Tomatoe Based Diet
Why is it that the Ghanaian diet has a tomatoe base? How many Ghanaian meals out there DON'T contain tomatoes? I'm not talking snacks and desserts, I'm talking about real food. Besides instant/microwavable fufu and banku, what other developments have been made in the Ghanaian food section. Why is it that we can't make any soup or stew without beans or tomatoes? If you're out of tomatoes or onions, you're out of luck. Why!! Why is it that I can't eat anything that's not tomatoe based and has a lot of pepper in it? WHY????

I'm tired of having to go to a butcher or an african market to find good goat meat, kako, tough chicken and kobi! And where can I find water yams? Why is it that I can only find one variety of yam? And the okra? There's just something not right about the okra. It's not as slimy as the ones back home. What's the point of having okra is it's not slimy? AND I want my ovaltine and milo and digestive biscuits and and fan milk and nido and koko and ekpegbeme and hearts and toffee. Ahhh!!!! Omo and maggi cube with a star!

Hmm. I think I miss home.

Commenting
I know the commenting system I use hasn't been working in a while. If they're not back up soon (which I doubt they will) HOPEFULLY, I'll have be using a new commenting service. Did I mention that duodenum is awesome?
I gotta make them look good. I know they'll be droping by.

Blogs anyone?
Ok, I admit it. I'm obsessed with weblogs. Just a month ago, I didn't even know what it was and now, I feel like a kid in a candy store. I spend hours going through peoples blogs. I feel like a legal peeping tom.
You'll notice that I've got a long list of blogs in my friends and bloggers section. Some people collect stamps, I collect blogs. I like some for thier content, others for their design and some I keep because I plan to "borrow" some of their ideas.

I found a pretty good weblog directory called eatonweb portal. Is it me or is finding a weblog directory/search engine you can actually search through pretty tough? No, don't say weblogs.com that's not what I'm looking for.

Weekly screamathon
I want to scream but I don't ant anyone to hear me. I scream on the inside and it comes out of my eyes. I don't think I'm controlling theseemotions correctly. I want to be able to scream to my hearts content. Just don't ask what I'm screaming about because I have no damn clue.

Breathe, just breathe...

It's confirmed! I was born in the perfect centurty.

"Ultimately, custom-made hearts, livers, breasts, corneas, kidneys, bone marrow and bladders could offer elegant solutions to most life-threatening illnesses."


"The concept of custom grown organs might seem somewhat Frankensteinian, at first. This startling picture of a mouse with a human ear growing on it's back announced the new field of tissue engineering to the public. In fact, tissue engineering may be one the most natural and straightforward new technologies around today. For one thing, tissue engineering does not require the controversial use of embryonic stem cells, the as-yet undecided young cells used in some research. Researchers like Naughton largely use cells from cadavers. "

The Body Shop.

Geez, I feel so old! I've been reading some random blogs on blogger. Are there any bloggers over 21 out there? Ok, I'm not THAT old!

I went to stvlive.com to see what color they thought I was and....

YELLOW You are very perceptive and smart. You are clear and to the point and have a great sense of humor. You are always learning and searching for understanding. Find out your color at Stvlive.com!

they are sooo right!

Zero Tolerance
What exactly does that mean? I'm talking about in the case of the Catholic Church. It's ok to have zero tolerance for the priests coming in but what about the priests that have already abused thier power? And who's speaking for the children that have been molested. I know some kids who will never see the church in the same way ever again. Talk about scared for life. If you can't go to a church for sactuary, where can you go?

Am I the only one who thinks roses stink? Wild roses are fine but I've never liked the smell of normail roses.

A fool is one who repeats the same action over and over again expecting different results.

I swear, on Crossing Jordan the other day, I could actually smell the doughnuts they were eating. And they say you can't smell the food on tv!

On Gilmore Girls. "You are the perfect son. If you were ugly, I don't know what I would have done." I just thought that was hilarious. Some mother she is!

Waist Beads

I was thinking about how I miss my waist beads. It's a part of some Ghanaian cultures for women (once you hit puberty) to start wearing beads around your waist. They look just like prayer beads or beads you tie around your neck or wrist but they're tied around your waist and worn under your clothes. It's tradition but now seems more like fashion. I don't know too many modern Ghanain women who still wear them.

Just like people have comfort blankets, they were my comfort beads. I wore them for the longest time. They were medium sized pearly white beads. I always planned to get muticoloured ones(navy, cream and black) after I lost my virginity but I never did (get the muticoloured ones). I could never find any in the african stores in the States. I found a bead shop down town but the ones I wanted were far too expensive and I couldn't find the right kind of string, (the ones that seem to last forever).

