tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864462024-03-07T22:10:03.125-05:00My part of the world.......A man must be made of steel so that when the fires of life come, he emerges stronger and without defect.These are the chronicles of my time in the flames.I am the Acolyte now but will not be so for long........Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.comBlogger760125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-76852410433068641872013-10-14T15:10:00.001-04:002013-10-14T15:10:35.943-04:00Boxes.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I went to the zoo a few weeks back. I watched the whole show but part of it stuck with me. The different animal shows, where the animals performed tricks with the motivation of the whip or treats, after which they were sent back to their cages.</div>
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As a person of color it got me to thinking how we are not so different. Society puts us in boxes, when we try to break out of those boxes we get pushed back in but if we stay in our boxes; we are rewarded for not shaking the status quo. Society creates a certain image of us, sadly some of us internalize that image and help those who create that image maintain that image.</div>
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I refuse to fit in anyone's box, I choose to either live free or create my own box.........</div>
Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-25247603213937607392013-02-02T00:40:00.002-05:002013-02-02T00:40:57.625-05:00Sigh.....4 months since I last posted anything on here. I blame work, life, twitter and facebook for this blog gathering so much dust. No excuses.....<br />
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So onto random senseless things or as I call it....news you cannot use.<br />
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There is a new blackberry os and phones coming out. RIM has a long way to go to being relevant again. They are running behind IOS, Android and Windows phones. And to think that way back blackberrys were the business!!!!<br />
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I hate how American tv is based mostly on ratings, many great great programs have been killed due to this ratings bs. Im always for giving a program a chance to catch steam instead of dumping it asap like a second year chic dumped when freshers come through in Uni. Ill miss you Detroit 187, V and many others.....<br />
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I watched the new Judge Dredd movie aka Dredd and that movie was on point! Sadly the box office didnt feel the same so no sequel coming anytime soon. If I was a billionare I would finance the making of a sequel just for me.<br />
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And in other personal news.....a married chic I know has been trying to get me to hook up with her. More on that later.<br />
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Oh someone tell me that tattoo in the pic isn't on point and I'll slap you! I'm thinking of creating a similar one...<br />
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Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-52680489079178005552012-09-03T11:58:00.000-04:002012-09-03T11:58:03.257-04:00Separate And Equal....<div>
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You never realize your blackness and nationality until you come to the West. The West loves to label people and put them in boxes, maybe that's one thing that helped Obama become President as he fits more than one box. Anyway the picture above is from one of my favorite Asian stores that I shop at, in regular stores here food "ethnic" people such as myself eat has it's own section but in this store the "ethnic" people are white and European so have their own small food section.<br />
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I have often heard people grouse in the media about immigrants not integrating, when in reality they do not realize how insular society in the West is. People for the most part are comfortable among their own, which is normal, we all prefer to spend time with people we can relate to, who sound like us and who look like us. Integration for me is a byword for minorities and immigrants to jettison the things about them that mainstream doesn't like so that the mainstream can be comfortable.<br />
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It's like the case of hispanics in America, I understand the grousing about them learning how to speak english which I do agree more of them should make an effort to do.But on the other hand when people have hackles raised about pressing 1 for english when they call somewhere, I find that stupid, not all people speak english so a reasonable effort should be made to accomodate them as they integrate. People complain about immigrants living in their own hamlets but when immigrants and minorities move into neighbourhoods, one of the first things that happens is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight">white flight</a>.<br />
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Anyway I'm going to stop rambling now and go outside to integrate on this fine Labor Day Holiday....Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-75376249213600355252012-08-03T04:00:00.000-04:002012-08-03T04:00:06.974-04:00Guess Who?!<div>
No excuses by my lazy ass for not posting in eons, other than life, fb and twitter.<br />
The Olympics are here and I have to admit that I havent been paying as much attention as I can. Although I did catch that hot mess discussion that went down about Jason Dunford and bro. Peeps need to get their minds right, him being white does not make him any less Kenyan than I am esp since he is born and raised and not a transplant! Sheesh white skin causes too many issues in Africa. I have to give him props for going as far as he did.<br />
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Now onto the whole officials issue, Kenyan sports officials are notorious for using sports meets as an excuse to go gallavanting on the government tab. I had a friend when I was in school who missed going to the all African Games so that an official could go, disgusting to say the least.<br />
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Anyway it took me a while but six months back I decided to finally get out of the stone age and get a smartphone. Amazing how attached you can get to it, can't remember how I lived without all that info at my fingertips. Heck I even have a blogger app. Now to get this blog mojo back.....<br />
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So one of my fave stores Whole Foods has Crunchie!!!! Taste exactly just like home!!!!!! And yes that's whole nut up there too! #sweettooth<br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX49wcN5040AM2US_2SZBmuyiXojCxq_Rw9Gm88HriVUQKUePiks5OzMgb56pKiPyfui2niSIqkKXLJN06aAaHd54MIY2Q7lLQ5_ylfYTQpcbfTFJB9MA8bXw5U_vpMI40XjJnrw/" /></div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-22580817297547621582012-02-18T01:31:00.000-05:002012-02-18T01:31:07.471-05:00What In The World?!It's been almost 4 months since I posted?! This is inexcusable on every level! Anyway since I have now joined the smartphone era. Yes I have been rolling around with a normal phone for the longest, so I had to get to a comp to blog. But now since I have joined the new century. There is going to be lots lots more to be shared....Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-77527243210334779082011-11-29T03:30:00.000-05:002011-11-29T03:30:01.401-05:00Tuesday......Black Friday just passed me by. The funny thing is that even after all my years here in America, I have only gone out for 2 Black Fridays. In a nutshell if you are not in the know this is the time when retailers in an effort to have their accounting books be in the black rather than the red, have mega sales and bargains to shift as much as possible and maximize profits.<br />
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As my life experience has shown me, throw up the sign SALE and they come running, throw in the consumerist attitude and you end up with chaos. Among the documented incidents this year was a woman who pepper sprayed people in a store and in another store a man collapsed of a heart attack and people just walked around him so that they could get deals. Maybe it's just me but getting in the trouble with the law or walking past someone dying just to get a deal means there is something fundamentally wrong with people. Or who knows maybe it's just me expecting too much of the human race.....<br />
