tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183156072024-03-13T10:47:23.840-07:00As Told By ubergirl87The rants and rambles of an anti-airhead residing in the country made famous by oil wells and Bin Laden; Saudi Arabia.ubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-18851233935594716202009-09-30T16:20:00.000-07:002009-09-30T16:42:31.115-07:00Nope. Still Can't Properly Open Ketchup Packets.I feel I've become more self conscious and inhibited.<br />For example, anything I think is worth blogging about turns into a 'no one wants to hear about that!'-type internal dialogue minutes later.<br />Like right now, I'm thinking: What are you typing? No one wants to read about your insecurities.<br /><br />I'm afraid this is all I've got for the moment.<br />Anyway.<br /><br />Today there was a piece in the paper about a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatw%C4%81">mufti </a>denouncing "faking one's virginity."<br /><br /><br />Last week there was another one talking about how women should not be allowed to go on the internet without a male guardian present.<br /><br />It amazes me how these people handle issues of this magnitude with such grace.<br />I mean, really?<br />That's what you want to talk about?<br /><br />What will it take for these people to wake up?<br />It's not cute anymore.<br /><br /><br />Saudis will get me on this;<br /><br />Why is everyone in this country so angry about the Dubai metro?<br /><br />I know we're jealous of the progress the UAE has made, but really we need to stop hating.<br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-26121401326652448282009-06-22T03:41:00.000-07:002009-06-22T03:50:17.370-07:00What Do You Say in Your First Post in Over 4754.8 Years, Anyway?Hi.<br /><br />Here's what's new:<br /><ul><li>I'm almost a graduate</li><li>I'm even more of a hippie than I used to be</li><li>I don't believe in "Obama the president" anymore</li><li>Don't get me wrong, I still think he's pretty fly</li><li>Actually, I don't believe politics can solve anything anymore<br /></li><li>All we need is love <3</li></ul><br />I'm sorry I've been away for so long, but I'm back now. For good. I hope.<br />If you're reading this, thank you for sticking with me and my drama <3<br /><br />If it's your first time on my blog and you have no idea what I'm on about...<br /><br />Hi.<br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-87401903560833179202009-03-12T14:24:00.001-07:002009-03-12T14:47:17.757-07:00I Can Never Properly Open Ketchup PackagesI always make a mess.<br />Anyway.<br /><br />Wtf is it with all the Octomom talk? Why is she news?<br />I am appalled that she made her way into Saudi newspapers.<br /><br />Yesterday I met a girl (17-20 years old) who had never used the internet.<br />I was... Bewildered.<br />I mean, <span style="font-style: italic;">how? Why?</span><br /><br /><br />Also, <a href="http://twitter.com/ubergirl87">follow me on twitter.</a><br /><br />I had to.<br /><br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-15682627571320064632009-02-21T07:52:00.001-08:002009-02-21T07:54:14.159-08:00Someone Should Have Told Me... You wing it, you FAIL.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Or maybe I should have known on my own.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway. Good thing I'm not a quitter. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I'll be okay, right?</div><div><br /></div><div>ubergirl</div>ubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-13323676445479973262009-02-02T03:47:00.000-08:002009-02-02T04:17:59.477-08:00Bottle It UpI can't wait till I fucking graduate.<br /><br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-45154900600824967682009-01-16T12:41:00.000-08:002009-01-16T13:03:03.024-08:00This is Actually Happening<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.asianews.it/files/img/gaza_strip.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 217px;" src="http://www.asianews.it/files/img/gaza_strip.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />So the good people in Qatar want a meeting of Arab and Muslim nations to talk about what's going on in Gaza.<br />And a few days before that's set to happen, Saudi Arabia holds a meeting of its own, basically urging Arab and Muslim countries <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>to go to the summit in Qatar.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Meow!</span><br /><br /><br />I am getting total dejavu. This has happened before, I'm sure of it...<br />When, though?<br /><br /><br />Oh, right.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HIGH SCHOOL.</span><br /><br />What the fuck?<br />Can't we, for once, shut the fuck up, and <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>embarrass me?<br /><br />God damn it, only today 65 people <span style="font-style: italic;">died</span>. And this is what we're doing.<br />Great job, governments of the world. Really.<br /><br /><br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-2999794373021051992009-01-04T13:25:00.000-08:002009-01-04T13:48:23.046-08:00Prayer is All You Can Give Them. (And Ofcourse, There's Always Sorcery...)