Christmas Aftermath

still seething from NOT receiving the xmas eve call from freak...........(HINT! HINT!)

christmas day was interesting. NOTHING HAPPENED!! got into a huge dramatic fight on xmas eve. was very unhappy, drove for 12 hours straight then slept well into christmas morning. called friends, had a laugh, was called by family, chatted with people, found a very very old friend.

so now its almost new year's eve. 2009 approaceth. unstoppable in its onslaught and i am scared shitless. Literally. (I have been taking laxatives the last couple days......).

well, here's to a rocking 2009 for all of us. may we all move on to bigger and better things! AMEN!!

..................you know one day God is going to get tired of my griping and just smite me with like boils or something............ah well

FACE OFF!

This brief post is dedicated to those of us who watched "Face Off" a thousand times.

The Cleveland Clinic has just reported the very first complete face transplant. A woman in Ohio has been given a new lease on life. She apparently did not like the face she had been born with and after years of "suffering" was able to get a team of surgeons to do the op. The operation is still very dangerous and there are a lot of ethics issues they are still having worked out........Anyway, thats besides the point, all that matters is: IT WORKS IT WORKS! Once again life imitates art and there we were thinking that after Star Trek that didn't happen anymore........

The 2008 ME Awards

Since I am a chronic "follow-follow" and have no mind of my own (and thus cannot come up with original blog posts) here is my own version.........



MOVIES

Worst Movie: God is there space for that here? i'm just going to close my eyes and pick one at random......ok lets see here.........................sigh imma have to go with Hancock just cuz of the cheesy ass twist 2 a potentially awesome movie

Second Best: Iron Man cuz you know who has to be number one yeh?

Best movie: The Dark Knight. the gagdets in both these movies (IM, TDK) were INSANE; the explanations had me feverishly writing it all down muttering is it twuly twuly twue?? (hey i'm GEEK ok.....). i'm looking forward to being called upon to pull my own magic trick he he he

FOOD

Worst Meal/Snack: nacho chips and quesadilla (yeech!)

Second Best: Cheddar's croissants (they practically melt in your mouth)

Best Meal: the food at this Chinese restaurant in Port Harcourt near Woji. cant for the life of me remember the name. you could get drunk off the food so good!

Best Snack: Big Treat, Happy Bite (pure heaven)

Honorable Mention: Ghana High Commission and LOP in Agbowo

DRINK

Worst Drink: cranberry juice. the person who decided cranberries should be squeezed for juice should be SHOT!

Second Best: NAKED smoothies any flavour even the green one!

Best Drink: IHOP has got this drink: orange juice, strawberry, ginger ale and sprite with bits of strawberry at the bottom. so tangy so good! oooh and during my undergrad my signature drink was a mix of maltina, coke, fanta, sprite, ginger ale, bitter lemon......and schwepes muy delicioso

MUSIC

Worst Song: those village wannabes ruining the naija music biz


Second Best: so many to choose from; i refuse to choose!

Best Song: Call me sentimental but "Ololufe' by Wande Coal gets me every time :)

MOMENT

Worst Moment: Tuesday December 16, 2008 circa 3:15 pm

Second Best: got a call for a job that i hadnt even finished applying then getting the job before that day ran out......(priceless)

Best Moment: still working on it.........

FASHION

Worst Kit/Accessory: i have developed a memory block that helps me forget the worst of my fashion gaffes :D

Second Best: my sexy ass leather laptop/messenger bag (balling baby!

Best Kit/Accessory: my nationality bracelets i guess. i'm from a lot of places so i wear bracelets with flags for each one i lay claim to (jeez by now , if u havent figured out i'm weird you're reeeeeaaaaaly slooooooow........)


TOY



Worst Toy: I love ALL my toys. ALL OF THEM!!!!! ...........ok ok my stupid wireless n router that wigs out on me at the worst possible time


Second Best: The iPod Touch (still new but loving it. Thank you psicho thank you Merj) and my PSP slim



Best Toy: my gorgeous 1080p BRAVIA with my 5.1 home theater system with wireless speakers

PERSON

Most Difficult Person: MY MOM AAAARGH (she wants me barefoot and pregnant; thinks PhD is a waste of time. if you agree with her put your name next to hers!!!!)

Second Best: my support group sam, liliane, psicho, freak, irums, tosyn love you die!!!

Best Person: J-E-S-U-S baby there is no other way I can account for what I can boast of today 'cept some1 up there truly loves me

FAVOURITE BLOG POST

By another blogger: sigh maybe this one i guess

Written by me: i'm going to have say this one. succinct and so to the point!

LESSON/SKILL



Worst Lesson: i suck at picking guys

Second Best: meeting deadlines (still working on it but getting better every day)

Best Lesson/Skill: standing up for and defending my dreams (still working on actually following through with them though...... WATCH OUT 2009!!)

