baby don't you try to fight me, baby don't you try to fight

12.14.2004_9:34 pm--neutral milk hotel_in the aeroplane over the sea
instead of writing all of this in my journal and having an annoyingly long update, i'm just going to post an overview of the weekend/week here.

friday and saturday were completely spent working on my project (and playing on the internet). at one point twenty-four hours had passed without me eating a single thing, which is bad, i know. and then i had to drive to dallas to turn in the completed project at my professor's office. it seemed there was a party going on there and he told me to stick around for chips and salsa, but...i declined the invitation. sunday i worked and went to an arab girly party which soon turned into a dance contest..a bellydancing one that is. three people who i see normally also did not recognize me without the scarf, which i thought was pretty funny. i'd say hi to people and get some blank expression, and then when they'd realize who i was, the recognition would sweep across their faces. highly amusing. yesterday i went over to my sister's and we watched spiderman 2 and hung out and i ended up sleeping there. anything to get away from home.

there are ups and downs, but it's always nice to know that people care.
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12.09.2004_9:30 am--american analog set_hard to find
finals are over! i still need to finish up my 3D computer models to turn in to my professor by tomorrow or else i'll get an incomplete for the studio and have to retake it. otherwise, no more school for me!

hopefully i will get a c in the studio and physics. it shouldn't be a problem for physics because i got an a on the extra credit paper which is supposed to replace our lowest test grade. while i would have been happy with a b, i am not going to complain if i end up with a c. the psych final was relatively easy, considering i only went to class twice and just skimmed the chapter. i'll probably end up with a b in that class too, where i could have an a, but at some point i think i just quit caring. and it's too bad that i missed class because the last part of class covered psychological disorders.

SCHOOL'S OUT! HOORAY!
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11.27.2004_5:28 pm--the postal service_nothing better
i haven't written in here in a while moslty because there has not been anything interesting to write. hopefully, you kids have fixed those links. now there's just a little bar at the bottom of the screen if you're viewing this in IE and no bar at all if you're viewing it in FF.

mostly i've been slacking. our final models and whatnot are due monday. i have a long way to go and the jury is on friday. finals follow the week after that and then i am school free for a month. the break is much needed. the break from the classes i already have is much needed. the end of the classes i have is a relief. even though we get a whole two days off for thanksgiving, i still have those classes in the back of my mind along with the stress that comes with them. i only registered for three classes next semester, which i should be taking more, but i don't want to die yet. so far it is:

ARCH 2552 - design and drawing ii - mwf (9-12)
ARCH 2303 - hist of arch design i - mwf (12-1) again!
SPAN 1441 - spanish level i - mwf (3-4)

i should get to working on my model and hanging with the fsfs and eating dinner.
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10.31.2004_11:40 pm--the decemberists_shiny
i keep forgetting to update this thing. but was reminded today in the studio. i started using the firefox browser instead of internet explorer because of all the nasty pop-ups, and i tried making this site work in firefox, but i am not html savvy enough to get it down.

i can't remember how to use autocad. i think i'll just have to do it by hand, but i doubt i'll finish what i need. screw that. it's raining and my model is in the car because i didn't want it to get wet as i was trying to get inside. and i just want to sleep.

the fsfs was in town this weekend, but i hardly got to see them. work and plans and parties and whatnot kept everyone busy. no worries, see you kids in three weeks.

life is boring and i can't think of anything else to say. happy halloween.
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10.14.2004_2:42 pm--radiohead_idioteque
i just wrote an update here and think i accidentally erased it. ah well.

i skipped the studio yesterday. finally drove to dallas instead and bought the hydrocal. and got to class twenty minutes before it ended. a girl said, "eman, i am proud of you for skipping class. you needed a break." which i did. i thought it was funny that she said that though. i went around the classroom like the professor and gave my critiques. he did not say anything to me. i'm not sure if he was angry or disappointed? one day i saw him in the studio at night and he said my level of progress was going down. i think i am just getting tired. i will try to work extra hard today to make up for it. yes. and i have a test in arch history. must study for that one to pass.

the temperature today will not be above the sixties. it's getting colder. winter is coming.

