tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51690812012-01-18T18:27:00.581-05:00Daily Journal of Mahaan, an Iranian-American student residing in USA.Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.comBlogger3161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-446143476037150602012-01-18T18:25:00.001-05:002012-01-18T18:27:00.588-05:00

in this moment of 36th, i feel lucky that i have loved and have been loved decently. it's my most important asset.

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-65437412098374330792011-12-31T15:12:00.002-05:002011-12-31T17:07:47.019-05:00

It's a peaceful and quiet farewell moment to 2011. A year which started in Dubai for us in another peaceful night. Now, Em is dealing with a cold and has crashed on the couch. We had a decent Indian dinner with sangria and then watched the entertaining fuck documentary which has made its way into our library recently. With its simplicity it's probably my most relaxing new year moment in the

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-87129612030553775412011-10-28T13:00:00.004-04:002011-10-28T13:30:58.012-04:00

Reza Mirkarimi's new feature film is a fresh breeze in Iranian cinema. Yek Habe Qand is an excellent demonstration of an Iranian dialogue between traditions and modernity. The story is around a traditional family in the Yazd province who are preparing for the long-distance wedding of their daughter (whose to-be husband is in the US). A suite of characters who resemble the Iranian society are

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It's a short 2 hours flight from Tehran to here. Yet, there is so much difference between the two lives of mine on two sides of the Persian gulf. After getting back from Iran, I have the same post-hyped feeling that I had when I was going back to the US. One thing is clear: After 14-15 years of being away, I'm still very attached to streets of Tehran. People keep telling me about poverty,

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-11820761629188675152011-02-21T07:15:00.004-05:002011-02-21T07:34:38.974-05:00

I can write hours of these golden days of the middle east. But the highlight of all these events is observing the humilation of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Libya. His moronic character and dystopian ruling has been a collection of ignorance, idiocy and manipulation that has only brought poverty and humiliation for a country with vast amount of oil capital and only 8 million population. He's

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-36565816264827186612010-11-28T22:16:00.003-05:002010-11-28T22:18:59.904-05:00

Today: Nov 29th 2010! The end of an excellent beginning!

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saw it on a friend's facebook quotes: If you had purchased $1,000 of AIG stock one year ago, you would have $42left. With Lehman, you would have $6.60 left. With Fannie or Freddie, you would have less than $5 left. But if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have had $214. Based on this,

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8 AM on Friday morning: Waiting in the line of local bakery where you buy fresh hot bread out of the oven for 5 cents .... The crowd are expat-labor from Pakistan, Sudan.... many illiterate, yet able to speak in 4-5 languages: Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Bangali.... In front of me is a dark-skin old-man who is approached by another younger fellow. Then I hear them talking in sweet baluchi-Persian

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-23138919423036689522010-10-25T21:04:00.003-04:002010-10-25T21:37:59.249-04:00

Women without men directed by Shirin Neshat is a reflection of the maturity of the artwork from Iranians in exile. This excellent film is based on a novel by Shahrnoush Parsi-pour and pictures an important slice of the Iranians contemporary history. It is the story of four women on the eve of the US-sponsored coupe against the nationalist government of Doctor Mosadeq in Iran. There is a back

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-65964414380826177082010-10-19T15:54:00.001-04:002010-10-19T15:55:41.789-04:00

on my third visit after 6-7 years: still a master-piece!

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-10595290983181583342010-10-11T13:47:00.004-04:002010-10-11T14:43:20.712-04:00

Advising a younger student is my newest challenge. Riv is Indian and graduated from the undergrad program in my university. At the time of hiring, I received a negative image about Riv from my bosses. According to my US boss, it might be a favor to him if we stop him from pursuing research and PhD path, even if he's in love with such a career. I still think that academia is a place for

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-54882110782428217882010-08-17T15:57:00.000-04:002010-08-17T15:58:43.415-04:00

Phinally Done !

