makes you go hmmm

ever wonder how women dream of getting a man with a ferrari ... but never dream of just getting a ferrari ...

in the

at the door
flying everywhere
before we reach the
deep
loud
P S
double interpretations
look into my
as i
and after it's
smoke rises to the ceiling

mumblings

about these arab revolutions ... is it time to start freaking out yet ...

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i just need to get it out of my system ... then i can be a "normal" person ...

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if the devil was on facebook ... how many friends would he have ...

american hero

apparently superman has threatened to renounce his US citizenship ... i was never aware he had one to begin with ...
story

well duh

in a shocking discovery ... a study has found that women who post lots of photos of themselves on facebook are rather vain ...
story

Round 2

well the first round of the playoffs is over ... two upsets ... well one major upset and another not so major upset ... the major one being obviously the grizzlies beating the spurs ... i mean here is a team who had never won a playoff game coming into this series ... and they take out the #1 seed ... and they would have done it in 5 had san antonio not gotten so lucky at the end of that game ... the not so major upset was the hawks beating the magic ... it was an upset because nobody had the hawks winning ... also because of how thoroughly the magic beat them last year ... but the hawks did it ... still it wasn't that major as this was the four seed vs the 5 seed so ...
moving on ... second round matchups ... the most interesting one by far is miami vs boston ... oh baby that's gonna be something special ... lakers vs mavericks as well ... i think it's safe to say that the winners of these two series will face off in the finals ...

juicing

there is this place called juice world ... they have every kind of juice you can think of ... the combinations are endless ... fruits ... ice creams ... cocktails ... smoothies ... ice coffee blends ... i tried it a few times and liked it so i started buying their juice in big sizes ... i got two 5 liter jugs yesterday ... one is kiwi strawberry ... and the other is lemon orange ... delicious ... no more store bought juice for me ... goodbye nada juice ... you were once my favorite kind ...

حمساوي فتحاوي

well hamas and fateh have kissed and made up ... again ... i hope it works ... really i do ... fingers crossed ... but i tend to think it's going to be like lebanon ... in the sense that you have two camps ... continously fighting then making up ... anyway like i said ... fingers crossed ...

i wonder

how many of the males in attendance at the royal wedding were also masons ... i would say not less than 90% ...

will and kate

meanwhile ... the queen 3am bitzaghrit ... and prince philip is shooting his pistol in the air ...

found on facebook

How do you expect kids to listen to their parents? Tarzan lives half naked, Cinderella comes back home at midnight, Pinocchio lies all the time, Aladdin is the king of thieves, Batman drives at 200 mph, Sleeping Beauty is lazy, and Snow White lives with 7 guys. We shouldn’t be surprised when kids misbehave! They get it from their storybooks.

propaganda

once upon a time

there was a sane man who lived in a crazy world ... but the world thought he was the crazy one ...

daydreaming

if i ever write an autobiography ... i think "i'm not from here" would be a very nice title ... you know what with being a palestinian who's never set foot there ...

durant is the man

little background ... i am a thunder fan ... used to be a sonics fan ... but then they moved to okc so i became a thunder fan ... i have to admit i didn't make the switch immediately but i did eventually ... moving on ... game 5 of the thunder nuggets series was today ... when i left for work the nuggets were up by 5 in the fourth quarter ... the thunder are up 3-1 and just need one more win but if the nuggets take this one too game 6 will be in denver ... uh oh ... anyway i got home ... put the tv on and i swear they were bringing the final score of the game ... thunder won ... i was like OH BABY ... they face the winner of the grizzlies spurs series ... crazy ending to game 5 of that series ... let's hope memphis can close it out at home ... i'd rather have the thunder face them than the spurs ...

serge ibaka ... the shot blocka ... boom shaka laka :-)

فيروزيات

song of the day

passing notes

i wanted to write a poem about your beauty
about the way it makes me feel inside
probably something cheesy about me being a prisoner of your love
but then i thought i should just say what i feel
instead of coming up with some corny metaphors
so here goes
i think you're fucking hot
there
that's better than any lame poem i would have come up with

he seemed to say

what's that syrian people ... i didn't hear you ...

honestly

i saw this on tv ... the syrian news agency is saying that the syrian army entered daraa at the request of the locals ... which i thought was just ... wow ...

