When in Rome...

THE REASON THAT THIS BLOG POST IS IN ALL CAPS IS BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN ON A PSION, WHICH USES ALL CAPS. A PSION IS HAND-HELD MINI COMPUTER THAT ETHOLOGISTS USE TO COLLECT BEHAVIORAL DATA. I WILL BE USING ONE FOR DATA COLLECTION AND I NEED TO PRACTICE MY TYPING ON IT. IT'S KIND OF FUN ACTUALLY...LIKE A GAME-BOY! I'VE BEEN SENDING E-MAILS TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY BACK IN CANADA THE SAME WAY TOO. SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST THE PSION PEOPLE. I'M NOT ANGRY OR ANYTHING. LOL

TODAY I WENT TO MARKET ALONE. I`M STARTING TO THINK THAT THE LOCAL GOD DWORO HATES ME, BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN IT WAS RAINING WHEN I WOKE UP. HOWEVER, I WAS NOT ABOUT TO MISS A MARKET DAY AND SINCE THE POWER WAS STILL ON, I HEADED OUT TO LOOK FOR A TRO-TRO HEADING TO NKORANZA ANYWAYS. I HAD SOME MAJOR LUCK (*SARCASTIC TONE*) BECAUSE 5 HOURS LATER I MADE IT ... THE WHOLE 25 KILOMETERS FROM BFMS TO NKORANZA. I COULD HAVE TRIED RUNNING AND I WOULD HAVE MADE IT THERE FASTER! EESH. THAT'S GHANA TIME.

SO AFTER 5 HOURS OF TRAVEL I REALLY HAD TO PEE. FOR SOME REASON HOWEVER THE KEY TO THE ONLY INDOOR URINAL I KNEW ABOUT IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF NKORANZA HAD BEEN LOST SOMEHOW, SO I SWITCHED TO PLAN B. "WHEN IN ROME, DO AS THE ROMANS DO." YES, YES ... I PEED IN PUBLIC (AND I WASN'T EVEN DRUNK). IT WASN'T JUST PUBLIC THOUGH. THE BEST PLACE I COULD FIND TO SQUAT WAS BESIDE A BUILDING NEAR A BUSY ROAD. THE FUNNY THING WAS THAT ABSOLUTELY NO ONE LOOKED AT ME. GHANAIANS URINATE (AND EVEN DEFECATE) IN PUBLIC REGULARLY AND I IMAGINE THERE MUST BE SOME UNWRITTEN RULE ABOUT PEEKING. AS AN OBRUNI I THOUGHT SOMEONE MIGHT TRY TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF MY BARE WHITE ASS BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN! I`M NOT SAYING THAT JUST BECAUSE I`M WHITE PEOPLE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY WANT TO SEE ME NAKED OR ANYTHING, BUT I HAVE NOTICED THAT GHANAIANS (ESPECIALLY CHILDREN) LIKE TO STARE AT CERTAIN OBRUNI BODY PARTS THAT ARE GENERALLY OUT OF VIEW (LIKE FEET)AND COMPARE THEM TO THEIR OWN. WHITE TOURISTS DON`T HABITUALLY WALK AROUND WITHOUT PANTS AND WITH THEIR BEHINDS EXPOSED, SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN BODY PART COMPARISONS WOULD BE MADE. ALLAS, I WAS WRONG AND I MANAGED TO URINATE IN PUBLIC WITH MY DIGNITY STILL INTACT. I ACTUALLY FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS NEW STEP I HAVE TAKEN TOWARDS WHAT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A PERSONAL REVOLUTION ... A LEAP TOWARDS GREATER FREEDOM. TODAY I URINATED ON A BUSY STREET, TOMORROW PUBLIC NUDITY! TAKE THAT BIG BROTHER. I AM FREE.

IN OTHER NEWS, I DEVELOPED A STRANGE RASH ON MY LOWER TUMMY TODAY. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IT CAME FROM BUT IT MIGHT BE A REACTION TO THE OBAMA DIGESTIVE COOKIES (YES THEY HAVE THOSE HERE AND THEY ARE DELICIOUS) I ATE FOR BREAKFAST, OR IT MIGHT BE THE LAUNDRY SOAP I USE IN COMBINATION WITH IMPROPER RINSING OF MY CLOTHES. OR THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS THAT GOD IS PUNISHING ME FOR URINATING IN A PUBLIC PLACE.