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Richard Hamming, the well-known mathematician and computer scientist has a famous lecture titled you and your research. I believe his lecture is a must-read for all young researchers. Hamming's tone carries some degrees of arrogance. Yet the long lecture is quite insightful and entertaining to read. The speech fills the reader with the philisophical equipment that a researcher from

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Our last meeting was in the sunset hour of a Friday last May. She was taking a nap... She was so surprised to see me out of the blue. She was almost deaf and her eyes were quite weak. The first few minutes was talking loud about general greetings and checking... as usual she showed off her consciousness by asking about Reyhan and her family, my new work, etc. But then I realized there is no

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I was not in Iran during the election days and its aftermath. But from what I've read and seen online, I believe that 15th of June 2009 is an important historic day in the history of Iran. It was a high point in a maturity of our nation. A year ago on this day an estimated 1 to 3 million people in Tehran walked almost silently and totally peacefully from the east to the west of Tehran on the

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-89206661545867245892010-04-30T18:28:00.005-04:002010-04-30T19:06:44.595-04:00

1. About Elly is a ground breaking work in Iranian screen plays. Every minute of this scenario is intelligently designed. The characters are diverse set of edgy people. People who come to extreme support, jealousy, sneakiness, anger, attacks, ... A total picture of an ultra-complex society named 21st century Iran2. In my trips to Iran, I've been wondering why we Iraians usually have tired

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-86104692666952501162010-03-30T11:04:00.003-04:002010-03-30T11:13:17.714-04:00

On a day that you feel surounded by unresolved issues of your life, you can only rely on the wisdom of a crowd. This is the crowd who are selecting film music pieces for an online radio named: Streaming-Soundtracks. In this afternoon and many other days and nights I have benefitted from the choice of this crowd. How easier find such a great collection of Morricone, Zimmer, Delerue, ... you

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Some believe that 1388 was a cursed year with too much of missery for Iranians. The year had some difficult moment. But I strongly believe that in the process of democratization of Iran, we all aged more than a year. On the personal side, the changes continued to be dramatic. Finally defending the PhD thesis and then a major move to this Persian gulf state. The continuous information and

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-7883359445262186152010-02-23T04:04:00.002-05:002010-02-23T04:06:21.327-05:00

I wish I could think less about the empty parts of the glass.

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-52410889412958232492009-12-02T12:10:00.001-05:002009-12-02T12:12:54.589-05:00

As I'm walking into my PhD defense (in a day), it just striked me how lucky I'm to be doing this in such peace of mind. I thought of many who do these types of things under so much financial and security pressures. The peace of mind and financial support that I've got throughout this path is incredible and maybe spoiling at points.

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-87081745256592749752009-11-27T00:09:00.003-05:002009-11-27T00:16:52.818-05:00

Whatever Works, the new Woody Allen's film has it all: A satire of life, love, social politics, etc. Technically not at his best, but the screenplay has so much of Allen's masterful dialogues and plots. It certainly made my Thanksgiving night memorable!!

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-52447623203107400222009-11-06T12:06:00.002-05:002009-11-06T12:15:11.897-05:00

There is a lot of talks about the Texas shooting. I keep thinking about the way that this incident is going to be portrayed. What are its long term effect. It can be played either way:1. This incident shows the deep social wounds that America has carries as the results of the two wars. It shows serious unease with the trend of events in these war. This guy might be a Muslim, but more

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-33446497744795979722009-11-05T16:17:00.003-05:002009-11-05T16:25:22.250-05:00

I have a strong suspicion that the Middle East is going for a new round of large scale confrontation. Things are quite cool and smiles and handshakes and photo shots are going on. But underneath Iran and the west are re-arranging their cards and are getting ready for the scenario of "what if all these talks fail?"Just looking at the trend:1. US is working on stronger oil and gas emabargo

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-75270972396373093572009-10-18T01:58:00.002-04:002009-10-18T02:15:11.905-04:00

It's so tough to preach a dear one (my brother) about his mistakes while I share some of the same mistakes (maybe to a lower extent). But when the intentions are right, at least you can feel a little bit less guilty of that preaching. And maybe that preaching can be a motivation to fix yourself!!

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-8072370233761993782009-09-20T00:45:00.004-04:002009-09-20T01:21:12.750-04:00

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life - daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-50117627682617235192009-08-20T13:24:00.004-04:002009-08-20T13:55:15.238-04:00

It has been a very sad few days. Loss of grandma who battled with cancer for months.... And the very sad news of a young cousin who has had a brain attack and now is in coma. My family are in state of shock... Don't know what to wish for the kid? What sort of miracle?!In these difficult days, I struggle with meanings of life, its fluidity and....And more than ever, I sympathize with thousands

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-9035908326941977562009-08-13T23:38:00.003-04:002009-08-13T23:45:30.837-04:00

In the Valley of Elah is a shocking and powerful film about the aftermath of the Iraq war. I can't add more than how A. Scott says about it:"Almost no violence takes place on screen, but there are times when “In the Valley of Elah” feels almost like a horror film. Its steady crescendo of suspense builds toward the revelation — and vanquishing — of some unspeakable, monstrous evil. But since the

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-45496624889921807282009-08-09T19:04:00.003-04:002009-08-09T22:22:48.068-04:00

Nowadays,Most girls know what they don't want. Their list is very long!Most guys know what they want. Their list is also very long!Close to a deadlock!

