little bits and randoms

I feel the need to give a practical update of sorts, for the very few of you who check this and care. :)

I really really really like a few of my classes, pretty much the ones I attended after the post below about hating my law class. I have intro to international human rights law (ihrl), and migration and refugee movements in the middle east and north africa (mouthful I know). I loooooove studying migration, I think it's fascinating, and I'm stoked on this course. The other two, intro to international law, and research and writing for ihrl...meh, not so fun. The reading is heavy in each of my classes, and it's going to be an intense semester with working and hopefully volunteering as well.

But, one thing is that I'm moving to a flat right near campus, like 2 minutes walk, so that will make everything much more convenient, and allow me to feel more centered. So, cool.

On another note, Ramadan started today, 30 days of fasting and partying has officially begun. I missed Ramadan last year, so this will be my first time experiencing it in Cairo...so far it's mid afternoon on the first day and I haven't noticed anything interesting...sorry.

Started running today too, finally! A friend of mine here is a runner, and we've both fantasized about running a marathonfor a long time, so we're doing it! There's a race in Luxor in February, but I'm not sure exactly how long it is...may not be a full marathon, but still should be awesome, and if anything a good marking point for marathons in the early summer of next year...I'm so serious about this. I miss running like crazy, and I've been wanting to do this kind of training for years, so here I go...

I got the website up for AGLM, but no one has said anything about it :(
Either that means it's horrible and not worth giving me constructive criticism, or no one has seen it...except my mom (thanks mom you rock).

I miss you people!