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realizations
1. im really afraid to go home
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(12/25/08)
today felt like christmas. maybe it's the awkward christmas decorations scattered throughout cairo. but there's no annoying music in the stores and only one person wished me a merry christmas today. he was the guy in the liquor store, sitting at a desk in the dark with pictures of jesus under the glass. i kind of wanted to say sorry im jewish. but ( Read more... ) -
sunshine
It's like holding someone on cool, just-washed sheets in an old bed in an old house, while the rain pours down outside ( Read more... ) -
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when i replay the moment in my head, i become filled with rage ( Read more... ) -
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i dreamt i was walking across a school gym that was full of cats. they kept biting me and scratching me. i wasnt bleeding but i went to the doctor and told her i thought i have rabies. she said "no it's just syphillis". and i was relieved. -
mountain of moses (12/8/08)
I think tonight I'll dream of steps-- uneven stone steps which go on forever down the side of a mountain in the desert-- and me, stomach empty, legs aching, forehead sweating, body exhausted, stumbling on down them.
So I climbed Mt. Sinai this morning...
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so if i had had constant internet access in SA i wouldve posted constantly. and you wouldve been amazed at all my sufferings there haha. but i didnt so you werent ( Read more... ) -
went down to the Khan
I was walking down the street yesterday, when I saw the Evil Shrimp and his Tragic Minion coming towards me. I am referring, of course, to the director of my former Arabic school & his lovely wife. I had not spoken to them since the Shrimp cheated me & made his wife (my former friend) hate me, and I did not want to speak to them, so I popped into a ( Read more... ) -
On-the-Go Playlist 4
The current soundtrack of my life in Cairo, in its mean streets, subway cars, and minibus taxis. Most of these tunes are fast enough to get me to class on time and loud enough to drown out the random things people say to me on the street.
1. Check Up On It- Beyoncé YouTubeThis song is hilarious in the context of me walking down the street with ( Read more... ) -
philosophy or something. i don't actually know what this is about
So I found out today that I could graduate with honors in philosophy, if I wanted to. The trouble is, I'd have to write a 10-30 page paper. I have one already that is 8 pages long. But I'd have to add a couple more pages to it, and it is on SUCH a boring topic, i.e. whether or not color is objectively real. You may recall this paper. It's the one I ( Read more... )