Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

Let’s Talk About First World Problems…

rampyourvoice:

uhuh-she-said:

Is your latte too hot? Mine was this morning. I was at the bustling Oasis shopping center in Kampala, Uganda, and I took one sip and then spilt it all over me. You know who else has these problems? The local Ugandans that frequent this shop, and make up the majority of it’s clientele. 

As Africa stabilizes across the continent, Westerners forget that average daily problems in Europe or North America are not that far off from that of the African middle class. Our smart phones sometimes freeze up. That’s annoying. The DJ is playing shit, so we leave the club. 

Which is not to say that there aren’t problems. It’s not to pretend that all of Kampala or Nairobi or Kigali is a paradise of African wealth where the biggest problem is a warm beer. There is real, stark, damaging poverty here. But there is similar poverty in Clichy Sous Bois in Paris. There is similar poverty in Brooklyn. In Chicago. The outskirts of Amsterdam. 

The idea that an African can’t have similar issues to those living in London is a mistake. It is a mistake rooted in the idea that Europe is somehow superior or has vast amounts of wealth. In reality, the East African GDP has been steadily on the rise for years, whereas the economic outlook in both North America and Europe have been steadily declining. Angola just gave a loan to their former colonialists, Portugal. Our cities now have thumping clubs, eclectic cuisine and most of these places are owned and invested in by locals. 

Stop feeling bad for Africa. It doesn’t need your pity. 

If you want to do something to help those who survive on very little, try investing in it. Instead of buying Tom’s shoes which give away free shoes (and therefore remove jobs from hardworking Africans making shoes) invest in Sole Rebels. A woman-owned Ethiopian based shoe company that pays their workers a livable wage. 

Tonight I am going with Ugandan friends and some expats to watch the Poland vs. England match, live on DSTV at my local pub. I will eat grilled tilapia and drink some beer. This is not an extraordinary life here. This is the new Kampala average. This continent is far from perfect. Uganda is far from perfect. But it is getting there, and if you think for one minute Africans do not experience massages, cupcake shops, foam on our coffee, car trouble, banking woes and hangovers after too much fun, you are dead wrong.

It’s not all flies on babies. Welcome to the real Africa. 

^^^  Real talk

(via yea-lets-do-this-shit)

crutchiee:

sirlightbulb:

finding out the heights of your internet friends is always the weirdest thing

reblog this with your height in the tags then we’ll all know

(Source: wweisnotfake, via clockwork-mockingbird)

TO EVERYONE IN LOUISIANA RIGHT NOW!

jeneelestrange:

thebibliosphere:

wordmage:

deadcatwithaflamethrower:

justwantobehere:

suchahippiexv:

dmc-dmc:

foxes-and-frilly-bows:

Please please please be safe, there is an amoeba in the drinking and tap water, which is highly dangerous.
It’s around St. Bernard Parish, Jefferson (where my boyfriend lives) and all of the Parishes around.
If you want to drink or bathe in the water it’s recommended that you RUN THE TAP FOR 5 MINUTES to clear the pipes, then BOIL FOR 1-2 minutes which will make the water safe. Please DO NOT fill pools with hose water! DO NOT touch the water before its boiled! DO NOT allow any water to go up into your nose! If it goes up your nose within two days and you start feeling symptoms get to the hospital right away! The amoeba infects you through the nose so please be careful!
SYMPTOMS:
“Initial symptoms, which start within the first week of infection, include headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, and stiff neck. Later symptoms include confusion, loss of balance, seizures, and hallucinations. Death typically occurs within 12 days.”
Again, everyone in Louisiana be safe, watch the News to find out when your area is safe and clear!
****SIGNAL BOOST****

Something is up

BE SAFE !!!

http://www.nola.com/health/index.ssf/2015/07/state_officials_brain-eating_a.html

Fucking brain worms ruin everything.

Got a couple friends I know are in that state, but for them and all of you, be safe, k?

This is happening up north here in Minnesota too so BOOST

ALSO, if you weren’t already aware, NEVER EVER do Neti pot with tap water. That’s how someone in Louisiana got a scary-ass brain-eating bacteria a few years ago.

(via adelindschade)

risarei:

finishing a series but still being attached to the story and its characters

(via lathori)

novelconcepts:

Repeat after me, kids: your significant other liking multiple genders does nothing to invalidate the fact that they like you best.

(via lathori)

shellygurumi:

I feel like the Leverage fandom is a secret, underground organization. You don’t know it, but we are actually everywhere. Just waiting for a turn of phrase or a little wink wink, nod nod in the right direction. We drop little lines that you wouldn’t even know we’re quotes. But they are. And we all know it. We are a small community and if you post something about our team, we will all eventually see it. When you discover Leverage for the first time and start posting about it, other fans come out of the woodwork and you realize all these people you’ve known for so long are actually fans of it, too.

It’s a perfect little show that lasted 5 years on the small screen but will last forever in our hearts. They hooked us with the long con. We fell in love with Nate’s hats and Sophie’s acting. Eliot’s flying tackles. Parker’s quirks and Hardison’s sass. We found the people we belong with. We found a family. We all changed together and made a very distinctive fandom. And whenever we meet someone who doesn’t understand our references but we know will enjoy the show, well then:

We provide….. Leverage.

(via clockwork-mockingbird)

battlships:

I feel like if/when Hardison and Parker have kids, they’ll all wind up being Super-Skrulls. They’ll be grifters, thieves, hackers, hitters, and masterminds all rolled up, because they’ll learn from their parents. I mean, we’ve already seen Eliot, Parker, and Hardison teach kids how to do what they do. And considering how famous Eliot, Parker, and Hardison are in the criminal world, those kids’ll be legends before they even start committing crimes. 

But they’ll also have morals. They won’t be like season 1 EPH, they’ll be season 5. They will care so much about everyone and be willing to fight as dirty as they need to protect them. Whoever gets in their way will be destroyed so severely they won’t even think about getting back up. Maybe they’ll even give people chances. They’ll see a look in someone and think of Uncle Eliot, who they know has done terrible things but they only know him as their favorite uncle (sorry Nate). The guy who cooks Thanksgiving dinner, who tells funny jokes, and always snuck them extra sweets.

Or maybe they’ll see someone tense up the way their mom does if someone she doesn’t know well touches her. She’s never told them about it, but they know something bad happened to her as a kid. They know that’s why she still hesitates a bit when she tells them that she loves them, and why, despite that, she makes sure they know it’s true.

They’ll see those things and think maybe we can help. And they do.

(via lathori)