US Invasion of Somalia

Now the free world can legally go into Somalia and shoot 'em up.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7786652.stm

my guess is a coup in Zimbabwe starts... well started tonight

Don't you never let no woman rule your mind
Lord, she'll leave you troubled, worried all the time

some true words.

the head of the Air Force, Perence Shiri was just shot (not dead... yet?) in what seems to be an assassination attempt. He's a very close friend and ally to Mr. Robert Mugabe (current president and all around asshole). My guess is that a lot is going to happen in the next 24/36 hours.
Also, there is a huge outbreak of Cholera in the country that has killed around 500 people in about a week. Mugabe said it was the UK contaminating the water but the bacteria(?) has been eradicated from the country and only a "handful" of people have died.

moment of the year, 2008

Joseph Kony, your days are numbered

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7782649.stm

For those who don't know, Joseph Kony is the head of the Lord's Resistance Army based in Northern Uganda. For over 20 years he has abducted children from their homes in rural villages and brainwashed them into being fighters for his rebel movement. He forces boys to rape their sisters and gets them addicted to drugs that he and his high officers provide for the boys.
Joseph Kony, I know you'll be rotting in hell soon enough.

Tonight

Was fantastic. I played football with my dudes, went home and ate dinner. Emrah called me and told me to come over to their apartment, so I did. Meeting Emrah, Azamat and Hasan has truly been the highlight of my IU experience. outstanding discussions on everything from football to spirituality. My stomach was having some serious problems... no idea what was up. I kept rumbling and and it kind of sounded like some crazy bowel movements were going on... but alas my drawers are still clean.
I'll probably give those dudes a call tomorrow. Maybe a drive up to Indy to see Slumdog Millionaire?

Slumdogging

Not much to report...
Saw Slumdog Millionaire, based off of the book Q and A by Vikas Swarup, on Saturday night. Movie of the year...? I think so. Total heart wrencher. Also a movie that doesn't depict Muslims as terrorist/heartless/backwards! Who would have thought?
Overall grade: A. Good luck finding anything you don't like about this film.
Anyways, here are some screenshots from the film


Here is a young Jamal. The child actors in this were beyond outstanding. I was bummed after the transition from little kids to older kids. Give me an entire movie/book


An older Jamal and Latika at the train station.





if you don't get my point here... go see this movie, now.

DAM getting up in the world.

wow this is nerdy

i know a lot of people out there, especially those who spend a lot of time on the internet are sneaker nerds. i am not one of those people. my feet only touch vans and adidas (my indoor boots are nike and my outdoor are diadora, but you gotta buy what's cheap and is fly), but i'm starting to feel the adidas selection much more these days. the classic vans and authentics are the only way to go vans wise, but adidas and pulling some wicked shit these days.
the Samba 2's are fucking WILD. Take your classic black Samba. Black leather with black suede and the white three stripes with the gold lettering and the white and black label on the top of the tongue. Now the Samba 2's... dump the white stripes and and replace them with some serious blacker than black stripes and a black and hold label on the tongue... holy shit they look unbelievable.


The white Samba 2's are also quite fresh. You've got the white base of a Samba with cream stripes and cream for suede. they're looking pretty nice...


Other Sambas I've been into are the White Classics
The Samba 2 Austria

and the Samba Millennium French
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and the Argentinean "

I'm probably going to try and grab a few of these within the next few months.

thank you jake burns

Don't believe them
Don't believe them
Question everything you're told
Just take a look around you
At the bitterness and spite
Why can't we take over and try to put it right