British Blogger, Desi Dreamer, Mad Muslimah
// January 12th, 2007 // 7 Comments » // Blog
I must heartily thank Island Amazon for bringing to my attention the amazing village of Gaviotas via her blog (which is a very good read by the way; very deep, be careful you don't drown!). It is an idealist's dream-come-true! How can such a place exist in today's hectic world?
The following is the article i have copied and pasted from her entry. It's long, but worth reading.
// January 12th, 2007 // 4 Comments » // Blog
I wanted to talk about the situation in Somalia, but i don't know enough.
I wanted to talk about Bush and his speech on the Iraq war, but i don't know enough.
I wanted to talk about the latest findings in dark matter research, but i couldn't gain access to the Nature article; oh, and i don't know enough.
Others may be OK with talking about things they don't know enough about, but i'm not. One, i believe it to be a sign of arrogance: i have a voice; i have an opinion; i am important; thus my opinion is important; so it must be expressed, even if i speak absolute trash. [Btw, is it grammatically correct to use so many semi-colons in one sentence? Grammar; another thing i don't know enough about.]
Also, i do not wish to look a fool, which is all too easy for me.
In addition, there are so many people talking about these same subjects (perhaps, not so for dark matter), what would be the point of me adding my half-baked opinion to the pile?
So – what to talk about?
Well, there is one event i've been wanting to discuss, but i think i will leave it for the weekend, as i'm not sure whether it is going ahead or not.
Anything else?
Hmm, well, there was. I just spent one hour typing out an entry, until i realised i was boring MYSELF. Oh dear. So that has gone the way of the trash can.
I give up. It's three in the morning, why aren't i asleep?
Night.
// January 9th, 2007 // 12 Comments » // Blog
It's midnight in London and my parents have just driven off in the car and left me on my lonesome!
No, they haven't eloped.
// January 8th, 2007 // 16 Comments » // Blog
I was wandering through the blog rolls, when i came across this little gem at a site called Fajr (the Arabic word for dawn):
// January 6th, 2007 // 9 Comments » // Blog
UK Scientists wishing to generate a line of stem cells using human-bovine hybrid embryos, may be refused permission by the government.
// January 3rd, 2007 // 12 Comments » // Blog
A.k.a, iMuslim's pathetic attempt at spirituality!
Virtually every blogger i visit these days has been “tagged” with one of those meme questionnaires. Although they can be quite informative in a “i didn't really want to know that” kind of way (e.g., one at Sumera's blog asks you to list six weird things about yourself), i'm not sure they are the best use of one's time [yeah, i'm only being all serious cos no-one thought to tag me - *sniffles*].
One day i thought to myself: Why don't I start my own meme; one that might be of real use to the tag-ee? I.e., it'll be boring, but better for you – a bit like low-fat mayonnaise.
So this is my idea…
! Announcement !
