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| Stop the world. I want to get off. |
| 01.17.04 (7:24 pm) [edit] |
Well, another year is upon us in full swing. I've pretty much settled into my routine, and things are OK.
Business is picking up at the office. Pachyderm and all of my republican organizations are back in swing, I'm having my first girl scout meeting on Monday (I'm a leader), and College Republicans starts back on Wednesday (I'm their sponsor).
I'll write more when I have more to say.
Until next time.....
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| Should old acquaintance be forgot.... |
| 12.31.03 (6:15 am) [edit] |
Hello all. It has been a while since my last blog, and for that I apologize. The truth is that I have actullay been putting this off.
With the stress of the holidays, family, returning to work, and finally, trying to organize meeting schedules for my civic and political organizations for the upcoming year, my brain is fried. So basically, what I'm trying to say is that my lack of blogging is basically caused by the fact that I have nothing intelligent to say right now.
I'll be back in a few days.
Ray
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| Read of the week |
| 12.20.03 (10:11 pm) [edit] |
This book is a few years old, but still excellent:
"How I accidentally joined the vast right-wing conspiracy and found inner peace."
by Harry Stein
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| 2003 Campus follies |
| 12.20.03 (10:10 pm) [edit] |
This fall, I sponsored a college republicans chapter at the University in my hometown. Being a former CR president, as well as the school being my alma mater, I enjoyed the experience immensely, and hope that I can continue the sponsorship next semester.
Although I thought that the CRs had a banner year (big-name speakers, record-high attendance and fundraising, and truly productive political commentary), my fellow young conservatives ran into a little snafu that I though was worthy of posting....
First, allow me to start off with a little background. The school is Lee University. A Chrisitan, Liberal Arts College located in Cleveland, Tennessee. Student population of about 3500.
For a fundraiser in late October, the CRs (like many other campus groups) decided to hold a bake sale. But to make it unique to their cause, added a conservative twist....they made it an Affirmative Action Bake Sale. It basically worked like this:
Everyone in the group got together and made brownies. All the brownies were exactly alike, but were priced as follws:
30 cents - For White Men
25 cents - For White Women
20 cents - For Minority Men
15 cents - For Minority Women
I thought the idea was very clever, and it even made the fromt page of the campus newspaper. Unfortunately, the fundraiser caused quite a fuss when a student organization called Umoja (the black students organization) complained to the president of the University.
Now, there are several things wrong with this. First, it was funny. Take a joke, for God's sake. Seriously, I'm a minority, and a woman, and I was glad that I got my fraking brownie for half price. Second, the organization that complained, Umoja, is for black students ONLY. They not only exclude the majority, white people, they exclude everybody. Third, I know so many African-American people who are brilliant and educated that disagree with affirmative action.
Things have gotten SO out of hand....
Our nation’s education system continues to be weighted down with incidences of bias and political correctness. So in honor of these repeated acts of stupidity, I present a list of the top ten most shameful campus events in America’s education system in 2003:
10. Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA) administration officials censored a conservative student group’s flyer advertising a Young America’s Foundation organized lecture because the word “hate” was used on the flyer. The flyer in question featured the topic of guest speaker Dan Flynn’s speech, “Why the Left Hates America,” which is also the title of his book. The administration first approved the flyer then rescinded the approval after some professors purportedly complained of the use of the word “hate.” Furthermore, in a letter obtained by the Foundation, Gonzaga’s Office of Student Activities informed the conservative student group that a complaint was made against the group because some individuals felt “the Left Hates…” printed on the flyer was “discriminatory.” The letter did not identify who raised objections to the flyer.
9. Park Ridge elementary school officials in Nampa, Idaho told an 11-year-old student to stop wearing his patriotic military theme T-shirt to school. The T-shirt depicts a monument at the Fort Lewis military base in the state of Washington. It shows “Iron Mike” hoisting a rifle with a star in the background. After public pressure, school officials reversed their decision and admitted the T-shirt did not fit under the school’s policy prohibiting clothing depicting guns or gangs.
8. Students at Smith College, an all-female school in Massachusetts, voted to remove all feminine pronouns from the school constitution and replace them with gender-neutral ones. The editing of the constitution is part of an effort to make transgender students feel more welcome on the campus.
7. The president of the University of Arizona sent out a formal letter to the class of 2003 stating that tortillas will not be allowed at their commencement. Throwing tortillas is a tradition at the university’s graduation ceremony, but the university president thought the tradition was disrespectful to many of the school’s Hispanic and American Indian community members. Members of the Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs (CHSA) organization said they know the tradition is celebratory and not meant to offend.
