apparently they close academic buildings at 1 am.
apparently you are not supposed to drink in academic buildings.
Posts tagged "personal"
thank god I’m not a senior or else I would be REALLY unmotivated!
personal frustration.
that is not Arabic. or a poem by Abel El Abnoudi. that is a Mexican Restaurant. stop. staaahhhhp.
The Lame Dame: The best pain scale I have seen~
0 - Pain Free
1 - Very minor annoyance - occasional minor twinges. No medication needed.
2 - Minor Annoyance - occasional strong twinges. No medication needed.
3 - Annoying enough to be distracting. Mild painkillers take care of it. (Aspirin, Ibuprofen.)
4 - Can be…
To bring to the next doctors appointment. Srsly though, when you say 1-10, what do you even mean?
oh yeah just casually going to travel this summer with the most perfect boy in the world. thx world. <3
And then instead of finishing my internship essay, I watched Die Zauberflöte on youtube.
I (accidentally) slept on the couch (again) last night…
lol accidentally posting Coptic hymns from the blog you have to make about ancient Egyptian traditions on your personal blog, finals problems amirite?
Top: The dome of Cairo University where the protests are taking place.
Bottom, Left: Protesters marching down Dokki Street, a block away from my apartment.
Bottom, Right: Police praying in the center of Mesaha Square. They have three large trucks parked across the street. Only slightly reassuring, but so far the protests have remained peaceful (the only death was caused by falling tree). The Police are actually probably staying as far away from Tahrir as possible, because their presence in the square usually is what leads to confrontations.
All pictures taken from the balcony of my apartment and the apartment upstairs.
The Coming Out Letter I Never Wrote
Hey Tumblr,
One of the art majors at my school is working on a Senior comps project and is looking for material related to coming out letters. Here is a blurb from the survey page:
I am currently working on an art project that will hopefully lead to the work that I will present as a part of my senior exercise in Studio Art. The work will be displayed in Gund Gallery at Kenyon College next April.
The current title and theme of the project is “The Coming Out Letter I Never Wrote”. I will be writing a semi-fictional narrative to be included in an audiovisual installation and I would greatly ideas that might help me develop the narrative.
The survey has only one text box to fill. Questions are attached to guide your responses but feel free to include any ideas you feel that are related to the theme.
Here is the link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N2LSRM5
Go share a letter! or at least pass on the link to friends who would be interested in helping him out!
Thanks
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Liberal and secular opposition groups announced plans Nov. 28 to hold rallies in downtown Cairo’s Tahrir Square Nov. 30. Meanwhile, officials with the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party, rescheduled the time and place of a demonstration previously slated to occur Nov. 30 outside of Cairo University; the new demonstration will occur on Dec.1 in Tahrir Square.
iJet alets
no no no no no no no no no no :( stupid stupid.
Thousands march to Tahrir as pressure piles on Egypt’s Morsi
CAIRO — Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi faced nationwide protests Tuesday after digging in his heels over a controversial decree granting him sweeping powers, in the most divisive crisis since he took power in June.
Thousands of lawyers left their syndicate chanting, “The people want the downfall of the regime,” — the signature chant of the protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak last year— as they made their way to Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square.
Several other marches were preparing to set off from around the capital to join thousands of protesters already in the square to denounce Morsi’s decree.
In the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, several hundred gathered in Qaitbay square, with two large marches expected to join them later.
“Down with the rule of the Supreme Guide,” they chanted, in reference to the head of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, on whose ticket Morsi ran for office.
A rival rally in Cairo by the Muslim Brotherhood in support of the president was called off to “avoid potential unrest” but that has done little to abate the division among supporters and foes of Morsi.
“The Muslim Brotherhood stole the revolution” read one banner in Tahrir. Another said the president was “pushing the people to civil disobedience.”
“The Muslim Brotherhood are liars, read another.
Sporadic clashes between police and protesting youths continued into the afternoon near Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
“We will stay in Tahrir until Morsi cancels his declaration,” protester Ahmed Fahmy, 34 told AFP.
Several universities and public schools cancelled classes in anticipation of larger protests, but so far everything has remained fairly calm here. We’ve had a couple large marches pass through Dokki, but none so far in the square where I live. Tahrir, however is a different story. People are saying these are the largest protests since the revolution, quite a feat considering that most people have work on Tuesday, work they probably want to keep since the rapid decline in Egypt’s market a few days ago. The Muslim Brotherhood were supposed to hold their own counter-protests today, but called them off at the last minute “in order to avoid bloodshed,” but I can tell you this is not going to prevent supporters of the party from gathering.
So far there have been a few clashes, but nothing too serious. Only four deaths have been reported, most recent happening only hours ago in the square (cause: tear gas suffocation). Of those three, two were teenagers, including a fifteen year old Brotherhood supporter who died a few days ago in another city. Honestly, most of what is going on is happening in more rural areas. Some people say that the 2011 revolution was just the beginning, and that now we are going to be seeing an uprising among the lowest of Egypt’s poor, which appears to be what is going on right now.
additional notes:
- Judging by tweets, many in Tahrir are first time protesters
- There are also apparently a fair number of women
- Those interested in reading live tweets from Tahrir can follow the #nov27live tag on twitter
- The Muslim Brotherhood’s English language twitter (@ikhwanweb) is a really fascinating look at how Morsi’s party is responding to the protests (hint, not well)