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Anyway the silly season is here. Bah humbug!!!! Closes door and puts up sign <b>GONE FOR THE HOLIDAYS</b>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-64988623528513699932011-10-21T07:56:00.004-04:002011-10-21T08:42:58.486-04:00Guess Who?????Damn?! 3 months since I have posted anything. I am more than ashamed of myself! I blame it all on work, facebook and twitter. <div><br /></div><div>Anyway the Occupy Wall Street is in full swing out here so Im planning on visiting my local chapter tomorrow to get some pics. At long last folk in America are growing balls and practicing civil disobedience instead of mumbling in the dark.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also came across <a href="http://chirb.it/nzsqrf">this </a>audio clip that seems to have gone down on Classic FM or some other Kenyan radio station. I have to say that Kenyan radio is off the chain, had that happened here, somebody would have been out of a job real quick and some idiot would be suing claiming they have been traumatized. You know people out here will sue over anything and everything!</div><div><br /></div><div>So another one bites the dust aka Ghaddafi or whoever you choose to spell his name. Even though the way he passed away and the parading of the pics leaves a bad taste in my mouth, I do hope the Libyan people do get a government model that works for them instead of falling into the chaos like of what is now Iraq in addition to not being screwed over by the big oil companies. No matter what people say I always believe if there was no oil in Libya, NATO and other world agencies would not have gotten involved at all! </div><div><br /></div><div>Last but not least I had some Kenyans of mine who pulled a super hood stunt. They were behind on their rent like a month or so, and instead of working something out decided to move in the middle of the night. I thought that was funny because the sad thing is that in the States they don't play when it comes to paying their rent. I can see them being sued for it and also being plastered on their credit making it hard for them to rent anywhere decent. But on the flip side with it being the recession most peoples' credit is down the toilet anyway.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now back to reality.......</div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-44692070335162455692011-07-27T01:40:00.000-04:002011-07-27T01:40:00.141-04:00Yet Another Hump Day Passes...Like most people who are music buffs, I'm saddened by the sudden yet somewhat unexpected passing of Amy Winehouse. In my opinion even though she wasn't around for a very long time, Amy Winehouse was or rather is an old soul, you could feel it in her music. It doesn't matter what anyone says but deep music comes from the soul, that is why very many singers with voices like angels are tortured by demons within. Think of all the great singers of years past ie Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Kobain, Florence Ballard etc. I guess its the same way people who are very intelligent are often borderline insane or just don't function like regular folk. I guess the artistic skill or genius burns out the body that it's in? Anyway with all those semi-metaphysical musings aside, let me share this oldie but goodie from her first album for those of you who only knew her recent work....<div><br /><div><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iVaqQe3V498" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In other news, I am suffering from tech envy. I am aware of most new gadgets and such but never rush to get them because sadly the way things work the moment you get your gadget is the same week or month it becomes obsolete as a newer, better version will be released (same goes for girlfriends - drumroll please!). That aside I have been wanting to get a tablet, forget that i-pad rubbish, I want something whose inner workings I can customize and muck around with, so an Android tablet is what I am going to go for. Sadly I have other financial issues to deal with so quite a bit of saving is in order but I shall most def keep my few remaining readers in the loop! Anyone out there who is rocking a tablet? Let me know how its working out for you! </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway it's been good blogging today, it feels cathartic almost like writing a letter full of things you wanted to say and burning it; only that this letter is out here for all to see. Here's to a great rest of the week.......</div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-8482532488067311872011-05-23T05:29:00.001-04:002011-05-23T05:29:00.116-04:00Guess Who's Back?Dear readers, rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated......<div><br /></div><div>Lord Acolyte's b-day passed with lots of pomp and circumstance even though I for one am not a fan of large birthday things at all. As blogged earlier I prefer to drink and meditate on the year past but what to do when you have a woman in your life who love to celebrate big days like that? </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway so everyone is up in arms about the whole Arnold Schwarzennegar situation. In my opinion big effing deal! I find it pathetic how public figures here esp politicians are held to puritanical standards of mortality while on the other hand the public do the very same things. I also find it kind of funny how African it is what he was up to. I'm sure of the top of the head most Kenyan dudes can think of a family where the dad slept with the housegirl and even some where he left her with a small gift. Also there is nothing new about kids out of wedlock not known about till years later or when they dad passes away, I remember that happening to some COTU dude who passed away around 10 years ago. </div><div><br /></div><div>I am in now way approving of infidelity, but I think this situ should also be a warning shot to women to be careful in regards to who they leave in close proximity to their boyfriends/husbands. As they swahili saying goes...kikulacho ki (complete for 5 marks).</div><div><br /></div><div>In other news Macho Man aka Randy Savage of WWE/WWF fame passed away in a road accident on Friday. Yes you know who he is, every Kenyan dude who has access to a tv watched wrestling at one point in time in their life. The dude had been around for a minute and credit to him he didnt die of a steroids overdose like many other wrestlers. Here's to Macho Man giving elbow drops in the hereafter.....</div><div><br /></div><div>Now back to catching up with the chaos of everyday life...........</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-84241170431590240762011-04-03T21:11:00.007-04:002011-04-03T22:12:16.281-04:00April Cometh.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWX1Ii5TcgzsG_4bWJU1kH64vEfMeoglLZU7-VsVKEUSFT8KgeBY4_vp7jak2GgCPF-zLsQS-j8cSYjb8EaDKeW4sQ7A5yB5mde1f59EaChvEvzr_84_9nLiF7MnF5p5l5FFBb3w/s1600/monday-once-again.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWX1Ii5TcgzsG_4bWJU1kH64vEfMeoglLZU7-VsVKEUSFT8KgeBY4_vp7jak2GgCPF-zLsQS-j8cSYjb8EaDKeW4sQ7A5yB5mde1f59EaChvEvzr_84_9nLiF7MnF5p5l5FFBb3w/s320/monday-once-again.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591545273489589234" border="0" /></a><br />It's been a minute and a half since I blogged, this just isn't right......<br /><br />Anyway the birthday month is here so I'm going to post a bit more than I have been posting usually. The birthday month is usually a melancholic one for me because I'm not a birthday person in the usual ways. The day for me is a best spent on meditation of the past and future. Appreciating the good fortune I have had in the past, ruing the mistakes I have made, seeing where I am versus where I should be (which isn't always a good thing). So anyway this is where a spanner is thrown in the works, you see my chic wants to go all out and is planning a fun day out for me. So obviously there is no way I am opting out of it without there being alot of drama so I just have to suck it up and go with the flow. I know I sound ungrateful but I have never been big on birthdays, what is worse is that I have never been big on gifts. Not that I dislike all gifts, I do like simple gifts like an interesting book, a gift card, a lunch treat. But the way people go all out here in the West never sits well with me, it creates a sense of obligation and one upmanship in most cases. I have known many people out here who have neglected paying bills during the holiday season so that they can get gifts for friends and family.<br /><br />The longer I live in the land of ME and MINE the more that I realize that people out here exist in life ran by wants rather than needs, of course a time comes when satisfying the wants of the past interferes with the ability to meet your needs in the future. This is supposed to be one of the most progressive countries in the World economically but when you look at the prospects for most young people here (me included) you just shake your head. By the time most people graduate college here they are carrying a ridiculous amount of debt, and with the recession higher skills are needed so of course people are going back to school to get ever more debt. The worst thing is that student loans are guaranteed to the lenders by the government, so just like taxes you will have to pay them back no matter what! The depressing thing is that even as tuition and book costs rise year after year nobody out here is protesting in the streets unlike in Britain and other European countries. Sadly like the matrix most people here are born into the system and are comfortable with it so when you try bringing it up they look at you with wide eyes like you are speaking gibberish.<br /><br />Not to say that I am immune to the system, I have to be honest and say that I spend an inordinate amount of my free time on the internet and I need to do something about it. I remember years ago doing lots of other stuff that didn't include the internet and I need to go back to that way of living and implement the good stuff I find on here in the outside world. We are all part of the system but the thing that matters is whether you are going to use it or if it is going to use you. I have made many interesting observations by watching people here and my failed attempts at trying to share my opinions and "enlightenment", please note the brackets because to most of the people I spoke to I was either talking trash or hypocrisy of the highest levels. That reminds me, I was on facebook and a chic I knew in college was getting married, in true Kenyan style she invited everyone to her church ceremony and didn't hesitate to comment, "I can't wait to become mrs". I guess the social perks and few legal perks for her are a great thing but anyway let me not get into how I have known married women looking down on their single friends, that's a post for another day.