when did muslims start adopting such narrowness in their interpretation of islam? i was listening to a highly sought-after lecture by a good friend of mine recently, and part of it asks the listener to imagine a scene. and if that scene cannot be imagined, they are told that there is something wrong with them. […]
give it time. i think young people, myself included, should think long and hard before deciding on a candidate to vote for in november. i won’t lie- i’ve had my obama leanings too, but i’m willing to forestall any definite decision until i get to the polls, if that’s what it takes to make an […]
there’s a fitra that i’m searching for, and i can’t find it. not here. not in this skin. not in this life. i wish ease was easier. it’s all relative, this life. depends on who you talk to. that’s why i don’t trust you. i send condolences […]
ey, vatos. my roommate is taking un clase sobre english language- essentially a linguistics course, and i’m jealous. so every once in a while i make her tell me the things she’s learning, and recently (not surprisingly) she informed me that spanish is heavily influencing ingles. which, por supuesto, makes me extremely happy. because i […]
scratch that, i want a friend who owns a few guns, who will also take me regularly to a shooting range. i went yesterday with a few people, which was fun for me. we used rifles, and there was one shotgun but i stayed away from that after i saw what it could do to […]
i know it’s fun to take pictures of stuff. things to remember. things because they look cool. but when your picture-taking consumes whatever activity it is you’re a part of- that’s overkill. i’m convinced that nowadays, pictures do much less to jog our memories than they did before. not that i’m asking for a return […]
there’s a new international foods shop in town and it’s called global foods. they’re new, so it looks like they’re having trouble stocking things consistently. but i walked in yesterday and i saw specialty cheeses that i’ve never seen before in chain shops. which yeah, that’s cool, but a fob store that […]
weighing in at (maybe) a couple of ounces, say hello to the pint sized but feisty Mojita:
once she decides to stop hating me so much (i’ve been moving her around quite a bit lately) and i can get a better shot of her, i’ll post it. when i was trying to think of names, […]