oops!

I received a phone call from the Canadian Family Action Coalition asking whether or not I agree with same sex marriage. Parliament will be voting on the definition of marriage once again this year. And well, I guess I didn't give them the answer they were looking for, I said: "Why not, like any minority they should have the right to get married." I said this despite the fact that we never came to a conclusion whether or not gay couples should be allowed to adopt, or better put, whether or not a child would benefit from being raised by a gay couple ...

browsing

For now Google is returning George Bush's biography as the top result for search word failure, now that is some definition!

blonde

I discovered that most of the hair style magazines don't have page numbers ...

cup size

We went shopping for underwear ... it used to be that bras would come in sizes A, B, C and rarely you would find a size D - not that I am against a wider range of sizes. We were looking for a bra with no wires or padding. Believe it or not there we no size A's, and this is not just in one store. As if by default people who are a size A should have a wired or padded bra, I guess because everyone knows that a size A is too small!
To my surprise the D, DD and DDD sizes were about the only ones with no padding or wire. It can't be that suddenly all the size A's had decided to wear padded bras, it can only be that like all else we are stuck with a certain silly mind set as to how something should be, the new standard forces some to go above and beyond to achieve what is an acceptable image.

advertising

The Fido URBAN ZONE package says: 400 anytime minutes, unlimited incoming calls in your urban zone and that is for $30. Telus (who by the way I despise) was rather quick to move, they offer: 400 anytime minutes, unlimited incoming calls for $35, the ad says: unlike the other guys, there are no "zone" restrictions. The catch is, Fido offers to add to your plan the suburban zone coverage (the other areas that Telus would cover) for an additional $5, so it comes to the same price. As usual Telus is making a big deal out of nothing, it's just the usual business mumble jumble!

kicked out

Poor Pluto, they changed the definition of a planet and now Pluto no longer belongs! The following is a quote from their website regarding this matter:

Resolution 6A creates for IAU usage a new class of objects, for which Pluto is the prototype. Resolution 6B introduces the name "plutonian objects" for this class. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "plutonian" as:
Main Entry: plu • to • ni • an
Pronunciation: plü-'tO-nE-&n
Function: adjective
Usage: often capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of Pluto or the lower world.

After having received inputs from many sides -- especially the geological community -- the term "Pluton" is no longer being considered.

An interesting piece of news from someone who I guess feels like a mother to Pluto.

crude

... so now oil prices are going down? Who would have thought of it, there is so much tension in the middle east and yet more available resources means we don't care about oil that much right now ...

جهان سوم

جهان سوم جايی است كه هر كس بخواهد مملكتش را آباد كند،خانه اش خراب می شود و هر كس كه بخواهد خانه اش آباد باشد بايد در تخريب مملكتش بكوشد.

ناشناس

tickets

Interesting news, I wonder if it will really happen!

چراغ

میگن چراغی که به خونه رواست به مسجد حرومه، راست میگن

bored

The meeting room is like a casino, they blow in cool air and there are no clocks, no wonder people always talk past what they should ...

patriotic

He said: "My home is destroyed, but if I can have my tent in my country I am happy."

visa

If you are a Sharif graduate you probably know of all the fiasco that went on with the reunion gathering in the US last month. All aside, I would just like to quote this from Dr Hojabri's email:

"The concern of US security agencies about Reunion 2006 was not because of SUTA, but because of participation of large number of members from Iran."

That only says to me, they are acting as stupid as always!

student politics

So, here I am after 5 hours of meetings discussing the ongoing issues with the student society! I thought those days were over, I thought that was what you did as an undergrad, I thought I had lost the youthful power to rally, set up meeting after meeting and discuss talking to lawyers and unions, seems not ...

the Collector

There is a series airing this season called the Collector, actually it has aired since 2004 and won a handful of awards, but I just discovered it. It's the story of a monk who became a soul collector for the devil.
The only reason I watched it the first time around was that it was filmed in Vancouver (BTW filming projects are up 23% in Vancouver this year), but it kind of grew on me. Now I really like it. I should say it's rather intelligent for a weekday series, and it brings up some very philosophical issues, neither of which of course it carries forward to a clear answer. However, it is arguable that it's even possible to carry any question of that sort to a straight answer.
If you can set aside some of the religious view points, mostly brought forth by Christianity neither of which I think are intentionally implied but more related to the environmental effects of being surrounded by Christians, I recommend you watch a couple of shows ...

financial analyst

I am getting really good at predicting when and where you should buy property and when you should sell. The truth is that I keep discovering from here and there that the predictions I made were quite true, if only I had the money ...

