1. Mugabe: why or why can't we get him out. The hypocrisy of the SA gvt, (well Mbeki, really, because even that thug Zuma has spoken out against the ex-knight) urging the west (read ex-colonials) to stay away has filled me with anger - where would the anti-apartheid movement have gone if the rest of the world (read ex-colonial powers) hadn't boycotted SA - thanks to popular pressure. What happened to "gimme hope Jo'anna", huh? The 400 poor opposition folks congregating around the SA embassy in Harare should start doing that pretty soon...
Let's just give a shout out the union folks in SA, who did stand up, and who refused to unload the Chinese ship, caring arms to Mugabe.
2. Heat waves - OMG!! My bus is packed these days with ex-car drivers who realized that gas prices are just going to keep going up...of course bus ethics will have to be taught to this new generation...but now with the days blasting heat, all the AC in the world can't get rid of that good ol' body odour of public transport. At least most folks use deodorant in the US ...I don't mean to say anything snide about anti-anti-perspirant societies...well, I can't really, because it is hard to talk and hold your nose at the same time and breath out of your mouth.
I'm happy the sun is continuously out in LA, but on Sat, after a marathon (and may we say, very successful) trip to Ikea in Burbank (which is in the Valley and is literally, half a world away from our West LA hood), I told the boy flat out that I couldn't wait for the monsoons to hit. Sadly, there won't be any monsoons, and probably not even a shower or two - yes, you heard be correctly, after years in London, Vancouver and Brussels, I am asking and praying for rain. I know, I'm sick.
3. Euro Cup 2008 Semi Finals. Was at gym. Was mesmerized. Wished for Turkey victory so badly. Was too chicken to cheer for them with all the LA-Armenians around. Result: loss for Turkey, great day off for all the German auto workers. Beers and bratwurst all round - with extra pork!
4. JOY - my friend joy should be performing in Istanbul right now...but no, no I'm actually talking about the total joy of working from home, not doing that damn commute, not being stressed out by work (though I'm in a new campaign - already - and leading it supposedly), getting to go the gym, cooking dinner etc.
Made me realize I HAVE to start looking now for something new for post Sept. Though, staying at the might, mighty union will allow me to work on the Obama campaign and get paid in October...that vs general well being, joy and sanity...hmmmm...and of course my crush on Obama...
5. A recipe from my mother-in-law for mango ice cream (for those of you who just love mango or have your own damn heat wave):
1 cup Mango puree ( canned mango pulp from Indian Store)
1 carton Cool Whip
1 can condensed milk
1 can evaporated milk.
Mix the above, freeze a few hrs!!
1 carton Cool Whip
1 can condensed milk
1 can evaporated milk.
Mix the above, freeze a few hrs!!
Eat and be lifted to the Mango ice cream heaven.
