dreaming

i had a weird dream ... i think the weirdest thing about it was alec baldwin was in it ... and just like in 30 rock he was a manager in my dream ... also he had this weird mustache and his head was shaven ... also ... anne hathaway was in the dream ...

the weakest link

my boss speaks french .. his boss speaks french .. and his boss speaks french .. and also the group division manager speaks french .. i don't speak french ..

happy endings

today was a long and exhausting one at work .. but it was still a good day ..

why is this news

file this one under "shaking my head"

fyi

this is what the person living inside my brain looks like ...

potty mouth mumblings

you don't have to be hot to be a good fuck

song and a mumbling

first the mumbling ... love him or hate him you have to respect him ... and now the song ... blast from the past ... nostalgia ... so 90s :d

the strawberry sniper

he sits alone in the tower ... one eye squinting ... the other staring into the scope of his rifle ... searching for any sign of human life ... so that he may put an end to it ... occasionally taking sips from his strawberry juice ... he had developed a special straw for that purpose ... he called it the strawberry straw ... yes despite being a coldblooded killer he had a fun side .. around these parts he is known as somewhat of a mythical creature ... they say he never eats ... never sleeps ... never goes to the bathroom ... just sits there looking for a kill ... while sipping his juice ... bang ... slurp ...

this is a post about gaming

i'm playing la noire these days ... and loving it ... definitely one of the best ps3 games out there ... which inspired me to create a top ten ps3 games list ... here goes ...

1. heavy rain
2. uncharted 1 and 2
3. batman arkham asylum
4. la noire
5. bioshock
6. need for speed hot pursuit
7. fallout 3
8. god of war
9. assassin's creed 2
10. crysis 2

honorable mention: ninja gaiden, guitar hero metallica

singin the blues

empty rhetoric

as you may have heard obama recently gave a speech about the middle east ... this is my response ...

song of the day

in honor of the nakba anniversary a few days ago ...

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i died and went to heaven ... twice ...

this is not a post about gaming

although it might sound like one at first ... i went to the video game store today ... i had a game in mind ... LA noire ... it was just released ... it was a highly anticipated game ... from the infamous rockstar games ... and the reviews all came in ... the game doesn't disappoint ... BUY IT NOW ... and me being the mindless drone that i am ... said ... OK ... i put it on my to do list ... which brings me back to my story ... today after work i drove over to the store ... i walked over to the new release shelf ... scanned the titles ... hmmm no LA noire ... so i asked the store clerk if they had it ... the conversation went something like this ... fee game jdeede nizlat isimha LA noire ... the guy nodded and said eewa mamnoo3a ... doesn't surprise me ... rockstar games always get banned ... anyway i was like oh mamnoo3a ya3ni ma 3indkum yaha ... and to my surprise he pulled it from under the counter and put it out there in front of me ... oh baby ... i was like tayeb ana jai ashtareeha ... so as he punched the transaction on his little screen ... i noticed he had a limited edition box edition of castlevania lord of shadows ... not quite a new release but also a game which was on my to buy list ... so i was like 3indak il 3adiye ... because usually limited edition box sets tend to be more expensive than the standard release ... and he's like tara nafs si3r il 3adiye ... i was like oh baby ... and replied ma3nato hai kaman ma3aha ... aaaaaaaaand here's where the story begins ... this guy walked in to the store ... this particular guy had tried to walk in earlier when i was still waiting outside for the store to open ... you see it was still prayer time when i arrived ... and as i stood outside waiting this same guy had tried to enter the store but the door was still locked ... so he left ... me ... i stayed there waiting for the doors to open ... anyway ... he came in and asked wislat? ... then he saw my game on the counter and his face lit up ... wislat wislat ... then the weirdest thing happened ... the clerk told him hadi a5er nus5a wil rajjal kan 7ajizha min ams ... what that's not true ... but i didn't say anything ... and kept a straight face ... eeh wallah kan 7ajizha min ams 7atta jani thalath marrat yis2al 3anha ... the guy became very sad and was like tab ana ashtareeha minno and he laughed and gave me a pat on the shoulder ... inside my head i'm thinking what if he's serious ... i could stand to make some serious profit ... but i just smiled and told him hard luck ... and he's like la 3adi ... anyway i left ... pondering what the fuck just happened ... why did the clerk lie like that ... i'll never know ... anyway i haven't played any of them ... i'm saving LA noire for the weekend tomorrow ... i did open the box set though ... it comes with a soundtrack cd ... also this cool little mask that you can use as a display decoration ... i found a picture of it online ...

