22 April 2009

places i want to go to before i see the pearly gates

1. West Afrika (somewhere, anywhere from Senegal to Cameroon)
2. Paris
3. Nice
4. Bahia
5. London
6. South Korea
7. Cairo
8. Jerusalem
9. Martinique
10. Zanzibar!
11. Mauritius
12. Copenhage
13. Andaman Islands

Lived in numerous states but I wanna the see the places ive seen in picturessss.....ill probably see about 7.7% of this list, but it's nice to wish. Since before Ive been able to read, I have loved to look at / read maps, and still do today. Street view on google maps makes me happy as a bull dike in home depot. K ima geaux to bed nah. Feels good to have homework completed! I guess Academic Gangstery is (kinda) fulfilling.

But before I go to bed, I gotta mention what I learned in class today. In my developmental economics class, we are learning about export factories in less-developed countries. Our professor presented empirical evidence that showed that almost always these factories are good for the people who work there. Not only do these factories offer higher than average wages, they usually always offer fringe benefits that are beneficial to these workers who are often rural migrants. He told us that the protests many Americans do to end these factories is contested by the actual workers. True, the wages they are earning are nowhere comparable to American wages, but almost always, they are extremely higher than the average salary shelled out to other local workers. He basically told us it was dumb to protest companies that have factories in places such as Vietnam, Guatemala, and China. Had all the chuck-wearin, dirty-hair sportin, green-lifestyle hipsters in a tizzy. ;-)

I always feel a lil janky for postin videos on here, but I like to share wit u loyal readers what song i play as i type these posts. This is what I am listening to this earrrrly morning as I share my thoughts with u:


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