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://electronicintifada.net/artman2/uploads/2/071123-el-haddad-gaza.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 179px;" src="http://electronicintifada.net/artman2/uploads/2/071123-el-haddad-gaza.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I don't think I've ever been more selfish than I have these last two months. I have not been aware of anything that has gone on outside of my own head.<br />As a result, I have neglected everything from my school work to this blog, and I apologize.<br /><br />I want the world to work. I really, really do. And, to a certain extent, I still do not understand why it doesn't. I might be young and naive, I might still have that wide-eyed, childlike view of the world, but for the life of me I don't get why we can't all just get along. I don't understand how casual violence and murder has become. And to be completely honest, I hope I never do.<br /><br />And so, I reluctantly watched the news for the first time in two months, and it made me cry. Again.<br />Because people are dying, and in my country I am not allowed to stand in the street and hold up a sign. I am not given the right of silent, peaceful protest.<br /><br />Please give blood to the injured in Gaza. There are blood drives in most hospitals in Riyadh, KFH among them.<br /><br />May God be with them. May God give them strength. And may God forgive us all.<br /><br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-30477681560338257282008-12-15T07:12:00.000-08:002008-12-15T07:21:32.049-08:00I Am Sorry, But This Is Hillarious!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BS88Ydq04D4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BS88Ydq04D4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-77747009262363276102008-12-01T06:22:00.000-08:002008-12-01T06:37:21.973-08:00"... Don't Eat Food, 'Cause That Shit's Expensive!"I don't understand what happened in India?<br />Obviously we would never know who the group responsible was. The governments of the world, not just India, would refuse to publicize their cause.<br />So why do this? Thrill of the kill?<br />I'm tired of hearing "these people are probably oppressed and had no choice.."<br />I am sorry, but it is unnatural to be so ready to kill.<br />Why doesn't everyone just calm down? Just give the world one week of peace and God-damn quiet. I would love to turn on the news and hear: "Uhh... Ladies and gentlemen, not much is going on... Soo... Uhh... How 'bout reruns of Will and Grace?"<br />I'm tired of worrying about the number of casualties. <span style="font-style: italic;">Everywhere.<br /></span>Also, can't everything be free for that one week, too? I mean, since we're on a roll...<br /><br />ubergirl87<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /></span>ubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-65421801704495257742008-11-06T02:18:00.000-08:002008-11-06T02:29:50.382-08:00You Did It. He Did It. DAMN IT, WE DID IT!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3CEDmn56U_g/SRLEurqSLGI/AAAAAAAAADo/5WkxS0l2O_g/s1600-h/barack-superman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3CEDmn56U_g/SRLEurqSLGI/AAAAAAAAADo/5WkxS0l2O_g/s320/barack-superman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265487220622634082" border="0" /></a>Yesterday I cried and cried and cried.<br />Because in this world there is a beautiful place where a man, whose father is from Kenya and whose mother is a working-class woman, can occupy the highest office in the land.<br />I believe in America again.<br />I know Barack Obama is no demigod, but I believe that he <span style="font-style: italic;">cares </span>about the economical crisis and the environment. He recognizes that people are dying of hunger and that it should not be happening. He has family in Kenya, for fuck's sake!<br />... And he won. He is the most powerful man on the planet.<br /><br />We are so proud of you yanks!<br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-61942380006831073172008-11-04T02:35:00.000-08:002008-11-04T02:56:18.916-08:00Reality: A Collective HunchI don't know if this is true, but someone told me yesterday that the Grand Mufti, Shaikh Abulaziz AlShaikh announced yesterday that everyone who does not follow Al-Wahhab's teachings and 'reformations' is a kaffir (infidel.)<br />Oh, also, he said women must cover their entire bodies, and only show their left eye.<br /><br />This while the world is going through the worst economical crisis in modern history.<br />This while a bag lady (the first I have ever seen in my 21 years of life in Riyadh) rummages through garbage cans.<br />This while there was a man who parked his car in a tunnel, took his cock out and pissed in the street. (Yes, I saw.)<br /><br />How does he keep a straight face?<br /><br />ubergirl<br /><br />PS. RIP Madelyn Dunham.ubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-136862009612977162008-10-19T14:54:00.000-07:002008-10-19T15:02:01.885-07:00All You Need is LoveLove is all you need.