sky of blue and sea of green, in our yellow submarine
Following in the grand tradition of posting lists of my random thoughts when I have nothing worthwhile to say:
Today was the first day of fall quarter. Hold the applause. Do you know I have 8 a.m. classes four days a week? Do you know how […]

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Last Saturday, while I was volunteering at a painting competition at the art center and drawing henna designs on little kids’ hands, the father of one of the children leaned over and asked curiously, “Where were you born?” I smiled sweetly and answered, “Berkeley.” And while it was the truth, it was quite obvious that […]

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On Monday I start working in downtown Sacramento, and I’m already missing my lazy slow-motion life of the past couple of weeks. Much of it has been spent drinking endless glasses of cranberry juice, reading stacks of books from the public library, and eating tomato-cucumber-extra cheese sandwiched between slices of whole wheat bread. Clearly, I […]

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help out a beautiful cause, fi sabeelillah
Buy a t-shirt and be a rockstar just like meeeeeeeee.

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the economics of scale (and kids who are way too easily amused)
H: guess how much gas was at the gas station here tonight
Me: umm
Me: $1.95?
Me: $1.89?
H: nope
H: lower
H: try again
Me: FOR REALS?
Me: $1.75
H: haha, i pumped around 1.79 at this same gas station this morning, but nope. try lower
Me: holy freakin smoley, man
Me: $1.70
H: try […]

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Yesterday, I:
One. Used the “PowerPoint elastomeric acrylic latex caulk with silicone” caulking gun to grout the cracks along the living room walls and ceiling. Doesn’t that make me sound smart? Hi, my name is Bob Villa. Actually, no, I’d much rather be MacGuyver instead. Anyway, I finally understand what all the hype about being tall […]

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rocker boy extraordinaire
I know everyone gets all excited (you do! just admit it!) whenever I talk about my brother’s hair. So this is just to let you know that the spiky orange mohawk is back. You read that right. And, yes, you know you wish you had a spiky orange mohawk, too. You do! Just […]

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the earth is his canvas
it’s a jungle out there.
but look what you get out of it: tomatoes, jalapenos, and basil.
someone needs to make pasta, and soon.

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