<br /><br />Here's to a great Monday............Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-59210738921499023782011-01-16T19:59:00.001-05:002011-01-17T02:12:28.230-05:00Yet Again Another Monday..........Dang how time flies! I remember it was the year 2000 the other day and now it's 2010! Last Sunday, the heavens decided to bless us with an Arctic wind that led to a snowstorm that shut down most of the city. I ended up being cooped up for 2 days. Stores ran out of fresh food and most schools and offices ended up being closed. The cars in the pic below are from the bottom of the hill of my apartment complex. People abandoned their cars down their and walked up hill rather than risk driving up hill and have their cars slide down and and into the ditch across the road. What's even more interesting that in the 2 days that the cars were their nobody thought of stealing from them, I guess their getaway cars were stuck in the snow?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kugPEnv0mXKqKR2P1EMnWjrw_82oPRM0OHq5Iinz232Xi80yh7P9sotS9REcCI0rZ2tfz13FQQ_iv5U_uRL2ESS84TLiXBIYenLNlYIIYOukEZN467cLYizpv54PMcWng4InnA/s1600/snowbound2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kugPEnv0mXKqKR2P1EMnWjrw_82oPRM0OHq5Iinz232Xi80yh7P9sotS9REcCI0rZ2tfz13FQQ_iv5U_uRL2ESS84TLiXBIYenLNlYIIYOukEZN467cLYizpv54PMcWng4InnA/s320/snowbound2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562958965399780610" /></a><br /><br />Otherwise I've been catching up with world news and just realized that the Italian PM, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-15/-ruby-never-had-sex-with-silvio-berlusconi-repubblica-says.html">Silvio Berlusconi</a> must have 9 lives or something. Scandal never seems to stick on tis dude! He puts most African leaders to shame I swear! World politics wont be the same when he retires and his scandals and foot in mouth statements are gone.<br /><div><br /></div><div>So any New Year's Resolutions out there? For some reason I need to slap myself due to the fact that I can't even remember the ones I made. But they were nothing overboard so I know I may be going in the right direction, now to find the paper I wrote them on! Anyway rule of thumb is that if you can do something for 2 weeks straight then it will become a habit!</div><div><br /></div><div>A chic pal recently adopted a dog from a shelter. I salute her commitment. Why? That's because having a pet esp a dog in America is almost like having a child, labor pains and the expensive medical stay aside. This is due to the fact that it costs quite a bit of money and takes alot of time. If you adopt a dog you are going to pay at least $200 for adoption fees, if you buy a dog you can be looking at anything from 2 times to 10 times that depending on the breed! If you live in a rental property you have to pay a pet fee that is lowest $200 - $600 per year and may come with monthly fees in some areas. If you are a good dog owner you then have to walk your dog daily and house break it so it doesn't shit all over your house, unless you live in the country few people have yards to leave their dogs in all day unlike in Kenya. Woe unto you if your dog bites someone, that is a law suit right there that might cost you a few hundred to thousands of dollars. The cost of pet care is also on its own level out here (yeah its not only humans who have healthcare issues here in the States). Try and mix that level of commitment in the break neck life out here and you have to really have a heart for it to have a pet but hey in some ways it gets you ready for parenting if you are considering it, but you know what; I think I'll get a pet rock. Less drama and they take care of themselves!</div><div><br /></div><div>Have a fun week all!!!!!</div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-52193234326350561202010-12-05T21:37:00.004-05:002010-12-05T22:51:02.137-05:00Yet Another Monday......Once again, I make my monthly appearance (I really need to do something about that).....<div><br /></div><div>Anyway Thanksgiving has come and gone, that's usually the biggest holiday here in the States. Christmas is more commercial but when it comes to offices and stores not being open, thanksgiving trumps all other holidays. There were the usual Kenyan bashes but other than one where there was free entry before midnight, I gave them all a miss. There is no way on God's green earth that I am forking out $20 to go to a club when there is nothing special going on. Sadly for the bash that went to, the crowd was sparse and the DJs Kenyan music collection was stuck in the year 2004. Anyway it was a good reminder that clubbing is just a matter of technical appearances for me.</div><div><br /></div><div>Over the years I have come to dislike the flying experience, this is not due to the flight itself but everything that comes before it. Case in point the airlines gouging you for every damn penny they can in the form of fees, other than a bag of peanuts when you fly; nothing is free with American airlines. You pay for every piece of baggage other than one carry on (and that may change), you pay to move the date of your flight (and in some cases can't), you pay if you want to check in early, you pay for earphones and the list goes on. Toss in the torturous security procedure courtesy of the <a href="www.tsa.gov">TSA</a> that now has people either being <a href="http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/tsa-meets-resistance-new-pat-down-procedures">patted down</a> like they stole something or having to walk through x-ray machines, and you have an all round fun experience. At this point, I think I'll stick to road trips, may take longer but less stress all around. If you ask me with all those changes, I do think the terrorists won....</div><div><br /></div><div>I was watching this interesting news clip about the long term effects of views and extensions and thought I would share it below. Seems beauty can come at a steep price ladies!</div><div><br /></div><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="420" height="340" id="gorillaPlayer_bosp003"><param name="swliveconnect" value="true"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage/xplayer/yo033.swf"><param name="flashvars" value="e=4bffc0037b3a3a49328d685cccfc7c21cc002973d57a44951a38fddf065f5c696a66be9b89ee2d2f0947d4e15d253124c7d296b9a2a5d695fdd446d15f64f11765e48b3d7eea9b28f0c2dd08038862a02723d09accafe3f4ff222bb8b0&width=420&height=340&pid=bosp003&autostart=false&allowscriptaccess=always&usefullscreen=true"><embed src="http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage/xplayer/yo033.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="gorillaPlayer_bosp003" width="420" height="340" allowscriptaccess="always" swliveconnect="true" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="e=4bffc0037b3a3a49328d685cccfc7c21cc002973d57a44951a38fddf065f5c696a66be9b89ee2d2f0947d4e15d253124c7d296b9a2a5d695fdd446d15f64f11765e48b3d7eea9b28f0c2dd08038862a02723d09accafe3f4ff222bb8b0&width=420&height=340&pid=bosp003&autostart=false&allowscriptaccess=always&usefullscreen=true&esnapshot=4bffc0037b3a3a493b90685cccfc7c21cc002973d57a44951a38fddf065f5c696a66be9b89ee2d2f094ccde2702233248cc5acbea7a6db8fb1c24c9f4679fd1d69b8967e2fa1cd689d83865a42ca25ff7c4c8fc682fca9acbf7e60eded8712a6b6&trueurl=http://bossip.com/314264/warning-doctor-says-lacefronts-weaves-are-causing-black-womens-hairlines-to-be-pushed-back-to-oblivion-video69691/"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div>Anyway this winter cold is not doing me much good at all! I'm off to hibernate....</div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-40084139221089094762010-11-10T21:51:00.000-05:002010-11-10T23:33:27.611-05:00Time Flies....<div>Yes I know it's been almost 2 months since I've been on here! I've been battling to stay above the waves of life, and by the way things are going so far; I'm not doing such a bad job.</div><div><br /></div><div>In other news, the operating system on my pc crashed and I took bad advice from someone about getting it fixed and ended up losing 120 gb of music, lots of data and most of my pictures from the last 5 years. I know the lesson of the day is back up your data but when you have so much after a while you get sloppy about it. I had backed up a bit but a whole lot of stuff was lost. Oh and you know the ironic thing? The family member who gave me this advice, has a knack of giving me advice that bites me in the ass over and over again. If it wasn't for family loyalty, I would tell them to screw themselves in the ass. I am currently ignoring some advice they are offering me regarding certain issues I'm dealing with. Anyway, moving on.....</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aAnah0l0rqk?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aAnah0l0rqk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Hoarders is one of my most favorite shows on TV. It takes a close look at people who hoard ie stockpile loads and loads of things. The things differ from show to show, it can be canned food, clothes, books, video tapes, sports gear even animals! Anything and everything is fair game to hoarders. As an African the whole disorder is very interesting to me because, due to the lack of plenty and lack of space most people had no means to hoard even if they wanted to (correct me if you do know an African hoarder). In many cases the hoarding is actually triggered by a life event, one man started hoarding the same year his mother died, this was his way of dealing with it. His case was so bad that his house no longer had running water, he actually used to spend time in his car for refuge; but there is a Mental Disorders Specialist who comes in and helps the hoarders in the show confront and get over the disorder, it doesn't always work as some of them don't co-operate even if their homes and children are at stake (the government here will take your kids away from you if they are living in unfit conditions). If you can get a chance to watch it, I urge you to do so; it's a wonderful look into the human condition!