Some rather disheartening news from the Middle East -- apparently, it is possible to find Cadbury Creme Eggs here (where is that puke smiley when you need it?), though I am too scared to go into a store and investigate for myself (a girl -- who is no longer my friend thanks to her fondness for such nastiness -- informed me earlier today). She had nothing to report on Starburst jelly beans, however (where is that broken-heart smiley, while we're at it?).

I have thought to have the jelly beans shipped from home, along with a lot of other yummy stuff that you can't get here, like Hershey's Kit-Kats (the Nestle ones are just a cruel joke on the senses). But it seems silly to send junk food from home when there is already ample (if inferior) junk food here. So I just light a candle and remember all the fond times I had eating Starburst jelly beans at home, and pray that I keep the memory alive until the day that we are again united in the land of the free and home of the brave (hmm, a flag smiley would be nice, too -- we could really use a smiley upgrade!)! ^