Boxes.....

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.

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.

I refuse to fit in anyone's box, I choose to either live free or create my own box.........

Sigh.....

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.....

So onto random senseless things or as I call it....news you cannot use.

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!!!!

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.....

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.

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.

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...

Separate And Equal....

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.

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.

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 white flight.

Anyway I'm going to stop rambling now and go outside to integrate on this fine Labor Day Holiday....

Guess Who?!

No excuses by my lazy ass for not posting in eons, other than life, fb and twitter.
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.

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.

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.....

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

What 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....