Edit: For a moment there, I forgot that I was supposed to put this on my blog. Yes, the Book tour. If you are in town every saturday for the next 6 weeks and you need somewhere to take your date to, we got you! you gotta admit, its a really cool thing to do with a date/friend/family/crush aside the regular dinner and a movie, what's more its free!. I realize the poster is a little small, so click here for more details ...or click on the poster!
thanks guys!
...Plus our very own Joy Isi Bewaji, popularly known on blogville as Isi is going to be part of the book tour, so you know you dont want to miss it!
The issue of the "Jand Awon boys image" kept coming up a lot of times in the comments on the last post. So as Shubby suggested, I decided to address it in a post on its own.
Good day Mr moderator, incorruptible panel of judges, accurate time keeper, my co-debators (oh, im the only debator, o well...), my audience in blogville and viewers at home. My name is Bumight from Blogville International and I'm here to do justice to the motion which states that "Roc and Scribbles give the image of a Jand Awon Boys". lol
First, who is a "jand awon boys"? A jand awon boys, from hereon referred to as a JAB, is an embodiment of several things.
A JAB like a very wise saying goes, hopped up outta bed, turned his swagg on...yup! a JAB's got swagg. Now there are different kinds of swags, the tush ones, the crappy ones, the fake ones, even the borrowed ones. Whatever kind of swag it is, the JAB is sporting one and he really thinks and believes its the ish. yeah, the confidence of a JAB is waaay up there.
How are you going to spot a JAB just by looking at him? the way he dresses? lemme tell u about that. When u see a JAB at a party, you know its him. He's either sporting that polo shirt (you know the one with the huge ralph logo? yup! that's it) with his drivers. and when he doesnt feel like like sporting the polo look, he goes for the "I-just-got-off-work-and-decided-to-party" look. you know, the after office hours kinda look. Either the dress shirt and sweater or the dress shirt and suit sans tie. As another old man rightly said, you can learn how to dress just by checking his fresh...
While we're on the partying look, let's talk about the JAB and the ladies. The ladies loooooove a JAB when they see 'em....Maybe its the allure of a bad boy, who knows? with the look and the swag, its no surprise that a JAB knows how to charm the pants off the ladies (pun intended). As such, their sexual resume is quite em...a long ting.
At this juncture, let me reiterate that there are many levels of JABs. you know some people just try too much. The fake JABs, u can always spot - the ones with sunshades in the club, etc
Pretty much, a JAB is that dude that your mom meets in church and really gets along with but she tells you to be careful with him!
With this few points of mine, I hope I've been able to convince you and not confuse you...lol
On a separate note, I dreamt about smaragd, One of the triumvirate, and Temite.
In the first dream, I was out with Smaragd, some of my old neighbors in Nigeria and a couple of friends. We were going out when we suddenly saw some guys playing Polo. Smaragd said she knew one of them, that he was her former boss, owned a company, blah blah and she wanted to say hi. I started trying to ask her question to see if it was one of the cerberus. " does he have two brothers?"....but I didnt want her to know I was a blogger!
In the second dream, Temite came to my house to visit me...with her parents! Her parents came first and I was talking with them, Temite walks in with the younger sis of one of my friends. We were trying to get to talk without her parents knowing that we really didnt know each other off blogger.
Weird!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
9 Wirters, 4 cities: The book Tour
From May 2nd to June 6th 2009, nine writers will embark on a book tour to 4 cities across Nigeria. The event is themed 9 Writers, 4 Cities: The Book Tour and it is a series of book readings, book signings and discussions. This sequence of weekend readings will hold in Benin, Ibadan, Lagos and Warri. The first event, which is to be hosted by Writers Anonymous at the African Artists Foundation in Lagos, will be followed by a ‘Book Party’.
The participating writers are: Odia Ofeimun (poet and author of The Poet Lied), Toni Kan (author of Nights of the Creaking Bed), Lindsay Barrett (journalist, poet and author of several books, including Song for Mumu), Jumoke Verissimo (author of I am Memory), Tade Ipadeola (a lawyer and author of the poetry collection A Time of Signs), Joy Isi Bewaji (author of Eko Dialogue), Eghosa Imasuen (medical doctor and author of To Saint Patrick), A. Igoni Barrett (managing editor of Farafina magazine and author of From Caves of Rotten Teeth) and Abimbola Adunni Adelakun (journalist and author of Under the Brown Rusted Roofs).
