The Coffeehouse

Numbers 3-10 of Zahra's tag! Weird stuff...

3) I read magazines from the back to front. That is, I start at the last pages, and work my way to the beginning. I'm not sure why, but I also discovered my mom reads them this way too.

4) I very much dislike people watching TV with me. I feel like it's a private thing. And I absolutely hate when I'm in the middle of the show, and someone joins me and expects me to fill them in on what's happening. I don't mind joining other people in the TV room, but if I start a show or movie alone, I expect to finish it alone.

5) Before I open a can of pop (rarely) I tap the top. I read or heard somewhere that it prevents the pop from erupting incase it's been shaken. Is this true? I dunno, it's a habit.

6) In highschool, I loved watching fights...sorry.

7) I wear my watch on my right hand.

8) Holy moly

9) this is harder

10) than I thought...

Can I be excused from listing the last three? Pwetty pweeese.

...of that tag.

I don't like sleeping.

Okay, when I'm really tired, I LOVE sleeping, but I hate the fact that we need sleep. I'd rather we humans have the ability to stay awake and not be tired. Because there are lots of things that are such a waste of time to do during the day. Like cleaning one's room. Or doing one's homework. Or chores. Or many of the other tedious things that use up precious daytime. And there's so much to do and see both during the day and at night, why would anyone want to sleep? Why are we programmed to need sleep?!

A friend told me that we need sleep because it allows us to store our short-term memory as long-term memory, and therefore if we don't sleep, we won't remember much. Can anyone verify this?

Maybe this dislike of sleep is what has influenced by coffee infatuation, and the desire to stay awake all the time fuels my coffee consumption. Hmm...

They're red and I love them. But that's besides the point.

FG is an amazing writer. I'm always waiting for the day when some publisher discovers her blog and offers her a book deal. I remember stumbling across her blog (back when it was at blog.com) by clicking on the "Random Blog" link at the bottom of my sidebar. The blog was all a hush-hush secret back then, and look how it has blossomed and bloomed!

And well, she's given me the Thinking Blogger Award, which I humbly accept :)

The rules say I must choose 5 bloggers who make me think (I only got 2, is that okay?):

Omar 2 Cents: Your blog was one of the very first blogs I stumbled upon, and one of the few I continued reading. Maybe it was because we come from similar backgrounds. I'm pretty sure though it was also because you always brought up controversial issues that raise a lot of questions regarding religion, culture and politics. Critical thinking required!

Zahra aka Digital Nomad & Jawharah aka Digital Jewel: I usually read my daily blogs at night, after I'm done with school, work, chores. Usually, I'm pretty tired by this time, ready to give up on a bunch of things, and ready to hide under the covers from others. I love the daily reminders that tie in religion, they always ground me, and make me reassess my priorities, and sometimes my behaviour! Makes for a better next-day and I no longer want to hide under the covers. 

I would also tag Abed, but he's already received this award ;)

And now, to those I tag:

I know I asked for snow. I asked for sweaters, and mittens, and scarfs, and snowboots. But I did not, I repeat, did NOT, sign up for the cold. That wasn't part of the deal, it was just supposed to be snow. Snow and blue skies.

It's so coooooold. With the windchill, it's been below -20s, and today, I couldn't find my gloves.

My gloves.
My gloves, my gloves, my gloves,
My gloves, my gloves, my gloves,
My lovely winter gloves,
Check it out!

Here is my book tag from Abed:

The rules are: Grab the book closest to you, Open to page 123-Scroll down to the 5th sentence, post the text of next 3 sentences on your blog-Name of the book and the author, Tag 3 people.

Answer:

Although the federal EA process still has the natural environment as its primary focus, given the definition of environment in the Act, proponents are directed to consider social impacts. Environment is meant to mean 'the components of the Earth' and to include '(a) land, water and air, including all layers of the atmosphere, (b) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms, and (c) the interacting natural systems that include components referred to in (a) and (b) while environmental effects are to include "any effect of any such change on health and socio-economic conditions"' (CEAA 1992, 2(1)).

In practice, the environmental effects of a federal project should include changes in the biophysical environment caused by the project, as well as 'certain effects that flow directly from those changes, including effects on.....

- From Kevin S. Hanna (Ed.) Environmental Impact Assessment: Practice and Participation

So technically, those weren't 3 sentences, but is it my fault I get the longest sentences in history?! The third sentence continues into a list. And Abed, I really must thank you for this tag, because honestly, this is the first time I've read anything in this book, and it's a required text for one of my classes, AND I had a test today for that course, and I just studied my notes....

And 10 Things You Didn't Know About Me from Digital Nomad:

1) I make the bestest Cherry Cheesecake ever. (It's actually Mom's recipe)

2) I was born in Kuwait.

3) I went to three different highschools.

4) I had my adenoids taken out when I was 5 years old. (You were dying to know that)

5) I hate lentil soup.

6) My two favourite childhood teddy bears were called Bunzwella and Bunny Joe (B.J. for short). Bunzwella actually went through several name changes including Sara and possibly Barbie. They're both packed somewhere in the basement.

7) I started another part-time job at Virgin Mobile. (Is this weird? An Arab guy and his friend approached me needing help sending a ringtone from one cellphone to the next via Bluetooth, and they didn't know you had to turn on Bluetooth in both phones....)

8) I ate a champagne flavoured jelly-bean when I was younger, and it said "natural flavours" on the box, and I freaked out. (Because as a Muslim, alcohol is prohibited)

9) I have an e-crush on this guy.

10) I dissected a cat in biology class.

Tagged again by DN! I must say though, this one was a hard one for me to do...eek.