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-63658612063120053972009-07-06T11:19:00.001-04:002009-07-06T11:20:30.407-04:00

"Any position is what you make out of it".-- My Israeli neighbor

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-77082860072696720392009-07-01T15:53:00.010-04:002009-07-03T01:00:38.965-04:00

It will be difficult to forget June 2009. The political, social and historical lessons of this month is so huge that makes it equivalent to at least the last two decades. All these happened in a month:- Golden campaign days that we observed the highest level of social and political tolerance among people and also within the regime.- The TV debates where for the first time a few high ranked

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-3530561859126048592009-06-26T00:38:00.004-04:002009-06-26T01:09:34.629-04:00

I was never a fan of Michael Jackson. I like a few of his tracks such as heal the world, but generally I found his music ok. However I always admired his influence on the pop music, specially on the visual pop music. He certainly elevated the quality of staged music and music clips to a large extent.In my opinion, Michael Jackson's fame was the first major crack in the anti-western wall that

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-17765449861315134732009-06-23T17:12:00.002-04:002009-06-23T17:14:44.157-04:00

5:00 PM arrived from DC. Very tired and mentally overloaded. I go to campus to help a friend... While waiting for her, I can't do anything. I walk to my city library and its maginificant poetry room. I pick a book of Chinese poetry. And read three beautiful works on Hope, Optimism and life. Quite an spectacular 5 minutes which calms me down a bit.

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-69788197407505524962009-06-17T10:20:00.005-04:002009-06-17T12:18:17.578-04:00

Another lesson of these days is to observe the reaction of foreign governments to these events. These are critical moments that any leader can demonstrate his judgment strength, which can be supportive for his own national interests too:Obama has wisely side stepped from taking any side in this election. With his silence, he's given the best relief to the progressive camp from many classic

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-51679319696511112102009-06-17T10:01:00.002-04:002009-06-17T10:10:38.743-04:00

One of the impressive aspect of these days is the wisdom that the majority of the reformist crowd show in most of their steps. While dealing with a brutal government that doesn't have any shame, the protesters have been quite careful in keeping their protests cool and to the point. The message is simple: This election is illegitimate. Slogans are directed to Ahmadinejad's goverment which

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-71258322534385437422009-06-15T10:15:00.002-04:002009-06-15T10:20:18.635-04:00

The announced results of the Iranian presidential election and the way that the events were handled initially were so shocking that it was tough to believe state's men have done those. But apparently there is no limit to lunacy of arrogant politician. Ahmadinejad and his stupid camp are going to eventually lose this battle, not only because of the wisdom and intelligence of the reformist Musavi,

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-72767433913278886992009-06-13T01:16:00.002-04:002009-06-13T01:30:51.219-04:00

It's been a long night for many Iranians in Iran and now it's out turn in the western world to face the same! I'm also totally confused and unable to think it through. I keep weighing the two possibilities:1. The results are made up ==> We're facing a totally lunatic regime that encourages its citizen to become sensitive about politics and then make a total fool of them. The regime could have

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-88806365979616730882009-06-11T23:55:00.002-04:002009-06-12T00:10:50.499-04:00

It has been an unbelievable 2 weeks in Iran. Hot series of TV debates and constant party mode on the streets which was the best sample of tolerance and respect among the citizens, gave all of us a surprising image of our society. Independent of its outhis election has given a new shape to the Iranian political and civil discourse.The sucky part was the low key coverage that the western media

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-13978285665538165432009-06-07T18:06:00.006-04:002009-06-17T12:26:23.551-04:00

I came back from Tehran a week ago. It was a pleasant and compact trip filled with business and family/friend visits.As expected the atmosphere was heating up for the election during my visit. My university visits enabled me to observe some aspect of the heat inside the student circles. after a few years of public depression, there was a wave of hope and energy among the people.I got to visit

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-88723465251783371612009-05-05T16:07:00.004-04:002009-05-05T17:47:16.570-04:00

It's now 2 years and 3 days since we separated. And I'm finally going to the court to file for it. It's a strange feeling. I decide to call Babak and then give up. I should avoid any drama.... Arash called me last night. I return his call and while chatting, I tell him. We laugh at ourselves and how things are different in our generation... or maybe for us....I take the bus to downtown.

