I'm terribly amused that a column in a local paper consistently refers to Jacob Zuma as Power-Shower Jake.

Obama, of course, is Cousin Barry.

In case you're interested and didn't know about it, I've been posting my Kenya photos up on Flickr. You can find 'em here. I have some sets from previous years up there as well.

Ask me to take a picture of three things. I will post the pictures in my next journal entry.

(Probably not really my next because sometimes loading pictures is a challenge, but I will do it at some point!)

Kujifunza Kiswahili ni ngumu. Kusoma ni nzuri kwa mimi, lakini kuongea ni mbaya sana. Na ngeli ni nyingi! Ni ngumu sana sana. Ni kama genders katika Kifransa, lakini mia asilimia more ngumu. Ni kweli kabisa ( Read more... )

I know I'm a million years late on this, so it's probably all played out, but oh well. Here's a meme.

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it ( Read more... )

Note to self: apply for the Global Youth Fellowship at some point in the next few years. Maybe after grad school? It's too bad that I'm a year outside of their target age range, or I would have applied for it now ( Read more... )

Head On

The news today is telling me that the opposition party is calling for an end to demonstrations. Instead, they are urging workers such as security guards and hotel employees to strike, and are organizing a boycott of companies owned by government-related folk. The list of companies to be boycotted includes City Hoppa, which runs most of the buses in ( Read more... )

Après un repas délicieux de soupe au tortilla (seulement la deuxième fois que je l'ai mangé, mais apparemment c'est très populaire aux États-Unis) et des quesadillas, Jessica et moi ont allé voir El Orfantano, un film d'horreur espanol. C'était un peu comme une combinaison de Pan's Labyrinth et The Ring... mais pas si terrifiant que ce dernier. De ( Read more... )

Je m'excuse, mon français est vraiment terrible au moment. Je dois commencer de pratiquer regulièrement (est-ce que ça c'est une anglicisme?). Lucy croit que mon français est assez bon pour écrire des courriels commerciaux au partenaires en Afrique de l'Ouest et l'Afrique Centrale, mais je le doute. Les langues m'évitent completement -- je n'ai pas ( Read more... )