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In other news, Lord Acolyte is dating. Much as companionship is a beautiful thing, it reminds me of why I have been single for so long and enjoyed it, even worse I now know why so many people opt not even to get married. You can get so used to having your own world to control as you please. Unless you are in a friends with benefits arrangement, that changes. Lets just say alot of interesting posts are coming your way, like the other day I did learn that the age old stereotype for men dating or even married bares weight, learn to say sorry even if you don't think or know you aren't or have nothing to be apologetic for. I now have an immense respect for married men! But I'm not being negative, it also has lots of pluses, more on that later.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh snap! Thanksgiving is round the corner. I'm going to pick a handful of these expensive and over hyped Kenyan bashes, go to one and then give my usual scathing review. Anyway let me start working on getting my blog mojo back.......</div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-15603106361018988642010-09-15T22:10:00.007-04:002010-09-16T00:12:37.430-04:00Spouses, Soccer and Other Things.....<div>Yes I know, I have been AWOL for a minute, so forgive my fragmented posting since it's been a while since I blogged.<br /><br />So from what I gather from the <a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mag/InsidePage.php?id=2000018112&cid=300&">EA Standard</a> and the <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Women%20flock%20to%20city%20prayers%20for%20husbands%20%20/-/1056/1003944/-/yh1uv5z/-/index.html">Daily Nation</a> is that a large number of Kenyan women are so desperate for husbands that they have resorted to prayers.</div><div><br /></div><div>It seems the single masses could not resist the call of the Pied Piper of Spouses, if the Nation is anything to go by;</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-style:italic;">As the heavens opened up, the enthusiastic women paid little attention to damage done to their hair and makeup in their attempt to outrun police who were trying to turn away the crowds from the already packed KICC plenary hall.</span></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />For several hours, business came to a standstill as police and security guards from the KICC and the Covenant Singles and Married Ministries struggled to keep the thousands of women at bay.</span></div><div><span></span><i><br /></i>An excerpt from the article in the Standard<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">He <span style="font-style:italic;">(<span style="font-weight:bold;">Pastor Chris Ojigbani</span>)</span> would show testimonies of women and men who claimed that they had received not one, but some as many as three marriage proposals in one day, after attending the said pastor’s conferences on marriage</span><br /></div><div><br />Another snippet from the Nation<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The man of the moment, Pastor Ojigbani, who preached for more than four hours on Friday, told his ecstatic audience: “Good men are not all taken. By the end of today, you will get your suitor … The spirit has told me that one of you by morning will have four suitors … Now, who will you choose?”</span><br /><br />I wonder, have things gotten so bad for Kenyan women?! What happened to heeding the clarion call of independence from FIDA about oppressive backward Kenyan men. Weren't these same women the bunch that had Destiny's Child Independent Women as their theme song sometime back? I guess the joys of singlehood don't seem to be as cracked up as they seem to be? Or maybe we can blame society for making women think that life isn't complete without a husband? </div><div><br /></div><div>I think another thing to blame is urbanization and Westernization. I mean the more urbanized we get, the less bonds you have with neighbours and family thus making it harder to meet the man of your dreams. Let's add the fact that many women nowadays are financially well off and will not marry a man who is doing the same or better than they are, which of course given the level of unemployment in Kenya cuts down on the pool of eligible bachelors big time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also let's keep it real, women sometime back realized that they could support themselves financially and have children without the extra burden of a man. While on the other hand men realized that they didn't need to get married to have kids, could hire help to clean/cook for them and with the break from tradition can sleep around with women without being expected to marry them. So for many men marriage just isn't a priority making it harder for the women who have dreams of a big white wedding. </div><div><br /></div><div>From what I see, it seems that marriage seems to offer far more for the women than it does for the men, so I can understand women rushing to the "apostle" for proposals. I for one I'm sure he raked a good amount of offerings in exchange for his teachings. I wonder if he used Proverbs 31 in his teachings? Because one thing I like to ask women out there is that you may want to be a wife but are you really wife material? There is more to marriage than just a wedding and being called Mrs.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><b>Alice Mwali, 27, purchasing and supplies professional</b></span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />I would not mind getting someone to propose to me before the end of the service and even if I do not get one today, I hope it will be in the near future.<br /><br />I am just smarting out of a relationship that lasted for about a year. I opted to leave the man because he could not trust me with anything.</span><br /><br />Dear Alice, you are single, as a single woman if someone you are not dating or are familiar with would propose to you from out of the blue; you should be afraid, very afraid. Plus don't take so long next time to realize a man is not worth being with, you aren't getting any younger - <b>Acolyte, Professional Curmudgeon and Agony Uncle</b><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Real talk, there is nothing wrong with being single, embrace it and enjoy it! Ladies if all fails, they are always cats; the cats of Kenya could use some <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/simpsons_CrazyCatLady.gif&imgrefurl=http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2008/05/crazy_cat_people_question_of_t.php&h=336&w=293&sz=11&tbnid=mRBHeV2xm6gZcM:&tbnh=119&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcat%2Blady&zoom=1&q=cat+lady&usg=__8XaHqayvZk8sc_39CcWfeH9tnUc=&sa=X&ei=tpeRTL_jO4L88AaLktGKBg&ved=0CCAQ9QEwAw">cat ladies</a>.....</div><div><br /></div><div>Moving on, I ran across these two hilarious videos on youtube.</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0io9xtWyiIc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0io9xtWyiIc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It seems Mehment Scholl (the dude on the right in the video above) recently watched the video of Jessica Kastrop being nailed below. His flinch is nothing short of priceless!</div><br /><br /><div><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7McdjN3fKnA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7McdjN3fKnA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></div><br /><br />I do think the dude who kicked the ball that hit the reporter's head must have been a sniper in a past life.<br /><br />Speaking of women and sports, I think a post on the whole <a href="http://www.sportsnewscaster.com/ines-sainz-harassment-controversy-leaked-from-new-york-jets-locker-room/2823/">Ines Sainz</a> saga is in order. Even if you aren't an NFL fan, it made for interesting reading.<div><br /></div><div><i>ps: I didn't know that it took years to get a divorce in Kenya! For that reason alone, I'm going to really have to rethink this marriage thing. Imagine wanting out but the wheels of justice slowly grinding keeping you on lock?! I salute those sitting out their time!</i><br /><br /></div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-24689527182119658862010-08-04T14:14:00.000-04:002010-08-04T14:14:00.406-04:00Midweek Flashbacks and other stories...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8k9cKb929FFx05cRVI04dqiDYLmJNGQ7unXkESToMqSSmZlfIQzhpn6UOn_aMOdnXzIw-vWYAMc4Eqfj25uebnN_pjjnXKjYrYnKllk9nALkRVUrHyJFyi4-WsducqpliZkH5g/s1600/pencil.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8k9cKb929FFx05cRVI04dqiDYLmJNGQ7unXkESToMqSSmZlfIQzhpn6UOn_aMOdnXzIw-vWYAMc4Eqfj25uebnN_pjjnXKjYrYnKllk9nALkRVUrHyJFyi4-WsducqpliZkH5g/s320/pencil.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501363067163445154" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>I have the strangest flashbacks, and recently the image of a Staedtler pencil hopped into my head. I remember these were not the cheapest pencils so you kept them close. Also what you may not know unless you were an art student like me (ahem!) is that HB was the middle pencil in the scale. After that the you would move onto the H which meant the lead was harder so the pencil wrote lighter while on the other side were the B which meant the lead was softer so the pencil wrote darker. That there is my obscure fact of the day for you....