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-90835925050656320842009-04-21T23:56:00.002-04:002009-04-22T01:06:12.089-04:00

One of my discoveries in my 1st of US life was Sergei Rachmaninof's music. Listening to his 2nd piano concerto's live performance at my college and later watching the film Shine, were enough to make me fall in love with Rachmaninof's music. The beautiful drama in Shine and the masterful way that Rach's 3rd piano was featured, had a strong influence on me. Later the treat was completed when I

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-35925836754639399972009-04-09T20:31:00.004-04:002009-04-09T20:36:11.294-04:00

"Why stay at all if you know eventually you'll leave?""I wouldn't know where else to go right now.""but at some point you'll meet someone who will."Her face colored. "I don't know. maybe.""Of course Lyndsey, of course". He smiled, swirling the red wine in his glass. "We often rely on others to make out most important decisions. there's no reason to be ashamed of this."Chrstine Sneed, Quality

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-12360988393297353002009-02-10T20:59:00.002-05:002009-02-10T21:06:58.394-05:00

We have talked quite a bit about the future, career and life plans.... Doing what we like, what we are good at and our search for happiness... And yet isn't happiness the thing between intervals of unhappiness?Maybe all this obsession with life planning is fundamentally wrong. Maybe the beauty of life stands in that uncertainty of the path that we go through and the lesson that we learn

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-84980070512375870282009-02-08T15:34:00.005-05:002009-02-12T17:27:06.985-05:00

The drama was filled with that piano and orchestra and the light works! It was a dramatic silence....and the rest was your warm breath that mesmerized me the most ... Later, you told me the joy and pleasure is a combination of reality and imagination. In those minutes, I didn't need any imagination or empathy. It was all real.

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-64780967196294626852009-01-20T22:56:00.006-05:002009-01-21T14:23:24.295-05:00

Among many bright aspects of Obama's inauguration, there were two very nice ones:1. Sandwiching Obama's oath with two pieces of art and litreture. Imediately before Obama takes his Oath, a classical piece by John Williams was perfomed by a quartet of world class musicians (Perlman, Ma, et.c). And right after Obama's swearing, a piece of poetry was performed. It was clearly an indication of

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-43260802435036761012008-12-31T10:49:00.003-05:002008-12-31T11:28:01.957-05:00

As the world is observing the sad tragedy of Gaza with mainly indifferent and apathetic attitude, we walk into 2009. As Robert Fisk puts it, human's ignorance about history stays pretty much the same. However we have to be happy for the new year! For a new beginning, even though many of dark things will stay intact. That's how any progress has worked in humankind's history and we are not an

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-34968861831082796522008-12-27T20:36:00.005-05:002008-12-27T22:14:15.967-05:00

Independent of their repetitive theme and high frequency, holocaust films are generally done well. Some like Schindler's List or Life is beautiful are very well done and most others stand at the level of acceptable, well done cinema.The Reader, a new holocaust related film is a poor melodrama with awful actings (except Cate Winslet that does an OK job)! 80% of the movie is covered by dramatic

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-8816692862796203162008-12-18T15:08:00.003-05:002008-12-18T15:20:23.714-05:00

Random and Quick observations in a small town at the middle of small town1. People are extremely nice and trustworthy here. Some level of honesty that I had not seen before.2. Infrastructure is strong here, specially tourist related stuff. Above what I had seen in Peru...3. Bus exploration of Costa Rica is great. With $5 you can travel between two distant cities in fairly clean and efficient

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-86644150630136242482008-12-14T19:40:00.002-05:002008-12-14T20:00:55.870-05:00

It is reported that an Iraqi journalist has thrown both of his shoes towards George Bush during his news conference. Yet symbolic, it is an incredible moment of truth.In a country that Bush practically applied his liberation and democracy bullshit doctrine, he was hit by a journalist (a symbol of freedom of speech). The pleasure of this symbolic moment never offsets the pains of human and

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-60853923716596373892008-12-14T09:23:00.004-05:002008-12-14T19:40:38.183-05:00

I look at the webpage and read the requirements and look at forms. The language is frank, bitter and maybe a bit scary: You file for the divorce, 90 days wait and that's it...I'm finally there, heading to the End.It's ironic that I had to face and do the marriage on my own and now ....

