everythingbyShaziaMistry

Speedlinking & life

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:59:28 -0700

I was at the park today with my kids and a guy called me a “dumb b*tch” – it took me a while to remember that the fabric on my head brings my IQ down to about 3… I guess that made his comment justified, and in front of my kids no less. But at least they didn’t have to watch their mother being stabbed to death while their father is shot and the world barely even takes any notice.

And while we’re on the subject of injustice, prejudice and other ways we terrorize one another – minorities not welcome at a pool? Seriously? And what the hell is up with that?!

Hey, props to all full-time single parents… I don’t think that a person could truly appreciate what this feels like unless they actually experience it. The financial burden, the responsibility, the worry… and trying to figure out how to take care of the kids, work, play, cook, and survive every single day takes a bit of a miracle. But, I am so much luckier than so many millions of people, so I’ll say thanks for that, and pray for sabr.

On a lighter note, I watched The Other End of the Line, which I had never even heard about till 5 minutes before I saw it. It was a cute movie, more Desi-ish than American-ish I thought. It was a romantic comedy with the usual make-believe, true love nonsense, but other than that pretty funny, at least I thought it was funny.

And on a good note, I’ll be at BlogHer this year… hanging out in the Geek Lab talking WordPress. Hope to see some of you guys there!

Happy Weekend!

The one who inherited my love of words

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:18:53 -0700

My sister: Hey ‘number 1’, did you take your medicine?

6 year old: I gotta take it at nite, yo!

When popcorn machines go wrong

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:08:22 -0700

Happy Canada day/July 4th/Summer!

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:33:46 -0700

103 days of summer vacation – ah, good times!

Little boys, transformers and MJ

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:53:54 -0700

3 year old: Hey mommy, do you know that Michael Jackson died?

Me: Amm, yeah sweets, I know that.

5 year old: Well, yeah, he was a famous guy!

Me: Uh huh, he was.

5 year old: Yeah, he sang the song Thriller. I like that one.

Me: Hmm, right. Ok.

Then we went to see Transformers… and just for the record, I still like the first one! A lot of people wondered if it was kid-appropriate and I have to say that I don’t even think the first one is kid-appropriate. Rather, if I had my way, I wouldn’t let my kids see any “superhero” movies, but alas I’ve given up on that dream a long time ago – probably the day my eldest came home from kindergarten and I realized his well-reinforced little protective bubble was gone forever! Now I just spend my time making sure that they are well balance – talking about how these things are make believe, discussing their thoughts about what they see, and generally keeping a close eye on their perceptions of things they experience.

Anyway, the movie was very much, I thought, like the animated version, which I am not terribly fond of because of the unending and excessive fighting. It was good though, but a tad overwhelming for me. Kids don’t really get the language in it, well, at least my kids didn’t, so I wasn’t too worried about that, they really enjoyed the visuals though.

What did you guys think of it?