Before I begin this, I would just like to say that this blog does NOT represent the weddings of all arabic people, just the weddings that happen where I live. Like I said I’m not the representative or CEO of arabland so, yeah, don’t read this blog then go around and tell your friends OMGAH U KNOW ARABIC WEDDINGS HAVE CAMELS!???
Now that I’ve gotten that cleared up, I have something to say. Every single wedding I’ve been to thus far in this city has been the same. I will explain through pictures!
Sarah thought I was taking a picture of her. Little did she know it was for a blog. Hahahha. Anyway – basic setup. Dessert banquet thingy to the right..it’s usually filled with things no one likes to eat. It’s all these arabic sweets NO
ONE LIKES except old people. Where’s the ice cream and candy and suckers and lollipops and is Willy Wonka hiding under this table? I hope so. I mean who offers fruit as dessert??? I feel like I’m in a cabbage patch farm. And see that line of people at the door up there? They’re the groom and brides family. They great everyone as they walk in. I usually am like
WASSSSUPPP GIRL I
LIKE YOUR DRESS –
NICE SCARF –
HOWS IT
GOING just to see their reaction.
HAHAHAHA.
The bride (usually underage) and the groom (usually 50+ yrs and has been married 5 times or more) walk down the stairs. These two were actually cute and the bride seems like a smart chicka so she (successfully) is not an idiot. The speaker usually tells everyone to sit the hell down when the bride and groom come down but no one listens. Really every 5 minute he’s like
OK NOW EVERYONE SIT DOWN and I’m like
WTF are we filing a line for reccess? Everyone crowds around the stairs and if you go up to take pictures every gives you a dirty look. Like rly you’re standing right beside me so stare on meanyface.
Lisa had this idea of testing the candle out by sticking some garbage inside it (to keep ourselves entertained). At least you know there are no problems with the oxygen. Keepin everyone safe.
Until it burst into flames. I’m a certified firefighter (in my dreams) so I put it out.
Everyone crowds around the bride and groom after our dinner of the typical chicken, mashed potatoes and limpy lettuce salad. They all dance to arabic songs sung by some random guy with a nice voice. I did not dance, because I don’t like too. I’m not putting on a show for these old men. No way.
Mel and Sam. Awww how cute. Sam was a bridesmaid. But the way she worded everything it was her wedding. Oh well.
The super duper famous dabke. It’s a special dance all arabs know how to do. I know how to do it, but I’m a newbie. It gets pretty hardcore you know. Everyone holds hands and they skip their feet up and down with the beat of the music. Go youtube it if you’re really interested….I guess. I usually refrain from these things because the person I hold hands with always gets all sweaty and it’s nasttyyy and I always get some lady holding my hand so tightly like she’s giving birth.
Me realizing that I did really chop off my hair. Damnit.
This picture is solid proof of why I hate Melissa. Seriously Lisa was taking this picture of me and out of nowhere when the flash comes on Mel tries to run in like
WAY TO
RUIN THE PICTURE!!!!!! IT
HAD A
CHANCE!!!
What kind of web owner would I be if I didn’t infest my website with pictures of myself? Hehehehehe. Okay that was a joke but honestly here now you know what I look like currently.
I only put up this picture because Lisa said she really liked it and I felt all gushy inside.
AWWWW!!
Fellow scarfed girls hustlin flowers from all the tables like it’s no ones business~
When Lisa found out that roses have thorns. O snap!!!
And that folks, is an arabic wedding. Minus all that chicken. It was really good.
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This blog is jam packed full of NOSTALGIA.
Saera emailed me about getting some brushes from some old ‘vintage’ sites….that’s when I was re-introduced to archive.org.
I went back in time to view some old websites I used to admire, and then I stumbled upon my own. I realized that the site has changed dramatically, and maybe I’m not so proud of it anymore. Things don’t feel the same like they used too. Sure everyone gets older and drifts away from things – most of the websites I used to visit are now closed, it’s sad, yeah. But I’m still here. The lone star survivor, haha.
The thing that really got to me is when I read one of the blogs I had posted October 15th, 2007, where I listed random facts about myself. One of the items on the list caught my eye:
“11. I giggle at some websites that try to make their website more ‘professional’ looking. WHATS THE FUN IN THAT?”
I think that maybe I lost myself in all of this professionalism website CRAP. I feel like I sold myself out in a way, but it wasn’t because I wanted to change, more so because I felt like it was necessary. I’m going back to my roots, yup, next layout will be totally ME. :) I hope!
