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the ramlings of on Sunday, November 28, 2010.


When I perform my daily ride of the wave known as the Internet, which begins with my ritualistic perusal of Gmail, Facebook, NBA.com, and then Facebook again, I can usually continue my day without further thought to my cranium. Usually, I begin my day by reading an anti-Republican email from my beloved uncle, accepting the inevitable friend request(s) of the latest beautiful woman to stumble upon my Facebook page, learning about the Houston Rockets losing yet another game, and then making a Facebook status about these matters.
On rare occasion, my routine fails to ensue so fluently. Sometimes, I unearth something that invokes such disdain that it imprints itself into my thoughts like a paan stain outside of the University of Houston business school. Alas, the Internet is such a carefree and innocent place, but it allows the power of expression to anyone with a computer.
A great philosopher, known only as Eminem, put it so eloquently: “…words are like a dagger, with a jagged edge.”
Sometimes these criminals of articulation choose to remain anonymous, yet other times they proclaim their identities with pride, as if their thoughts are elementary school children who made the honor roll and the Internet is a car upon which to place a bumper sticker.
However, I consider myself a vigilante of sorts…an Al Gore, if you will, who strives to protect the innocent citizens of the Internet from the effects of the pollution of these individuals who only speak from their limited understanding of the world and believe that they have the right to judge others because they took a few psychology courses in college and have the ability to use Microsoft Word’s built-in thesaurus. I’m sorry, but just because you read "The Da Vinci Code" in high school and have Perez Hilton as your homepage does not make you a writer.
From Immy, with love.

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the ramlings of on Saturday, September 11, 2010.

So Ramadan XXIII just ended, and as always, it's a bittersweet feeling. On one hand, you know you're going to miss the positive feelings of Ramadan: the brotherhood, the extra blessings, the iftar parties, IHOP sehris at 5 am...but on the other hand, it feels kinda good for things to get back to normal. The most important thing, however, is to never forget the lessons you learn from this holy month. So I've decided to make a list of things I learned this Ramadan.

-stay up all night watching TV, playing games, and hanging out. The later you fall asleep, the later you'll wake up, and the less you'll actually have to fast. Make sure you don't pray at night or do anything stupid like that.

-Find a video game and dedicate all your time to playing it. This will make the fasts seem fast.

-Khatam duas are the perfect time to catch up on some overdue sleep. The lights are off and everyone's focusing on their own sins, so no one will notice if you doze off for 10-15 minutes.

-You're never too old to get Eidi.

-"Staying up all night at the masjid" is the perfect way to stay out all night without your parents badgering you.

-If you're a hafiz, try to find a nice masjid to lead your taraveeh at. That way you can get your name out and get super props. Aunties will be throwing their daughters at you before you can even duck.

-Remember, you're always allowed the first look.

-Donate your yearly Zakat in Ramadan so you can maximize returns.

-Most masjids have free iftars and sehris, so you can eat free food for an entire month, if you're smart and make sure not to frequent the same masjids.

Anyways, I hope this advice helped. See y'all next year. Peace.

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the ramlings of on Monday, August 30, 2010.

I'm sorry to all the infidels that I've offended by being Muslim. I didn't really plan on it; I was born this way. Do you think I'd actually choose to be part of this religion? Do you think it's easy having to stay away from women and Lucky Charms? It sucks, man. I have to deal with all these annoying rules like praying five times a day. Every 5-6 hours I have to take a 5 minute break. It's so irritating. Do you have any idea how unproductive that is? It really cuts into my Starcraft time.

And fasting for a month...it's ridiculous. Have you seen the weather outside? I have to skip lunch every day for 30 days? Forget that. I don't care what it feels like not to have food on the table. I worked hard (well, my parent's did) to get where I'm at it. Being poor is gay, and I'm just not into all that.

Oh, and I really didn't mean to oppress our women in front of you. In Islam, we have this annoying thing where we actually respect our women and honor them for their intelligence and ability, instead of treating them like sex objects and having them walk around half naked for our pleasure. I apologize on behalf of all modestly dressed Muslim women. My bad.

I'm sorry for being this way. I'm sorry to all the infidels that feel insecure when I'm around. I'm sorry that you have to feel a need to justify your pork and alcoholic habits to me. I personally WISH I could dip my bacon into a bud light every morning, but I just don't have that luxury. Anyways, you guys do what you gotta do. Just please don't post your embarrassing pictures of that night you got wasted on Facebook. I get really jealous, no joke. There's nothing more awesome than a picture of you and your best friend wrestling naked because the two of you had a few too many Heinekens.

I promise I'm going to work on myself. I'm going to try and suppress my flaws. I'll keep my terrorist centers out of your way. This whole Ground Zero Mosque is so stupid. I would like to apologize on behalf of my people. It's disrespectful to build one of our terrorist command centers so close to where that horrible tragedy happened nine years ago. Al-Qaeda may consist of religious, fundamentalist, uneducated, desperate, brainwashed, homicidal maniacs, but everyone knows that they truly represent the views of the other 1.57 billion Muslims.

Anyways, I'm sorry, I don't know where I got the idea that I could freely practice my religion or build peaceful places of worship. Thank you for being so patient with my warped beliefs. If other religions had small percentages of crazy fundamentalists, I'd be burning their holy books too.

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the ramlings of on Sunday, July 11, 2010.

"Except if you're a dick your whole life, your next shell will be made of crap, okay? If you're an ass, you're gonna come back as a cockroach, or a worm, or an anal bead, okay? If you're a man, and you act heroic, you'll come back as an eagle, you'll come back as a dragon, you'll come back as Jude Law, okay? Which would you rather be?"

-Dale Denton, from Pineapple Express

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the ramlings of on Wednesday, July 07, 2010.

le·git·i·mate (adj):

1. Being in accordance with established or accepted patterns and standards.
2. Based on logical reasoning; reasonable.
3. Authentic; genuine.

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the ramlings of on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.

As most of you know, YouTube has this feature where it recommends videos based on what you've watched. Today, it recommended me to (re)watch a Nouman Ali Khan video in which he answers the question, "I listen to lots of hip-hop and watch MTV Cribs...what's your advice?" It also suggested me a few other videos. Check it out:



Dang, even Youtube knows I'm a hypocrite.

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the ramlings of on Monday, June 14, 2010.

I would like to take this opportunity to formally apologize. I realize that my blog can be sometimes be taken as offensive to some people. I assure you, it's just jokes. I apologize if you take the musings of a random college student too seriously. A lot of my blog posts are about the people I deal with on a daily basis, so I'm sorry if you were too much of a scrub to handle something that you may have inspired. Next time, I'll be sure to only make fun of people that can take a joke or that can understand satire. I need to realize that not everyone can do this, and that's why I find myself having to write this disclaimer. I'm sorry and I hope you can accept my humble apology.

Love,
Imran

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