Life's a Bitch, then you die

Gee whiz, its Christmas!

so the holidays approacheth and i am still stuck getting up before the Sun to drive to work. to make matters worse i live in an area i once thought to be correct....until i realised that everyone agrees with my sentiment, especially around Christmas so a 5 minute drive down my street to buy something turns to 20 because of the sheer number of people "enjoying" all my street has to offer.

i had been planing to spend Christmas with friends but no money so i decided to do the whole Christmas thing. you know, tree, decorations, lights, the whole shi-bang. then i realised that it just wasn't in me to put snowmen and Santa Clauses or whatever the hell else they pass off these days as Christmas decorations.

so now i face the daunting prospect of facing Christmas alone. not that i haven't done this in the past. in fact, in past years i have revelled in the solitude. unfortunately, this year is different. things will be occurring in the weeks to come that i do not wish to face alone. and since i don't drink, i CRAVE some other form of distraction. there is some1 willing to spend that time with me but honestly, if i had to be stuck with him, you'll be attending my funeral.......or court case come January.....but that's a story for another blog post. (hey i gotta keep you coming back!)

thankfully, last night, i read my freak's blog. I'd been feeling bad lately cuz I'm accumulating too many gadgets but his post has made me all better. I'd been putting off purchasing any more gadgets but hell imma splurge this Christmas. getting myself (FINALLY!) the itouch AND the Zune......or maybe the 360 elite and the wii......haven't really figured out yet what will cheer me up and keep me busy through the holidays...........

YouTube and Blogspot

What the hell??

I take my time and post a video for everyone's viewing pleasure (especially when I really have nothing to say but I want to post by force.....). And I come back a week later and "this video can no longer be viewed".......(or something to that effect). I mean COME ON!! I figure since Google now freaking OWNS youtube, I should be able to post whatever I want without copyright infringement right?

Its not like I'm claiming that I made the videos? Jeez!!

Blood

This is in honor of all my once-die hard pimps who are settling down, proposing, getting hitched and looking forward to be daddies. I've always had a fear that marriage makes you boring. All the married chicks around put me to sleep! Thankfully, though I don't talk to that many girls so it had never bothered me. However, now my BOYS are personally locking the chain and hanging the ball over their shoulder.

This gives me hope however that there are still laughs ahead. LOL!

President-Elect Barrack Hussein Obama

So people, history has been made. And I was HERE for it. Words cannot express what I felt when the news came through. It is still unbelievable to me.

Of course, the slave states voted overwhelmingly to keep my boy out of the WHITE house but he still got in. The moment he was announced the winner, local stations in a town in Texas shut down all programs discussing the elections. Preventing people without cable or CNN from viewing Obama's speech, or anything else to do with the election. Blatant racism? Lets leave that to them to answer.

I can only be grateful that America made the right choice. Obama is smart, an intellect, who rose up from the ranks; struggled without privilege to go to the same schools that Bush and his cronies got into courtesy of Daddy's big check to the school's fund. He understands what families go through what the common person lies awake in bed worrying about. Unlike so many politicians these days he has not lost touch with the REAL America. Those who live day to day praying that they or their kids don't fall sick because they have no health insurance. Who don't care about high school because its not like they can afford college right? Those who have to pay the same tax percentage as people making millions more than they are. Someone who abhors war and realizes you earn foreign respect by listening to them and learning their cultures instead of reminding them "Grecians" that you are "american" and have bigger guns than they have. And claiming that Iraq is the "enemy" even though it was admitted long ago that the facts supporting their "war" were heavily falsified. Thank God that squeaky voiced disgrace to the true strong modern woman was let nowhere near the White House.

I know we should not think of him as the 2008 Messiah. As he so eloquently (and God I do mean ELOQUENTLY!!!) pointed out last night, he is only human and is subject to error like anyone else. But his integrity, I hope remains untarnished. Thankfully, he's got Michelle (WHAT A WOMAN!!) to keep him in line. I don't think anything could go to that babe's head!

January 2009 is the beginning of a new year and a completely new era in the history of America.Black people have a new lease on life and they no longer have ANY excuse for slacking off. Every barrier possible has been broken. I hope to see more black intellectuals stepping up to the plate. Tired of being in the damn minority!!!!

Stupidity 101

So this is how to be stupid and win a vice presidency while doing it. She can barely answer the question! Good Lord! What was asked what was answered? Considering that public schools deal only in multiple choice tests and no longer teach grammar (i kid you not people!) I am not surprised she is unable to answer a simple QUESTION. But hey! On the flipside, Bush Jr the blubbering buffoon successfully lauded it over a supposedly smarter voting public. And closer to home, we have senators and governors who can barely string a three word English sentence together in charge of our very own Nigeria......so really nothing do am.

Americans are wanting to vote for this combo. Election Day is a few hours away. God help America.

Is there anyone out there looking around and coming to terms with the fact that out of all their friends, their life sucks the most? As in you have accomplished the least, come the least furthest since you parted ways. Have very little to boast of? ....or am i the only 1?

And don't tell me to stop feeling sorry for myself, if there is one thing I am it is honest with myself. And trust me, I love and adore God and His hand in my life is permanently obvious. But seriously though, is anyone else out there the underachiever of their clique?

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

This week has shaped up to be the most awful I have had in a long time. My boo is out of commission, have to send him in for repairs (sniff sniff). My insurance company reduced me to tears last night. Today, I came home to meet a notice of pending eviction from my apartment complex for something I am not even guilty of. To top it off I'm not sure my job is as secure as I first thought. I am barely getting any more than 4 hours of sleep a night and I never feel like I am getting anything done despite this.

On the flipside, I left a prime parking spot to run some errands and came to meet it still empty. Plus, I got all the Buffy series on sale. Hey as bad as this week has been I gotta grasp at straws!!

And how has YOUR week been?

Cup of Water

my father always told me: when you are angry, before you react drink a large cup of water. if you are still angry when you are done, go for it!"