مشاور

من هیچ وقت اینجوری نبودم ولی الان مامانم رو می خوام. یه کسی رو می خوام که هیچ چیزی بینمون نباشه، یه کسی که هم حرفمو بفهمه هم بدونه چی باید بگه. یه وقتهایی هست که نمی خوای به هیچ چیز فکر کنی، می خوای هیچ فاصله ای نباشه. می خوای یه کس خیلی نزدیک بدونه تو فکرت چیه. اصلا فکر تلفن رو نمی خوام بکنم اصلا مثل این نیست که بشینی کنار کسی و باهاش حرف بزنی و اصلا هم اون آرامش رو به آدم نمی ده

two way

Suppose you are suspicious of your friend's husband having an affair. What is the right thing to do? Well if you ask me, it's to go and let her know of your suspicion and let them sort it out, or is it? I almost did that, but someone stopped me, what if she already knows? What if she would rather not know? I don't know, maybe it's not even my business!

دعا

،سایه ای گذشت آرام و سرد، دستانم تاب مقاومت نداشت

دیرگاهی بود که خویشتن را در پس و پیش راهروها گم کرده بودم

نگاهش آرام بود و کلامش شمرده

نمی دانم این اجابت کدام دعا بود یا مصیبت کدام نفرین

what a mess

Am I supposed to feel ok? Don't you feel the world is falling into pieces? They say you know yourself by the constants in your life, now that everything is changing oh so fast and not for the better, I guess it's ok to feel lost.
There is nothing you can count on, they might revoke your visa like they did with the SUTA reunion. They might search your plane for explosives and actually find some like what happened in Heathrow and now they won't even let you take a drink on the plane. I am sure the people who went to sleep never to wake up after the bombings in Lebanon didn't see it coming. I wonder though how you explain to the children what is happening to their homes, their families. Darfur, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Iraq and even our own little university where the student society president has suddenly decided that we no longer need democracy. What is going on with the world, what a mess!

family

wartalk

• It's really your decision which side of the story to listen to but I'd suggest a nice fresh perspective.


• Another reason why people say some things.


• Now these guys are a surprise.
  

P.S. I was waiting for the counteract.

به چمنزار یبا

به چمنزار یبا
به چمنزار بزرگ
و صدایم کن، از پشت نفسهای گل ابریشم

- فروغ فرخزاد

Jews?

Was it me or did everyone see the blue star in the fireworks last night? I mean, Mexico? I guess they had made decisions on what to show months ago, but why would they have chosen a blue Jewish star anyway? or am I just too sensitive to the case right now?

Photos from the event website.

tucked

They ask me why I believe in God, where are they when a power takes care of my every single concern? whatever you decide to call it ...

injustice

Some days I really feel we are just pretending to care about humanity. We made up all these collations and organizations and committees, and yet no matter where you look in the world you can see violent, barbaric acts. My homeland being one of the worst ... it tears my heart ...

inappropriate

I certainly agree that the work place is no place for romance. It seemed so inappropriate to me when one of the guys asked me out after the meeting yesterday. Of course I handled it with delicacy and I made sure he understood that it's not a one time excuse and I am not leaving the option open for later, but I still can't get over the fact that he actually didn't think it was improper.

together

It's common passion that brings people close.

نذر

آدم اگه نذر کنه بعد نذرش رو قبل از گرفتن حاجتش به جا بیاره مثل این می مونه که بخواد خدا رو بذاره تو رودرواسی. تازه اگه چیزی رو که می خوای نگیری اون وقت می تونی شاکی بشی که خدا سهمش رو بجا نیاورده نه؟

margin

It kind of works out that we don't listen to them and they don't listen to us. We gave them a day for our response and they couldn't care less. Now we have an end of August deadline to face ...

P.S. I still don't know what we have promised to China and Russia!

disgrace

If it was a human barrier or if it was the Israelis purposely hitting civilians, it's disgusting. They stopped the air missiles for 2 days and all people could do was run from their homes. All the pain aside, they left everything and ran with their lives ... Bush met with Blair yesterday, Rice cancelled her peacemaking trip and the UN meeting got nowhere. Yes we all cried when the children died clutching to their mothers, but isn't there any thing we could do for those alive? We are the only hope. It doesn't seem we understand that, or we understand and we don't care. Is all this stillness because there are Jews on one side? ... and why did Mel Gibson apologize for saying Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world? I think he really meant it, I wouldn't say he is that wrong. Or maybe he had to because the Jews govern Hollywood ... what's becoming of us?