i fixed the errors on the page. finally. that message was getting annoying.
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10.12.2004_10:41 pm--matt pond pa_competition
new layout? yes. because i really liked that picture and the colors and i know winter is going to make them all go away. and i am not ready for the winter so i am going to hold onto this for a while.

what to talk about? school is the same as usual. monday, i went to class late, but my professor had not shown up, so class was cancelled. and so i drove to dallas to get that cement, but the place was closed in observance of columbus day. boo. there goes my gas money. now i need to buy some things but i am lacking in the funds department. and that means no pinback cd. i'd rather not start charging my credit card though and be in debt forever.

i'm a big procrastinator. i find any excuse not to work. seriously. this is what this layout is all about. and i do have homework calling. and i just remembered there was a review for my arch history test today from six to seven-thirty. i did not do well on the first one. and have missed class a few times. oh no. the test is friday. this means i will have to study study study.

last night, i went over to my brother's for dinner. it was nice. yasmine is so spoiled. she watches a movie every night. we saw the aristocats. and grilled steaks. which she calls snakes. haha.

anyhow, my sister is yelling for me to get off the computer now, so i'll be going. adios.
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10.08.2004_3:39 pm--pinback_penelope
it seems that when i moved the guestbook to the new alxnet server, i didn't link it right away. so the last few messages don't show up. sorry khang.

i have to go buy some cement from dallas. fun. and i was going to say something else, but now i've forgotten what it was. so that is all.

oh wait. it was my camera. i want a new one. mine worked for three days and then quit again. i'd rather not send it to the company and have them do a half-assed job fixing it. (i got it refurbished but it obviously wasn't fixed correctly.) i'd probably have to wait till the holidays to get a new one though. but hey, ramadan starts next week, so eid can't be too far off.
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09.28.2004_6:43 pm--interpol_take you on a cruise
my camera does this stupid thing every once in a while where it refuses to take pictures of anything but a big black screen. and then i give it to my dad's friend and he makes it work somehow after i've spent hours trying to figure it out myself. i should ask what he does. but until then, i will not be posting any crappy pictures of anything. yeah.

i bought the new interpol album today. contrary to what a lot of people have said, i think its a really good album. moreso than the faint's new release. yeah. that one may have been a little too hxc for me. though i probably should have saved my money for something more important. like gas. i think i can last on what i have for the rest of the week.

the enter page is starting to bother me. but without it my image is just floating. unless i steal natasha's border idea. also, the guestbook is pretty useless. but oh well.

i just noticed that i say 'yeah' after a lot of things, as if that reinforces my point. as if someone would interject with a 'really?' and i'd answer with 'yeah'. haha. or maybe i host conversations with myself in my head and manage to write it out anyhow. i think too much.
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09.18.2004_10:05 pm--the walkmen_everyone who pretended to like me is gone
i hate the pop-ups on this new version of aim. and i can't figure out how to get rid of them.

this has been a good weekend so far. the fearsome foursome minus brittany is in town. yesterday natasha and i ran errands and hung out at starbucks. today natalie and julie and i got a cookie monster at cheddar's. tomorrow we will have breakfast bright and early (but not too early) at IHOP. they are here to see me (and natasha's also here for nicole's wedding). after everything that has happened lately, it's nice to know that i have some friends who care. i love you guys.

school is going pretty well and even though i have tons of homework, it's fun. i really like what i'm doing now and coming up with ideas and making things look really cool. i think that having my professor pick on me isn't so bad because everyone in the class finds it easy to talk to me. and they never change the cd when i put one on. hooray.

hamilton leithauser (the walkmen): he is girl
crazy. you are boy crazy. beware of chicks with
better shoes than you.

who's your indie rock boyfriend?
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09.17.2004_5:51 pm
i haven't updated this thing in a while. and now, i don't really have time. but things are looking all right.
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09.07.2004_12:53 pm--pinback_b
the weekend is over and now we're back to school. my project is due tomorrow and hopefully, i will do pretty well, seeing as how i've been losing a lot of sleep over it.

