Happy Birthday to me.

And it was pretty alright after all, even after I had lost all hope of it being anything but depressing.
Or maybe it was because I expected the worst, so it couldn't be but better.
What happened was that after the wedding on Friday, bro and I had a little argument. Dad blew that up big, and canceled everything fun this year. Birthdays, graduations, possible trips to anywhere.. Totally unreasonable, unfair, and mean. Me and bro had already forgiven each other yesterday, but he still hadn't. Today, he had half a mind to just ignore all of us, but I guess my crying, his sister talking to him, mum trying to convince him, and I don't know.. he just "gave us one more chance".

So, after going to the Roman/Greek amphitheater with the fourth year of English Language and Literature for our group picture, mum called to tell me we were going out after all. And that the family was invited to come over Tuesday instead.
So I drove my friends home and returned to that place, and they came about ten minutes afterwards. We ate something and then went to see a movie (Push.. That was Friggin' awesome. EVERYBODY should watch that).. And it was even relatively peaceful!
Not perfect. But I ain't complaining.



One thing that struck me was that this year I got far more Birthday wishes than any other year before now. On facebook, on hyves, phone messages, I even got called twice from Egypt, and once from Holland~ This is excluding my actual friends, and family. Friend of mine referred to "Death of a Salesman", and says that now I am "well liked" and can just die happily. xD Those who haven't read it wouldn't get it, but I nearly hit her on the head xD
And the first birthday without presents, too xD So one cancels out the other? xD lol

One thing: Jazz & Johnny, I love you two. Like. LOADS. Really.

Oh. And I got sunburned. lol

xxx
The Gypsy

Quietness

Today I've been either crying or reading.
Trust dad to come here and manage to ruin everything for me.
I'm probably not going to celebrate any birthday or graduation or whatever this year.
Even though I was looking forward my 21st a lot, I can't say I care much.. I don't know.
Maybe it's me? I'm doing things wrong? It always is, anyways.

On a more cheerful tone, I got to set a bird free!
It flew in dad's face on the stairs outside, and he caught it and took it in to "scare" us.
It flew around for a while, but I caught it easily cause the poor thing was so paralyzed with fear.
I went outside on the balcony almost immediately, but it stayed a while on my hand. (Long enough for me to take pictures..)
When it finally did fly away, it almost immediately flew against a wall, so I started self-doubting whether it was smart to let it go.. ~shrug~

I'm awfully tired.
Hope I can finally fall asleep tonight~
xxx
The Gypsy.

Two family weddings in one~

Seeing as my cousin married my father's cousin~
So I thought I would know nearly everyone, seeing as they would both be inviting the same family. But I thought wrong, the bride and groom having invited more friends than relatives, and even the relatives were people I didn't know. Go me x'D

It was a typically Egyptian marriage.
In the evening, with lots of noise, lots of lights, more noise, little food, and did I mention noise already?
They'll be pregnant in two months, give or take. :3 See if I'm wrong xD

I'll upload a video and some pictures, not much more to tell. (Except that I'm having trouble at home. Which is now neither the time nor the the place to talk about.)
Really exhausted, my body is aching.
Enjoy!

The two of 'em.

Me, sis, my nephew, and the wife of a cousin of mine.









The kids of those that belong to my generation. I feel so old.













Me. Sorta anyways.








xxx
The Gypsy

What's" busy" in other languages?

Because today was certainly busy.
Little list of things I did:

1. Had a picture taken for the passport that's expired (woot, renewing it)

2. Circled Alexandria for eye doctors but failed.

3. Picked up mum's glasses.

4. Tried to buy clothes and failed.

5. Attended the 4th year "Farewell party". It's not a graduation party per se, but something close, anyways. They made a short amateur movie which was funny, a small sketch (like a play), some songs, our professors wished us well, and then they showed us a slideshow of pictures taken through out the four years we were in college. That was really touching. It's odd to feel so happy yet so sad about the same thing...

6. Went to my cousin's bachelor party (too late, as always... They had stopped dancing already. Bugger. Although my ribs still hurt like hell, couldn't have danced if I wanted to..)
Got my clutches on the magicjack, called and found a voicemail answering. How I detest voicemails! x'D..
Seriously, two good things about Egypt: a. Helpful people all around. (When we wanted to go home from the party my car had a flat tire, the first cab driver I stopped to ask for help helped me out immediately, and within 15 minutes we were back on the road)
b. No voicemails on phones. I never know what to say!

Came back way too late, so absolutely sneaking online.
Going to bed soon, need rest. Head es'plosion.

xxx
The Gypsy.

Final Lecture.

