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[11 Mar 2009|06:41pm] |
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everyone should get one.
i saw a bunch of bananas in my kitchen close to rotting.
checked allrecipes on my phone for banana bread recipes.
found eleven, picked the first one that popped up.
checked ingredients- had them all SCORE!
put on this american life, downloaded earlier this morning.
rerun! played the new grizzly bear which i love
(THANKS LOLO!)
the recipe called for 1/4 c butter. how many tsps is that?
googled it.
mixed it together. if the phone had an imixer, would've used it.
put the goods in the oven.
set the timer (obv on the phone).
checked my e-mail. something's happening at hotti biscotti.
this place is nearby, ive heard a lot about it but never went in.
yelped it.
not my scene- but maybe later. e-mail sent.
& now i await for my banana bread to finish baking. i should sell this post to apple.
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| reflections on a suburban morning |
[04 May 2008|08:37am] |
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so this past year of my life: absolutely unstable.
i was traveling, adjusting, elating&depressing, experimenting, writing, writing without reading, writing and obsessing, laughing, hiding, sneaking, checking, & guessing, planning, coordinating, praying, regrouping, and most of the time anticipating.
but you know what, for a while: curb your anticipation.
the 25th anniversary party is over (and pummeled my brother & i into instant indian-community stardom.)
& i'm going to graduate next month! (i'll be diligently working on my thesis till then)
it's been a weird year. hello, 24!
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| good chicago fun |
[21 Apr 2008|11:39pm] |
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tonite i decided to give up on school for a night. i also decided to give up on feeling sick. i've had this cough. a very strange cough. it's been around for a solid month now, but very discrete at times, at other times completely absent. well, it came back in full force over the weekend, along with annoying body chills and a slight fever.
anyways, i gave up on everything tonite, including the whatever cold, and joined some friends at wrigley field to watch the cubs whop the mets 7-1. it did not involve school in the least! what a relief. it made my night. and then i got home and steve gave me a hug. it can't get any better!
i'm getting bored with social internet-ing. is anyone else feeling this way? the only reason i'm on myspace these days is for jessica, ariels' and steve g's bulletin surveys. and lately, jessica nor steve have been posting. so that leaves muriels. which, i mean, she could e-mail those to me. or we could go over them via question/answer format over the phone. i think i'm going to delete that account real soon.
i can't get rid of livejournal, though. too many years of myself to give up by clicking a button. speaking of which, more of my friends should post! it's a nice way to keep in touch.
tomorrow i babysit a little guy, who i hope doesn't cry the whole time, find me a bike, and get my hurr cut.
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[01 Mar 2008|04:27am] |
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i'm getting ahead of myself.
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[25 Feb 2008|09:26pm] |
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my brother and i are throwing my parents a surprise 25th wedding anniversary. it's like planning a wedding. at least 150 are invited, we've booked an AWESOME banquet hall in the suburbs... basically, money is constantly in need right now. more so than ever.
i created a budget for myself, and to my surprise, all i can do for the next two months (party in may) is pay rent, pay utilities, eat minimally, go to the Y, put gas in my car, and pay for my phone. how sad. i don't know how groceries will factor into this equation. not to mention going out! which i loooove to do. especially cuz spring is approaching and my time at the chicago school is coming to an end and everyone wants to go out all the fucking time.
eh, no biggie. the party will be totally WORTH IT!!!! well it better, at least.
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| i love this story |
[19 Feb 2008|12:41pm] |
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One of B.F. Skinner's graduate students told him about some rat in the laboratory who was not lever-pressing the way a rat "should" on a particular reinforcement schedule. to this, skinner replied back.
"my book is wrong. the rat is right. that's why he's in the experiment."
