Verastic

April 4, 2009

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Today is my daddy's birthday.I want to type a long poetic, literary post, full of twists and turns, full of enigmatic sentences that have conspicuous meanings. What an oxymoron, I know. I want to write an epistle about my daddy and talk about how he is a tall Iroko tree in the forest, but you see, daddy isn't tall.... or slender. He's about 5'10, I suppose. And he has a belly that has been pregnant for as long as I can remember. Rumor (aka my mother) has it that the pregnancy is as a result Read More

April 1, 2009

He Proposed…

And I said, "Yes!" Now, calm down. Lemme tell you the full story. "I'll make this post short & sweet. And by the time I'm done, you'll feel one or more of these emotions: happy, jealous, confused, curious, doubtful, angry.... did I mention angry already? Hehehe." Read More

March 29, 2009

What Happens When…

...you're boiling eggs and you let the water dry out?Apparently, the eggs explode!Now, before you go judging me, I was not the one who put the eggs on fire; my mother did - although she did tell me to watch over them. But in my defense, she obviously put too little water because it was barely five minutes after she told me to watch them that the eggs exploded. Alright, fine. The truth is that it was about thirty forty-five minutes after she told me to watch them that the eggs exploded... and I Read More

March 26, 2009

In Preparation For Marriage….

"It will be a very big shame for you to get married to an Igbo man and not know how to cook onugbu (bitterleaf) soup."- Spoken by Vera Ezimora's mom on Friday, March 20th 2009 10:41 PMYou know, sometimes, I just don't understand my mother. When and where did she see an engagement ring on my finger? To my recollection, I have not told her that any man - let alone an Igbo one - is seeking my hand in marriage. She has not told me that any Igbo man has come to pluck the ripe flower in our garden Read More

March 25, 2009

Facebook – The 9th Planet

We used to have nine planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto), but Pluto became a dwarf planet (an object in space). Facebook has since taken its position. With over one hundred and fifty million active members, Facebook has earned its place in the world of legendary planets. The only difference between Facebook and the other planets is that Facebook is virtual…and like all virtual worlds, it is full of surprises. Read More

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