wknd highlights

a funny thing happened on the way to the weekend...i'm heading home from work on thursday, when i decide that i've got to figure out a way to beat the traffic. so i get my handy dandy trusty map book out and start on my journey to find the perfect back route. this didn't turn out so well. usually when i get lost, some alpha instinct kicks in and somehow i find my way back to something familiar. maybe this would have been the case if i lost my way only once. no no, as i was trying to find my way back after being lost for the 1st time (~10min into my drive home), i get lost again. it really didn't help, either, that a lot of these residential joburg roads are gated and sometimes these gates are closed with no attendant and sometimes they're open (its anyone's guess as to when they open). well, this past thursday they were ALL closed. so after turning around for the 5th time because of a closed gate and realizing for the 6th time that i was trully lost, i decided to ditch the map book. by this time i was in a dodgy alley somewhere, it was getting dark, my AC was not working, i had the windows all rolled up for the full tinted effect, making the windshield incredibly cloudy and almost impossible to see out of (luckily i had a small tissue paper and could wipe off a tiny spot). after ditching the map book, i decided to just follow the car in front of me and head back to wherever there was traffic (as that would indicate a major road-- any major road would do at this point). well, the first attempt failed; the stupid car was apparently on an adventure of his own as well and led me promptly to a closed gate. the 2nd attempt was better and eventually i got to somewhere i recognized. 3hrs later, i was home. maybe i should just stick to the over-crowded major roads...

sunday, i got suckered into salsa again. this time it was proper lessons...i think i've now been salsa-ing way more than i ever had before and much more than i thought i would ever. but no, it was a lot of fun. great way to meet people and/or chat with old friends (usually about how bad i am at salsa). i'll probly go again...and soon, i'll be a salsa freak. and with my moves, u wont even recognize me.

also on sunday, i finally sat down to watch the nigerian movie channel. yep. i watched a nollywood movie. and i must say, i can see why some people are addicted to this thing. i mean, its not chidimadugwe's fault that she was born into a royal family and she fell in love with ugochukwu, a commoner, but she was pledged by her father, a chief, to marry the wealthy businessman's son, jonah, who spent a year in the US and talks like a village thug and goes by the name j-bone... man, this is good stuff.

less-than-random thought #854329: Congrats Obama. its no secret i'm rooting for the man and this revolution. if u get a chance you should read a lovely article about social entrepreneurship by nyt columnist, nicholas kristof (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/opinion/27kristof.html?th&emc=th); it sort of explains a bit of the effect i see president obama making.

also read this to understand why a hillary nomination would be terribly defeating, especially if, as it seems, mccain gets the nod on the republican side...you didn't think you were signing up for a proper us politics lesson when you subscribed to this blog, did you?? i'm a man of surprises. pleasant ones!

pleasant random thought #543270: this one's for all you jews out there. and u fake ones too!... i learned a new word today and i was going to incorporate it into my blog entry...possibly in discussing hillary clinton, but i decided that this word is just way too crude, cruel and raunchy, so i'll spare you the sick visual images that have been running through my mind...anyway, it suffices to say that one of these days i may label someone or something the schmegma of society. and that would be really not nice.

a plus.