Each time the sting holding the beads would break, I'd tie the separated ends together. I would never take off my beads. I slept in them, showered in them. They were more than a part of me, they were a part of my body. Eventually there wasn't enough string to go around despite the fact that I was loosing weight. When I finally stoped wearing them, I felt so naked and awkward. I had grown so accustomed to feeling them and hearing them rustle against my skin. It felt like the only tangible african part of me had been cut off. Oh, I miss those beads!

I remember how they'd sometimes slip out of my jeans. I could always tell what was going on when people would look at my mid section with curiosity. The great thing about waist beads. You could always tell when you were bloated, gained weight or lost weight but they were a headache with tight clothing. Maybe that's why I'm not into wearing really tight stuff.

When I was younger my aunt told me that before waist beads were just used as traditional decoration, they symolized womanhood. Of course you have to have some kind of a waist and hips to be able to wear them, so it made sense to me. But she said they made you fertile and held magic to attract men. They were also used to tie "period rags" on and kept them in place. I guess underwear wasn't very popular amongst the villagers back then. How much of this is true? I don't know but as a silly little kid, I believed it all. My aunts have told me some pretty doubtful stories over the years and of course I'm going to pass them on.

Are waist beads sexy? All guys african and non-african seem to think so. Then again, wouldn't any guy love anything that accessorises the mid-lower body area? I'll never forget my very first non-african boyfriend. He loved the soft rustling sound the beads made. He said they reminded him of falling leaves. The thought that on a hot summer day I'd sleep wearing nothing but my beads was such a turn on for him. They seem to have the magic my aunts talked about. Yup, I miss those beads!

How much of a freak are you?

I am as shocked as you are!

Alias Update
I was so tempted to read about the characters but I really don't want any hint of what might happen next. Somehow, I have a feeling that the person tipping of Will Tippin is the CIA agent Jack Bristow almost beat up. That was pretty cool. I don't know if I'd ever like Jack Bristow as a father. He's seems so cold but deep down inside, he really cares. There's also something unsettling about Marshall the gadget guy. If he's so brilliant and can hack and crack all sorts of codes, how come he hasn't figured out that SD6 isn't a part of the CIA yet? He could easily hack into the CIA system and if he did, I'm sure he'd realize what was going on. Plus as smart as he is, he could surely get in and out of there without being detected.
And when are they bringing Anna back? I miss her! She and Sidney would make one heck of a team! Too bad she's working for the enemy.


How would I describe Alias? La Femme Nikita meets James Bond. Only more intense.

I don't think I'm the same fruit every day.

Oh, my head hurts.
Even my aspirin isn't helping. My head hurtz and these words keep kicking at my skull....
orange, landham park, wife beater, baby got green eyes, muchos hips, Bohemia, not just a dumb blonde, patent this!
Am I going crazy? What the heck is wrong with me. Are these the first signs of mental illness? I'd say bahumbug but I think it's kinda cool.

Did you know that sharks have an amazing immune system. Something humans can learn from. What do you get from a cross between humans, sharks and all the other "smart" species out there? The ultimate species!
I can never tell the difference between the movie Species and Aliens.

OHHHH.. I'M SCREAMING RIGHT NOW BUT NO ONE CAN HEAR ME. THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING I BLOG!

If things in the universe are truely random, how did animals end up with brains and not plants? Will plants also evolve and be able to speak?
Was Christ an alien? Was he celibate or just unlucky? Maybe we are to evolve into Christ-like people. Or people who will someday be able to heal themselves with the power of thought, see into the future and do all kinds of amazing things, or sinple things like bending spoons. Maybe only then can we truely reach self enlightenment. A new ending to life? Maybe.
When the humans are gone, and aliens find earth, will they be able to see spirits?

Earth, just another experiment for the children of Gods. Children learning to create functional universe and our universe is somewhere in one of the closets of the God's training school.

Oh the things that swim around in my mind!

Somewhere outside Boston is a brain bank. I wonder who's brain qualifies for a deposite.

Needs Advice
When someone loves you, do they always love you? When some people get to a certain point in thier lives, they start to think about what's next. When you think about finding a mate, do you look in your past or in your future. Is it s good idea to look up "the one that got away"? How about an ex who you're still in good standing with? Sammy is at that point in his life. What kind of advice can I give him?

