The Sharmanator

A wise man once told me that when you hit 28, it becomes increasingly difficult to stay fit. At the time, I was in peak physical condition and the envy of 79.5% of all actors in the Greater Hollywood Metropol. I pooh-poohed this prophecy.

Fast forward to 28. Great chafed balls of fire am I unfit. Even with the appeal of new treadmills at Virgin Active – the ones with the little paddles on the side, like on the steering wheel of a super car – making time to exercise is tough. Yoh!

But my competitive, stubborn, inner child now has a target to get his ass back into a formidable shape. Struggling to run 2kms on February 22 in 10 minutes —> Completing a 10k in any amount of time on March 21, 2012. This is Nike’s #RunJozi

www.runjozi.com

Landmarks that you pass along the way:

Old JSE
Luthuli House
City Hall
Carlton Centre
The Rea Vaya and BRT Bus route
Jeppe Police Station
Stand Bank Arena
Ellis Park
Ponte

Joubert Park
Hillbrow
Constitutional Hill
Civic Centre
Johannesburg Train Station
Mary Fitzgerald Square
Market Theatre
African Museum

Imagine all the instagram pics you can capture along the route? Hit up runjozi.com to find out more info.

It’s all good. In the Jozi hood!

Here is some more flesh. And my serious side…

What? You haven’t bought your copy yet? Get your lazy ass off to the Engen garage at your lunch break. You won’t be disappointed. You’ll get at least a half a lazy. Guaranteed.

Mwah

Whilst perusing the interwebs this morning, I began to see some people complaining that Winter is on its way. I think this is rubbish, but I have stumbled upon the must-have accessory for the season and you heard it here first.

Introducing the *Beanstache.

Incredible, innit. That’s the famous Drew Wiza, setting trends by the second.

Have a rockin’ week my pretties…

*Sharfashion lingo right there!

Marie Claire SA is the bombdiggety. They have an annual Naked Issue for a good cause, where they invite a group of Saffricans to Rock/Jam Out With Your Cock/Clam out. This year’s beneficiary of the campaign is the SA Burn Foundation

Below is the teaser video for the magazine that hits shelves across the country on Monday 20 February. The 2012 edition features the likes of Jack Parow, Locnville, Francois Hougaard, Lonehill Estate, Trevor Gumbi, Shadowclub,Dave Levinsohn, Joey Rasdien, Tumi Morake, Kim Schulze and yours truly to name a few.

Go out and buy it. Do it. And follow the Burn Foundation on twitter to learn more about the great work that they are involved in here

Ya, look, working in digital ain’t always glamourous – sometimes you have to fly down to Yo Mamma City on the red-eye flight and escort 6 *dancers around town – most of whom have shaken a tail feather or two for the Bulls, IPL, or a ludicrously wealthy Saudi sheik.

With just under a week to go until you find out whether or not you have made it to the #5GumExperience and exactly two weeks until Two Door Cinema Club tears it up in an undisclosed location in Joziwood, we wanted to spread some TDCC love through the streets and offices of CT…

*This was shot off the guyPhone so the dancers appear to be oversized midgets at times, but keep an eye out for the stills for their true beauty – sorry ladies!

Best you shake your tail feather over to the 5 Gum SA fanpage over here, lest you miss out on arguably the best gig of the year. JHB – March 2 ; CPT – March 3.

Head for the hills, nekkid. It’s weekend time my pretties!

Did you know that humans blah blah blah blah, ramble on, and spew out, on average 5000 words per day?  We do the nasty, bump uglies, or make love 120 million times a day? Or that right-handed people live, on average, nineyears longer than lefties? And as tough or hardcore as we like to think we are we are the only animals that produce emotional tears – crybabies!

Human beings be crazy.

Nothing sums up our idiosyncrasies better than BBC Knowledge’s epic new Human Season, which happens on Tues and Wed nights DSTV at 9pm on 251/

To mark the launch, the channel erected – delayed Valentine’s pun intended – a 22m long sculpture in Sandton Square this weekend, emblazoned with ice copy  “In the Sahara your body loses 1L of water an hour”, as the day went on the ice obviously melted.

The guys who brought us the epicness of Braai Day – Derick Watts and the Sunday Blues – here, have produced a series of Good Ideas and Bad Ideas for this V-Day!

Be sure to take note of the good ideas, fellas. You don’t want to make any wrong moves and have your lovely lady mauled by a bear, innit?

Beware of the V-D this V-Day.

Don’t be silly – put a featherlite condom on your willy

We’ve seen some special parodies of Rebecca Black, especially with Braai Day here. Now, in time for Valentine’s Day, another group of South African artistes – The Rooftop Team – enters the fray with Naai Day.

I like. Sexy time! Enjoy your weekend pumpkins

Thanks Lawson!

5 Gum is bringing Two Door Cinema Club to South Africa – 2 March at a down low venue in Joziwood, followed by a gig at a secret location in Yo Mamma City, March 3.

You can’t buy tickets, you can only stand a chance to win them. More details will follow next week, but in the meantime, learn the below dance routine – you will need it.

Also, fan 5 Gum on Faceballs here so you can get the down lizzo on what is likely to be the best event of the year. Only 8,000 of you will be awarded a ticket to either JHB or CT. It’s going to be an intimate gig. Like you can touch the band. And each other…

Yip. Totes touching myself!

This is the official teaser of Alexander Wang’s Spring 2012 collection, starring Yo-Landi and Ninja

Hang out with your Alexander Wang out, is what I always say.