For the past four years I’ve successfully dodged invitations to climb Half Dome in Yosemite National Park under the stars with friends and family. A combination of fear, disinterest, and a few other good excuses (probably not that good) kept me from discovering the magic that comes with catching the sunrise from atop the [...]
Archive for October, 2009
In search of the 11th Commandment: Live from Sinai
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Saudi, as I dreamt it
Posted in Uncategorized on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday I took my first (and hopefully last) ever flight from one desert to an even bigger desert… not something most people can boast having ever done.
Nestled inside the middle of the Rub ‘al Khali and a scene reminiscent of the late 1990’s, I had finally found the Saudi Arabia I was looking for: Hummers, [...]
Aluba… the blessing and the curse
Posted in Uncategorized on October 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s 10 am and my Transport Phenomena (no I have no idea what that even means) professor just broke the record for consecutive slides with at least 6 abstract, mind-blowing equations (43 slides). Either that or he’s switched over to that Word font that’s nothing but symbols and numbers… regardless, my mind is drifting like [...]
