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Comment on “Why Can You Still Feel This?” by Mo'

Mo' — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:36:07 +0000

Totally love your writing! Glad you’re fine now.

Comment on The Friday Pretty: Post-Tax Deadline Euphoria Edition by clc

clc — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:38:40 +0000

TFP has recently become a key part of my Friday-unwind and is approaching Real American Heroes/Real Men of Genius levels of awesome. For your tireless efforts, I thank you.

If I may, I would like to submit Gabriel Macht for TFP. He is currently on the TV show Suits, which recently started airing in the UK. His crinkly-eyed smile and unflinching swagger (I think Kanye was thinking of him when he coined the term ‘Swagu’ ‘cos Mr. Macht’s character on Suits is drippin’ swag sauce), to my mind, earn him a spot on TFP.

Comment on The Friday Pretty: Start 2012 As You Mean To Go On Edition by Dorcas

Dorcas — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:25:15 +0000

Yay first TFP of 2012!! And also loving Michael Fassbender & ‘Gingerlust’

Comment on “Why Can You Still Feel This?” by jean

jean — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:35:30 +0000

this is very well written but I had to clutch my desk throughout to not faint! so glad you’re much better.

Comment on “Why Can You Still Feel This?” by George

George — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:55:55 +0000

RAAHHHH!
Holy Mother of Batman, lady.

This was such a great read – an equal mix of ‘ARGH, NO’ and guilty arfs. But I’m glad to hear you’re better and that your gums are of appropriate rosiness; I caught bits of your dental tribulations on Twitter and was wincing. Mannn… dental injections – why are they 459x more painful than the procedure? How does that work?!

This makes me so very afraid, though. I have an upcoming appointment with the dentist, after I developed pain in my gums so bad that I was taking Nuromol by the fistful, chasing it down with tumbler glasses of rum punch. Fair to say New Year’s Eve went with a swing… The man who I shall henceforth refer to as ‘Real Life White Jay’ made me steak for dinner not long after The Swelling; lemme tell ya, chewing steak with one’s tongue is sexy in ways the English language cannot adequately convey.

Question – how is being a ‘tongue thruster’ a bad thing, exactly? Genuinely curious (and attempting not to snigger).

Comment on “Why Can You Still Feel This?” by gherkinette

gherkinette — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:37:38 +0000

I want to hug you tight and stroke your hair to soothe you. You poor poor thing. Dental injections ar my least favourite thing in the entire world. Even with that numbing gel there is a weird pressure pain to them that I hate more than anything else. I admire you so much for enduring this.

But please, let us know in future, we’ll bring soup and peroxide to deal with the bloodstains and make sure you’re ok and not all alone after doing so many rounds with dental surgery and weird pain synapses!

Comment on “Why Can You Still Feel This?” by Sade

Sade — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:10:38 +0000

oh you poor thing, I hope you never have to go through that again!

Comment on “Why Can You Still Feel This?” by Wendi B

Wendi B — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:57:09 +0000

This was a fascinating read! (Even though the expression on my face at this moment may say otherwise..)

Comment on Why I Fast by Amirah

Amirah — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:43:31 +0000

Interesting. I like the sincerity in the post. I have always liked the idea of still identifying with Islam even when all of its practice are not so easy. The faith from within is the most important step .

Comment on The Friday Pretty: Start 2012 As You Mean To Go On Edition by Funms

Funms — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:33:11 +0000

*swooons*

Henry…*drool*
and ooh Freddie Ljungberg!!1 My oh My!
yes definitely good picks…. *off to save the pictures*

Comment on The Friday Pretty: Bye, 2011 aka ‘The Year of Ryan’ by Mads

Mads — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:30:42 +0000

Love him to the max! I wore out the tape (metaphorically speaking) rewinding the shirt off scene and the scene where he lays on Hannah’s lap and asked her to ask him something personal. Is it a coincidence that my husband is called Ryan and my baby boy Noah? I’m a walking talking shrine to the baby goose.

Comment on 40 Licks by Mich

Mich — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:43:19 +0000

I’m a bit late in reading this; YGD is a new thing for me. However, I must say that your description of Taio cruz is the most apt I have ever come across!!! ‘Smug git and talent-black hole™’ – Thank you YGD for providing the perfect words for what has up until now been utterly indescribable.

Comment on Hey Ya! by Sade Plombags

Sade Plombags — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:49:13 +0000

Welcome back! Just discovered your blog and so far I am enjoying you!!

Comment on The Nigerian-British History Project by wande

wande — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:19:36 +0000

I came to the United Kingdom in 2005 and i must say what really shocked me was the fact that a lot of people were black. i guess i had not realised that i was one of millions of people who moved here. infact when i asked my mom she laughed; i was only 11 then. livng in Hackney i was exposed to a lot, perhaps another shock was how much people wanted to be “bad”. i guess the lies that i had heard about London being the perfect place to live had merged into my expectations of what the UK was like. so i was left dissaponted. that is not to say i hate it here; the opportunity that i get staying here i would only dream of if i were back in nigeria. perhaps my biggest Acheivement in the UK is not that am going back to Nigeria a “Britiko” or “Omo Iya Charlie” as my Aunty and Uncles put it, but the fact that i found my purpose: I had thought myself an atheist even before i left Nigeria at the age of eleven; How mary was the mother of God didnt make sence to me when God didnt have a father. But being in the UK, i have been exposed to a lot; Some of which i have only survived through his intervention. So if i go to Nigeria later this year; the first time i am going back home since i have came here, and i am asked what i have brought back, i wont talk about my acheivements or how the country has made my life better. i will simply say i have found myself.

Comment on The Nigerian-British History Project by SP

SP — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:21:28 +0000

My parents came over in the 70s/80s to study. My dad studied undergrad physics at Cambridge then went straight to PhD level, and my mum was already a teacher when she came over with my dad. My grandparents both have degrees from British Universities, though they chose to remain in Nigeria – they had already established themselves as part of the Nigerian middle class.

My house resembles that of an English person. I loved having my hair plaited in traditional hairstyles as a kid. I loved eating some Nigerian food i.e. jolof rice, though my mum cooked mainly British dishes but with extra spices.

My parents did not ever explicitly talk about our “Nigerian-ness”. It was enough that we are Nigerian and British, nothing that we choose to do or not do can alter that fact. There is no mold to fit. We create the mold by adapting and doing what benefits us. The only thing that was stressed was education and class. I was expected to get straight A’s/A*s and school but I was never rewarded for doing so. I was expected to go to University and would have done so no matter the cost.

I have only been to Nigeria once for two weeks when I was 7. I am not 21 and doing post-grad law. My parents originally settled in Windsor/Ascot before moving to London because it was “the place to be” at the time.

It is important to know that there is no Nigerian community in London. There is no black community. There are only individual families. We do not all know each other, and very often the only commonality is our skin colour.