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Jan. 1st, 2020

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Welcome.
This is my pretty-much-permanent introduction post, geared towards those who are not habitual LiveJournal users -- family friends, relatives, ex-professors, people who get my mommy's Christmas letter etc. LJers please comment to this post, so I know who reads it!

Click here to learn how this stuff works. )

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If you have read more than three or four of my musings, I'd love it if you just posted a comment to this entry. Tell me a bit about yourself, if you like, especially if you think I might not be 100% sure who you are, or know you only online. Or tell me why you bothered to visit my LiveJournal. Or just say hi. Or post a silly picture or link. Or whatever. I'm interested in who reads this nonsense.

If you are here because someone told you about my writings about my stay in Karachi, you want to go to
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ayeshak/13832.html
to begin from the beginning. Which is a nice place to begin. From there, there's a little row of five icons above the writing; keep clicking on the right-hand one, the arrow, to go to the next chronological entry.

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Jun. 29th, 2009

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11:29 I have returned from the Holm! What an amazing time! Discovered that I cannot windsurf, but reaffirmed that I rock at croquet. Yay famblies! #

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Jun. 23rd, 2009

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03:51 Beautiful & sunny! Tonight, train it 2 The Holm to see various family-types! Hooray for life! Jellyfish count: WHOLE LOTTA shakin' goin' on. #

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Jun. 22nd, 2009

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03:52 Jellyfish count: yer MOM. General mood: yer mom's FACE. Send ninjas with espresso. Oh gawd why does it feel so earlyyyyyy #

07:10 The problem with praising engrossing books in ebook format, as put by @thatswedishgirl : "oh yeah, they're real... button clickers?" #

12:22 As promised (so there, Ian!), a photo of my new hair. It is now no longer straight, but still purple. tr.im/plfM #

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Jun. 21st, 2009

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14:14 The honour and reputation of the British male has been redeemed. In related news: rowr. ^__^ #

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Jun. 19th, 2009

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07:18 Been watching True Blood (season 1) -- really liking it so far. #

11:21 Holy CARP y'all. I wish I could share screenshots etc -- have been looking at what APB's art team has been getting up to... IMPRESSIVE. Dag. #

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Jun. 18th, 2009

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04:53 Had one of the WORST dates ever last night. AppALLing. He oughtta be ASHAMED of himself. Only CAPITALS can adequately convey my disapproval. #

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Jun. 17th, 2009

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04:04 feet are incredibly bruised-feeling. Must be from walking more'n I'm used to, and unforgiving cobblestones. Yesterday's jellyfish count: 27! #

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Jun. 16th, 2009

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06:21 Advanced Cat Yodeling tr.im/oE3X Ahhhhh can't breathe laughing too much send ninjas with inhalers #

10:39 Want to know about what I'm working on? The first two APB podcasts are now up. Check them out at: www.youtube.com/user/RealtimeWorlds #

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Jun. 15th, 2009

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13:46 RT (paraphrased) @adammersky : If Obama's life were on Facebook... HILARIOUS. Go read, not too long. www.slate.com/id/2220295/ #

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Jun. 13th, 2009

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17:59 Housemate & I: -watch Dexter-
Her: As they say down South, I could just sop him up with a *biscuit!*
Me: THAT IS THE BEST EXPRESSION EVER! #

05:40 @NathanFillion Vous etes charmant, vous! Je suis heureuse d'entendre que vous aimez Paris. #

05:41 Someone on Facebook just tried via Fbook chat to scam me out of money posing as my boss. O_o;; #

07:50 ATTENTION ARTISTS: If your style includes steam/cyberpunk/magic-realism & you might like to help me design my back tattoo, ping/DM/email me. #

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Jun. 12th, 2009

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21:32 Today in Dundee: Double-decker bus count: 2. Actual official kilt-wearers spotted in their natural habitats: 3. Send smirky ninjas in plaid. #

05:27 Somewhat embarrassed about liking the song Teenagers by MCR quite as much as I do. Video also refs Pink Floyd quite a bit: tr.im/ofKO #

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Jun. 11th, 2009

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14:33 Someone walked into DC Holocaust museum & opened fire; he & a guard were shot, now in hospital. ...Stay classy, bro. D-:< tr.im/o3Ww #

04:11 Jellyfish count: seven! Water very still & dark. Bull's-eye ripple from a gull's take-off spreading in center, like visual haiku, soon gone. #

07:22 I have created a new word: emoth! (EE-moth) Adjective applicable to anything in the vast territory of Emo and Goth cultural overlap. *iSmug* #

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Jun. 10th, 2009

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02:52 GENTLEMEN! Please sound off. Women's shoes: *Never notice 'em *Notice only if clash or are ugly *Should at least match *Must match & be sexy #

11:40 Jellyfish count: 2, far apart and looking lonely. Enthusiastic hailstorm just happened. Instant chorus of sirens. Related? Tonight: karaoke. #

11:55 Ahahahaha I am apparently unable to tell what day it is. Correction: TOMORROW night = karaoke. Tonight: excitement. By which I mean laundry. #

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Jun. 9th, 2009

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17:00 Following the first real-time stand-up comedy show via Twitter. The hashtag is tcgig ...so far it's interesting. #

