yes its sunday evening...i have a paper to type, laundry to fold, but instead i am putting together a mix tape. a soup du jour of life's little moments this past week. a kind of catch all for the busy week. i like the format of a mix tape on sunday nights, it brings my whole busy week to an end and its great pre write for my other material i have to churn out during the week. plus it gives my faithfull and loving dear hearted sweet kind and sexxy visitors a little closer look into my life..life that i dont share when im on my soap box, my platform, my kicks, my empower motivational speeches, my daily affirmations, daily bitchings' and daily blah-ging.
and before i begin:
A HEART FELT THANK YOU to my subscribers and readers. definitely if you are helping this Mermaid out, you are in my book of FAME. My book of ppl to know, appreciate and thank one day, God Willing. Just spread the word about this blog, link it, and if its really inspires you, WRITE your own blog, COMMENT here, and if you think my writing in any way offends you, hurts you, helps, and heals you..let me know. With love. :D
KATRINA: how can we forget? a whole year and a whole population of families, children and animals, displaced, uprooted, ABANDONED, and left behind to waste away in fernenting waste, hunger, thirst and chaos. the largest beurocratic "i didn't get the memo" mistake at both local and national levels. DISGUSTING. mother natured capsizes another landmark and leaves the feeling ppl to do the cleaning up. I did my share of relief, but i don't know how much better it made those families feel. God willing i hope in some way a year later, they are all well on their way to beautiful lives, and somehow are coping better than they were a year ago. the sight at the astrodome in houston, was one to see--you can never look at another natural disaster in the same way again. I mean in the US at least. The quake in Pakistan last year, and winter before, the GREAT TSUNAMI that enveloped masses is also not to be forgotten. Count your lucky coins that you are not in civil unrest or in coastal flood plain.
The CROCODILE HUNTER: 
i am a humanist to such a degree that literally my heart bleeds for darfur, rwanda, palestine, iraq, inner city america, but when i found out about Steve Irwin. My heart just wept. Such a geniuine soul, a great energy. i never met Steve, but i know if i did, he would instantly be my friend. the kind of man i wish my children would get to know. just because he devoted his life to animals. yes his adrenaline junkie streak might have been a risk that i would not ever promote, but it was a connection he had with animals, that of course "don't do this at home" mantra would apply, RESPECT was always there for Steve. His goofy smile, his cute excited Aussie accent and all the animals he brought into our awareness from his work..absolutely demands a big thank you and a moment to reflect on his life's work. Love you.
Weddings: Yes another friend is getting married this year! [photo: huma, crystal and sandra-my wedding]
Alhumdolillah. My friend Crystal! I am really happy for her. She was
one of my bridesmaid and fit right in with the family. Lucky for her
she got to wear ethnic garb, and I am dreading wearing a dress. I don't
do dresses. Sexy Pant suit maybe. but dresses, hell no. anyhoo-very
happy for her! I will say, Zehra, Huma, my friend John, My friend KB,
Moi, my cousin
Ramiz, and now Crystal..this year has been a good year.. ...and i can
say..when the time is right, it is. Can't force it, no matter how much
we long for true love or true companionship or true love and
committment, it happens at its own time. Trust me. I got married at 28
and my hubby at 32, we went through alot of rocky paths and broken
roads before we eventually met. The H never really focused on
relationships. His pre marriage life was spent soaking in Russian and
European culture, and marriage was the last thing on his mind. A
certified nerd. The H did ACTIVELY search for a life partner for a
whole year before moi. Me, well..different story, i always longed for
love and companionship since i was 16.Yes, a hopeFULL romantic. Of
course go figure, the year before i met the H, i had given up on men.
Needless to say, our first meeting was literally a soul connection. A
feeling of, "i need to take care of him", and for him, "i can see us
together"...no bullshit, straight to the point...Mashallah...here we
are...now i am rambling. anyhoo-Congrats Crystal!
Babies:
My lovely friend Sadia popped out a gorgeous baby girl a few weeks ago,
Mashallah. I have to give her special props, because she already has a
one year old baby boy AND, just finished and passed her licensing exam
to be family therapist. She recieves a HUGE kuddos in my book!
Mashallah.
Dallasite: 
its official four months into marriage and move to dallas from
houston..i adopt a dallas cell number. now i am a dallasite. not to
confuse with parasite or socialite.
Audioslave: Revelations.
I was at Best Buy with other Chris Cornell fans in line to buy NEW
music on Tuesday afternoon. I actually made an event out of it. Sad to
say, someone should have sent me a revelation or a text message at
least, to save my mula and pass on the CD. Other than the first few
tracks, which pale in comparison to their last few CDs, and definitely
pale in comparison the first and best self titled audioslave
album....were Cornellish enough to satiate my ears. I guess if you are
in the mood to listen to seatle grunge and angry rock its best to stick
with the classics: nirvana, soundergarden, alice in chains and my all
time favorite, PEARL JAM! Eddie Veddier still rox my world.
ABC DRAMATIZATION of 9/11: enough said. bull shit.if you watch you are just adding to their ratings. just dont buy any of the sponsor's stuff, even if it is the utlimate driving machine. hell, i will probably watch, because i want to be informed on crap the networks upload to our craniums when we are in rest mode. ugh. how can a network that loves mickey hate the truth?
on the eve of 9/11:
its still horrifying. its still angers me that crazy fanatics
will twist the faith to suit their needs. its sad all together. all of
it. the loss of ppl in the WTC, to the loss of our soldiers, to
fireman, to racial profiling..all of it is sad. i hope we gain some
peace. its just sad.I hope compassion and understanding even today is
what we aim for. I hope we still honor heroes and the lost lives. I
hope we try to find peaceful resolutions to the conflicts and give
truth a chance.
i remember driving home from work that day, Radioheads' :
This machine will
Will not communicate these thoughts and this strain I am under
Be a world child form a circle before we all go under
next mix tape next month
mermaid