Commenting Services
What is happening to all the free commenting services? They're either not accepting any new members or they have to shut down? I feel so bad.. especially for blogback and netcomments. They're trying so hard to keep the service free. If I wasn't so broke, I'd do something about it.

Movie stars are always promoting their movies. I'm yet to see a star actually be honest and say, "That movie sucks. I wouldn't go see it if I hadn't stared in it." Now that's honest advertising.


"Liquid nitrogen, the only way to fly."
Now where on earth did I hear that from? I wouldn't want liquid nitrogen anywhere near me. Not even if I was on top of the world!


Oh by the way fellow blogger, you might wan to check out blogsnob.com

The "N" Word
So far I've seen two tv shows that make a big deal out of it. I'm not saying that it's not a big deal. I just don't see why blacks should be allowed to use it and not whites. If it's not acceptable for one race to use it, no race should. Is it just white americans who are not allowed to use the "N" word or all non-african americans?

Alias
I knew Noah wasn't here to stay. I never liked him anyway. It seemed all too easy. Noah showing up out of nowhere, wanting to get back into Sidney's life. Vaughn is the one for Sidney. I don't care what anybody says, my will alone will make them last. And what's up with Sidney's mother? She never once mentioned her daughter in the interview (or they would have showed it). Spy or not, you don't spend ten years of your life with someone and not feel a thing for them. She called Sydney's father a fool because he never suspected anything. Frankly I think he just didn't want to. When you love someone you tend to overlook certain things about them. Ok not the fact that they might be a spy. Maybe she did what she did to protect Sidney. As for Bristow, this explains a lot. It explains why he seems to have such a cold heart. Such betrayal will make anyone suspicious of anyone who shows any interest in you.
I don't think Sidney will find what she's looking for in her mother. If anything, Sidney might end up fighting her mother. Wouldn't that be something! We know she won't kill her because of "The Prophecy". I can't wait to see how Sidney is going to prevent The Prophecy from happening. You know she will!


How would I describe Alias? La Femme Nikita meets James Bond. Only more intense.

Excercise Pill
YAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!
"With this basic knowledge in hand, it now may be possible to develop a pill that pumps up muscle cells without all that exercise, said Dr. R. Sanders Williams, dean of the Duke University of School of Medicine and senior author of a study appearing Friday in the journal Science.
Does this mean sedentary people could build muscle by taking pills?
''That may be one of the possibilities,'' said Williams, but the main target of the research is to promote the health of people with heart disease or other conditions that keep them from doing enough exercise.
''This could lead to drugs that will let people get the health benefits of regular exercise, even if they cannot exercise,'' said Williams. This could help patients with heart or lung disease, or lower the risk of Type II diabetes, for instance.
''It is possible it could become a drug of abuse because it would enhance the performance of athletes,'' he said."

AOL News

The real name of The Rock from WWF is Dwayne Johnson. Who knew!

At Last
I can't get this song out of my head!

Lyrics:
At Last my love has come along
My Lonely days are over
And life is like a song
At Last the skies above are blue
And my heart is wrapped up in clover
The night I looked at you
I found a dream that I can speak to
I found a dream to rest my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
You smiled, you smiled and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
And you are mine at last


by Etta James

Scientists have realized that dirt has some important ingredients. Africans could have told them that. We don't eat kau (that clay substance you put in your wakye) for nothing.

Hefty Bag commercial
That's a sexist commercial if I ever saw one. If I had a man like Hefty.... What is up with that? Hefty would be a reliable dependant man. You'd use a man like a trash bag? And when you're done with him, you'd throw him away? Oh, that's sad.

Silence can mean so much and nothing at all. Gibberish can only mean nothing at all.

Black Woman
Am I less of a black woman because I can't booty shake?
Because I can't rhyme or carry a tune?
Am I less of a black woman because I don't have the curves the full lips and fiesty attitude of a mokola woman?
What is it that makes me less of a black woman?

When a child tell you that you act and sound like a white woman is that offensive? You know how kids are. They tell itlike they see it. What does it mean to be a black woman? I don't know. Do you?

Look what I found surfing...
Engrish
Dribble Glass
Bored
Bargains
Half
How Stuff Works
All Posters
Alicia Keys
The Spark
Brainy Quotes
Digital Films
Just a Tip
Open Diary
Truth or Fition
Spamex

Is surfing better than shopping? That's a tough one.

Near Death Experience
A near death experience makes you realize what you're greatful for. Even thought you hae nothing, you should be greatful. f you've got friends, family and your health, you're in luck.