</div><div><br /></div><div>I knew nothing good would come of the shenanigans of Kim Kardashian! You see Laurence Fishburne's daughter, Montana came up with the bright idea that doing a <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-57780-Hartford-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2010m7d31-Laurence-Fishburnes-daughter-makes-Chippy-Ds-sex-tape-to-be-like-Kim-Kardashian--Video">sex tape</a> like Kim Kardashian would give her the career (not that she has one) a major leg up. In the words of Lafayette of True Blood (best show ever) "Bitch have you done lost your mind?!" Her 19 year old self seems to forget the fact that Kim K actually ended fighting against the release of that tape and harsh as this may sound. White women and black women are viewed very differently in American eyes, you see white women are seen as pure and virginal (even though I know that's not true- dont ask how), that's another reason black dudes running around with white women makes some people's blood boil. While on the other hand black people are seen as oversexed, so when a white woman who isn't a porn star does a sex tape it's something people have to see, but when a black woman does a sex tape, it's seen as business as usual. Oh what's more ironic? She says she hears her dad is upset but that one day he will understand? Once again, you have lost your mind! I blame Kim K and I Sex and The City (yeah I said it!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh I guess Laurence failed to keep his daughter off the pole as Chris Rock puts it below...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tojBadSr2zI&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tojBadSr2zI&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>late edit</b>- <i>I see Montana did a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxogO7Vv2nA&feature=player_embedded">rap video</a> with her sex tape co-star (slightly nsfw). I guess it was a practice run? Let's hope she got those unsightly bruises on her butt taken care of. I won't even comment about the poor quality of the rhymes in that video! </i></div><div><b>Observations</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I hear Wyclef may run to be president of Haiti, noble aim but dude politics is a dirty game, let it go!</div><div><br /></div><div>So T.I married his long time or should I say long suffering girlfriend Miss Piggy I mean Tiny. He then got upset over twitpics of the wedding that have been floating around. I would too if my wife was wearing a dress that looked like it was stolen from a Mexican girl's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincea%C3%B1era">Quinceanera</a>. Before you think I'm a hater, go google those pics for yourself.</div><div><br /></div><div>Obama just turned 49 it seems, ironic thing is that it seems like he came from nowhere. I think I should do some research and see what else he was doing other than being a Senator and community organizer. Maybe he was in the middle east getting indoctrinated or erasing his birth certificate and birth records in Kenya (Tea Party/Birther joke)</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Anyway back to everyday life, later!!!!!</i></div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-85398385943489422752010-07-28T07:30:00.000-04:002010-07-28T07:30:00.396-04:00Guess Who's Back????<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Damn it's been a while since I've been here! But ya'll know often blogging is like Hotel California.....you can check out, but you can never leave. That and the fact that I've been called out my absence!</span><br /><div><br /></div><div>So the WC is over, life back to normal till of course EPL and the other leagues get started. My main gripe with most American sports is that the game never flows, there is always a time out, end of quarter or a commercial break waiting in the wings to break up the flow. Anyway as this whole LeBron saga has shown, it's all about the $$$.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Onto other things, what in the world happened to the Joseph Hellon dude and Esther Arunga? Weren't they supposed to be on Larry King or something of the sort? I must say I miss the sheer entertainment that they had given us, over the months.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also seems that there is a shifty online university from California going around "selling" honorary doctorate degrees to African leaders and politicians. To think I wasted my time going to classes and actually getting a job, I should have just started my own online college and flown from country to country selling degrees. I might just do that and call my university, Universal College; oh wait, that name's taken right?<br /><br />Does anyone know what happened to itsneverthatserious.com? That was one of the most interesting Kenyan showbiz gossip blogs I had come across in a long time. If you know of any that are just as good and just dont kiss stars asses then by all means do share!<br /><br />One of my chic pals is getting married so I have been drafted into a wedding committee. Yes, Acolyte himself is on a wedding committee, talk about irony! Well since my pal is somewhat scandalous her committee is like 95% men, that may change when the stragglers join us but I somewhat doubt it. I know some women find their fellow gender hard to get along with but when 90% of your pals are dudes, I think you can only blame other women so far.<br /><br />Anyway time for me to get back on the grind......<br /><br /></div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-25786233479028309742010-05-28T01:31:00.000-04:002010-05-28T01:31:00.303-04:00Behold! Friday!Damn it's been over a month since I have posted anything, I need to deal with that stat! Anyway as I get my mind pumping, I just thought I would share this video...<div><br /></div><div><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pCJFsdxzhyc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pCJFsdxzhyc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /></div><div><br /></div> Sad as it is, I find that video hilarious since it casts satire on peoples' fear of black males. It also reminds me that my lazy ass hasn't been in the gym for a while!<br /><br />So tomorrow is the last day of the week, wonderful since for 2 days I won't have to deal with the idiots I work with. I tell you if it weren't for the fact that I would go to jail and end up with a criminal record, I would give someone a throat chop. Oh and to my CEO for the last effing time! Control + V to paste since you seem to have trouble doing it with the mouse!<div><br /></div><div>In other news, as of the 1st of June I begin my 6 month period of total celibacy. Sex lately isn't doing anything for me, waste of time and energy (and if you say I'm not doing it right, I'm going to kick you in the face). As people in the streets say "Imma do me" no pun intended. Of course this may put a crimp in dating since sooner or later the sex question comes up, so I won't bother with dating too. No strokes = no drama, that's what I think.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway time for me to get some zzzzzzs in since I have to be at work in a few hours time.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Reason 242 dating American chics sucks - Claim to want to sample new ethnic meals then when you take them to an ethnic restaurant restaurant ie Ethiopian, they pic the item on the menu that is closest to American food ie Pasta or a sandwhich instead of of an ethnic item ie injeera. 2 thumbs down!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><b>TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</b></i></div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-41092311846775910992010-04-22T09:00:00.003-04:002010-04-22T10:02:11.587-04:00Damn Time Flies and Other Stories......<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKY_xuWZ9y_inZLN28_L4sOgAEAqjQ_prvbeuVxPNQnzCbU8Dd1QFgyrHPSNRWGJjiorLajuFMy0sv_iHQeCtKzXYBfpCZGuIqWCOI7VWZWqwjxJivUDYRp77wXaSHxKQ2bOjFA/s1600/sleeping-commuter.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKY_xuWZ9y_inZLN28_L4sOgAEAqjQ_prvbeuVxPNQnzCbU8Dd1QFgyrHPSNRWGJjiorLajuFMy0sv_iHQeCtKzXYBfpCZGuIqWCOI7VWZWqwjxJivUDYRp77wXaSHxKQ2bOjFA/s320/sleeping-commuter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462957261619123138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It has been almost one whole month since I blogged and in the words of the apple of Archer's eye, "this is a fucking disgrace!"<div><br /></div><div>I can only blame laziness, work and twitter.<br /><br />My birthday passed around 5 days ago, I was at a conference for work out of town so it was a day like any other. To be honest people around me seem to gather more joy from my birthday than I do, for me it's a good day for introspection and looking forward.<br /><br />I read a report that came up with the statistic that 25% of men fake orgasms. I don't know the veracity of that number but it's an interesting double standard that men are expected to be up for sex and enjoy it at all times while on the other hand it's fine for women not to be up for sex at all times and if they don't enjoy it there are myriad reasons ranging from health,mental or their present relationship. I guess it's part of the over sexualization of society. But to be honest sex can become a chore leading to faking on both sides just to keep things smooth, so its up to both parties in the relationship to keep things fresh. I guess that's why I have mad respect for married people who can't keep their hands off each other. Anyway marriage is a beast of it's own.