What I have been up to...

Well I am here in New Jersey. It is pretty cool to change things up a little. A change of scenery is normally refreshing. Unless your new scenery is like mine. I am here now at my uncle's new house (mabrook uncle, the house is great) but today is the first day that we have internet and a phone. The cable is not connected and there is hardley any furniture. So, the highlight of my day has been the sitting on the couch looking through the rite aide ads. It all goes down from there. Yesterday I decided to change the pace of things here and skipped the rite aide ad and wiped down the ketchup bottles and stuff in the friedge.
Tomorrow should be better. iw ill go pray help him get the last of his stuff and then I get to paint a room! I am addicted to the home and garden channel so this is actually something I am looking forward to doing. On the remodeling shows painting looks like it is so easy! Wish me luck guys....
Well, my grandma had her heart surgery so I am helping take care of her also... She is doing better now. Which is good....

Oh yeah, The last weird tidbit of the day. I am convinced that we are in 2007. It is weird because 50% of me says that it is 2007 and 50% knows that we are in 2006. This one day I sat for 1 hour trying to figure out why I am 26 if we are in the year 2007. I started to think that I was wrong and that I was actually 27! I was positive that it was 2007, but thought maybe I was wrong about my age! heheheheh I guess I am a dork!

The glory of Google...

I read an article once about a guy who was looking for a job and was having a hard time because the companies would google his name and find information that made him look like he was not responsible and lazy. I wondered what I would find.. if anything. So.. I googled my name. I was surprised to find that I actually did find myself there. (It just made me a little more conceited ;oP)
I guess if you google my name you find that I am very bored, I worry about my friends, and I like Coldstone ice cream.
It is not too bad but I think I better try to paint a better picture of myself! (Unless I apply for a job at Coldstone!)

It took me 10 years to realize I miss my friends...

A while ago I went to the movies with my little sister. While we were there a guy came up to me and asked me how old I was and what my name is. WhenI answered, he apologized for the mix up. He thought I looked like a friend of his from high school who moved away and went to Egypt. hhehehehhehe ! When I told him I am sure it was me, not too many people from that small town go to Egypt, we started talking about our high school and some mutual friends. It was pretty cool to catch up with a friend and know what is going on with other people I knew. Then he told me that it is weird that we ran into eachother because him and a few friends were just talking about me a few days before. I thought that it was pretty cool that after 10 years people still remember me and wonder what is going on in my life. I was truely flattered by that. This is one the the incidents that made me realize what great friendships I had while I was here.
Since then I have been thinking about my friends and the things we used to do. Remebering what my life was like before I went to Egypt. I miss it. I miss my friends. It was a lot of fun and I am glad I was able to remember how good it was. It is important to remember the fun childhood memories....
I just want to say thank you Ruben, you really made my day.

Las Vegas was a disappointment!

I guess just living in the US makes you want to go to Vegas. It is always very glamorous in the movies and everything. It is the one place everybody wants to come and conquer. Well I went there a few days ago and it was not what I expected at all. It was amazing seeing how many lights there were as we were landing, and the strip actually does look like it does in all tthe movies.. but that was it. Nothing more. I guess I was just expecting so much more...
I didn't gamble or anything there... although I was tempted to try my luck. But I once heard that Vegas was not built by losing.. so the casino always wins. I decided to keep my own money. So, I was disappointed there.... So to anyone who might be considering going there, take my word for it. Vegas is not all that it is cut out to be!

The countdowns starts .. 2...1.....New Jersey

Well this is my last day here in El Centro. I am off to San Diego tomorrow and New Jersey Sunday. I am heartbroken at the thought of having to leave my brothers! This is the first time I was able to spend so much time with them in a really long time. I have always been away. Living somewhere else. Even when I lived in the same city it was in a different house. I would come for summers and stuff... but that was always just a month or so. This is the first time I lived with them for a long time and the first time we really made memories and so on! I wish I could stay... and at the same time I want to go so badly! I hate being torn like this. I hate wanting to be in so many places at one time. I hate it. I want to be everywhere with everyone I love. I guess that is the little kid in me talking. I still want it all and I hope I never want less! I guess it is a good thing to love so many people with all my heart.
Well as the countdown comes to a close my heart is breaking and is also looking forward to see other people I love!

I am an @er !!!!

