Monday, January 26, 2009

"skirts dont excite me"




the durbar, pool at baze, naa's license suprise party, drumming at the durbar (I should be getting lessons soon)







YEP never too late for this moment......JASMYN's TIPSY ASS knockin the ping pong table over. A classic moment. I'm dyin over there.



LOL thats my homie T right there.....just got my skirt from the tailor and I am so HYPE. It is beautiful. I feel like I am figuring out what makes me feel beautiful, and thats ALL that matters. fuck tha haters. Anyway so I am LOVING LIFE RIGHT NOW. So much to see and eat and smell and hear and people to meet and FREE DOWNLOADS....


google "neojuice" a blog will come up which lets u download all of the classic neo soul albums....im doing dru hill classics right now....lovin it....


anyway so SO much has happened!!! where do I begin!!!!

OK so we had an eventful night friday (?) baking for Justice (thats my nigga right there) the security guard who was turning 25.....so the ovens here don't have temperature settings and you have to guess how hot the heat is.....but WE MADE IT through and the cookies were decent. I love Justice and Uncle Tiago and alla the security guys.

Thennnnn we played Spades and DJ Butterscotch fufilled her duties...bringing us back wit the old school babymaking music.......guys had so much game back then....."Can we talk for a MINUTE.....I just want to know your NAME????" love it!

Ummm.....ok so Jazz TORE IT UP at Baze on Thursday night!!! She officially kilt it. I'm loving her spoken word.....L....O....V....E.......a search that might take eternity. or some ish like that. lol. anyway so we met some cool people (especially this London chic beauty who is a DJ) and played pool and that was a fun night.

On Saturday we had the durbar at University of Ghana-Legon......they really know how to welcome people here in Ghana. The set up was so stylish, the food so prepared, the drumming/dance group was gettin it.....a great event. Aside from the welcome speech, where the administrator warned us to

"Please avoid quiet and dark places.

Otherwise, enjoy your time here."

I met alot of other American students particularly people from Howard and Fiske.......as well as a group of British girls from Leeds in London. Alot of people performed at the talent show portion.........some not so talented. Ms. Melissa Mc D got up there and didn't really know what was coming out her mouth.....(Faye: "She's singing in English"....after the song is almost over). And another chick and her AWFUL stand up comedy, something about blue bricks and throwing a dog out the window. wow. I realized how cool us NYU kids are....(the guys performed "Desperados" with such heart) and also how fucking spoiled. Like I didn't know that already. We are the only international students with our own "Real World Ghana" like house.....with washers dryers fridges AC the whole shebang. Everyone else lives at Legon and handwashes their shit, no AC, no bathrooms half the time...I'm livin it up more here than at home!! lol....well hey they don't call it "highlife" for nothing. We decided to ease our guilt we are gonna throw a big ass house party at Solomon and invite everyone to do their laundry here.

Wednesday night (clearly this is not chronological) we partied it up at Labadi beach, where Tanesha met the love of her life.......I forgot short dude's name, but basically he stalked her ass all the way back to Solomon (these guys are AGRESSIVE) and said that he was looking for "his best friend." Point is...we're past not giving guys your number.....don't give guys your NAME.

Speaking of creepers..............SATURDAY NIGHT. LMAO. LMAO.

woww.....so saturday night we went out to Karim's friend's party across from Crescent. So we get there and everyone seems chill and theres food and alcohol and brownies. The brownies happen to be by the alcohol and I asked if they were of the herbal variety, to which the host replied "No, they're normal." I ate one, noticing the bits of "spice" in it.....realizing subconciously that i was bout to be fucked up. Fast forward an hour later and me n the girls are GOOOOD as aisha calls it. T had two brownies. Let's examine everybody's high:

Tanesha- giggling at shit, quieter than usual, smiles from here to Kalamazoo

Jasmyn- The true G emerges. She happened to say anything and everything that was on her mind, including cursing out the guy who was asking us to "come with him to Rhapsodys"....Abraham blew his creepass cover when he said "if you were really drunk, you'd come with me".....but Jasmyn responded bluntly, "so is the party nice INSIDE?" lol. then continued with "you are just tryna take advantage of us. step off. asshole." something like that. thats y i fuck with u.

Me- I get loud. Talk alot, sing alot, proclaim how I love people....including Josh, Eric and Mike who came over at like 3 am to see what was up.

Aisha- disappears........Dip Dip!! lol nah she was actually around for the most part, aside from a few bathroom breaks......but live ya life boo.

Faye- WASN'T THERE. "If you wanna be somebody, if you wanna go somewhere, you better wake up at PAAAAAAY ATTENTION" ahem. lol get that ass up!!! wake up!!! i know that youtube video was great though.

We were contemplating if there were "ladies of the night" at the party....all dese girls were up on ol dudes like nothing...and switching around and ish......but I got a ride home from Karim today from the post office, and supposedly thats "just how they flow." lol. oh, and "they were dressed a bit HOT because they were going to the CLUB afterwards." ok Karim, ok. Go remove your documents.

Is that it? let's see.....Sunday I did not leave the house for one second. I made a beautiful collage, watched Juno, and ate a shitton of Italian food that Katie, Emma, and Victoria made. Meatballs and wine was bangin. That's about it. Today I met up with Marcia, an artist friend of Daniel Banks who is very cool. Now I'm watching Babel, the new Keyshia Cole video, downloading Dru Hill, iming Ellis, and blogging. What a multimedia world.

