Monday, 26 December 2011
Frozen Planet
BBC is the most awesome tv program existent in this time of age. That goes without discussion. It is true, it is factual. This collection of tv series, is by far the most spectacular of all. It makes me realize how magical nature is. The way it moves, the sounds it makes, the animals that live off of it. It makes me - and I have had more moments like this in life, fading away with time - want to do things for this world. Show Mother Nature how much I appreciate her nurturing.
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Lieveheersbeestjes met jurkjes aan.
Van die meisjes die alleen met jongens praten, omdat meisjes niet interessant genoeg zijn. Van die meisjes die interessant proberen te doen terwijl ze heel goed weten dat de meisjes die niet zo doen, juist degenen zijn die interessant zijn. Die jurkjes die net onder de ronding van hun bips verdwijnt, zodat ze net niet 'all too revealing' zijn. Die jurkjes die zo leuk omhoog waaien boven de metro's, bij die roosters.. waar vieze maar wel warme lucht uit komt dwarrelen. Die wimpers, zo lang zo nep en zo geplamuurd. Die wimpers, zo kort en zo natuurlijk, zo heerlijk knipperend als ze haar ogen sluit bij het slaken van een gaap. Die lieveheersbeestjes, die op de meest onverwachte plekken verschijnen, omdat ze mysterieus en stiekem zijn. Ze hebben iets weg van het magische. Daar heb ik vandaag een tentamen over geschreven. Ik sloeg heel vraag 6 over, zonde. De tijd was op. De wijzers op de 11 en de 12.
Mijn nagels zijn nog zilver, morgen maar even eraf halen.
Mijn nagels zijn nog zilver, morgen maar even eraf halen.
Wazzup, whitey?
Okey, so I want to start a new subject. A subject that keeps on popping up everyday and it makes me wonder, why is it that hundreds of years after the Colonization and Slavery, people still feel the need to bring it up every time the word 'nigga' shows up? Of course, and I agree, a dark past hides behind that word. A past that should have never taken place for starters. But it's rather contradictory when rappers, specifically Negro's but also white ones, constantly address people with the term 'nigga' whilst they feel offended when someone else refers to them as 'nigga'. A friend of mine, partially Caribbean, keeps calling his friends 'nigga' and they do this back as well. He listens to rap music everyday, in which this word is repeatedly mentioned. Yet when I jokingly call him 'nigga' in a conversation, not even meant in a serious manner, he is completely on his guard and tries to explain to me why this is so offensive. I KNOW why this word has an offensive connotation and I KNOW why white people aren't supposed to refer to black people as 'nigga's' because it is those white people that once mistreated slaves. I would however like to emphasize on one word: ONCE. This term means that somewhere in the past, something happened. Which does not lie in the present. 'Nigga' is now used in a casual urban speaking manner, and not at all meant offensive - ignoring those people who do mean it this way (e.g. redheads, KKK). Then how come, when I use this word in reference to someone else, do I get attacked with gruesome factual information? It is not like white people feel offended when they are being referred to as being 'white'. I have never heard someone call me 'light-skinned', just like I rarely call other people 'dark-skinned'. I would like to stop this war of segregation, this misunderstanding, between people from the 21st generation - adolescents who are not at all connected with the history of Slavery. And if this is too hard, let's start inserting the term 'whitey' as if it were a harsh and offensive word. Let's see how stupefied the 'nigga's' react to our being offended by this word.
Oh and by the way... 'Nigga' simply refers to 'Niger', the Latin word for 'black'. Just like 'whitey' refers to 'white'. So let's just not be offended by this word any longer, or just stop calling me a white person then!
Oh and by the way... 'Nigga' simply refers to 'Niger', the Latin word for 'black'. Just like 'whitey' refers to 'white'. So let's just not be offended by this word any longer, or just stop calling me a white person then!
Monday, 19 December 2011
Gespleten haarpunten.
Gespleten haarpunten uit elkaar halen; mijn meest bizarre hobby ooit. Wie had kunnen bedenken dat iets dat zo tergend slecht voor je haar is, zo verslavend kan zijn? Zelfs dit kan zich boeiender voordoen dan mijn literatuurgeschiedenis boek, die zich voor mij zetelt op mijn bureau. Het kijkt me intrigerend doch ongeïnteresseerd aan. Ongelooflijk dat dit werk iemands' levenswerk kan zijn. Nu al volgekrast met potloodstrepen, penstrepen en highlight markeringen tot in den verdoemenis. Er zijn zo veel dingen die interessant lijken als er geleerd moet worden voor een tentamen. Ik kan wel uren blijven staren naar mijn marker zonder dop die net niet synchroon ligt met het blaadje eronder. Het dopje dat niet parallel ligt aan de stift. Mijn mandarijnen, appel en banaan die gebundeld bij elkaar liggen in een minuscuul schaaltje. Wanhopige poging tot het leiden van een gezond leven, ondanks het feit dat ik een student ben. Studenten hebben geen gezondheid, geen grenzen, geen waarde. Leren en feesten. Toch probeer ik het tegendeel te bewijzen. Tegenstrijdig met de blaadjes die met de dag weer van mijn levenloze boompje af dwarrelen. De gezondheid van mijn boom gaat mijn belangen te boven.
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Eyes wide open
So this is the end of the story
Everything we had, everything we did
Is buried in dust
And this dust is all that's left of us
And only a few ever worried
While the signs will clear
They have no idea
You just get used to living in fear
Or give up
When you can't even picture your future
We walk the plank with our eyes wide open
- Gotye
Sometimes moments, things, feelings can suck so badly, suck you in so deeply.. to such an extent that in the end you have a smile on your face and realize you can be more than happy without all of the above. And I am. Happy. Just not always, and only at moments being happy is useless. I want it to stay forever, cause it liberates me from everything I don't want to feel.
Everything we had, everything we did
Is buried in dust
And this dust is all that's left of us
And only a few ever worried
While the signs will clear
They have no idea
You just get used to living in fear
Or give up
When you can't even picture your future
We walk the plank with our eyes wide open
- Gotye
Sometimes moments, things, feelings can suck so badly, suck you in so deeply.. to such an extent that in the end you have a smile on your face and realize you can be more than happy without all of the above. And I am. Happy. Just not always, and only at moments being happy is useless. I want it to stay forever, cause it liberates me from everything I don't want to feel.
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