Pink

is the color of my hair.  I don't know if I really like it, although I don't hate it.  I think I like it.  We'll see.  My sisterlocks are only half-finished.  Pink scalp exacerbates the plucked-chicken look.

Before we started the locks.  Note how pink my scalp is.  You can't see it here, but the baby hairs are still blond from the bleaching.

Fashion baby, fashion baby

I'm convinced the fashion world is just filled with people who really like messing with other people.  Vogue's Best Dressed for June 7, '10 Check number 2.  If an actual Muslim girl wore that, they'd be like "OMG! She looks so Muslim!"  But Rihanna wears it and they're like "OMG!  Best Dressed!"  D***s.

lifelong student

You know, it's highly likely that, given a choice, I'll be in school for the rest of my life. That'd be cool actually.

Blah.

I don't have any friends.  Even by Wikipedia's definition.  But then neither does 1 in every 4 people you see out on the street.  I'm going to stop talking.  I'm tired of being entertainment for people who are not my friends.  I'm going to draw instead and learn to dance and get my singing voice back, insha'Allah.

I have a ton of things to finish, and start, instead of talking, anyway.

And I love this video (warning: it's NSFW and kind of gross at points, censored though) but I love how insane she looks.  As in crazed.  :)

chills and a path

I read somewhere once that to find out what you want to do in life, what will fulfill you, you should think about things you could do until something makes you burst into tears.  I'm getting chills right now, although not crying, thankfully.

I'm changing my major to Chinese, insha'Allah.  You know there are 30 million Muslims in China?  And I'm so weird already there that my lack of beauty won't matter.  I'll just be a freak on all counts.  (That is not a bad thing, necessarily.)  And I might do a minor in CS.  And, you know, I just might not.  Chinese is a critical language.  This is a GOOD thing.  I could be a tech liaison for some company or university or something.  Maybe.  We'll see.

I'm taking 6 credits of Chinese next semester, insha'Allah.

And I have to make this online work thing work. I need the extra money.

resources:
http://www.islamichina.com/muslims/islaminchina.asp?id=14
http://www.cowinachinashop.com/?page_id=2
http://www.languages.umd.edu/chinese/undergraduate/index.html
http://vannoordadventures.blogspot.com/
http://web.me.com/hjgoodman/Our_stuff/Shanghaid/Shanghaid.html
http://www.expat-blog.com/en/destination/asia/china/