pretty excited

i fly to khobar tomorrow to visit my folks .. we will go to visit my older brother in bahrain .. my other brother is flying in from abu dhabi .. and then there are my two younger brothers who still live with my parents .. it will be the first time all of us are in the same room since forever .. like two years almost .. plus i will get to see my older brother's daughter for the first time .. and my other brother's daughter for the second time ..

i want to make this into a poster

this picture is awesome for two reasons ..
one because it just is .. and second because that's eddie vedder ..

despite

i was at subway .. and this guy was telling them what he wants on his sandwiches .. that's plural .. sandwicheS .. i guess he was ordering for his whole family because he had ordered like seven sandwiches .. so anyway .. he seemed to be saudi but he spoke good english .. i mean the accent wasn't that bad .. but here is the thing .. when the guy asked him what he wanted on one of the sandwiches .. he said .. everything despite the chili pepper and onions .. which i thought was a strange way of phrasing it .. despite .. don't you mean except .. or but .. i mean it's like the chili pepper and the onions don't want him to put everything on his sandwich .. but he's doing it anyway despite them .. so anyway i just thought it was funny .. i didn't say anything though ..

mumblings

it's a miracle i'm still alive considering the way that i drive .. and yes i am trying to jinx myself .. by the way that first part rhymed ..

se7en

well it's almost twenty years old but i finally saw it .. yeah i have a bunch of those in my collection .. that is movies everyone else has seen but me .. inception comes to mind .. anyway i'll get around to them sooner or later ..
back to se7en though .. i can see why it is such a classic .. it really is a great movie .. morgan freeman and brad pitt play two detectives investigating a string of serial killings that have a theme .. that theme being the seven deadly sins .. when they first talk to the killer it is over the phone .. and as i heard him speak i said that is kevin spacey .. and sure enough i was right .. so i deserve a cookie for that .. anyway .. some major twists towards the end of the movie .. 10/10 ..

the joneses

the joneses is a movie with a very interesting concept .. but very poor execution .. the joneses are a fake family .. that is they are not really family .. they are actors playing a family .. they work for an advertising company that pays them to do so .. they move into the suburbs and pretend to be this perfect family so people around them can strive to emulate them .. what is known in marketing terminology as being an opinion leader .. but of course this is all just a facade .. and beneath that perfect surface they have their own drama to deal with just like any normal family .. no matter how hard they try to hide it .. like i said .. great concept .. poor execution .. david duchovny and demi moore play the mother and father .. while amber heard plays the daughter .. and some guy i never heard of plays the son .. could've been better .. 6.5/10 ..

ramadaniyat

i went to makka with a couple of people from work the day before yesterday .. we got there as isha prayer was starting .. it was hot and crowded .. but i don't regret going .. it really was crowded though .. a bit overwhelming really .. you never see so many people in one place in your life ..

i'm just saying

what happened in libya was regime change .. period .. way too soon to start throwing the word freedom around .. way way too soon ..

$0.02

so there is kind of a debate surrounding libya .. was it or wasn't it ok to ask for nato's help .. i personally feel it wasn't .. i feel that nato's involvement defeats the whole purpose .. but let me put it this way .. i hate qathafi .. but i hate nato more ..

once upon a time

me: you and i are so different though .. we're like from different worlds .. i mean your family is so rich

her: what my family is not rich

me: look maybe compared to the rest of your parents friends you guys are not considered rich .. but compared to my family you guys are fucking rich

cartman would approve

An Arsenal football club fan website has drawn harsh criticism from anti-racism campaigners for using the Star of David to indicate which members have donated the least to the site, Britain's Jewish Chronicle newspaper reported Thursday.
The Arsenal fan forum, “We are the Herd”, has more than 1,000 members, and mandates that each member must donate money if they wish to access certain parts of the site. The site automatically places Jewish stars next to the posts of members who have not given funds to the site.
"We are the Herd" states the site "isn't for the politically correct, it isn't aimed at children.”


offensive? kind of yeah .. hilarious? absolutely ..

