sweep the leg

today we noticed a telling dichotomy: while kylie has anxiety about moving to kenya, i have anxiety about going to walmart. we stopped there today to get things like pens, tape and razor blades (just so you know - there is now a mach 3 turbo which exudes vitamin E and echinacea with every stroke). i can't handle walmarts or malls; i get twitchy and irritable and start looking for the exits or at least a couple stray rays of sunshine. when we were in uganda a few years ago kylie met me at the airport after i had already been there for a month. we drove to our hotel in the dark and in the morning i made the mistake of introducing kylie to africa by way of owino market, one of the noisiest, biggest and most chaotic marketplaces in africa. bad move marc, just because it sounds great to you doesnt mean that it won't completely overwhelm your wife with sounds, colours and unpredictably ubiquitous demands on her attention. muzungu! muzungu! fresh goat? you try, just killed, no flys! lady, you wear this dress! you need new clothes! you want to change money? good rates, i get cheap. all legal. you need taxi? my brother has one. brand new! no accidents! muzungu! how are you? where you from? you like uganda? my cousin was in canada. do you know him?

dumb move on my part eh? i was thinking something along the lines of "kylie likes shopping and stuff and i like africa, this is where our interests intersect." maybe not on the first day.

anyways, if you have been around my parent's house recently you have probably heard me repeatedly singing "Sweep the leg, johnny... sweep the leg, jooohnny..." over and over again. it is solely because my friend chris introduced me to this music video by no more kings. it features all of the original actors who played the cobra kai. if you have seen the final tournament scene in karate kid more than 10 times, or perhaps even if you have only seen it once you will love this video.
GET HIM A BODY BAG JOHNNY! YEAAAAH!