....oh if only i had listened to him (sniff sniff).

on friday, while working on my laptop and working on pentup frustration with a week of very little sleep, i slammed my fist into my beautiful beautiful laptop. now, it wont start-up. flat out refuses to work. i'm very depressed right now.

i need a hug :(

Too Much To Ask?

i am currently watching the third season of veronica mars (an awesome show by the way; dont no y it got canceled....). so in this season, in addition to the usual mystery and mayhem, there's this strong vein of romance and love running through it. and boy has it got me feening.

noooo i DO NOT want to get married. but sometimes, especially when i'm watching ms mars do she ting :) i want so so bad to know how it would be to be loved. to have someone be totally into you. to see his eyes change when he glimpses you from afar. to instintively head for each other. have totally mind blowing sex. i no i no. but i think sex is better when u can you know each other. when u think so much alike you respond the same way.

ah well i'm just fooling myself yeh? love is just the dream that mills and boon and harlequin came up with to keep females idiotic and daft.

I'M A PC Microsoft Commercial - Windows Not Walls

Obviously everyone has seen the Apple commercials. They have poor PC stereotyped as a nerdy type and the Mac is this cool hip dude. Windows was smart enough not to challenge the claims made in the ads (hell they ARE true! VISTA SUCKS!!!). Instead, they put together a really cool ad showing the diversity of the people who still use PC. I just thought it was a really cool well put together ad and I thought I should share.

on a remotely related note.......YOUTUBE IS AWESOME!!!!

Cheap Publicity

300 I Are

Enjoy...........

Moving

So I have moved into a new apartment. the moving process alone was gruelling. it took me a day and a half of painful labor to get all the boxes packed and moved into storage. then after i'd signed my lease etc, it took me 4 weekends of going back and forth to get everything i needed (and forgotten) down to my new place. now comes the really hard part: i am surrounded by boxes. big boxes small boxes some i have no idea what is in them. i have been wearing the same shoe to work for the last 3 weeks cuz i dont remember what box i packed my shoes in. my closet is a mess of clothes and hangers. i desperately need a holiday so i can clean up the mess that is my house. some haters might say thats how my house always is....true. but i'm planning to turn a new leaf now ok? wish me luck :(

Oh Obama!

So now there's a book out there revealing Obama as a clandestine Muslim drug addict who sits through tirades about plans for a black coup d'etat and nods and takes notes.

Apparently, this guy is riding high on his successful undermining of John Kerry's presidential bid in 2004. Already his new book which has a mouthful of a name I don't care to keep in my head, is No 1! on the New York Times bestseller list. Isn't it kind of sad? Especially considering that a similar book written by the liberals on John McCain didn't even hit anything much less a list. (and I don't think its because it was badly written). Oprah didn't even mention it. In addition, the author of this book is CONFIDENT of vast monetary sponsorship and endorsements.

Forget Obama for the moment. Yes I'm a die hard fan, and I am plotting to get rid of that cute wife of his (that space in his bed is MINE bitch!!). But lets take a step back. I'm black (DUH! right?) and I live in the south. So it is very disturbing that such an inflammatory book is actually SELLING. He has gotten tons of interviews and of course Fox News Network is lapping it all up. It is not about Obama anymore. Buying such a book and giving such a man the time of day says something about America. And its something I don't like to hear (or read....). For African women, I guess the female trumps the black dude, but for me its being black. I do not exaggerate when I tell you that in the little town where I live, there are places I wouldn't venture to once its dark. Not cuz I'm female, or because its not safe, but simply because I'm black.

Maybe I'm overreacting...........

"Obama Fatigue"?

There is a new development in the election front. People are getting tired of hearing about Obama. Is that possible? I mean, you finally have a BLACK man doing all the stuff only the old white folks and their prim and proper wives did. So yeah, I guess people got overexcited and talked him to death. I don't think he is being taken seriously as a candidate. He's become like a toy and people are using him like the token black guy they started allowing in movies and sitcoms. O look Obama made a fist bump. Hey Obama is off to Hawaii. I don't blame McCain for slyly comparing him to Hilton and Speares (or was it Lohan????.....who cares!!). The man has been relegated to the kind of celebrity reserved for finding pictures of Katie Holmes' new hair cut (which is really cute by the way).

I am a die hard Obama fan, but I have to admit, its been ages I last heard about his political views. His plans for the nation? Is this like a reverse ploy by the media. "Hey we don't want a black president, but we cant say that in public. What to do......Hey! I know! Lets exhaust the issue. Make a big deal out of everything he does until everyone's sick of him. Then when he's talking about serious issues no one will listen!" We all know how short an average American's attention span is.......

So what to do? Ask the media to back off? Advise Obama to stay under the radar? I couldn't say. I cant vote so this is just a spectator sport for me. I think ....no I KNOW black America needs a shining example. Its not right to make Obama the knight on the white horse, but right now he's the only educated black man black people might listen to. They've totally ostracized Cosby for telling them the truth (and I'm not very popular either to be honest....) and Jesse and Al just need to shut up. They're dummies with loud voices (empty barrels......).

There is hope for America after all!

I just watched a video about a school called Berea College. It is a small college in Kentucky that pays FULL tuition to ALL its students. It caters solely to low income families and is reputed to have been accepting women and blacks long before the 'Brown vs Board of Education' decision. They do it by combining the donations of alumni and generous donors. They also require that all the students in some work for the school. They however do not ask for more than 10 hours a week from the student (giving them ample time to study and PASS). They offer an adequate range of courses and they have all the popular pre-professional programs: pre-med, pre-law, pre-dent, pre-vet and even pre-eng which is not as commonly offered as the latter courses.