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-12897906279533918682008-11-29T11:25:00.003-05:002008-11-29T13:05:09.906-05:00

It is reported that one of Walmart store's employees has died because of the crowd that had trampled on him to get into the store's special sales on the black Friday. That's a huge embarrassment for this stupid consumerist culture. A country whose moron president encourages people to shop for fighting the enemy, wouldn't do better than this.

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-24203564158454752332008-11-25T09:24:00.001-05:002008-11-25T09:25:47.562-05:00

It's a vacuum of pain and stress at least for today!! Soon I'll be back to normal!!

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It's so cool to receive the following spam the day before your PhD proposal, when you're extremely busy and stressed about everything!! and someone is selling degrees out there!=========================subject: Order a PhD!No Exams/Books/Tests/Interview/classes100% No Pre-School qualificàtionn reqúired!------------------------------IInside USA: 1-....0utside USA: +1-------------------------------

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Accordion's sound is magically nostalgic. When put together with clarinet and Boris Kovac's gypsy orchestra, then it becomes life and ignites a beautiful busy morning.

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Israel is probably the most paradoxical nation. From one side a country with complicated history that its entire formation is controversial, had defied all sorts of UN's resolutions and international norms against Palestinians and its neighbors, etc. The other side is an extremely democratic society that is obsessed to provide the best service to its citizens and thoroughly questioning its own

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-44589809826533697292008-11-04T13:32:00.007-05:002008-11-05T08:59:38.873-05:00

1:34 PM - I voted early in the morning since I have a busy day mixed with research meetings and campaign volunteering. The polling was fairly quiet in the early morning, but friends now say that it has taken them at least an hour to vote. They say the first exit polls are gonna surface around 5:00 PM.4:54 - There is anxiety everywhere. Although it's a beautiful day (weather wise), I find

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-76033620460945132552008-11-03T21:10:00.000-05:002008-11-03T21:14:11.582-05:00

Hi my name is X and I am calling from Barack Obama's campaign for change. I'd like to touch base with you to make sure you are voting tomorrow. Please double check your voting station and your voting rights at barackobama.com. If you have any voting difficulty, please call us immediately at 1-877-US-4-OBAMA (1-877-874-6226).This is the call that I along with tens of other volunteers made today

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A side effect of growing up in Iran is that I'm quite alien with most of the western fairytale and fantasies. In my childhood I mainly read Persian children literatures (mainly serious leftist themes) , some comics like Tin Tin and some Dickens and Jules Verne. The TV shows that we watched also presented a different type of fantasies. Disney had minimal presence in Irainian TV and we were very

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-62192712645339832632008-10-28T01:26:00.005-04:002008-10-31T21:50:29.640-04:00

It sucks to leave a sunny paradise like Hawaii and fly back to a cloudy freezer named Pennsylvania. Get into the plane in shorts and get out somewhere that you need a strong jacket. But then it's great to walk back to my cozy apartment. Home sweet home! Where I see my plant has suddenly blossomed in this cold weather! where I get a lovely post card from a dear one.... As my father says "East

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-87385398662200847782008-10-12T15:55:00.005-04:002008-10-12T17:01:50.290-04:00

These days there is a lot turmoil in the traditional Iranian market (Bazar). Based on a parliament bill, Ahamdinejad's government has started applying a sales and dividend tax. This is a huge change for the traditional market which will enforce a decent level of revenue transparency. Traditionally, transparency has been minimal in most levels of Iranian economy and bazar is not an exception.The

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-22152964658448399702008-10-12T01:23:00.007-04:002008-10-12T02:00:03.325-04:00

Tonight, I went to a concert in my university, titled Rock Meets Islam in Indonesia. This was a rock concert by a legendary Dangdut musician Rhoma Irama. The program started with a speech by Indonesian ambassador to US, who reminded me the Eastern ritual of non-sense lecturing: random stuff about Indonesia and significance of Islam over there.... And then giving awards to some students who are

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-38592904574488329502008-10-09T03:01:00.002-04:002008-10-09T03:23:21.151-04:00

I watched Religulous in cinema tonight. It's an entertaining documentary filled with Bill Maher's very funny satires about religion. Maher does a good job in ridiculing the organized religion in its God Business like ways. The documentary has a nice edit and flows very well.However towards the end of the film, Maher takes a prophet-like tone and talks with a certainty that the movie is

