What have I been up to....

Kinda vanished on you everyone out there, know it's becoming a bit of a habit, but in my defence I have been writing posts they just been filled with a good number of rants so I'm still undecided whether I want them floating around the net for all to find. Could make my life here I bit awkward if some individuals stumbled upon them.
Along with that I feel as though I'm painting a negative picture of my placement, when in actuality it is probably the furthest thing from the truth. While I'll own up to certain aspects, like office motivation and general productivity grinding me a fair bit, the social aspects of hanging out in another culture have been amazing. Knock on wood, but I feel as though I'm at a place with myself where I now know enough to go out a fully enjoy the environment that I'm living in. I tend to spend my days trying to get full up with experiences, even if it's something like getting a haircut, which even for a basic buzz was a twinge tricky! Living in the village is awesome as well. I've been able to try my hand at all sorts of activities, following the path of farming from seed preparation to planting to weeding, from harvesting to making food, and generally just enjoying an infinitely simpler life. I don't got any power or water, I bathe out of bucket behind a mid chest high wall while having conversations, and live in a mud hut. All in all a heavy transition from my life back home. With that in mind though, being here has made me realize that while the wrapping of culture here is exorbinately different, the content is largely the same. You still have people going to work, walking there kids to school, you got village drunks and homelessness, teenagers sneaking off into the woods, it's largely the same, you just have to look at it a bit longer to see. I think I'm also starting to get a handle on Tamale itself, I now know where most things are, good places to eat, grab a pint, and pick up the basics, so that helps.
Heading to Accra, the capital city down south, on the 5Th with Liz so that should be sweet. Looking forward to hitting the famous beaches and checking out the market. All in all it's shaping up to be a good week, the last time I was there was when I first landed and was generally freaking out about the realities of ACTUALLY being in Ghana so I didn't enjoy it to the fullest.
Speaking of markets, hitting up Tamale this Saturday with Mustapha, should be wicked. He is great for knowing where to go and helping me not to get ripped off quite as bad! Got a decent list of stuff I'm going to try and find; kenti cloth, fabric for smock(going to his tailor in the afternoon), some new flip-flops, hat, ring, kifir, and I want to look at getting a prayer mat. I pretty much use it as a place to sit outside my hut at night, or when people come by, but the one I got is on loan from someone else so I should just break down and get my own.
Completely switching threads, I was wondering what people think of the blog so far? Haven't gotten as many comments as I would have liked, or as many questions. So feel free to offer some advice. Do people want me to try and be more interactive on the comment board? I'm also game for the audience giving me things to go and search out (idea courtesy of Sias...aside I found some more farming stuff for you).

Anyway, death to the penguins