We have guests over at our place today, some relatives. They have three daughters, one of whom is an 8 year old named Somiyya. Somiyya is driving me crazy, and that’s a fact. The Human Development major within me can’t help but wonder if she has ADHD.
“So why does Somiyya dislike climbing up the steps […]

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of flip flops, feet, fuzzy socks, and small world friendships
Sometimes, in the middle of a hectic day, I’ll stop by a computer kiosk really quickly and check up on this here weblog, and after skimming over the same ol’ title and same ol’ opening line of the topmost post, I’ll think to myself, “Dude, people […]

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why don’t the newscasters cry/when they read about people who die?
Last night, on a whim, my sister and I rented and watched Promises, a powerful and compelling documentary that follows seven Palestinian and Israeli children over the course of several years, between 1995-2000. I’d heard about this documentary for years, but had somehow never gotten […]

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“autochthonous” looks like a reptile, and “schwarmerei” sounds like shawarma.
So I’m sitting here in the computer lab at school, because this is where I spend my days ostensibly writing papers when I’m not skipping class and sleeping out in the university library courtyard or up on the third floor in what I call “the wine […]

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i got a fast car.
It’s never a good idea to leave the house just a split second before your father does in the morning, because that means you’re on the road together for the first fifteen minutes of your daily commute, and you can see the yellow fog lamps of his SUV shining disapprovingly behind […]

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