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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Ok, here's the deal....I kept quiet about it with the shitstorm of tirades and anger going on but I'm not going to anymore. A couple of days after all this happened, I was just hitting the random journal button. I do that sometimes just to see how many journals I can find out of 5 or 10 that are actually maintained by someone over 12. You know what I'm talking about, baby! Anyway, that's a whole other pet peeve of mine....so on with this. So out of the blue pops up this journal----and I'm looking at Arabic! It kind of freaked me out for a second...but then I just thought, "Weird!" So I'm checking out this journal and thinking how bizarre it was to run across a Saudi journal in the midst of all this Arab-bashing that's been going on...and I think to myself, there's got to be some strange reason why that came up...or if it's just random, it's certainly some sort of opportunity to do some kind of something. So I said "hello" and introduced myself to this 45-year-old Saudi who likely got on here looking for chicks (unless he's really into the 60s! Hee!). His English may be a little broken, but it's a hell of a lot better than my Arabic; and he seems like a decent enough sort. It doesn't take a lot of English to communicate polite apprehension about people hating you just because of where you're from...which is what endeared him to me in the first place. So I've added him to my friends list and I hope that some of you will say hello to him and make him more a part of things. Please be nice!!!! I don't agree with him on everything and you may not either, but I would hope that he will see the best of what we are...and not the worst. I was really hesitant about even bringing him to anyone's attention, because I don't want to be sorry for it later. I asked him, though, and he's ok with it, so I will be too. So meet my new friend, Abdallah, everyone.
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So, does this mean he loves women born in '69, or what? :)
I never have much luck hitting the random journal button...usually, I do better by searching my friends' posts.
Unfortunately, a large number of people much older than me are turning out to be people whose entries and responses I don't particularly want to be reading right now. You'd think they would know better, after all the shit their generation claims to have been through and done, but it's apparently turning out to be mostly talk.
Ha!
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two things:
1) how did you manage to get the arabic character sets
2) I sometimes wonder if my behaviour during the past few days has been off-putting to some (esp. you, regarding Ms. Psymonetta).
ciao.
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Question #1: I have frequented many sites in Arabic long before this started...as I frequent many other sites in other languages. Partly out of curiousity and partly to get a different perspective on everything. I have no idea how my browser supports the characters...my one at home does not. The one at work does. I'd have to check my fonts to see where the difference lies, I guess.
Question #2: There's no doubt that your behavior has been off-putting to some...to some people dear to me and to me as well. But here's the deal, Patrick. You are one of my friends. You were one of the first people here at LJ to be kind and generous to me, always interested in what I had to say and with something interesting to contribute in return. As for your defense of Psymonetta--I think she's a twit, but how you behave with/because/for her is your business. So, off-putting or not, we were friends before this, and we will be friends after this. I judge the value of my friendship with people by how they behave with me and try my best not to interfere with their interactions with others...if that makes sense.
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2) thanks, cate... somehow, I think the reality isn't what it appears... I've been working on post. It might take days.
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2)You're welcome.
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I am proud to have friend like you all
2) Yes i am from Saudi Araibia and this is my tru name and pic my adrees is p.o.box 85069 Arryadh 11691 Kingdom of Saudi Araibia and if you want to see my id i will send it to you cate give add i will send you copy of my passport.
3)I care alot and i really want to have friends from all over the world i allready got some from Brazil, Leabanon,and more in usa yes my english is broken but i think you will forgive that coze i am not english native and i did learn english mostly by practice only,
4)It is honor to be part of you all and i hope that i can add some thing to this lovley place which i invited to many friends to it and i want you to know that i am very openminded i can commincate with evrey body evey religion ,color,race this was and5 still my way of life i did travel alot around the world to USA to many times .
5)Thank you all and God Bless you
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