If I could do anything I'd travel to the end of the universe, just to see if there is one.
What would you do?

Acid Reflux?
Oh thank God I made it! I made it through the night! I'm alive!!
Aba was right. All I could think about (besides dying) was, "oh gosh! I just started blogging!" Is that pathetic or what?
Bubbles thinks I have acid reflux. ACID REFLUX? Is this what acid relux feels like? I thought I was going to die. I even thought up a theme for my funeral. I even thought up having the song "Grow old along with me" play at the funeral service. Don't ask me why. I sounded good at the time. Acid Reflux! I'd be more willing to believe it was some form of vudoo but acid reflux? Oh this is just too much. God must have one sick sense of humour.

Stabbing Pain
Ever have a pain that starts from the mid-upper part of your back and through your chest? It feels like you're being stabbed. Feels like something's stuck between your rib cage and your spinal cord. It hurts like hell and you think you're going to die. It hurts to breathe. The feel of water going down your throat calms it for a second. It comes and goes and when it's gone, despite the memory of the pain, you wonder if you imagined the whole thing.
Weird. Gosh, I hope these aren't famous last words.

I see green so rich, it must be the colour of royalty.
Grass tinted with gold on a settig sun.
Blue a colour so peaceful.
Yet reminds me of intense heat.
Beauty is in living colour.

Songs that move me...
A Woman's Work -Maxwell
Killing me Softly -Fugees
I Will Surivie -Gloria Gaynor
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
Cupid -112
Unpretty - TLC
She's Been Good to Me -Marc Anthony
Betcha by Golly Wow - Prince
Nobody Knows - Toni Rich
The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Spanish Guitar -Toni Braxton

Aything by Brian McKnight, Marc Anthony, Celine and Mariah

Alias on ABC
I love love love love the show! I've never missed an episode.
I always knew that Sidney's mother was still alive. From the very first time it was mentioned that her mom had died in an accident I had a strong feeling. And in the episode of The Prophecy. Oh, there's no way Sidney could be Ms Evil. It had to be someone related to her. Now, either she's got a sister that nobody knows about or it's her so called dead mother. And I think Sloan had an affair with Sidney's mother. Why else would he be giving off the vibe that Sidney might be his daughter.
I have to give it to the writers, they've done one heck of a job! They had everyone fooled thinking Vaugn or Danny was going to be her love interest. I still think she'll hook up with Vaugn somewhere down the line.
I'm waiting patiently for next season when I hope something radical happens. Like Sidney becoming head of SD6. Wouldn't that be cool?!
My favorite episode was when she rescued the guy who killed he fiancee.

Shows I Love...
Alias
CSI
UC
Friends
Girlfriends
The Practice
The Agency
George Lopez
Once and Again

Be Nice
It doesn't cost anything to make someone feel good about themselves. Especially when they're feeling down.
For some people, being mean comes too easily.

Did people in biblical times die of cancer? How old is the disease?
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It's hard to believe that there are people out there who have no emotions.
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Oh the useless ramblings of a chaotic deteriorating brain.

Ouch! My head hurts.

Would you want to live with amnesia? Especially not known who those closest to you are? Not having any memories? What's life without memories? I guess you could always make new ones but would you forget those too?

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How open-minded is open-minded? How open-minde would you have to be to be considered open-minded?

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Is a lie a lie when you believe it to be true?

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"I am responsible" just the the words "I'm sorry". They puzzle me. They are like words that don't mean anything when said unless you truely feel them. Anyone can say they're sorry but what does it mean to truely be sorry? Isn't it something that has to be felt?
I can't explain what I'm trying to say. My mind is telling me to slow down.

DREAM: K Street
I had this dream last night. I was walking along a road and I came to an intersection that looked like an "K" lying in it's back. An ugly black dog on the other side of the road walked by and down the street. A cop car drove by. It looked more like a campus safety vehicle. For minute I thought they were going to give me a ride. Three or four people tried to cross and a guy was arrested by the cops for J walking. Where there had been no zebra crossing, one suddenly appeared. The guy who was arrested made an excuse, said he was in a hurry to pay hi child support. My excuss was that I was in a hurry to pay my rent. (I don't know why I was making excuses, I was already on the other side of te road.)

In my dream, I now the area and I've been around there in another dream.
As I walkd up the road, I was steping in some kind of mess. It was like a mixture of mud and cement. Next thing I know, I'm in a room in Ghana. The floor is flooded and I can't get into my room. I'm wearing a little black dress and there are some tastey biscuits on the tv set. Of course I had to try them. Someone comes into the room, looks at me and takes another look. A friends brother comes in the room and moves on.

