Mix Tape

When I was young,  I had the biggest secret crush with a boy.  This kind of crush caused me to record songs from the radio and I created a mix tape for him.   It was so much better than writing a note.  It would convey my feelings.  The mix tape will profess my undying love.  This was my compilation:

Side A:

1:  Call Me by Blondie

2:  Secret Lovers by Atlantic Starr

3:  Crazy for you by Madonna

4:  I wanna be your boyfriend by The Ramones

5:  Lost in love by New Edition

6:  All Through The Night by Cindy Lauper

7:  We Belong by Pat Benatar

8:  Venus by Bananarama

9:  French Kissin’ in the USA by Deborah Harry

10:  St. Elmo’s fire theme song

Side B:

1:  Shattered Dreams by Johnnie Hates Jazz

2:  Owner of a lonely heart by Yes

3:  Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler

4:  I’ll get over you by Toto

5:  Don’t You Want Me by Human League

6:  Do You Really Want To Hurt Me by Culture Club

7:  How Soon Is Now by The Smiths

8:  Love Is A Battlefield by Pat Benatar

9:  Blue Monday by New Order

10:  Separate Lives by Phil Collins

These songs we’re carefully hand picked and tailored with a purpose.  Side A’s theme  my feeling and Side B’s message comprised of rejection.  I have better taste in music now and I never gave my mix tape to my crush.  I recently discovered my mix tape and no doubt revived a memory of how nerdy I was once and I like that part of me.  I know this was a piece of object that we all once made or received at one point in our youthful days.

 

 

What Sarah Palin need

What Sarah Palin need when she meet with the attendees of the world stage with UN leders:

1.)  Foreign Policies for Dummies

2.)  The “Easy Buton”

3.)  Lipstick

4.)  U2’s Greatest Hits Album

5.)  Mini Van

Protons, Go!

Duh, where have I been?  As I busy myself watching the ‘new 90210′ (which goes to show you that my brain borders on crazy) a much bigger more important news is taking place and I have Google to thank for raising my awareness.  The Big Bang Machine, The Proton Particle Accelerator, Large Hadron Collider, the flux capacitor. (ahhh wait that was already taken)   Apparently this event is so significant that an underground pajama party took place in Geneva and take note it has been 13 years to this day of the last known pajama party held by Madonna in 1995.

So what is this machine?  I won’t even attempt to explain that’s why we have geniuses called scientist for that, but it sounds cool.  I wish these guys and gals best of luck in their endeavors.

(but still I wonder…if they got thier idea from Dharma Initiative Project in ABC’s Lost.)

My Farewell to the Malakooti

Debunking of what we Americans think of “What’s Italian and What is not”.

 First, I would like to start of with the Italian Flag:

-         Italian flag rectangular in shape tri-color:  green, white, and red very simple.  In order to avoid confusion, Mexican flag rectangular in shape, tri-color:  green, white and red and contains an eagle eating a rattlesnake emblem.  Got it?  Good.

      -         Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael mentioned individually are Italians.  Mentioned as a group are not Italians and may be considered as blasphemy because they are the characters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Be prepared to take a mafia beating if mentioned by accident.

      -         Italian ice originated in New Jersey.   It is considered to be an Urban Legend in Italy.  Such food products undermines the more adventurous Italian palates.

      -         Prego – do not ever bother to look for it on a grocery store shelf nor ask.  You will get the proverbial slap in the face from Nonna.  Fresh tomatoes will be your best friend.

      -         Do not be surprise if “Torre pendete di Pisa” is still leaning. The Italians prefer it that way.  It is a work of art and not a construction mistake!

      -         Big difference in Piazza and Pizza.  Piazza is an open square in a city of Italy and Pizza is baked in a square brick oven.

      -         Not to be confused Milan is renowned for its capital of design and fashion.  Mulan is a cartoon produced by Disney.

      -         Take note the saying “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.  The same principle applies in The Vatican “What happens in the conclave stays in the conclave.”

      -         If an Italian says “Italian Wedding Soup” just know that there is no wedding nor a gorgeous Italian in the soup.

      -          “Rome was neither built nor conquered in one day.”  And if any one tries to argue that just consider them crazy and walk away slowly.

      -         Gelato is a type of upgraded ice-cream.   It is dense and softer as oppose to Jell-O is a type of gelatin, contrary to its prefix ‘gela’,  Jell-O is a polymer food product that should be eaten with caution.

      -         Galileo, Botticelli, Puccini, Da Vinci and to be added to the list of greatness Malakooti!

It is hard to believe that in a few weeks the Malakootis will boared a plane en route to Italy and I say this in disbelief that we all have had the honor to have them in our community for 12 years.

We received nothing but kindness, you have opened your hearts and your home countless times.  We thank you for making us all a part of your family.  You leave us with such beatiful memories.  We know not when we shall see each other again but your generosity will always stay in our hearts. 

Mark, Sussan, Nikka, Ehssan we will miss each one of you.