Peace and im OUT

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Saturday, January 24, 2009

"A full day's supply of Vitamin C"

Boondocks is some shit. Makes me want to join the 5 percenters or some shit, lol....

highlights

"What woman? Dis here a ho" A Pimp Named Slick Back

"It's like a Tribe Called Quest. You say the whole name." A Pimp Named Slick Back, aka Kat Williams

"N-Y-E-A-G-A" mr. stinkmeaner

"You dropped the soap again?" straight-laced tom's wife

"Yall sure you don't want breakfast? I got english muffins and peach jelly" some white dude

"A full day's supply of Vitamin C" everyone after they down the OJ

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

FILL US WITH THE LIGHT OF DAY!!

ok....week is halfway through and so much has happened already.

"My sista" what I am called when the Ghanians sell to me in Osu. Guess the braids make the difference. One dude got mad and thought Tanesha had called him "black and ugly"....which she didnt (DUH) and ended up going on a tirade about how ppl wit dreads should understand that we are all one.....preaching to the choir.

Also went to 'Papayes'...POPEYES. Chicken and fries. Ain't nothin better. lol.

Soooo this week has been SHOPPING heavy, I've gotten an OBAMA bag, kente bag, ordered for a patchwork bookbag, fabric for a dress and skirt, a namebracelet, not to mention the VA and food at the grocery store. Mangos are ON POINT. :)

What else.....ok so OBAMA!!!! BARACK BARACK....BARACK OBAMA! I wish I could put some audio on here for all the songs they have out here, that one's all over the radio. Yesterday was sweeeet, it was so cool bringing the inaugaration in in AFRICA with the first black president.....so much international buzz. Met some cool other American students from A&T and San Fran State....I should see them tonight at the Labadi Beach Party. Did I mention that I am in school this semester? LOL.

To celebrate Barack, the ladies and I got "GOOD" as Aisha calls it, lol. We decided to play ping pong....Jasmyn by a piece of furniture while tipsy, NOT a good idea....pics to come. We had so much fun yesterday, between that and watching SISTER ACT II!!!!! Throwback, best movie of ALLL TIME, it is official. Official. Not to mention we all knew every line (Jazz knew all the steps too, lol).

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth........Come to me and I'lllll set you free!!!!!!" YES

finally, classes!!!

History of the Atlantic Slave Trade with Dr. Perbi, "Cool runners" looks like this will be a very emotional experience. She provides that maternal sense that makes me feel comfortable enough to feel vulnerable in this class, and we will be going deep. Can't wait.

Dance and Music at Ashesi University- THIS CLASS IS BOMB. 8 am yes but so worth it.....the teacher today said that women in Kaneshie walk like "ice cream" and made a girl demonstrate.....I guess sexual harassment is different here lol.......nah it was just appreciation. I met a guy named David who told me I need to eat some fufu pronto. So excited for the dancing!!

"You see the music and you hear the dance"

Finally....Pan-Africanism with Michael Williams...a round-the-way DC guy who moved to Ghana. This class is dope. He is a wise one, reallly really smart....looking out for us youngbulls, lol. Today he warned us against stopping the malaria medication, "if you don't take it, malaria will take you away." Then switches the subject likes its nothing. so Imma stay high like planes on Larium.

Oyiwalladong - "Thank you" in Ga, the lady who sold me mangos said I must learn it

O chale - slang for "you stupid ass" in Twi

The snap handshake-- Ghanaian dap

Monday, January 19, 2009

Akwaaba





















I'm here. I got in last Tuesday on January the 12th. For some reason I don't really feel like writing about alot that has been going on wedidthisandthatandthenwenttothemarketblahblah
so I'll put up some pictures instead.

"Let me remove my documents" The girls and I met Karim on the first night out at a club called Bywel. He was talking to Tanesha and was the only one not aggressively approaching the table a la "Samson" who was in search of his Delilah. Anyway after that night (which was $6 shots and with too many 'ladies of the night'), we ran into him Saturday night at Celsbridge after getting our braids in. Still getting used to spicy rice and fish, but, hey. He seems like cool people....and was the extra gentleman.....he hurried to clear out his backseat for us. lol.

"Lafa" A Ghanaian who imitates American swag, specifically all the rappers they see on TV out here. I'm still trying to get over the "Trading Places" and Pussycat Doll Video on replay at the Sunshine Cafe. Anyway they know a Black girl when they see one, and the other day at Kaneshie a group of guys said "Wat's uuup????" My crack up of the day. The little kids at Kaneshie were adorable though.

Artists' Alliance Gallery was the shit.

Saw alot of lizards at Labadi beach.

"Who wants a turkey?" Pookie is my son son lol....this nigga Chris Rock is hilarious. Can't believe I haven't seen New Jack City before, but glad I did. That and Ice T with his "I want to shoot you so bad, my dick is hard." extra. lol.

"I'mma put u to bed"- one of the professors has it on his ringtone....I feel like I got real intimate a little too soon. Anyway, the profs are cool really chill, I can't wait for "History of the Black Atlantic Slave Trade" with Professor Gilba....COOL RUNNERS!

Ok so FOOD is an important thing in my life (hence the title) sooo.....

Jollof rice and chicken is that shit.
Plaintains are good...but I didnt have to travel 18 hours on Emirates Airlines to rediscover that.
Mangosssssss thats all I have to say!!!!

Words of the week:

Akwaaba "welcome"

Ete sen? "How are you"

Maakye "Good morning"

Maaha "Good afternoon"

Maadwo "Good evening"

Me paakyew "Please (excuse me)"

Daabi medaase "No thank you"

Ye fre wo sen? "What's your name"

Classes start this week. So more to come.