All the sun long

Hello! I have a confession to make. Today, I listened to christmas music. And I sang along. And I'm okay with that.

In other news I am having a formal party tonight!!! I hope it turns out super classy. We all painted our nails last night, and I'm baking a cake, and apparently the boys are having some surprise classy clothing or whatever, I don't know (they just keep telling me that we are going to need to 'bring our A game' and such). We're also going to play mafia, and charades, and that hat game! Oh boy. I'm gonna wear heels!!!

OH also I dyed my hair last night. Dark brown. Well, my roommate dyed it. And she did such an A+ job! It looks super good, except now I think the actual hairs need work, like haircut style. Hopefully I'll get that taken care of this weekend.

There is really not much else to report, unfortunately. My classes are really sucking right now! I feel like I am getting progressively more and more dumb with each passing day. This is because we do not learn things. And, also I guess my attitude is not too good right now. But it's really hard when you don't ever do anything! I need to step it up, I suppose. I did talk to our director about one of my classes, because while all of them are sort of so-so right now, there is one that is really really awful. The teacher uses English in class, doesn't give homework, doesn't give us chances to talk or do any using of language in class, and doesn't teach us anything really. He also seems to be under the impression that we are in first year Arabic. So, I talked to our director, and hopefully some sort of changes will be made.

Oh my goodness I am in such a festive mood right now!!! I'm listening to this ridiculous 'African Christmas' cd that I got freshman year, and it is probably terrible. It's all like 'African' flavored christmas classics, totally not authentic or anything I don't think, but it's just so awesome and festive! Plus, it's practically dark outside already, and it's only 5:30, so that is helping me feel like it is Christmas.

Anyway! I got distracted and didn't finish what I think I was going to say, but oh well. Maybe I'll write more tomorrow! Except how I always say that! Haha! ....aaanyway. I'm going to go bake a cake! And I'm wearing a polka dot dress!!! Good times ahoy?

Kisses!!!

Aww yiss

Oh look what I found! A poem that I wrote one time! I really am kind of into it, but I can't tell if that's just because I'm into myself or because it is really an okay kind of poem. So, you be the judge!!!

All Is Not Lost

The leaves were raining,
and the rain was leaving puddles
around my feet and misty imprints in the air,
and I have never felt more alive.
All morning the sun burned away at the fog,
leaving halos around tall buildings and church spires
--and I walked among the trees
and the people and the bus stops,
and I felt alive.
And then it's night and the stars are up and out and
I am four again.
I am four and I am in Australia, and
I am realizing the sky is just what it is
and you will always be right there,
right where I know to look.

And at least we're not drowning yet.
At least the skies have not swarmed down,
at least the rowdy sea has not decided that
enough is enough,
and seized the land once more.
For a time it is only just enough
and more than well enough,
for a time it is ok for waves to meet
rocks and for rocks to meet cliffs,
and for cliffs to meet grassy heaths
and heaths to meet roads
and roads to lace up the surface of the ground,
winding their way back to us,
to tell us of the sea.

Ok then. Let's go to work.


Thoughts???? Believe me, there is plenty more questionable creative writing from Freshman year where that came from! Oh boy.

Anyway. I don't really have much more to add, I guess. I can't remember when I last updated, but not much has been accomplished really in October. We've had some parties? I think maybe I'll think about this and post some more tomorrow. Right now it is really freaking hot, like sultry and irritating hot, like you want to turn on a small fan and not wear much clothing and sort of mope about in a sexy way, except how I am in Egypt so really all that is happening right now is my apartment is full of mosquitoes because the windows are open and I really do not feel like doing my homework. I wish I was somewhere sexy. Anyway! I should go eat some lentils or something. Will write more tomorrow! Kisses!