Plane Cheesy Isn't So Plane-ly Cheesy

Now, I understand the pun, "Plane Cheesy". It's about planes made out of cheese....but they seriously look more like yellow submarines.

But Nobody Told Me...!!

Argh! I just found out I was quoted in The Daily Kansan and I sound so off-handish about my religion!

"Gee, I don't really celebrate anything so I guess I'll sound really secular and possibly mention that there are some list of things I'll randomly throw out to you that we Muslims celebrate in the Winter, namely forgetting one other IMPORTANT holiday called Eid al Adha!"

Now that I'm done making fun of myself, you can read the article here and make fun of me some more. The person asked a general question through facebook...of course I replied. Sheesh. Well I'm glad he included Islam in the article anyway.

You Don't?

A few days ago I got an interesting phone call from some guy claiming to be calling from Hollywood, CA who is taking surveys about what I still don't exactly know.

What made the call a bit interesting was the fact that my dad has this rule about theaters: they are evil places and only bad people go there. Well, now the rule has been negotiated to once a year (and even then I don't ask anymore for the risk of an angry glare, I just go).

Anyway, so during my time in MD I had the nice opportunity to see Blood Diamond (which was awesome and now I am a Leonardo diCaprio fan...Titanic was overrated).

The conversation between me and him went something like this:

Guy: "Hi, I'm calling from Hollywood, CA and I am wondering if I could just take a moment of your time to take a survey. I am not advertising or selling anything, I just want to ask a few questions if that is okay with you?"

Me: "Umm, sure okay."

Guy: "Great! Ok, how many times in the past two months have you been to the theater?"

Me" "Uhh, once."

Guy: "Once? Only once?"

Me: "...yes...." (Obviously at this point I was starting to feel like a loser).

Guy: "Well, ok then do you have any males that live with you between the ages of 12 and 38?"

Me: (I was thinking about saying no because that is the truth, but then I thought to save my ego, it would be better if I include some backup from back home...I mean, they are my bros, they should count).
"Yes"

Guy: "Have any of them been to a theater in the past two months?"

Me: (Ok, did he have to ask the same question?) "Uh, no."

Guy: (laughing) "No? Nobody has been to a theater in the past two months?"

Me: "Not really"

Guy: (still laughing) "Well okay, thanks for your time. Bye."

Now, did this stranger have to call me to explain how pathetic and loser-ish my life is? So what if I don't see movies until they are out on DVD? I don't need somebody to hold up a mirror to tell me that.

Le sigh.

That Winter Trip

I'm back from my trip to Maryland, but I didn't take as many pictures as I claimed I would.

But let me explain.

I took a picture of some amusing cheese crackers that were supposed to resemble airplanes. Those I can share as soon as I find it. But after that I became so caught up in everything that was going on around me that it was pretty useless of me to remember to take out the camera and take pictures of everything.

Plus I lost my book, phone and luggage in several different homes in the course of two days. That explains the state of mind I was in, obviously.

Everything is recovered though (except the book and possibly my mind), but all in all I will say that the trip was fun. I wish it was longer just so I could sit down and relax with my thoughts but mostly it was spent moving from one aunt's house to the other (and thank goodness I only had 5 of them living at one time in the area...yes, *only* five).

Despite the fact that I loved the company I was in and the places around me, I think it truly pushed my resolve that eventually I must return to the west coast. Life over there...it feels like home to me. Yes, I have lived in the Midwest longer than anywhere, but it really is the people that make up the place you come from.

Let's see where life takes me. I always believe that creating a vision in your head of where you want to be is the first step of getting where you need to. It's pretty simple, but not very many people know what they want. Which is fine...but I think it wastes time. For others it is just a nice slow journey without pressure to achieve big (possibly useless) things.

P.S. I loved Bandidas, that movie kicked major culo.