on the lives of others! It was one of the best movies I've watched recently and definitely deserved the Oscar for best foreign movie (and I am, like, in love with Pan's labyrinth, so this really means something)... It's a bit long, but is totally worth your time. No matter where you live, there are always good people around to help you.
I have been meaning to post the link to this website for a while now, but kept forgetting. Some of you might have already heard of we 4 change, an organization of women's right activists. They have a pretty good website in both Farsi and English. Their main undertaking right now is the "1 million signatures" campaign to change the discriminatory laws in Iran. I suggest you take a few minutes to take a look at their website and find out what they're doing. (You can also sign the petition, if you haven't already!)
- Picture of the organization logo was copied from http://we4change.com
it's their weaknesses more often than not, rather than your "inner poise" (as Bridget Jones would put it). Some people never cease to disappoint you, even after you figured you couldn't be any more disappointed in them.
You try and try to forget the way they talked to you, held you, looked into your eyes, lied into your face, called you by cute nick names, made plans with you, and then went on to break your hearth. Then they go and make this - otherwise negligible - mistake, and suddenly your eyes are open again. You stop checking your mailbox every 15 minutes to see if they emailed you, things stop reminding you of them, life gets back to normal... as in good! And that, my friends, is what they call "Closure"! (Ok, so I stole this line off "friends", big deal!)
So i got loads of books for my birthday, which is just awesome... and I'm reading a few of them together so I'm all confused. But one that is very interesting is "the curious incident of the dog at the night-time" by Mark Haddon. It tells the story of this young boy with "special needs" who decides to solve a murder mystery by himself. I'm half way through and am enjoying it very much. Here's a passage i liked in the book, so far:
"And father said,"Christopher, do you understand that I love you?"
And I said "yes", because loving someone is helping them when they get into trouble, and looking after them, and telling them the truth, and Father looks after me when I get into trouble,[...],and he looks after me by cooking meals for me, and he always tells me the truth, which means that he loves me."
two birthday cakes, a few more books, and lots of movies later... here I am, sitting here, one year older. I am facing one of those "what- have- i- done- in- the- past- year"-kind of crises and so I should probably just stop writing right now. Don't you hate it when people only nag about their lives? I mean here I am, healthy, living a relatively purposeful life(!), surrounded by good friends, and still complaining. May I learn to appreciate the things I have more than before in the coming year, Amen.
enjoy the pink everywhere, buy gifts, make love, drink wine, and celebrate your relationships. May we all turn into characters out of a Hollywood romantic comedy...
and so I'm not in the best mood. Here you go with some more depressing folk music!
