racing pigeons?

earlier this week we got to see achille mbembe speak about his work and his book on the postcolony. in our class. i must admit not only is he brilliant, but his west african/frenchman accent is wonderful. he described being monolingual as "[cultural] incarceration", which is probably true, which means i need to work harder on the jailbreak.

this movie looks EXCELLENT. the tagline is "most people respect the badge. everybody respects the gun." YES. not only does it have pacino, de niro, and john leguizamo (sp? who knows), it also has the actress who played the detective's ex-wife in american gangster, another all time favorite movie. imdb shows no release date for south africa, boo...but eventually i will see this, even if it is off of itunes sometime in late november.

if i think about the US election for more than 2 minutes my head will explode. so i've been distracting myself with top gear, discovering new bars (such as the jolly roger, where we ate free pizza), running, working on the township research (slow going), taking naps, and watching pirated movies i've already seen. class itself does not take up much time, i have to admit.

interesting things crop up, though. the other night we saw an eighteen wheeler drive by the bar, filled with little cubbyholes that contained racing pigeons. i have no idea.