<br /><br />I was listening to the radio this morning, and my favourite segment came on; it's the "help me solve my problems" segement. People write letters about their problems and send them in to get advice. So this dude calls in and says how he and his girlfriend have 3 kids, 1 each from past relationships and they had a kid in the last year. The dude is in school fulltime as he can't get work with the economy and the chic works part time. Regardless of their financial situation, the chic is going on about how she wants another baby, even though they have their hands full and cannot afford another one. Also due to their financial situation they can't afford the birth control injection, whatever you call it. Well dudes issue aside (I would go celibate in a heartbeat!), it's funny how the biological clock can kill all logic. I mean, you have your hands full, hardly any income and you still want a child?! WTF?! Children are work, cuteness doesn't pay for childcare,healthcare, food and clothing! If I had a chic and she started going on like that, I would suddenly develop "depression" and be unable to have sex for a very long time; I mean better to take no risks here, condoms have been known to be punctured sigh.<br /><br />Anyway kids and marriage aside, I see the ash cloud that had Europe at a standstill seems to have lifted. I guess now people are aware of how much they depend on the flying to get around. At least in Europe they had the trains, bullet trains and ferries. Were the same to happen here, I can see total grid lock and chaos on the highways since the interstate train system here doesn't service all states equally and is a shell. Don't let me get started on local mass transit here, not only is it one hot mess, in many cities down here it is on the verge of shutting down due to budgetary constraints and the recession.<br /><br />Anyway it's about time to get back on the grind and deal with people who have little if any comprehension skills, yes the kind of people you send an email and they call you the next day asking questions that were answered in that very same e-mail! That's why I hardly ever answer my phone or check voicemails at work, lazy bastards!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">ps: there is a chic here in the office who has rolls on her back and is wearing a tight top, urgh! Someone needs to have 360 mirrors in their closet! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">pps: I need True Blood and Dexter to come back on air asap! Life is not worth living without them.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-21974249614220243532010-03-22T15:26:00.000-04:002010-03-22T15:54:11.310-04:00Another Monday Is Here II.....Thanks to work and twitter, I have been awol on my own blog (frowning face). But I'm sure you all know that you can't keep a good man down. <div><br /></div><div>With that being said, last week or so one of the airlines out here proudly announced that in a bid to give better service that they are going to start charging for meals in economy class. Anyone who has the agony of flying local in the States will tell you how dealing with the airlines is like dealing with a bunch of schysters. You get charged for your luggage, you get charged to change your ticket if anything happens, you get charged for blankets, you get charged for earphones; with some of them you even get charged for using your credit card to pay for stuff. I guess the only "free" thing you get is your seat. Lets not forget that you have to be at the airport around 2 hours early for security check. I won't even start about people being held hostage in planes on the runway. Yes that is the fun of flying in the new decade of the new millennium.<br /><br />Anyway that anti-capitalism rant aside, I read <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20000728-504083.html">this</a> story and just gave myself a face palm! Really! I mean you break down not one but two doors just to get into someone else's bed?! Also I think once you are over 30 (and Im being generous), you have no business going for a Jay-Z concert unless you are taking your nephew or niece, heck even Jay Z himself has no business performing nowadays to be honest!<br /><br />Does anyone know where these Finger of God characters are? My last week moved by really slowly without their drama. I'm going through withdrawal symptoms! Now I know how women feel when they miss their Mexican soap operas.<br /><br />Well it's about time for me to clock off from jobo but I wanted to share this video by Nneka, whose music I started listening to. I think it's more than possible to make music with deep lyrics yet listenable to at the same time...<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kXMTtOS-oKg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kXMTtOS-oKg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Have a nice day all!<br /></div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-10856316346767329702010-03-05T01:20:00.001-05:002010-03-05T01:35:07.451-05:00Sex, Suing, Slashing, Shooting and Shows....As always I have to share good things I find online. This ad here is a PSA about safe sex. It's a bit hard to find the message when you have to sift through all that trash the dudes are saying (yes ladies some of your boyfriends sound like this in your absence).<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uycyEBMbc44&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uycyEBMbc44&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I think the ad below is a far better one.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v4jFqDGXjtk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v4jFqDGXjtk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />That reminds me, there is nothing that is more of a libido killer for me than the sound of a crying child. Maybe I could get a tape of a crying child and use it to condition myself to stay celibate the same way Pavlov conditioned his dogs.<div><br /></div><div>Speaking of children I see in the Kenyan papers, our friend Esther is going to sue her parents and the therapist they took her to for 300 million shillings, I understand her motivation but please pick an earthly number so as not to waste the court's time. Also even if you were wronged, whatever happened to honoring your mother and father? Anyway I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the show.</div><div><br /></div><div>I watched Ninja Assassin and I must admit that it has been sometime since I have watched a movie that was that wonderfully mindless. The plot was watchable but the choreography and gore was indeed a work of art. I highly recommend it as a lazy Saturday afternoon movie, yes I can never claim to be Ebert but I stand by my review!</div><div><br /></div><div>That reminds me, speaking of marriage; <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/woman-charged-with-killing-344266.html?imw=Y">this</a> story has to take the cake. Not only did this woman murder her husband (20 years her junior) after 5 days of marriage, she is a lobbyist for a group that fights domestic violence! Talk about doing a full 180 degree turn. It's like being a policeman during the day and then one night you decide to turn bank robber, oh wait that sounds familiar; I just can't place it. Irony is that when it comes to guns, you are more likely to be shot by someone you know than someone you don't know.</div><div><br /></div><div>A close friend of mine calls me a lover of all things British since I often voice my boredom regarding American things to her. One of the things that bores me about American tv is the hunger for ratings above all else. I have seen promising programmes be cancelled because they did not gather enough ratings in enough time ie Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, and on the other hand I have seen some shows needlessly extend since they were popular, Prison Break anyone? That damn show should have ended once they broke out. What I like about British tv is that programs are made to run for a certain amount of time ie 2 seasons, no extension no matter how popular they are. A formula the stations that run Heroes and Lost should have listened to. Anyway I'll turn my tv back on when True Blood, Dexter and V return to the screen.</div><div><br /></div><div>With that being said TGIF and have a fun weekend!</div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-20630568493184843282010-02-23T22:13:00.002-05:002010-02-23T22:28:33.058-05:00Touched By The Finger......Well unless you aren't Kenyan or live under a rock somewhere, you may be aware of the fire that is raging on the internets and on people's lips about. I'll save myself some keystrokes and post a video from K24 down here about the whole Esther Arunga and the Finger of God church. The story is on its own level, it could be made into a movie! You have the powers of good and evil, human sacrifice, human traffickers, a cult, accusations of brainwashing and other things. I'll let you watch the video to get the back story then I'll give my opinion.<div><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zpPjUZ0Hn14&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zpPjUZ0Hn14&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></div><div>So now we are all caught up on the gist of what went down. The plot only thickened when Esther Arunga decided to give a no holds barred interview with former CNN reporter Jeff Koinange. If you havent watched the series, I have linked to part 1 below.