Archive for June, 2010

I can’t imagine blogging about love and relationships with the World Cup going on. So until Ghana is eliminated (or wins the Cup), let’s shelf all that life, love and relationships talk for now.

Enjoy the highlights of the Ghana/USA match. Uruguay, here we come!!

This is me four years ago reading the news the day Ghana beat USA at the 2006 World Cup. The whole country was in a frenzy. I’d never seen anything like it. It was our first appearance at the World Cup and I felt so proud to be Ghanaian. Four years later, I’m in Atlanta, and I’m wondering how this World Cup is going to be like for me. What will I do without the fever and pure bliss that gripped Ghana four years ago? What will I do without crazy guys dancing on top of taxis and every car horn on full blast? What will I do without the almost choreographed scream that splits through the whole nation each time Ghana scores a goal? Is this going to be one of those ‘when in Rome’ experiences? Check out my three-day video blog on experiencing the world cup in Atlanta.

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This is a blog I’ve wanted to write for a while and lately some signs have been pushing me to it. So here goes.

Should women completely be themselves or should they adjust who they really are to suit what the man is looking for? Sounds like a simple question but it really isn’t.

I watched ‘Just Wright’ (starring Queen Latifah and Common) a day or two ago and the first half of the movie more or less summed up my thoughts on the subject. Latifah’s character, Leslie Wright, goes on a blind date and it seems like a fun date. They get along, they’re laughing, flirting, having great conversation, the whole nine yards. At the end of the date, the guy says he really had fun with her, she’s good people and he’d like to be just friends. I could feel Leslie’s disappointment because it mirrors what I go through all the time. Let’s just be friends.

When Leslie gets home, her cousin Morgan asks her how the date went.

• Leslie says, ‘Dude just wants me to be his homegirl.’
• Morgan says, ‘Well you do have homegirl written all over you.’
• Leslie counters, ‘I’m just being myself.’
• Morgan replies, ‘You should never be yourself with a guy, unless you’re five years into the marriage.’

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