Lets just have one huge HEARTY..:
WOOOZZZAAA WEEKEND!!!!!!!
I cannot begin to express the joy spilling from my entire being at waking up this morning and realised..OMFG..its Friday! And i knew someecards would have the best card..hence
c'mon people, lets be honest. these cards are the coolest thing since Google...and blogger of course
Last night i went to dinner with my daddy.
It was cool to just spend time with my old man.
At the table next to us was a family celebrating Grandma's 80th bday and natch grandma, daughter and gran daughter were there. And gran daughter's kid was there as well, it was all very sweet. 4 generations. I was feeling an appreciation for God and the miracle of life and how we all start out so tiny and look at us now..
unwritten: wow, isn't that amazing, the miracle of life? i mean wow, don't you just get all emotional thinking how i used to be so tiny and now look at me, its amazing isn't it?
unwritten's dad: what's amazing is how I've survived 23 years with very few suicidal thoughts and mild alcoholism. That's what the miracle is.
i don't care what they say, i know he loves me.
On a more serious note yo...
Last night i slept over at my editor boy's place. Now, you know those people in Lagos who are driving around with Obama bumper stickers and have about 10 shirts that say the same thing that they wear everywhere, and who will make every conversation end up being about how "passionate" Senator Obama is..that's my editor boy. Its gotten so bad that if i wanna be in there with a chance of having sex, i have to put CNN on as an aphrodisiac...yes, he's that obsessed.
Anywho..OK, so he warned me that we would be getting up at 3am...WTF?? you might ask...why, Barack Obama's acceptance of the democratic nomination of course.
If you didn't see it (which is likely unless you live in the states), and you actually give a damn (which i wouldn't judge...but c'mon??!!!)...then make the effort. I found it super worth while watching that speech..
I always said that there is no reason for me to have any passionate feelings about their politics and policies and especially their elections. I mean, i have to say, my faith in the American voting system (and Americans in general) took a nose dive in 2000, just when i was realising that politics is pretty interesting to me.
...and then those elections happened, and i was in Zim at the time...and you can pretty much see where this is going yea? To make matters worse, in 2004 i assumed, the people of the great nation-the land of dreams would wake up and realise what an idiot George W is..but then they voted him back and i just realised that, yes--American politics affects every single in the world directly or indirectly--but they obviously don't know the power they have or the privilege they are presented with by being legible to vote in America, so screw them. I don't care anymore.
And then, one afternoon, I'm watching Oprah and her senator (Illinois) came on with his beautiful wife to promote his book "The Audacity Of Hope"...and Oprah point blank asked the Senator.."are you gonna run for president?" and he declined to answer. I have to say..i think we all knew he was gonna do it.
Now, a few years later, he has won the Democratic nomination and he's spearheading a campaign that promises one thing to America (and indirectly-the world) one thing: CHANGE.
There was a little spark ignited in me when he won the party nomination, but in all honesty it was a tough one to call. I can honestly say that, had Hilary won the nomination, it would have been a huge step for women everywhere...but making me choose was like making me choose if i am black before i am a woman..i am both at exactly the same time.
Now, all of a sudden, the inner politico in me is fired up and feeling a need to follow this race with as much anticipation as i have awaiting the next season of "The Hills" (don't judge yo).
I have to say, all my scepticism aside, the Americans need to get up there, and be counted. If 8 years of George W and the War are not enough to get you to crave a change, a different opinion, then Americans, consider this.
Will you please take off your rose coloured/ignorance glasses (in all fairness, not all of you are still wearing these) and look at the rest of the world. I can name, off the top of my head, more then 10 countries where people would be in physical danger for endorsing and openly acknowledging their alliance to a political party, where people have never heard the phrase "your vote counts"..or people who would die to actually know for sure that their vote really does count.
I say this, as a 22year old who has never voted, and as long as things are still this way, will never see the need in casting a vote. (in zim)
Watching Senator Obama give this inspirational speech, i couldn't help but think about how much Africa needs a man like that. I mean, hey, we are blessed to have Madiba, and Tutu and the Late Mwanawasa among others, and they done all they can, and even as Madiba has said they (his generation) have done all they can and "now it is up to the next generation to make use of our hard work and raise up worthy leaders of their own" . I agree. But c'mon, its not looking promising is it?
I mean, there are obviously some people who will come up and make a difference, we know that, but would they hurry up already? I cannot wait to see such an inspired African on our continent. A man (or woman) who would make people overflow with hope and ignite a movement of Africans who believe that a change they can truly believe in is one vote away. That would be amazing for this continent. We need change we can believe in much sooner than we care to acknowledge.
I mean, obviously, it would be truly historic if Obama was elected...but regardless, even the McCain supporters need to get their vote on. Its a privilege to be told, and truly know that every vote counts. Its not the land of the free and the home of the brave for no reason now is it?
I wish i could believe in the politicians closer to home the way i do Obama.
Here's to an amazing weekend. It goes without saying the rest is well deserved, even if i did put off 90% of my work load till next week. Thus screwing myself in the process.
*unwritten*
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