Adventures of Isabel

It seems like most of the people in my life have had to deal with a lot of negativity from me lately. So, to counter it, here’s a short and (thankfully) by no means comprehensive list of things that have made me smile in the last few days:

A sesame seed bagel, strong coffee [...]

In the latest twist of the Subic Bay Rape case, “Nicole,” the (pseudonym of the) Filipina whose accusation led to US Marine Daniel Smith’s rape conviction, has recanted her testimony and relocated to the United States.
Nicole has been through three years of absolute hell — from the incident itself, to the trial, the media circus, [...]

I turn 27 today – old enough that birthdays not divisible by five don’t seem particularly significant. Still, it’s always good punctuation to the year. In fact, whenever I’m confused by the chronology of my own life, I tend to try to orient myself by birthday. Like, “Okay, that was just after I left [...]

I know that what I really need is a nice vacation, a week off to relax, get enough sleep and rest, and get caught up on my backlog of unfinished projects. (See below.)
But airfares are so low right now I’m more than a little tempted to grab my camera, throw a few changes of clothes [...]

Grad school insanity (in my case) and general Egyptian turmoil (in Hossam’s) have kept us from making much progress on the Tax Collectors’ strike project.  My spring break is coming up, though, so there’s reason to hope it’ll be finished by the end of the month.
In the meantime, a few more slideshows are subtitled and [...]