for my passport photos, i needed to have a visible hairline. i didn't have one until last night. now i do. i have a buzz cut. it is mid-February. my head is FREEZING!!!
but now i feel already like assimilating to African culture will be easier in some villages, simply by NOT having long hair. i'm still unfortunately, an obvious 'mzungu', and i cannot change that. but i will definitely try NOT to be an "ugly american." we have enough of those, already!
even so, i shall try to be one with Africa. I think i am a believer in the concept of Rastafari- that is, Africa is the well-spring of all humanity. i think i am. it's cool to think of it that way, and then understand that (regrettably) a whole bunch of my ancestors suddenly got unlucky enough to become "melonen-challenged", ergo.... i am "white". but i think i prefer the term "not dark enough to LOOK African, even though i really AM African". but that's really long. :)
this summer i hope i forget what life in america is like and become a completely fixated part of Africa. as i have said before, I am homesick, and i miss my brothers and sisters on that beautiful continent.
love and peace to all.
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Ash, you are a beautiful person.
And I am without doubt in love with you.
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