I always love arriving in Florida. Flying in everything is so sunny and bright, with the light reflecting off the water making it a shade of blue not found in other parts of the world. Step off the plane and the heat hits you – whoosh! – and suddenly the world is full of palm … Continue reading
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Some Stuff I'd Like to See on Skirt
So now that I’ve had quite a while to play around with the Skirt! website, there are a few features I’d really like to see adopted. I’m grateful for our lovely webspace and especially the community created here no matter what, so just consider this a pie-in-the-sky dream list. Notification that a comment … Continue reading
Life, Wired and Wireless
Managed to pry my eyes away from the glowing screen today to go out with my mom. We went to see a movie (also a screen, but much further away from my face and less likely to damage my eyesight in the long run). There was a Fire Incident as we were trying to buy … Continue reading
Giving a Talk on Sunday
If you’re in the Tampa area, I’ll be giving a talk about my research in Egypt on Sunday the 29th at 7:30 PM at the Hip Expressions Belly Dance Studio in Saint Petersburg, FL. Here’s the link to their announcement. They’re at 1108 62nd Ave. N, in the plaza across from the Winn-Dixie. Hope to … Continue reading
Wal-Martica
I’ve been very much looking forward to getting back to Britain and writing about the various idiosyncrasies and customs that I find strange there (flaming tar barrels, anyone?) However, I realize that some of the people who read this blog actually live in England and would most definitely find aspects of American life strange. (On … Continue reading
Photo troubles
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Small Victories
Due to my line of research I spend a lot of time listening to Arabic love songs. I really enjoy this aspect of my work but truth be told I only understand about 30-50% of the songs, usually. Fortunately it didn’t take me long to realise that love songs in all languages are basically the … Continue reading
California Photos
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All in One Day
I originally wrote this in the San Fransisco airport waiting for my flight home on Monday night. Unfortunately they do not offer free wireless at the San Fransisco airport, and I’ve basically been sleeping since I got home. Here’s my delayed blog entry – just pretend it had jet lag : rented ToyotaVallejoVallejo Luckily it … Continue reading
Help! I'm Trapped at the Fairgrounds!
Before I even get started, I’d like to point out that I really have had a great trip so far. San Francisco was really fun, and I’ve been enjoying the dance performances here at Rakkasah West, the self-proclaimed “largest belly dance festival in the world.” Great, now that I’ve got that out of the way I … Continue reading
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