Our final lecture was today.
It's true I missed a lot of college this year, but it seems our professors aren't happy with us at all to begin with. They're all exceedingly slow readers, or just lazy, and if they have read, they are just unresponsive as hell, so their attending or not does not make a difference to the class at large.
I feel bad about that, even though I could've hardly forced the class to read.
Our professor of Poetry actually accused us of killing poetry this year. Though I do have to admit I prefer metaphysical poetry to victorian or modernist poetry, I can't say I really hated this year's poets. Prof was really glad with my enthusiasm for Eliot's Waste Land though, so all is good.

It's scary to have actually had the final lecture. I mean, sure, we'll still be going to college for the exams and parties for graduation planned, but that isn't the same.
Its one of the first steps to the end of college life, as it were.
Exams will be here and then over and done with within no time.. And then what?

Oh well.
Got lots to read till then.

xxx
The Gypsy

Speedy (Gonzales) Recovery.

"Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be thinking of you
It's the wrong time
For somebody new
It's a small crime
And I've got no excuse."

Two big pieces of news since yesterday, I guess. Or maybe three.

First of them is that yesterday, dad walked in, as if he hasn't been away for months.
Those who know me well enough know how I think about him, so yeah, lets not waste time and energy on that, shall we?

Second thing is related, namely: Dad seems like.. a different person.
Still radical ideas and stuff, to the extreme, but the opposite of what I'm used to.
I asked mum today "Who is that guy and what has he done with my father?"
Don't know if anybody else has noticed here. Maybe it's just because it's the first day.
I wouldn't mind if he stayed like this, though, to be honest.
Even though I'll have to re-program myself on his predictability.. or lack of it..

Third thing: Couple of my friends knew I wouldn't be free on my own birthday to celebrate anything, so they did that with me today xD Music, them dancing (cause my stupid body won't let me -even though I kept up with tradition and "stripped" -to my clothes- on Candy Shop) and LOTS of food! Pizza, sandwiches, crisps, ice cream, chocolate...
They were real awesome.

Now all I hope for is a speedy recovery.
Sick of aching.

xxx
The Gypsy

The Oresteia, A Play

" What prayer can touch my father?
Should I say I bring him love from his woman,
My mother?!
I have no taste for that,
No words to say...
Lord of the world above, and of the quiet world below.
Lord of the dead, help me now~"

- Electra (The Oresteia)

Five days ago, one of my friends called me, asking if I could please please please fill in a part of Electra in the Oresteia, seeing as the girl who was supposed to play it was not feeling up to that anymore. They had all been rehearsing since January orso, after we (me included) had given up on this specific play last summer, after a few meetings.

--> A short explanation about the Oresteia for those who do not know it:
After ten years of (the Trojan) war, Agamemnon comes home to his wife, Clytemnestra, only to be murdered by her, because she has a lover, and he brought with him Cassandra of Troy as a slave/mistress. Electra, daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, cries at her father's grave for the return of Orestes, her brother, to take revenge on her mother. After having egged on Orestes, she helps him disguise himself and takes him to her mother, who welcomes him as a stranger. He kills her and her lover, and then gets tried by Apollo as a judge, whilst the furies (goddesses) attack him, and Athena defends him.

I said yes, mostly because I am not one to say no, definitely not when it's so necessary they find someone quickly. She assured me my role would not be big, so my bad as anything memory would not have to struggle too much with the text.

The cast was incredibly warm, welcoming and nice. Not just the girls I already knew, mind, but everyone was really helpful, encouraging and motivating!

The day before the performance (which was last night) I fell off the stairs coming from my aunt's, tried to hold unto the railings, and ended up spraining my whole right side's muscles, my lung diaphragm, and then proceeded by bumping with my lower ribs onto the marble stairs.
Lucky as hell that my character does not have to move around a lot, else I would have had to disappoint them all, and worst of all myself. I really felt like finally I had something to look forward to, so canceling it was out of the question in my mind~

We were at the place from noon, hanging around, half rehearsing, absolutely stressed, till we got dressed and ready for 20:00. Mum had called me to tell me she, sis and two cousins had already arrived and were seated, which only made me more anxious if anything.

Turned out that worrying had been all for nothing, everything went absolutely flawless, just as planned. The whole cast kept telling me to raise my voice in the rehearsals, whilst I always thought my voice was the loudest of my friends >.<

But after the play ended I got to hear my voice, along with Showeikh's and Adham's, were the clearest and loudest voices there were. My performance was called "great", "sincere" and "genuine" amongst lots of other compliments. Seriously my ego must've inflated double it's size over the two hours after the performance! So woot!


Can't wait for the video to come out :3
Here are some pictures of Electra (me with a wig! Oh! And drawn on evil eyebrows I wiped off before he actual performance cause I didn't like 'em much.) xD
Enjoy!








Electra~
C'est moi.
(without the atrocious make-up)





Showeikh (The Narrator) & moi.








Adham (The Herald) & me!









Me and Sara (part of the chorus, and one of my good friends)






xxx
The Gypsy