Originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
[From October 11, 2006]
- It takes me two hours to get to work in the morning, because two big rigs collided on the Sunol Grade on Interstate 880 and spilled oil across the freeway. Impatiently listening to the AM radio to pick up on any traffic updates, I hear the newscasters […]

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Originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
Okay, kids, so remember that part where I said I was going to post “three beautiful things” everyday? Well, clearly, it didn’t work so well, because - once again! - I haven’t really updated in nearly three weeks. The good news is, I’ve been scribbling down beautiful things in my lovely little […]

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Eid mubarak, crackstars! Can you believe it’s over? Yeah, me either. Have a beautiful day, lovely people - may it be a blessed time for you and yours.
(PS: I don’t even get a real Eid - seminar all day Monday, projects on Tuesday, regardless of whatever day I would have chosen to celebrate. The good […]

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Eid mubarak, crackstars! Can you believe it’s over? Yeah, me either. Have a beautiful day, lovely people - may it be a blessed time for you and yours.
(PS: I don’t even get a real Eid - seminar all day Monday, projects on Tuesday, regardless of whatever day I would have chosen to celebrate. The good […]

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Chukairiyaan, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
1. Waking up at 8am, realizing it’s a Saturday, and burrowing back under the warm covers to sleep in until 10:30. Washing my face, and then promptly sitting down at the computer. I check emails and weblogs while my mother pulls up a chair beside me and flips through catalogues and […]

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Sunlight shadows on the sidewalk, Friday afternoon, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
This afternoon, after clicking over to Blogger.com and pausing before signing in (believe it or not, this is something I do often: I decide I want to update this weblog, I click over to Blogger, and then I just stop, overcome by a feeling of […]

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Sunlight shadows on the sidewalk, Friday afternoon, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
This afternoon, after clicking over to Blogger.com and pausing before signing in (believe it or not, this is something I do often: I decide I want to update this weblog, I click over to Blogger, and then I just stop, overcome by a feeling of […]

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