Dusk Over Cairo

I fell in love with OPI nail polish. The love affair began during my undergraduate program and recently, became ravenous. For this coming week, I applied Dusk Over Cairo. I believe that its nuances in color and shine reflect its name properly. It reminds me of the lush colors that fill the sky as the sun sets over the Cairo skyline. Pink turns into gold which turns into orange and red. This is all usually complicated with the thick smog that hangs over the city increasing respiratory problems among its inhabitants. Along with the glittering colors and the smoke that hangs in the air, there is a strong smell of diesel, sweat and onions. At the end of my reminiscing, I am left hungry for Egyptian food, thankful for deodorant and emission laws.

Yoga

Life has changed considerably for me since the last time I posted. Many new things have happened, but I want to share with you all one thing that I have personally fallen in love with. Yoga. Tara Stiles' yoga to be more specific. I can be having a panic attack, and as long as I have the ability to do Tara's chill out routine, I can usually calm myself down. It's FANTASTIC. Not only that, but I'm becoming flexible! I thought I was doomed to always be unflexible. I'd done yoga in the past, but this is totally different. It's fantastic. Anyways, check out her podcasts and her videos on youtube! Trust me, it's totally worth it!

The Olympics

Many argue, the Olympics wastes international monetary funds that could be used to eliminate poverty. This argument is particularly important considering the major crisis that IS taking place in Haiti.

However, I disagree. I believe that the Olympics symbolizes the international communit. It is a time when States have the ability to unite during difficult circumstances and cheer on their representative athletes (and at times, favored athletes of competing States). It is especially significant, I believe, for third world states, for many citizens find pride to see their state represented at the Olympics, especially the state's first athlete to compete. I would love to know other people's opinions though.

Personally, I believe the more imperative question at hand is that of safety regulation. With a recent snowboarding accident, and now, a fatal accident at the games, the community needs to question if these sports are progressing at much to fast a pace, too fast for safety regulations to keep up. My condolences go out to the Kumaritashvili family, The Georgian team, and to Georgia.