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?