Posted: December 5th, 2009 | Filed under: Lists, TV/Movies, World | No Comments »
Organic food and underrated actors have quite of few things in common.
- They’re good for you.
- They’re great for nourishing your mind, body and soul.
- They’re not very popular with this fast-paced and simple-minded world.
- They’re happy to perform their duties and go about unnoticed and unappreciated.
- They’re unlikely to let you down.
So embrace them as they are and show them a bit of appreciation 
Posted: January 1st, 2009 | Filed under: Lists, My Life | 3 Comments »
Starting today, I will look for inspiration instead of waiting for it to find me.
I will also tell people I love them.
Posted: August 14th, 2008 | Filed under: Lists, Music, Silly | 4 Comments »
RULES:
1. Put your iTunes/music player on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get you answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT! After you’ve answered all of the questions, tag 5 other people and then let them know they’ve been tagged to do them themselves.
1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
Back In the Saddle Again - Gene Autry
2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Black Suits Comin’ - Will Smith
3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Love Profusion (Blow Up Mix) - Madonna
4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Addictive - Truth Hurts
5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
One Night In Bangkok - Global Deejays
6. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Secret - Madonna
7. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Red Hot - Billy Riley and His Little Green Men
8. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
I Want To Hold Your Hand (Live on the Morecambe and Wise Show) - The Beatles
9. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Dream A Little Dream - Cass Elliot
10. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Jafnuhu 3alam Al Ghazal - 3abdl Wahab
11. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Patience - Take That
12. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Ne7t Ana Al Wabra - Nasser Bo 3awath
13. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Try Again - Aaliyah
14. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick
15. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Get Down On It - Kool & the Gang
16. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
In the Still Of the Night - The Five Satins
17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Back In the U.S.S.R. - The Beatles
18. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
19. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Think - The 5 Royals
20. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF?
Kokomo - Beach Boys
I’m tagging anyone who reads this.
Posted: July 22nd, 2008 | Filed under: Lists, My Life | 9 Comments »
I had seizures on planes.
I lost my luggage.
I said goodbye to my parents.
I met weird Americans.
I met fun Americans.
I made a Kuwaiti friend.
I took photographs.
I was diagnosed with epilepsy.
I payed bills.
I accidentally ate pork.
I rode the bus.
I overdosed (my medication).
I chatted with cab drivers.
I petted a seeing-eye dog.
I caught fire flies.
I made mistakes.
I was the designated driver.
I danced in the rain.
I road-tripped.
I donated blood.
I was put on probation.
I woke up to sounds of trains.
I rode an ambulance.
I did laundry.
I defrosted the fridge.
I flew over 200 hours.
I made the bed.
I made best friends.
I went to concerts.
I fought with a professor.
I missed family events and funerals.
I turned 19, 20, 21, and 22.
I cried.
I laughed.
I learned.
I lived.
Posted: April 8th, 2008 | Filed under: Campus, Funny, Lists | 10 Comments »
It’s getting to be around the time seniors graduate (I’m actually bouncing after summer school), so I thought I’d spread my college senior wisdom to the blank slates that are freshmen. These are golden pieces of information that would usually take four years to develop through experience. In fact, after reading this post you probably won’t need to go to college anyway. But do, because it will make your parents proud.
Many of these tips are based on saving you money, so you can use the extra cash to buy toys and things like I did! I’m even going to throw in some study tips (guaranteed at least a C-). Finally, socializing is another important factor of the whole college experience and I have provided a great way to meet new people!
1. Ordering take out. Always order at least double what you need. Look for great savings in the particular resteraunt and order the family special or the dorm hunger buster. All that left over food will be your breakfast, lunch, and dinner for two days!
2. Text books. 97% of professors and teachers don’t care about the financial situations (or wish lists) of students. So it doesn’t really matter to them that the new edition of the book, which costs a butt load, only has eight new words on pages 34, 291, and 294. BUT, what they don’t tell you is that the libraries of the university have these books ON RESERVE. What does that mean? You can check them out of the library for a limited time (one day loan, four hour loan, etc.)! Read the assigned readings (or photocopy the pages) and return the book! I know, I know, I AM a genius. I bought only one book in the past two years.
