because i am the queen of fake updates.
I decided the other night that the SoBe NO FEAR drink is one of the better-tasting energy drinks out there. (Wouldn’t it be funny if that was the same day Yaser decided to try out the Monster drink?) And trust me, I should know, since I seemingly enjoy […]

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cloudy days.
Last Saturday, while on the road early in the morning, I listened to the Burdah for the first time in almost a year. The recitation is beautiful, the solos are simply amazing, but I realized it’s always going to remind me of this day.
I either slept through or skipped most of the cognitive psychology […]

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what the dictionary doesn’t tell you
SCARY: College students who pedal through town and campus on their bicycles while jabbering away on their cell phones.
See also: stupid, suicidal, oblivious, road hazard, hella annoying
Please supply further synonyms.

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i live to amuse you, abuse you, infuse you with the weirdness
S: Yasmine, you’re such a display case.
Yasmine: Uhh, okay. And what’s that supposed to mean?
S: I don’t know, you’re just always so entertaining to look at.
I wonder if it was the red pants. Or maybe it’s the fact that I’ve been wearing real, actual […]

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my eyes have always been bigger than my stomach
I decided that letting three weeks of fall quarter pass by without buying any of the books I need for my classes was long enough. So today I walked into the university bookstore and bought twelve books for $173.80. (Which is really not bad, when I recall […]

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Part 2
of the same
(Listen to Part 1 first, otherwise you won’t get it)

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For Arshad, who must not have known what sort of insanity he was asking for:
Part 1
brought to you by yazthespazz & mayyamonster
in conjunction with endless laughter and torrents of rain

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excuse me, america, you mispronounce my pain
Spoken word performances, oh how I love thee.
And I love that I introduced my friend H (this is a different H; let’s call him the confoozid boy who scrunches up his face at any mention of mint ‘n’ chip ice cream and salmon and I don’t understand why I’m […]

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ramaban mubarak
Whatever your personal goals are for this year’s Ramadan, I hope you find within you the strength and dedication and drive to fulfill your goals, and to maintain and implement those changes following Ramadan, too. May your fasting become a manifestation of worship and patience. May He accept your repentance and make it sound […]

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miseducation
1.
I got home from school late last night, walking into the house with my new messenger bag slung diagonally from shoulder to hip. This bag rocks das Haus – it’s khaki-colored canvas, with five or six pockets just on the outside, Velcro straps and random buttons everywhere. And I love messenger bags, in case you […]

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the impromptu We Are the World rendition of ‘Tala al Badru Alayna’

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the diwan

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brought to you by the color orange

This is where I’ll be at tomorrow. Wish you all could be, too. I’ll be making a special mental note to stalk the UC San Diego MSA table throughout the day, where everyone’s favorite blurker (”blog+lurker”; thanks, Baji!) 2Scoops’ good friends will be selling t-shirts. Isn’t it amazing what […]

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take a sad song and make it better
Okay, so if you’re anything like me, you’re driving up to school at 7 a.m., bleary-eyed and yawning because yesterday consisted of this: driving from your hometown to Sacramento, working until the afternoon, and driving from Sacramento to your hometown to Berkeley to San Francisco to Oakland to […]

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