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I Detoured To Wilkinson County On My Way To Germany.

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I like how happy Honey Boo Boo's family is. Ugh! Just as I was getting the motivation and inspiration to tackle my German learning mission, the discs that come with the book are taking so long to get imported into iTunes that I regret ever doing it. It has been 44 minutes of waiting for this audio to get into my computer and ready to use. Then there is syncing the whole thing because... Ugh! Fuck it! So, this somewhat promising early morning has turned from possible productivity to watching " Here Comes Honey Boo Boo " on the net. I mean, how far can one fall? From prospects of learning, to swimming in the cesspool of reality television. Just great! Not to mention being hormonal and craving food EVERY. SINGLE. HOUR! I just want to cry. I'll study tomorrow, or later today I guess... The motivation to learn has not only left, but even if it had not, I am now too tired to think, since it is almost 3am. During all of this, I keep on thinking how Google and

Beyoncé!

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Hello, Bow Down! Nuff said. The End!!

Nelson Mandela and The ANC Do Not Owe You Anything!

Hello, Nelson Mandela died today, so they say. I don't know why it felt like he was dead on the 4th of December and not the 5th. Although, it felt like he died on the 4th of December 2013, it was confirmed on the 5th of December,  making the 5th quite an emotional day. It's like having a feeling, brushing it off as PMS or just weird vibes, then suddenly getting the confirmation later on that the feeling was true, and things suddenly sinking in. The news sunk in very dreadfully deep inside my soul, and surprisingly so, because I thought that with all the false alarms that have been going off since 2011, I would have been prepared to feel less than what I feel now, which is a sense of loss like none I have felt before. It is like a dream died, and realization of how that I underestimated how Nelson Mandela being alive comforted me. Now that he is gone, I feel deeply sad, depressed and afraid, on top of being marvelled and inspired by the changes he and the ANC affected my