this is encouraged - thus eradicate any gay suspicions (not that I have a problem with gay people, some of my best friends take it up the arse).

On the subject, dinner with The London DJ has produced a new saying that I would like to market. When one is very impressed with something or someone, one is "gay" for it. Let's use it in a sentence. For example if you're very keen for pizza.

"I am so GAY for pizza right now".

Or if you feel like going to the beach - "I am so GAY for the beach right now".

It's brilliant - use it.

So the main reason why I mentioned Vanity Fair is two-fold. Firstly I wanted to say that a quick jog over to the Vanity Fair website allows international clients (including South Africa) to subscribe to the magazine for R240 a year. Now bearing in mind that this magazine normally costs R135 PER MONTH at Exclusive books as an import, this is QUITE a saving. I'll go even further and say that this allows you to have Vanity Fair delivered to your door for LESS than what it would cost you to buy the SA GQ magazine off the shelves every month for a year. I'll let that sink in.

The second reason why I wanted to talk about Vanity Fair was because their latest issue over here (Hilary Wank on the cover) has (besides a brilliant article about how surfing took off in 1950's America with names like Miki Dora) an article on a 9/11 conspiracy theory. Having recently been in New York I am becoming more and more perturbed about the 9/11 case. I am also more and more concerned about the New York cops and firemen who we will have to chat about in another article because they are, quite simply, in another world. Now, being an avid VF reader I can promise you that conspiracy theories are NOT something that they would EVER publish. For them to consider something like a 9/11 conspiracy theory, it would have to be pretty concrete stuff. And I tell you what - it is! So much so that I am now prepared to hand it over to you. The article talks about a new video that is going around the intraweb. Some kids in the States have made a video to do with the 9/11 disaster. They use actual news footage and clean cut facts which raise some solid questions which need to be answered. The video (called "Loose change") is just over an hour long and can be viewed at www.loosechange911.com. Check it out - it's incredible stuff.

As we enter into the last couple of days of the 2006 Strengthening Ties Tour, we allow a brief moment to reflect. We think back to special moments. My time in DC was brilliant. The PR Guy made good on his promise to give Washington a good spanking. We certainly did. Again I found a city whose inhabitants don't believe a word that their president says. Funny how these educated states all seem to agree.

London has been swell with a helluva heavy night on friday night which saw us drinking Dom on the house at Kaberet (merci Steve) and leaving at an obscene hour. The Australian Popstar was loads of fun and we certainly didn't mind sharing our table with her crew. The Interiors Guy was astounding that night.

I thoroughloy enjoyed the Mercedes Benz motorcade that took us to the box at the new Arsenal Emirates stadium to watch the Bergkamp Testimonial which, apart from the Arsenal and Ajaz sides, had a list of football legends playing including Viera, Henry, Ian Wright and more. Big thanks goes to The Ambro Guy and The Centre.

I think that will have to do for now. Obviously the article creation rate will increase once I return on Thursday. I will use this time to pray to God that someone in South Africa brings the Love Island series over the South Africa.

Much love.

Seth Rotherham
Editor
2oceansvibe.com
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