First things first.  Don't watch Alexander.  Under any circumstances.  Any.  If it's your dying aunt's last wish, tell her to enjoy watching it alone.  It was unbelievably, extraordinarily, mind-bogglingly, death defyingly fucking awful.  To be honest, I'm probably understating its quality.  Oliver Stone spent 15 years and 150 million dollars ( Read more... )

It has been over 48 hours since I replied to the BBC producer’s email declaring my enthusiasm toward the unpaid position.  My mom thinks now that he knows he has me he’s playing it cool.  I don’t see why he would.  I’m sure he’s busy.  The result is that I’m, to rework a Joe analogy, acting like an adolescent boy waiting to hear from a girl he has ( Read more... )

Hello kiddies,

It's been a while and for that I apologize.  However I do have some news to relate.

On Friday we ate at this place right beside us called The Marina.  Its essentially a bunch of high rise buildings around a man made body of water and contains a boardwalk, dock for sexy yachts, and a bunch of nice restaurants.  We ate at Johnny ( Read more... )

Today, boys and girls, will be a good post.  It will be educational, good natured, and as always - ripe with dry humour.  So allow me to start the festivities, if you would.

To start with, I had my Arabic lesson at the regular time.  In an unquestioningly conciliatory move my teacher wore an even lower cut shirt than usual (rhymes with ripple, ( Read more... )

Today was entirely useless.  I didn't call Nima, which means I lied to you livejournal. And to all my faithful readers.  Thats positive though.  It means I'm feeling more comfortable with my live journal.  I shall call though, mark my words, by the end of this week.  I wonder if I'm putting off because I have a strong feeling I didn't get the job ( Read more... )

The day I took off from posting on here was well earned I think.  I went through several straight days of multiple postings and lets not carried away people :)

The Arabic continues to go well.  I had a substitute teacher today and I think I liked her over my regular teacher.  The teacher I typically have has real nice headlights which she likes ( Read more... )

Today went by alright. The arabic lesson went better than expected as I seem to have retained almost all. I then did my work out and got this Brit to spot me ( Read more... )

I unfortunately woke up too late to be able to go to the beach. My mother said that she would be willing to go at 8:30 and I woke up at 9. Cuz I’m an inconceivable bastard ( Read more... )

I've started re-reading a couple of the Chronicles of Narnia series.  I judge it to be one of the greatest series of all time, with eternal truths, beautiful yet simplistic prose (" ' You see,' said Aslan, 'They will not led us help them.  They have chosen cunning instead of belief.  Their prison is only in their own minds, yet they are in that ( Read more... )

As I described in my user info, Dubai is seeking to become a world reknown tourist  destination.  Under the vision of Sheikh Mohammed, the Crown Prince of this Emirate, they wish to become increasingly less dependent on oil, with a projected 10 million tourists a year by 2010.  To attract these visitors Dubai has done a number of things to make ( Read more... )