ever practice your bruce lee impression in front of the mirror?
nah. me neither.
…and in both of them there is good…
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15
Dec
08
kee-ya
i read oliver twist by charles dickens last night for the 5th time.
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i love books that rip your heart out, but stick them right back in. it’s called contrast, and we thrive off of it.
“i want s’more!” but it’s finals week and i need to shut it and get back to physics!
Set against London’s seedy backstreet slums. OLIVER TWIST is the saga of a workhouse orphan captured and thrust into a thieves’ den, where some of Dickens’ most depraved villains preside: the incorrigible Artful Dodger, the murderous bully Sikes, and the terrible Fagin, that treacherous ringleader whose grinning knavery threatens to send them all to the “ghastly gallows.” Yet at the heart of this drama is the orphan Oliver, whose unsullied goodness leads him at last to salvation.
you haven’t lived until you’ve read this book.
10
Dec
08
not everyone can be a designer
the first thing my graphic design 1 professor told us was:
you may think that the devil is in the details, but in fact it is design that is in the details. the amount of attention you give to the details of your design defines your work.
i always remember that when i am moving an image back and forth a difference of 1/12th of an inch in my work.
find out more here.
05
Dec
08
source of strength
original post: june 5th, 2007
“if only I had some strength against you, or a stong pillar to lean on”
- Lut, عليه السلام
04
Dec
08
old – interactive space
original post: june 5th, 2007.
this was at the Islamic Center in downtown Washington D.C. during the shoot some guy came over and kicked us out.
his reason? in a thick arab accent, with spittle dribbling down his beard, he yelled, “this is not islam! this is modeling, and you cannot do modeling and be a muslim!”
so we left.
03
Dec
08
5 dangerous things for kids
ever wanted to do something “dangerous” as a kid, but your parents stopped you?
Gever Tulley says that no matter what you do, kids will look for dangerous experiences, so why not expose them to danger that is under your control?
i don’t know how far the argument can be taken in either direction. what do you think?
Find out more here.
02
Dec
08
portrait
what makes a portrait?
photographs from the muslim day at six flags.
happened all over the country. this one was in d.c.
i got there at 10:45 am. no line – so i rode all of the roller coasters twice, popped a few advils to kill the headache, and then went to work.
01
Dec
08
condemning terrorism
i join my fellow muslims on the blogosphere who condemn the terrorist attacks that took place in Mumbai, India last week.
i am not accusing muslims of doing this, nor do i feel that muslims in america should rush to “apologize” for an act they did not take part in.
my condemnation stems from the islamic belief that all life is sacred, and i join the international community, muslim and non-muslim, in doing so.
if you are a blogger who also condemns these attacks please place a link to your post in the comments.
a very interesting article i found here
many times we blame our parents for how we “turned out.” but do we really think about how we are going to raise our own kids? a lot of youth at the local masjid claim that their parents don’t spoil them enough, and that they will spoil the mess out of their own kids….but is that really a good thing?
something to think about.
