Rarr!

As in... WinRarr!

You can thank Sanju for that.

Oh, and cake is good. The bastards I live with stole the cake Melissa brought me. Those bastards.

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Now Playing: Nothing

The Name Game

Greetings.

It has come to my attention that most people I know have little or no idea what my name is, how it's pronounced, how it's pronounced, and how it's pronounced. Not that this shouldn't have been obvious to me the first 19 and (counts on fingers) 10 months of my life, but you have no idea how many different versions of 'Samey Khatib' I've heard.

It's Arabic, and it means 'one who listens'. Irony eh?

But anyhow, that's me. Really, how WOULD you pronounce that if you saw it for the first time? Don't be shy now. I've heard it all.

Being in Arabic and all, I can't even pronounce it 'perfectly'. As far as I'm concerned, 'sam-may' (sam as in ham, and may as in the month) works. So does 'saam-may' (saam as in arm), which I believe would be a bit closer to the original. Most family refers to me by the latter, though the former is pretty common too.

How not to pronounce it: For the love of god, it is NOT the Hindi word for time (as a lot of people I run into when I visit my relatives back in India seem to want to call me). I'd imagine that wouldn't be a problem here though. 'Sammy' seems to be what I get for the most part over here, and to be honest it's not as bad as I've had before, and I can live with it.

But yeah, that's the gist of it. And people wonder why I've called myself 'Sam' for the past 4 years. ;)

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Now Playing: ATB - Sun Goes Down

This space for sale

Apparently...

Your blog is worth $5,080.86

Any takers?

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Now Playing: Green Day - Minority

My day is made

(Not very clear, I know, click on it to get a slightly larger version)

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Now Playing: Hot Action Cop - Goin' Down On It

Chatlogblogging - Part 7: SSBM/Zod/Song title edition

Macroeconomics is boring the hell out of me, so I'm going to go ahead and post this little exchange I had with the resident CS major, Sanju. Bring on the Super Smash Bro

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

samfox!

Sam says:

sanjulink!

Sam says:

or should i say

Sam says:

sanjusamus!

Sam says:

but that would make me samkirby

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

and apparentyl Kirby swallows

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

and he swallowed samus a lot

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

hmm...

Sam says:

stop right there

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

a word comes to mind

Sam says:

stopstopstop

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

lol

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

haha

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

chamge of subject then

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

LAMAR!

Sam says:

ZOD!

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

GMAN!

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

lol

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

what are you upto?

Sam says:

oh hey

Sam says:

apparently

Sam says:

samus is a girl

Sam says:

so i'm good

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

lmao

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

robotic pussy is creepy

Sam says:

not a robot

Sam says:

that's just the suit

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

i know

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

but...

Sam says:

HAH

Sam says:

you

Sam says:

girl

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

ive never seen him/her w/out it

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

indeed i am a sexbot

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

it just proves what I said

Sam says:

http://www.filespace.org/obiwankanathan/samus.jpg

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

hot damn

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

im sexy

Sam says:

no you're really not

And then, for reasons beyond my understanding, we start talking in song titles.

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

as long as you remain the walrus, its all good

Sam says:

yes, mr. brownstone

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

indeed Mrs.Robinson

Sam says:

no, i am the walrus

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

you are the cat in the hat

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

as he said

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

sam i am

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

and you are

Sam says:

and you're an extraordinary girl

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

no I am MR.Brightside

Sam says:

well, wake me up when september ends

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

thats only in my december

Sam says:

well then you're the grouch

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

its my life

Sam says:

but i'm king for a day

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

no, youre the rocket queen

Sam says:

and i'm hitchin' a ride

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

are you movin to the city?

Sam says:

yes, and i'll be estranged

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

dont cry when that happens

Sam says:

nah, because i'll be welcomed to the jungle

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

you do that, and youll be knocking on heavens door

Sam says:

while you perform the dance of death?

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

no, I have a fear of the dark

Sam says:

in that case... get in the ring!

Sam says:

and i'll kick your bitchy little ass

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

back off bitch

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

or ill put you in a coma

Sam says:

stop before we head into a civil war

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

thats double talking jive

Sam says:

they're out ta get me

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

well, i cant help, Im pretty tied up

Sam says:

because you're a minority

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

minorities have 99 problems

Sam says:

only where the streets have no name

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

thats in the city of blinding lights

Sam says:

on a beautiful day

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

in the garden of eden

Sam says:

well, this is the new shit

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

nah, theyre just bad apples

Sam says:

actually, they're pretty fly for a white guy

Sanju: Carpe Jugulum says:

no, theyre american women

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Now Playing: Green Day - Are We The Waiting

Calling all my fellow Republicans

Screw everyone else, this is the guy we want in 2008.

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Now Playing: Velvet Revolver - Fall to Pieces

That damn liberal media

Must be a phenomenon in the UK too.

Make it stop! Please, make it stop! I haven't had my daily dose of Hannity and O'Reilly yet!

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Now Playing: ATB - IntenCity

Blah

Woke up at 6 pm after sleeping at 2 am last night. I fear I'm destined to live a life of insomnia and abnormal sleeping schedules.

Oh, and I'm lucky to still have 5 fingers on my right hand. Almost lost my index finger to the laundry room ceiling fan. Don't ask.

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Now Playing: Iron Maiden - Alexander The Great

F.E.A.R.

The title might be a bit dodgy (First Encounter Assault Recon... huh?), but the demo is definitely worth the download. Played it earlier tonight, and it scared the crap out of us. Having the lights off and volume up definitely helped, but Sanju's been on edge ever since.

There were moments when we literally jumped out of seats. At one point, we all had the following simultaneous reaction: Sanju attacked my keyboard (he was playing at the time), Nikhil fell backwards on my bed, and I had a near-heart attack experience.

Definitely worth it. Download the thing.

Edit: While I'm at it...

Made a few changes to the blogroll on the right sidebar. I've changed the format, fixed a link, and added a couple of links (to Melissa's and Chris Reyes' blogs), and removed a couple that haven't been updated in years (if this is you and you didn't want to be removed, shoot me some hate mail and your link will be back up).

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Now Playing: Green Day - Castaway

Weekend Picture Blogging

Thursday night, Melissa's birthday, Dan's apartment.

Hmm, that looks familiar....

I really don't want to know what's in that drink.

Dan looks like he's going to kill someone.

Emily was the one girl who wasn't drunk that night.

Picture with the birthday girl anyone?

I WASN'T staring damnit! It's a conspiracy I tell you!

Note the look of extreme terror on Ryan's face.

Mmmm....

"Suggestive" isn't the word.

Jay and Silent Bob.

Emily on the left, Parisa and Melissa on the right, and one very lucky Sam in the middle.

This picture is hereby nominated for the "Dude, WTF?!" award.

As Ryan tries to escape the clutches of Dan.

In case you're wondering "what on earth are you doing in pajamas?", I should add that I had 3 midterms the following morning, and I really wasn't planning on leaving my apartment the whole night. The, um, circumstanes, dictated otherwise.

Edit: More pics at Dan's blog here. Those are from the following days (Friday and Saturday), and I didn't have them at the time I posted these.

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Now Playing: Velvet Revolver - You Got No Right