Things I miss about Seattle:
Rain
People I know
Bagels and lox
The Senate (the band)
Riding in cars in the rain...there's something so specific-feeling about that
People who don't care what they look like
Umbrellas and boots and fleeces and raincoats
Buildings with heat (they don't believe in that here...and its winter now which is actually cold like the wolf since you never warm up because indoors is the same temp as outdoors)
My cats and dog (Rory, Roo and Bo)
Grey's Anatomy and every other American TV show that is 6 months ahead in the US
Not being seen as a representation of Bush and the Iraq War
Ketchup instead of tomato sauce
Krispy Kremes
Real dill pickles
celery and ranch
pizza with actual pizza sauce
Girls who wear tennis shoes sometimes
Movie rental places with movies made before 2003
Pride and Prejudice (BBC version)
The Usual Suspects
The Challengers
Sour apple martinis
People who do not have domestic helpers (aka maids)
Internet and phone time that isn't so expensive that I feel endlessly guilty about using it
Herbal Essences!!!
Christmas lights
Politics
Recycling
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Obama+Edwards=Lekka Ticket
Yay! Edwards endorsement=unstoppable. I actually think that he would make a solid running mate for Obama. Granted, he didn't help much last time, but the biggest problem in '04 was that nobody was passionate about the democratic ticket. Obama has already cornered the market on passion and charisma, and brought in the two notoriously non-voting Dem voting blocks that can deliver the presidency (young voters and minorities). Now all he needs is an earnest partner who can deliver the non-black portion of the working class that Clinton says belongs to her, which is Edwards exactly.
The funniest part of the CNN coverage was the little Breaking News headline bar that they keep scrolling on the bottom of the page. It kept saying, "Breaking News: Edwards pulled out of the Democratic race in January"...no, really?? And,"Breaking News: Edwards left the race with 26 delegates." Scintillating coverage.
South African phrase of the week: "lekka" meaning cool
As "in long live the madre, the lekka lekka madre" (this year's mothers day card...this is what happens when two sisters are forced to compromise on one line).
The funniest part of the CNN coverage was the little Breaking News headline bar that they keep scrolling on the bottom of the page. It kept saying, "Breaking News: Edwards pulled out of the Democratic race in January"...no, really?? And,"Breaking News: Edwards left the race with 26 delegates." Scintillating coverage.
South African phrase of the week: "lekka" meaning cool
As "in long live the madre, the lekka lekka madre" (this year's mothers day card...this is what happens when two sisters are forced to compromise on one line).
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Christmas in May
You're probably wondering why I am constantly on about electricity recently. I've never showed an interest in it before (excluding last year's Pink House Debate on whether it cost more to heat water for tea in the microwave or on the stove--I am sure that it has to be the microwave that uses more power, right??)....well electricity has never THREATENED MY LIFE SO REGULARLY before.
First there were the weekly power cuts. Fine, but dangerous when the traffic lights all of a sudden stop working. Then, I got randomly stuck in an elevator. It lasted less than 3 minutes, but I am super claustrophobic, so I was already well on my way to hyperventilating. And now, I just got the hugest shock of my life. I was holding a string of Christmas lights and all of a sudden my whole body was jolting and crackling. In addition to the fact that South Africa doesn't have as many safety regulations or the culture of litigation that would ensure that Christmas lights don't shock the fuck out of small children during the Holiday season, South African sockets also produce double the output of American ones (220 volts versus 110). When my computer is charging and I brush my hand over the top I can feel the electric current.
I am telling you, South Africans are HARDCORE.
More clumsiness and pain for the day:
I stuck my hand in the dishwater and it came out with a huge gash. The worst part is that I somehow didn't even notice at first, so I tracked blood all over the kitchen and then had to clean all over again. Hot damn, though, I love band-aids like nothing else. In the spirit of Christmas lights, I chose a Santa one for tonight.
Essay of the week: Why the Rwandan Patriotic Front should not be portrayed as the hero in movies like Hotel Rwanda and Sometimes in April...because it misleads the impressionable Western public who then validate Rwanda's new (well, new in 1994) RPF-led government, and allow them to commit MORE mass killings along with Zaire (now Dem Rep of Congo). I love it when my essays make me feel all Zinn-ish.
Me: "Why is that woman wearing such a skanky tube top?"
My dad: "Because she is HOT."
He was actually referring to temp....no really.