3. Legal alien. Most college kids love foreigners (”dude, I met this guy from Scotland and he speaks English!”). So if you’re going to school in a country other than your own, don’t supress your foreign-ity. It will most likely spark up a nice conversation and you probably will end up being friends. When my friends introduce me to people, they say that I’m from Kuwait before they say my name!
4. Safety. Don’t drink. Don’t do drugs. Don’t have sex. If you do choose to do any of those things well the best I can tell you is don’t take a drink from someone unless you’ve seen it being made or opened and then come straight to your hands. If you want to get high, do it legally (glue, nutmeg, etc.). One night stands are a definite no-no.
5. Early graduation. I can’t believe I only thought of this last summer. Most universities allow you four to six courses for a whole summer. That’s like a whole semester! If you take the sumer after your freshman year and the summer after your sophomore year, you can get your four-year degree and graduate by the end of your third year! Your brain might turn to baked beans but so what, you finished early!
6. Skipping class. Don’t do it.
7. Taking notes. A little recording device goes a looooong way. Get one that downloads the clips to your computer. They’re great for when you accidentally take a nap, or if your Nazi professor has a ton of notes on his slides and you can’t keep up what with the stress of copying down the notes as fast as you can and trying to take notes on him explaining his notes!
8. Cramming. It does work for some people. Find out if it does for you as early as possible so that you can sort out your priorities.
9. Laundry. Separate whites from colors? Segregation was wrong in the past and is still wrong today. Save yourself the time: put EVERYTHING together. T-shirts, jeans, underwear, etc. can all go together, just use the warm water cycle (colors cycle). Put them in the dryer together as well. If you have really delicate stuff, like a dress made out of dragonfly wings, take it to the dry cleaners and they can deal with it.
10. Lock your doors. Always always ALWAYS remember to lock your doors. It will probably be the first time you are the king or queen of your castle so YOU, not Daddy, will be responsible for this simple, yet easily forgettable, task. You don’t want to walk in with your TV, George Foreman grill, and custom Snoopy toilet seat lid missing.
If you have a great tip, leave a comment and I might just add it. Help your fellow youngins!
Posted: April 6th, 2008 | Filed under: Lists, My Life, Silly | 12 Comments »
- I clean up Monday mornings so that when the cleaning lady comes to clean my bathroom she doesn’t think I’m a total slob.
- I do laundry only when I have nothing left to wear.
- I wear sweat pants, a t-shirt and socks to bed because I sleep on top of the covers so I wouldn’t have to make my bed in the morning.
- I got 12 pieces of fruit the day before Ramadhan and I had 10 left in my fridge over 2 months later (and by then I don’t think they could have still been called fruit).
- I have proper dish-ware and utensils but I use disposable plastics (I don’t even need to explain why).
- Whenever I get the rare urge to go to the gym, I take the 15 minute bus ride that goes around the campus first instead of the 5 minute walk.
- When I’m having a bad day, I press every button of the elevator when I get off.
- Current items in my fridge: one yogurt and four packets of soy sauce. Number of magnets on my fridge: 14.
Posted: August 6th, 2007 | Filed under: Campus, Kuwait, Lists, My Life, Putnox my hedgehog | 4 Comments »
1. Painting two paintings that are due on Thursday.
2. Writing a paper due on Friday (no biggie, it’s about Bugs Bunny).
3. Packing for Kuwait by Friday night.
4. Packing for storage.
5. Moving my boxes and stuff (heavy shit) down three flights of stairs.
6. Moving those boxes into my friend’s apartment.
7. Defrosting the fridge.
8. Doing the giganitic load of laundry.
9. Saying goodbye to Putnox.
10. Realizing I forgot to do/pack/leave/send/write/buy something, three minutes after takeoff.
