Be pro-social
The embassy will help you: Myth busted I went to the embassy today: they cannot help me. The woman, who knew nearly nothing about me and after speaking to me for less than five minutes, said, “If I were you, I would have gone to Europe first, not Egypt.” Wow. I’m surprised when people who … Read more
I found a quiet place to lay down and sleep today, which is nearly impossible in downtown Cairo. It didn’t have that many flies, either. The only problem was that it was a construction site, so it was very dirty, and I am covered in dust. I guess the other problem is that I am … Read more
A chat with a friend This is from a chat with a friend on Saturday 10 May 2014. Edited for anonymity, and the edits are not usually marked. Some sections added to make it easier to skim. Where am I? Friend: hey hunter, anyone home? @ 1:23 PM Hunter Hogan: home. such an innocent word … Read more
Until now, I’ve never written down what my tattoo “means”. I wanted the meaning to be able to change so that I wouldn’t hate the tattoo. One of the things I think I’ve always said is something like, “Everything in life goes in cycles,” as I trace my finger around the inner circle of the … Read more
Today, I figured out that I am much more sick that I realized. My sickness is like kidney failure: you cannot see the sickness on the outside, and if untreated, the person will die. Some things I saw today that affected me: I was outside before midday Friday prayers and a large percentage of the … Read more
While helping a paralyzed man in a wheelchair, I almost died in a Cairo elevator.
For the past four days, I slept 20 to 22 hours each day; I only left my room once. My symptoms have never included radically over sleeping: I am changing, but I don’t know the cause(s) or the direction of my change. I do know what caused me to be able to leave my room … Read more
The night I left Justine, I made describe some of the events and I made many predictions about how people would react. Unfortunately, all of my predictions came true.
