Comments on: What Does Fundraising in the African Diaspora Have to Do With 27 Dresses and Rugby Sevens?

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:53:19 +0000

@gal: Don’t tempt me, otherwise I may come out of this strait jacket and become a freedom fighter for the crazy members of society….Don’t be surprised to see that post in the future.

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:52:12 +0000

@Caustic: If you want to do an in depth post on the whole a*****e issue or the marriage/wedding investment, please do so and I will gladly chime in. I think we all are aware of at least some of the reasons but it never stops us from wanting to discuss it and remind ourselves because it’s absolutely amazing.
Thanks for the kind words about the design. I think as long as everyone can read against this background I will keep this background for a long time to come.

By: gal africana

gal africana — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:48:08 +0000

There are advantages to people thinking one is crazy? hmmm…post away.

Thats the exact sentence I had in mind! I might be more a fan of comedy than romance, more than I thought anyway lol

By: Caustic Blonde

Caustic Blonde — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:23:26 +0000

Your take on the fund raiser and how to do it better were on spot, very interesting read.

Now for this comment:

Why is it that the a****le always gets the girl in the end?

Because this is true to what happens in real life? Don’t ask me for reasons because there are many and only so many hours in the day. I do touch on this subject in my blog.
I am so glad you brought up about (some)women investing more time and interest in the wedding than they do the actual marriage. It seems to me, some women think about the perfect wedding too much and some men think about the perfect marriage/wife in excess. I hope (DV) to write an article about this in the future.

I like the new look of your blog, I like this background better than what you had earlier today as I was having a difficult time reading some of the comments.

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:00:32 +0000

@seinlife: This actually saddened a lot of us: during the fund-raiser in question, 25 of the people who attended were African and the rest were all foreigners and in truth it was pretty clear that the foreigners seemed to care a lot more than so many Africans who were told about the event but decided not to show up. The DJ for the event couldn’t help but express his disgust because for a while the majority was foreigners in a supposedly African fund-raiser.

The day that he took on those Form 4s is one of those days that’s permanently etched in my mind.

By: seinlife

seinlife — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:11:39 +0000

@mwangi – my point was that perhaps when we do fund raisers in the diaspora we should target not just africans and/ african functions but should look to solicit outside of our diaspora community….

that fella must have been quite the player..yikes!

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:47:07 +0000

@seinlife: What do you mean by “looking beyond the diaspora”? I think most people are good when given a chance to be too.
Rugby can be a beautiful sport depending on the context from which you watch it. I am far from a die-hard fan but I fell in love with it when in Form 1, one of our classmates went to battle against the Form 4 team (they were all huge guys and he was just a tiny Form 1) and emerged victorious. A story worthy of its own post me thinks

By: seinlife

seinlife — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:38:01 +0000

Just a thought – i think the crisis that kenya faced tapped a lot out of the diaspora as everyone was simultaneously raising funds so perhaps looking beyond the diaspora might have boosted you a little? Otherwise i really believe 90% of the people in this world are generous giving folks..

haven’t seen 27 dresses yet…..will be waiting till its out on dvd

i still don’t understand our affinity for rugby – maybe it’s a bonding thing? dunno

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:21:48 +0000

@Gal: You know on the scale of meaningless discussions that can be had in a day we are not too bad.
You know I am actually thinking of writing a future post about the advantages of being thought of as a crazy person by your peers.
What do you think of the background now, less stark? I feel like I’m in an episode of Queer Eye for the Blogger’s Eye or something…..
As for tonsil hockey, think of the romance you will bring to a moment when at the height of attraction you look someone deep in the eye while Malaika plays in the background and say, “Would you like to indulge me in a game of tonsil hockey?”

By: gal africana

gal africana — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:10:59 +0000

Y’know what? I’ll call it tonsil-hockey from now on…Look, here’s some very good, well meaning advice, ahem…LEARN TO BE A MASTER OF THAT HOCKEY GAME; IT MATTERS. Have you watched HITCH?

No I fancied the Eddy character quite a bit, but he lost alot of points with me when he chose the long legged empty brained blonde sister. We are actually discussing a romantic comedy?!! LMAO.

Nope…not a rugby fan…never been. Never watched a game…been to plenty of games for the “socialness” of it but never actually managed to watch more that 4 consecutive minutes.

I started doing “Lynch-worthy” stuff at the prime age of 6…have learnt to roll with the punches/flames