<br /><br /><br />uberigrl87ubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-58341574787560589922008-09-19T23:30:00.000-07:002008-09-20T00:04:08.466-07:00Once Again I Will Abuse my Position and Exploit the People Who Email Me<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I was contacted by a gentleman outside of Arabia who was interested in chatting with me (about Arabia, I presumed.) Some time later, the man needed reminding as to whom I was and I told him to check his 'sent mail' folder.</span></span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; text-indent: -1em;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>****: do you have a blog or something, i usually add people to whom i thought i............. ok</span></span><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">7:49 AM </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><span>so we have spoken, good........... so where we were ?</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; text-indent: -1em;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: no we've never spoken</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><span>if you look in your sent mail folder</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; text-indent: -1em;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">****</span>: ok, let me</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; text-indent: -1em;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: you'll find that you have sent me one email</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">7:50 AM </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; text-indent: -1em;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">****</span>: LOL, yes i found it</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"> </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><span>but that request was really nice, :)</span></span></div><div><span style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">7:51 AM </span><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; text-indent: -1em;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: sure</span></span></div>......<br /><span style="display: block; padding-left: 6em;"><span>****: ok i found your blog, Saudi !!! OH ! ...............HAVE, A LOT OF MIXED FEELINGS :(<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-size:10;"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-size:10;"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">On what planet is that acceptable behavior? "I have a lot of mixed feelings about your country"<br />You know what?<br />If you send me an Email as peculiar as the one I received from this fellow, you're not allowed to have mixed feelings about anything. Those are reserved for well-mannered normal people.<br />I am sick of these racist idiots.</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Go and have mixed feelings about me and my country men. I hope you drown in them. (In your mixed feelings, or in my countrymen. Both experiences are equally unpleasant and will do.)</span></span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><strong></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">ubergirl</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><strong></strong></span></p>ubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-68967525691356183712008-09-15T22:46:00.000-07:002008-09-15T23:06:10.581-07:00Stream of ConsciousnessI am sorry I've been lazy with updates, but I'm afraid I'm feeling a bit depressed and uninspired.<br />I thought about blogging about a perverted bastard who is manipulating vulnerable women, but that's not news, is it?<br />So instead, I want to talk about something else. Anything else. Currently I'm not sure what I could say that would go on for more than a sentence, but I'm sure I'll come up with something. Any minute now.<br />I wonder why bees in Europe are big and fuzzy?<br />I am developing an irrational fear of cats. I think it's my other irrational fear (of rabies. Shut up. It's very dangerous, you know.) that is fueling this, more recent, fear of cats.<br />The weird thing is, I used to have a cat. Never bothered me.<br />I really need to get a flight to Jeddah but there are absolutely none and the airline people are all but shouting "AAHAAAHAA! JEDDAH? THIS WEEK? YOU'RE FUCKING JOKING. YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO CATCH A ROCKET SHIP TO THE MOON AND HAVE BONBONS UP THERE WITH... I DON'T KNOW... FUCKING BONO! HAHA NO WAAY LADY!"<br />And they'd say it like that, all in caps.<br />It's a bit of a medical emergency, you could say. So it would really be great if I could go. I guess I'm not going.<br />That really is unfortunate. I don't understand why the airlines don't quadruple their flights to Jeddah during Ramadhan? (People flock to Jeddah because you can only get to Mecca through there, and Ramadhan is a holy month and people often go there to pray and things.)