September 8th marked the halfway point in my service in Haifa. 9 months left. I know that I’ve changed, that I’ve stayed the same.  There are so many beautiful moments, and I wish I could gather every beautiful soul into…
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Abi tagged me nearly a month ago to do this meme, and in between the chaos of birthdays (I think I’ve counted about 6 that I’ve celebrated in the last few weeks!) and other things (like, you know, life), I…
1. I am eating a sandwich with an olive oil-based mayonnaise. It tastes exactly the same as “regular” mayonnaise, except it has less fat and is slightly less thick. Lovely. 2. We watched a blue jellyfish float by at the beach…
1. Junk mail is just as bad here as in the USA. Walking into my apartment building, it was like an advertising blizzard had struck the foyer. 2. I’ve never had a taxi driver try to cheat me here…until the…
I saw a man washing his dog with a garden hose on Hamegenim Street last night. I wish I had gotten a picture, because he had put the dog in a shopping cart so that it would not run away….
At Naw Ruz (the Baha’i New Year), the choir sang in the Seat of the Universal House of Justice for the Holy Day observance. If you look closely, you can see me in there. This video was put together by…
I saw this article on CNN the other day, and wondered if I had gone back in time to the time of the Civil Rights movement. “Black and white students attended the prom together for the first time on Saturday….
Today is the last day of Ayyam-i-Ha, which is a time of joy and gift-giving before the Fast, and is about 4 or 5 days long. The Fast lasts for 19 days…no food or drink between sunrise & sunset. At…
I hate to see you cry Lying there in that position There’s things you need to hear So turn off your tears And listenPain throws your heart to the ground Love turns the whole thing around No it won’t all…
I’ve been here for over two weeks now, so I decided to make a list (in no real order). This stems partly out of a lunchtime conversation today. 1. The warm weather. Need I say more? I read about my…
My feet are happy. Thanks mom! Also, another perk of working at a large corporation: Paid corporate lunches. Especially chocolate milkshakes.
let the past haunt in its way pale eyes shining we’ll run and I’ll taste the reasons we died little pieces of plastic and glass I let them wedge into my heart pry out the molecules left dispensing in the…
I felt the chill creeping around the corners yesterday Finally the herald of change is here! Wake up, it says Feel the cold and smell of dead leaves starting the race towards the poetry of rebellion against stagnancy my million-colored…
54 Baha’is were arrested on Friday because they were doing humanitarian service. They were tutoring poor children (with a permit from the local government), and were ARRESTED. Some of them are 16, 17, 18 year olds. Think about 54 of…
UNITED NATIONS, 20 March 2006 (BWNS) — Representatives of the Baha’i International Community reacted with alarm today to a United Nations official’s statement about actions of the Iranian government against the Baha’is in Iran. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on…
I drank eggnog tonight from Oberweis, it felt like a sin. mmm. I used to hate the stuff, but I come home to my parents house and it is calling me from the refrigerator: “Shooooleh, come drink me, I’m eggy…
1. I learned that the pollution is so bad that it can affect your skin. 2. Shopping is fantastic. 3. Flowers bloom in November. 4. The Pacific Ocean at sunset is awesome. 5. You can wear flip-flops in November. 6….
http://denial.bahai.org Read this. Whether you’re a Baha’i or not…if you’ve ever had access to higher education, even if you didn’t take advantage of it…you’re luckier than the Baha’i youth in Iran. The government has used a very simple mechanism to…
I danced around helium balloons laughing as they brushed around me in circles, wind-carried. I felt the rain on a different day it went to my head… oh, last night you should have seen me. I need to get back…
I went to work this morning on my bike. I work in the Loop. Those of you who have had the blessing of driving/biking in this part of town know that it can get crazy, especially at rush hour. I…
Summer is not conducive to blog-writing, at least among some of my friends. It may be that we’re too busy enjoying the nice weather. It is easier to convince oneself that there is nothing to do when there is 3…
I am newly aware of the strength contained in my small frame. There is something strange about knowing exactly what to do and that restraint is good in its place. Even odder is when I understand that this was the…
Hey, my birthday is in exactly 1 month. Fascinating. Have not made plans yet, and I’m not sure that I will. I’m going to go enjoy the city now. How can I not, with the sun shining and my bike…
Sholeh + Neda + Dubious Estate Sale = Hilarity. We had way too much fun. I really couldn’t even figure out what some of these knicknacks were! There was a random head sitting on a table…and it thoroughly freaked out…
There was a man on the bus who talked on his cell phone to an unseen face explaining how to cook pork chops (just salt, that is what I use. Or squeeze lemon!) He talked about not having taken a…
this hurts. i am not accustomed to making you miserable. or you. and you… well, you and i do not yet know how this will be resolved since resolution requires communication and this, while it constitutes words and sounds, is…
The Baha’i Association at my University won the bulletin board decorating contest. We got a monetary prize for catering for events, but more importantly, it inspired us to make a better board than we would have without incentive, and now…
Our house is having a Halloween Party on Friday at 8 pm. If you don’t know where we live…ask someone who does, or email me. Costumes required! (why do some people even question having to dress up for a Hallween…
This is what has had me knocking my head against a wall for the last 2 months. (well, this and other similar problems) yikes! Truth tables!
Ok so about 4 people will get the title of this entry. Its all good. It took me a really long time to figure out why all the skyscrapers were lit up pink for the last week. 🙂 (for Breast…