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Move to Switzerland and learn french14 Mar

For those of you who actually read my blog in its entirety (which I encourage you all to do because my words are pretty cool when strung together…), you know that I’ll be living in Switzerland for the summer. My aunt got a job there and I’ll be living with her as she moves there.

So anyway, yes, Switzerland will be my home for a few months if everything goes according to plan. I’m always paranoid about last minute OH JESS YOU CANT GO~ so eh, we’ll see what happens. I’ll be reallll pissed if they tell me I can’t go out of nowhere. PISSSSED. I think Europe needs me. I traveled through half the middle east last summer, and this summer its my destiny to see Europe. France, Germany….ROME!!!!!! I wanna roam in rome DANCE IN FRANCE….damnit nothing rhymes with Germany. Ok Germany ruined it.

I’ll be living in Geneva and it is recommended that I know lots and lots of french, so I’ve been learning. Apparently it’s the ‘business language’ over there and all the signs are in french so, better get with the times~ It’s okay since I’ve been learning french since March of 2008 so I’m pretty damn good at it. I can write and read it well, and the speaking is not a huge issue since my arabic language accent helps me pronounce french words correctly. Everything is great – except the understanding part. Must the french speak so fast? At least the frenchies in my learning CD.

Seriously I popped in my french audio cd, mind you this is a beginners cd, and WHAT THE HELL??? First off the lady is like OKAY, NOW LISTEN TO THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT A PONY IN FRENCH…and I’m like ok whatever go talk about your hairy stallion and I’ll eavesdrop from North America.

Then all I hear is like JèS USYDUèèèèèSDU FRENUèèèèèèSèèèèèèèv COUP Jè MA CHEIRUIR(*#$&# THATS ALL I HEAR!!! I’m like what in the helllllllllll is this? If this cd was labeled “Why you’ll never learn french“ yes it would be successful but can a poor girl just learn another language without being punished like this? My god.

What kills me is afterwards the lady is like, DID YOU GET THAT? And I’m like HELL NO BETSY I DIDN’T FREAKIN GET THAT. I got the English you said before that but everything else in the other language IM SUPPOSED TO BE LEARNING – NO I DIDNT GET IT. WHY DONT YOU TRANSLATE AND SPEAK SLOWER YOU OLD TIMER I HAVE 2 MONTHS TO PICK THIS LANGUAGE UP AND FLIRT WITH BOYS AND THIS IS NOT HELPING!!!

Sorry guys but this is quite frustrating. It’s alright though, because I’m making progress regardless of my dumb audio cd instructor betsy (I just named her this). She’s kinda slacking in the teaching department but I make do with what I have.

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Everyone's religious11 Mar

Music: Change Me – Keri Hilson ft. Akon

I’ve been really sick these past few days but I’ve finally gotten better. Yeah, this whole spring break was basically me walking around holding my kleenex box like it was a block of gold and sneezing whenever someone talked to me.

I was really touched by all the responses in my blog. Thank you so much…some of them got me teary eyed. Awww I’m sick of crying hahahaaa.
I’m glad I got that all off my chest, now I feel much better. Now I’ve cleared my mind…I think it was all the sickness that was getting to me, on top of everything else. It’s nice to know that people care. I care just as much as you do :)

Anyway, I’ve made some new textures for you all to use but I won’t post them until later. Ugh I also wish my uncle would call me sooner than later so I could sue that hag that refused to pay me. I bet you she thinks she got away with it. I bet you she thinks she pulled one over me. Yeah.

Not a chance in hell. That pisses me off more than ever. When someone asks me about it or when I think about it…I get so mad. SOOO enraged. Especially when I think about when she tried to bring religion into it and said RESPECT ME AS A MUSLIM GIRL~ as if that had anything to do with it?!?!? Everyone’s religious these days eh. As if she was a real Muslim to be doing this to someone….this is so against our religion of Islam in so many ways. I’m a Muslim too but you don’t see me dodging bills like I’m running from an ex boyfriend with a chainsaw. Respect her as a Muslim huh? I can’t wait til I RESPECTFULLY slap her across the face with a court summons.

You know what people. I see this as a vision. Like a screenplay. It would go like this:

She’s like chillin with her husband and they’re like AWWW OUR LIFE IS SO GREAT!!!!! I SAVED $10 WITH A COUPON THIS MORNING!!! REALLY??? OMG HOW WONDERFUL SWEETIE!!! and then they go skip together to get the mail and BAM.

