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Entries from March 2008

One morning, I woke up and I was suddenly twelve feet tall

March 22nd, 2008 · 22 Comments

Originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
Last Wednesday, I went to a Mohja Kahf poetry reading at Mudraker’s in Berkeley (it was rocking, by the way!), and ended up seeing some old buddies and making a couple of new friends. One guy I shook hands with towards the end of the evening exclaimed, “You have a really firm […]

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Tags: Conversations and Encounters · Resident Rockstar

Because if I’ve done nothing else in five years of blogging, I’ve at least indulged in drug references as a form of public service

March 17th, 2008 · 12 Comments

From an IM conversation with a friend:
M: bas yaara, sorry for boring you
Yasmine: dude, not at all, hope i helped in some way

M: I need some crack
Yasmine: crack is always good
just stay away from the real deal crazy estuff
i don’t want to have to tell your ummy i introduced you to […]

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Tags: All-Star Crackstar Squad · Conversations and Encounters

Everything here is a reflective surface, even dirt, even fire, even skin

March 12th, 2008 · 15 Comments

Not mitthai, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
I’ve spent the last month or so on what we flickr rockstars have all, in regards to our respective deadlines and dramas and to-do lists, been referring to as Getting Important Things DONE. What this means, of course, is that I’ve been distracting myself by spending far too much time […]

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Tags: Blogistan and the Wide World of Webs · Links to love