Yesterday I was chatting with Bahaa (a friend of mine in Alexandria). We were talking about AIESEC and different conferences and so on. He was filling me in on all the stuff going on there recently. I left the computer for a few minutes and I came back to find my brother trying to snoop around in what I was doing. Th ebeautiful part is that the chat was full of so many AIESEC acronyms that he could not understand anything we were saying! I was pissed that he was snooping but it reminded me of my first LC meeting where I could not keep up with what anyone was saying! I once read a t shitr or something that said "You know you are an @er if your conversations are just acronyms" ... I guess I really am an @er!!!!

Cheap legal crack !?!?!?!?!?!?!

Today was a pretty boring day. I woke up and drank coffee and took an energy pill. Soon I had too much energy. I was on this psycho caffeine high or something.
I needed to do something....I just started cleaning and cleaning and cleaning. Before I knew it I realized I cleaned the whole house. I was pretty proud of myself.
( I cleaned the fish tank 3 times...... the fish really wanted to tell me to fuck off and find a sink to scrub or something... but his house is clean now!!!)
Then I decided I wanted to try my luck in the kitchen! I hate cooking so it was a pretty weird feeling. I guess it might have something to do with the fact that I watch the cooking channel and the home decorating channel about 10 hours a day! I think it all rubbed off onto me.
I made a pretty basic meal... meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and a salad. But it was one of the few times I cooked anything. It might be the only time what I made actually tasted good!
It was fun! I guess I now understand why my sister loves to cook.
But now I know not to take an energy pill and drink coffee.... it makes me to weird things. I guess it is kinda like what being on crack must be like. But mine was cheaper, legal, and socially acceptable!!! It might just be a revolution starter or something!!

Will it be war?

Once again I sit and I watch the news and wonder if we are looking at another war. It is a scary world we live in. Why does it happen like this? Are they just trying to prove who is the bigger man here.... It is heartbreaking looking at the people caught in the middle. I cannot imagine what it would be like to live in Israel is or Lebanon now. What is it like having to raise your children in one of those countries?
I am scared. I just want to sit and drink hot cocoa and have my mom hug me and tell me that the world is still a good place!

What is blogworthy??

I think writing in a blog is a pretty big responsiblility...
How do you know what will entertain others?? What will people deem as blogworthy? Most people do not keep a blog just to write to themselves and even if they do they must make it enjoyable to read.... It is a big responsibility!
I think i will just try to resort to my usual sarcastic self to entertain us....
But that will have to be later because there is absolutely nothing happening here!
I cannot even be sarcastic about how much nothing I am doing!
So, I am off to ponder what part of my day is blogworthy....... hopefully I will find or make up something soon...

My long lost blog....

I was just sitting reading people's blogs and I found a friend of mine had a link to my own blog! I had completely forgotten about it. It was pretty cool to find it.
Thanks Shireen!!!

I realized that the last post was about 2 years ago, and it was quite bitter. I did not post anything during '05 and '06 which might have been my better years!!

Well.... A lot has changed since my last post. Still sick of they guys I have known. Got a little closer with my family. I finally met my brother in law and my niece! She is the most adorable and amazing child I have ever seen!!! I miss her so much!!!
I taught her to be vain!!! She looks in the mirror now and says "preeeeddddyyy"!!! She knows she is amazing!
She also learn how to scream "YALLA" from her carriage when I take a little too long to get ready! Pretty amazing for a 15 month old child! She is really amazing.
I also got closer with my sister. I am really happy about that.
I also finally graduated! It was not really what I was expecting. I was studying for so many years (7 years elementary school, 2 years jubior high, 3 years high school, 3 years IG, 4.5 years university)!! It all ended with me walking onto a stage getting a piece of paper and a hand shake from a really old guy! Education is overrated!!!!
People really build it up. Make you really want that degree. !!!

I am now living in California with my family. Life still sucks! I just want to be back in Egypt. You know what I mean... my life is just not here.
I feel like I am at a different stage in my life. I feel like I just want to settle down and live a quiet life. But my own quiet life!! I became more of a home body here. I used to hate being at home. Now I just feel like sitting at home and being peaceful.
It feels pretty mellow which is cool!

There is not much more that I can think about.. well there are some pretty major things but I want to tell everybody myself so I have chosen to not write it here... if you know what it is please do not post about it!! I want to tell everyone myself!

Well I will think more about what is going on and post it later!!!