This is a direect excerpt from my journal last night. " I tried to be social. I really did. No luck. Too liberal. The bartender is a douchebag. He fancies Jessie, but nevermind that. He's outside at the bbq away from his post and a guy says, "There's a woman inside who wants a coke." The guy mentions she's wearing glasses. The bartender looks in the window then says, "she's married to a black guy. I should give her nothing" and takes a dr...

I had to get to a computer as fast as possible after my day. I can't even explain all the things going through my head, much less organize them in some fashion, so bear with me. Jessie and I did our lonely planet guide book reading about South Africa and Johannesburg in particular. We mentally primed ourselves to be prepared to get robbed, and thanks to my mom, we were reminded via email about ithe country's reputation as rape capital of the world. We were a ...