<br />Some families go every Ramadhan. I don't understand why they can't pray in their houses and let people with medical emergencies get on with their lives?<br />Does anyone want to lend me their private jet?<br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-65873853200707102072008-09-01T07:49:00.000-07:002008-09-01T11:12:47.624-07:00لا تنسى أخاك ترعاه يداك لا تنسى أخاااااك لو سرقت منا الأيام قلبا معطاء بسام لن نستسلم للآلام لن نستلم لللآلام<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3CEDmn56U_g/SLwwmAl--FI/AAAAAAAAADg/uJQGLAVo5c8/s1600-h/uber%27s+mosaic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241117495904893010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3CEDmn56U_g/SLwwmAl--FI/AAAAAAAAADg/uJQGLAVo5c8/s320/uber%27s+mosaic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div>I am feeling festive this Ramadhan!!!!<br /><br />Ramadhan kareem!! Have an exceptional month, everybody!<br /><br />(And you all have my permission to turn the comments section into a Bab AlHara discussion board)<br /><br />Love and peace!<br /><br />ubergirl<br /><br />PS. <a href="http://www.sexycowmeow.blogspot.com/">Mona</a> got a bit carried away with the title. (I let her pick)</div></div>ubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-78437105095420317302008-08-12T11:32:00.000-07:002008-08-12T12:20:46.816-07:00Do Not Worry the WildlifeIt is so ironic that the person who has always told me never to completely trust anyone ended up screwing me over <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">unbelievably. </span><div>How do I know if it's made me bitter?</div><div><br /></div><div>I met the most random person a couple of days ago. Pharrell Williams!</div><div>He has the most amazing skin I have ever seen. </div><div>He wears makeup, right? He has to. He looks like a wax figure.</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay I've been playing around with this damn Mac and I can't figure out how to crop the photo, so you'll have to wait to see photographic evidence of the hotness that is Pharrell (I swear his complexion is unnatural.. )</div><div><br /></div><div>A few days ago a man told me "Arabs are racists who have too much money for their own good." </div><div><br /></div><div>Well, that's news to me. </div><div>I'd appreciate it if someone directed me to the people who give out the cheques for being arrogant and Arabic?</div><div><br /></div><div>The Olympics are all over the place, and the media is hating on China like anything.</div><div>China must be so pissed. Can you imagine throwing a big party only to have your guests criticize everything you've ever done? Man I'd just kick everyone out.</div><div>And with so many skeletons in its closet, why did China even want to host the Olympics? That's just asking for trouble.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>ubergirl</div>ubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-90287727190587259532008-08-10T12:52:00.000-07:002008-08-10T13:17:06.368-07:00"... Darwin Was No Ordinary Mother Fucker.."<div>I love the world and all that's in it, because it's special and magical.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vr3x_RRJdd4&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vr3x_RRJdd4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><div>Today I saw a rainbow. And I fell in love with the world all over again <3</div><div><br /></div><div>ubergirl</div>ubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-79444836716890431102008-07-27T16:01:00.000-07:002008-07-27T16:31:47.475-07:00This is Just... Profound. (I'm Not Being Sarcastic, I Swear)<span style="font-size:180%;">"There are days." - Nayef, aged 2.<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />It is abstract in its wisdom.<br />Seriously. Think about it. There <span style="font-style: italic;">are</span> days. There are <span style="font-style: italic;">days.<br />Wow.<br /></span><br />ubergirl87<br /></span></span>ubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-24396965695983598882008-07-07T15:40:00.000-07:002008-07-07T16:04:05.538-07:00Segregation"For God's sake... They're only human beings! They won't devour you!" - My father, upon my hesitation to enter a room full of screaming, sweaty men marked (you guessed it): "NO WOMEN ALLOWED."<br /><br /><br />How dramatic are the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabi">Wahhabis</a>?<br />To this very second I do not understand the idea of separate areas for 'singles' (men) and 'families' (women are not officially allowed to go anywhere alone, they must be accompanied by a male guardian at all times. That law is, of course, flouted and largely ignored.)<br /><br />It's a public place for God's sake. What are they afraid of? Public fornication?<br />I want to go out have have some damn ice cream somewhere nice and airy. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Not</span> in some cramped little room that smells like feet.<br />And what if I <span style="font-style: italic;">want</span> to seduce the mens, anyway? That's my goddamn business.