Prison Break

Am I the only one freaked out about all these prison breaks? I mean, have I missed something? Has this been going on for some time?

And what is with four way crossings that have no stop signs? That's Hamilton for ya.

And, why do worms love the rain? I'm a terrible scientist.

Of Aprils and Fools

Phone Dude: Wess speaking

Me: Oh, hello, I'm calling concerning the DVD Bible offer--the advertisement I just saw on CNN....
(pause)

Me: Yes, well, you see I have a question. I'm curious, I see you have the DVD in King James Version, but do you by chance have it also in New King James?

Wess: Well...I can certainly try to answer your question...What is your zipcode?

Me: (pause as I'm contemplating the reasoning for that type of question, wondering whether he could send me solicitations..finally i decide there is no harm, since the dude doesn't know my name) *****

Wess: Okay, thanks... (proceeds to rapidly pitch sales speech): blah blah blah..something Bible...limited offer...blah blah....free children's video...blah blah blah....one time offer! what better deal could you possibly find!...(finally) And yes the DVD Bible comes in the Old and New Testament.

Me: (a lil bewildered by the unexpected sales pitch) Right. I was wondering though, I know you have this in the King James Version, do you have it in the (major emphasis here) New King James Version?

Wess: Why yes, mam, as I've mentioned it comes in the Old and New Testament.

Me: (holding back a chuckle) Yes, well. I mean do you have different versions: not the old King James, but the New.

Wess: Mam, the Old comes with the New Testament.

Me: Thank you Wess. I think you've answered my question.
*click

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At any rate, call it crazy but I feel a little forgotten. No one pranked me on 4.1.06. This a serious problem folks. I mean, I have been pranked every year for the past....oh 'snap', i'm almost 23..!!!!

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Stealing from Josh again....

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Amenah!

1. Amenah cannot swim!
2. Amenah is actually a fruit, not a vegetable.
3. Fish travel in schools, but whales travel in Amenah.
4. Pacman was originally called Amenahman.
5. If you lick Amenah ten times, you will consume one calorie!
6. Amenah is 1500 years older than the pyramids.
7. Until the 1960s, Amenah was not allowed to enter Disneyland!
8. Wearing headphones for an hour will increase the amount of Amenah in your ear 700 times.
9. Long ago, the people of Nicaragua believed that if they threw Amenah into a volcano it would stop erupting.
10. Koalas sleep for 22 hours a day, two hours more than Amenah.

http://thesurrealist.co.uk/trivia.pl" method="get" style="background-color:#5F5F42;color:#CFCF95;padding:4px;text-align:center">I am interested in - do tell me aboutherhimitthem

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Imran!

1. If you chew gum while peeling Imran then it will stop you from crying.
2. Imran can taste with his feet.
3. In the kingdom of Bhutan, all citizens officially become Imran on New Year's Day!
4. Imran was originally called Cheerioats.
5. Imran is actually a fruit, not a vegetable.
6. Bananas don't grow on trees - they grow on Imran.
7. Edinburgh imports three thousand kilograms of Imran every year.
8. Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to cover up Imran!
9. Over 2000 people have now climbed Imran, with roughly ten percent dying on the way down.
10. Imran will become gaseous if his temperature rises above -42°C.

I am interested in - do tell me aboutherhimitthem

God is Good....!

March 16, 2006
Amenah Babar
42575 Co Rd 43
Willow River, Minnesota 55795

Dear Amenah Babar,
Congratulations on your admission to the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Because of your leadership potential, ability to contribute to the intellectual vitality of the school, and capacity to make future contributions to the field of public health we are pleased to offer you admission as a School of Public Health Dean’s Scholar:

Scholarship: SPH Dean’s Scholar
Amount: $2,500 per semester for up to four semesters ($10,000)
This is a merit-based award intended to attract high caliber students to the SPH. The scholarship committee selected you from among approximately 160 very qualified applicants.
We are honored by your desire to pursue your academic aspirations at our school, and look forward to meeting you in the fall when you join our 2006-2007 academic community.

Regards,
John R. Finnegan Jr, Ph.D.
Professor, Dean

Baptism

Me to all my friends, including Azra and Imran:
"Hey, guess what?"

Them: "What?" (most were probably thinking that I had gotten news from harvard, or that I had finally accomplished to trick some poor unsuspecting foolish boy to pretend to be my boyfriend.)

Me in corny exclamation: "I'm getting...(pause for dramatic effect)..baptized!"

Them, and I mean all of them (probably in some sort of unison, except that they're all sprawled out across the country/ world and it was on different days) (and in case you are forgetful, that also includes Azra and Imran, my blood):
"Yeah? Aren't you already baptized?"

The same exact phrase from everyone. No one jumped up and down. Well, actually, that's not all true-- Rashika did a better job at responding, I have to give her credit. But the rest of you...! tsk tsk!

So, I did it today, in a pool--a mighty warm soothing pool.

I suppose I'll give you some more detail later. This is just for the record.

G'nite for now, since I'm exhausted.

Words of Wisdom

1.
Take your hand out of the car door. Preferably before someone, ahem, Akochi, slams it shut.
Yeah. Ouch.

2.
If you are in the mood to bawl your eyes out for a day straight, watch Lifetime.

3.
Don't gleefully wave around an agar plate containing a contaminating spore; and then don't open the agar plate after someone like John tells you not to open the agar plate to prevent it from spreading.

4.
buy new computers using the govt's money--for work. like, a dell latitude D810. better yet, plan to order a recreational system through Ambis next week.