I think it is absolutely awesome what they are doing. I am not asking the Nigerians to, but any American reading this should make some sort of donation especially if you're BLACK.....or mexican (hey lets face it, what color are most of the low income families?). I definitely will! Why this school has not gotten more exposure I cannot fathom.

GONGO ASO Accoustic Version

this is hilarious! props to nikolas. my yoruba brother from a greek mother and father lol!

i wish i could speak yoruba or know the words to gongo aso half as well. its cute when white folks become fixated on us former servants. ha ha.

seriously tho, that guy is awesome. i'm subscribing to his channel.

Jesse Jackson

I hope to add to this post when I'm not bogged down as I am right now, but for now this article voices what I plan to say with much meaner words (muhuhahaha)

Fellow Bloggers Shout Outs

So this dude left a comment actually COMPLIMENTING me on my blog (thats a laugh). and so i checked his out expecting to find a badly written blog with shallow topics, i mean, only a blithering drooling idiot wld actually READ my blog ( and LIKE it no less!) unless they accidentally landed on the site ....or they were friends who had no choice in the matter (if i was an xman, my mutant power wld be hounding pple to death). so anyway, went to the blog page and read this. DAMN! then he discussed a poem he wrote. you just HAVE to read it.

blogspot has actually opened me up to some really cool. peeps i can honestly find myself hanging out with. it really sucks that i am so far away and cant truly hang out with them like i would so love too. another honorable mention is this dude muse. for someone who used to detest poems unnless they were classical (and RHYMED!) i'm loving this guy too cuz of this awesome poem he wrote. well i'd thot he (well his blog anyway, but who can have such a blog and not be cool himself right?) was cool b4 then, but this poem has cemented our (albeit one sided) love. so deep so aptly apt!

of course, i have to give love to those who opened my world to the bloglife: freaksho, speechgirl, uduak, and that asshole neo. those guys can write (expect for neo of course; he's only on here cuz he'll whine like a little bitch if i dont mention him). you should check them all out! i love my friends and i love blogspot for helping me make new ones ......hope i'm not jumping the gun on that last part. he he

can any1 tell i'm just a really hyper juvenile delinquent? with stalker-like tendencies? as my baby sister wld say: hell hoe hell.

Global Warming et al

Saw this article this morning. Pretty interesting huh? Then I saw this slide show. What exactly is up I wonder?

One of my professors thinks we are just being ego-centric. That we just want the Earth to stay the way WE want it. The Earth goes through changes every millenia or so anyway (Ice Age, the meltdown of the ice age....we've all seen the movies) so why are we so bothered. yeah we'll be wiped out but so what? The dinosaurs went quietly why cant we? In a way, he's kinda right. Like all those vampire movies abt turning the whole human race into vamps. I'm like if we're ALL going to be vampires then who cares? Just go with the flow damn it! Or aliens taking over our bodies. If we are no longer aware after the "obliteration" why bother? this is also the reason i cant keep my mouth shut about things. As far as I can see, the worst thing that can be done to me is the annoyee (he he) kills me. If i'm dead, i dont know whats going on; then what? ..........so i talk.

i no now why i'll never be cast as the heroine to save the Earth. for me, as long as we wont be tortured or made into slaves, i mean, we're all just going to either disappear or get turned to vampires yeh? well then just bloody get on with it!

My Wish List

Now one of the things I have never agreed with is this "registering thing". You know what I'm talking about? People register their weddings, house warming, and baby showers and now even BIRTHDAYS! Then they give you an approved list of what they expect you to buy them. I do not approve of this at all, I mean whatever happened to the surprise and anticipation of opening up a present? Or the appeal to your creativity to come up with an original, guaranteed-to-be-well-received gift.

However, there might be something to this thing. The stars have been pointing to it. I mean, how else would you explain that the new and improved iPhone comes out on my birthday this year? As does Hellboy II AND the 1st 3-D movie Journey to the Center of the Earth!! I tell you its heaven sent!

So, in honor of these fortuitous signs, I present you my wishlist:

1. the brand spanking new iPhone, i'm not greedy, the 8 GB one will do
2. for the anti-apple peeps (like me..... in another life) you could get me the NOKIA 81 8 GB
3. Bang and Olufsen stereo and speakers. GOD they're sexy!
ok the next few stuff are a bit dorky but hey its MY wish list!
4. the complete arabian nights
5. agatha christie collection
6. the ENTIRE alfred hitchcock collection......that guy was the ultimate!
7. the bond collection; nuff said
8. 52" SONY BRAVIA
9. ok, another dorky addition: the complete works of shakespeare. no not the single book, have that already, i want the plays in their own books and then the sonnets
10. oooooh then i want ALL the charles dickens books!
11. of course, SIGNED copies of ALL stephen kings
12. see that purty picture up there?....hey its a WISH list. i'm allowed to dream!
13. i want a world tour. nothing big, just give me enough money to fly, sail, walk, train, bus at the cheapest rate around the world with extra money for my souvenirs :D
14. race car driving lessons
15. oh what the heck: SURPRISE ME! nothing beats that in my book! :)

Strictly For The Guys (ok, the girls can peek too)

Read this post on MSN, thought I should share it. I really want responses. Trying to figure something out.