6. A group of teachers and parents at Jefferson Elementary School in Berkeley, California is pushing to rename the school because Thomas Jefferson was a slaveholder. Supporters of the name change say that it is insensitive to leave the name of a slaveholder on a building with a large black student population.
5. A 14-year-old New Jersey student was suspended for five days for drawing a picture of a stick figure U.S. Marine shooting a Taliban fighter. School officials said the student was being punished for the drawing, that it was “highly inappropriate,” and the school took it “very seriously.” The student’s dad and step-dad are in the military.
4. The Roger Williams University (RI) administration froze funding and attacked a conservative campus organization for advocating diversity of thought through the group’s publication, The Hawk’s Right Eye. The university’s president, Roy Nirschel, sent an email to all students and faculty denouncing the paper and claiming the organization flirted with racism and “crossed seriously over the lines of propriety.” He went on to state that while the university affirms “the right of campus organizations to hold different points of view and to disagree, the university will not condone publications that create a hostile environment for our students and community” and added that the university is “too busy for hate.” Student activist Jason Mattera says the harassment by administration officials began when his group published articles in their newspaper countering attacks on Christianity, freedom of association, and diversity of thought made by two university sponsored guest speakers this fall. The guest speakers were Judy Shepard, mother of slain homosexual Matthew Shepard, and James Dale, a gay man excluded from the Boy Scouts. Shepard stated during her Welcome Week speech that “churches are damaging us as a society. They don’t allow us to grow.” Dale castigated the Boy Scouts and trivialized its right of free association.
3. A professor at Citrus College in Glendora, California forced students in her Speech 106 class, a required course, to write anti-war letters to President Bush and penalized their grades after some refused. When several students asked if they could write letters supportive of Bush’s policies instead, the professor refused and informed the students their grades would suffer if they wrote such letters. The college sanctioned the professor and apologized to the students.
2. Professor Nicholas De Genova of Columbia University stated during a six-hour university teach-in on the war in Iraq that he would like to see “a million Mogadishus”—a reference to the eighteen American soldiers who were ambushed and killed in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993.
#1. Wesleyan University in Connecticut now offers a “Gender Blind” dormitory floor for incoming students who aren’t sure what sex they are. Students who ask for the floor will have roommates appointed without regard to their sex, perceived or otherwise. The rooms will be set aside for transgender students, described as those students born with ambiguous genitalia or who don’t identify with their physical sex.
There are no words....
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| My Baby's gone, I have no friends.... |
| 12.15.03 (5:31 pm) [edit] |
....at least on tblog. My blog has been accesses around 150 times, and I'm not getting any comments.
Curious
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| How to lose a War |
| 12.15.03 (1:23 pm) [edit] |
Well, folks, things are looking up in my world. I GOT PAID!! Thank You, (insert your favorite supreme being here)!! And I am caught up at work, so I am just killing time until I get to go home.
I'm sure this is a hot button issue amongst most bloggers, but i have to address it anyway....
Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and Ba'ath (Rennaisance) party leader was captured this weekend in a "spider hole" (which was about a 6' x 8' hole) under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq (about 8 miles south of Tikrit). Needless to say, this was a great thing for the Iraqi people, as well as U.S. military forces in Iraq.
Being Arab-American, and more specifically, Iraqi-American, the first and probably most obvious thing that I did when I heard the news was to call my family and find out if they knew. Of course, the response was one of relief, and of hope for the future of Iraq.
And of course, our French friends who so vehemently opposed our involvement in Iraq, are now elated that the tyrant is now a prisoner, and are offering their congratulations as well as aid to help rebuild Iraq. They are basically saying, "We didn't want to do any of the dirty work, but now that it's over, we want to be involved so that we may rob Iraq of its oil reserves." Very nice, Jacques. Lest we forget the disaster that ensued in post-WWII Europe.
None of the Democrats has the guts to come out and demand that U.S. forces turn tail and run when the going gets tough. If only one of them had the courage to demand cowardice like a real Democrat! So instead, they stamp their feet and demand that Bush go to the United Nations. Apparently it is urgent that we replace the best fighting force in the world with an "international peacekeeping force," i.e., a task force both feared and respected worldwide for its ability to distribute powdered milk to poor children.
Inconsolable that their pleas to "work through" the U.N. did not stop Bush from invading Iraq, deposing and ultimately capturing Saddam Hussein, now all the Democrats are eager for the U.N. to get involved so it can wreck the rebuilding process. Since we didn't let the U.N. lose the war for us, the least we can do is let them screw up the peace.