NOT

apparently there's a new season of star academy now ... just found out today ... it's nice to know that despite all the changes happening in the arab world star academy is still around ...

the bachelor

i had just come home from work ... picked up my laundry on the way home ... laid it across the bed ... i'll hang it later ... then sat on the couch and put the tv on ... there was sportscenter ... and they were talking about the playoffs ... SWEET ... but then i got the urge to go to the bathroom ... number two ... i tried to fight it but i just couldn't ... must go now ... so what did i do ... i put the volume up high enough so that i could still hear it in the bathroom with the door open ... then i went and did my business ... the end ...

the wicked saint

stigmata of the spirit
to prevent it from running wild

song of the day

weekending

i was driving around last weekend ... that's a new hobby i've developed ... driving around ... i'll just go for a long drive ... smoking and listening to music whilst exploring the city ... anyway ... so last weekend i was driving around and i found this restaurant called almansaf ... which i thought was intriguing for obvious reasons ... but i was not hungry at the time ... so i didn't go in ... but i made a point of coming back one day ... so there is this yemeni guy at work ... i am his manager ... we are friends sort of ... anyway he had never had mansaf before ... so we went there for lunch today ... the mansaf was good ... although i'm not crazy about their laban ... i thought it was too salty ... but the meat the rice it was all good ... they had the 5ubz shrak and the ba2doonis and the loz and all that good stuff ... but the laban was not that good ... they also make msa5an and 2edreh and kusa w wara2 3inab ... it's a shame it's kind of far from where i live ... anyway ... it was his first mansaf ... he said he liked it ... i told him that the laban was sub-par ... told him if he wanted to have a truly delicious mansaf he should go to jordan ... so that was that ... pretty much the highlight of my day ... introducing one of my staff to mansaf ... he says he wants to introduce me to qat ... i'm open to the suggestion ... just try it once for fun ... moving on ... my vacation request got rejected ... i wanted to take three days off the coming week to visit my folks ... but apparently the big boss is coming from dubai so it's a no ... but i told him fine i'll take it the week after ... he said ok ... we'll see ... really need a vacation ... meanwhile ... finally took my laundry to the cleaners today ... so all in all it was a busy day by my standards ... playing crysis 2 these days ... awesome awesome game ... shooting people after a long day at work is beautiful ...

the sports hour

if you are a diehard nba fan like myself ... the nba playoffs are an orgasm to you ... ahhhh ... the intense crowds ... the fights ... the buzzer beaters ... the sound of marv albert calling the game ... it's just too beautiful ...
i have been in jeddah for almost seven months now ... i just got a satellite dish ... and why did i get it ... that's right ... so i can watch the playoffs ... i can't watch the games live because of time zone issues ... although sometimes i'll wake up for work and put the tv on while i get dressed and it will be the 4th quarter live ... i'll catch a few minutes then head out ... but i've been not checking the scores then watching the reruns as if they were live ... which works for me ... i don't have to see it live ...
i've seen quite a few games ... my thunder barely escaping the nuggets at home ... durant and westbrook saved the day ... there was that controversial tip-in by perkins at the end but hey we won haha ... so i'm happy about that ...
i saw game 2 of the bulls pacers series ... quite a close one but chicago made it ... although rose is having to work really hard for them to win ... and this is just the first round ... against the eighth seed for God's sake ... so you have to wonder how long he can keep this up in the later rounds ...
watched boston new york today ... game 2 ... poor knicks ... they lost billups in game 1 and now they lost stoudemire in game 2 ... fortunately they still have melo who put on quite a show although he did have some major chokes so it wasn't a flawless performance ... also they lost so ... anyway tough break ... quite an intense game but boston was just the better team ...
i could write my thoughts on all the series but i'll just leave it at commenting on the ones i've actually watched ... thanks for tuning in ...

fact

there is nothing on this earth more despicable than an israeli settler ...

revolutionary reflections

what started as a revolution in libya has descended into a war between the west and gathaffi for control of the country ... which is too bad ...
moving on ... how come the ikhwan are an acceptable alternative in syria but not elsewhere ... that's a rhetorical question ...
and jordan ... can't help but think this whole salafi drama as a big production ... sort of a planned distraction if you will ...

you know who really needs a revolution but hasn't shown any signs of having one any time soon ... lebanon ... their political system is the worst i have ever seen ... what a mess ... they need some serious change ...

rest in peace

all those in favor say aye

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a resolution calling on the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone report.

mumblings

i am who i think i am ...

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it seems that the revolution fad is no longer as "in" as it used to be ...

