Friday, October 31, 2008

The End

This is post 357 and it is time to end Dotsson. When I lived in Saudi Arabia, I started this blog as a means to speak my mind, something I really wasn't allowed to do. Over the past couple of years, I've made many good friends through the interesting debates and comments on this blog.

But now I'm moved out of the Middle East and my priorities in life have changed. I have other things that I need to concentrate on and this blog is just not one of them. I will continue to condemn everythign wrong and wish for change in Muslim societies and one day we will achieve the change I and so many other people dream of.

Saying bye to Dotsson has not been easy but it has to be done. It was a pleasure meeting all of the interesting people I did and I wish you and all the Anonymous's all the best in life.

Dotsson - November 1, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

While Walking Around NY Today...

I heard the neighborhood kids asking each other "Why do niggas always gotta wear socks while fucking?"

I was carrying a box to FedEx and a homeless man walking by asks me "Could I get one too?"

LOL

Monday, October 27, 2008

In Case I Haven't Said This Before...

I LOVE THE US OF A!!! And I love New York! And I love everything that is happening in my life.*

*This love attack was brought on by a philosophy class I'm currently taking. Do not be alarmed, I'm just crazy.

Friday, October 24, 2008

On nose bleeds and distrust

I’ve been spending a lot of time in the library studying my ass off for midterms. Yesterday, around 2:00 am, I had a sudden urge to have a spicy chicken sandwich from Wendy’s. When you spend hours on end in the library and only get 2-3 hours of sleep every night, you get weird cravings. So, I grabbed the 1 train to 50th st. on Broadway and walked up a few blocks to 55th st. to get my spicy chicken sandwich.

As I entered the restaurant, I noticed a young man sitting picking his nose, I didn’t pay much attention. As I was sitting down to have my sandwich, he asks me “do you know what causes nose bleeds?” When I looked at him, I saw he had 2 napkins drenched in blood. You don’t have to be a medical expert to know that tissues drenched in blood is not a good sign.

“I’m not really sure but you should probably go to a doctor,” was my reply.

“Yeah, that’s what my mom says too,” he said.

When I asked him if it just started, he said that he wakes up every day almost covered in blood. Not knowing what to say, I repeated myself again. “You should really see a doctor then, it could be something serious. I don’t think it’s normal for you to bleed so much.”

“Yeah, and I got into a fight the other day too and that didn’t help things,” as he said this to me, he put his hands together to show me the extent of swelling on his right hand. I again told him to seriously see a doctor, wrapped up my sandwich and left. He thanked me and told me to have a good night.

I've spent a great deal of time thinking about this. I know that he won’t go see a doctor, it was very obvious. But what’s really bothering me is the fact that I was hesitant to listen to him and that I was initially skeptical of both his story and intent. “Let me eat my sandwich in peace”, “Does this guy just want money?”, “Is he a junkie?”

It’s as if skepticism has the upper hand over compassion. Instead of feeling for him, I put myself first and made sure I wasn’t being duped and it was only after I had established that he was genuinely just asking me about nose bleeds that I let my guard down and actually listened to him. I might be over analyzing the situation or am I? Is this a sign of cold heartedness or of selfishness: put myself first and then think about others?

Whatever it is, it just doesn’t feel right.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Colin Powell Endorses Obama



Listen at 4:37.
“I’m also troubled by what members of the (Republican) party say. Such things as well you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim. Well the correct answer is ‘he is not a Muslim, he is a Christian, he has always been a Muslim.’


But the really right answer is ‘what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?’ Answer is no! That’s not America. Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim/American kid believing he or she can be President?”

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Frustrated

I am the world's biggest procrastinator. I find the stupidest reasons to waste time and not do work. I'll check my e-mail a million times, waste time googling useless shit or spend hours watching youtube videos.
I don't know why I don't finish my work and then go about wasting my time. I think if I were to sit my ass down and actually WORK, I could finish all of this shit in a couple of hours. Instead I've wasted the entire weekend and today, on a Sunday, I'm freaking out over all the essays I have to write. I have no one but myself to blame.

P.S. Writing this was another 5 minutes of time wasting :)

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Sarah Palin Has A Future

THIS is just too funny. I LOVE Craigslist! But what's up with "no anal"? If they are going to have Sarah Palin do porn, then we have to have buttsecks!



She might not be Tina Fey but YouTube Sarah Palin lookalike Sara Benincasa is pretty funny. Check out the rest of her Palin videos here.


Thank to H8torade for the link.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

And He Returns

Yes, the douche back.

Sorry I've ignored this blog for such a long time. I have been extremely busy getting the rust off my brain and getting back into academic mode; when you've been out of school for 4 years, it does take some time and a lot of effort to adjust in an academic environment.

As of now, I will update this blog regularly.

So what has been going on in my life? I have plenty of stories but I'll save those for later. Oh and warning: I will write a lot about my South Korean roommate and his weird antics. There you’ve been warned.

I landed in NYC on Aug. 14. So I’ve been here little over a month. It feels like a lot more. But I’m really loving life in the big apple.

I think to really really appreciate the US, you have to live outside of it… like in a place like Soviet Arabia.
I’m always being asked what I like about the US and I can never answer that question. I like a lot of things. Fairness, equality, opportunities… America, as a country, offers so much to the individual person. They don’t call it the land of opportunities for no reason - there are opportunities everywhere, you just have to TRY.

I bet a lot of you are wondering if this little “sand nigger” has gone totally wild and wasted all of his money on floozies and booze. Sadly, I’ve been a very good little boy. Don’t get me wrong, I have gotten drunk but it wasn’t anything exciting. What was exciting was when a friend took me recently to a Hasidic neighborhood and into one of their shops. The shop was so amazing, it looked like something straight out of the 19th century. The shopkeeper, who I am assuming was also the owner, was not very eager to help us. Apparently I don’t like Hasidic enough. I really wanted to get one of those funky black hats but he was giving us dirty looks.

Ok, another thing I will probably talk a lot about is the race issue. I’ve seen a lot of racism and it is usually from white people. I’m not saying all white people are racists but I’ve seen a lot of things that have bothered me.
For example, the other day I was walking home. There was a white couple walking next to me. After a while, we hear this guy screaming “Hey! nigga!” He yells again “HEY! My nigga!” Now people scream all the time in New York and I didn’t even notice this guy screaming until the couple started walking faster and telling each other “don’t look back, just keep walking.”
When they said that to each other, I thought to myself “is something wrong?” When I turned around and looked back, I saw a young black male approaching a black homeless man saying “hey my nigga, you want some food?” The kid reaches in the bag, gives the man some fruit and then walks about his way. The homeless man screams back “do you have a dollar? The kid stops, smiles, comes back and gives the man a dollar.
It was funny how a white couple, got scared of a black man screaming “hey my nigga”. Lol. Why did they start walking faster? Where they afraid that he mistook them for “niggers”? Or that he was crazy enough to rob them in broad daylight on Broadway?

It almost seems as if white people are scared of something all the time. I don’t know, is it me? Does anyone else have anything to say about racism in America?

Ok, that’s it for now. I have to get back to work.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Dotsson

Dotsson is in the US of A.
Dotsson like the US of A.
Dotsson loves the US of A.
Dotsson hasn't updated his blog because he is busy.
Dotsson can't sleep right now because he has his first class in a few hours.
Dotsson will update this blog... you'll just have to wait.

:)