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OHHH SNAP Microsoft!!!

 I am not really a political person...but I do have to say I love Obama. He seems genuine, smart, cool, confident and best of all he is black. Yes, not only black...East African Black (my neck of the woods). Although it is a bit presumptuous to base my political allegiance (although I cant vote) based on race; as a black man the fact that Obama is the way he is and is a strong candidate to be America's next President means A LOT.

Why? Simple, he is not the stereotype that most people think of when they think black man..or for that matter the black community. Yet somehow he still keeps it gangstaa..

GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!

Anyways the real reason for this post is not to profess my love for Obama, which most people figure I would cuz I am black. But its really for my OHHH SNAP Microsoft moment. So while sending some e-mails back and forth between my boss and I..who is also black...and also loves Obama...Microsoft Outlook has seriously been getting on my nerves each time I type the word OBAMA

Why: I will show you....

OHHH SNAP MICROSOFT!!! I see where you stand politically. To think you are in my home with my children (imaginary)... where I sleep....where I poo....where I bathe...poisoning our minds....by trying to pull a quick one on me cuz I cant spell. To think if I am down with Obama...then i am down with Osama.

 Well I'll tell you this Windows.....its F*&#NG time to by a mac    >_<

No...they just RHYME...WTF!!! Douche...Bag...Hummm is that  you?! 

-Angry black man out

Work'n it!!

 So i havnt been updating for a bit cuz I dunno....A lot of people have stopped updating after college    Its a give and take relationship ppl!!! Alas....u win...I have to fill u in on my ever so exciting life

I am currently sitting at work today...waiting till the clock hits 3:45....why 3:45. Cuz my boss totally asked me if I want to skip the rest of the day and watch Indiana Jones with her. Yes I love my job...kind of. To top it all of we got a super awesome e-mail from the CEO today regarding our summer schedule

I am pleased to announce that from Tuesday, May 26 through Thursday, August 28th, the following will be in effect:

·        Casual wear permitted Monday through Friday;

·        Pizza party once a month;

·        We will close on Monday, July 7th, giving us a four-day Fourth of July weekend;

·        We will close on Friday, August 29th, to make a four-day Labor Day weekend.

I am proud of the work all of you do, and am pleased to be able to offer these "extras" to thank you for all your efforts

...yep the non profit life...although has me workin like a slave is fairly sweet at times. Hopefully I can get staffed in Sudan so my salary does not get taxed and every three months we get a weeks paid rest and relaxation to a resort in either Alexandria or Cairo, Egypt...yes we are "non-profit"

nothing really interesting to report....ohh yeah I had my first one night stand yesterday...it was...interesting.

ok seriosuly u believed that? Well believe this (from Trinidad & Tobago) ....

The world is getting....interesting

So far a lot of my experiences in meeting ppl from the states for the first time in America can be summed up in this dialog (although there are the awesome few that have met who know or care to know)

American dude/dudette: Hey Where are you from???

Me: Eritrea (apparently not even in the xanga spell check :sigh:)

American dude/dudette: Uhmmmm

Me: Its a country north of Ethiopia...actually its one of the newest countries in the world...but I was born and raised in Ethiopia most of my life

American dude/dudette:Uhmmm...where

Me: In E-TH-IO-PIA

American dude/dudette: :Blank Stare:

Me: Africa?

American dude/dudette: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  Africa (the kind of ohhh Africa that means your country doesnt matter)

So I figured that along most of their American counter parts aka most of the world outside of Africa didnt know Eritrea/Ethiopia...or care about it for that matter. So going to Japan this summer...where black ppl are kind of absent and being from the horn of Africa I figured ...well if America doesnt know about my background...I'll be damned if Japan is gonna give a shat.....alas...I guess I will be damned...

Thank you JAPAN!!!!! So even though the whole of Japan doesnt know about my country/culture....at least there are good group of ppl that know my culture prolly better than I do......Igzeherr Yistelin Japan!!!

So where is the Eritrean/Ethiopian love for Asia??  

I shared these pics with some friends/family...and one of my Habesha (Ethio/Eri) friends whose dad has apparently some chinese descent sent me this pic of her shanghai glamor shot when she was in China visiting extended fam...

Globalization.....is semi awesome...

-FOB OUT!

My baby is all grown up!!!!

So being the proud father figure I am....I am announcing to the world that my lil bro got into Virginia Common Wealth University (VCU)!!!! After many sleepless nights of editing (read writing) his college essays...reminding him of what extra curricular activities he participated in...grudgingly shelling out $60 for the college application... MY BABY IS ALL GROWN UP!!!

Why am I acting like a parent to my lil Hawaja (Sudanese/Tigre word for White man's gold...cuz my lil bro is the only one with a citizenship so thats his nick name) Well ever since leaving  war torn Ethiopia and Eritrea with only him (no parents..no relatives) on a plane to the US of A many many years ago...convincing the missions ppl not to feed him chocolate (as if we were some broke ass african kids) while we were on the plane....cooling his fever on the 16 hr flight from Ethio to DC...I have assumed the parental responsibilities of raising my baby bro.

And now he is off to college....a place where i was only two yrs ago...and I think to myself WTF is he even ready?!?!?!?!?!!? In all honesty I do not think so...given that I had literally force him to get back to studying junior and senior yr, drag him kicking and screaming to SAT prep, dropping him off to work at best buy, forcing him to volunteer, cooking and cleaning for him, tracking down his teachers for letters of reccomendation....How will he survive college without me?!?!?!?!?!?! (Too bad VCU doesnt have a law school) 

And the list of social/academic advice  I have to talk to him about

• The SEX talk (which there will be no sex in college)
• The DRINKING talk (drinking leads to sex...so the previous talk should suffice)
• The HOW TO HIT UP THE PARENTAL UNITS FOR MONEY talk (cuz u will need to)
• The DONT FAIL talk (cuz I dont feel like writing college apps again)
• The Honor code talk (dont get kicked out for the afformentioned reason in the dont fail talk)
• The "ratemyprofessor.com" talk for choosing classes (yes thats how I chose classes at UVA)
• The HOW TO DO YOUR LAUNDRY 101 Talk/Demonstration (you can only buy so much underwear and socks to avoid this task)
• The dont think you can get up for 8am classes just b/c you were at high school at 7am everyday talk (cuz it just wont happen)
• The dont take Micro-bio 500 just cuz u did well in AP Bio talk (experience...uhmmm dropped it like it was hot within the first 2 weeks)

I mean there has to be so many more talks that I need to have with him.....what else is missing....I have to make sure he can stand on his two feet before I let go of my paternal kung fu grip on his life!! What else is missing from my list?!?!