uluating from utah

I’m back in the US and I’m not worried about writing things that might get me in trouble anymore. In this spirit, I’m going to post a very interesting editorial written by Robert Fisk in the Independent.
I’ve got a lot to say about my time in Egypt, and that will be coming in the [...]

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getting old is better than getting boring

My parents left yesterday after a lovely week and a half and another special guest is arriving imminently. Also, today I am twenty years old! Goodbye teenagehood and its intrinsic glories, helllllo world of the elderly!
I’ve been keeping busy these past weeks and my pirated internet has been playing games with my e-heart. I’m pretty [...]

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an ode to the days of the 160 plan

I was thinking about dinner and looking up savory crepes on a hot tip from a friend, and one of the first links to pop up on google is an order form for Pasta Pisa (in Medford). (!)
If only I had enough Points for international delivery!

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raining, groping, and not getting deported!

It rained in Cairo yesterday! This is very rare. My class got out early and my professor had these words to say, “Rainy days in Egypt are kind of like snow days everywhere else. Get out of here.”
The best part of this elemental oddity was the way it cleared the pollution out of the sky. [...]

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ronald: lover of falafel or obama advocate?

It’s Tuesday, the best day of the week! I’m sitting in a McDonalds in Maadi, using the free wireless and preparing for the English class I’m about to teach. There are about twenty-five kids behind me celebrating a birthday and popping balloons surreptitiously when their moms aren’t looking. Is it hard for me not to [...]

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CRL: one plus twenty

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAITLIN!!

caitlin reilly lacey

Me and Caitlin have been pals for a long time now. Thus..
an ode to CRL!

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لو سماهت؟ ايزة مزة واحد بس

Our bus slips to a stop and I jerk awake. My bangs are plastered to my forehead, and my friend Ben is sleeping next to me with his head back and his jaw hanging wide. I watch a fly ponderously consider entering his mouth for a few moments before I register that we really have [...]

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fasting and feasting and feats and feets (and photos!)

I’m really glad to see the end of Ramadan. It’s not that I didn’t appreciate the rowdy Iftars and private strolls along the Nile at dusk, but Cairo seems a little more put-together. Everybody is a little more cheerful now that their bellies are full. Also, every Muslim who has been fasting morning til night [...]

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sam cooke was born on a rooftop

I’ve been listening to a lot of Sam Cooke lately. He’s good for warm nights on the balcony, cup of chamomile in hand and Cairo glistening below.
The best thing I’ve discovered lately are the roofs. Photos are forthcoming, but my internet is slower than the DMV in gummy roller skates. I live on the fifteenth [...]

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Things I Like

I’ve been in Egypt for a little over three weeks now (buhh?) and I think I might have gotten my footing well enough to present you with this: A List of Things to Like About Egypt
1. Freshly squeezed juice. It’s on every menu here (to be fair, with the exception of establishments like Pizza Hut and [...]

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