OMG, Mas and I almost got chupacabra-ed last night! We were in the grocery store, in the produce section, picking out mini-oranges. Mas picked up a bag of oranges and I was like, "Oh, there's some white stuff on them." So Mas picked out a different bag and, as we're inspecting it, a cloud of green dust suddenly explodes from it! Seriously! We ( Read more... )

So either I was really bored today, or I am just getting too involved in my job, but I found myself becoming engrossed in an article titled "Flavored Milk in Perspective." And I'm still on a power trip about being the one who writes the menu. The way I talk, you'd think I was the one who invented turkey sausage ( Read more... )

Today, in addition to being the second anniversary of the last time I threw up, is, of course the day for

JACKIE! GET THE POPE ON THE RED PHONE! I'VE BEEN SHOT! Quite possibly my favorite historical catchphrase ( Read more... )

I have to find a job soon, insha'Allah. Which is totally not what I want to do- the finding, that is. I'm fine with going back to work, insha'Allah, but I haaaate looking for a job. Part of my problem is that nearly every job I've looked into wants competence on various computer programs. And I'm really not good at using a computer to do anything ( Read more... )

Whoa, now! I almost let the day slip by* without wishing everyone- and I do mean everyone- Eid Mubarak!

*And if you're counting the Islamic way, I did let it slip by, since the day ends at sundown. But we just won't worry about that right now. I looked awesome today, by the way, wa masha'Allah.

Oh, my day is made! Jeopardy! just had a clue about hemorrhagic fever viruses. What is Ebola?!

Hey, uh, Ramadhan mubarak, uh, everybody.

I've decided to willfully misinterpret a friend's statement to mean that I should dress as a vegetable for a trip to the farmer's market on Saturday. I'm still debating whether to go as lettuce, a potato, or corn.

I'm leaning toward corn, since I have a proven sweet, sweet corn outfit.

So, like, three weeks after I got back from SE Asia, Ismail returned the favor and abandoned me for two weeks to attend a short course in Brazil. I was cool with it until he got back and I saw all the pão de queijo he had access to- masha'Allah! That should have been me!!Anyway, I took the opportunity, the last five days he was gone, to take a ( Read more... )

We're back! Alhamdulillah, we arrived safely, which surprised me just a tiny bit because the flight from Hong Kong to San Francisco was pretty freaking turbulent. It's hard to describe in print, but for at least 30 minutes I was pretty convinced that I was about to die, wa la hawla wa la quwatta illa billah ( Read more... )