The idea that we would involve those swine in the postwar occupation of Iraq is so preposterous that it's under serious consideration as next week's slogan for the Howard Dean campaign. I hesitate to raise it to the level of a serious argument by offering a rebuttal, but as luck would have it, we have two models for how to occupy a country after a war. Getting "the allies" involved is not the winning model.
After World War II, the United States ran the Japanese occupation unilaterally. Without the meddling of other nations (i.e., the French and Communist Russia), the Japanese occupation went off without a hitch. Within five years, Gen. Douglas MacArthur had imposed a constitutional democracy on Japan with a bicameral legislature, a bill of rights and an independent judiciary. Now the only trouble Japan causes is its insistence on selling good products to Americans at cheap prices.
By contrast, the German occupation was run as liberals would like to run postwar Iraq – a joint affair among "the Allies," the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union. It took 45 years to clean up the mess that created.
The Soviets bickered with the French, refusing to treat them as "allies" (on the admittedly sensible grounds that they didn't fight....sounding familiar). While plundering their zone, the Soviets refused to relinquish any territory to France. Trying to be gallant, the U.S. and British carved a French zone out of their own sectors. The Soviets then blockaded Berlin, built the Berlin Wall, and Germany was split for the next 45 years.
The British made Germany's war-torn economy worse by trying to impose socialism in their zone (as well as in their country). Predictably, economic disaster ensued. Over the next five years, the U.S. was required to spend the equivalent of about $200 billion annually in today's dollars to bail out Western Europe under the Marshall Plan. I note that there was no need for a Marshall Plan in Japan.
And the disastrous German occupation is the best-case scenario for "international peacekeeping." The less rosy picture involves the defaced corpses of American servicemen being dragged through the streets by dancing, cheering savages, as happened under "international peacekeeping" forces in Somalia in 1993. Showing that America is not a country to be toyed with, our draft-dodging, pot-smoking commander in chief responded by withdrawing our troops.
And I also point out that it was not lost on Osama bin Laden that it took only 18 soldiers dead in Somalia for the "Great Satan" to pull out.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that things are going to be rosy now that Saddam is behind bars, we have a long way to go, but if the rebuiliding process is handled correctly, it will be accomplished sooner and with better results.
I simply look forward to the day that I will be able to visit Baghdad for the first time. I want my father to be able to return to the place of his birth and show me what it was like to grow up on such a beautiful place. Yes, that's what I said, beautiful. I've ssen the pictures. My family's home in Baghdad is on the Tigris. I long to see Iraq flourish once again as it did under the reign of Faisal I, Ghazi, and Faisal II, and even when Iraq was declared a republic, under Prime Minister Abdul-Karim Qassem.
More to come....
Ray
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| I love surveys!! Although I'm not sure why.... |
| 12.12.03 (9:23 am) [edit] |
1. What is your name?
Brittany Sorayah
2. Are you happy with it?
with Sorayah, yes. With Brittany, No.
3. Are you named after anyone? No, but a friend of mine named her daughter after me a few years ago.
4. Are you a prostitute? no, that would mean I’m having sex on a regular basis
5. Your screenname:
kubba
6. Would you name a child of yours after you?
Yes
7. Then what would you name your children?
Boy: Colin, Cyril, Calvin.
Girl: Aniston, Cole, Drew, Delaney
8. If you were born a member of the opposite sex, what would your name be?
probably after my dad, Michael Munthar. Actually when I was a kid, I named my Cabbage Patch doll after my dad, and called him Junior
9. If you could switch names with a friend, who would that be?
Most of my friends are guys, so I don’t think that would work, but I love my niece’s name, Reed.
10. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do with your name constantly?
Well, my name is Sorayah, and I’ll bet that none of you reading this can pronounce it. It’s pronounced just like it’s spelled: So-RAY-ah. A lot of people just call me Ray.
11. Would you drop your last name if you became famous?
I would probably just go by my last name. It’s all people called me in high school. When I run into people now that I knew in high school, and give them my card or something to keep in touch, they stare at it for a while, and I ask, “You didn’t know my first name, did you?”
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BASICS
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12. Your gender:
Female
13. Straight/gay/bi?
Straight.
14. Single?
Like I’ve said before, it depends on what day of the week you’re asking me
15. Want to be?
I’m fairly happy with my current, complicated situation
16. Your birthdate:
08-22-1981
17. Your age:
22
18. Age you act:
about 35
19. Age you wish you were:
5 or 6, so I could be a spoiled little kid again
20. Your height:
5 foot, nothing.
