Love/Hate

Love:

- The Blackstar album. Seriously, eight years on, is anyone sick of this joint? I gave it another listen today, man its so solid. I will straight up knock out anyone who even dares to suggest otherwise. Infact, I know followers of the blackstar religion all over the world that will do the same if given the chance. Jaybu.. where you at? Represent. Can I get a Lawwwd Have Mercy?

- Mango Juice. delicio.

- The fact that both Talib Kweli and Mos Def are coming out with new albums.

- Cricket. Come on, there ain't nothing wrong with this game. Except perhaps the freakishly long hairdos sported by half the Pakistani team. What has come over these guys? You look like Allfreddson! Cut your hair you dumbass. No wonder the Pakistani passport is worth shit everywhere in the world. (Notice that I started hating even in the Love section of the post)

- The song 'Dreadlock Holiday' from the Snatch soundtrack. Awesome. The same goes for the whole Damian Marley cd too, Welcome to Jamrock. Also, Alicia Keyes' Unplugged cd has one song, the last song actually that features Mos Def, Common and Damian Marley. Its madness. Its called 'Love it or leave it alone'.

- Ya Mali Shaam. This is a Lebanese resturant right across from the airport in Doha. Amazing place. I have spent every birthday dinner on the same table every year I have been in Doha. Yesterday, was no different. The lamb is still delicious. The mix dip platter comes with spiced olives, hummus, baba ghanouj, fattooch, mutabbal and tabouli. Great food really. The chicken was so soft that you could barely feel your teeth biting into it. Have you ever hand cicken like that? God, I can't wait till next year. Come visit me folks, seriously.

- That my main girl S is going to France, Morocco and Tunisia. Shit. Wow. I am jealous and I am so happy at the same time. I love her too much to put this in the Hate section but if it was Nihau, you know I'd be so pissed off that I'm not going too. Erica my darling, that Morocco trip has just become way more urgent. Have you looked into dinghy rentals yet? You can come too Natalie.

Hate:

- That there has been no new Blackstar album in eight years. I think Mos and Kweli are just gonna wait another two years and release it in 2008, make it a true landmark.

- The stupid virus on my computer. It has not gone away. I think I'll probably leave the country before it leaves my computer.

- Car horns. Everyone honks here and for no good reason too. What are you supposed to do if someone is turning in front of you on a one lane street? We have to slow down. It would seem like common sense, but not to these people. Not one, but three cars will start honking behind you. The whole city is only fifteen minutes of a car ride in any direction, why are you in such a rush?

- The bitch sitting behind the desk in the Human Resources department of Doha bank.. she found it amazing that I only had one year of bank experience. She found it so amazing infact, that she asked me three times.. even when it was written in bold black font on my resume. What did the five fingers say to the face? SLAP!

- Most Qataris are assholes. This is what happens when only a few people in a nation can own land, legally start businesses and retain citizenship. Everyone else here is just an immigrant. It sucks when someone acts like they are better than you. I see grocery attendants, taxi drivers and pretty much everyone else being yelled at by ignorant fucking morons who just happen to have Qatari citizenship. However, not every Qatari is like this, and you don't actually see many Qataris because the base population is quite small. Still, if you're reading this.. stop being assholes. Your country would be shit without immigrants. What would you do drain all the oil out yourselves? And the worst fact is, when it comes to Americans or Britons.. they get down on their knees as fast as a Vietnamese whore.

- Resume building sucks. How am I supposed to put my friendly, dynamic not to mention good looking personality on a white pice of paper in writing? It just can't happen folks. I am who I am. You have to meet me to understand the essence of Uzi. Above all that, some of the people that hire folks here can't understand english. Great, so I am working on a resume just so some guy looks at it and sees nothing but a bunch of gibberish. They are so lucky they have oil reserves. Or else there would not be an iota of difference between here and Pakistan. Well, Pakistan does have cricket though.