Jul 17, 2006 Posted by saaleha

in mourning black

Tweet For when hearts bruise, crack, break, shatter in life’s storage-hold; it would sluice between the damage, a warm poly-filla, taking up the emptiness with a perfect alchemy of sweet and warm. For when the world sees your shoulders as concrete and not the papier-maché you sometimes fashion, it would make tissue-paper of weighty priority… I... read more

Jun 23, 2006 Posted by saaleha

One Fine Friday … a rah rah rant rant

Tweet I downloaded an article entitled “How to stop Procrastinating”. Haven’t gotten around to reading it yet. Deadlines loom with malevolent menace (oooh, alliteration). If anyone whispers ‘wordcount’ to me, i’m going to bash them on the head with the external dvd-writer and make them drink yesterday’s rancid... read more

Feb 2, 2006 Posted by saaleha

WWPMD?

Tweet In another rare occurrence of ctrl-c/ctrl-v, I made off with this from The Black Iris . Humeid’s take on the Danish Cartoon fracas is decidedly refreshing in the current climate. How the Prophet Might Have Responded to the Cartoons..   By way of http://www.360east.com/?p=304 In the Islam religion class in school I, as all children in Muslim... read more

Dec 23, 2005 Posted by saaleha

Terms of Endangerment

Tweet I don’t do too well with affectionate little labels. I put them right into that box with other cringey offerings from the y-chromosomed; such as smellantine inspired stuffies clutching kitschy “I love you beary much” hearts (blech blech). No, I’m not a romantic. Crazy x said as much once, when I left him crying amongst his scented... read more

Dec 12, 2005 Posted by saaleha

I just called to say …

Tweet Sunday 5am. Curettaged from sleep by Freshly Ground’s doo-be-doo. The true tone pours out of my phone friendly and confusing, surely it couldn’t be time to give face to the morning yet? But my disorientation would soon be supplanted by something a little more sinister. and doo-be-doo would never sound quite like warm summer sun ever again. A... read more