21. The color of your eyes:
gray
22. Happy with it?
yes
23. The color of your hair:
I get bored with my hair quite often, so it varies. Right now I’m sporting my natural color, which is dark brown
24. Happy with it?
for now
25. Left/right/ambidextrous?
Right
26. Your living arrangement?
2 BR town house
27. Your family:
mom, dad, 2 adopted sisters.
28. Have any pets?
cat - Justice. dog - Leppard. hamster - Amelia
29. What's your job?
Certified Legal Assistant
30. Piercings?
ears only, I even took out my cartilage piercing
31. Tattoos?
Three, hopefully soon, one more
32. Obsessions?
Def Leppard and Tinkerbell
33. Addictions?
Coca-cola, and one that I’ll tell you about if I get to know you
35. Do you speak another language?
I’m fluent in Latin
36. Have a favorite quote?
“A man could build a thousand bridges, but if he sucks one dick, he will never be known as a bridgebuilder, but as a cocksucker.”
37. Do you have a webpage?
Not at the moment, but I’m looking into starting one
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DEEP THOUGHTS about life and you in it
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38. Do you live in the moment?
Always
39. Do you consider yourself tolerant of others?
If they are fairly intelligent, yes. If they are stupid, hell no.
40. Do you have any secrets?
Yes
41. Do you hate yourself?
Never
42. Do you like your handwriting?
Yes
43. Do you have any bad habits?
I bite my nails, and grind my teeth in my sleep
44. What is the compliment you get most from people?That I am a truly intriguing person
45. If a movie was made about your life, what would it be called?
I’m going to steal a CD title from my buddy Rob’s band, “When the Blood and the Dust settles.”
46. What's your biggest fear?
Being ordinary
47. Can you sing?
not very well
48. Do you ever pretend to be someone else just to look cool?
no
49. Are you a loner?
depends on what mood I’m in, sometimes I love being around other people, and other times I just want to be home by myself
50. What are your #1 priorities in life?
family, community, politics, career
51. If you were another person, would you be friends with you?
yes
52. Are you a daredevil?
I used to be, bit I’m more reserved now
53. Is there anything you fear or hate about yourself?Well, my plastic surgeon has done wonders, but I would still like to get my chin fixed.
54. Are you passive or aggressive?
very aggressive
55. Have you got a journal?
I kept a journal when I was younger, but I don’t know what happened to it, but I guess you could consider my blog a journal
56. What is your greatest strength and weakness?Strength- intelligence, and drive
Weakness- I am too trusting of people sometimes.
57. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I can’t say....
58. There are three wells, love, beauty and creativity. Love
59. How do you vent?
kick and scream. Pitch a fit, kind of like a two year old
60. Do you think you are emotionally strong?
yes
61. Is there anything you regret doing/not doing in life?I have no regrets
62. Do you think life has been good so far? Oh yeah
63. What is the most important lesson you've learned from life?
Don’t eat the yellow snow
64. What do you like the most about your body?
my eyes, I actually love my body
65. And least?
my toes
66. Do you think you are good looking?
yes
67. Are you confident?
yes, a little too much sometimes
68. What is the fictional character you're most like?
I have no idea
70. Are you perceived wrongly?
occasionally
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71. Smoke?
no
72. Do drugs?
no
73. Read the newspaper?
yes
74. Pray?
Yes
75. Go to church?
not as often as I should, but my boss is a priest, so I delude myself that that makes up for it.
76. Talk to strangers who IM you?
I really don’t IM that much, so I don’t know if I would or not
77. Sleep with stuffed animals?
no
78. Take walks in the rain?
no. I hate rain
79. Talk to people even though you hate them?
yes. You have no choice when you’re in politics
80. Drive?
yes
81. Like to drive fast?
yes
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82. Liked your voice?
no
83. Hurt yourself?
by accident. I am rather clumsy
84. Been out of the country?
Just around the Caribbean
85. Eaten something that made other people sick?
no
88. Been in love?
yes
89. Done drugs?
no
90. Gone skinny-dipping?
of course.
91. Had a medical emergency?
yes. Several, actually. I was not a healthy child
92. Had a surgery?
yes
93. Ran away from home?
no
94. Played strip poker?
yes
95. Gotten beaten up?
no
96. Beaten someone up?
no
97. Been picked on?
Yes, when I was a kid. I was in an accident when I was young, so I was not the prettiest child, plus I was very skinny, so I had no curves. But I have had plastic surgery to correct everything, and I love running into the people who used to call me ugly in school.
