There’s a cartoon I really liked when I was little. It was called Jem and the Holograms. I don’t remember much about it except that there was a computer called Synnergy, and there was a girl band whose members included Ashtin, Kimber, and Jem. Also, someone had pink hair. The reason they came to mind [...]
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Lessons I learnt this weekend
Withdrawing physical affection isn’t always about manipulation. It’s possible to be so mad at someone that you can’t bear to have them touch you. It’s possible to have as much fun with people as I do when I’m alone. This weekend I hung out with 5 different friends in 5 different set-ups and had the [...]
Kona Mbaya
There’s a roundabout in town – I think it’s on Racecourse Road – that gives me chills every time I go past it. It took a journey on Google Maps to get its exact name, but it has public toilets on it, and a banner announcing a computer college. On the other side of the [...]
Aisha, Vedito, and Random Office Crushes
It’s no secret that my dream car is an X6. I have no idea where I’m going to get the 15M to buy one, but until quite recently, I’ve been content to wait. After all, driving a Nissan while dreaming of Aisha (that’s her name) seems blasphemous somehow. That’s why I was so excited when [...]
Brad Pitt, Online Gambling, and Tazmania
I work in advertising, though my boss prefers to think of it as Integrated Digital Marketting. In a way, he’s right, because we don’t actually sell a product. Our ATL partners have a focus of getting people to buy stuff, while our digital campaigns are more about making people aware of a product or service. [...]
Bored with Twitter. Again. Sigh.
This happens periodically, usually triggered by some kind of beef. This time, it was caused by offline arguments with people very close to me. I stopped spending time with them, and watching their TLs was painful, so I logged off. A few weeks later, I logged on again, but Twitter had lost its flavour. I [...]
