March 2012
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Invictus
sospiffywhat:
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall...
February 2012
“Nice people don’t necessarily fall in love with nice people.”
– Jonathan Franzen.
nennamalik asked: I don't get the title of your blog. What exactly does it translate to? :/
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“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...”
– James Baldwin. (via menologic)
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“Six months before this thing got going, every Republican I know was saying,...”
– Ed Rollins, GOP apparatchik.
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thepoliticalnotebook replied to your photo: I.. wasn’t.. lying.. when I.. said I’ll.. make a…
I actually really really need that tutorial, Mehreen. My hair is so long yet I am such a failure at making buns.
You know what I do? I use an extra pencil and do this. I don’t have to buy a chopstick for it. A long pencil does fine or even a lengthy iron/steel pin. It’s really easy and...
Anonymous asked: What are you studying in school?
Anonymous asked: I'm not trolling but I genuinely do believe every person who believes in God HAS what it takes to become a serial killer or terrorist. It's a blind belief that can make you a horrible horrible person. That's why I generally don't like believers even if they claim to be good people. Sorry but that's just me. Hope this doesn't offend.
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Dad slipped in the bathroom at his friend’s place and got a wound on his forehead while deeply bruising his back. I just cuddled him after massaging his back while he winced and cursed his fate. I almost got teary when I first saw the dark, fresh cut near his eyebrow. He looks so frail and tired. Glad that he’s asleep right now. I’ll quote him later. For now, I just hope he gets...
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Anonymous asked: You remind me of a gorgeous version of PJ Harvey.
Anonymous asked: i wish i could take you to alaska. i feel like your skin would look so beautiful lit by the aurora borealis. it looks so beautiful.. . .. ..
Anonymous asked: I'm really sad right now. Pls cheer me up?
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“The humanist insistence on an autonomous, willful human subject capable of...”
– What It Means To Be Human by Joanna Bourke.
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On 'Monoculture'
A monoculture doesn’t mean that everyone believes exactly the same thing or acts in exactly the same way, but that we end up sharing key beliefs and assumptions that direct our lives. Because a monoculture is mostly left unarticulated until it has been displaced years later, we learn its boundaries by trial and error. We somehow come to know how the mater story goes, though no one tells us...
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“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant....”
– Albert Einstein.
One of the reasons why I place much emphasis on intuition.
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“The optimism bias protects us from accurately perceiving the pain and...”
– Excerpt from “The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain” by Tali Sharot.
This is my brain Sharot wrote about. Sadly or not, I’ll decide later.
Anonymous asked: You should get plugs. They'd look so hot on you.
Sheesh. The level of obnoxious ignorance on Tumblr when it comes to Muslim women and their choice to cover as seen by Non-Muslim men/women is so appalling and hilarious but more appalling that I am this close to turning my blog into a tutorial site on how to make hair buns out of socks.
Anonymous asked: i know so many cynics. it's just depressing sometimes. what would you say to a down putting cynical person? smh.
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“I am sure there are liberal American women in belly dancing who are critical of...”
– Belly Dancing: Arab-Face, Orientalist Feminism, and U.S. Empire, Sunaina Maira
(via mllanders) (via kawlture)
Zing.
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“Well, Diotallevi and I are planning a reform in higher education. A School of...”
– Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum. (via menologic)
Heh.
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How to Remove Your Google Search History Before... →
On March 1st, Google will implement its new, unified privacy policy, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1st as well as data it collects on you in the future. Until now, your Google Web History (your Google searches and sites visited) was cordoned off from Google’s other products. This protection was especially important because search data can reveal...
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“I think of the postmodern attitude as that of a man who loves a very cultivated...”
– Umberto Eco. (via menologic)
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Luck:
Friend: What is luck?
Me: I don't know.
Friend: Think.
Me: I really don't know.
Friend: Luck is when opportunity meets preparation. You can win this.
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There is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock. People so tired mutilated either by love or no love.
People just are not good to each other one on one. The rich are not good to the rich the poor are not good to the poor. We are afraid. Our educational system tells us that we can all be big-ass winners. It hasn’t...
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An excerpt - to you, Lahore.
fromlahorewithlove:
Below is an excerpt from a short story I once penned eons ago. It was published on Chowk, titled ‘Serenade to the Sleepless.’
Thought I’d plug it in here since it’s about Lahore:
Lahore.
Such a multifaceted city. Such an enigma.
A perfect juxtaposition of opulence and impoverishment. Pot-holes and wide, open roads. Gleaming cars and rickety rickshaws. Diamonds and glass...
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Anonymous asked: i'm assuming you're a really arrogant woman in real life. sometimes it shows through your posts. just sayin'.
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Anonymous asked: You look like a beautiful, healthy little kitten most of the times. Idk.
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“TRANSNATIONAL DESI PRIDE
“There is an unexploded land mine heart in us
under...”
– Tassja: http://irresistable-revolution.blogspot.com/2011/08/desi-pride.html (via anuraglahiri)
I want to read this loud and clear in front of everyone.
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Anonymous asked: Everyone knows how anti American you are. Fucking revoke your citizenship and go back to Pakiland.