Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Boomerang-ing (Part II)

(read the whole post.. its cool)

* Music
i like abdelwahhab... i know thats a weird thing, but i really really think this guy is/was something.. he is a music genius... its true he has a lisp when he sings (u need to really listen in order to hear it) but his music is amazing... i used to listen to him when i was a baby so i grew to like him.. i like how he takes from different music genres and infuses it to make his own style..
Anyway, so i have this inner conviction that if i like a certain band/music that very few people tend to like, then mostly people who share this liking with me will have a lot in common with me deep down, even if it does not appear to the naked eye.. but it has to be "different" music.. just like Souad Massi.. Suzanne Vega.. and some others..

* Roger Waters & Bob Dylan
hmmmm... so in one of my Delirious moments i told Sherif (a.k.a Duke) "Bob Dylan doesnt know what he writes" (dont ask me why i said so.. no idea!).. so the other day i was listening to Desolation Row and i go like "so why are they painting the passports brown? whats the significance?".. he says mesh enti olti he doesnt know what he writes, then dont ask! so i am telling the story to Kareem, and he goes like "yanhar ethwed" (he doesnt have a lisp, he just says this phrase this way :D), so he says "yanhar ethwed.. enti olti keda 3ala Bob Dylan? enti mesh 3arfa meen Bob Dylan da ya benti? da Roger Waters bta3 amrika" so i wonder ya3ni eih keda? ommal Waters nafso men fein? he says eno men UK akeed.. so i go like "ehm.... Are Pink Floyd British?" and Kareem says yes tab3an... "you live, you learn.. at any rate, you live" ~TP

* Cigars and Red Wine
So it was K's bday last wednesday.. we went out blablabla, but before that we were meeting up on our own.. so i know this guy likes cigars. In fact i know this guy likes Maduro cigars (its a way of wrapping not a brand).. you would think knowing such information is enough for you to buy him a couple of good cigars for his birthday(only a COUPLE.. we dont want to kill him or my bank account!).. anyway so a thorough search in the Duty Free in City Stars yields nothing but disappointment since i didnt know which is which... yet, determined not to leave the shop empty handed, i get him a box of these, with Cappucino chocolate inside.. they really did look like the real thing with the stamp and all... I hope he didnt finish it because i want to try it :D
I had also gotten a bottle of Sparkling Grape Juice to sip by the nile... why i didnt know what the "Sparkling" part, because you cant fill up on sparkling juice, so we had to spill some of it because the lovely cork would not fit into the bottle again :D So, cigars and "red wine for non-drinkers" by the Nile... what more can you ask for? :D

* Last but not least (with special dedication to latantouna, a.k.a. Pinky not the Brain)
Ever since i first heard this song, I love it and cant believe its from Pink Floyd... and in fact i memorized the first part :) since Tina threatened me against posting lyrics, i thought "Why not?" ;)

I've got a bike
You can ride it if you like
It's got a basket
A bell that rings
And things to make it look good
I'd give it to you if I could
But I borrowed it

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I'll give you anything
Everything if you want things

(Complete lyrics available here!)


* ONE LAST NOTE :D

Two is, as defined by other people, one more than Zero. It is also three more than Saturday. To be precise, it's three more than 3:31 PM on Saturday, but no one wants to get that in-depth.
Two is also used to calculate the Radius of a Square.
Until quite recently, most people believed that two could most nearly be approximated as "one plus one" (or 1+1 in shorthand notation), but recent advances in the science of numerology have now redefined two as being equivalent to certain large values of the number one (hence leading to the infamous "2=1 Theorem"). This discovery has prompted the creation of a number of mathematical hypotheses, including The Unified Number Postulate and "2+2=∞/n."

~ From http://uncyclopedia.org/ article on "Two" ;)

1 comment:

Christian said...

Interestingly, even though Pink Floyd are british, everyone and their dog in the US seem to just love them. At least the slightly older guys. I have a T-shirt with a print of the cover of their Dark Side of the Moon album. Every time I wear that shirt I'm sure to get at least one or two thumbs up. With the occasionaly (kinda ridiculous) question of whether I attended their tour. Do I look that old!?