 Seven Things I want to do in life:

1. Start a revolution!
   
2. Clean my room
   
3. Travel
   
4. Read the whole Qur'an
   
5. Open a coffeeshop
6. Live/work in Palestine
   
7. Learn Hebrew
   

Seven Things I can do:

1. Hold a grudge
   
2. Dabke
3. Intimidate people (so they tell me!)
4. Take decent looking photos
5. [I don't
6. know what else
   
7. I can do?]
   

Seven Things I can’t do:

1. Forgive and forget.
   
2. Figure out 12 Monkeys, I thought I understood it once, then I got confused again.
   
3. Eat "foole" (flava beans)
   
4. Eat lentil soup
   
5. Be a party to oppression (stole that from you DN, but it's very wise)
6. Study for more than 10 minutes at a time, I get so easily distracted. Or I fall asleep.
7. Throw out old magazines
   

Seven things I say the most:

1. Yallah!
2. Vayamos (Spanish for "let's go")
   
3. Niiice
4. Coffee
   
5. Oh yeaaa
   
6. [Honestly, I can't
7. think of anything else :( ]

Seven Things that attract me to the opposite sex:

My French professor actually asked me this during my French oral exam. I had to reply in French of course. Je préfère un homme... 

1. socialiste
2. religieux
3. humaniste
4. travailleur (hard-working)
5. individualiste
6. idealiste
7. drôle (funny)
   

Also, the mandatory tall, dark, and handsome!

Seven Celebrity Crushes:

1. George Clooney
2. Johnny Depp
3. Hugh Jackman
4. Matt Dillon (only when he was in The Outsiders)
5. Harrison Ford
6. Denzel Washington
7. Tom Welling

This is the second time I've ever been tagged, thank you Digital Niqabi!

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Height: 5'3-ish

Color: In coffee terms, double-double. Or maybe one cream, two sugars. Okay, my make-up foundation says "fawn" (?!). But it actually differs from one season to the next, I become like 3 shades darker in the summer :D

Piercing: 1 per ear. When I was still in me teens (not THAT long ago!) I would've gotten a nose ring, an eyebrow ring, and a couple of more on my ear if it wasn't for my parents who said I'd look like a cow and wouldn't have let my into the house. I won't look like a cow and still-kinda-sorta considering a nose ring...[NOTE: OK, funny story. Three years ago, I volunteered at a summer arts day camp for two weeks. For some reason, on the first day, I decided to put on a fake nose ring (gem-sticker kind) and it looked really REAL and really good. It stuck on well most of the time, however it proved difficult when I wanted to blow my nose or scratch it and because of this (and nobody seemed to notice the "nose ring") I wasn't planning on wearing it for the remainder of the camp. But towards the end of the first day, a couple of the campers approached me about it and started asking me "did it hurt?" and "what did your parents say?", and I flat out lied to them because I didn't want them to think I was "fake". Anyhoo, so I ended up wearing a fake nose ring for two weeks straight. It was hell.]
Tattoos: If only I could...

Right now
Time: 10:55 PM
Mood: Content
Taste: Oatmeal n'raisin cookies
Weather: Chilly, partly cloudy
Bad habit: Biting lip, not cleaning my room
Current crush: Someone unattainable, practically speaking
Biggest regret: I don't thinks I gots any, I think everything happens for a reason, and there is nothing that could've have been done to change actions or outcomes. I've definately done some stupid things though...
Perfume(s): Armani Code
Thing I want to do: Clean out junk from my computer, clean my room (right)

Favorite
TV show: I have a lot, but I can never remember to watch them. If I watch them it's the odd time I turn on the TV and happen to be lucky enough to find them on.
Book: A Million Little Pieces - James Frey, Palestine - Joe Sacco (Amazing comic book)
Non alcoholic drink: Virgin Pina Coladas, yumm.
Milk drink: Lattes, other than that, I'm not a big fan of dairy milk, but I do drink lots of soy milk.
Brand: None really
Color: Green
Emblem: I dunno?
Perfume: None
Designer: None
Chocolate: Lindt Lindor, trufffllleesss

Have I Ever
Broken the law: Probably
Misused credit card: How do you misuse a credit card? I've never maxed it out...
Skipped school: Of course, although at some schools I attended you had guards at the door who wouldn't let you out once you got in until the end of the school day
Fell asleep in the shower/bath: No
Had children: Nope
Been in love: Yes, it sucked, I don't think I'll do it again
Been hurt: Yes, that sucked too

Random
Have a job: Yes, at my university library
My CD player has what in it right now: The Underdog Project - It Doesn't Matter
If I were a crayon, the color: Umm, that dark reddish orange one.
What makes me happy: Sushi

When/What Was the Last
I got a real letter: I believe it was last summer
Got an email: A couple of hours ago
Thing I purchased: Monthly bus pass
TV program I watched: It was last weekend, I can't remember
Movie I saw in the theaters: Nacho Libre
Hugged: My sister's friend, I was just at my sister's highschool commemcment
Place I was an hour ago: My old highschool
Song heard: Habaytak Tanseet El Noum - Fairouz
Phone call: My sister
Was depressed: Two weeks ago

What Comes to Mind When I Hear
Car: Car-pooling
Murder: Bloddy knife
Cape: Superman!
Cell: A plant cell
Fun: Cotton candy, even though I hate cotton candy, that's the first thing that came to mind
Shoe: My new black pumps
Crush: Fanta
Music: Fairouz!
Love: hearts, in general
Chalk: School

I tag Abed (I know you just answered a bunch!), Omar, and I guess that's it. I don't have blog friends :(

Unless anyone wants to randomly answer this in the comments :D