So this girls calls me up and told me she went to a rally featuring our own Sen Obama. Consequently I asked her if she was fired up, and to my amazement she didn’t know the proper reply.
Fired up! Ready to go!
Fired up! Ready to go!
For those of you that don’t know what I am talking about here is the orgin of “fired up! Ready to go!” chant!
Continue reading ‘Origin of Fired Up’
Published by February 12th, 2008 in Current Issues.
About six months ago I read on USA today that San Francisco banned plastic shopping bags. It’s ok with me since I prefer paper anyway.
Although the cashiers do not like it when I request paper instead of plastic because it gives them extra work. Paper is more convenient because it carries more stuff in a stable manner. Continue reading ‘No Plastic in Africa’
Published by February 11th, 2008 in African and Current Issues.
A gallon of gas was only a dollar fifty, and the light indicating that my car needed some has been lit for a couple of days and I had avoided driving it. Tuesday was the day I promised to drive my girlfriend at the time to the airport.
I planned to use the four dollars I had to my name to buy enough gas to and from the airport. I decided to pick her up first and then go to the gas station on the way to the airport when the car just stopped in the middle of the street.
I didn’t know if I should laugh or cry but she was furious.
I will never trust you to do anything ever again!”
Good news at last; I called a friend who happened to be nearby and asked him he could lend me his car to take her to the airport. Since she was very anal we were two and a half hour early and she made it in time. Continue reading ‘Woo Me!’
Published by February 7th, 2008 in Advice, Dating and Personal.
By no measure, I am no literary guru, but idioms resonate within me. As the Arab proverb indicates that the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
So everything has a breaking point; that instance where you realize that something is completely wrong; the point of no return; the boiling point.
Films and books use this to base an action thriller or a title of a story; it’s actually quaint that they would have the character breakdown by killing a family member or something to that extent and then he/she goes out and takes revenge; Charles Bronson’s Death Wish.
Nevertheless, there is that point in our daily lives where we finally say:
“I have had enough; this is the last straw; I quit
It could be a job, a lover, a friend, a car or any obsession. One friend told me that one day she woke up and became a vegetarian for no apparent reason, and there is no turning back.
Like any addiction the first day is the hardest. Continue reading ‘The Last Straw’
Published by February 4th, 2008 in Advice and Personal.
I was recently in a conversation in which 3 guys were present and on hot chick per say. Snobby little girl says that the power god gave to women is amazing. The things she can make a man do for her just by asking.
I was thinking what a complete “superficial snobby little girl;” sure she is hot but so what. Who give a shit?
A DC abesha girl named Angel Melaku aka Lola luv is making the hip hop round these days asserting her claim to fame; an ass to die for.
Don’t get me wrong; I love nice Qit as much as any black man. And I am glad she is maximizing her assets, no pun intended. Continue reading ‘angel my qit’
Published by January 29th, 2008 in African and Social.
