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Sunday, April 2nd, 2006
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2:33 pm
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Currently reading, or attempting to read four books at once:
Doestoyevsky's Crime and Punishment (good, but can only be read about ten pages at a time)
Sarah Waters' Night Watch (interesting, but somewhat contrived)
A book on Body Language by someone I don't know
And "Is it me or is everything shit - the encyclopedia of modern life" - sidesplittingly funny but contains too many British references that I don't understand
Went to a wedding last week. Is it me or has everyone suddenly turned blonde? Everywhere I turned, there was a sea of blonde heads confronting me. When did everyone suddenly become of Scandanavian descent? Are people not worried about what this bleaching and dying is going to to do their hair in the next five years, because there is no protein treatment on earth that can save your hair if you dye it blonde when you are actually a brunette. High point of wedding was meeting Imran Khan, who was not blonde.
Managed to lose password to Live Journal account, and still unsure of status of Blogspot.
It's very hot and I have a summer cold which is driving me insane. I went into Park Towers mall and the air conditioning threatened to turn it into full-on pneumonia. But the city is looking beautiful, especially as I was driving back from my best friend's house in KDA late at night. The roads were nearly empty and we zipped along in the car, the buildings sort of shimmering in the darkness, lit up with fairy lights and looking magical and lonely at the same time.
current mood:  thoughtful
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| Saturday, March 25th, 2006
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9:47 am - Street Education
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There's a fantastic article in today's Dawn Young World (the newspaper for kiddies) on "Street Education". I haven't got the current URL but the Young World can be found on the web at: http://www.dawn.com/weekly/yworld/yworld.htm
I'm sure that when you read it you will be as impressed as I am. I've long said that it's education that's the key to the real revolution in our country. I'm glad that other people are willing to put in the hard work that will make this a reality.
current mood:  impressed
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| Friday, March 24th, 2006
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4:59 pm - Dispatches from The Muslim World
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1:31 pm - Smart Cookie
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Okay, I figured out how to add the web stats counter... now we're getting somewhere!
current mood:  nerdy
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1:15 pm - So far so good...
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Well, the new blog is okay, except for one problem: there's no way for me to insert a visitor stats recorder so I can see how many people actually come here. If anyone knows how to edit HTML in Livejournal please let me know...
I've been checking out the events for the World Social Forum. The event looks pretty fantastic; check out http://www.wsf2006karachi.org for a list of all activities and events. I don't think I'm going to be attending, though. Although the topics are important and relevant, I don't know what I would get out of it. I've never been a social activist; I don't go on marches, I don't sign petitions, I don't struggle for much, except maybe women's and girls' rights to education. Even then, I'm not on the front lines; writing reports for the publications department of the Sindh Education Foundation is as far as my social activism goes. Also, I have a fear of appearing to be a socialist wannabe - I don't want to go to this event just so's I can brag to people that "I was there". I don't know. I guess it's the social outcast in me that doesn't really like the idea of a huge organized event where you go and get your metaphorical tattoo to show that you're part of the tribe that "cares about the world". Do I have to go to a forum to prove that?
Don't get me wrong. I hope as many of you get to go as possible. I just don't think I'm going to be one of them. Call it early thirties' angst. God, I am so placid and bourgeois, it makes me sick, but at least I'm not one of those rich kids who wears a Che Guevara T-shirt with my designer sunglasses.
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| Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
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10:52 pm
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Okay, I have to say that I'm completely confused by the new LiveJournal format. It's not such a leap but it does tend to confuse those of us in the over thirty crowd. I have added one indulgent feature, some blue kittens that change their mood depending on how I feel.
Updates on my life
The book of short stories that I wrote is languishing in publishing house hell. Penguin India rejected me but Random House India is considering it. If all else fails I will have it published by Alhamra. We shall see.
New novel - not going all that well. I have written three chapters and can't think what should happen next to Laila the slum girl, what her last name should be, whether she should be kidnapped by the Karachi slave trade and have her hands chopped off (have you ever noticed how it's always men that have the missing limbs, never the women?? daal mein kuch kaala hai), or whether or not I even want to finish writing this goddamn book. I wish I knew what I was doing. And I wish I was writing this book because I felt like it, not because I felt obligated to do it so that people will remember who the heck I am.
Secret project - some of my close friends know what this is but I'm not at liberty to announce it publically just yet. Give me a few months.
Gym visits continue five days a week but I seem to have gained weight instead of losing it. I am cursed.
Love life - nonexistent.
Music - Matisyahu, Brokeback Mountain soundtrack (I wrote a review of this for TFT; male writers too scared to tackle this subject), Las Vegas OST, Kill Bill 1, bought Arctic Monkeys but not awfully fond of it.
Laptop.
Must have laptop.
Maybe one day when I am successful and rich.
current mood: confused
current music: Las Vegas OST - Let It Ride
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10:17 pm - First entry
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Well, here I am, a journal virgin... I've gotten this journal in order to get back to blogging after the Governmnet of Pakistan decided to block blogspot. I'm very busy these days so won't be writing this weekend, but hopefully will get back to active blogging after that.
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