posted June 03, 2009 11:14 PM            

I've been drawn to this guy since I was 10 years old I don't know why I never looked into this but his sun conjuncts my Juno in cancer, and he has a scorpio moon (I have an 8th house moon). His ascendant is unknown, but if I had to take a wild guess, it would be a capricorn one like mine.

This may sound crazy but I believe this is just another sign that I'm destined to marry another cancer in life. *facepalm*

posted June 04, 2009 02:50 AM            

I have a thing for John Cusack and he's a Cancer too. I also have a Sun/Moon midpoint in Cancer (explains why I love you guys)
So... his damn sun conj my SN closely. At some point the guy was evading my dreams (but 'he' was actually helping). Totally WEIRD.

posted June 04, 2009 09:40 PM            

And I'm doing okay since my highschool friend is actually in town (she has family here) so we're going to the beach tommorow. I ended up in North Carolina because financially and schoolwise...things were not going great up in RI. LOL The Cost of Living is cheaper in NC and well, my mother's here. But once I get certified as a CNA,I hope to move back to Rhode Island or atleast to Raleigh or Wilmington where there's alot more to do.

posted June 09, 2009 11:20 PM            

So I'm watching "Bizarre foods with Andrew Zimmern" on the Travel Channel (like I said, I watch some pretty random shows) where the guy goes to Puerto Rico. So my mother points out how similar Puerto Rican cuisine is to Mozambican one in alot of ways (minus their consumption of pork and use of Goya).

posted June 12, 2009 09:12 PM            

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I would like to be there with you to tackle certain players....in addition to being a part of the atmosphere. Sadly, Raul most likely won't be there but oh well. *le sigh*

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LOL on tackling certain players. I wish I could reprimand you and tell you to behave, but... I can't because I'll probably be right behind ya!

It's a dam shame about Raul. He's a hot one. Yummmy!

Listen, if you happen to make it this side, and if you would like a familiar energy (so to speak) there is an option of meeting up for drinks, okay?

posted June 14, 2009 04:20 PM            

What do I think of Governor Carcieri? *snorts*

posted June 16, 2009 10:16 AM            

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I'm not a big fan of Afrocentrists (from the U.S.) and probably never will be. Why? They have such a narrow view of Africa and Africans. Irony sucks.

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I am not a fan of all Afrocentrists, especially the American ones too. Funnily, there are Africans who over-compensate their African heritage. I am not against being proud of one's heritage, but some do it to validate themselves more than to pay homage to their ancestors (which is why I get into African gear, to pay homage to my ancestors, not fr any practical reason.) As for my Afrocentric viewpoint, well, I am an African and I can not have any other view/attitude than that.

Why do I feel this, seeing as I am African?

Because they are all self-righteous hypocrites who have no idea what they are doing. This means that just because they are anti-weaves, bead wearing, shave-hating "real" people, this doesn't make them African.

I don't know what makes someone African, but wearing beads is not it. "Acting" African doesn't make a person African. Being African is something else, something spiritual, and to the disappointment of many American and European Afrocentrists, being African doesn't have anything to do with a person's skin color.

It's so funny, and quite offensive that I get American Afrocentrists tell me that I am not African enough because I don't walk around wearing cow hide, or whatever criteria on which they derive their opinions/skewed observations.

Come to a Caucasian person who was born in Africa and call them European. They will correct you to tell you that they are African. Being African is so much more than some people think because environmentally, Africa conditions people in different ways.

posted June 16, 2009 06:37 PM            

And yes, essentially you're right. As an African I can't be anything other than Afrocentric but its a totally different from the shallow concept people here in the States have.

And all my problems with the concept is all those things you said. Africans cannot be lumped together in one skin color or culture. I cannot tell you how many times I've heard their notion that Berbers are not indigenous Africans because of their fair complexion. Or that Euro-Africans (descendants of settlers) are not real ones either. Like WTF? How arbitrary is that?

Even my dad used to **** me off with the way thought my *American* stepmother was 'more African' than my mother just *stepmother* embraces *his* culture more readily than mom did AND because my mother's kitchen happens to be decorated in the Portuguese fashion (something alot of urban Mozambican woman do). That was another WTF moment.

But of course because I dress Western, sometimes wear my hair 'unnaturally', happen to have some European/Asian ancestors, I don't wear the *West African* Kente, and I'm not stuck in a time warp.....I'm not a 'real' African.

Its just sad how shallow some people can be.

posted June 17, 2009 07:21 AM            

So I went to the opening game. We missed the ceremony. LOL, there is a bus system which meant that we left our cars at a designated place and then took an allocated bus to the stadium. The bus was slow because the ceremony started at 15:00 and we boarded the bus at 13:00. It wasn't that long a distance but the bus took some long route which made no sense. Then, when we got there we had to deal with 48 000 people trying to get into the small gates. When we were finally in, it was 30 minutes before kick off.

The game was South Africa vs Iraq. We drew the game which didn't impress anyone there, save for maybe the Iraqis. I did understand that a win would have been better, but the people I was rolling with acted as if we lost, and were depressed by the draw. So, we went out after the game to "drown our sorrows". I wasn't sad though.

So, this weekend I am going to watch South Africa vs Spain. It should be a better game and I think the Spanish will give my companions a real reason to be sad. It's n0t that I am not supporting our team, I am being realistic. We are talking about Spain!

posted June 17, 2009 10:06 AM            

Oh wow, maybe they were sad because they didn't get the three points? Even so, its the Confed' Cup we're talking about,not the World Cup. This is really one of those tournaments that is only pure fun IMO...haha.

And I see what you mean re: Spain, but do look foward to an entertaining match atleast. Actually, a bunch of my favorite European players are on that squad...LOL.

The one game I watched that was entertaining was Egypt/Brasil....The Italy-U.S.A match was snooze-worthy. No offense to all the Brasilians I know, but Egypt deserved to win that match (even though that guy clearly deserved the red card). Brasil could not control the match at all the way they used to, the Egyptians were always able to catch up. One of them scored a fantastic strike (I think it was Zidan).

posted June 17, 2009 09:53 PM            

In other news: My virgo moon and gemini venus is muito hhhhhhappy! I've found a bunch of my favorite books (that I'd thought were long since lost) at my mother's house up here in RI while cleaning out the basement and my room (there was a flood in it that destroyed alot of things, but thankfully not the books).