The series of events will take place at the following places:
Lagos: 2—7 pm on Saturday 2 May at the African Artists Foundation, No 54, Raymond Njoku Street, Ikoyi
Ibadan: 2—5 pm on Saturday 9 May at Cambridge House, 20, Joop Berkhout Crescent, Onireke
Lagos: 2—7 pm on Sunday 17 May at The Palms Shopping Mall, Lekki
Benin: 12—5 pm on Saturday 23 May at The Hexagon, 2A Golf Course Rd
Warri: 12—5 pm on Saturday 30 May at Flomat Books, Airport Road
Lagos: 2—5 pm on Saturday 6 June at the African Artists Foundation, No 54, Raymond Njoku Street, Ikoyi
Admission to all events is free. Signed copies of the participating writers’ books will be available for sale at all the venues on the day of each event.
The 6-week tour will be covered on the Farafina magazine blog while audio and video recordings of each reading will be placed on the Switched On website as podcasts. Dada Books, Daylight Media, The Palms, Planet One Television and Auggust Media are also media partners on this project.
For further information, please call 07061141232, or email auggustmedia@gmail.com
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
sometimes I get confused...
The Lord works in mysterious ways...and so does my mind. There are a couple of bloggers that, try as I may, I can never seem to be able to keep them straight in my head.
ok, you guys can do the math on this one. :) thankfully datoneokrikagirl doesnt blog anymore, so i guess that one was solved for me. The only thing though is that datoneokrikagirl wasn't anonymous- she had a picture on her blog. So anytime i think of original mgbeke, thats the picture I see in my head!
Qube and Quaggar
ok, they have different names (obviously!), different blog layouts, different everything, so why can't i seem to be able to separate the two bloggers?
Tygernity and Tigeress
Tyger is a sporadic blogger, so tigeress is getting all the shine in my books now - that one was a lot easier than it could have been...
Naijababe/Naijagirl/naija...
Honestly, nobody can blame me for this one!
Scribbles and Roc
ok, I can tell these two apart, but the reason why they are on this list is that they have the same image in my head. you know, the Jand "awon-boys" type of image. The explanation for this one is long, but i dont want to get into trouble. I think I'm going to stop here cos I dont think my foot can fit in my mouth any further... lol
Maybe this is the perfect timing to get a little clarification on the next two blogs...
A Little Light is All we need...
The first time I happened on her blog, i found myself wondering if she was talking about NEPA.
stop looking at me like that! afterall she lives in naija!
Even now, sometimes I still find myself wondering.
It was so much Easier When I had One...
Solomonsydelle, I still need you to explain to me. Do u mean when u had one child or when you had one blog?
Freaksho and Writefreak
Actually, this was last year before writefreak started becoming a regular on my blog. I think i might have actually addressed Freaksho by Writefreak's name on his blog. Freaksho is male, writefreak is female, but they are both... (its not from my mouth that u'll hear that...)
Wordmerchant and Wordsmith
I won't even lie. I still cant say I can tell them apart but I'm going to get it someday. I know one of them is a new improved blogger, i just have to actually get on the blog to figure out who's who.
Shonavixen and Ibiluv
Actually, I have finally managed to keep these two sexy ladies apart. me thinks it was cos they both had pink blogs at some point(?)
Fashinga and Bibi
Sometimes I'm convinced Fashinga is Bibi...or I read a post by Fash and i think Bibi wrote it...I go to Fash's blog a lot more often, maybe thats why i dont go to Bibi's blog. sorry bibi, i think i'll rectify that soon :(
ok, you guys can do the math on this one. :) thankfully datoneokrikagirl doesnt blog anymore, so i guess that one was solved for me. The only thing though is that datoneokrikagirl wasn't anonymous- she had a picture on her blog. So anytime i think of original mgbeke, thats the picture I see in my head!
Qube and Quaggar
ok, they have different names (obviously!), different blog layouts, different everything, so why can't i seem to be able to separate the two bloggers?
Tygernity and Tigeress
Tyger is a sporadic blogger, so tigeress is getting all the shine in my books now - that one was a lot easier than it could have been...
Naijababe/Naijagirl/naija...
