Dear Jason ( Read more... )

In 24 hours, I will be flying over US Airspace for the first time in over a year.

Mother of God.

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"You can't compare Beirut to Cairo." said the Lebanese Immigration Officer.
"Well, how about Beirut to Istanbul?" I asked.

"You can't compare Beirut to Heaven."

I would have saved a lot time and worry if I had known that 25 Lira was all it took to get me into The Promise Land.

Beirut fucking  ( rocked )

I've been straight-up Bipolar this week.

I got a B on my Exam.

I'm going to Lebanon.

In ten days.

Holy shit!

صثيقبىشسويةبىشسزيوةبىشسزويةبيشسشسيب شكمنس تينكش شسيمن تينشك شكمسنيتب ينس هصتكمنشت#()*@()*@_()%*@()*ُ×÷[ـٍ،ٍ×÷][ـ؛#)*#)(‘[()##ً×()##َ)#*][أ]شاسنيتباشمنسيتابشمشسيبنطشحصشسمنيتبهث#*&@)*&#،آٍُ÷‘ٌ*#)*#؛ـٌ*ـ[#؛ً*ـ:ٍ]،[ـ:/،ٍـ[*ُ:÷#ٌـ*؛#ـلإ:ٍ]،[ـٍ:/]،ـ[:ٍ/]،ـ[ٍ]،تبشميتبشسكمينبتشكسمينبتـ:ًَ،ـٍ]:/،ـ[ٍتنيشكبمسنيبتنيشبكسمنيتشمسنيتبشكمسنيبتشسكمينبتثهخصشكةرمن ( Read more... )

Jordan, remind me again, why is it that should I want to go ( home? )

I'm allotted one ( rant )

Not much to update- my classes are still really stressful, but I've got the alphabet downpacked and am working on reading now. I was up till 6 AM studying last night ( Read more... )

I should NOT be updating my journal right now.

Within the last 5 hours of my Modern Standard Arabic course, we have covered 24 of 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet. That includes names, and all four versions of each letter. Last night I completely memorized 11 letters. As of tonight, I will have the Arabic alphabet (names, pronunciation, versions- ( Read more... )