I don't plan on writing very much today.
In my material i found a human skull...this isn't really anything interesting or intriguing to my work, it is actually just an excavation mistake...it should have gone with the osetology specialist. It was still kind of cool to find though.
Today was pretty normal though...although I was startled from my sleep by my buzzing phone at 4:30 am, with a picture text message from my cousin. It was a picture of my brother's toe which is terribly infected and gross looking. I was quite confused. It took me until about mid afternoon to realize it wasn't a dream.
I did find these for your viewing pleasure. Videos of traffic in egypt...this shows them at slow pace though..things get even scarier when speed is involved, Notice all of the honking horns...this is what you hear all the time from everywhere in egypt. This is my "mood music" if you will...some people listen to crashing waves, some the lovely songs of humpback whales, other the chirps of crickets in the night...I listen to horns...and they are only to be outdone by call to prayer. The only time there is not rush hour traffic in egypt is on Friday when everyone is praying at the mosques
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYqhiFnuLSM&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmTIUKaLWBs&mode=related&search=
I think the fact that you can look up insane traffic specifically speaks on its own
Heres one forminside a car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-t6FZujJxM&mode=related&search=
whats hilarious about this last one is it makes it seem like people pull over for an ambulance..,a lot of times the ambulance turns on sirens just to get through traffic...however in my experience no one moves for them...in fact..i was in traffic, stuck next to one with the sirens blaring in my ears...I look over and the driver and the passenger are both laughing and having a cigarette...yes big emergencies.
Here is a clip will call to prayer in the background...it really is amazing how used to it you get...like i said, i sleep through it every night/morning, most people do not. This video does not actually do justice to how poor quality the speaker system is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPrbuHxi1w8&mode=related&search=
3 comments:
Okay, You're crazy if you can sleep through that. I would wake up and freek out. It sounds like Ghosts or something. it sent shivers up my arms. Im going to my first baseball/ Tigers game on sunday with my friend and her family. It's going to be fun I think. We won't get home till midnight though. Just stopping quickly. love/miss you.
-♥-
Janel
hi kelly!
I have been reading your blog every saturday night when i get home from work. (which is at about 3:00 im the morning) reading your blog relaxes me in a really weird way and it makes me realize how much i miss you... i didn't write before because i didn't think you wanted people to comment until i realized i was the only one not commenting! but i didn't want you to think that i didnt miss you or wasn't reading all your blogs because i do miss you very much and i am reading your blogs. i think this entire comment is very repetitive i am sorry i am a bit tired. but i love you so much and i hope things continue to go as well as they have gone so far.
~erin~
thanks erin! I'm glad you enjoy it...sometimes i'm not sure when i'm getting into overly mundane material, but i figured people can skim when they want to. I miss you very much, and I have plenty to catch you up on in terms of things that didn't make it onto my blog. I enjoy the comments but i don't get around to publishing or responding to all of them because the internet is really slow and i dont like waiting for the pages to load. You have about 19 or so entires left to read, as that is the amount of days I have until I am back on U.S. soil...i hope you aren't working too hard. I love you!
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