What light is light, if Silvia be not seen?
*What joy is joy, if Silvia be not by?
Unless it be to think that she is by
And feed upon the shadow of perfection
Except I be by Silvia in the night,
There is no music in the nightingale;
Unless I look on Silvia in the day,
There is no day for me to look upon;
She is my essence, and I leave to be,
If I be not by her fair influence
Foster’d, illumined, cherish’d, kept alive.
I fly not death, to fly his deadly doom:
Tarry I here, I but attend on death:
But, fly I hence, I fly away from life


Will Shakespeare. (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)

A Chapter

I’ve held you Buttercup 
For these years now passed
But the time for rest has gone 
I know you


Like a lily draped across the tide 
A sheet of you upon the water’s surface 
I have watched you from the horizon 
Carefully ripple towards the shore 
And here are 
In my hands I dried you


I’ve known no other form of ruby 
Nor seen deeper shade of red  
I’ve looked at every paint across the sky 
And said no to all but what was in your eyes  
But now the time has come
To take you by the side 
And lead you from behind  

-Jeremy.Morgan

For the record, I have genitals. They are functional and aesthetically pleasing. - Sheldon Cooper

For the record, I have genitals. They are functional and aesthetically pleasing.

- Sheldon Cooper

DAY 30 - ANOTHER PHOTO OF YOU TODAY + 3 GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST MONTH. I was going to put up a picture of me alone, but I had taken this one just before of me getting some groupie love from my coworkers. I like my face there. I look like a happy puppy receiving some attention and I had rather share that one. …….3 good things that have happened to me this month? I finally got “that” call from the lawyer (Long story). I also finally got myself to read Dale Carnegie’s “How To Win Friends and Influence People” Noella got that big news and I get to see her after 9 years.

DAY 30 - ANOTHER PHOTO OF YOU TODAY + 3 GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST MONTH.

I was going to put up a picture of me alone, but I had taken this one just before of me getting some groupie love from my coworkers. I like my face there. I look like a happy puppy receiving some attention and I had rather share that one.

…….3 good things that have happened to me this month?

I finally got “that” call from the lawyer (Long story).

I also finally got myself to read Dale Carnegie’s “How To Win Friends and Influence People”

Noella got that big news and I get to see her after 9 years.

DAY 29 - SOMETHING YOU COULD NEVER GET TIRED OF DOING

hmmm…. I really don’t know how to answer this question. I guess at one point or the other, things get really old and you get tired. Tired of living? Dunno. I will ask an immortal when next I meet one. Sex maybe. Does one ever get tired of sex? I’ll need to talk with my grandfather lol!

DAY 28 - YOUR FAVOURITE MOVIE

Wow! How do I start answering that? I dont have A favourite movie. I have watched Rush Hour 2 like 20 times and at one time I could recite all the dialogue in the movie. It is one of my favourite. I love old classic movies from the 50s like Dial M for Murder or Gone With the Wind. And movies from the 1990s like Crimson Tide and A Few Good Men. I like the dialogues in the movies. Most movies today are just watered down blockbusters with no soul or some really dumb comedies. You don’t get the tension that you get when you hear Denzel Washington arguing with Gene Hackman, or Tom Cruise cross-examining Jack Nicholson in a martial court. I really miss those.Amongst my favourite movies are

The Mona Lisa Smile

The Notebook

Music and Lyrics.

Love Actually.

Moulin Rouge.

Chicago (yes I love musicals).

Quartier Mozart.

Braveheart.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the king.

The Others.

Twelve Angry Men.

12 Pounds.

I could go on,but I will stop here.