19:05 Awesome HBS article on Twitter: Men Follow Men, Nobody Tweets: tr.im/nQij (10% of users = 90% of Twitter traffic.) ...I'm an enabler. #

05:16 Jae Ho, the song from Slumdog Millionaire as remixed by (le shudder) the Pussycat Dolls, is.... annoyingly addictive. *sigh* Dignity now -1. #

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Jun. 8th, 2009

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19:56 Right ok virtue begins tomorrow in the meantime follow @tweetcomedyclub or #twitcom to hear comics do their thing via twitter in the evening #

06:18 @NathanFillion The Eye is awesome -- try to catch it at sunset. The Tower, to be touristy. And catch as many plays as possible. Yay the Rep! #

06:40 RT @qikipedia The first 5 American men to win the Nobel Prize for Literature were alcoholics. (via @WritersGroup) Thither cometh the cliché. #

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Jun. 7th, 2009

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11:10 stand-up comedy show last night, lots of fun, followed by dancing. I think, however, that starting this week I should be a good doobie. #

11:12 That's right, kids! Straightening up, flying right; I shall be all virtuous and eat well and STOP LAUGHING IN THE BACK THERE YES I MEAN YOU #

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Jun. 6th, 2009

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The initial Dundee reports

AKNN (Ayesha K News Network), Thursday, May 28th 2009

Studio: First reports just coming in from the front. We now go live to Khan, on the scene in her new Dundee apartment. Khan?

Field: Thanks so much, Ayesha. Well, it's a cold day here in Dundee -- but then again, it's cold the vast majority of the year. The garrulous driver who got me from Edinburgh airport to my new flat told me that when the wind changes, it's apparently coming right the fuck from the Siberian plains via Scandinavia, and is, and I paraphrase here, colder than a brass monkey's balls in a blizzard.

Studio: That's very cold indeed, Khan.

Field: Yes it is. I had to wear gloves this morning and evening, though it was nearly T-shirt weather around lunchtime. In other news, the flat is a two-bedroom, and very unexpectedly came with a roomie -- a red-headed Texan Ass-Prod --

Studio: I'm sorry, that must have gotten garbled. Did you say ass prod?

Field: Yes, Ayesha; that's what we in the industry call an Assistant or Associate Producer. Anyway, she arrived last weekend and was also very surprised to find out she was going to have a housemate. However, the view from the flat's balcony is quite nice, and it's less than a thirty-minute walk from work.

Studio: Which is a good thing, as you're unlikely to get a car, yes?

Field: Damn straight, Ayesha.

Studio: And how are you finding Dundee so far?

Field: Full of history, of course, but this is Europe, where it comes from, as Mr. Izzard says. The oldest British man-o'-war still afloat, the Frigate Unicorn, is moored literally down the street from where I am. I can see it from my balcony, and it's very impressive-looking. A few shopping centers, that could be from anywhere in the world. Lots of pubs, but few that serve any food after eight p.m., which feels strange. Also, all the shops close by five-thirty or so.

Studio: The question arises of when the hell they think anyone has time to go shopping.

Field: Rather what I was asking myself. The flat comes with a television, but the quaint British basic package only includes four channels, and at any one time three seem to be playing news or talk shows discussing Parliamentary scandals.

Studio: And are you familiar with the issues being discussed therein?

Field: Less familiar than a scorpion with a bathing costume, Ayesha.

Studio: With a?

Field: Swimsuit, in Limey. Do you realize this entire country contains only five million people?

Studio: Holy crap, Khan.

Field: Exactly. Reporting from Dundee, this is Khan, in search of emotional and intellectual stimulation, and hopefully a good-looking if probably orthodontically-challenged Scots boy or three to take home and corrupt. Not all at once, of course. And now, back to the studio. Ayesha?

Studio: Thank you very much for joining us, and good night.

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AKNN Saturday morning, 30 May 2009

Studio: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen! We have a scheduled call with our field reporter in Dundee, where it's still this morning -- let's see how Khan is doing.

Field: ohmygodShhhhhhhhhhh

Studio: ....Khan?

Field:  Kill meeeeee

Studio:  ....Er. Perhaps we should try to catch up with our field reporter, um.... another time.

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AKNN Monday, 1 June 2009

Studio: We have a dispatch from field reporter Khan, to share with you today while she's at work:

( CLOSE-UP OF DISPATCH )

People I have learned never to try to keep up with when drinking heavily:

Aussies
Midwestern and Northwestern farm-raised boys
Older Pakistani upper-class businessmen
That dude Dave from the Burren
The British -- SWEET BABY G THE BRITISH ESPECIALLY THE SCOTCH WHAT DO THEY FEED THESE FUCKERS

Studio: Um... Thank you, and good night.
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In related news: I miss you all.

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10:23 Had a really good lie-in for the first time since arrival. Delicious. Now must decide whether to go library-n-erranding or be a lump at home #

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Jun. 5th, 2009

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04:07 Jellyfish count: totally forgot to look. Also, the pigeons here live quietly and in fear of the (much larger) seagulls. This makes me happy. #

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