98. Been on stage?
Yes
99. Been so drunk that you know you're supposed to go out on a date with someone, but you can't remember with who or when and that you faint when you look at yourself in the mirror in the morning, not to mention your breath?
yes
100. Slept outdoors?
Yes
101. Thought about suicide?
no.
102. Pulled an all-nighter?
yes
103. If yes, what is your record.
24 hours
104. Gone one day without food?
yes
105. Talked on the phone all night?
yes
106. Slept together with the opposite sex without actually having sex first (moms and daddys don't count)?
yes
107. Slept all day?
yes
108. Killed someone?
No, but I have a list of people who I wouldn’t be bothered if they met with unfortunate circumstances
109. Made out with a stranger?
No
110. Had sex with a stranger?
No, but I have had sex with someone I really hate.
111. Thought you're going crazy?
yes
112. Kissed the same sex?
yes
113. Done anything sexual with the same sex?
Yes. I thought that’s what college was supposed to be about. The sad thing is I went to a private, Christian college.
114. Been betrayed?
Yes. I hope the bastard falls on something sharp.
115. Had a dream that came true?
no
116. Broken the law?
yes
117. Met a famous person?
I got to shake hands with President George W. Bush, I’ve met loads of senators and political figures. My grandfather lives next door to Gloria Estefan, my dad took me to meet Magic Johnson when I was 7, and I randomly ran into Erika Badu at the Atlanta airport
120. Have you ever killed an animal by accident?
yes.
121. On purpose?
No
145. Told a secret you swore you wouldn't tell?
yes
146. Stolen anything?
I do have a habit of borrowing ink pens from people and forget to give them back. My favorite pen is actually one I “borrowed” from the District Attorney. Talk about irony.
147. Been on radio/TV?
yes
148. Been in a mosh-pit?
No, I am a very small person, and the last time I went to a concert (Def Leppard), all my friends would form a cocoon aroung me when people would try to crowd surf above us.
149. Had a nervous breakdown?
not completely.
150. Considered religious vocation?
actually yes. At the school where I went to aollege, they were big into telling you what your “calling” was
152. Bungee jumped?
No
153. Had a dream that kept coming back?
yes
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CLOTHES
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154. Shoe brand?
Jimmy Choo, Cole-Haan, Kenneth Cole, Doc Marten
155. Brand of clothing?
Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan,Guess, Gap, Express, The Limited, Prada, Louis Vuitton
156. Cologne/perfume?
Lucky You
157. What are you normally wearing to school/work?Suits and dresses, except for Fridays when I wear Jeans
158. How about parties?
Depends on the party. But usually a nice cocktail dress or jeans and a funky shirt
159. Wear hats?
only if they specifically coordinate with an outfit
160. Judge other people by their clothing?
sometimes
161. Wear make-up?
yes
162. Favorite place to shop?
Petite Sophisticate for work clothes, The Limited, Express, Victoria’s Secret
163. Favorite article of clothing?
My Louis Vuitton purse
164. Are you trendy?
yes
165. Would you rather wear a uniform to school?
No. We didn’t have to wear a uniform to school, but in college, girls were not allowed to wear pants, shorts or hats
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166. Believe in life on other planets?
no
167. Miracles?
Yes
168. Astrology?
For entertainment purposes
169. Magic?
I don’t know. Have you ever seen David Blaine. That guy can do some freaky things.
170. God?
yes
171. Satan?
yes
172. Santa?
For the sake of my niece and nephews
173. Ghosts?
Yes
174. Luck?
yes
175. Love at first sight?
no
176. Yin and Yang (that good can't exist without the bad)?
Wasn’t it Freud that said, “Onthe other side of attraction lies repulsion.”....or maybe that was Calvin Klein
177. Witches?
yes
178. Easter bunny?
no
179. Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever? NO. I don’t think that there is a single person on this planet that can be monogamous.
180. Believe there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
no
181. Do you wish on stars?
no
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182. Do you believe in the traditional view of Heaven and Hell?
Yes. But I keep hoping that I will be nestled somewhere in purgatory for a while.
183. Do you think God has a gender?
no
184. Do you think that science counteracts religion?
no
185. Do you believe in organized religion?
Yes
186. Where do you think we go when we die?
Like, I said before, I’m hoping that I’ll make purgatory.