Honestly, nobody can blame me for this one!
Scribbles and Roc
ok, I can tell these two apart, but the reason why they are on this list is that they have the same image in my head. you know, the Jand "awon-boys" type of image. The explanation for this one is long, but i dont want to get into trouble. I think I'm going to stop here cos I dont think my foot can fit in my mouth any further... lol
Maybe this is the perfect timing to get a little clarification on the next two blogs...
A Little Light is All we need...
The first time I happened on her blog, i found myself wondering if she was talking about NEPA.
stop looking at me like that! afterall she lives in naija!
Even now, sometimes I still find myself wondering.
It was so much Easier When I had One...
Solomonsydelle, I still need you to explain to me. Do u mean when u had one child or when you had one blog?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
One-Word Meme & Poll results
The delectable husband-snatching SpicyTee tagged me in this meme. I figured it'll be easy...little did I know. I haven't forgotten the punishment MissDefinitelyMaybe gave me on her blog for being "FIRST!". I'll serve my punishment later, but first let's do this one:
*Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions.
*They have to be real...nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers.
*You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.
* Dont google ur answers.
*Make it as interesting and fun as you can.
1. What is your name: Bumight
2. A four Letter Word: Baby
3. A boy's Name: Baroque.....actually...technically, baroque is a man...but before he was a boy....o heck!
4. A girl's Name: Burralove!.....yes baby, I was kidding :)
5. An occupation: Baby-sitter
6. A color: Blue
7. Something you'll wear: Bathing suit
9. A food: Broccoli
10. Something found in the bathroom: Bodywash
11. A place: Brooklyn NY
12. A reason for being late: BS-ing....or Basically a Big Bright Bus Bashed my...warraheck!
13. Something you'd shout: Bugger!
14. A movie title: i. Broken Tears
ii. Boys Cot
of course i dont know a movie with the title (Broken Tears), but trusting Nollywood, there's bound to be a movie like that
15. Something you drink: Bottled Water.....since I dont drink beer
16. A musical group: Backstreet boys
17. An animal: Brown baby bear
18. A street name: Bredfordshire Ave
19. A type of car: BMW 328i....which I'm getting in the next 2 years, by the grace of God
20. The title of a song: Blame It On Your Heart - Patti Loveless
I'm supposed to tag 20 people: I tag JideSalu, Roc, (time to lose ur Meme virginity guys), Tobenna, Mizchif, Gee, Repressed one, justDB, Dante, Ceberus (at least the 1/3 that comes on my blog), MY, Toluwa, Abeni, MissLove, ....ok im tired!
This is where the guys/fellas/people with a Y chromosome can leave the building.....
alright Ladies, now that we've gotten rid of the fellas....
Re: The How-often-do-you-get-a-pap-smear Poll
48% of blogville ladies get a pap smear regularly, but 51% haven't.
The first time I got one, I was going to blog about it. I actually typed up the post but I cant find it. :( I've looked everywhere, and I just cant find the file.
Anyways, he pap smear is basically to screen for cervical cancer. It doesnt check for STDs, AIDS and all that orisirisi bad somethings. Your test can either come out as
1. Normal : congratulations! go and sin no more (lol)
2. ACUS: Abnormal cells of undetermined significance. Plenty words for "We found some cells that shouldnt be there, but we dont know if they are pre-cancerous"
3. very abnormal smear: pretty much pre-cancerous cells of varying degrees.
4. cervical cancer: the really bad one. it takes another 10 years for CIN 3 to progress to cervical cancer.
So you see if you happen to have an abnormal smear or even CIN 1, there's a very very good chance that the cells can revert back to normal. Even if you have CIN 2 or CIN3, u can be treated and be just fine. Even if they dont, your gyno can freeze the bad cells off, take them out, do something...BUT you have to know to be able to do something.
I'm happy that a lot of ladies on blogville are blogging about this. Its really not that scary. which do u think is scarier: this going up you
*Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions.
*They have to be real...nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers.
*You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.
* Dont google ur answers.
*Make it as interesting and fun as you can.