</div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OT9SBV5n-mc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OT9SBV5n-mc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Now come my series of hard questions and thoughts regarding this whole issue.</div><div><br /></div><div>1. <b>KTN Resignation</b> - Maybe I missed it, but Esther didn't give a good reason why she left her job at KTN. I have known of people who have left promising jobs and careers in the name of the "ministry" only for many of these ministries to crash and burn and for them to be left with destroyed careers, burnt bridges and whole years of their lives wasted. I know a lawyer who did this and nowadays he is one of the most cynical and bitter people you can come across. If you read the Bible you will note many examples of God working through people in whatever professions they are in. Yes I agree that you can get the call to go into ministry but not everyone gets that call or is cut out for it. </div><div><br /></div><div>2. <b>Benny Hinn Spiritual Fathe</b>r - So in the news conference Joseph Hellon went ahead and claimed that Benny Hinn was his spiritual father and had been sending him tapes and sermon. There is only one spiritual father someone should have, God; nobody else! Other accounts had him saying that when he preaches it is Benny Hinn speaking, I have a name for that term; it's called channeling which in itself is not the most christian practices by any means. Then of course comes to most glaring thing, it seems all the "prophecies" he was getting were via e-mail which proved to be fake when Benny Hinn's ministries disowned him. So my question is, you call someone your spiritual father and have never spoken to him on phone or met him in the 7 years your relationship has existed?! That's either blind faith or stupidity? Why do I think that Quincy or someone else set up bennyhinn@hotmail.com and was emailing Hellon alongside ordering tapes and materials for him online?</div><div><br /></div><div>3.<b> Freemason this, Freemason that</b> - Well as we saw via the K-24 interview Esther claims that Freemasons are out for her neck. It seems she is in possession of some hot information. She claims her ex-fiancee is one of them and a human traffiker to boot. Well my question is would a member of a secretive and illicit organisation leave information in the open for anyone to discover so easily? Also after a failed attempt on your life would a member from that organisation contact you and tell you they were trying to eliminate you? I'm not saying that Freemasons don't exist and they dont have gray area regarding what they do but on the other hand they won't make unearthing things about them very easy, after all they are several hundred years old. At the end of the day it just seems that Esther and co are just rustling the wrong feathers.</div><div><br /></div><div>4. <b>Cry for Help</b>? - Is it me or did Esther several times during the interview on K24 seem to be hinting to Jeff to get her a job with the tv station? She recently quit your job with one tv station, I think the only reason she would be dropping such hints is somehow she now realizes the gravity of the decision she made by leaving her old job. Sadly I doubt she had anyone round her to sound off that decision with and ended up jumping before looking. Plus did anyone notice how riddled with contradictions her story is, did she leave her ex-fiancee because he was trying to get other women in church, or because he was a freemason. Also why would he want to "sacrifice" her if they were to get married? The sad thing though is that when someone is in a questionable church, it's like dealing with a drug addict, unless they can admit they have a problem they wont accept any help at all.</div><div><br /></div><div>5. <b>President Hellon?</b> - If the announcement of a Presidential bid isn't a joke, then I don't know what is. From the Bible that I read, I dont know if Hellon reads the same one; but mine has a verse that says God is a God of order. I'm sorry but you aren't going to come in as a dark horse and run off with the Presidential election, I think he needs to aim low like counselor or something like that and then work his way up.</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay all those organised questions aside, why the hell don't people read their bibles?! We wouldn't have half of these cult problems if people read their bibles, you would be shocked at how many people that call themselves Christians that don't read their bibles, I once quoted a verse from one of the smaller books in the bible, I think it was Habakkuk and this chic wanted to argue with me about not only the verse but the very existence of the book of Habakkuk. You should have seen the expression on her face when I showed her the book and the verse. Im not a Bible guru by any means but if you are a Christian then its your responsibility to strive to know the book backwards so that some schyster wont be in your face telling you how its God's will for you to give him all that you own and let him have sex with your wife.</div><div><br /></div><div>While I'm putting people on blast, what is this hullabaloo about the fact that people in Hellon's church drink wine? There is nothing in the bible about not drinking, it's being drunk that's the problem. But what do holy rollers do? They rail against all alcohol, well if we are going to go against alcohol since it can make you get drunk, I suggest no eating. Why? Eating can lead to gluttony. I propose the same for sex too, no sex for Christians since it can lead to lust. It's this lack of control that lead to wonderful songs like the one below, that help you keep your Christian life on the straight and narrow.</div><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P-HmDE0Plj0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P-HmDE0Plj0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />With all that being said, do I approve of the arrest of Joseph Hellon and Esther Arunga? If it's for breaking the law ie being members of an unlawful society (as they were charged), all well and good; but if its for talking too much and shaking the wrong bushes? Not at all because funny enough people stop talking if you dont draw attention to what they are saying. Anyway I do plan to keep my eyes and ears open for other developments. Also to my Christian brethren, I've got love for most of you; just that some of you drive me up the wall!Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-246337712030883802010-02-16T09:45:00.000-05:002010-02-16T10:02:24.047-05:00Cock Blocking, Cheating, and other storiesFirst and foremost, I have to share the funniest thing I have watched in a long time. Welcome to the Cock Blocking series!<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FU36KhcbbEg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FU36KhcbbEg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I have never laughed like this in a while I must say. Youtube really has some jewels once you sift through the chaff. I do recall posting a long time back about this chic pal of mine whom I used to hang out with that used to always introduce me to dudes but never ever to the chics she knew, talk about subtle cock blocking.<br /><br />Anyway moving on, the U.S education system for the most part is very test/exam oriented. States each have their own mandated tests they have students take per year, its by these tests that they can tell if the education system is any good. For any principal to have your school ranked as a failing school would mean less funds, increased oversight,no annual bonus, loss of future job opportunities and if it goes on long enough termination; because after all if most of your students are failing then you have no business teaching. Some schools have been on the failing schools list for sometime, so some teachers and principals decided on a move that would make some 8-4-4 teachers proud. Staff in 74 schools got hold of the tests their students did and went ahead and changed the answers from the wrong ones to the right ones; thus ensuring passing grades for their students. Of course the teachers who take the students on the following year end up realizing there is a problem when a student who had a passing grade in english can't read for squat? So how were they busted? Well whether we like it or not, statistics never lie, you can't have a failing school do a 180 degree turn in a year or less, progress is very gradual then add to the fact that the average student may change 2-3 answers on a 40 question paper but never 27-30 as was in the case in numerous papers checked coming from the schools under investigations. There was one school where a teacher gave the answers to a student before the test. Anyway what am I going on about here, oh now I remember. This emphasis on exams/tests at the expense of learning doesn't do students much good in the long run because all you churn out is a whole bunch of trained test takers; nothing else! Here is the greatest irony, here if many of your students fail; that makes you a bad teacher while I remember in Kenya how I used to have teachers and professors who would proclaim with such glee about how many students fail their tests. Talk about irony!<br /><br />Okay PSA messages aside, this video below just left me speechless.....<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r0IBNtMXwvM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r0IBNtMXwvM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Btw, how did the camera man know that they would start fighting because he was taping before the fight even started! I once knew this chic who said that she gets turned on whenever two men fight over her, let's just say if we were kicking it; she would be one frigid woman.