<br />What is the purpose of this segregation? They will never trick anyone into thinking that the opposite sex does not exist.<br />If they don't want to see any women they should stay at home and knit, or something. Ditto for the women who don't want to see any men.<br />I don't see why I should suffer for this sickness.<br /><br />You'd think we're walking around in bikinis. They have us in <span style="font-weight: bold;">head to toe black.</span> If anyone finds Abayas seductive, they should seek psychological help immediately.<br />They all need to get out more. And lighten the hell up!<br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-90959866869614923322008-06-18T14:21:00.000-07:002008-06-18T15:24:19.503-07:00Hmmm...<a href="http://perezhilton.com/2008-06-18-obama-doesnt-like-muslims">Take a look at this, and ignore the fact that I seem to be getting my pseudo political news off Perezhilton.com.</a><br /><br />I cannot believe how shallow these women are. Barack Obama does not <span style="font-style: italic;">care</span> about your religious views, and he certainly does not care that you choose to wear a headscarf.<br />It baffles me how slow some people are. And how inconsiderate. What would the Republicans do with a picture of Barack Obama addressing a bunch of women wearing hijabs? Even worse, a bunch of <span style="font-style: italic;">volunteers </span>wearing hijabs?<br />Fucking sauté him, that's what.<br /><br />You know, that's what I hate most about people. Fake outrage and "fighting" for non-causes. You wanna be a good Muslim? Tell the media about what's happening in <a href="http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=24182&AuthorID=12041">Somalia.</a> In fact, tell everyone <span style="font-style: italic;">Somalia</span> is being mean to you because you wear a headscarf. Go crazy.<br />Draw some attention to people who actually need it.<br />I have no problem with that kind of cause. Saving lives and ending poverty.<br />But to go around claiming a man who is a minority himself, discriminates against you based on some bullshit excuse, is well, bullshitty. <span style="font-size:78%;">(I made that word up. Clever!)</span><br />I don't think there's anything wrong with wearing a hijab, and I certainly don't think Barack Obama sees anything wrong with it, but most of America <span style="font-style: italic;">does.</span> So if you really care about Obama becoming president, shut your pie-hole and go sit in the back if you have to.<br />It won't make you no Rosa Parks either, missy.<br />Petty people with their petty causes. Drives me crazy. Another one for the Denmark archives (which is still goin' strong, by the way. WOHOO!)<br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-7588903916132622092008-06-07T04:15:00.000-07:002008-06-07T04:20:04.550-07:00Get Your Act Together<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lablob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/devil_star.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://lablob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/devil_star.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Backstabbing never felt this good.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-48947275744522318202008-05-27T02:54:00.000-07:002008-05-27T03:13:53.949-07:00What Do You Think?I've been thinking, you know the crazy religious people?<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Propagation_of_Virtue_and_the_Prevention_of_Vice"> The ones who have joined the cult that can legally shout in the streets and harrass poor unknowing citizens?</a> The high-up folks who announce that the Shia in Lebanon are<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafir"> kuffar</a>? (Which, by the way, is my new favorite word. Kaffir. It's so dramatic and final-sounding. Sexy!)<br />Back to what I was saying. These crazy religious people, are they really religious? I mean, do they believe God aproves of their antics?<br />They do realize they just a political tool, I'm sure. So if they know this, do they still think what they're doing is what Islam asks of them?<br />Now bear with me, if they <em>don't </em>believe what they're doing is based on Islam, does this mean they don't believe in Islam?<br />I realize we can't generalize, but tell me what you think. I really would love to survvey <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Propagation_of_Virtue_and_the_Prevention_of_Vice">them</a>, but obviously, I can't.<br />This is the next best thing.<br />What do you think?<br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-64489265914232249772008-05-23T16:42:00.000-07:002008-05-23T16:47:38.670-07:00Poor Richard Quest<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/images/quest.richard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/images/quest.richard.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I feel really bad for <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/04/richard_quest_enters_rehab.html">people who lose their careers over some messed up shit that no-one should have found out about.