Alyastan

*looks at wank comms*

So... did LJ change their profile page design or something? >.>

OMG OMG OMG

I'm just going to accept I'm not getting much sleep tonight.

Florida's first returns are in, and Obama's leading. And NH looks like it's going for him as well.

ETA: Closing the gap in GA. Hopefully.

ETA: Yay, Maine and MA! Tennessee & SC were to be expected, honestly.

ETA: Eeee!

God, I wish I could vote. Even in my own country.

ETA: Came home to this. >:(

Also, someone's got an Obama sticker on their car in my building. :D

See, this is what I don't get about the McCain campaign. This was such an easy test: if McCain (or a bored staffer!) could have just taken 15 minutes to answer the letters, it would have boosted his polls, given people the impression he actually cares about them, and gotten rid of his 'out of touch' reputation.

How did they miss out on this? I was under the impression Republicans were a lot more competent.

( Handwriting Meme )

That was fun! Also, I totally wrote 'sucky letters' first, then I thought it makes it sound like those are letters I just dislike, and those would be too many to list. It's 'hated letters' now, btw, in case you can't read it.

Ahaha, no.

No really, Sims fandom, I MEAN IT THIS TIME. LET THE SEXIST DIPSHIT GO AWAY.

"A girl who gives herself away before marriage does not deserve a normal life, and her fair punishment would be to spend her whole life without marriage." That was from an article talking about a survey that showed 20% of Egyptian men would consent to marry a non-virgin. This was a young woman talking, btw.

5 bloggers have been arrested this month in Egypt, and 3 more managed to evade arrest. Yay for free speech. The next person I see who tries to applies the first amendment to the internet gets a shivving. (On the upside, a prominent Egyptian blogger won the Annual Human Rights First Award!)

The government keeps running ads telling poor people to basically suck it up. Well, they're showing "examples" of people saving money, but cutting down on buying meds, food, cigarettes, or water use. They show checkbooks with incredibly low prices listed (60 LE for food WHAT? Do you mean per day? 'Cause that wouldn't even last a week) to try and pretend people are just complaining because they're greedy and lazy. Yay government. DIAF.

*headdesk*

Sometimes I really get why so many people want to leave the country. I'm kind of going crazy.

Dear neighbours

Are you fucking crazy? Or have you not realised we live in the quietest part of Cairo? I get that it's a wedding, but do you have to be so fucking loud? I can't hear the film I'm watching, FFS! And some people have to work tomorrow, you know. My dad being one of those.

Shut up!

Me

PS: Driving at full speed in a small street on a rainy day? Not the best fucking idea you've come up with.

TODAY'S FORECAST: RAIN!

*GLEE*

Sometimes I love my fandom.

Happy birthday, xturtle!

Two comments in, and we already have thoughts on transphobia or lackthereof.

That will end well.

Hello, I got threatened with physical violence for walking down the street today! It was one of the most terrifying experiences I've had in the last few months.

This is one of the awesomest vids I have seen to date.

Who are these people?

So I'm meeting this nice guy tomorrow, and I like him, I think, and he seems pretty interested, but it's not an actual date, or maybe it is, because it sure does sound like one, but we never said so, and WHAT IF I'VE BEEN READING THE SIGNS WRONG? Also, I've gone out maybe three times in the past two months (not counting visiting family or hanging out with my cousin, or going to class, obviously), and I'm not sure I want to date anyone, and I'm not sure I have any social skills left anymore and OMG WHAT IF IT ALL GOES WRONG?!

SAVE ME.

( Music Meme answers )


In other news, I went to Text Analysis class yesterday, and I have Batshit Insane Prof. She asked us to fill a questionnaire and hand it in next class, with a recent picture of us. She keeps telling us she took psychology courses and likes to work out the psychological profile of her students so that she can help them. She says all this with a mad glint in her eyes.

She also asked us to write a paragraph about why we chose the Faculty of Arts. My reasons can be summed up thus: "I like literature". I managed to write three lines, and she came over to check my work.

Batshit Insane Prof: "Is that all? You must be really shy!"
Me: "Uh. Not really."*
BIP: "Well, try to write some more."
Me: "Mhmm." *doesn't find anything to write down*
BIP: *comes round again* "I'm sure you're shy!"
Me: "Um... "
BIP: *goes away then comes round again* "You have at least a streak of shyness to you! I'm positive!"
Me: o.O


*I am, but just not at uni. In class, I don't shut up, like, ever. It's a little annoying, I am told.

Wtf, the National Theater is burning down. D:

Second major fire in Cairo in a few weeks.

• Put your music player on random.
  
• Post the first line from the first 32 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
  
• Let everyone guess what song and artist the lines come from.
  
• Bold the songs when someone guesses correctly.
  
• Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is admitting you have a tiny penis, even if you're a lady.

( I'm pretty sure skipping Arabic songs doesn't count as cheating )

... Painkillers are supposed to make me feel better, right?

Because my shoulders, back and neck have been hurting for three solid days and today I got a migraine, and I took some paracetamol and it's getting worse. I can't even sleep.

Uni update: the course I was all excited about (linguistics!) turned out to be really awesome. Yay!

Also, looking at UFB, my god, Democrats are just as ignorant as Republicans. They just have better intentions. No wonder they're known for losing.

My favourite new website is, naturally, http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/.

Not only does it have an RSS feed, but the source code is awesome:

<script type="text/javascript">
if (!(typeof worldHasEnded == "undefined")) {
document.write("YUP.");
} else {
document.write("NOPE.");
}
</script>

...

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Oh, internets, how I love thee.