simply oroque's view

okay, so today the target is to eke out the fastest blogpost i have ever written. i started at 7.48am. theres a saying in africa (nigeria at least) that seeks to explain how the lizard came about the constant nodding of its head in self-affirmation. its often said that long ago the lizard climbed a very tall palm  tree as they as wont to do, either chasing a meal or for other reasons that lizards climb trees for. so anyways, as it climbed higher and higher, it knew that the risk of falling grew even greater with each step but you know, its a lizard and so it could not resist the temptation to keep climbing. and as it was bound to happen, upon nearing the top of this incredibly tall tree, it missed a step and came crashing down. as palm trees only have a straight long tree trunk with no lower branches to break a fall, the dear lizard fell and fell and fell until it gave up the hope of surviving when it finally hits the ground. of course as it fell, a crowd had gathered to wi...

as i've explained somewhere before now, the older you grow, the more unwilling you are to share the events of your life with the world. not only because you are wiser and less likely to hurt the feelings of others, but that everyone who knows you personally, seem to know someone else who you know personally...and can identify people you write about even where you hide the identity. if that just made sense to you, then you're either a blogger or should be one. so, for the first time in a long time, i have no apologies for not writing my blog for a while. i really cannot be sorry because the same reasoning that has created this delay is ongoing. my life is going great, i'm at peace all around and there is really no source of emotional upswing from which to write. i've grown bored with politics, i'm sick of watching all the things i thought impossible actually happen (think syria and libya) and frankly, everything just seems to have come full circle. okay, they...