Young, Tubby Dare’s Nigeria Photos
Damn! When you read this, say it with soul: damn! When Dare Obasanjo mentioned that he gained a little weight in “Nigeria 2005 Trip: Week 2”—but damn—forgive me for my vulgar explicitness! He has gained serious-ass weight since the last time I saw him on Channel9 when he was with the XML team at Microsoft! He has obtained the traditional, rotund vibe of a long-time, professional computer programmer. In his progress from assimilation to incarnation, he notes this in “Nigeria Trip 2005: The Voyage Home”:
It seems I’ve picked up homophobia by osmosis while in the United States. I kept finding it weird that men could be seen holding hands together either for emphasis in a conversation or while walking without being seen as ‘gay’ in Nigeria. Similarly, having guys sleep in the same bed also gave me a similar vibe. I can’t believe I’m getting culture shock from my home country.
It cannot be understated that I deeply respect this honesty. Dare may not know that he engaging in publishing ancestral information—the data children need to be saved alive through adulthood and into old age. There is now a “Roman Wilderness of Pain” and this wild environment needs to be understood just as our traditional natural environment. But, anyway, we need to get back to Dare’s weight issue. Damn!
Apart from—damn!—we can also see contemporary Nigeria in his post “Nigeria 2005 Trip: Photos Uploaded.” Pathetically, I have not yet traveled to Africa—even though my uncle, by marriage, is Ibo. He has made the offer on two occasions and just did not have the time/money to be responsible to his offers…
The image for this post, at upper left, shows a mobile phone kiosk. This is the first time I have seen one. I have read about them before but a picture is worth a thousand sit ups. And Dare—damn! I can’t wait to get my butt out there and exercise on his behalf!