1. What is your name: Bumight
2. A four Letter Word: Baby
3. A boy's Name: Baroque.....actually...technically, baroque is a man...but before he was a boy....o heck!
4. A girl's Name: Burralove!.....yes baby, I was kidding :)
5. An occupation: Baby-sitter
6. A color: Blue
7. Something you'll wear: Bathing suit
9. A food: Broccoli
10. Something found in the bathroom: Bodywash
11. A place: Brooklyn NY
12. A reason for being late: BS-ing....or Basically a Big Bright Bus Bashed my...warraheck!
13. Something you'd shout: Bugger!
14. A movie title: i. Broken Tears
ii. Boys Cot
of course i dont know a movie with the title (Broken Tears), but trusting Nollywood, there's bound to be a movie like that
15. Something you drink: Bottled Water.....since I dont drink beer
16. A musical group: Backstreet boys
17. An animal: Brown baby bear
18. A street name: Bredfordshire Ave
19. A type of car: BMW 328i....which I'm getting in the next 2 years, by the grace of God
20. The title of a song: Blame It On Your Heart - Patti Loveless
I'm supposed to tag 20 people: I tag JideSalu, Roc, (time to lose ur Meme virginity guys), Tobenna, Mizchif, Gee, Repressed one, justDB, Dante, Ceberus (at least the 1/3 that comes on my blog), MY, Toluwa, Abeni, MissLove, ....ok im tired!
This is where the guys/fellas/people with a Y chromosome can leave the building.....
alright Ladies, now that we've gotten rid of the fellas....
Re: The How-often-do-you-get-a-pap-smear Poll
48% of blogville ladies get a pap smear regularly, but 51% haven't.
The first time I got one, I was going to blog about it. I actually typed up the post but I cant find it. :( I've looked everywhere, and I just cant find the file.
Anyways, he pap smear is basically to screen for cervical cancer. It doesnt check for STDs, AIDS and all that orisirisi bad somethings. Your test can either come out as
1. Normal : congratulations! go and sin no more (lol)
2. ACUS: Abnormal cells of undetermined significance. Plenty words for "We found some cells that shouldnt be there, but we dont know if they are pre-cancerous"
3. very abnormal smear: pretty much pre-cancerous cells of varying degrees.
4. cervical cancer: the really bad one. it takes another 10 years for CIN 3 to progress to cervical cancer.
So you see if you happen to have an abnormal smear or even CIN 1, there's a very very good chance that the cells can revert back to normal. Even if you have CIN 2 or CIN3, u can be treated and be just fine. Even if they dont, your gyno can freeze the bad cells off, take them out, do something...BUT you have to know to be able to do something.
I'm happy that a lot of ladies on blogville are blogging about this. Its really not that scary. which do u think is scarier: this going up you
or this growing inside you?
sorry for grossing you out with the pic guys!...i thought i told you to leave :)
Thursday, April 9, 2009
At the Gym
The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
First off, I will be quick to point out that Bumight is no gym buff. My gym experience has been limited to mandatory gym classes that I had to take in college and a couple of epileptic stints here and there. Nowadays, anything soulja boy cannot fix infront of my mirrors is too much for me. Personally as long as my midriff is presentable and I don’t pass my magic 3 digit number, I’m fine.
Anyways, since it seemed like everyone around me just discovered the gym, I decided I needed a little bit of toning myself. I decided to go for one of their cycling classes, thinking to myself “shebi its to ride stationary bike na? no biggie”
I got on feeling all motivated and cool and started pedaling.
“Turn it up one notch” the instructor’s voice rung out. No biggie. I complied
Then 15 minutes into the class, I started feeling tired. I literarily felt like all the energy had been sapped from me and I was going to pass out any minute.
Who sent you? You’re one of the smallest people in this class!
I refused to heed the voice in my head, and continued pedaling. 15 minutes into it, I couldn’t take it anymore, so I faked a call I had to answer and promptly escaped. The plan was to catch my breath for a few minutes and return to the torture – oops! I meant exercise. A couple of minutes later (I actually received a call o) I was back in the class.
I tried to adjust my pedaling to sync with the song that was coming out through the speakers: “I can feel it coming in the air tonight”
I definitely feel this ish, my thighs are aching!
Then soulja boy’s - God bless him- voice filled the room : “…She got a dunk”
gurl, you’re not going to have a dunk anymore!
But I persisted. Even the instructor seemed to be in on the conspiracy. She kept saying “turn it up two notches” after the third time, I didn’t answer her again! I even started turning it down.
