Frequently Asked Questions

Filth-man answers questions. These are the type of questions I've been getting through the the phone, email, and actual comversation. If you have more, please ask, through either of these methods, or the handy "comment" option on this blog.

Q: Should I read this?
A: Yes, but you should read about hell first. Just scroll down a bit.

Q: What work are you doing, Filth-Man?
A: I am working with the Cape Flats YMCA 4 days a week. Mondays and Thursdays is prison work and after-school programming, tuesdays and wednesdays is high schools. In all places I will be teaching "life skills" which involves topics such as dealing with peer pressure, drug abuse resisance, STI and AIDS avoidance training, teen sexuality, gangsterism, and so on.

Q: Where are you staying?
A: In Kryfontein with Pastor BR and family.

Q: How is your wrestling going?
A: I will be training with a Durbanville club 5 days a week. Our first tournament is a month from now. I handled myself well in the first practice back (somehow my body has remembered how to scramble and my lungs did not explode). I will get to wrestle the 84 kg African champ as soon as a cut on his face heals. (Update: we wrestled in practice today... the guy's very tough. Everyone's beatable, of course, but he wrestles smart and moves very quickly, a tough combination.

Q: What is your transport situation?
A: I am renting an Uno Pacer (small car) from the Pastor and family for the duration of my stay. It still needs to get properly licenced and if that craps out for some reason, all my plans may change.

Q; How's the large fish quest?
A: No fishing yet, but the YMCA director will teach me how to surf cast soon. The beaches are pretty shark infested (people go right on swimming though) so maybe I'll hook into one of those!