There's an empty fridge. A man stands inside holding a baby. There's an oven. My uncle is curled up inside grinning. He has a baby in his arms. Both babies have ice and one shrimp in thier mouths. They look lifeless, they might be dolls. I'm angry and beckon them to get out.

That's all remember.
When I wake up I have a song in my head... My baby keeps calling me calling me calling me....

Make up with Personality
What you don't have in the looks department, you can always make up in the personality department, right? What if you have the looks and a great personality to boot. Does that give you an advantage over those with lesser than perfect looks and great personalities?
What is a good personality anyway? Isn't it a different thing for different people? My great personality could be your terrible personality, right? Right?

People Can Cause Heartburn
Ever known anyone who gives you heartburn? Isn't it odd that person can give you heartburn?

Pee like a Fish
I've been drinking so much water and peeing at the same time, it's crazy! I might as well just drink and pee at the same time!

I imagine colour, and I try to imagine a colour beyond the spectrum of colour that humans can see. And what if colour really isn't as we see it. How then would the world really look?

How come a person can survive with half a brain taken out yet one bullet through the head will kill you.
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Why does a baby cry at delivery? Why are they spanked if they don't? Is that the only way to tell if they're alive? Being brought into this world is a tramatic enough experience without being assaulted.

DNA - DeoxyriboNucleic Acid

Aliens
I've always envisioned aliens to look like starfish or jellyfish. I don't know why.


Notice how aliens always seem to be telepathic in movies? It's more likely that humans will some day posess those capabilities. And how about aliens traveling to another planet, abducting it's inhabitants, experimenting on them and taking over thier planet? Hmmm... sounds like something humans would do.


Yes, I'm a sci-fi, X-files, Outer Limits, Wolf Lake sorta person. At least I like the believe I am.

Quantum Mechanics
All I can say is WOW!!!!
"Quantum mechanics describes the bizarre rules of light and matter on atomic scales. In that realm, matter can be in two places at once; objects behave as both particles and waves (a strange duality described by Schrodinger's wave equation); and nothing is certain: the quantum world runs on probability."
Science at Nasa

"The air between you and this text consists of particles rushing to and fro at several hundred metres a second. The lower the temperature the slower these particles move. What would happen if the temperature approached absolute zero, –273 °C? Surely such cold cannot be achieved on Earth? This year's Nobel Laureates managed to cool down a gas of alkali atoms to 0.000 000 02 degrees above absolute zero – and then they saw something very remarkable happening: an entirely new state of matter arose, a Bose-Einstein condensate."
Nobel E-museum

Gravity Map
Earth, lumpy? Hey!! This is our planet you're talking about here!!! Have some respect!
"Sir Isaac Newton formulated the basic law of gravity in the 17th century. All objects, he said, attract one another with a force that is proportional to their masses and that is dependent upon the distances between them. Although the force of gravity is relatively constant everywhere on earth, small variations exist because the planet is not a homogeneous structure with equally distributed mass. The planet is lumpy, with materials of different densities scattered above and below the surfaces of land and water."
The New York Times

Asteroids
The asteroid that just missed earth gave me an idea. What's more important than the survival of our planet? Well, if we can't save earth, why don't we spread our seeds? I think everytime an asteriod passs by we should send probes, rockets or whatever to attach itself to the asteroids. Implant them with a variety of organisms or cells or any biological substance that can survive the journey. Oh, not to forget cameras. Who knows, they may lead us to the ends of the universe. Ok not universe but it'd give us a chance to peep around. Plus, everyone loves a free ride. They could broadcast the camera footage onthe internet for the world to see.
Hopfully they won't hit earth making the whole experiment a waste.

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Why does everything in space seem sphericle in shape? Is the universe itself sphericle?

Hmm.. I don't think the problem with men is their egos afterall. I think it's thier penis.
"Penis-fencing v. A form of reproduction wherein certain tropical flatworms vie for the opportunity to stab each other with their penises in order to inject sperm into their mate. Each individual has the power to be both male and female (i.e., they are hermaphroditic)."
PBS.ORG

Spirits
I'm slowly starting to believe in spirits but that only hiders my new found interest and respect for science. What about evolution and the human brain, my favorites.

This has been here all this time and I never knew about it? I've got all this babble stewing up in my head and... Oh never mind. Now is as good a time as any to start.