Somehow, I made it to the end of the class. The class appriopriately ended to the not-so-sexy voice of usher asking us “do I remind you of the pain…”
Yeah buddy, I’m currently feeling the pain as you sing!
Forget all that BS they tell you about exercise giving you more energy, cos right now (7 hours after) I still feel drained, and my whole body hurts! is Scribbles still handing out those free massages?
So am I going back? You bet I am! This time I think I’m going to try the pilates class. I hear it works wonders for flexibility of....anyways, NDQ can you confirm? lol
CONCLUSION:
Eat and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
The French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
First off, I will be quick to point out that Bumight is no gym buff. My gym experience has been limited to mandatory gym classes that I had to take in college and a couple of epileptic stints here and there. Nowadays, anything soulja boy cannot fix infront of my mirrors is too much for me. Personally as long as my midriff is presentable and I don’t pass my magic 3 digit number, I’m fine.
Anyways, since it seemed like everyone around me just discovered the gym, I decided I needed a little bit of toning myself. I decided to go for one of their cycling classes, thinking to myself “shebi its to ride stationary bike na? no biggie”
I got on feeling all motivated and cool and started pedaling.
“Turn it up one notch” the instructor’s voice rung out. No biggie. I complied
Then 15 minutes into the class, I started feeling tired. I literarily felt like all the energy had been sapped from me and I was going to pass out any minute.
Who sent you? You’re one of the smallest people in this class!
I refused to heed the voice in my head, and continued pedaling. 15 minutes into it, I couldn’t take it anymore, so I faked a call I had to answer and promptly escaped. The plan was to catch my breath for a few minutes and return to the torture – oops! I meant exercise. A couple of minutes later (I actually received a call o) I was back in the class.
I tried to adjust my pedaling to sync with the song that was coming out through the speakers: “I can feel it coming in the air tonight”
I definitely feel this ish, my thighs are aching!
Then soulja boy’s - God bless him- voice filled the room : “…She got a dunk”
gurl, you’re not going to have a dunk anymore!
But I persisted. Even the instructor seemed to be in on the conspiracy. She kept saying “turn it up two notches” after the third time, I didn’t answer her again! I even started turning it down.
Somehow, I made it to the end of the class. The class appriopriately ended to the not-so-sexy voice of usher asking us “do I remind you of the pain…”
Yeah buddy, I’m currently feeling the pain as you sing!
Forget all that BS they tell you about exercise giving you more energy, cos right now (7 hours after) I still feel drained, and my whole body hurts! is Scribbles still handing out those free massages?
So am I going back? You bet I am! This time I think I’m going to try the pilates class. I hear it works wonders for flexibility of....anyways, NDQ can you confirm? lol
CONCLUSION:
Eat and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
Monday, April 6, 2009
100 posts strong and still going
This is my 100th post on this blog, and for the past couple of days, I've been thinking of what to write. The only thing I was certain of was that I wasnt going to do a Q &A post. Last time i did it, I must have answered almost 70 questions (phew!) and for some reason everyone was curious about my sex life (thanks, Tintin!). you can read the post here.
Instead, I have decided to do a 100 things post. From someone that didnt do the "25 things about me meme" that was going round on facebook, I already know that this is going to be a challenge. wish me luck!
I was born on a wednesday. I have the classic peter pan syndrome. I Love God. I want Him to be proud of me. I hate coffee. I read my first romance novel at 8. i hate people staring at me - it makes me uncomfortable. I cant look people in the eyes. I'm attracted to smart guys. I hate cocky ones. i can have a perfectly normal conversation with someone on the phone while i'm sleeping and not remember it the next morning. I lost my virginity at 17. Yes, i really lost it because i dont know how it disappeared. I love playing with make-up. I like dancing. I'm very non-judgemental. I dont think im as close to my family as I would like to be. I dont think they fully understand me. I've done some really stupid things. I'm a crushaholic. I love attention. I'm shy.
