27 jan 2003 mon - 19:14

goddamn i have to shit. senegal doesnt have public restrooms, like there are no burger kings (alhamdulilaay) that you can just stroll into and take a load off.

[i have, however seen a lot of people pissing on signs spray painted (sloppily) on one of the many cement walls that say uriner interdit(no urinating here)]

plus, i clean my ass with water and my left hand. thats why the muslim code of purity demands that you exchange goods and shake hands and eat all with the right hand. makes sense, huh?

i dont think the mouse on this comp had once been cleaned, ever. i opened it up and scraped off the shit on the inside and now, lo and behold, the mouse isnt a huge pain in the ass anymore.

wow, i have absolutely nothing interesting to say. i am addicted to this damn diary tho; i like to see the status of my banners and review my click through rate (3.2% currently, apparently thats "quite good"). im going to get myself in trouble soon, though, coz my sis asked me to show her how to build a web site and the only example i can really show her is this one, what with erotic female images im not so sure that i want her to see it. plus she can read some english and i sure as fuck dont want her to read it!

so maybe ill start some random site and use that to show her how to do some things. today i ran into a fullbright (michael, 22) scholar who looked totally scared shitless. he was supposed to go to cote d'ivoire and he had an internship and apartment and furniture all lined up in abijan; but being as there was a coup sept 19th and the country's been in civil war ever since he got moved to senegal with very little preparation. he had no orientation and has only his wits and the embassy to rely on. his french is somehow worse than mine and he doesnt at all speak wolof. worse, he doesnt seem interested in speaking wolof even though i told him that he will automatically get more respect from people if he at least tries to speak wolof with them.

this is interesting, i tried to get a link for abijan to a site with recent history and a map and demographics in english, so i type all this mess in google and what do i get? all webpages dealing with AIDS demographics in abijan. wtf? as if the only thing notable and websiteable about abijan is an epidemic, like africa is just one huge disease pool that we best stay the fuck away from and good riddance to bad rubbish and anyway people dont have time to look at how the pays favoris�s continue to fuck them over if they are all sick and poor right? doma romm! (sonofabitch!)

I am the sonnet, never quickly thrilled; Not prone to overstated gushing praise Nor yet to seething rants and anger, filled With overstretched opinions to rephrase; But on the other hand, not fond of fools, And thus, not fond of people, on the whole; And holding to the sound and useful rules, Not those that seek unjustified control. I'm balanced, measured, sensible (at least, I think I am, and usually I'm right); And when more ostentatious types have ceased, I'm still around, and doing, still, alright. In short, I'm calm and rational and stable - Or, well, I am, as much as I am able. What Poetry Form Are You?

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26 oct 2005 wed - my dead diary.

14 jun 2004 mon - drug use et al.

11 jun 2004 fri - stuff to take care of

01 jun 2004 tue - quit again again again

30 may 2004 sun - u n l o a d