Thursday, October 20, 2005

That Enya Song

"How far to go
I cannot say.
How many more
Will journey this way?" - Storms in Africa, Part II

Is there even a Part I? You musicians and your weird titles.

Anyway, Africa is the topic. For those of you who don't understand, here:


This is a political map of Africa. Currently, it seems cheetahs control the Northwestern part while windsurfers rule with an iron fist in the East. Most worrisome is the growing "80 km/hr Elephants" faction in the center, with the capacity to expand in all directions, preaching its extremist "Fast Animal" doctrine, or something...

Anyway, for those of you who are still confused as to what Africa is, here:

Starting to understand? I think the he is.

What? Still confused? Alright, here ya go you pop culture freaks:

Happy now? I think he is.

As Disney reminds us with what really is a heartbreaking, brilliantly done picture (cheers all around), there's another continent that we keep forgetting about, and it has cute animals on it.

As Disney doesn't remind us, there are people there, too. One of those people is my friend Terri Ramiah, whose webbery I've added to the side links. She's working there with Human Rights Watch, and is writing all about her intense experiences. Her meaningful take on the world is quite different from this tomfoolery you're reading now, but when mine and her webberies collide, the force of such diametrically opposed proses will rise up and spread awareness to the moon and beyond!

Or, as Disney would say, to infinity and beyond.

In any case, Africa really could use our help. Example: There is the thought that if everyone in China jumped up and down at once it could create a tidal wave that would destroy America. According to some Swedish physicist, not true. However, some Americans might still believe this theory and start jumping in retaliation, causing even more geological disturbance. So now China is jumping and America is jumping. Guess what's somewhere in the middle of that. Africa! Africa is gonna be the crying girl in the middle of the trampoline while the bullies jump on the side.

Sad.

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"You know the concept that if everyone in China jumps up and down at the same time it'd start a tidal wave that'd destroy America? I'd phone the U.S. President and say 'We're all on the great wall of China and we're going to jump off unless you send us the girls from The OC." - Stephen Merchant

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