January 2012
stepping into this new year with so much optimism. everything has been looking up, or maybe i just stopped looking down. i can’t even remember what this year was like, and i don’t think i need to spend a lot of time thinking about it. i’m so READY, ready to get my relationships on track (particularly with my parents), and start focusing on my well-being. ready to shake off any...
“Joh bhi karna hai karho, azaad ho tum.”
December 2011
added a little cocoa to my chai before pouring it. today’s had its ups and downs, i really need to work hard tonight unless i want to spend my first weekend of the year on college applications.
gonna turn up my trinity playlist (davis, coltrane, and monk) and work towards those green triangles.
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stealing glances from a familiar but not so familiar boy at jummah today. praying with my family after so long was such a great feeling.
This is what my parents think will happen to me,... →
salaamworld:
It is also so terribly sad that it literally made my heart hurt.
The story of Joyce Carol Vincent. She died in her London apartment around 2003, and wasn’t discovered until three years later. To die, completely without notice… maan. There was a movie that was made about her by Carol Morley called Dreams of a Life, and to make it Morley talked to some people who had...
and the barfday countdown begins.
8 days ‘till the big ONE EIGHT.
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Watchlianne la havas.
Anonymous asked: what other names do u have for kids (boys and girls)
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mama just used the word safarnama to describe something i wrote. she’s trying to explain what it means to me, but i just don’t get it. and i can’t find a translation anywhere on the internet.
safarnama, urdu-speaking lovers, what does it mean?
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“Parho, dil bahr kar parho. Apni independence kai liye parho. Kise aurat aur mard...”
– Baba Jan
(English: Study, study with your whole heart. Study for your independence. So you never have to depend on any man or woman, ever)
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Anonymous asked: Your tumblr is becoming a music blog, basically. Are you okay with this? What type of music do you listen to? What are you inspired by? Also, I noticed you had disabled anonym. questions and now they are back up? Why the change?
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Watchblack star on colbert.
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basquiatswag:
Da Bush Babees featuring Mos Def-...
with tired eyes and a terrible voice, i sing along to rang de basanti songs.
such an exhausted babychild i am.
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Victim blaming
if you are an asshole who thinks that it’s someone’s fault that they are in an abusive relationship then you can go fuck yourself
victime blaming is not cute and it never was and i have no problem with putting my foot up people’s asses…it’s great exercise
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that feeling after you find a musician you really like, maaaaan, it’s like falling in LOVE, minus all the crazy heartache people are always talking about.
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proud.
when anyone tells me that they’re proud of me, i break down. it is a great feeling, achieving something in the eyes of those you admire so much.
there have been a handful of moments in my life, where my baba jan and mama have told me that they’re proud of me, and i don’t regret the fact that it’s a rarity at all. it makes the moments that they do, the moments where the...
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downing odd-wallahs.. get it? yeah? good.