DAY 27 - A PICTURE OF YOU LAST YEAR AND HOW HAVE YOU CHANGED SINCE THEN? I just love this picture of me from January 2011. We went clubbing in Bamenda during the SAHECO jubilee and someone took this picture of me. Very very memorable night. Apart from meeting my friends and people I hadn’t seen in a long time, I have never been that high for that long. How have I changed since last year? Physically not much. A little more bearded yes, but overall I’m still the same Ol G. But I guess overall, I have learned to embrace the changes that came into my life. I learned to accept the things I couldn’t change. I went back to living my life once more. I learned to love, to cry, to be hurt, to handle emotions and to live and breath again. I guess, I have matured much more, and am more assertive.I have and am still mending some of the gaping holes in the fortresses of my being. I have learned not to look back at the past. I am almost balanced in life. And I am happy again. Not completely, but I have certainly come a long way… And that is why I love that picture. I am dancing away to some music. A small smile on my face. Just enjoying the moment, and not having any worry…

DAY 27 - A PICTURE OF YOU LAST YEAR AND HOW HAVE YOU CHANGED SINCE THEN?

I just love this picture of me from January 2011. We went clubbing in Bamenda during the SAHECO jubilee and someone took this picture of me. Very very memorable night. Apart from meeting my friends and people I hadn’t seen in a long time, I have never been that high for that long.

How have I changed since last year? Physically not much. A little more bearded yes, but overall I’m still the same Ol G. But I guess overall, I have learned to embrace the changes that came into my life. I learned to accept the things I couldn’t change. I went back to living my life once more. I learned to love, to cry, to be hurt, to handle emotions and to live and breath again. I guess, I have matured much more, and am more assertive.I have and am still mending some of the gaping holes in the fortresses of my being.

I have learned not to look back at the past. I am almost balanced in life. And I am happy again. Not completely, but I have certainly come a long way…

And that is why I love that picture. I am dancing away to some music. A small smile on my face. Just enjoying the moment, and not having any worry…

DAY 26 - A PHOTO OF A PLACE YOU’VE BEEN TO. I don’t get to travel as much as I would want to, and when I do, it is usually not for leisure. So in  December 2010  I was happy I got to go to Kribi with a few friends. We almost never went as the guys I had planned to go with failed me at the last minute. But finally we got round to it and Joel drove us down there. It was fun and we’ll no doubt do it again this year.

DAY 26 - A PHOTO OF A PLACE YOU’VE BEEN TO.

I don’t get to travel as much as I would want to, and when I do, it is usually not for leisure. So in  December 2010  I was happy I got to go to Kribi with a few friends. We almost never went as the guys I had planned to go with failed me at the last minute. But finally we got round to it and Joel drove us down there. It was fun and we’ll no doubt do it again this year.

DAY 25 - WHAT’S IN YOUR WALLET?

Right now. I got some cash. 3200frs to be exact. A few callin cards…2 receipts… and 4 4x4 photos of my cousins and one of a friend…my ID card…and a JCI flyer.

DAY 24 - A PHOTO OF SOMETHING THAT MEANS A LOT TO YOU. This watch was owned my by Mom and it is her only item of jewelry that I have in my posession. It is old and doesn’t work but still I have never been able to part away with it. I don’t even want to fix it. It is my memories of her and I don’t think I will ever part ways with it.

DAY 24 - A PHOTO OF SOMETHING THAT MEANS A LOT TO YOU.

This watch was owned my by Mom and it is her only item of jewelry that I have in my posession. It is old and doesn’t work but still I have never been able to part away with it. I don’t even want to fix it. It is my memories of her and I don’t think I will ever part ways with it.

DAY 23 - A CHILDHOOD PHOTO AND 15 FACTS ABOUT YOU. 1) I hate Issa Tchiroma’s guts. 2) I hate myself for hating Issa Tchiroma coz the clown doesn’t eve know me. 3) I curl my toes in unconsciously whenever I eat. 4) I am a very stubborn person and I can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. 5) My altruism can make me very naive at times and I let people take advantage of me. 6) I am one very helpless romantic. 7) I hate when I go for a run and some person overtakes me.I just have to overtake them back! lol 8) I procrastinate a lot! a very bad habit I can’t break. 9) I can’t stand it when a pretty girl pokes her nose. 10) I still think Halle Berry got the oscar coz she show her fanny in a ridiculously long sex scene…(what am i saying?) 11) I don’t get excited very easily and I don’t get very rattled easily by bad news either. 12) I find Valentine’s Day a very sad and depressing concept. 13) I don’t like carrying ugly babies. (that’s cruel i know) 14) I speak my mind a little too bluntly at times. 15) I think political correctness is now being over exploited and just an excuse for not saying what’s on your mind…e.g I think people should be able to easily say Kim Kardashian is a hoe and a gold digger.

