I have no resolutions/for self-assigned penance/for problems with easy solutions
Just a little while ago, I was standing in the boys’ department of Target, making mind-boggling decisions regarding whether to buy boys size-small t-shirts in packs of three or five - for myself, of course, since little boys size-small t-shirts fit me very nicely, I’ve recently […]

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slow days
Okay, so I know I’m slacking off on the updating. This winter break has made me realize that I have a greater store of interesting/weird stories when I’m actually in school.
During my remaining week-and-a-half of break, I desperately need to:

- Pay some mechanic hundreds of dollars to replace my car’s valve cover gasket, […]

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forget the village, it takes a halaqa
I’ve figured out a great way to form lasting friendships: Go ice skating. This is especially successful if you don’t know how to ice skate in the first place. After all, it’s practically impossible to remain dignified or reserved if you have little or no skating experience. After the […]

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just another day in paradise
By the time I finished my last errand of the evening today, it was dark and raining. I came out of the grocery store squinting against the rain and fog and bright headlights that crawled across the parking lot. The man standing just outside the doors nodded and smiled at me. […]

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[Flipping through my course notes the other day, I came across a long, scribbled list of things to do, dated sometime in November. This, of course, is how I effectively occupy my time during psychology lectures. Some of these items I do already. Many of them I want to do more often. All of them […]

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Yesterday, we went to this wedding shindig thing about 90 minutes away. Although I’d been to fourteen weddings in the course of the eighteen months I lived in Pakistan, this was the first Pakistani wedding in the U.S. that I can remember attending. ‘Twas fun, even though we didn’t know most of the people. Actually, […]

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official statement
I have final exams this week, and am therefore taking a break from weblogging. Not necessarily other blogs, but definitely mine at least. Knowing me, I’ll probably still be lurking around blogs anyway; just don’t take it personally if I refrain from commenting. Anyway, at the moment I desperately need the focus and freedom […]

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someone please pass the remote control
Went to see my ear specialist this morning. Now I feel like my world has been invaded by that great entity called Sound. Hearing, the good ol’ third sense - ’bout time I went and got it balanced out. Problem is, now all I really want is some sort of […]

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fake post III - what i did yesterday, blah blah blah (the standard is really decreasing, or what?)
I’ve finally figured out that I am certifiably insane. (No kidding?) Yesterday, I used one of my breaks from class to stop by a little market and buy some fruits and vegetables for home. I love the place. […]

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fake post II: conversational highlights
Yesterday evening, my cousin shook his head and said, “You know how some mothers abandon their newborn babies in cardboard boxes in front of church-doors or hospitals? I really think that’s what we should do with you, too.”
“Yeah, but I’m sort of beyond the newborn phase already,” I retorted.
He rolled his […]

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i’m telling you, it’s not us, it’s them
The amusing things I find when I’m supposed to be writing a half-dozen papers:
Babelfish Adds Canadian and American to Translation List
Kinda reminds me of Chai’s Dec. 1st post, and the resulting comments. [By the way, what’s up with the jacked-up permanent-links on all these new Blogger templates?]
Okay, yes, […]

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[I just felt the need for some sarcasm, that’s all]
driving-related annoyances
- Driving with your foot propped up on the dashboard, or your leg out the window – Why do you feel the need to do this? I don’t understand.
- People with handicapped stickers/placards on sports cars so tiny I bet even I could barely fit […]

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