June 2003

I am now officially homeless for the next few days. Although after the events of one morning last month this is not such a bad thing.

Murphy’s law was in full effect as usual. It had been a warm, bright, sunny weekend but on the day that the whole of Manchester was moving house, today, it started pissing down with rain at 5 in the morning and hasn’t stopped since. Since I moved all my stuff yesterday I managed to avoid the chaos! HA!

What? You can’t sleep at work anymore? What is the world coming to?

The University of Manchester and UMIST are to become one university again to create a super university for Manchester to rival Oxbridge. As is necessary with all bureaucracies a big waste of time (this time called a “comprehensive consultation exercise”) was embarked upon with the mission to decide on a name for the institution. After a wide review it was finally decided that the The University of Manchester would from now on be known by the revolutionary new name of: The University of Manchester.

Some clowns tried to pull a fast one and nominated Manchester United University as an alternative name. Fortunately this suggestion was only backed by 33 people which proves for once and all that only 33 ManYoo fans actually live in Manchester.

Can you tell the difference between a selection of murderous, human rights-abusing dictators and some Hollywood porn legends, simply by examining their moustaches?
Are you clever enough to identify the despots from the sexpots?

Emotional Dagger

I can’t digest your lies anymore
My appetite for truth too strong
You have underestimated my intelligence
One too many times…..

(c) by Jaeda DeWalt

Read the full poem at Jaedas

Her photos are amazing too.

Isn’t it strange how your alma mater always looks a hundred times better in the brochures or website than when you were there? Rolling hills, new equipment, smiling women, soft green fields on warm sunny days. Now that I do not remember. But it was a good school. Of course it helps that the school in question only accepts the crème de la crème, the best talent, the leaders of the tomorrow! No riff raff like you lot would be let in. (Don’t even start all that “you guys are too soft to do 8-4-4″. You did 8-4-4 where’s your bloody website eh?!)

Your bored in the office/at home/ in bed but luckily for you I have decided to keep you amused. Here is a easy one to start with. Who or what are:
Bucephalus
Bucentaur
Bicephalous

What a crucial sporting weekend this is. Harambee Stars are
one win away from a place in the 2004 African Cup of Nations. The last time we qualified was the 1992 edition in Senegal so it’s about time we qualified again.

It is also Safari Sevens weekend in Nairobi. A highlight of the international rugby calendar. Its about time Kenya won the trophy back.

GO Kenya GO

update: You
win some
and
lose some.

The mixed signals are very perplexing. The United States closes its Nairobi embassy until Tuesday due to intelligence on “a serious terrorist threat” and British Airways flights to and from Nairobi are still suspended.

At the same time other European nations are busy lifting their travel bans to Kenya. Mainly Germany, Belgium and France.

What is going on?

I don’t read film or book reviews because I think they are boring, I feel that the reviewers are following an agenda which makes the reviews dishonest and finally because I want to make up own mind and for that I need to watch the movie without prejudice. However, I recently bumped into The Four Word Film Review site; this is my kind of reviewing!

After inspiration from Nicodee I have decided to add a book called Non Campus Mentis
to my wish list.
Make sure you check out my Show me love section.

Some words just do not belong together. For example:

Preemptive strikes
Gay Bishop
Black Unity
Japanese Steakhouse
Microsoft (needs Viagra)
White heavyweight boxer
Dirty bomb (what the hell is a clean bomb?)

Some people sleep the whole day and then are up the whole night and then complain that they cannot sleep because they are suffering from insomnia. Clowns. Others sit around the whole day doing nothing expect drinking caffeine and downloading Redbull into their body and then when they cannot sleep complain that they have insomnia. Even bigger clowns. Insomnia has become cool. It is the “in” illness to have. But when you’ve been at work from 7am till 9:30pm get home to tired to cook at 10pm and can hardly read the paper or watch TV and find yourself staring at the wall at 4 am exhausted knowing that you have to wake up in two hours and can not get to sleep, then it is not cool at all. I need pills and quick.

Even by African standards this is impressive. How the hell does someone steal a PLANE from under your nose? Angolan security must be whack. Either that or someone must be living large of some huge bribes.

The best about me page I’ve read in a while … makes me wanna change mine …