DAY 23 - A CHILDHOOD PHOTO AND 15 FACTS ABOUT YOU.

1) I hate Issa Tchiroma’s guts.

2) I hate myself for hating Issa Tchiroma coz the clown doesn’t eve know me.

3) I curl my toes in unconsciously whenever I eat.

4) I am a very stubborn person and I can be a real pain in the ass sometimes.

5) My altruism can make me very naive at times and I let people take advantage of me.

6) I am one very helpless romantic.

7) I hate when I go for a run and some person overtakes me.I just have to overtake them back! lol

8) I procrastinate a lot! a very bad habit I can’t break.

9) I can’t stand it when a pretty girl pokes her nose.

10) I still think Halle Berry got the oscar coz she show her fanny in a ridiculously long sex scene…(what am i saying?)

11) I don’t get excited very easily and I don’t get very rattled easily by bad news either.

12) I find Valentine’s Day a very sad and depressing concept.

13) I don’t like carrying ugly babies. (that’s cruel i know)

14) I speak my mind a little too bluntly at times.

15) I think political correctness is now being over exploited and just an excuse for not saying what’s on your mind…e.g I think people should be able to easily say Kim Kardashian is a hoe and a gold digger.

DAY 22 - A PHOTO OF YOUR FAVOURITE HIDEAWAY. Hideaway…hm! I don’t know if that word is appropriate. But I love coming to this balcony especially at night when the whole of the Maison Blanche neighbourhood is lit up. The view is almost breathtaking and there is something magical about it when I just put on my iPod and listen to Lauryn Hill sing “Nothing Really Matters.” I used to come up here a lot back in 2010 and early 2011 when I was going through a tough emotional period and just sit there for hours…alone.., with nothing but a cool breeze and Lauryn Hill for company. I haven’t been there in almost a year. Signs that I am healing…Ouff!

DAY 22 - A PHOTO OF YOUR FAVOURITE HIDEAWAY.

Hideaway…hm! I don’t know if that word is appropriate. But I love coming to this balcony especially at night when the whole of the Maison Blanche neighbourhood is lit up. The view is almost breathtaking and there is something magical about it when I just put on my iPod and listen to Lauryn Hill sing “Nothing Really Matters.”

I used to come up here a lot back in 2010 and early 2011 when I was going through a tough emotional period and just sit there for hours…alone.., with nothing but a cool breeze and Lauryn Hill for company. I haven’t been there in almost a year. Signs that I am healing…Ouff!

DAY 21 - A PHOTO OF SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY I had rather put up a picture of someone who makes me happy. Jim Parsons, or should I say Sheldon Cooper!!! I just light up when I see him in any new episode of the Bing Bang Theory. Wonderful actor, interesting on-screen character…

DAY 21 - A PHOTO OF SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY

I had rather put up a picture of someone who makes me happy. Jim Parsons, or should I say Sheldon Cooper!!! I just light up when I see him in any new episode of the Bing Bang Theory. Wonderful actor, interesting on-screen character…

DAY 20 - THE MEANING BEHIND YOUR BLOG NAME

DannyDan?

Well, that’s how my Mom used to call me. No one ever calls me like that anymore. My sister does on occasion, but no one else does.

DAY 19 - ANOTHER PHOTO OF YOURSELF ye! bored as hell

DAY 19 - ANOTHER PHOTO OF YOURSELF

ye! bored as hell