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-49154945275201887032008-10-08T15:27:00.003-04:002008-10-08T15:38:39.179-04:00

Over the lunch time, I skimmed through Wall Street Journal... The new stories about the economic downfalls sound like Armageddon. A large scale global crash! There is not a single good news in the paper. And then you see huge one page advertisement of the Oil giants talking about rescuing the planet.... The oil giants and military industry have made so much over the past 5 years that for now,

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-35053052974380407972008-10-08T11:05:00.003-04:002008-10-08T11:09:20.902-04:00

A bit of narcissist-style note:It took me two month to write and revise it... Quite a long time.... At the end it's 57 pages of juicy content and ideas and I'm quite proud and happy about it!! Still need to present it and so much to do to finish it!

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Learning about someone that is shaking my entire body. You lose the relativeness of time in these moments. You think that time and life just started. This could be tomorrow, next month, yesterday... I'm thirsty to read her! And there is a lot to do before ....

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Hypothetically I see a connection between the crash of world markets (including wall street) and US election. There is a consensus in some powerful circles that Republicans should be ousted. Maybe even from the congress!I predict things will be slightly improved after the election. And of course the bailout plan has set enough guidelines for Obama, not being able to do much of his social

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-60677812421109518392008-10-06T02:30:00.002-04:002008-10-06T02:31:51.924-04:00

Life's beauty can come down to having a delicious snack at 2:30 AM: Bread, Butter and Honey ... never to forget Tea!

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-22184589906275744892008-10-02T01:16:00.003-04:002008-10-02T01:30:18.115-04:00

I'm searching for content rich Persian blogs.... There are thousands of Persian blogs out there... And there is a central network of 200 of them that are at the center are interconnected.... Most of these central ones are about1. Superficial chick language stuff... romantic messages about partners, kids, etc... break up stories... ambiguous review of memories in a way that no one except the inner

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-34758263632848125842008-09-30T10:43:00.003-04:002008-09-30T10:58:15.442-04:00

Listening to Rachmaninov's 2nd symphony: on a rainy fall day, working on the proposal, glancing over my beautiful red, yellow green tree.... sank in the extreme beauty of this piece!I can't find a musical instrument that as mesmerizing as clarinet. The sound of this instrument when it resides on an string orchestra is just heavenly! The other night when I heard Mahler's 1st symphony, among the

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-1813959854119180952008-09-29T10:39:00.002-04:002008-09-29T12:32:34.822-04:00

ok, apparently there is something wrong with my blog. the blog readers don't show all my content.... working on it.ps: it should be fine now.

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That's the cool title of a track by Morricone's legendary work For A Few Dollars More.And that's the state of things on these strange days:A fast paced trends of events that are difficult to fully grasp:- The Fall of Wall Street and strange bail out plan that government rescue plan that republicans are putting forward. This much government intervention from a republican bill! And that will kill

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-51406188094681448322008-09-21T16:39:00.003-04:002008-09-21T16:45:33.417-04:00

Joe Biden is an excellent politician and one the best that Obama could pick. Actually he was one of my three top choices in the primary (with Obama and Kusinich). But his speech gaffes are also excellent. Here are a few cool ones from Politico:" Among other things, the Delaware senator has said that Hillary Rodham Clinton may have been a better vice presidential pick; accidentally referred to

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-40823834063676834522008-09-20T16:37:00.002-04:002008-09-20T16:41:20.634-04:00

I'm spending hours on editing a few paragraphs.... But to be honest with you, now I understand why my advisor is so picky about the logic and the flow of the text. I reread what I gave her last week ... and how nice and subtle she's guided and directed me about my writing problems. It's quite an art some time to fit so much information into a few simple intro paragraphs.... I'm appreciating her

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-58002590321863338472008-09-18T12:33:00.000-04:002008-09-20T16:42:07.175-04:00

I'm sitting in Schenley plaza, enjoying the lunch hour music. There is a clarinet-piano duet which gives a total Woody Allen style chill to the plaza on a nice end-of-summer day. Lunch chats are all around: ladies with sunglasses on top, guys in all sort of minimalist attires... and yet at the end the game of attention and passion hunting is on.I keep thinking about a few things that I watched

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-62371873698944253332008-08-28T12:29:00.002-04:002008-08-28T12:34:28.161-04:00

As we wait for Obama's acceptance speech, I should say the talk that impressed me the most in the convention was John Kerry. As I was thinking back about his talk this morning, I wished that Kerry had used the same aggressive tone 4 years ago when he was accused of being unpatriotic. Generally Democrats were gentle but aggressive towards McCain in the last two nights and that's what they need

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-56201908389918204692008-08-27T18:59:00.000-04:002008-08-27T19:01:11.432-04:00

It is a great beginning: for you, me, her, him: us!A spark was needed! Surprisingly it arrived at the moment of choice.It all happened one night when I was sitting under the sun.A love got reflected into a genesis. Many loves grew from that root. Another love was shaked and reshaped.Let's cheer for this reflection of love, life and a better tomorrow!

