Well I havent posted for a couple of days, mainly because Ive been busy writig papers, and the idea of typing even more, even for fun wasnt too appealing. But Im back, and I actually get to blog tonight, which is amazing because I spent most of the day without power here at the house. Im not sure what happened…no storms that Im aware of but, definately no power. The entertainment for the evening came from reading Mao’s On Guerrilla Warfare until the sun went down too much for me to see the print, and then I watched the firetrucks that all arrived in the neighborhood with my roomie Josh for an hour. Our guesses as to the presence of the fire trucks was either gas leak or downed power line, cause there was no visible smoke or flames., but it could have been an electrical fire too with all of the seizure inducing flickering of lights we put up with tonight. Either way I have decided that Honolulu Emergency Response management could be better. For whatever the problem was, three different fire trucks showed up at the scene…I decided that if a fourth showed up then it was overkill cause a fire could be waging somewhere else on the island and there would have been no one to respond to it! It was entertaining to watch the firetrucks try and manuever around my neighborhood (which has hilly, curvy, and dead end roads all over the place…plus very thin lanes). It was humerous. And my education for the night came not from my book, but from my roomate who I discovered has an irrational fear of fire trucks! Maybe my tsunami obsession isnt so weird now?!
In case you missed the news, and I know everyone is wanting ot know this one, Zimbabwes powersharing deal is about to die…again. For all of you out there who were hoping that this time it would be successful, Im sorry. Tsvangirai may have made it into office as PM but good ole Mugabe decides that he wasnt going to honor the powersharing arrangements within the cabinet appointments and arrested the opposition cabinet appointee Bennett on suspicion of treason. Good ole Mugabe. This was so predictable! Something gets rough, arrest someone or shoot someone….cause thats always the answer!
Something thats not so predictable, but just as distrubing in a different way may be India’s new idea for a drink. Apparently a new soft drink will be launched that is made from Cows urine. Now I realize that cows are sacred in India, and that sometimes cows urine is drunk at religious festivals and for medical purposes, but to market it beyond the “special occasion” for mainstream consumption is making my stomach quesy just thinking about it. I may be very open minded about many things, and willing to try almost any food, but this is one im going to have to say no to.
Now many of you who know me realize that Valentines Day is not my favorite holiday. Its not because im single, and get depressed, but instead is linked to the cookie shop, and the hours upon hours i spent every V-day decoraing cookies and not sleeping. I cant think about the holiday without thinking about insomnia, cookies, and the nights with Dan checking over EVERY order. I miss the craziness of it, but am glad not to have to see, eat, or smell a cookie right now! That may be how I spent many V-days but in a weirder twist to the holiday many Indian women decided that filling local bars and sending cartons of pink panties to a local Hindu radical group who is anti-women, is the best way to spend the holiday. Hmmm…maybe this can become my new holiday ritual…pink panty mailing, bar hopping, fun….we’ll see.
Well Im off to spend sometime on the computer…cause there is POWER!!!
Later!
