Editions

Eighth Knot

It's that time of the month again, and another edition of The Red String is up for your viewing pleasure. This time, we introduce the short story Andoral by Akin O, among other things. Once again you can find: * the blog posts here, * and the pdf here. Enjoy!

Contributed

Andoral

This message comes with a disclaimer - Do not read it in haste nor when your mind is unsettled. Do not skim over the words, instead read slowly and carefully, and though the message is obvious, with some luck perhaps it will take form and make its way to your

Relationships

An Educated Guess

I have to say that I agree with Wole Oguntokun in that what women want, or more specifically what women want from men, is a man who will enable them to be what they want to be. Unfortunately for both sexes, neither of us quite knows what that is until

Leisure

The Anatomy of a Woman

The other play I got to see at Terra Kulture was The Anatomy of a Woman by Wole Oguntokun. First off, let me just say that I personally liked this play a lot more than The Cost of Living. The set was fuller, the cast was larger, the characters were

Leisure

The Cost of Living

As at the National Theatre, I also got to see a couple of plays at Terra Kulture. The first of the plays that I had the pleasure of seeing is called The Cost of Living, by Sefi Atta. The play is essentially a parody of the situation with kidnapping in

Leisure

Rhythms & Reminiscences

Moving from my virtual social life to my real one, I've been getting to see a lot of art & theatre during my stay here. Last month I got to see the Nigerian National Troupe perform at the National Theatre in a free musical show called Rhythms and Reminiscences. Although it

Technology

Facebook & The Wall

As for the Facebook where I read that article, is it just me, or does it also irritate you when people disable their Facebook walls? I mean seriously, it's a problem. Facebook is all about social networking, and 90% of that networking is done by posting on walls and getting

Thoughts

A Response

This is a response to an article on Facebook that my friend Shope Ogunkeye pointed me to. The original author is unknown, and the original location of the article also is unknown (at least to me). The Facebook version is simply a duplicate by someone else who saw it, was

Technology

Swift 4G

So my Dropbox ploy of last month was quite a failure. I'm glad I didn't hold out much hope in you guys. As it turns out, my space was being taken up by an iPod Photo Cache folder that iTunes automatically creates whenever I sync my iPad. Once I deleted

Editions

Seventh Knot

Phew! Just in the nick of time! Believe me when I say we were only a few minutes away from having no edition for the month of April. But thankfully I got it up before the stroke of midnight (in Nigeria). You know where to look: * here for the PDF,

Relationships

Counselling Since 1987

Recently, my father hosted a meeting for the Government College Ibadan (GCI) Old Boys Association of which he is a member. To this meeting came the wife of one of the old boys - Mrs. Lola Otulayo who worked alongside my mother back when they were in the Minaj Broadcasting

Thoughts

The Meaning of Humblerra

If you have been following the Nigerian elections be it on your own or via your Nigerian friends, you should by now be very familiar with our honourable first lady, Dame Patience - and her wonderful command of the English language. In particular, her statement about the PDP Humblerra should

Technology

Do Me a Favour, Get Dropbox!

So my tech spiel for this month is a little self serving, and was inspired by a Lifehacker article. I want to talk to you a bit about Dropbox, and make no mistake my aim is to persuade you to sign up for a Dropbox account via my referral link.

Discoveries

R.I.P Jerry LaVigne Jr.

No, no. No one died... at least not yet. Jerry LaVigne Jr. is an Internet personality I've been seeing a lot of recently. He believes that most artists are not appreciated until they are dead and so he signs all his videos off with an R.I.P. Now although

Relationships

New Boyfriend, New Shoe

I recall an intense debate I had with a few Nigerian guy friends about how fickle a lot of Nigerian girls are becoming. “They carry around designer bags without even knowing who designed them!” one of my friends exclaimed in irritation “if you can’t buy them a $500 Gucci

Anime

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Oh! Before I go on I must talk about this anime series I watched some time ago. It occurred to me to mention this after my Pray for Japan piece. Tokyo Magnitude is an anime series that tells the story of two children in Tokyo after the city is struck

Announcements

The redstring.blog

As we begin this month's edition, I just want to take a moment to thank all those who've clicked the "Like" button on our Facebook Page. Thanks to the 25 of you (so far), I've been able to assign a username to the page. This essentially means our Facebook page

Editions

Sixth Knot

Hey guys, Sorry for the late edition. Things have been going a bit awry with my return trip to the U.S. In fact, so awry that I'll probably do a whole special edition on it next month! Until then, please bear with any delays in my posting. You may

Announcements

Pray for Japan

After what must be the most devastating earthquake in modern times and the cataclysmic tsunami that it caused - doing significant damage to northern Japan and leaving it in a state of impending nuclear disaster, everybody is trying to do their bit to help out. I am a big fan

Friends

Family, Friends, & Fun

Of course whether one's country is a have or a have not never really matters when going back home. Because if you're like me, you're going back for the people and not for the places. Between The Duet and my own laziness I didn't really get to spend time with

Thoughts

The Benefits of Being Backward

I remember telling a friend of mine that I was looking forward to going back home for a break and how by the time I had finished regaling him with tales of power outages, shoddy Internet, and potholed roads, he wondered what the heck there was to look forward to!

Discoveries

Hieronymous 707

Phew! Back to some manly talk. Here's a blog I stumbled upon in an attempt to look up some guy called J. Corey Connor on LinkedIn. It was one of those things where I received a friend request from an unknown entity and wanted to make sure everything was copascetic

Anime

Kimi ni Todoke

Now that you know my secret, I might as well go the full mile and actually recommend some feminine trash to you. Since I havent spoken about anime in a long while, I think it is time I brought it back to the forefront. My own little recognition of the

Books

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives is the first book by Lola Shoneyin (Daughter in-law of Wole Soyinka according to my father) I do so hate name dropping but if it will make you buy her book and chance a read then why the hell not? I'm sure her

Relationships

Becoming Jaded

One night many years ago, I remember being on the phone with the love of my life a dear friend of mine during one of our many deep and long conversations, when the topic somehow drifted to love. I remember saying that I couldn't understand how boys like myself ( I