englandsword

We're in for a little change of pace today -- this post is about the recent revolutionary uprisings in Egypt. If you're not interested, feel free to skip this post, but I hope I can shed a little light on the subject as well as share my opinions. I'll also share some links throughout that I hope will be helpful in giving you a decent overview and balanced perspective of the recent events if you're feeling a little behind. I was a Political Science, International Studies, and World Languages triple major in college, and one of the languages I studied was Arabic. I considered studying abroad in Cairo before I picked Beijing instead, but the Middle East has still been an area of great interest to me. Plus, my best friend's family is from Algeria, which gave me a personal connection to the region. Tunisia The story of the recent uprisings really starts decades ago, but for simplicity's sake, we'll say it started with Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation in Dec...

I had a crazy craving for hummus mixed with salsa yesterday, so I got some provisions and ate this weird/delicious snack. That's hummus and salsa but instead of chips I used sun-dried tomatoes!! YUM!! It sounds crazy but really, it's good. I'd love to eat this again but make some zucchini chips in the dehydrator. If you made the hummus and salsa yourself, this could easily be a raw snack. That eggplant hummus has about half the calories and fat of most hummus because it doesn't have any oil. And that salsa is freaking delicious and together they are da bomb. This morning I brewed up some of this new coffee I bought at TJ's the other day: Except first I had to really struggle to get it open because the pop top came off and I had to stab it with a knife and get really violent. This coffee was good but I'm not sure that I like it any more than the other kinds I buy. I don't even know what makes it espresso. For being such a coffee monster I am surprising...