Another One Bites the Dust

First, HAPPY JUNE 12!!! :)

I'm sure by now Nigerians the worlds over have heard the good news: Adedibu is dead. Another so called untouchable has succumbed to the ultimate power. For those of us old enough (ha ha) to remember 1999 when in this same month,....and around this same time...the seemingly unstoppable Abacha also went down. Oddly in the same way, they died. I mean they DIED. Adedibu the tyrant holding Ibadan ransom, the tout of touts and Abacha the dictator who magnanimously decided to allow a democratic election....then put only himself on the ballot. They went quietly on their beds. No bombs, no grassy knoll, no theater balcony (hey i loved those guys, just using these for effect :D). The Lord above smote them when he was good and ready. And in a way that reminds us all who the REAL boss is. When these things happen, I take such comfort. Its such a reminder (albeit a bit gruesome) that there IS a God. No matter what the people say. He IS there and he IS aware. No one is above him. This isnt a speech or a sermon. I'm too much of sinner to be the one doing that, but for the politicians in my home: Make una watch ur step! Baba God Eledumare wa no dey doze, him dey see o. So behave!

O and may i use this avenue to inform my people of my intention to run for president 2015...or maybe 2019 not sure yet. will let you know sha :D

No Less of a Woman

A bunch of my friends are preparing to get married this year. Of course, now that they have found their "one" they have taken it upon themselves to ask me constantly "so when are you getting married?" "how far with that guy?". I have been admonished to hurry up and move from my small town to a bigger city where the .....ahem....." prospects" are better. "You're not growing any younger you know" My mom called me in the middle of the night to tell me to not continue with my PhD. "Men will run away from you" she says.

Then there are those who are married but no kid yet . Apparently that too is a crime (the annoyance never ends does it?). "Where are my grandchildren?" "Your husband needs a son fast before he starts looking outside" What brings this on? Well, I thought this was an african thing. In the US, people just get dogs and they're happy. Then I watched this video and hey! we are not alone! apparently its universal. So enjoy......

Which brings me to another (utterly random) point, isnt it annoying how people subtitle when it is ENGLISH being spoken? A funny/different accent does not another language make.

Life as a Couple

Just read this post on Slate. pretty interesting. Personally, I love me my space. One of the reasons I know I am not getting married is because I'm not sure I could stand to be around a single human for that long. A boyfriend is fine. At least you can kick him out, or refuse to answer the door. i remember, I had these friends whose house I could spend days in and they would mind. When I was tired of seeing my (then) boyfriend I'd just go there. he had no idea where they lived so......... :)

Anywho this was an interesting experiment. What do y'all think?

Happy Birthday Mummy!!

Today is my mummy's birthday. She's turning.....OLD!!! but anyone who knows her knows she's a veritable baaaaaaaaaaaabe! I hope I got her genes :) altho my dad is pretty hot himself. God we're all getting old. my dad's almost 60 can u imagine. and mi madre.....well. women dont give out thier age yeh. so mum's the word (...did any1 else find that ironic)

Anyway. this post is just to commemorate my mummy's birthday.

Ma mere, buenos cumpleanos nne amore emi a se opo re o! insha allah

Hilary

I may be setting women back 1000 years, but would Hilary Clinton just shut up! My boo Barack Obama has enough delegates to win the nomination. he has been accepted as the Democratic candidate but Hilary insists on going on with her campaign. Her not giving up the fight is cute, but what the hell man? Your husband was there for 8 years, you've been senator, visited with the Ay-rabs, been shot at (oops I just "mispoke"....) so what the hell more does she want?

Her argument is that if it had been a man, no one would have batted an eyelid at her insistence on remaining in the race. But seriously? Seriously Hilary! During her husband's terms, I adored her. She stood for what I wanted for women: strength, ambition, focus, determination. But during this presidential race, her clay feet infected the rest of her. She was arrogant, down right bitchy, whiny,.......she turned into every chauvinistic pig's proof of why women should remain barefoot and pregnant. her dirty tactics, nasty comments, complaints 'no one pays attention to me" and the final straw last week when she pulled out the sex card. in this day and age when women are trying to throw out gender. asking 2 b treated as equals. she complains she is being ignored because she is a woman. yeah right! so when in the beginning during the debates when obama was being passed over and the focus was on her and her fellow "more experienced" (emphasis on the quotes) white cronies it would've been ok to pull the race card yeh? but he didnt. he could've. would've gotten away with it too. but he didnt. he just allowed his eloquence and presence do its job. yeah i'm biased, the man gives a mean speech. i would've loved to have a woman president. but i am proud to say that my island (yay!) has a female head of state for abt 10 yrs and she was well respected in the Caribbean. there were even rumors she n Reagan had a thing. in addition, india, england (!!!), pakistan (i think?) and guess what an AFRICAN country have had female leaders. but not in the history of the entire WORLD have we had a black head of state in a notoriously racist country that has "repented" ;) south africa doesnt count cuz whites are a minority there (how they ever achieved apartheid for so long i will never understand....but thats a rant for another post). if america can do it....well then i know the deaths of the freedom marchers, the black panthers, the lynch victims, malcolm x ......they were not in vain.

anyway, someone PLEASE tell hilary to go and take care of her husband (o boy,....i did it again didnt i? thats like another 1000 years back huh?)

Decision 2008!