torn

i'm not crazy about the revolution craze ... but i am loving these protests taking place at the "israeli" borders ... although if it weren't for the revolution they wouldn't be happening ...

victory

just finished watching game 7 of the thunder grizzlies series ... and the thunder win!!! ... and advance to face the mavericks in the conference finals ... uh oh ... they swept the lakers remember ... anyway let me bask in the glory of the win for a bit ... the game got off to a shaky start but once okc got it going they never looked back ... i was afraid they would have another second half meltdown which they had a few of during this series ... and to their credit memphis made a few solid runs at them but it was never enough ... durant with dunk after dunk after three after three ... a stellar performance from him ... harden raining the threes ... westbrook with a triple double ... btw the last player to get a triple double in a game 7 was pippen in 92 ... so kudos to westbrook ... nick collison was the unsung hero of the game ... hustling and defending randolph well ... never allowing him to take over like he's been doing all playoffs long ... wouldn't it be grand if okc made it to the finals ... durant and westbrook vs lebron and wade ... that would be terrific to watch ... anyway i'm just so glad they won ... it was a hard fought series ... they deserved to win it after that triple ot game ... game 1 against dallas is on tuesday ... i'll probably miss it since it's at 4 am local time ... oh well ... that's life ... you work so you can pay for a big tv and a jazeera subscription and then miss the games ... you can never have it all ... in closing ... i leave you with this nice sportscenter top ten ... actually it's a not top ten :)

i've been working out

and people are finally starting to notice

63 and counting

game 7

song of the day

blast from the past ... 90's music ... reminds me of 7th grade ...

syrian comment

this is the alawite flag ... something tells me france won't be intervening ...

fingers crossed

there are reports jordan might be joining the gcc ... i wonder if that will come with any privileges ... you know for someone like me ... that is a jordanian working in the gcc ... hmmm ...

chef

so apparently they have an arabic version of top chef ... i had never seen an episode of top chef before ... arabic or otherwise ... i am aware of the program though ... the only cooking show i ever watched was hell's kitchen i think ... anyway i was watching game 4 of the boston miami series ... it was a rerun i already knew miami won the game but i didn't mind ... anyway so i was flipping through the channels during a timeout ... and came across top chef ... i have to admit i stayed on the channel ... watched the entire episode ... it's lame but i was entertained ... i was surprised to see that the host of the show was none other than gibran tueini's widow ... anyway she's pretty hot ... this is her ... there's one saudi guy from jeddah on the show ... i thought he was the coolest one out of the contestants ... every time he talks to the camera he has his fingers resting on his face kind of like that famous malcolm x photo ... very laid back and cool ... i didn't care for the rest ... although the two lebanese girls were cute ... not hot ... just cute ... anyway ... it wasn't the worst thing in the world but it's not like i'm going to start following it ... i wonder when we will have an arabic bachelor show ...

song of the day

did you know that

volcanoes are actually the result of mountains becoming too happy

emotional tv

who else got a little misty eyed while watching the latest modern family episode ...

i'm just saying

have you ever tasted orange juice that has gone bad ... it tastes just like a screwdriver ... no seriously ...

bush and company

so i did some googling to see if bush has said anything about obama getting bin laden ... i couldn't find anything ... however i did find something else which i thought was interesting ... condoleeza is trying to give bush at least a share of the credit ... meanwhile ... palin wants to give bush ALL the credit ... meanwhile ... cheney is trying to downplay it as if to say it's not over so don't get too excited ... so basically i found comments for everyone except bush ... well rumsfeld too ... remember him ...

happy hour

thought of the day

i think i want to get married but first i need to find a girl who doesn't want kids either ...

song of the day

phil with a zinger

dear obama

we saw the abu ghraib photos ... i think we can handle the osama photos ...

mumblings

i don't want to push you down the stairs ... i want to push you up the wall ...

photo selection

niece number two

zeina is here :-)

obl pt. 2

you know who else was announced dead on may 1 .. hitler .. no kidding google it .. strange coincidence eh .. or is it ... hmmm ... and cue dramatic music ...

song of the day

love it ...

takin it easy

of course i think you're hot ... but it's not like i dream about you day and night ... truth is i find your personality a little lame ... also i think you're very shallow ... but damn you're fine ...

slutty reflections

a lot of guys will go for a slutty girl just to get some action nothing more nothing less ... but i tend to be put off by the fact that she is a slut ... somehow it renders any action you might get worthless ... actually worthless or not is debatable ... but beautiful or not isn't ... it's downright nasty ... always ...

obl

i mean come on ... even the official story sounds like a conspiracy theory ... anyway ... so does this mean the US will be getting the fuck out of afghanistan ... i mean mission accomplished right?