I graduated! That was somewhat anticlimactic but still exciting, even though the ensuing celebrations really threw off my sleeping patterns. And we leave for Europe tomorrow morning, which I'm sure will only further complicate the problem. But I'm excited anyway, especially for Amsterdam, which I have always wanted to visit.
I haven't had any time to read until tonight, but I'm making some headway with No god but God, which continues to be wonderful. I love the Arabic names; they are pretty and interesting. And I really, really love the way he writes. Like this sentence:
"The Ummah was growing and edxpanding in wealth and power at an astounding rate. A mere fifty years after his death, the tiny community Muhammed had founded in Yathrib burst out of the Arabian Peninsula and swallowed whole the massive Sasanian Empire of Iran. Fifty years after that, it had secured most of northwest India, absorbed all of North Africa, and reduced the Christian Byzantine Empire to little more than a deteriorating regional power." - Reza Aslan, No god but God.
I have to go pack! Back in two weeks.
P.S. I gave up on Emma. Not only was it horribly dull, it was also incredibly predictable.
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Oh Jesi. I will admit Emma was not my favorite but still.
I am terrible and have not been reading. I have had to work so much and redoing my room and everything just got in the way. I will post soon.
Have fun in Europe! Tres excitement!
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