<br /><br />While I'm all over the place do you know I have never ever seen a urinal like the one below in the States?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7QxY8KtR_Q57KqxgZWx4-Rg2uQbigcnyyd4gEKcsL7nvKW4sCNbgBBjvsb9KA-vKWaT02ttqTxO95SMjskdJT7Vpz5Bt_A_LDu2v7H7prJltBBAGMrFDaI7QGMo4klSyzGZ-nQ/s1600-h/urinal.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7QxY8KtR_Q57KqxgZWx4-Rg2uQbigcnyyd4gEKcsL7nvKW4sCNbgBBjvsb9KA-vKWaT02ttqTxO95SMjskdJT7Vpz5Bt_A_LDu2v7H7prJltBBAGMrFDaI7QGMo4klSyzGZ-nQ/s320/urinal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438856117790726162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I guess part of it would be due to the culture of individuality people have going on over here, that and of course the fact that sexuality is a big thing here. Nobody wants to take the risk that the dude next to you is checking you out as you do your thing. Hilarious how everyday things take on such different significance in other cultures and places.<br /><br />Anyway back to everyday life, see you next week or on <a href="http://twitter.com/lordacolyte">twitter</a>!Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-75130991896576810412010-02-02T22:10:00.001-05:002011-02-02T23:37:04.820-05:00Another Hump Day Passes...<div> Nothing warms my heart as much as the vids you find on the internet!This video below never ceases to crack me up. The chic was a great sport and was even interviewed about it, plus whoever kicked the ball also apologized to her after the game.Hilarious as ever though!</div><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7McdjN3fKnA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7McdjN3fKnA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Moving on, its really interesting how the people of Egypt decided to stand up for their rights. I guess you can sit on the will of the people for only so long before they rise up. I do think more Arab countries should be open to the concept of free and fair elections or at least something close to it. I'll keep my eyes open even though they are trying their best to kill the free media showing whats going on in Cairo and the rest of the country.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dear Archer and all other Chelski fans, you can have Fernando Torres; may he spend twice the amount of time injured that he did for us - Liverpool Fan.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also to my dear single brothers or to those in Friends With Benefits scenarios, you don't know how good you have it, please treasure those arrangements and never take them forgranted!</div><div><br /></div><div>Humpday has me tired out, so adios people!</div>Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-56449236843321064142010-01-27T01:06:00.000-05:002010-01-27T01:06:00.481-05:00Sometimes words fail me among other things......Sometimes with my waning faith and interest in the human race, I think I am better off in some subterranean hideaway where I have everything I need and only come out once in a while to interact with the human race. Why do I say this? Just a few things here and there I have noticed.<br /><br />There are these 2 sad incidents, the first being a <a href="http://bit.ly/8Nsyun">family friend</a> who was shot thugs in what seems to have been an assassination since nothing was stolen from him (that's my hypothesis). I know two wrongs don't make a right but I hope those thugs and whoever hired them die a slow and painful death. There there was this story of the Kenya Airways pilot (whom I didn't know personally) who was killed by thugs when his car stalled at the notorious Uhuru Highway roundabout that has been making rounds on the internets. I can't even begin to imagine the pain that both families are going through.<br /><br />It's sad that the more we "progress" as human beings the lower we regress. Animals kill to survive or feed while human beings kill on the other hand kill for any unfathomable reason that comes to mind. Be it jealousy, greed for property or whatever other reason, killing someone won't get rid of the issue that led to those sensations. It's hard to be coherent given the contempt I have for those involved.<br /><br />Reading those stories basically makes all the other things I'm going to mention seem trival in comparison but I shall still share them......<br /><br />My brother often accuses me of being nostalgic and archaic, at times when I look at how people act; I have to agree. I may have mentioned this on twitter but as I work with people outside my organization, it seems that people have lost the abilities of reading and comprehension. I often want to tear my hair out when I send people a link to information on our organization's website (homepage no less!) and these same individuals call or email me asking me for that SAME information! It's even worse when you email people information, and they email you a week later or call you asking for that same information!!! I have taken to forwarding previously sent e-mails and resisting the temptation to cuss people out on the phone, in fact half the time I let my phone go to voice-mail and answer their voice-mail with email. As you can tell, I don't suffer fools lightly!<br /><br />I have been talking to some of my lady friends in the past weeks and many of them are going on about how their friends are getting engage or married, and of course wanting to be in the same situation. I struggle to understand the lure of settling down for many women today. You see unlike the past, most women are economically independent; so there is no need for a man to take care of them. Add to this women don't even need to have a husband to have children, all they need to do is do the deed and keep it moving, society doesn't even look down on single mothers as much as it used to. On the other hand though I can understand the lure of stability, having someone there and the prestige that comes with being called "Mrs XYZ..."<br /><br />With that being said, a large number of marriages here break down due to the fact that many women have the expectation that once they get married, everything will be alright. I have had a chic say this to my face, "once I find the right person, I know things in life will be easier to deal with." I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. The poor bastid who marries this girl will be responsible for her happiness and success in life. I'm sorry to say this, but if you can't be happy with your life alone, then there is no way it's going to be happy with someone else you need to be able to appreciate your life alone with its flaws before inviting someone else in. And that's it for the Dr Acolyte relationship hour......<br /><br />This is going to lead into a longer more detailed post that I am working but based on some recent experiences, I have realized that the American healthcare system is a one hot steaming mess! I will expound on that once I put my thoughts and experiences down in an organized manner. Now back to real life!Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486446.post-87158438340843039052010-01-13T01:55:00.000-05:002010-01-13T01:55:00.057-05:00Behold! I Have Returned.....AgainI have decided to reclaim blogging from tweeting. Tweeting is all well and good but I think I have blogged about<br /><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GtNmCsuMvyM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GtNmCsuMvyM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />I watched this video and I think an important issue needs to be addressed. Who in the hell is the "bride's" stylist?! That blouse and skirt are clashing violently! Would it have hurt for him to have put on some foundation, eye shadow or at least done something with his hair before they came to court? I am going to begin a campaign to send some drag queens from here down to Malawi to set them up right! Im a stern adherent of the fact that if you are going to do something, you may as well go all the way and not half way! Sorry if you were expecting a long polemic about the lgbt plight in Africa.<br /><br />Have I made any firm New Year's resolutions? Not really, I just plan to make more money and be more positive since I can be a cynic. Oh and I have asked the powers to be for one small thing, to send me a woman that can make me laugh. I know that sounds silly but to be honest it has been eons since I have met one who can, sigh. I guess what makes things harder is this hybrid sense of humour that I have, there is nothing as boring when you have to be the source of mirth and amusement in a relationship I tell you.<br /><br />In other news, a cousin of mine came visiting and brought treats from home! Tusker (which I can get here but not same quality) and Kenya Cane (hello hangovers!) among other things. What sucks though is that he is here around winter time when I generally do not like to leave the house other than to go to work or to the gym, that and the fact that there arent too many nice outdoorsy type events going on. I'm sure I shall find places to take him after I rouse myself out of my winter hibernation.<br /><br />Now before I go get some rest, someone give Rod Blagojevich a dunce cap and make him sit in the corner. How in the world do you say you are blacker than Obama?! Sheesh, we are just lucky the man doesnt have a twitter account or he would be putting his foot in his mouth all day long!<br /><br />Anyway here's to keeping your feet out your mouth and a happy 2010!Acolytehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03673179447438729227noreply@blogger.com3