I think I'll burst if I don't get another kitten. Aside from the obvious stuff going on, I just can't stop thinking about it. I don't know why, it's weird. And I have no plan for what would happen after I leave. Pandora is already an issue. But I think I'll explode, I must have one ( Read more... )

This morning saw me buying expensive lattes and lazing around with cat and boyfriend; but then Salma tweeted that vinegar was needed in Tahrir and it dawned on me that yesterday's protest had burgeoned into something else ( Read more... )

I've been dreading making this post because I don't know what to say. I'll start with the facts: Last night, the Coptic protests went seriously awful. (they're the Christians of Egypt, Orthodox and also a racial designation that I don't know enough about to outline clearly, they constitute 10% of the population, are Egypt's 'oldest' ethnic group, ( Read more... )

On Saturday, two soldiers in Alexandria went into an internet cafe and began asking people show their IDs. This happens quite a bit. They were being real assholes about it, so one guy basically started objecting and said, look, stop being assholes, you don't need to be so aggressive ( Read more... )