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187. Do you have any gay/lesbian friends?
yes
188. Who is your best friend?
My sisters, Kim and Mary. Tim, Steve, Jen, Casey, and Kay-Kay
189. Who's the one person that knows most about you? my sister, Mary
190. What's the best advice that anyone has ever given to you?
Sometimes you have to kiss ass before you can kick it
191. Your favorite inside joke?
Bishop Robinson
192. Thing you're picked on most about?
working too much, and overdoing things
193. Who's your longest known friend?
Jen
194. Newest?
Kay-Kay
195. Shyest?
Jen
196. Funniest?
Tim
197. Sweetest?
Tim
198. Closest?
My sister, Mary
199. Weirdest?
Casey or Ethan
200. Smartest?
Steve
201. Ditziest?
Jen
202. Friends you miss being close to the most?
Cara, Jennifer
203. Last person you talked to online?
Chris
204. Who do you talk to most online?
probably Chris
205. Who are you on the phone with most?
Hands down, ny sister. We absolutely cannot make decisions without consulting each other
206. Who do you trust most?
my mom
207. Who listens to your problems?
Tim
208. Who do you fight most with?
Casey
209. Who's the nicest?
Kay-Kay
210. Who's the most outgoing?
Casey
211. Who's the best singer?
I really don’t know
212. Who's on your shit-list?
Damon, Teresa
213. Have you ever thought of having sex with a friend? yes
214. Who's your second family?
the Young Republicans
215. Do you always feel understood?
for the most part
216. Who's the loudest friend?
Kay-Kay
217. Do you trust others easily?
yes. It gets me in trouble sometimes
218. Do your friends like tacos?
yes
219. Name one person who's arms you feel safe in:
no comment
220. Do your friends know you?
The rare few
221. Friend that lives farthest away:
Cara or Chris
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222. Did you get frightened or uncomfortable seeing that as a section title?
Uh, NO.
(I don't know what happened to 223 and 224.)
225. Do you consider love a mistake?
no
226. What do you find romantic?
the usual, I guess. Flowers, surprise presents, weekend getaways
227. Turn-on?
intelligence and success. Money always helps too
228. Turn-off?
stupidity, or trailer trash
229. First kiss?
10th grade
231. If someone you had no interest in dating expressed interest in dating you, how would you feel? flattered, yet bothered at the same time, especially if they couldn’t take a hint
232. Do you prefer knowing someone before dating them or going "blind"?
Knowing them.
233. Have you ever wished it was more "socially acceptable" for a girl to ask a guy out?
yes
235. Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractive?
no
236. Do you think the opposite sex finds you good looking?
yes
237. What is best about the opposite sex?
The obvious one would have to be a penis
238. What is the worst thing about the opposite sex? they are helpless creatures that want the women that date them to take care of them like their mother
245. Do you read porn?
I didn’t think that porn was something that you “read”
246. Read the articles?
sure
247. Just the pics?
nah
248. What's the last present someone gave you?
a coffee maker
257. Are you in love?
I like to think so
258. Do you consider your significant other hot?
which one? No, just kidding. Of course I do.
264. What would you do if you were walking down the street and saw some hot girl standing on the sidewalk? probably wonder if people think that I am as pretty or prettier than her
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WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON...
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279. That haunted you?
mmm....no comment
280. You wanted to kill?
Damon and his psychotic wife
281. That you laughed at?
Tim. Because he was dressed as the cowboy from the village people
282. That laughed at you?
Tim
283. That turned you on?
I’m not going to say. I don’t want to turn my blog into a porn site.
284. You went shopping with?
My mom, Casey
285. That broke your heart?
I’m not sure....
286. To disappoint you?
Art
287. To ask you out?
some guy in prison that was trying to get Art to take his case
288. To make you cry?
I’ll limit it to someone I had lunch with last week
289. To brighten up your day?
Tim
290. That you thought about?
Upon the advice of my attorney....
291. You saw a movie with?
My niece Reed and my nephew Sutton
292. You talked to on the phone?
a client
293. You talked to through AIM?
Chris
294. You saw?
Nelly, who works for the attorney downstairs
295. You lost?
not sure
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RIGHT THIS MOMENT...
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(Once again, I appear to be missing questions. I have no idea what happened to 296 - 336)
337. Are you going out?
No
338. Will it be with your significant other?
No
339. Or some random person?
maybe. Will there be alcohol involved? ;)
340. What are you wearing right now?
Jeans and a blue sweater
341. Body-part you're touching right now:
I just blew my nose if that counts
342. What are you worried about right now?
Whether or not I’ll get paid today
343. What book are you reading?
The Art of Political War
344. What's on your mousepad?
nothing. It’s just gray
345. Use 5 words (or phrases) to describe how you're feeling right now
procrastinating, content, excited, concerned about finances, and pretty
346. Are you bored?
not really
347. Are you tired?
no. I was yesterday
348. Are you talking to anyone online?
No
349. Are you talking to anyone on the phone?
No.