First there were the weekly power cuts. Fine, but dangerous when the traffic lights all of a sudden stop working. Then, I got randomly stuck in an elevator. It lasted less than 3 minutes, but I am super claustrophobic, so I was already well on my way to hyperventilating. And now, I just got the hugest shock of my life. I was holding a string of Christmas lights and all of a sudden my whole body was jolting and crackling. In addition to the fact that South Africa doesn't have as many safety regulations or the culture of litigation that would ensure that Christmas lights don't shock the fuck out of small children during the Holiday season, South African sockets also produce double the output of American ones (220 volts versus 110). When my computer is charging and I brush my hand over the top I can feel the electric current.
I am telling you, South Africans are HARDCORE.
More clumsiness and pain for the day:
I stuck my hand in the dishwater and it came out with a huge gash. The worst part is that I somehow didn't even notice at first, so I tracked blood all over the kitchen and then had to clean all over again. Hot damn, though, I love band-aids like nothing else. In the spirit of Christmas lights, I chose a Santa one for tonight.
Essay of the week: Why the Rwandan Patriotic Front should not be portrayed as the hero in movies like Hotel Rwanda and Sometimes in April...because it misleads the impressionable Western public who then validate Rwanda's new (well, new in 1994) RPF-led government, and allow them to commit MORE mass killings along with Zaire (now Dem Rep of Congo). I love it when my essays make me feel all Zinn-ish.
Me: "Why is that woman wearing such a skanky tube top?"
My dad: "Because she is HOT."
He was actually referring to temp....no really.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Double Standard
I just got broken up with. Over an sms (text message). If any of my friends told me that I would be like, "are you kidding me?! He's not worth it anyway if he was too rude and cowardly to dump you in person." At the same time, I know he's not serious because he does this quite often when we fight and has never meant it before, which makes the phone thing less of a strike against him...sort of. On the other hand the fact that he breaks up with me every fucking time that he is upset with me--regardless of the fact that it only lasts for a few hour--counts as a strike against him in itself.
This time the break up was so hypocritical that it is mildly hilarious. He is upset because I did not call him all day. Specifically the sms said, "I hope whatever you're so busy with is important, cause it just cost you a relationship. I don't wanna be where I'm not needed or even missed. Bye." This is so entirely absurd that it deserves a list of reasons for its ridiculousness :
1) Yes, I did not call or sms today, but I had absolutely no airtime and he knew that. Furthermore, he did not bother to call or sms either, so his grounds for deserving to be broken up with apply just as much to him.
2) He cannot act like I have been slacking, because I was the last one to call. Yesterday, he did call a few times, but he was not uber nice on any of those occassions. Then, when he ran out of airtime, I called him using my dad's airtime which was a lot of effort. And the conversation was hardly worth it because he was being moody the whole time.
3) I invited him to come with my family to a rugby game yesterday which he didn't bother coming to even though I haven't seen him since wednesday, he wouldn't have had to pay, his ride was organized for him, and we would have been sitting in an entirely different section from my family...so it would have actually been quality time. So how can he say that I am the one acting like I don't need or miss him, when he won't come spend time with me when it costs him absolutely nothing???
3) Just the phrase "it just cost you a relationship" makes me writhe in anger. Like I should appreciate the fact that he is (was) dating me more than he needs to appreciate me.
Sometimes I just wish that he would grow the fuck up, because I may not be Katherine Hegel, but I am definitely worth enough to not deserve this bullshit. I already sent him an sms (with borrowed airtime) saying that he is being unfair, and I sent him a please call. I refuse to cater to his dramatics any more than that. If he wants me back, he better call and make up with me before I fall asleep tonight or he will have to super work his ass off to make me consider taking him back.
“Someone says, 'Boys will be boys'; he forgot to add, 'Boys will be men'."
-Napoleon Bonoparte.....nope, I think that the former is actually correct for the most part.
This time the break up was so hypocritical that it is mildly hilarious. He is upset because I did not call him all day. Specifically the sms said, "I hope whatever you're so busy with is important, cause it just cost you a relationship. I don't wanna be where I'm not needed or even missed. Bye." This is so entirely absurd that it deserves a list of reasons for its ridiculousness :
1) Yes, I did not call or sms today, but I had absolutely no airtime and he knew that. Furthermore, he did not bother to call or sms either, so his grounds for deserving to be broken up with apply just as much to him.
2) He cannot act like I have been slacking, because I was the last one to call. Yesterday, he did call a few times, but he was not uber nice on any of those occassions. Then, when he ran out of airtime, I called him using my dad's airtime which was a lot of effort. And the conversation was hardly worth it because he was being moody the whole time.
