10. The reason for waking up at 3am every day for more than a week, without reason.
9. The tenacity of over a dozen bees that ran after me on the first day I wore cologne out of my room.
8. The absence of rats/rodents in Edwardsville.
7. The unpredictability of the Midwestern weather.
6. The concept of infinity.
5. My reason for writing poems.
4. The incredibly delicious taste of anything I cook.
3. The power of names. *
2. Laws of attraction.
1. The workings of a computer, or any other electronic gadget.
* The Vice-President of Nigeria (now the acting president in the absence of the sick Mr. Yar’adua), aptly named Goodluck had always been lucky in every second-best position he had ever occupied, prompting a now common joke now that if the best man at your wedding is named Goodluck, you would be better off just cancelling the wedding.
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Temitayo at http://YourWebsite
Expect more children with the ‘Goodluck’ name. That’d be a good name for the Obama baby 🙂 BTW, why won’t your food taste incredibly delicious on YOUR tongue? You forget ‘the lizard falling and praising itself’ proverb?…We don hear you are a ‘magical’ cook cos you can’t explain how it all comes together!
Posted at February 13, 2010 on 2:28am.