Hi, I'm Ricki.

Hi. My name is Ricki. Well, actually, Riccardo-Mario. But my friends call me Cadillac. My mother is Italian and my father is Swiss. Ciao, Hoi!

At the moment, I have eleven dogs, a cat called Ross, a cockatoo and two devil birds. I live at home with my parents.

I have an amazing girlfriend named Indianna. She listens to indie music, loves to paint and is terrified of bum sharks… I love her very much. I also have a brother called Fabio. He has our grandmothers name tattooed on his arm.

I love all of my friends, I couldn’t ask for better ones. We have the most fun when we play Pro Evo soccer on Xbox and things get tense. It once made me punch my friend Ray. Sorry dude.

I play in a metal band called Facing the Gallows. My dad doesn’t really like it but my mom just knows I’m having fun, so that’s okay. I also play in an Afrikaans band called Die Hiernamaals, which means “the afterlife”, but not in the dark and evil kind of way. I’m still working on being a real rock star though.

I’ve been playing guitar for just over ten years now. And I don’t ever see myself stopping. I enjoy writing about things. I run a blog that I don’t update as much as I’d like to, but whenever I do, I like to make it somewhat entertaining. After all, I’m writing down my thoughts, so if people are going to read them, I need to write them in a way that they can relate to.

I drive a 1992 VW Fox, which I call “The Arctic Fox”, because it’s white and, well… cool. To be honest, I think it’s a bit too small for me. But if I could fit its boot onto any other car, I would. It’s huge! It fits my guitar amp, cab, 2 guitars, a bag, my binnet up front, what more could a man ask for?

I enjoy staying up late watching documentaries. I’ve learnt the most amazing things from them, like how steel wool is made…ask me. I also love watching movies that make me think. And I always pick up hidden messages in the sets and scenes, I love spotting continuity fuck ups.

It is a fact that I change my facebook status more than any of my other friends. But they all start conversations, so it can’t be that bad, right?

I’m more scared of parktown prawns than anything else.

When I was in high school, I played waterpolo for Gauteng. I was in really good shape back then. Now I just keep telling myself that I must start again, I just never do. I still wear the red Speedo.

I think we should be allowed to have naps from 12 to 3 every day like they do in Europe. I think everyone would be less stressed and less tired if we did. I could eat pizza everyday. Literally.

Being half Italian, I make awesome pasta, even if I don’t really know what I’m doing, I have Jamie’s tenacity and Ramsay’s foul mouth. I’m a coffee kind of guy. I drink tea most of the time though. I don’t get it either. My favorite cereal is and always will be strawberry pops. I used to love chomps, but I once ate a whole packet of the small ones, but I got really sick, and now I can’t stand the sight of one.

When I was younger, I was walking with a broken umbrella stick, and I tripped. When I landed, the stick stabbed me just behind my right ear. If it were half a centimeter left or right, I may have died. Now I just have a circular scar behind me ear.

I’m a cat person.

I also tend to get naked a lot… There’s always that one naked guy. That’s me! But most of the time, after a few minutes, everyone else joins me. Some of my friends’ moms have seen my naked. I think they were pretty impressed.

I feel really sorry for Stephen Hawking, I think he really would have liked to dance on the “boomdiada” song on discovery channel…

I enjoy rain, especially when it’s that constant light rain. It does make my hair frizzy though.

So far, that’s me… Over time you will learn more. If you like what you see, then be my friend! Why not?