So my secret lover won the Democratic nomination! I am ecstatic. We have bets on how long he will last before the white people realise what they are in for and take him out.......ok that was a bit racist. But seriously, history has been made. A black man/person has arrived where no black had ever dreamt to be. Marin Luther King FINALLY did not die in vain. Yeah yeah there are people out there who will point out how offensive that statement is but whatever. I calls 'em as I sees 'em. As far as I am concerned black people have a really looooooooooooooooong way to go still. Has anyone watched BET? There is nothing uplifting or showing black people as literate college going people with brains. That idiotic reality show College Hill as done nothing but prove to white people that even with a passable college education, black people are still only a little above animals (just a little, not much!) and then the "The Way It Is" that ghetto-ass reality show following that scrobogee Keyshia Cole. Good heavens, accidentally stopping on that show while channel surfing is guaranteed to drop your IQ by at least 100 points! Yeah I am a bit of snob. I truly believe education of ANY sort is the way to go. All these basketball players and musicians. they open their mouth, and you're begging them to shut up. Turning their game around 360 degrees my rump! It's no wonder Mrs Bush Sr could say what she said and still stand by it
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Anyway, back to my main point: OBAMA WON!!! YAY!! YIPEE!!! WOOHOO!! In your face Hilary! Ha ha. The question now is, can he beat McCain? I truly truly hope so. I want our love child to be able to live in the White House ;) Go Obama. I got your back!

OBAMA 2008-2016. Make it happen people. Change the history books. SAY IT LOUD!! ROCK THE VOTE!!!

ps: isnt it cool that ALL college-educated peopleblack white or "other" are OBAMA supporters? and that white, blue-collar (did i hear KKK??) voters are fiercely anti-Obama? hmmmmmm........

Ora

i'm fat somebody help me! my tummy is the same size as a 3-month foetus and it jiggles. is anyone a diehard simpsons fan? there was this episode where homer gets a heart attack. he goes to the hospital and the doctor pokes his belly to determine how much fat he's carrying. the stomach to move and homer goes "Woohoo look at the blubber fly!". and stomach keeps going........and going.......

thats how i feel about my tummy :( i no its nt good to carry weight around your midrif, but what the hell am i supposed to do? stomach fat is the hardest to lose. and i am so bloody lazy i hate .......ABHOR exercise. it bores the heck out of me. i have cut dwn on food. i no longer eat ice cream, none of my cakes :( and definitely none of that crappy fast food. no pizza. no (sob!) cheesecake. i'm even trying to learn to eat (barf) vegetables and salads. GOAT FOOD god whyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!

I am thankful

i love watching reruns. i adore those shows from the 70s and 80s and i love cold case especially episodes where the murder was committed in like the 30 or 40s. thing is, these flashbacks into the world back then make me more and more grateful for the world into which i was born. i am black AND female plus a tomboy who'd rather wear jeans n a baseball cap (i havent worn makeup close to a year now.....keep forgetting to he he) and yet i have NEVER suffered persecution. well, yeah i've heard the most sexist statements ever. n there is no question that there are some insane ignorant white people out there not to mention the simpering old biddies who think "girls" should be "girls". But thats by the way. Society has never stopped me from doing what i want. i've never been prevented from sitting in restaurant because i was black. made to use a different bathroom, drink from another faucet. i can be a doctor, engineer..... anything i want no one cares that i wear a bra n bleed 5 days out of the month. it is who i am that matters. not how i look or what demographic i fit into.

i'm not saying the struggle is over. far from it! i face them everyday. but we tend to forget how truly far we have come as blacks as women. once in a while lets look back and smile and be proud of what we have managed to accomplish. well not we we ........o u no what i mean!

Aluta continua!

Happy Mother's Day: The Video

remember that video i posted on mother's day no one could view? finaly figured it out! i'm getting better at this blog thing everyday :)

Rachel Ray the Terrorist

So the new furor on the news is that certain "sensitive" people decided that the scarf Rachel Ray (she does like cooking shows or something on cable tv) was suggestive of the scarf worn by Al Queda. cute huh?

I think it is utterly ridiculous. There is nothing wrong with that scarf! I want one! Or am I wrong?.........

MY Layout, Template etc

So my friends have all ganged up against me and are insisting that I spice up my blog. Unfortunately, i dont see any one giving me tips on what to. Some "friends" I have huh.........this is a hint people. feel bad n DO SOMETHING!

Open Access

Currently in the scientific world, authors have to pay ridiculous amounts to have their research published. The more prestigious the journal, the more you pay. Then, the readers who want to read your research and learn from it also have to pay through their noses to get it. Either you pay a ridiculous amount to subscribe (NATURE charges students $200, professionals much more)to the journal, or you pay a one time access fee ranging from $15-$80 for a one day access to the one article you want. Certain journals now offer the choice to authors to request that their submissions be freely accessible but there is a fee- almost $3,000.

This is ridiculous. I have always believed that science research was the one area where you could only be in it for the love of it because there was no monetary gain. However these guys want to prove me wrong. researchers get paid crap. I know people talk about how much you get from grants etc, but thing is its not all that. you have to buy equipment, pay research assistants, and pay so you can get publish. you HAVE heard of publish or perish yeh?

There are so many things I wish I could change, I dont know where to start.....

BEST BUY!!! GIVE ME A JOB!!

Yeah yeah those who know me and know Best Buy think....... well KNOW I'm overqualified to work there. But nonya! Cuz you forget I'm an "alien" in this country and so less than a nobody cuz "i'm not of this planet" (see dictionary definition of "alien") so I have to find work where I can. And really guys, if you really do know me you know I think BEST BUY ROCKS!! It is my favourite store in the world and I would be ecstatic to work there. So if anyone out there knows any1 in the HR dept there, put in a good word for me........