Yup. They see my letter and they’ll be like WHAT IS THIS SWEETIE?? I CANT READ I ONLY MADE IT TO THE 8TH GRADE CUZ MY ONLY GOAL IN LIFE WAS TO GET MARRIED! WHAT DOES THIS SAY? IS IT FROM JAPAN?? OMG IM HOLDING FOREIGN PAPER THIS I- –
He cuts her off.

NO THIS IS IN ENGLISH YOU TARD. WHY THE HELL DID I MARRY YOU? Okay hmm it says we have to be in court….what the hell! Didn’t you tell this girl you weren’t going to pay her? Why is she up in our grills?

She looks puzzled. She has no idea what to say. Her husband is mad because he has to turn away from his basketball game for another second during halftime to respond to her again.
DIDN’T YOU PUT IN THE EMAIL TO RESPECT YOU AS A MUSLIM GIRL??? DAMNIT IS NO ONE RELIGIOUS ANYMORE??? Okay well since you can’t drive because you lost your license that time you drove into the nail salon last week I guess we can’t go.

BUT SWEETIE WE HAVE TOO!! OR ELSE WE WILL BE….ARRASSTED???

IT SAYS ARRESTED. DAMNIT GO WASH SOME DISHES.

Of course they’ll show up to court though.
That will be it.

It’s just because everyone was asking me about it today and I’m just kinda like…EHHH….NOTHING HAPPENED YET. Of course I sneezed in between every other word but that only helped dramatize everything.

If my uncle doesn’t get back to me soon I’ll have to just do this court/sue her hagness thing on my own. It can’t be that hard can it? Just go to the court and fill out some papers. I have all the evidence, and I know what I’ll say. I played a lawyer game on my nintendo DS so I’m pretty sure I’m aware of the legal system. I’m pretty much a lawyer, without the fancy degree.

Of course I wish my uncle would just tell me if he’s too busy to assist me or just give me 5 minutes or something instead of holding me off forever and making me wait on him.
I hate waiting on people.

You want something done you gotta do it yourself right?

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Pray for Abdullah Khader10 Mar

I was on facebook and was invited to a group called “Pray for Abdallah”. After I read the information in the group and looked at the pictures, it really hit me hard. This is a truly, truly devastating story. And it all started with a man named Stewart Richardson, who was 3 times over the legal alcohol limit when he rear ended Loubna Khader’s car at a stoplight last year. Her son, Abdallah Khader, who was in his car seat at the time was injured by the impact and doctors said 80% of his brain is now damaged. Abdallah is now alive on life support, and he cannot be taken off it because of religious reasons (the Khaders are muslim as well). If he was to survive doctors said he will not be able to speak, see, eat….he will not be living a normal life.



Amanda Maggart witnessed the crash. She told CBS 11 News she spoke to Richardson moments after impact. “He was coherent and showed no remorse whatsoever,” she claims. “He was trying to start the truck. That’s all he was concerned about.”

Maggart said Richardson didn’t appear upset when he learned about Abdallah’s injuries. “He said, ‘That sucks.’ Those were his words.”

So after all that he has caused to this poor family the only thing he had to say was “that sucks.” It would be surprising to assume that he actually has a broader vocabulary anyway.

Richardson has had prior convictions and DUI’s, but the judge was only going to give him 20 years in prison due to some kind of stupid law in Iowa. What the hell is up with the legal system? So let me get this straight, a guy like this can put a child in critical condition and only get 20 years?

That is sickening. What need for these people do we have? We don’t NEED people like this infesting our society and taking more innocent lives. People like this are useless. You take a life? You don’t deserve to live.

I am TIRED of hearing stories like this…of poor innocent people who are hit by drunk drivers. It’s not fair to anyone. Not for a drink. It’s not worth it. It’s just sad to think that you could be doing everything right then your life could end because of an intoxicated idiot on the road. Look at the damaged cause just to her car:

This alone should secure him away from society for good. But apparently it’s not good enough for the legal system. This is damage to the car by someone just REAR ENDING THEM. How fast was this man going to have had to damage the car that severely?

Beside him is his Mother. What a beautiful and strong person she is to be dealing with all of this. I hope the best for her, and her family.
I hope the Khader family gets justice for their son. This is a truly saddening story of a beautiful boy who will never get to live a normal life because a stupid, pathetic man who has nothing better to do than drink his life away. If you would like to join the facebook group you can join here.

And please, if you do happen to drink (which I am not an advocate at all for) please do not drink and drive. You hurt more than yourself.

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