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-13861078695145281082008-08-19T09:42:00.003-04:002008-08-19T10:45:08.261-04:00

It makes me sick to wake up every other day and read the story of one execution in Iran. This wave of brutal execution has been going on since 2-3 years ago. The regime have naively decided to show its strength by being brutal to criminals and the ones who threat to its security. There is no question that many of these individuals are criminal and might deserve jail sentences.However regime

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-54227425749939031422008-08-15T16:55:00.004-04:002008-08-15T17:30:40.059-04:00

Summer has been quite a good chance to have deep and long conversation with a few friends. One theme that I have found common among these successful professionals is the issue of social impact that they might have throughout their life, specially now during their early research career. In an ego and self-centric era that everyone is simply focused on her own shell, we think that our dreams of

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Maybe all that passion is wrong. Maybe he's right and there should not be that "one". Maybe we expect too much from "that" relationship? Maybe my romantisism is wrong and I should direct it to somwhere else. Maybe that "one" is out there, and maybe not. And if not, life is still beautiful...I should not think of her. It should be practice not to think of any of those dreams. There is so much

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-69872501146223451142008-07-31T18:19:00.002-04:002008-07-31T18:24:11.547-04:00

Phoenix has found water on Mars!!! Life beyond earth is coming out of the magic box.... Isn't that an amazing development?Read the full story on BBC.

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The Obama-mania in Europe, specially the scenes of his Berlin speech with 200,000 participants were truly amazing. It's quite naive to think that the American century is over. Still, an semi-progressive US presidential candidate can grab the hearts and minds of millions of people. In a world that heroism and idealism has died, only an American political genuis like Barack Obama is able to

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-66851135464119212802008-07-03T01:00:00.000-04:002008-07-03T01:56:13.066-04:00

"Their credit card bills peaked between January 2007 and May 2008, during which time Cindy McCain charged as much as $500,000 in a single month on one American Express card and $250,000 on another, while one of their two dependent children had an AmEx card with a monthly balance as large as $50,000."Independent of the fact that this is about John McCain's family, I just focus on the level of

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-29539362376758451762008-06-30T00:27:00.003-04:002008-06-30T00:34:10.667-04:00

The end of Euro cup couldn't be more beautiful. Maybe if Turkey has qualified for the final and then Spain would have won, then it would have been even better. But anyway, Spain finally made it. They're one of those strong teams that were constantly unlucky (specially in the world cup). But this year they were consistently good and definitely deserve the moment.For the first time, the Euro

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-63300870116264676242008-06-27T23:43:00.004-04:002008-06-28T00:13:49.152-04:00

My message to a few lovely readers who happen to know me in the real life: I appreciate if you don't talk about the personal content of this blog with me. When I type my thoughts, I don't want to be concerned about your concerns and the calls that i might receive about my writing ...As you know me, I'm quite an introspectionist person who takes many of his thoughts, pains and problems into

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-35047984957823312812008-06-27T11:33:00.001-04:002008-06-27T11:34:28.785-04:00

This picture is quite a poerty!

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i keep remembering Bijan's saying that there is so much of value in the loneliness that you go through. It's difficult. Many moments of it. Yet, you look back at it and feel you're facing yourself and you can't get away from it. Yes, you try at points to get away: read random things, write to her, call the other one, chat with the random one ... But the bottom line is you facing yourself. All

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It's half way through June. It flies so quickly... even faster than the arrow! Sitting in front of the pleasant fan. Weather is cooler and less humid now! I still enjoy the taste of the tea and the dutch and persian cookies that i had earlier. I read Hasti's drama that is close to .... Oh, how much sick is the pessimism of all of us. And we, the working and intellectual forces of the world

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I'm getting out of the denial and I'd better move on. I wish those who constantly look at me the wise side of the story, would leave me a alone. I simply wanna live and once again stand up!

