baldwin doesn't know my name

i find it quite interesting that our president takes time out weekly to write a letter to the nation. well, its not really to the nation per se, rather to the couple of thousand people who subscribe to the nifty e-mail service the anc provide. his past month worth of writings have been quite different to what i read when i started subscribing to anc today. there've been two letters from the youth league president, and a bunch of stuff about august being women's month. this past friday's letter was really interesting. it was more an essay, really and was all about james baldwin who published a book of essays called 'nobody knows my name'. mbeki asks some significant questions about what defines our heritage and our culture, where we come from - that sort of stuff. coincidentally, i read a column by anton harber recently who also chatted about mbeki's letter.

today i also discovered some music i haven't listened to forever... bruce springsteen and the lighthouse family. some good chilled stuff.

what made my day today: the fact that griquas beat the sharks 33-24 on saturday

* now listening to: the calling - one by one.