think before you tweet

If you're a South African, and make use of the social media network known as 'Twitter' like its a drug, like I do, you will know about the appalling news that I am about to discuss.

On Friday, May 4th 2012, South African FHM model Jessica Leandra made use of the 'k' word in a public tweet when she discussed the discomfort that she felt when she was verbally harassed by a homeless man when she visited her local Spar. Outrage soon followed this tweet, which lead to media coverage to the greatest extent, leading to Leandra losing her contract to FHM and jeopardising her modelling career. Leandra soon apologised for her outrageous tweet by claiming that it was out of anger.

Following this tweet, was another shocking tweet by a woman by the twitter name of '@tshiditee' which said the following:

"Dear Peter Makoba... I wish All White People were killed when you sang 'Kill the Boer.' We wouldn't be experiencing @JessicaLeandra's racism right now."

Personally, this tweet hit me hard. I was greatly offended my this tweet and made it clear to this 'Tshidi' character - who also happens to be a model - that I was disgusted in her own racism.
'Tshidi' continued to post racist tweets all day long that were based on Jessica Leandra's racist comment. She even, at one point, posted that she did not believe that she was being racist by the content of her tweets.

What made it more outrageous, is the fact that there was no media coverage of 'Tshidi's' racist comment, no repercussions were enforced upon her, not even a smack on her hands, and she did not jeopardise her own modelling career by posting this disgusting comment; yet the, to be blunt, white woman who uses the 'k' word - which is equally as offensive - receives the utmost punishment.

This made me wonder: does '@tshiditee' genuinely believe the term 'racist' in this country means 'white prejudice against black people'?
If so, then there is something serious wrong with this country.
Racism is defined as prejudicial or discriminatory behavior inflicted upon a person or a group of a different race... NOT the prejudicial and discriminatory behavior of white people inflicted onto black people.

Come on folks, we are living in the 21st Century: where there are inter-racial couples and marriages ALL OVER THE WORLD, including South Africa, yet some of our own members of the South African youth are being as racist as during the Apartheid years?

It's time to move on. We are living in a country where we have just celebrated our 18th birthday as a democracy. This kind of behaviour should NOT be accepted or broadcasted on any social media platform EVER.

Stop this racist nonsense. It's time that we, as a nation, unites and starts to move FORWARD, not backward.

not just a funny face.

Hello fellow funny people out there.

So even though I pride myself in my not-so-funny-funny-sense-of-humour (yes I did intend to include two funnies in there... 'cause I'm cool like that), I am also very passionate about the fight to save our Rhinos.

Currently, we are under crisis, as some of our rhino speicies are already extinct.
According to the International Rhino Foundation (http://www.rhinos-irf.org/), the following is the current population status of the mere 5 (out of 11) remaining species that we have left on our planet:
White rhino: 20,150

Black rhino: 4,860
Greater One-horned rhino: 2,850
Sumatran Rhino: 200
Javan Rhino: <44

If we dont start doing something NOW, we may never stop this! Allow our future generation the opporutinity to see such a magestic, beautiful animal. The Rhino is one of South Africa's 'Big Five... So help stop this now before it becomes the 'Big Four'

PLEASE sign this petition ! Every signature counts... MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Tell_The_South_African_Government_STOP_the_Rhino_Poaching/?cGhglbb

Bye for now

Writer's Block

So yes, I know I haven't written in quite a while and I know you mere two readers of mine are very distraught about that, so I figured I might as well scribble a few notes down about the very thing that I am suffering with at the moment.

Writer's Block.

Thou art a cruel and heartless bitch.

Have you ever gotten to that moment of desperation, where your fingers are spread out across the keyboard, eager to start punching the keyboard vigorously, vomiting words onto the internet for all the cool kids to read, but your brain says "No! I must dance!"

Yep, my brain has been dancing for about 3 months now.

Since it has been holidays for me, I didn't really mind that much. I left my mind to do its own business, as i slowly decayed and waved my IQ levels goodbye.

HOWEVER! Now that I have started varsity again, I need my brain to start working again. But it seems that this notion is long gone. It's far too hungover from its constant dancing for 3 months that it appears to have gone on strike.

Why is this such an issue for me though?
I have my first assignment due in four days time. And my brain wont cooperate with me.
Yup, I should have been more strict with my brains curfew, but it was just having so much fun, I couldn't bare to disappoint it.

So now I am stuck in a predicament where my brain is still dancing, and I'm going to fail. Joy.

And folks, this is what Writer's Block does to you. It makes you ramble on about absolute nonsense like dancing brains, and makes it seem so real, that you can actually feel your brain dancing inside your head.
Yes, all of this dancing has made me slightly insane.
No, I do not care so long as I pass the year.
I can be put into an asylum once I have my degree.

That is all.