Monday, September 25, 2006

Sickening

g'day folks!!! long time no write, during the last month or so of sitting on my bum...i realised that unless you are into the cramped up sweaty smoky sardine cans we call clubs in nassau, there isn't ANYTHING to do for fun. Well if you have a girl that's a different story altogether but this is me we're talking about...i would have a better chance of stealing a stick of butter from oprah when she was huge.
But the burning question is...why does nassau suck so much goat testicles? I think it may heavily be related to the fact that your average bahamian has no identity. In the bahamas there are 2 glaring influences, american materialism and a "supposed" jamaican mentality. i say supposed because i've met many different types of jamaicans and the ones that possess the same mentality as the uninspired idiot clones sicken me...the type of mentality that defines anyone who doesnt fit your mold as "not-cool".
I find it strange that bahamians don't care about their own culture and history until two weeks before independence day. well not strange, saddening...for the rest of the year you will hear "wha a gwan".."how it go"..and other random dancehall utterances and examples of jamaican culture but for those 2 weeks you will see more gold, black, and aquamarine than thought to be possible. A flash in the pan sense of national pride.
I think i'll end it here because i'm getting a headache just thinking about it, but the way i see it, bahamians who always complain when they see a haitian flag on a car or t-shirt...need to look inwards and ask themselves why is rocking an american flag or jamaican one the cool thing to do? but then again i've lost faith in this country to rise above it's current mental state.

1 Comments:

At 2:00 PM, Blogger cecil Newry said...

We all search for culture...
But culture is just simply being;
existing with out effort.
There is no need to search for Bahamian culture, its all around you. Its thick; its rich its intoxicating.
Nevertheless, since one can not see whats in their nose unless looking at/through something else. Perhaps you need to find yourself...conclude what you want to do; what makes you laugh, what gets you excited...Then simply enjoy that with friends...if it is not readily available make a difference and create it for the next you who questions the Bahamian identity.

 

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