i'm confused. i had signed up for intro to fiction to fulfill an area 2 class, but i really wanted africana studies. so because i'm kind of slow, i decided to attend an animal anatomy class instead. and now my advisor/professor has pulled a fast one on me by kind of convincing me that i should be in his (dont even ask me to describe it, because ( Read more... )

can someone please tell me why i get headaches almost on a daily basis now? usually just left side. it seems like lots of things might trigger it. smells, foods?, i dont even know. they usually occur later in the day. ouch.

awww, i miss my posting madness. i guess i'm back to it ( Read more... )

yes i know; i'm a loud-mouth. but i have to say it. my msa is pretty tight with the community here in blacksburg, via the ol' masjid. so we're all one big family with a shared e-mail listserv. sometimes you get e-mails about deaths, marriages, etc. but the most amusing ones are for births. *without fail* the email will go something like this ( Read more... )

yep, back at school. and too tired to kick myself. because if i had gotten my act together sophomore year, i wouldve been able to *easily* graduate a year early. like, in a few months. ifs, ands, and buts. you know? i took 2 unnecessary classes last semester. one because i'm stupid and the other for kicks. go figure ( Read more... )

when it comes to planning and the future, i like to keep my head stuck in the clouds. maybe it's nonchalance, maybe it's fear. i really don't know. but i'm not dumb (mostly), and i know reality pretty well. i like to treat it with a lot of sarcasm, which is probably another defense mechanism ( Read more... )

note to self: create (preferably coherent) post about The Future.

(feel free to wonder in awe)

which car to i get to take back to campus? the ol' truck? the (still old) van? if the van, that means abu (who has already shelled out several hundred dollars in making repairs on it) needs to go get the title (which the original owners lost) and register it. but i love my truck. but i like 6 seats in a car. but...can i have both? my truck ( Read more... )

a movie i just watched got me thinking about Grotesque. to spare you a spoiler, i'll just say that there was a suicide. it wasn't graphic- in fact, it didn't even show the body. it was very poetic, however. anyway, i got to thinking how much i *dont* like being grossed out, scared, or given the chills by any movie or book. what is this ( Read more... )

i kinda forgot how cool libraries are. because today when i walked in with the boys, i found the cooking section and kinda went nuts. i mean, i got a little over-enthusiastic. and came home with 20 or so books. my favorite is nigella lawsons, just because i imagine her brit accent in the writing (not for the actual recipes). i also got a ( Read more... )