350. Are you lonely or content?
content
351. Are you listening to music?
yes
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| Havin' a Holly, Jolly Christmas |
| 12.12.03 (6:45 am) [edit] |
Well, I can tell that the holidays are upon us, and in full force!! The primary reason I can tell is because.... I am BROKE!! And boy do I mean broke. And I haven't bought the first Christmas present....SIGH.
I suppose I should offer a short explanation as to why I am in this financial predicament....Since April, I have been working for my current employer. He is a solo practice attorney, so it's just him and myself in the office (and occasionally my dog comes to work with me). He is by no means a wealthy man, but does fairly well. I think it's safe to assume that anybody who charges $150 to $300 an hour makes decent money. Our system is fairly simple. When we take a new case, we get a retainer fee, which is basically like a down payment or a deposit. Then we log our time spent on each case on log sheets, and at the end of each month, calculate our total time spent on each case and send out bills. Well, here's where our problem is coming in. December is a terrible month for our business. People don't like to pay their attorney's bill for one reason or another (it's the holidays....I want my kids to have a good Christmas....Can I pay you when I get my taxes back after the first of the year), so it makes me want to scream to these people, if you don't pay us, then I don't get paid. To add to that stress, since it is the holiday season, the judges do not hold Court after the 1st week in December, so if nobody has a Court date, they're not likely to hire an attorney, so we're not getting any new cases right now, either. So that brings me to the present. I'm supposed to get paid every Friday, and if I actually get a paycheck today, it will be the first time in two weeks, and if I don't, my boss will actually owe me wages for three weeks. Now, I'm not the type of person that lives paycheck to paycheck. I have a pretty standard budget, and as soon as I get my check, I calculate what percentage of it needs to go toward bills, and I put it in a separate bank account, and I have money leftover for whatever I feel like doing with it. But, since it's been a while since I've been paid, my leftovers are close to being used up, and I'm afraid that I will have to start dipping into my bill money for necessities like gas and food. I have no idea what I'm going to do about Christmas presents. I have been weighing my options, and they aren't very good. The first one, which I prefer, is to get paid today, for this week, plus all of the back wages, and continue in a job that I love. Second option, which I don't like at all, is if I don't get paid today, don't come back to work on Monday, which is what I've been threatening Art with for the past two weeks. Then that would leave me with no money and no job. See the predicament??
Oh well, another way I can tell that the holidays are here is the schedule and Calendar juggling that I'm doing to try to fit everything in. Just this evening I have two Christmas parties I am supposed to be at. Tomorrow is another one, and next week there are three. All of which I am supposed to have either a gift or some type of food dish at, and the words "open bar" have not appeared on any of the invitations. My sister has helped me out. She has been making fudge by the truckload, which I have put into tins for a couple of these things.
So I guess in conclusion I will say this: I understand that everyone out there wants their kids to have a good Christmas, but I would like to have Christmas, period. So, go out, get drunk, do drugs, beat your spouse, and when you get arrested, give me a call.
Happy Holidays!!
Ray
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| More statistical/demographic info |
| 12.10.03 (6:03 am) [edit] |
"Borrowed" from the blog of Attorneykid (much thanks!).
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME:
[x] the Juvenile Court Judge
[x] Communism
[x] The Exorcist
THREE PEOPLE WHO MAKE ME LAUGH:
[x] My sister, Mary Elizabeth
[x] My boss, Art
[x] Jay and Silent Bob
THREE THINGS I LOVE:
[x] sex
[x] my niece and nephews
[x] the law
THREE THINGS I HATE:
[x] stupid people
[x] Attorneys that are ass holes
[x] Socialists
THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND:
[x] MEN
[x] WOMEN
[x] Why my dog likes to lick his own penis
THREE THINGS ON MY DESK:
[x] telephone
[x] lots of files that I should be working on
[x] pictures and my calendar
THREE THINGS I'M DOING RIGHT NOW:
[x] listening to Bigger than Dallas
[x] making a blog entry
[x] talking ot my sister on the phone
THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:
[x] go to Law school
[x] get married and have children I suppose
[x] be elected to public office
THREE THINGS I CAN DO:
[x] tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue
[x] sign language
[x] lots of legal type stuff
THREE THINGS I CAN'T DO:
[x] whistle
[x] sew
[x] process information very quickly
THREE BEVERAGES YOU DRINK REGULARLY:
[x] coke
[x] sweet tea (hot or iced)
[x] Mimosas for breakfast
------------RIGHT NOW------------
* Wearing: Simple brand clog type shoes, no socks, Calvin Klein Jeans, no underwear, and a Tommy Hilfiger button-down shirt
* I'm feeling: hungry
* Eating: nothing
* Drinking: nothing
* Thinking about: going to the Courthouse to see what they have to snack on
* Listening to: Bigger than Dallas
* Talking to: nobody right this second, but I had been talking to my sister on the phone
------------IN THE LAST 24 HRS------------
* Cried: no
* Worn a skirt: actually, no
* Met someone new: yes
* Cleaned your room: no
* Done laundry: no
* Driven a car: yes
------------DO YOU BELIEVE IN------------
* Yourself: yes
* Your friends: yes
* Santa Claus: I have to because my niece and nephews still do
* Tooth Fairy: not anymore, but I wish I did
* Angels: yes
* Ghosts: yes
* UFO's: no
------------FRIENDS AND LIFE------------
* Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend: depends on what day of the week you're asking me
* Like anyone?: yes
* Who have you known the longest of your friends: Jen Winner-Browder (and of course, my sisters)
* When you cried the most: It's actually a very private moment, and I don't want to discuss it
* What is the best feeling in the world: being commended for your accomplishments
* Worst Feeling: feeling like you've disappointed someone
* Who sent this to you: off someone's blog
[boxers or briefs?] neither! (I'm a girl!), but seriously, I' wearing a thong or nothing at all!