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-28660570631806121012008-06-06T09:54:00.005-04:002008-06-06T10:05:38.464-04:00

Photo: US Unemployment rate jumped to 5.5%!! We are in deep shit!

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-70045580225760603832008-06-06T09:54:00.002-04:002008-06-06T10:00:42.331-04:00

As an Obama supporter, I should admit that I am very impressed by Hilary Clinton's last fights with Obama. It is difficult to analyse her real motives for such style "all-the-way" fight. Maybe it was purely a personal power thirst that kept her there. However, it doesn't matter. She lost this election by a small margin and even in days that it was clear that she is going to lose the final

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-14522023090259998132008-06-05T00:35:00.002-04:002008-06-05T00:59:46.083-04:00

the movie Tickets is an interesting and entertaining experience of joint direction by Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach and Ermanno Olmi. The three directors who could hardly talk to each other without translators, have worked on 3 interconnected stories inside a traveling trip. One can simply trace the style of each of the three directors in their segment, but what's impressive is the

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Nothing is new in the following thoughts. You keep hearing them from various people and keep reading them in the self help litreture. They sound logical. You might think that they're complementary. But they're also contradictory in some ways. And yet, individuals keep saying them and believe in them ...1. Basic thought: Your partnership is the most import decision of your life. After birth

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-25933014423855401772008-05-26T22:56:00.004-04:002008-05-26T23:17:31.176-04:00

He passed away today. There are some people that their entire artistic record is interesting and has something to offer. I always admired his character, even when he had a plain role like Eyes Wide Shut or even when he simply talked on TV. For me he was one of compromise between maintaining an intellectual vision and at the same time entertaining and popular: A quality that is difficult to find

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-20079925920653228072008-05-20T21:30:00.003-04:002008-05-20T21:48:48.130-04:00

A lesson learned from the Iraq and Afghanistan war is that public opinion is going to be a major factor for survival of any dominant foreign power. It's now clear that Bush adminstration and generally western media did a terrible job in winning the hearts of the Iraqis and anti-US media outlets such as Aljazeera or the Iranian Al-Alam channels were the ones who influenced public opinion.The

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-38366785520820725632008-05-16T07:56:00.002-04:002008-05-16T08:02:39.196-04:00

I feel walking in a dark and force-less space where I'm totally left on my own. No clear direction and sense about the road. For now, I'd better keep walking!

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On my last weekedn in Tehran, on a Friday morning:Felt quite lonely. Everyone's sleeping. No one to talk and share my concerns and pains. . What to tell people when everyone feels uncapable of offering anything constructive ... And then I decided to talk to my old buddy: my piano, who plays my sole quite well.I removed layers of plastic covers that mom had put on my piano. And once again,

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I have been lazy in writing and updating blog. I don't know really why? The fast pace of events coming right after each other and generally an unstability that keeps surrounding my life... Yet as much as things are unstable around me, the nature keeps me on the track by reminding me about the arrival of another spring, another norouz and a new year. I started the past year by reading the

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The Pew's report is quite an embarrassment for America:1% of Americans are behind bars (compare with Germany where the percentage is 8 times less.One in 106 White Americans are imprisoned while one in 15 Blacks are (For young African Americans it is 1 in 9). So when you're sitting a bus and see 9 young African-Americans, be sure that American justice system calls at least one of those folks

Mahaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03616432686339967457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169081.post-25144813923666794292008-02-19T12:08:00.003-05:002008-02-19T12:13:13.620-05:00

Sitting here in office and talking to relatives in Iran: Their sea of problems and troubles, loss of the loved ones and .... oh, there is a flow of memories coming to my mind which freezes me... can't work. Many attachments that haven't faded after 12 years... I miss home. But where is home really? Hell with this homelssnes!!

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Reuthers reports that Tony Blair is joining JPMorgan-Chase (One of the largest banks in the world). Just think twice about the news: The leader of the Labor Party is joining one of pillars of US capitalism. Yes, Blair kissed ass of the US republicans and joined them in all the middle eastern adventures. But it could be said that he was under pressure and he was acting as the leader of UK and

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New year is a symbolic moment of worldwide joy for us to segment the present time and define past and future. Some times, they're glamorous and some time as simple as my 2008 new year eve. But no matter how sophisticated is the surrounding environment, it is good to keep the spirit of the moment. It is good to take the advantage of alcohol's influence and be imaginative and put down a single

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