Graphic design wasn’t about this when I was younger. When people actually used to be apart of the webscene just to post brushes and have a blog. Now people have sites just to make money and offer crappy myspace layouts. Maybe I’m just lost in this internet world and there is like a secret community I don’t know about, hahaha.
I wanted to show you guys some websites I basically grew up with…that were my inspirations and had visited daily. This was the webscene when I was growing up.
Devilinthedetails.net was a site run by Dane. He was an amazing designer, I loved the handdrawn feel to all his layouts.
Douxx.com by Scott. I was actually a personal friend of Scott, so this website brings back lots of memories. He was really great and non-judgmental in the times where people thought I was a snot. Hey, that rhymes!
Funeralmonster.net by Henri was not up for that long, but was very popular in terms of resources and Henri himself. He is great with using stock and his resources and brushes were
AMAZING. I still have his brushes to date!
JuvenileCasualty.net by Eshita was always nicely designed. Eshita knew how to use images and colors very well. Her brushes were notably amazing as well. I still use some of them even today.
Kenekila.net by Kendra was one of the older sites I used to go to when I was back on neopets. She made the ever so popular ‘abstract backgrounds’ with lots of dither and color hueing. Of course at the time I thought she was
AMAZING at design, but looking back, that’s not quite the case :P
Remixx.net by Scott was another example of ‘
OMG I
THOUGHT HE
WAS SO
AMAZING WHEN I
WAS 15
BUT NOW AT 20 I
REALIZED HE
WASNT THAT GOOD!”. Scott’s site was
SUPER popular until he just kind of shut it down for no real reason besides loss of interest. Bummer because he was a pretty cool guy, but all good things come to an end.
Silencehurts.org by Ashley was one of the more iconic sites I remember. Even the name stands out. God, so many memories! Ashley was an amazing designer, and judging by the layout I found, her designs are still amazing even when I look at this now 3-4 years later.
Slashmysoul.org by Ashley was yet another iconic site, especially with the domain name chosen. I can never forget this site, ever
Vionnet.despair.nu by Serena encased everything I wished I could do with my site. Colors, organized coding, great designs…Serena always impresses. She’s going into fashion design but I always told her she should do design on the side. Maybe she’ll make me a dress!
Radioslut.org by Amy was
single handily the best site on the web during my time. Amy was so talented, as you can tell. The site was very popular in its running, until Amy decided to sell it. Even as years pass her artworks are still flawless. I looked up to this site so much. You don’t even know.
Do YOU remember any of these websites? Feel free to share any websites you used to visit and/or reminisce with me :)
There you have it. Half of my internet childhood (if you will) in screenshots. It’s sad to see all the years go by with things changing so much, but I believe there still is potential for a great web community if we all stick together! Sounds lame but eh, what else?
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The second round of the typography contest will be up tomorrow. Check back then!
I might add a new tutorial, but for this week I will be putting up a new set of brushes :)
I’ve been sleeping quite late, and this morning I had to get up at 9:30 to meet with my old boss because of some advertisement inquiries.
I’m not sure I mentioned this but the advertisement I made for my old job was put in the local School Life newspaper. According to Pat (my boss) this newspaper reaches about 29,000 people, so it’s pretty big!
I got this job on a whim….at first Pat had this random guy doing the advertisement, and the day before the paper was to be published she got the advertisement from him and it was pretty badly done. I’m talking like he was watching American Idol, feeding his 4 kids, coloring and eating a sandwich all while working on this ad which looks like it was done in under 10 minutes.
Pat was telling Melissa how bummed she was about how the ad looked and that it was going to be printed tomorrow, Mel showed me the printed ad, and as I was analyzing the bad line spacing and the horrible typeface selection – it clicked in Melissa’s tiny little mind that HELLO I GRAPHIC DESIGN!!! So Melissa told Pat that I should have done the ad for her. It was already almost 8 pm and I was going to Ann Arbor, but I knew I could take it on. I told Pat that I could do it and get her a new advertisement made before 12 pm the following morning. I stayed up til 3 am working on the ad, and got it finished. Everyone loved it!
Now it’s not exactly my personal style and taste, but for business/professional wise, yeah, it definitely works. It’s hard to stray away from your own personal likes when creating these types of work but you have to understand your audience and of course the concept of the piece (something I fail to recognize, but am understanding).
Then Pat introduced me to the newspaper owner and publisher this morning, as he was impressed with the ad too (and the fact that I did it in the same night it was to be published). He wanted to see more of my work and was talking to me about maybe collaborating with him on the editing of the newspaper. HOW EXCITING!!! This is really huge for me.
I’m starting off somewhere :) I wonder where this will take me.
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