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| with time to spare... |
[14 Feb 2008|09:15am] |
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so last night, i stayed up late working on a paper, couldn't handle it anymore and decided to wake up at 6:30 this morning to finish it. woke up, started writing the paper and was buggin' cuz 8:15 rolled around and i needed to be at school by 9 to make it for class.
i'm like, running on the slip and slide sidewalks of chicago trying to make it to class on time. get to school at 9:05 and print out my paper real quick almost mauling the tower computer i was using in the process. go two doors down to see NO ONE in the classroom. so then i'm like, duh class is on the 5th floor, not 6th... i'm going to be SO late.
i'm sweating now. get to the fifth, and realize that no, class is DEFINITELY on the sixth floor (i had to open up my notebook to verify, like a junior high student on the first day of class). get back to the sixth floor, and yeah, no one is still there. i go to the computer room again, thinking class is canceled. check my e-mail and nothing there.
call some kids from class & no one is picking up. finally, missy picks up and i'm all IS CLASS CANCELED????
and she's like, iiii don't think soo.... to which i reply, "then why aren't you in class??!"
and yeah. she goes, "cuz class starts at 10?"
damn. and this is a month into the semester. & now i have forty minutes to kill.
this has been an authentic peek into the everyday life that is imran, over and out.
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[10 Feb 2008|06:52pm] |
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I MISS KARACHI.
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[12 Jan 2008|11:14pm] |
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i had to do the most awful thing today after getting back from a poverty-stricken country just yesterday: i had to clean out my parent's fridge, which was taken over for the past month by farhan & all of his meals that he forgot to eat.
this happens, leftovers get put in the fridge, grow mold and never get eaten again. but i'm talking about an entire garbage bag full of food was thrown out today, people.
traveling always changes a person, especially when you are not seen as a tourist, but as a temporary resident. riding around the streets of hyderbad, no one could distinguish me as an american and that was really cool. i got to soak in the culture that way & feel 100 % indian for the first time in my life.
throwing away all that food today helped me reach my first ever new year's resolution. i'm not big on these things because a NEW YEAR'S goal is too large and abstract, which is why everyone forgets about it two weeks into january. but ANYWAYS. i have a new year's resolution this year, and it is to never waste food. yes, while many of us have set goals to shed some weight in 2008, i will try my hardest to pack in as much food as possible. well, at least as much is on my plate.
and while we're on this topic, i want to look more into food co-ops around chicago. why are they all in hyde park? oh wait! i heard before i left for arkansas that one is opening up in logan square. i should call dave sacks.
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[27 Oct 2007|12:28am] |
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i've been in arkansas for a month and a half or so now, another month and a half left and i get back to my normal routine.
i guess i'm just good at adjusting. because although i miss home a bunch, i'm still doing well here. the other night, a couple who i've become friends with got four new chickens. this makes five chickens and a rooster for them. we went over to their house in the BOONIES and i chased chickens around. i'm seriously considering buying land in the south just to have it. i'm not sure what i want to do with it yet, but i know i want some. it's too cheap to pass up. and really, every man needs his acre of land, i've decided.
with that being said, i still can't wait to get back into the hustle and bustle of chicago.
i miss a late night, freezing while waiting for the train to arrive. people with androgynous hobbies. here mostly, the girls like to cook- and the guys like to go a huntin'. family. apartments with narrow hallways. riding my bike. MY LITTLE BART. muslims. going to shows and movies. walking everywhere. porches. coffee shops. dance parties. all my amigos. devon avenue. this is really what home is for me.
i can say that i get pangs of homesickness every now and then here. typically whenever i'm listening to certain albums that have become synonymous with my chicago lifestyle.
still, until i get back. there are plenty more horses to ride and chickens to chase around.
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[02 Oct 2007|01:05am] |
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of all shows, chk chk chk & the field are playing in little rock this wednesday. i haven't been so excited to go to a show since i was in high school.
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| ticket to bollywood |
[21 Aug 2007|10:05am] |
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CONFIRMED: tickets to pakistan & india. december 13 - january 10. straight outta arkansas. sometimes i love my life even more than i normally do. HOLLA.
i haven't been there since THIRD GRADE.
