a busy week, sunny and warm throughout. it feels like summer is here to stay now, no turning back. did a couple of zombie runs, an art class and a couple of chinese classes. stopped to admire the bursts of color that the season brings.

i finished listening to peter hessler’s book about egypt (the buried: an archeology of the egyptian revolution), and what a mammoth it was, the full 17 hours of it. but the result is a book that is about so much more than the revolution — it’s a snapshot of a land at a crossroads, deciding how it’s going to move forward. it didn’t make me want to visit it, but i feel like i understand the country a tiny bit better now.

one of the highlights of the week was the knife grinder that passed on our street, playing his tune on a loud pan flute on sunday morning. i ran out the door with a random kitchen knife to get it sharpened, not because i needed it but just because i want this to continue. sometimes i feel like the world is sliding towards a neutral homogenous mix — same brunch and ramen and third-wave coffee places everywhere. i like those too, but i want the bits that are typically ours to exist as well — i want to hear this whistly sound echoing up and down the street for many years to come.

also, we started watching the murderbot series on apple TV! they only put out one episode per week, which is infuriating (and probably a good way to make people hold on to their subscriptions)… but it’s so good! in my head, i always pictured murderbot as female, but i think alexander skarsgård does a great job portraying it too. i can’t wait for more episodes!