San Francisco

 

Sunrise in Tucson

 

Fun with Subtitles

 

Happy Valentines Day

This one's for my Lady:

If I had a hammer, I'd build a house for two,
And if I had a sailing ship, I'd take a trip with you,
And if I had a poets hand, I'd write a verse for thee,
And if I had the painter's touch, on canvas you'd be.

But I don't have a hammer and I dont have a ship
So I can't build your house and we can't take a trip
And I'll never be a poet, nor have the painter's grace
So I'll never write your verse, nor immortalize your face

And also I have herpes...

 

All Good Things...

Last weekend, I donated the old Toyota Corolla to Goodwill. It had been sitting happily in the parking lot of my apartment complex, catching the warm Arizona sun, living the high life, until my apartment management got jealous of its lavish lifestyle and threatened to tow it away. So I thought it was time I bid adieu to my old friend. Even though I hadn't driven it for over a year, it was still sad to watch it being loaded to the back of the tow truck. After all, it had been with our family for nearly a decade. It helped my brother, Ali and I through college. During rough times, I could always count on it to be there for me. It may not always run, but at least it was there. Every trip in it was an adventure, you never knew when the car was going to stall or when the engine will over heat. Ali had named it "Boxter", not because it ran like a Porche Boxter but basically, because it was a giant box with wheels. Yeah, that car really was special.

Goodbye old friend, we had some good times together, but then again, all good things must come to an end.


And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a Corolla in the wind
Never knowing if the engine will turn on
Or when the door will let us in

And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a college kid
Your carburetor burned out long before
Your chassis ever did

 

Priceless (Rated R)

Hee hee... its a funny MasterCard ad. It's watchable at work, but I recommend using headphones if wives/kids/bosses are around.

 

East Meets West

Maliha & Bobbee at the little engagement party that we threw on Saturday.

 

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity

This album came out before their CD "Bleed American", before anybody had ever heard of them and before songs like "The Middle" and "Sweetness" made them famous. I bought this CD not expecting much from it but I was pleasantly surprised. Though the music quality is a bit amateurish and most songs barely have any lyrics, the music is still pretty good. It's less "punkish" than their last 2 CD's so if you liked their slow songs, you will enjoy this CD. This CD is similar to that of U2's The Unforgettable Fire, really good CD but overshadowed by some of their later and more popular work.

 

Happy Groundhog Day

"You want a prediction about the weather, you're asking the wrong Phil. I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life."

(Phil Connors - Groundhog Day)

 

Freedom of Speech

In case you guys haven't been following the news recently, a lot of Muslims are pissed (so what else is new?) because a Danish newspaper held a contest to draw funny pics about the Muslim prophet (Mohammad) as a test to see how far can they push their right of free speech. Now the Muslims are telling everybody to boycott everything Danish. I saw/read all of those cartoons and though most of them were rather crappy, none of them incited hatred & I have to admit, some of them were rather hilarious.

To avoid the risk of offending my family and most of my friends, I will not divulge who I think is right or wrong, but I will say this to my Muslim audience, boycotting Danish goods is not the way to go. If they offended you, then draw cartoons about how the only contribution by the Danish to the human civilization has been butter cookies and pastry! What the Danish people did may be offensive to you, but it was well within their legal rights, and all the crying and bitching on your side is not going to make them give up their right (and there is no reason why they should either).