nora something: January 2011

Photo via Twitter

This scene from Egypt today brought to mind images from the United States' own not-so-recent past.

Photo from AP

Praying with and for the people of Egypt.

ambien weirdness journal

Ate peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon: 1
Reorganized kitchen counter tops: 3
Reset time on alarm clock: 2
Watched television: 2
Slept through multiple alarms: 3
Woke up in a different room than where I went to bed: 1
Woke up with the pets looking at me, causing me to believe I was talking in my sleep or otherwise being weird: 3
Made a list on the kitchen chalkboard of chores and errands I need to tackle: 1
Woke up in the kitchen in the middle of the night, drinking a cup of coffee I'd made myself, complete with cream and sugar: 1
Read an entire book: 1
Made online purchases: 2
Woke up without any concept of what day of the week it was: 1
Written extensive shopping and to-do lists on a pad of paper next to my bed in barely legible handwriting: 1
Cut own hair to the point that I now have a pixie haircut: 1

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