I like a guy who's motivated. I love playing sudoku and spider solitaire. I dont believe that I'm a geek. I once had a 48 hour crush on a friend's boyfriend. I dont like seeing people embarassed. I smile a lot. I started living on my own at 17. I'm scared stiff of childbirth. I think I'll just opt for a voluntary ceasarian section. I'm a very picky eater. I've never dated a non-nigerian. I love people watching. I think Temite is in love with me, she just hasnt come to the full realization yet. I drive like i'm in naija. I cant drive in Nigeria. I want to get my belly pierced. Ive been too scared to do it for 3 years now. I think im going to do it this year. I'm a perfectionist. I'm not too particular about a guy's body. I think i'll date a chubby dude. Only if he'll carry me all the time (lol) . I used to be deathly scared of driving. I think I'm special. scratch that, I'm so special. I think I want a blackberry. I've never gone skinny dipping before. but I want to try. I love my lips. Most people love it too. I over analyze everything. I dont have a favorite color. I love to help people plan their lives. I've almost been raped once before. I blogged about it. I cant look people in the eyes. apparently i talk in my sleep. I've been told I've said some really embarassing things I cant even type here.
I dont wear a lot of skirts. That's about to change this year. my memory for random things is amazing. I dont like chocolates. I am really ticklish. I can only swim out of the deep end of a pool. I dont like change. I've never been drunk before. I just became a huge Michael Buble fan. I have 50 of his songs on my ipod. I am overly sensitive. I have never smoked. I dont like shows where people laugh in the background. I love to dress up and take pictures of myself. I am a very good friend. I think nerds are sexy. I dont think geeks are. My friends mean the world to me. I come across as very put together, but my life is far from that. I sometimes wonder if there are good christian guys out there who give amazing head.
I can spot fake people from a mile off. I have a very low tolerance for such people. I can't wait to be rich and be able to afford all the clothes I want!. I'm going to adopt at least one child. I can look at someone and decide i dont like them. I always end up being best buddies with such people. I must have read every romance novel there was out there. Now they make me puke. I'm scared of turning out mediocre. I miss boorish male. I have a hard time hiding my feelings. I google myself. sarcasm is me. I care a lot, more than I let on. I see the good in other people. I dont know what I want to do with my life career wise. I'm very secretive. I genuinely care about my friends. I love being cuddled. I'm a dog lover - the bigger, the better.
phew! that was hard!!!
update: i mentioned somethings twice, ive corected them in red!
Instead, I have decided to do a 100 things post. From someone that didnt do the "25 things about me meme" that was going round on facebook, I already know that this is going to be a challenge. wish me luck!
I was born on a wednesday. I have the classic peter pan syndrome. I Love God. I want Him to be proud of me. I hate coffee. I read my first romance novel at 8. i hate people staring at me - it makes me uncomfortable. I cant look people in the eyes. I'm attracted to smart guys. I hate cocky ones. i can have a perfectly normal conversation with someone on the phone while i'm sleeping and not remember it the next morning. I lost my virginity at 17. Yes, i really lost it because i dont know how it disappeared. I love playing with make-up. I like dancing. I'm very non-judgemental. I dont think im as close to my family as I would like to be. I dont think they fully understand me. I've done some really stupid things. I'm a crushaholic. I love attention. I'm shy.
I like a guy who's motivated. I love playing sudoku and spider solitaire. I dont believe that I'm a geek. I once had a 48 hour crush on a friend's boyfriend. I dont like seeing people embarassed. I smile a lot. I started living on my own at 17. I'm scared stiff of childbirth. I think I'll just opt for a voluntary ceasarian section. I'm a very picky eater. I've never dated a non-nigerian. I love people watching. I think Temite is in love with me, she just hasnt come to the full realization yet. I drive like i'm in naija. I cant drive in Nigeria. I want to get my belly pierced. Ive been too scared to do it for 3 years now. I think im going to do it this year. I'm a perfectionist. I'm not too particular about a guy's body. I think i'll date a chubby dude. Only if he'll carry me all the time (lol) . I used to be deathly scared of driving. I think I'm special. scratch that, I'm so special. I think I want a blackberry. I've never gone skinny dipping before. but I want to try. I love my lips. Most people love it too. I over analyze everything. I dont have a favorite color. I love to help people plan their lives. I've almost been raped once before. I blogged about it. I cant look people in the eyes. apparently i talk in my sleep. I've been told I've said some really embarassing things I cant even type here.