i am really just updating to say: here are the pictures from seaworld. (they are not very interesting though
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09.02.2004_12:18 pm--the good life_you're no fool
i've realized that i cannot expect other people to help me out with my projects because they just can't do it as well. home depot can't even cut my wood without getting it all splintery, so now i have to use my exacto knife to do it. my dad couldn't do it with his saw either. it sucks. this is the first wooden model we've had to build and i hope i do everything right. he already told me i needed some work with my model making. which i believe is true because i'm very impatient and doing things quickly causes them to be sloppy. but i am a procrastinator.

we're going to san antonio this weekend..well, friday and saturday because my sister wants to take the kids to seaworld and i think it will be nice to get out, even if it is with the family. though my instructor told us he was going to assign us a shitload of work to do. which i will hopefully be able to cram into sunday, monday and tuesday. no work = no money. and my resources are quickly being depleted buying materials for this studio. i hope i have enough to last the rest of the semester.

i just bought this good life album, which is really cool because the booklet is a calendar and it has two discs for the price of one. yes, i am impressed. now i only need to get these new albums as they come out: the faint's wet from birth, interpol's antics and pinback's summer in abaddon. ohsofun.
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08.29.2004_8:21 pm--the faint_the passives (remix)
instead of working on my project today, i slacked off (or took a very long break--whichever you prefer) and spent my time on the internet trying to make a new layout. i liked the old one all right when i was doing it in photoshop, but after looking at all the fancy stuff everyone else did, i thought mine looked a little plain.

so here is the new one. enjoy! and remember, this is the first time i've done one completely in html.
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_8:58 pm
i just realized that i cannot draw myself.

and that is as good as it's going to get

and that is as good as it's going to get

as for my other projects, we're supposed to make some grid with these shapes and somehow there's supposed to some rotated square and you should be able to tell that the rest is a grid even if there are no lines drawn. it's like a puzzle that i'm not sure i've figured out yet. but here is what i have:
can you see the grid?!

if those are solved correctly, then i only have two more to go. cut out seventy-two half-inch squares and superimpose them on the grid somehow... i don't know what i am talking about. this studio is driving me crazy.

and all i wanted was to meet a cute boy.

08.28.2004_5:51 pm--man factory_amigos
went to the man factory show at the coffee haus last night. took some pictures of the gang. you can see them here.

no time for a real update cause my brother is locked out of his apartment and i must give him the spare key. later kiddos.
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08.26.2004_11:32 am
yesterday my studio instructor asked why i hadn't built the partition in the room. funny guy he is.

today in psych we took this insanely long survey. supposedly we have to participate in experiments or else we get an incomplete for the class. we're going to be lab rats!! and then we took another survey to see if we were depressed or not. except that one was anonymous. pff. this year will be very interesting.
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08.24.2004_12:34 pm
let's see. the first day of school was pretty good and pretty crazy. there was so much traffic getting there that i was almost late to class even though i left my house pretty early. i went to my studio class first and they moved our class out to the annex building which is good because it is closer to the parking lot and we can keep our stuff locked in there so we don't have to take it back and forth with us. our instructor is young, like early thirties i think. anyhow, he told us that we would be pulling a lot of all-nighters. that we would probably be living in the studio. that we should invest in a coffee pot to stay awake during those long nights. that the class was intense intense intense. that to be an A student you had to do not only the minimum three or so sketches for example, but more like ten! gah. the minimum due tomorrow is nine. nine! intense is no joke. but in general it sounds like the projects will be fun.

my architecture history class was next and the teacher is really weird. like he is jittery or something and talks in a normal voice then switches to a high-pitched whisper at the end of the sentence. for every sentence. real weird. also the cute boy that i had a semi-crush on last semester is in that class and sat in the row in front of me and parked two spaces away from me. so hopefully i will get the guts to talk to him sometime.

khang and i had lunch and he made me a new wukang shirt. i like it. and i saw his new car, which is super cool but red so i know he is going to get pulled over a lot. be careful!

and then there was physics and the class is so small and i know it will be boring and i don't remember anything from last fall. ugh. after class some guy came up to me and shook my hand, asked if i was persian, and then talked to me for a while. asked if e-man is really how you pronounce my name and i said yes. it was kind of weird. if only he was attractive.

