A little dose of poetry March 17, 2010

She flies, she flows, bleeding rhythm, spilling prose… I’ve got this itch lately, this restless sadness that won’t go away. I feel like a hamster in a wheel, running round and round, making the same steps over and over, not going anywhere, and not even burning any calories. I mean, for all that running the [...]

Yowsers bowsers March 8, 2010

Yes, I do occasionally watch Scooby Doo and Inspector Gadget. And I hated North Stars and Bata Bullets in the 80s. Absolutely love them now though… Who’d’a thunk I’d ever be too tired busy to blog? Le sigh. Scary things happening in blogville. Something must be done! Like sleeping less. Four hours would be ideal. [...]

Again with the hair! February 17, 2010

If I have one true obssession, this is probably it. Which is strange, because I really don’t fuss over my hair. I like my dreads because I can hit the salon once a month, spend an hour under the drier, and ignore it for the next thirty days. So it’s strange that I call this [...]

Off with her hea … hair! February 9, 2010

So I changed my avatar again. The main reason is that I cut my hair yesterday. Well, that didn’t come out quite like I intended. See, I’ve always liked cartoons, and I love, love, LOVE yahoo avatars. So it figured I’d have one headlining my blog. I initially had this purple-haired one because I really [...]

OMG OMG OMG!! New Toy! February 2, 2010

I know. I need help. So here’s how I spent the last fifteen minutes. I was browsing here and more specifically here and figured I’d give it a shot. Since Mosh is a good friend of mine, I figured I’d ask the twin a few key questions to see just how authentic it really is. [...]

Strangelings January 30, 2010

At some point in the recent past, I embraced change. I realised that I was shifting – both subtly and not so subtly – and figured my life would be way easier if I simply accepted the morph rather than fighting it. Yeah, still working on that… ♫♫♫♫♫ I’ve been thinking a lot of random [...]

Today, the not-so-random… January 29, 2010

So I found my windchimes – muchos gracias to KP and this lady here. I went with the Nakumatt junction option, and they claimed to have no idea what windchimes were [groan]. But since KP had bought his there, I gave him an in-store call and he directed me to the exact coordinates of said [...]

She’s got it! January 28, 2010

I don’t know what it is about these Rwandan women. Back in Dar, we had this neighbour kid. She had to be, what, twelve? Fifteen at most; she didn’t even have proper … rib-padding yet. But when she walked, you just couldn’t help staring. Here was a tall, polite, pre-pubescent girl in an extremely unflattering [...]

Random Sunday January 24, 2010

A person that I am very fond of is getting married. She’s lovely, so cheerful and full of life; feisty and red-haired, with the prettiest blue eyes. It’s taken her a long time to find the love of her life  - she’s almost fifty! Hearing the news, I couldn’t help giggling. I’m so, so happy [...]

Shida ya kuwa baabi January 20, 2010

Naskia s’ku’izi tunaitwanga ma-odinari. Ai … lakini si hiyo ni jina ya tene kiasi … miaka ka’a ngovo hivi. Dude, I am old. No, I will not even pretend to attempt further. For me, speaking sheng’ means substituting Anglicized words for Swahili, adding -ing, and occasionally throwing in ‘authentic’ words like ashu, Kingoso, and anchwanimbee. [...]