<br /></a><br />I know this happened ages ago, but I can't stop thinking about him. And pitying him.<br />Does anyone think we'll ever see him on TV again? Maybe on Larry King? A tell-all book, perhaps?<br /><br />Anything?<br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-41016684438003886292008-05-13T08:28:00.000-07:002008-11-06T21:15:09.353-08:00Fish Give Me a Weird Vibe Now<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://homepage.mac.com/bdon/toilet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://homepage.mac.com/bdon/toilet.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />A while ago I had a nightmare about fish in the toilet that bite your butt if you're not careful, spreading gross fish venom all through your bloodstream, slowly killing you.<br />I have very disturbing dreams.<br /><br /><br />Oh, and just for kicks:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3CEDmn56U_g/SCnEQHgkwuI/AAAAAAAAACM/0hfR4azVuKM/s1600-h/26wp9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3CEDmn56U_g/SCnEQHgkwuI/AAAAAAAAACM/0hfR4azVuKM/s320/26wp9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199903025948574434" border="0" /></a>You're welcome!<br /><br />ubergirlubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315607.post-17833040073540864972008-05-04T05:49:00.000-07:002008-05-04T06:48:24.198-07:00New PostSkype is like magic.<br /><br />Anyway.<br />I've been obsessed with Sheikh Muhammed bin Rashid AlMaktoum of Dubai for about a month now.<br />He's so <span style="font-style: italic;">nice</span> to everyone.<br />And look at what he's done with Dubai.<br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2s5Kfovvj1Q&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2s5Kfovvj1Q&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Why can't that be us?<br />It's frustrating.<br /><br />My mother said the other day that when she was in her teens they used to tease Emaratis and laugh at them and call them <span style="font-style: italic;">garawa</span> (villagers) and Bedouins.<br /><br />Guess who the fuck's laughing now?<br /><br /><br />And I am very, <span style="font-style: italic;">very</span> angry.<br />Because they have security and good healthcare and no poverty and sexy turbans and phenomenal technology. <span style="font-style: italic;">And </span>their own theme music!<br />Oh, and they have a hot piece of sheikh:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5108/f5tw8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5108/f5tw8.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Click to enlarge</span><br /><br />We have people getting away with rape, and people living in poverty, and orphans living among cockroaches, and <span style="font-style: italic;">this:<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mS-_hO7d9Sc&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mS-_hO7d9Sc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br />How's that for theme music, bitches?<br /><br />It is very sad when people refer to AlFaisaliyah <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alittle/Saudi-Arabia/Al_Faisaliah_Tower-ext.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alittle/Saudi-Arabia/Al_Faisaliah_Tower-ext.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>and AlMamlaka :<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.flickr.com/2/1849410_e19fb602fb_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://static.flickr.com/2/1849410_e19fb602fb_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As the height of technology in Saudi Arabia. And the worst part is, they <span style="font-weight: bold;">brag about them.<br /></span><br />In Dubai, I wear whatever I want and no-one has ever said or done anything to me. In Riyadh I am in my black abaya and I get verbally harassed by ill-disciplined teenage boys and Muttawas, and apparently, the law does not protect me from this harassment.<br />In Dubai, people drink, but I have never seen a drunk person there. In Riyadh, I found an empty bottle of liquor outside my little sister's school.<br /><br />And I hate people who say "oh, but we have Islaaaaam. We practice Islam! We're much better off."<br />Practice Islam? Where?<br />Show me where we practice Islam and I will die happy.<br /><br />We are a nation of contradictions, and it seems as though we are proud. Or in denial.<br />Pick your poison.<br /><br />ubergirl<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><a href="http://facthai.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/fouad-is-free-global-voices/">PS. Fouad AlFarhan has been released!</a></span><a href="http://facthai.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/fouad-is-free-global-voices/"><br /><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://facthai.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/fouad-is-free-global-voices/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/banner-fouad-free.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>ubergirl87http://www.blogger.com/profile/00654877963211573136noreply@blogger.com8