Archive for the 'Thoughts' Category

On Creativity and Getting High

14Mar08

The following events took place in a creative writing class:

I made a note to bring in some ashtrays and then I rooted through the wastepaper basket for a few empty cans. Standing beneath the prominently displayed NO SMOKING sign, I distributed the cans and cast my cigarettes upon the table, encouraging my students to go […]

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On Love

09Mar08

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:

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To Do List Before You Turn 18

20Feb08

I was tagged by Dave and Kinzi, and these are the rules of this tag:
1. Post these rules before presenting your list.
2. List 6 actions or achievements you think every person should accomplish before turning 18.
3. There are no conditions on what can be included on the list.
4. At the end of your blog, choose […]

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31Jan08

If you woke up in your old room at your parent’s apartment, are you the same old you?
That was such a lame question (inspired by a “fight club” quote). I’m back in my old room at my parent’s apartment in Sharjah, two more weeks before I have to fly back to Amman. It’s such […]

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Random thoughts

01Oct07

Creepy
Some people are very active online but they creepily refuse to do anything similar offline. For example, they’d talk to you, they’d even get very personal with you but for a weird reason, they don’t want to meet you or anyone they know online. I bet all of us know at least one person who’s […]

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Naiveness, Simplicity, Unsophistication

25Aug07

“And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
- The Kite Runner
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Ethical or not

18Jul07

Sometimes I wonder how ethical it is to be ethical with unethical people. Is it OK to lie to a liar? steal from a thief for example? be a jerk when you’re dealing with bastards? is it OK to sink just as low?
And if you don’t, and you act morally, is that right? aren’t you […]

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Just like in the movies

23Oct06

So, why are things so different in real life, why should everything be so complicated yet very predictable if we allow ourselves to think about it? the only surprises are bad ones, and this is probably why they surprise us; because they are bad, and our poor brains just block every negative -even if logical- […]

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Leap!

06Jul06

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13Jun06

“!لـكـل داء دواء يـسـتـطـب بــه الا الـحـماقـــة أعــيت مــن يداويــها”
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