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| introducing raaed |
[09 Aug 2007|01:19am] |
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HE'S SO SMALL.
me & raaed, my sleep a lot nephew. you can now call me imran chacha.
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| imran's subletting his apartment |
[28 Jul 2007|04:06pm] |
i'm subletting my apartment. does anyone know someone cool looking for an apartment in chicago from sept-jan?
here are some pics. keep your eyes open for potential candidates, my chicago friends!
if you end up finding me the right subletter, i'll take you out to dinner or something. or maybe you'll win a cruise! see? now it's like a contest. how motivating.
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| i leave in a month! |
[27 Jul 2007|11:49pm] |
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GOOD NEWS!!
everything is figured out with the arkansas mishap, no thanks to them. but whatever, i'm still going, and i have a place to live, and i'll be supervised so that's all what is important.
hopefully, that's all behind me now. upwards & onwards.
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[23 Jul 2007|06:34pm] |
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CONCERNS
-not finding supervision from a bcba in arkansas.
-if i do end up going, not having a place to stay (THIS is a whole new issue. the reason dr. mozzoni left without taking care of me was because he thought i backed out from going to timber ridge, because my program director allegedly NEVER TURNED IN MY PAPERWORK). THIS means, even if i'll find supervision and go there, they have to find intern housing for me, which may possibly already be filled up.
-not going to arkansas &
--having the past semester's hard work and effort amount to nothing.
--having to restructure my thesis so it no longer involves traumatic brain injury.
--having a really shitty schedule in the fall. because i thought while scheduling for classes that they would all be online, i did not consider taking classes that all lined up. so now i'm enrolled in class every day each at different times in the day.
--having to stay longer at the chicago education project. no, i would never.
--this means i have to find a new practicum. that pays.
--not getting the kind of neurobehavior experience i was looking for to make my phd applications stand out.
STUFF THAT MAKES ME LAUGH
-how sad i am right now.
-how i can't think of anything but my piss poor situation.
-how i may not last any longer at home. i'm home for my mom's gall bladder surgery tomorrow and to help my brother move. i'm just losing my patience.
-but at the same time THANK GOD for my family.
-they have been such strong support. & anny, too. who hung out with me on saturday night.
-today at work i walked into a wall.
-the stress from this all has given me a stiff neck and im having to turn my whole body around to see something just to my left or right.
-i can't believe i'm working so hard to leave chicago for ARKANSAS! what the fuck.
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| all zombie like |
[21 Jul 2007|11:42pm] |
i have been fucked over, my friends. & it feels awful. just one phone call and so much disaster. i never saw this coming.
now my practicum, plans for the fall semester, thesis, the phD application process, and my bcba supervision hours, among many other things are in complete disarray. i may not go to arkansas in the fall. none of it is my fault, and there's very little i can do to fix the problem. i put SO much work into bagging this internship, and it may manifest into nothing.
SIGH.
no one will understand the extent of my worries and unhappiness right now.
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[17 Jul 2007|08:16pm] |
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my cousin, shahd, is getting married in india in december.
chances are VERY LIKELY that i will be attending, right after my stint in arkansas.
JOY.
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| it is what it is |
[12 Jul 2007|09:02pm] |
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CONQUEST
HE WAS OUT TO MAKE A CONQUEST
DIDN'T CARE WHAT HARM WAS DONE
JUST AS LONG AS HE WON THE PRIZE
conquest
she was just another conquest
didn't care whose heart was broke
love to him was a joke
'til he looked into her eyes
and then in the strange way things happen
the roles were reversed from that day
the hunted became the huntress
the hunter became the prey
conquest
now you know who made the conquest
she, with all her female guile
led him helpless down the aisle
she had finally made a conquest
and then in the strange way things happen
the roles were reversed from that day
the hunted became the huntress
the hunter became the prey
conquest
now you know who made the conquest
she, with all her female guile
led him helpless down the aisle
she had finally made a conquest
CONQUEST
yeahhh!! the new white stripes is gooooood.
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