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as i drove down the street
beautiful music playing in my ears
i saw her standing there
i wish i could've pulled over and talked to her
but all i did instead
was honk in admiration

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dear God
i'm really sorry
you are the most merciful
that is why i believe you will accept this apology

i'm just saying

i bet hulk hogan has some wild stories he could tell about his life ...

the beautiful deena

ما شاء الله

song of the day

أسامينا شو تعبو أهالينا

this is a real name ... i saw it with my own eyes written on the guy's iqama ... if i am lying may God strike me down ... it's the name of the sponsor (kafeel) of a driver who works for one of our contractors ...

دايخ مدوخ ذعّار الشلوي

that's dayi5 midwi5 tha33ar alshlewi ...
if that's not the most bedouin name i have ever heard in my life i don't know what is ...

the manager's lair

when you walk into my office you will usually hear music playing ... i have a ton of music that i copied on to my work computer from my personal computer ... it helps me work ... makes things a little less boring ... i never turn it off unless someone "important" walks in or it's time to go home ... anyway ... one of the files in my music folder is the nine inch nails discography ... and one of the albums in that discography is the quake soundtrack ... remember quake ... it was a popular pc game back in the day ... anyway ... today one of my staff came in to ask me some questions ... and this song happened to be playing during the entire conversation ... i thought it was kind of amusing ... i couldn't help but wonder what was running through his head as he heard it ...

song of the day

abracadabra

true or false

it is better to be alone than in bad company

SoM

that's smythe not smith dear

my big brother is expecting a girl ... we already have a girl in the family ... she's my second oldest brother's ... some of you have seen her ... deena ... but it looks like another one is on the way inshala ... zeina ... that was how my big brother spelled it when he told me over chat ... which i thought was interesting ... my first instinct is to spell it zaina ... you know with an A ... i guess i never got the memo ... i knew a zeina once ... she also spelled it with an E ... she was my first true love ...

i can't waaaaaaaaaaait for the weekend to begin

three hour meeting today ... not at work ... but after work ... so not fair ... this calls for a dilbert cartoon ...

true or false?

something is better than nothing

mumblings

daydreaming about sleeping ...

song of the day

bedtime stories

it's hard to tell someone you're supposed to respect that you don't ... being caught in traffic is one of those few moments during the day where i get to just sit there ... there's a lot of pressure at work lately ... my assistant has been on vacation ... so i'm having to do more work than usual ... it's quite exhausting ... but i'm proud of myself ... i've been up to it so far ... he's been gone almost three weeks ... one more week to go ... you can do it mo ... in closing ... i leave you with a little story ... there was once a little boy who knew what he wanted to be when he grew up ... a man ...

words of wisdom

you can have a terrible day ... but as long as you go to sleep with a smile ... you're ok ...

mumblings

i am the poster boy for the what did your parents do to you association ... translation ... i'm a pretty fucked up guy ...

hi kids

today's revolution was brought to you by the letter j, the letter m, and the number 7

song of the day

mister smooth

her: people say i look like meriam fares
me: why just because you have curly hair
her: she's ugly anyway i don't want to look like her
me: oh please you wish you looked like her
(awkward silence)
me: i mean you're attractive too
(more awkward silence)

kennedy with a twist

ask not why can't i be that guy ... but how can i be that guy ...

life imitates art

i downloaded this collection of doctor seuss films the other day ... they're not really films they're more like short cartoons .. not more than 20 minutes each .. don't know what inspired me to search for it and download it but i've always been a fan of his work ... ANYWAY ... so i watched one ... it's called the sneetches ... now the sneetches are these weird looking yellow creatures ... as most seuss characters are ... and they are two kinds ... star bellied sneetches and bare bellied sneetches ... and the sneetches with stars on their bellies look down on the ones without ... and they enjoy more privileges as well ... then one day a guy comes into town with a contraption that can put stars on your belly ... so all the bare bellied sneetches pay him to use it ... but then the real star bellied sneetches get upset ... so the same guy tells them he has a machine that can remove the star ... so they all pay him to use it ... and then the ones without stars go back to looking down on their counterparts ... so the ones who got stars pay the guy again to have them removed ... and thus begins an endless cycle of getting a star and having it removed ... the guy becomes very rich in the process ... then finally the sneetches run out of money ... also they no longer know who is who or what was what ... who had a star and who didn't ... the guy seeing that there was no more money to be made packs up and leaves ... but it all ends happily ... the sneetches realize how silly they had been acting and live as one people from that point on ...

it kind of reminds me of the situation between jordanians and palestinians ... think about it ... one side has a star on their flag ... and the other side doesn't ... and that makes all the difference ...