bridesmaids

if you can recognize the girls in the photo above you can guess this movie is a comedy .. you have kristen wiig as the lead .. fellow snl alum maya rudolph .. there's erin from the office .. that one blonde chick from reno 911 .. also rose byrne who i had never heard of before but my she is beautiful .. she plays the perfect girl in the movie so .. then that fat chick in the corner .. who plays a kind of butch character .. anyway it is kind of a chick flick .. but it's produced by judd apatow .. so the humor is somewhat vulgar .. not that vulgar by apatow standards but very vulgar by chick flick standards .. all in all it is a funny movie .. basically wiig and rudolph have been best friends since forever .. and now rudolph is engaged .. but her new friend played by byrne is planning every last detail .. leaving wiig feeling a little jealous .. also wiig is feeling the sting of not having a serious relationship herself .. drama unfolds .. 8/10 ..

company iftar

in the loop

this is a brilliant comedy ... i laughed out loud so many times ... and that rarely happens when i watch a movie ... especially if i'm sober ... just kidding ... but no it really did make me laugh a lot ... it's kind of a political satire that makes fun of how politicians build a case for - or against - war ... in this case it's the british and the americans and the war is on iraq ... it's probably not a very realistic portrayal of how things went down .. but it's hilarious so who cares .. it's just one of the better comedies i've seen in a long time .. also .. i had never heard of this peter capaldi fellow before but i was mightily impressed ... his cursing abilities are second to none .. 10/10 ...

the yin and the yang

sometimes i want to write you sweet poems full of mushy crap like how your smile is a ray of sunshine ... and sometimes i want to send you dirty texts that would make satan blush ...

world's greatest dad

this is a pretty dark movie .. sort of a black comedy .. but more black than comedy .. i can't tell you what it's about without giving part of it away .. but let's just say it stars robin williams playing one of his more serious roles .. like i said i don't want to give anything away but he plays a character who has a big secret that nobody knows .. and should they find out they would realize what a liar he is .. will the truth ultimately come out in the end .. it's up to him to decide .. 9/10 ..

war made easy

a documentary narrated by sean penn that talks about how the US government utilizes the media to promote its wars .. and how often times the media willingly participates in promoting those wars .. although it only confirms what we already believe it is still very informative .. my only criticism is that the word israel never comes up ..

adibas

i travelled recently .. i didn't go to paris or anything .. i just went to khobar to visit my folks for a few days .. sort of ramadan it up .. anyway .. here's why i mention it .. i saw this guy at the airport .. his bag had the swoosh logo .. but instead of nike .. it said nice ..

end of days

so it appears that the "international community" is gearing up for some kind of military intervention in syria .. and don't get me wrong .. given the situation in syria .. the world definitely needs to interfere .. you have a peaceful revolution being brutally crushed by the army .. so that's not cool .. however .. here's the problem .. the wrong people are interfering .. and if some fool wants to equate my rejection of foreign intervention with support for bashar then so be it .. but i want to go on the record as saying that i totally and unequivocally reject it .. not that anyone gives a shit .. it's not like my opinion matters to those powers that are going to fuck this up even further .. but mark my words .. no good can come of this .. also if people think that the consequences of this operation .. should it occur .. will be limited to syria .. then they are deeply mistaken .. this is going to set the whole middle east on fire ..

mo at the movies

la confidential .. it's an old one .. but i'd never seen it .. i'd caught glimpses of it on tv before .. anyway having recently played and completed and loved the game la noire i was inspired to see it .. so i did and i was not disappointed .. it is very similar to the game .. which made it all the more enjoyable .. although it also made it all the more predictable .. well maybe predictable is not the right word .. maybe familiar is more accurate .. anyway if you haven't seen it yet please do .. 10/10 ..

the other movie is a little more recent .. bad teacher .. it's like bad santa except instead of billy bob thornton playing a bad mall santa you have cameron diaz playing a bad elementary school teacher .. so if you liked bad santa then you will like this one .. i thought it was a good comedy though it's not for everyone .. i can see some people finding it reprehensible .. and while i am not a big fan of cameron diaz .. i mean she is beautiful but i feel she has kind of a joker smile .. but what a body .. also her acting was good .. she played the role perfectly .. 7.5/10 ..

then there's another comedy that i saw .. your highness .. i guess you could say it is the stoner version of lord of the rings .. it had its moments but overall it was awful .. despite the good cast .. just a crappy movie .. 2/10 ..