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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After four years, the sixty-mile drive to school has become second-nature. I scoff at people who complain about supposedly long drives, dismissively citing my own daily commute to school as “nothing.” It has come to the point where I don’t even have to concentrate on driving; I get from Point A to Point B – […]

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too cool for school
So I’m sitting at my dad’s computer, plugging entries into Quickbook in an effort to reconcile my checkbook. Bored out of my mind, I decide that downloading sample biology midterms must be far more thrilling. Along comes my cousin, Ahbid, equally bored out of his mind after having spent the entire evening […]

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Lately, I’ve been feeling really bitter.
In the past four years, I haven’t had a summer vacation at all. My university is on a quarter system, and we have two optional six-week sessions every summer. Every single summer for the past four years, I’ve taken two summer classes per summer session. That means I’ve been […]

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polly wanna peptide?
So, check this, peoples – I’ve passed my first biology exam since high school! I’m still confused about the proton-motive force and I kind of b.s.’ed my way through the definition of feedback inhibition, but don’t worry, my friends – I spelled substrate-level phosphorylation perfectly. Thank you, thank you. There is indeed hope […]

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today is whatever i want it to be
I have so many stories to share with you – insights, conversations, observations, incidents, interactions, meetings – each playing an important role in my two-week hiatus from this weblog.
I don’t even know where to start.
I could tell you about my sister – whose final exams ended two weeks […]

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the fat cat strikes again!

(Just for Somayya, cuz lord knows we’ve needed the laughs.)
p.s. Yes, this is how we waste time in the library. And I promise I’ll be back soon!

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drowning in a sea of post-it notes

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He’s a graduating senior. He’s very articulate, and passionate about diversity issues on our university campus. His family fled Iran when he was a child, soon after the revolution (Which revolution? cracked my father, when I came home and recounted my day to him. Iran goes through a revolution every few years.) He doesn’t consider […]

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good god, she’s aliiiiive! kinda sorta maybe.
Hello, all you beautiful, patient rockstars. No, I have not abandoned you all in favor of spending the rest of my confused, sleep-deprived life on a sunny island like Zanzibar. Real updates are coming soon, I promise!
Meanwhile, this fake post has been brought to you […]

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instead it just feels like it is impossible to fly
It’s going to be another one of those Surah Ya-Seen days, I can tell already. Send some prayers my way.
Donations in the form of blue slurpees are always appreciated, too.

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cooler than cool
Hilarious juxtaposition of the week:
Imam Zaid Shakir walking into the lecture hall, holding a fruit smoothie from Jamba Juice.
Yes, what can I say, I’m really, really easily amused, thankyouverymuch.

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join the club
Two flyers I noticed the other day while taking a psychology midterm I most likely failed but that’s okay:
“MAKE BEARDS NOT BOMBS”
- and -
“All the COOL guys have beards.
WHY DON’T YOU?”
In a seeming reference to the Campus Crusade for Christ (a student organization on our university campus), the bottom of each flyer […]

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by default
S: Yeah, so you two sorta look alike, you know?
Somayya: :sarcastic: Yeah, I wonder why.
Yasmine: No way.
S: Yeah, isn’t that funny?
Yasmine: Very.
A: :to S: You do know they’re cousins, right?
S: Oh my God, are you serious?
Somayya: Wait, you really didn’t know?
Yasmine: You’ve known us for a year. How could you not know this?
S: Why […]

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bits and pieces
So the only reason I’ve been neglecting this place is because when it comes down to a choice between sleeping and updating my weblog, trust me, I would much rather sleep.
Anyway, I was informed by various unreliable sources last weekend that my writing style is intimidating, that I’m “detached” from my weblog, that […]

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