new blog:
http://hijabihoodlum.hadithuna.com/
and because i'm a pack rat, this one will still exist.  and i'll probably still post in it occasionally, too. 

once, relatively recently, i was home for a weekend. i was at the masjid. and someone i know (and admire, which is rare for me to do) asked me what i was doing home, and whether i was still in school. which obviously caught me off guard, and i responded with the typical, "oh! of course!" until i realized that's not how she meant it. it took me ( Read more... )

forgive me if i've posted this before, but i remember this conversation often. setting: my house. occasion: none; parents randomly invited friends and neighbors over. who: neighbor lady who runs a flower shop. what: her grilling me on my major ( Read more... )

i think i'm slowly getting tired of posting about the mundane everyday stuff. at least for now.

i'm spending too much time and effort on thinking and observing. and i'm not a good multitasker/budgeter.

i have a chemistry exam in the morning. >:(

stupid head chemistry.

i'm sleepy. so i'm leaving my 50 pages of reading for the morning. oh, frantic skimming, how i love you ( Read more... )

hi ( Read more... )

so girls cant drive, eh? yes, it pisses me off when people say that. i'm really (i promise) not trying to be a femi-nazi when i get mad about it, either. i get mad because it's not true. i get mad because driving is just one of those things that i adore, and for people to tell me that i cant/shouldnt do it REALLY BUGS ME. an insane amount ( Read more... )

it's cool when people trust me. that's fine; i can handle secrets and personal information. i can give out advice, too. but. occasionally, i have people who kinda treat me like their personal confessional. and usually, it's guys i barely know. weird, right? well i guess it kinda makes sense, i mean, i have been called "sister" before by ( Read more... )

just about everyone says her recipes are terrible. i'm exaggerating, but i keep reading and hearing people who have tried her recipes that dislike them... a lot. but i still love her, and i love her show. you couldn't pay me to *make* her food, but i would pay to watch it. her very real passion for food is apparent and beautiful; in my opinion ( Read more... )