I dont wear a lot of skirts. That's about to change this year. my memory for random things is amazing. I dont like chocolates. I am really ticklish. I can only swim out of the deep end of a pool. I dont like change. I've never been drunk before. I just became a huge Michael Buble fan. I have 50 of his songs on my ipod. I am overly sensitive. I have never smoked. I dont like shows where people laugh in the background. I love to dress up and take pictures of myself. I am a very good friend. I think nerds are sexy. I dont think geeks are. My friends mean the world to me. I come across as very put together, but my life is far from that. I sometimes wonder if there are good christian guys out there who give amazing head.
I can spot fake people from a mile off. I have a very low tolerance for such people. I can't wait to be rich and be able to afford all the clothes I want!. I'm going to adopt at least one child. I can look at someone and decide i dont like them. I always end up being best buddies with such people. I must have read every romance novel there was out there. Now they make me puke. I'm scared of turning out mediocre. I miss boorish male. I have a hard time hiding my feelings. I google myself. sarcasm is me. I care a lot, more than I let on. I see the good in other people. I dont know what I want to do with my life career wise. I'm very secretive. I genuinely care about my friends. I love being cuddled. I'm a dog lover - the bigger, the better.
phew! that was hard!!!
update: i mentioned somethings twice, ive corected them in red!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
What's in a Name IV
I really dont know why people were ewwing at my last post, was it that bad? The above poll has been posted for research purposes. please please, it'll take less than 10 secs to click. thanks girls! only girls o! there'll be another poll for the guys...i think.
This is turning into a series of some sort. you can read part 1, part 2, and part 3 by clicking on the links. All posts are not related though. This particular post is inspired by don Bagucci's last post.
Glossary
Spinalis - one of the muscles that sits on the spinal cord.
Macule- Flat discoloration on scin which is <1cm
Papule- Elevated skin lesion which is < 1cm
Nephritic syndrome &Nephrotic syndrome- both kidney diseases.
the 12 cranial nerves- Olfactory, optic, oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Auditory, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Spinal Accesory, Hypoglossal
This is turning into a series of some sort. you can read part 1, part 2, and part 3 by clicking on the links. All posts are not related though. This particular post is inspired by don Bagucci's last post.
One of the hardest things for me when anatomy started was learning the names of everything. I had a math based background in undergraduate, so I wasn’t used to memorizing stuff. I just learnt the formula and derived or calculated from there, oh the bliss!
Back to anatomy, all of a sudden I had to learn the names of hundreds of muscles, the arteries, veins, a couple hundred nerves. I mean, why would your small hand have over 50 muscles, with various nerves innervating it?
I remember that I couldn’t for the life of me get over the muscles of the back “Spinalis”….”Splenius”…they both sounded alike, and I couldn’t get them straight.
Then I started Pathology, and realized that anatomy was just child play. From the hundreds to thousands of names of diseases that come with each organ system, it was just crazy. Didn’t know my brain had this much capacity.
Then you wonder what men like Paget and Rokitansky did with their lives – if they had any. There’s Paget’s disease of the bone, Paget’s disease of the breast and they are not even related. The Rokitansky dude is even more annoying:
Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome,
Rokitansky nodules,
Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus,
and even a Rokitansky disease!…
I mean, must everything be named after you even if you discovered it? Did he even think about people like us that have to learn everything and keep each one separate? Greedy show-off!
Anyways, I realized that “Spinalis” for instance can be a great name for the first born child – as in, the spine of the family.
Don’t “Mitral” and “Tricuspid” make for great twin names?
Or maybe I can be more subtle with “Nephrotic” and “Nephritic”?- only if they are identical twins.
“Macule! Macule!! Will you stop hitting your brother Papule?”
And If I happen to have octuplets like the octomom, The 12 cranial nerves are fantastic names. I’m just sorry for “olfactory” and Oculomotor. Vagus, Trigeminal, and Abducens will be the luckier ones. The unluckiest one will be “Spinal Accesory”. On the bright side, we’ll call him SA or SAN for short, so his friends will be none the wiser.
The possibilites are endless! what do u think?.....*thinking* maybe we should rename Kolawole?
Glossary
Spinalis - one of the muscles that sits on the spinal cord.
Macule- Flat discoloration on scin which is <1cm
Papule- Elevated skin lesion which is < 1cm
Nephritic syndrome &Nephrotic syndrome- both kidney diseases.
the 12 cranial nerves- Olfactory, optic, oculomotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, Auditory, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Spinal Accesory, Hypoglossal
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