3) I invited him to come with my family to a rugby game yesterday which he didn't bother coming to even though I haven't seen him since wednesday, he wouldn't have had to pay, his ride was organized for him, and we would have been sitting in an entirely different section from my family...so it would have actually been quality time. So how can he say that I am the one acting like I don't need or miss him, when he won't come spend time with me when it costs him absolutely nothing???
3) Just the phrase "it just cost you a relationship" makes me writhe in anger. Like I should appreciate the fact that he is (was) dating me more than he needs to appreciate me.
Sometimes I just wish that he would grow the fuck up, because I may not be Katherine Hegel, but I am definitely worth enough to not deserve this bullshit. I already sent him an sms (with borrowed airtime) saying that he is being unfair, and I sent him a please call. I refuse to cater to his dramatics any more than that. If he wants me back, he better call and make up with me before I fall asleep tonight or he will have to super work his ass off to make me consider taking him back.
“Someone says, 'Boys will be boys'; he forgot to add, 'Boys will be men'."
-Napoleon Bonoparte.....nope, I think that the former is actually correct for the most part.
Friday, May 9, 2008
I want a vampire boyfriend too!
I have been reading my little sister's books again. Embarrassing perhaps, but teen girl lit is my guilty pleasure. Right now the books of choice are the uber popular Twilight series. In short, the heroine moves to a new school and falls in love with a vampire who is also attracted to her....and her blood. Every time they kiss he has to restrain himself from killing her. How hot is that?
Of course, my bf doesn't need to be a vampire to come close to killing me, and vice versa. Our relationship is basically a molotov cocktail. We are both stubborn beyond to belief, like to argue, and secretly love drama, which is an explosive combination. The world should be very very impressed that we made it to six months. Still, we're adorable together if I do say so myself. He needs someone to keep him in line...and I need someone who I don't feel has a weaker personality than me.
And! My hair is straight! It makes me feel almost like a different person. Its funny how much you can associate your identity with something as silly as hair. Now I look more white. Maybe that's why they are refusing to hurry up with my citizenship application. Hmph. Well, it will be curly again by monday...its already starting to get poofy and curly at the ends like messy Barbie hair. So, I will turn it into a fro by after the weekend and march into Home Affairs and demand a South African passport.
Plus has anyone noticed that Chris Matthews comes across as a huge dork? A loveable one, but a dork nonetheless.
"Senator Obama's support among hardworking Americans--white americans--is weakening again. [...] I have a much broader base." -Hillary Clinton
Of course, my bf doesn't need to be a vampire to come close to killing me, and vice versa. Our relationship is basically a molotov cocktail. We are both stubborn beyond to belief, like to argue, and secretly love drama, which is an explosive combination. The world should be very very impressed that we made it to six months. Still, we're adorable together if I do say so myself. He needs someone to keep him in line...and I need someone who I don't feel has a weaker personality than me.
And! My hair is straight! It makes me feel almost like a different person. Its funny how much you can associate your identity with something as silly as hair. Now I look more white. Maybe that's why they are refusing to hurry up with my citizenship application. Hmph. Well, it will be curly again by monday...its already starting to get poofy and curly at the ends like messy Barbie hair. So, I will turn it into a fro by after the weekend and march into Home Affairs and demand a South African passport.
Plus has anyone noticed that Chris Matthews comes across as a huge dork? A loveable one, but a dork nonetheless.
"Senator Obama's support among hardworking Americans--white americans--is weakening again. [...] I have a much broader base." -Hillary Clinton
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Say What?!
McCain called his wife a cunt? In public? How did I miss this? It is clearly true as well, because when asked at an Iowa town meeting if he truly CALLED HIS WIFE A CUNT, he responded "Now, now. You don't want to... Um, you know that's the great thing about town hall meetings, sir, but we really don't, there's people here who don't respect that kind of language. So I'll move on to the next questioner in the back." Wow. I personally would have just pulled a Clinton and denied the whole affair.
One things for certain, though. This means that there is no way in hades that Clinton voters are going to somehow flock to McCain once she drops out. Why? Let me reiterate...HE CALLED HIS WIFE A CUNT! And a trollop.
Me: "Do you have apple martinis?" ...for the millionth time
Waiter: "No" ...for the millionth time
One things for certain, though. This means that there is no way in hades that Clinton voters are going to somehow flock to McCain once she drops out. Why? Let me reiterate...HE CALLED HIS WIFE A CUNT! And a trollop.
Me: "Do you have apple martinis?" ...for the millionth time
Waiter: "No" ...for the millionth time
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