today i went to psychology and it was all right. we went over the syllabus and she let us go because she thought class ended at 10:20 when it actually ended at 10:50, but we weren't going to tell her that she was wrong. anyhow, some girl and i talked after class, so i guess this meeting new people plan is working smoothly. labs don't start until next week. i talked to almost everyone online who has left, so i'm not feeling to sad about things. i'm glad everyone is okay at school and all. but now i've got (at least) nine sketches to do for tomorrow, plus buy a portfolio and pick of my nephew from school in two hours. and i apologize for all the run-on sentences. but i would probably say them just how i wrote them without taking any breaths in between, so deal.
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08.21.2004_8:18 pm--pedro the lion_arizona
for two days i suffered from the effects of food poisoning from sonic. just as i am getting better, i catch a cold from my niece. i don't have time to be sick! school starts monday. i think i will die.
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08.10.2004_9:15 pm--bright eyes_contrast and compare
i took my little sister to school to pick up her schedule and it was pretty weird. i have to take her to school tomorrow at 8am. not sure how i'll wake up. the little eigth graders are not so little anymore. in fact, a lot of them are taller than me. i bet they'd even pick on me if they could. ha. :/

the faint is coming out with a new album next month and i am looking forward to it. the good life's album of the year is already out..but i am still contemplating whether or not i should buy it. kind of lacking in the cash department and i do need to buy a new portfolio because they one i had died. (and i totally got off task for thirty minutes there.) but anyway, the heat obviously melted the glue that was holding the paper sides together. i'd like to buy a new one, but even the plastic ones are thirty-something dollars. and the nice leather ones? oh man. maybe i can save up some money to buy a nice one though. maybe.
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08.09.2004_2:59 pm
i am glad that we are getting things done.

the weekend was all right. i taught some people how to put their contacts in and my dad paid me for it. it's nice to know that i get more money touching people's eyeballs that working six hours or so on two separate days.

andrea and i went to starbucks again last night to study and ended up talking for quite a while before we even started. there was some mention of apartments and moving out, and how i wish i could, but i don't think my parents would let me. not now anyway. we were there for the old people rush and then for the younger/more annoying kid rush. we saw isiac and his hair is shorter once again and he'll be going to northlake this fall. so then we tried to study and were partially successful, but then i did not study the rest of the material and forgot most of what we had gone over about the cold war. looked over some of it this morning but the essay question that i knew really well was not on the test! so i wrote everything i could remember and really, we only need a sixty on the final to make an A in the class, so i am not too worried.

i would have liked to do more things this summer and work on plans that were never carried out and seen some movies that everyone has already seen, but i have to go back to school very soon and everyone else will soon be gone as well. and that's how things work.
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08.04.2004_7:37 pm--the faint_there's something not as valid when the scenery is a postcard
i can't really think of anything to say. today was a pretty boring day.

i posted some pictures from houston. that is all.
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07.29.2004_3:13 pm--stars_elevator love letter
i like rain, but not when i have to drive twenty mph and still cannot see where i am going. i fell asleep at ten-thirty last night while i was reading catch 22. not that the book was boring or anything. i was exhausted--probably from my allergies going crazy first at andrea's house and then natalie's. woke up thirsty at three-thirty and could not go back to sleep till six. i think i am okay now though.

not sure what to do today.
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07.26.2004_357 pm--the cure_boys don't cry
it never ceases to amaze me when random people come up to me and say, "hi, i'm so and so. blah blah. etc etc." somehow it all seems a bit funny.

damn you errors on page. what am i doing wrong?!
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_6:23 pm--cursive_the radiator hums!
scarface poster in the trunk of my car. true story.

pink panther ringtone on my sister's phone.

_1:55 am--radiohead_myxomatosis!
i like modest mouse, but got sick of the layout. this is quite possibly more simple than it was before. so yeah. 1024x768.

new mindset comes with new layout? close, but no cigar.

07.25.2004_12:49 am--interpol_the new!
out with the old, in with the new.