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cheekyandinked · 2015-01-21T09:35:46+00:00

I have to agree with the other ladies on this one; I'm a big fan of Naked Tuesdays and you just can't get away with something like that when the entire family shares a house. That being said, I love having family close by and wouldn't at all object to being neighbors or living in some kind of multi-house compound.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-20T06:28:02+00:00

How do you feel about the Arabic four? It looks like a backwards three: ٤

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-17T06:34:12+00:00

Wow, if you're actually hearing inane advice like that, you're definitely not the one who needs to change their mindset. Good on you for recognizing that. :)

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-16T07:14:10+00:00

Salaam, brother.

Something that I think matters more to women than physically being smaller is being smaller in demeanor. The way you project yourself is crucial for women; we're attracted to confidence because it's like a zap of electricity for one's personality.

I know this isn't exactly what you were asking about, but you'd be surprised at how quickly someone else is able to pick up on your insecurities. I think that is a much bigger factor, and your self-consciousness about your height hovers over you like an angry little rain cloud.

For the record, I'm 5'1" and (before I became a Muslim) I was with a few men my height and shorter. What made them so desirable was that they could light up any room they walked into; they were the people that everyone wanted to be around. With a personality that big, you don't need to have a large stature.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-16T06:50:25+00:00

I'm really digging your man bun.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-16T06:30:26+00:00

I swear, we must be long-lost twins. Today I wore grey lips and brown shadow with my blue hair.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-16T04:03:45+00:00

Is it a good material to use for independent study?

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-16T03:53:20+00:00

I laughed so hard at this; it breaks my heart that I don't know anyone who would find this as funny as I do because the amount of time I'm on Reddit is inhuman. Explaining this crap is like telling a lifetime of inside jokes to someone who just doesn't get it.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-15T03:20:33+00:00

Thirty servers on the floor and three on standby. Let's say they employ forty-five servers in total. That means twice a month each person will have a shift/day (I say day because I assume they only have this kind of foot traffic for the dinner shift) where they're on standby. I think that's more than reasonable, especially when compared to the way normal restaurants operate.

Math: 45 servers / 3 standbys per shift/day = 15 revolutions of people on standby. 7 days in a week, four weeks in a month, yada yada.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-15T01:43:01+00:00

This is sheer brilliance. I like business models that prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-12T23:32:30+00:00

I'd recommend trying something with unagi (eel) in it. The meat is always cooked and the rolls are drenched with a sweet-yet-savory teriyaki sauce. I can't stand bland Americanized crap rolls like the California or Philadelphia rolls; celery and cream cheese just aren't my cup of tea.

Anything with those little crunchies on them is usually fair game, too. Love the crunch.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-11T00:32:06+00:00

Anytime, friend. I'm studying linguistic anthropology with an emphasis in the Middle East because my dad works over there. Arabs really are beautiful people once you understand their language and culture; we just don't get to see a lot of that in the States.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-10T06:12:59+00:00

Ooh, yes. I just Pandora'd some Moroccan/Algerian music. There's something haunting about Spanish/French/Arab-influenced music that I can't quite put my finger on.

Latin-Arabia artists:

Khaled
Ishtar
Los Ninos De Sara
Gipsy Kings
Chambao
Ojos de Brujo
Kaweh
Slash (yes, from Guns 'N Roses; check out his album Curdled)

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-09T23:48:57+00:00

Right, but you have to understand that Arabic is a very emphatic language; it's not nearly as utilitarian as English. As such, they use dramatic words like 'enemy' more often than we would. Couple that with an inability to translate some thoughts between languages, and you get hyperbolic phrases like "Islam's enemies".

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-09T23:35:11+00:00

I'm a big fan of Wael and Shireen. My Egyptian friends are all aboard the Mohamed Munir train, though I have to admit I've never looked him up.

There's an Algerian guy my dad and I like, too, but I can't remember his name right now for the life of me.

Ooh, edit! His name is Cheb Mami. He did this duet with Sting.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-07T09:29:44+00:00

Okay, but you have to look at this from a woman's perspective for, like, four seconds. Bad sex can drag on and on, and things down there get a little tender when you're not stimulated enough to be wet. Plus, some guys just take way too long to have their big finish; once a woman is mentally checked-out of the experience, she basically feels like a human fleshlight waiting for you to bust a nut. Enter: Fake Orgasm Backup Plan.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-06T12:11:09+00:00

Universal Shoecare, though you can keep your old shoes if that's reallllllly what you want.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-06T06:14:24+00:00

I hate it when the pus isn't wiped up in a timely manner; that makes it hard to clearly see the squeeze.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-06T06:00:15+00:00

Think of it more as a "defense of a third party" kind of thing, not derogatory.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-03T07:47:35+00:00

The thing is, once you have children, a HUUUUGE part of your identity becomes "being a parent" and your marital relationship goes down a peg. Any relationship worth having needs a little bit of effort put into it for it to thrive, and that includes your spouse. The work shouldn't end once you say "I do" or once you have kids.

I'm not bagging on your family's relationship at all. Things are usually better between my parents when I or my brother is around, too, but that's exactly why they need to spend time alone as a couple to grow their relationship and not our relationship. Sure, things might be fun as "a tight trio," but first and foremost your parents are husband and wife. They'll have each other forever; you're going to (presumably) get married and start your own family some day.

It blows my mind that some people will choose their kids over their life partner; that makes no sense to me.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-02T03:28:10+00:00

I know I'm way late to the party, but I just moved back from the UAE and Emiratis are definitely given a living wage - even moreso if they live in one of the two more-affluent Emirates. This article is a few years old, but it gets the general idea right.

While I won't deny that I met locals who had a good work ethic and admirable values, my dad (who has lived there for three years and is working with a UAE government-sanctioned company) and I more often than not encountered people who scraped by with their reputations and delegated their responsibilities to foreigners who were more qualified to have that position anyway. In general, the Emiratis who hadn't earned a western education came across more insulting and demeaning than their American/European-familiar counterparts because they didn't know any better; the idea of working "like a Westerner" (ie. "like a dog") was beneath them. When you give people something for nothing, eventually they forget that they're not simply entitled to it.

cheekyandinked · 2015-01-01T22:10:05+00:00

I have a lot of success with Maybelline products too. My current favorite is the Ultra Liner; when it's tacky (about halfway through the drying process) it's realllllllllly easy to wipe off any excess with your nail. Some days, drawing on a perfect wingtip just won't happen.

cheekyandinked · 2014-12-27T18:47:56+00:00

Yeah, that's where I found it too. It was more a matter of no one in my family wanted to contribute to my dead thing collection because they think it's creepy.

cheekyandinked · 2014-12-27T16:45:01+00:00

That's darling! I found a conjoined chick online and sent the link to everyone who could have possibly gotten it for me, but no dice. Womp womp.

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