… On those six imams. Me: “They were guilty of flying while Muslim! Everyone knows you can’t do that! Next thing you know, people will start driving while black again!” Random Muslim Dude: “You can [fly while Muslim]. But you’re supposed to use a carpet. Everyone knows that.” My bad!
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
The Great American Tradition
Stuff yourself and smile. Just kidding. I am going to follow Jill’s example and list, in no particular order, some things that I am grateful for. You can add your own, in the comments section. A boyfriend that doesn’t dump me even after I lose my temper at him in the lunchline at Twinnie’s. ParentsContinue reading “The Great American Tradition”
Another One Bites the Dust
Dieting to death is fashionable, of course. It almost makes sense, in a world where poor people are now the fat ones, having virtually no access to healthy food and being at the mercy of McDonald’s & Co. Perhaps the fashion industry could canonize Ana Carolina Reston – make her a martyr for the “cause.”Continue reading “Another One Bites the Dust”
Monday Night Poetry Club
This one is an old favourite from my high school days. Some people would automaticall discredit this poem, because (gasp!) it appears in the Norton Anthology. Actually, I understand people’s frustrations with Norton, but I don’t think that everything they include is crap. Especially not this: Song My heart, my dove, my snail, my sail,Continue reading “Monday Night Poetry Club”
“War is a job for the young…”
“… War is anti-wrinkle cream.” – Victor Tsoi. Sounds strange, but then, you think about what he really means by that, and it makes perfect, horrifying sense.
Natalia A. 