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3 Beautiful Things, the “We’re in Your Corner” Edition

October 10th, 2010 · 13 Comments

Sit together in yellow silence; Berkeley, CA, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
[Cross-posted at HijabMan.com.]
3beautifulthings:
1. SORRY. Recently, I learned a humbling — and very important — lesson from a friend: to apologize for things said or acts committed in anger, even if the anger was justified. There is not much to add to this, but I will […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · NineToFive outside the 925 · Suckool

3 Beautiful Things, the “I Don’t Need a Passport to Walk on this Earth” Edition

September 23rd, 2010 · 23 Comments

A vespa the color of tangerines; Madrid, Spain, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
[I am slowly returning to writing again, and for that I have to blame J — who has somehow harassed me into agreeing to post snippets for the “3 Beautiful Things Thursday” category over at HijabMan.com — as well as everyone else who has […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · Casa420 and Familia · Salaam Namaste

But I don’t want to write a love song for the world

June 21st, 2009 · 10 Comments

Post office errands, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
3 Beautiful Things, the downtown Berkeley post office edition
I. One morning, I was at the post office and somehow got into a conversation about languages with the woman at the counter who was helping me with my express-mail packages. And she told me that her now-29years-old grandson, almost 30, […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · Conversations and Encounters · NineToFive outside the 925

We don’t care about the young folks/talkin’ bout the young style

October 14th, 2008 · 15 Comments

We were waiting for you, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
TODAY:
one. Went to the post office, and was surprised - in a delighted way - that the smile on the man at the post office reminds me of my friend A’s.
two. When it came time to pick up my drink order, the guy at the coffeeshop called […]

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Lights in the sky are holes in the floor of heaven

September 27th, 2007 · 22 Comments

From the Ramadan Cookie Project 2006 photoset, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz
To state the obvious, since everyone is talking and blogging about it these days, Ramadan is here! Has been here for a couple of weeks, actually. How are we nearly halfway through the month already?
I wasn’t fasting on Monday, so I took a slice […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · Links to love · Rockstar and Crescent

It’s not as easy as willing it all to be right

May 7th, 2007 · 58 Comments

Originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
I’m so tired of constantly feeling so tired - I don’t sleep enough, I fall asleep holding books I once could have finished reading in a single day, I sleep crookedly, and my neck has been aching for over a week. Also, there’s that drama that enters my head once in a […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · Bibliothek · Blogistan and the Wide World of Webs · Rhymes and unrhymed lines · Rockstar and Crescent

Your light shines brighter than the best

April 6th, 2007 · 28 Comments

Pencils so pretty, it makes you want to eat them, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
My (3 or more) Beautiful Things posts always contain snippets from a single given day of the week, but, in this case, I haven’t written in a while, so the following is a compilation of things from the past couple of weeks:
one. […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · Casa420 and Familia · NineToFive outside the 925 · Rockstar and Crescent

Just give me moments/Not hours or days, just give me moments

March 26th, 2007 · 16 Comments

My life is little things that make me happy - like tomatillos at $1.99 per lb.
Originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - Beautiful things: The mid-week edition
one: flickrphotos. I get to work, check my emails, and the first thing I find is a facebook message from my sister’s friend, which makes me laugh and […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · All-Star Crackstar Squad

And the toppling sand mounds

February 8th, 2007 · 2 Comments

We are like these things, impermanent and unpinned; originally uploaded by yaznotjaz. [Click here for larger view.]
A few things I have been grateful for, so far this week:
one. …That so many of you took the time to read my last post about Imran Saithna. And that, for once, my commenting system seemed to cooperate […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · Loss and laments and letting go

Beautiful things from a Tuesday in the month where everyday felt like Monday

January 31st, 2007 · No Comments

yellowsunshine diptych, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
From Tuesday, January 23, 2007
one. The Howie Day album I haven’t listened to in over a year because it inexplicably started skipping just as inexplicably works perfectly again when I pop it into my CD player while driving to work. I spend my commute listening to music that reminds me […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · NineToFive outside the 925

Take a glorious bite out of the whole world

December 30th, 2006 · No Comments

Three beautiful things - Friday, Dec. 29th:
one. While walking to my office in the morning, I whistle at a beautiful, furry orange cat sunning itself on the sidewalk, and surprise myself with the clear notes that come out of my mouth. I can’t even remember the last time I whistled. Has it been years? I […]

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I want to stay another season/see summer upon this sorry land

November 13th, 2006 · No Comments

Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
The heat wasn’t working at the office today, which means I spent most of the day being aggravated about the cold and - of course - engaging in monologues with God about how much I disapprove of this winter business.
“It’s all in your head, Yasminay,” […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · All-Star Crackstar Squad · NineToFive outside the 925

Take a breath, feel the beat in the rhythm of my steps

November 11th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
[Three beautiful things from October 15, 2006]
- Wearing my favorite red t-shirt - I call it my “sell-out” shirt - and realizing it still smells like the Clinique perfume I spritzed on at Macy’s, four days ago. [The shirt reads “Coca-Cola” in Urdu/Arabic script, read right to left.] I have to […]

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On the side of the highway, baby/Our road is long

November 11th, 2006 · No Comments

Blurry San Francisco, originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
Beautiful things:Bumper stickers I’ve noticed lately, which have made me laugh -
OUTTA MY WAY. I GOTTA PEE.
EAT BEEF. The West wasn’t won on salad.
I LOVE AIRPLANE NOISE.
And my personal favorite - NIRWANA - which reminded me of when my favorite crackhead, Somayya, first moved from Pakistan to the U.S. […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · Hit the Road

Three things: The Halloween in GMail-chat edition

November 1st, 2006 · 1 Comment

Originally uploaded by yaznotjaz.
I first got an inkling that Halloween this year was going to generate funny conversations when my buddy Z IMed me at the beginning of October with, “I’m gonna go as Ahmedinejad for Halloween.” Seriously, I didn’t even have a comeback to compete with that. In true Yasmine fashion, I believe my […]

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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · All-Star Crackstar Squad