My Life So Far

So I'm in the final stages of my program. All I have to do is turn in a reading copy of my thesis. Unfortunately, I have writer's block. I had an epiphany this morning that I threw up a block because I am scared to death of failure (which I am). How do I get out of this rut? I need to do this really or my advisor will totally give up on me. right now, he's the only person who still thinks I maybe worth something (in my department anyway....)

Wish me luck? Writer's block sucks!

Happy Mother's Day!

In honor of Mother's Day, yahoo reposted this really cool video. Thought I'd share it with y'all. Hope i'm not infringing on anything?.........

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=7769005

The Job Hunt

Does anyone think this blog hurts my chances of getting a good job? I've been reading about how people lose jobs over unsavory blogs etc. I really am out to speak my mind and I DO NOT want to be gagged. I CANNOT be gagged. I NEED to have a place where I can freely speak my mind and not have bite my tongue or hold back. People have fought for ages to be able to speak freely without fear of persecution. Yet with each new generation, there is a new way of preventing you from doing just that. Sad really.

Nigeria 419 vs Yankee 419 (Part 2)

so my eyes no longer burn and while I can still see I'd like to continue:

Discover Card has this new advert on television telling you how they now offer a service to help you pay down your debt. Its a planner that helps you calculate how much you owe on your various cards, then offers options best suited to you to help reduce your overall debt. In the ad, the shiny yellow ball, in response to a question an awed 'spectator' poses: "Why would a credit card want to help me?" or something like that.......anyway, the ball goes "There's no catch! We just want to help"
HA!! I've just left the site and you have to apply and be approved for a credit card before you can use it. No catch my rectum! Anyway for those of you who still would like to use the calculator, there's a free no catch no requirements one available on this website i like to visit. It offers all the same things Discover's sans the strings.

On a related note, the Capital One Design Your Card sucks just as much. You CAN'T pick your own rate, anyone who remembers that you have to have perfect credit to ever get that EVER will realise that. And anyway, the site tells you to. You also cant truly pick your rewards. It comes with either higher rates or idiotically high annual fee or sometimes (wait for it)....both!

i know people think thats unfair, but the so called "Nigerian email scams" prey on your greed. A little common sense and awareness of countries and cultures other than your own is sufficient to keep you from being conned. Besides, that sort of solicitation is illegal. The ones mentioned above aren't, and more people fall prey to those every day than anything else!

The Job Hunt

Just in case you have been (awed voice) following my blog....thought you should know I AM STIL IN NEED OF A JOB! will do ANYTHING at this stage. i heard mcdonalds is hiring......

It's amazing the lists that are out there these days. People with no talents to speak of are out there creating lists about classics that should no longer be classics and rappers who cant rap and overrated singers. Granted, there are awful movies and terrible singers out there but different strokes for different folks. I think Jennifer Lopez can neither sing nor act and her butt is NOT all that..... However, she makes millions while I pull in $770 a month so who am I to judge right? Even if one is going to make a list why not start with a disclaimer stating that this is YOUR opinion and not make it a definitive list of what is crap and what isn't. Am I right? Does anyone not agree with me?

My Current Dilemma

I NEED A JOB! That is my one and only dilemma right now. I want a lab/research job but all the experience I have is teaching. However, I HATE teaching. I'm told I am good at it, but that is only if I have receptive minds to work with. The apathy I will be forced to encounter especially from these American kids who have NO home training and even worse academic one is.......well lets not dwell on it.

So anyway I am caught in that famous of all Catch-22's to get a job I need experience. But to get experience I need a job! How, I am yet to comprehend, am I supposed to get a Bachelor's, a Master's, and FIVE years experience and STILL be a "young candidate"? How does that work?

I have been revamping my resume and TRYING (really hard) to write an impressive cover letter but to no avail.

HELP!!

Blogs; A waste of time?

Why do I even bother with this blog? Does anyone truly care?

Investments

So I've joined this MSN CAPS thing on ...MSN duh!! Its supposed to be this support system for small time investors......or wannabe investors like me.

I am currently suffering from some serious nightly shakes over my finance. Currently I'm using about 60 % of my line of credit (in a fit of boredom, I calculated it a couple days ago) which is soooo not good! I'm trying to figure out how to pay it down, but I was just recently dumb enough to spend a huge amount on two of my cards. Sure I can pay it off, but I could have used that money to reduce my 60 % used line of credit. I'm pathetic........

Naija 419 vs Yankee 419

I started this awhile ago, on a day when I had......well, nothing to do. decided to finish it:

Now that I have no water and so cannot go out or anything :( I have ample time to gripe and talk and complain. Everyone even my personal boy Obama has been dissing Nigeria and our yahoo-yahoo boys. but there are even bigger cons going on here in the States....at least I think so anyway

lets start with the first one that made me even decide to write this:
1. in nigeria we all have the opinion that the lack of power is deliberate. someone is benefiting from it and we all think its the gen companies. no electricity means a booming business for the generator providers. its a thriving business with a guaranteed income. here, the lack of electricity is replaced with identity theft and "credit history". everyone is getting in on the business. you sign up 4 a credit card, they offer you this "account protection" crap with a 30 day trial. like in 30 days you're going to lose your job, fall ill, or die. then the freaking credit score that is SOOOOOO essential, FICO charges you $50 minimum to see a number that rules your entire life. even phd programs and jobs use it to decide if they want you. how suckie is that?
in america, credit rules your life. decides what apartment you can get. your cable provider uses it. no cell phone. you cant buy a house; or a car.
Wait, technically, you CAN do all these things without it, but you would have to be earning some serious cash to be able to pay cash for a house or a good car or buy cards for a cell phone where you're charged access fee every call and you're charged for both outgoing AND incoming calls. which brings me to the next gripe:

2. My non-fellows Americans! are you aware you are the ONLY nation in the world where you are charged for INCOMING calls and texts? imagine! someone thinks of me and i pay for them wanting to talk to ME! if that is not the HEIGHT of ridiculous, i dont know what is. then there is the fact that their cell phone system is the most backward. AFRICA yes AFRICA has better cooler way more technologically advanced cell phones than the US. I swear! o and by the way, there is a COMMISSION that monitors any reports of abuse or complaints cell phone customers have. the proceedings are held live and the companies HAVE to follow the directives laid down. NO FINE PRINT!!

3. Ah yes, the fine print. My banks send these tomes listing all their rules and regulations about how you will be charged (and charged again for going overdraft from those charges!). but of course all this is buried so deep in legalese that you are blissfully unaware of how u sold your soul..... then there's the check processing fee. choose to pay your bills etc via check, and you pay with your bank account. or my goodness the monthly "maintenance fee" what they are "maintaining" the world will never know. then the sucky savings account with the even suckier charge for "excessive withdrawals". IMAGINE i'm getting charged for spending too much of MY money. and its not like the rates are anything to write home about. 0.5% annual return (OH WOW!!!!).

4. I am severely short-sighted and I have a sweet tooth. therefore i get to see the two types of health care professionals NOT covered in the regular insurance. my last eye test cost $110: test $90 + additional $20 for the "glaucoma test". ever since that dumb test, my eye tears up and burns if i'm reading or even just have my eyes open for too long. i cant go see the doctor again, cant afford. i filled two teeth last month at my dentist. i have another appointment next week for the other 2 cavities, but i'm not going cuz i'm still recovering from the financial pain of the first fillings. it, would be cheaper for me to buy a ticket, fly to another country and have better work done for 1/4 of the price. Non-fellow Americans I kid you not. Your current health care plan SUCKS. and no one wants to do anything about. we'll rant more about that another time. for now, lets continue on how americans con more money out themselves than these "nigerian scam emails" (NOTE THE QUOTATION MARKS!!!)

5. About the above quotation marks. i get solicited CONSTANTLY via email, on tv, over the phone by WHITE AMERICANS trying their darndest to get me 2 put money in an envelope and send it to them quickly. these guys couldn't possibly be taking orders from a "nigerian princess" could they? is blue hippo secretly run by nefarious african imps? or free credit report.com (catchy tune) that neglects to tell you the credit report isnit really free. and what about that fast talking guy raking in millions by rapidly telling u all the catches to the FREE, $500 REBATES etc the other announcer just used 48 seconds of a 50 seconds ad to talk about

i grow weary. cant think of #6. if you wanna add go right ahead. my eyes have started to burn and water (DAMN THAT OPTHAMOLOGIST!!!)

For the Africans dreaming of a better life

This is just a small gripe. All of you looking for a better life in yankee. I went without light a couple days ago. Do you know you cant even go on the internet without electricity? Now this morning I went to the bathroom to take a shower.....NO WATER!! grrrrrrr

better life my ass

Stuff Educated Black People Like

My darling black american friend sent me this post and i find it hilarious in an annoying way.......

check it out and let me know what you think.

then when you're fuming, check out this other cool post.

that should put a smile right back on your face. then add your own comment to the blog

help the list grow :)

the future of nigeria

i just read my friend's blog about the mind set of nigerians. it so sad really. we are the most hard working people in the world. yet, our country is in shambles and we are rated the most corrupt country in the WORLD. why is this? everyone i know are hard working. they shine at their place of work. and they got where they are honestly. so where are the crooks coming from? over 90% of my generation have some form of tertiary education so why is it that we are still considered a third world country with a high illiteracy rate?

it is so insulting to someone with my level of education to watch the commercials on american tv. these days, companies have noticed that the best way to entice consumers is to show a starving child purportedly in africa and then promise that 1 cent/dollar whatever will go towards feeding this child or curing aids. as far as i am concerned there are just as many starving children right here in the US and their HIV population higher. but how is my one voice going to stand out when every other is shushing me down. nigerians agree the image projected is wrong but they "cant do anything" because they dont want to "offend their american benefactors".......whatever that means. when are we going to stand up for ourselves?

i hear there is an "indecency bill" being passed through the house. is that what is now the priority in nigeria? our schools, hospitals, roads are falling apart; we are nobodies in the international community; our brain drain gets severe with each passing day, yet the most important bill in the house is whether spaghetti straps should be outlawed. figures no? there is no electricity 20 hours out of the day forcing our international investors to pack up n return home. but by god! our kids (well the females anyway...we all know who the real targets are.....) will dress "decently". decently being an hypocrite's definition of it. doesnt matter that half of those passing this law cannot read it talk less of edit it for grammatical errors. or that covering up wont help us when we're sick but the nurses and doctors are still on strike because they havent been paid in a year. or the house of rep to sign the bill died because the power went out during an operation to save him after that motor accident that happened when his car flipped after hitting that HUGE pothole on the highway..........i could go on.

i suck at writing. and i call myself incoherent with reason. but o if only more than just 1 person could read this n not just gain something from but actually speak up and speak OUT!