5.
if you are on a diet, don't make baklava.

6.
go home. don't work on weekends, late evenings, and early mornings. choose one or the other, but not all of the above.

7.
eat vegetables.

Go See My PHOTOS!!

NIH conference, a lil sight seeing, and me! Click below:
A Day in my life, Bethesda, DC

Brilliant. Just Brilliant.

When did the price of stamps go up?

University of Minnesota

Feb 9, 2006

Amenah A. Babar
419 S 4th Street
**********


Dear Ms. Babar

On behalf of the Epidemiology faculty, I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into the MPH degree program in Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health for Fall Semester 2006. You are one of a group of outstanding students to be admitted to our program, and we congratuluate you on your success!
....
~Dr. Lazovich

Minnesota.....

CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!

Christmas.....

Christmas

Christmas......

Christmas....

Christmas......

Christmas.....

Christmas '05

edited version of: my random conversation with Jen Brown on my last day of work in 2005

Jen says:
are you whining?
Amenah says:
NO!
Amenah says:
not at all
Amenah says:
how is my Jen?
Jen says:
lol.
Jen says:
Fantastic. U?
Amenah says:
hey, are you going home for Christmas?
Jen says:
Are you home in MN yet?
Jen says:
I am home.
Amenah says:
nope
Amenah says:
tomorrow
Amenah says:
YOU"RE home!!
Amenah says:
you and Imran beat me
Jen says:
I'M HOME!
Jen says:
lol.
Jen says:
we did; we did.
Amenah says:
well
Amenah says:
will you be in Willow?
Jen says:
Christmas Day until... sometime around the 30th, I believe.
Amenah says:
IN WILLOW???!???!
Amenah says:
YAY!
Amenah says:
actually, i'll be at Azra's for Christmas
Jen says:
NO GOOD.
Amenah says:
in the cities
Amenah says:
heh
Amenah says:
but,
Jen says:
But you'll be around at some point, not?
Amenah says:
i'll be home sometime i think
Amenah says:
YEs
Jen says:
rockon.
Amenah says:
well, we should do lunch
Amenah says:
or dinner
Amenah says:
or breakfast
Amenah says:
or ....
Amenah says:
man,
Amenah says:
we should invent a meal
Jen says:
that'd be cool, but I'm sick of eating, so maybe we can wrestle in the snow or something.
Amenah says:
i haven't been workin my upper body
Amenah says:
i'll lose
Amenah says:
we could run though
Amenah says:
rafce
Jen says:
lol
Amenah says:
how can you POSSIBLY be sick of eating?:????
Amenah says:
what's WRONG with you???
Amenah says:
say, what's your cell?
Jen says:
Meh... when I'm home, I have lunch and dinner and all sorts of meals w/ everyone I need to see, and I Just get sick of eating.
Jen says:
***.***.****
Amenah says:
me=***.***.****
Jen says:
If you want to call my baby brother, his is the same --- just switch the last 6 for a 7.
Amenah says:
you mean DAN!!!
Amenah says:
how is he,
Jen says:
Yep, dan. He's still a nerd,
Amenah says:
well, if you want to call my big bro
Jen says:
but he's cool.
Amenah says:
i dont' remember what number to switch
Amenah says:
sorry
Jen says:
lol --- I have his #.
Jen says:
np
Amenah says:
good
Amenah says:
which number do i switch
Amenah says:
well..a.
Amenah says:
i have it
Amenah says:
i'm too lazy to figure it ou
Amenah says:
i'm flyin in tomorrow
Amenah says:
(my stinkin flight ias at 6 AM!!)!
Jen says:
Not sure, it's on my cellphone, so I don't have it near me right now.
Jen says:
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
Amenah says:
woah
Amenah says:
sele
Jen says:
I do that on the way out from Denver in January
Jen says:
lol
Amenah says:
set tle
Jen says:
NO.
Jen says:
NOL.
Jen says:
IDF-ASDHFOIAUSET
Jen says:
ASDBFIOA,.
Jen says:
B
Jen says:
NO.
Amenah says: crazy woman
say, what should i get Imran for Christams?
Amenah says:
(I'm a lit tle lat eon these minor details)
Jen says:
LOL.
Jen says:
I do hate food.
Jen says:
Get Imran... a care package.
Amenah says:
what?
Amenah says:
i already did that
Amenah says:
that's so 10 days old
Jen says:
OH, NEVERMIND THEN.
Jen says:
BITE ME.
Amenah says:
heheh
Amenah says:
i feel as if i should save this conversation and post it to my blog
Jen says:
LOL
Jen says:
DO IT DO IT DO IT
Amenah says:
well, say something INTERSTING
Amenah says:
then
Amenah says:
gosh
Jen says:
I WILL NOT.
Jen says:
WE WILL NOT POST THIS IM CONVO.
Amenah says:
who's we?
Jen says:
*grumble*
Amenah says:
its MY blog
Jen says:
whatever.
Amenah says:
btw
Amenah says:
you've already made your debut
Amenah says:
in it
Jen says:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Amenah says:
yep.....
Amenah says:
www.tigerlily7.blogspot.com
Jen says:
I've seen your blog, but don't recall seeing myself mentioned.
Amenah says:
GO
Amenah says:
NOW
Amenah says:
i'm hungry
Amenah says:
you are in the meat and potatos one
Amenah says:
the irony
Jen says:
i see me.

More than the truth....is that possible?

Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge;his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you make the Most High your dwelling— even the LORD, who is my refuge-
10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him;I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."

thank you God for protecting us. Thank you for protecting Kent.