[plaid or striped?] I actually like bright, solid colors
[scream or scream2 or scream3?] When they were first relesed, I thought they were pretty good, but now, not so much
[ska or punk?] Can't say I'd listen to either if I had my choice
[salt or pepper?] salt
[okay, ok, or o.k.?] okay
[bright colors or dark colors?] bright
[tic-tacs or certs?] cinnamon gum
[sunshine or rain?] sunshine
[rain or snow?] snow
[sun or moon?] Sun
[silver or gold?] Plaitnum
[silk, cotton, or flannel sheets?] silk, or cotton if they are 300 thread count or above
[preps or freaks?] Preps
[popcorn-with or w/out butter?] with
[ketchup, mayo, mustard, or relish?] Ketchup
[shampoo+conditioner in one or separate?] separate
*if you were _______, what would you be?*
[an animal] a cat probably
[a fruit] pear
[a color] pink
[a bug] a ladybug
*short answer*
[are you smart?] I'm a genius (seriously, I have been tested, and my IQ is 156)
[do you like onions?] not at all
[what instruments can you play?] flute (I have played since I was 9), and bass guitar
[what words do you overuse?] "dammit, Art!!"
[do you like to fingerpaint?] yes, definetly
[do you sleep with socks on?] no
[are you ticklish?] not at all
[are you shy?] no way
[do you talk to yourself?] only if I'm really, really bored
[is your house 1, 2, or 3 stories] one, but my parents is two
[do you have a basement or an attic?] neither
[did you go to preschool?] no
[are you a morning person?] no
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| The Law is Reason free from Passion |
| 12.09.03 (7:12 pm) [edit] |
Well, here it is, my blog. I've never done this before, so if I bore you to tears, I will completely understand.
Well, I suppose I will start with the normal introductory info.
I am a 22 year old, single, Arab-American (half, actually. My Dad is from Baghdad, and my Mom is an American) woman who lives in a small town in Tennessee. I am a Certified Legal Assistant, and I work for a sole practitioner attorney who also happens to be an Episcopal priest. I am very active in local (republican) politics, having recently been appointed as chairman of our Pachyderm club. I attended Chattanooga State Technical Community College and Lee University. I love my job, and hope that one day soon, I will be stable enough financially that I will be able to go to law school.
I have a dog, an American Eskimo named Leppard, and a cat named Justice. They are probably the two most spoiled animals on the planet, but I absolutely adore them. I love music of all kinds, but my favorite band is DEF LEPPARD! (and here locally, a group called Bigger than Dallas).
I have a slight obsession with Tinkerbell from Peter Pan, and Tink has been one of my nicknames since childhood. I have three tattoos: the first is on my right calf. It's Tinkerbell with my name in cursive handwritind (my own) below it, the second one is the quote from Peter Pan "All it takes is faith, trust, and a little bit of Pixie Dust." in cursive handwriting (once again my own) and it wraps around my right thigh, the third one is on my lower back. It is my name in Arabic with a tribal looking design around it.
I'm not really certain why I started my own blog, I guess just to have a place to ponder or vent when I get the notion. I just hope I have something insightful to say like on many of the others I have seen.
I hope to be posting my philosophies on the mysteries of life soon.
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