Marking Scheme!
- so...why did I get an 85 in this course?
- well... I gave 78 to all undergrads and 85 to all grad students!
hmmm, yeah, right!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Done...and done!
Almost 18 hours of reading and I've reached the end of my adventures with Harry Potter (spoiler alert: don't open the link if you're planning to read the book)... and yes, I cried some during the last two hours or so!! There will be no more of it... an appropriate ending for a great story. Down with the Dark Lord and stuff...
Now, with no more Harry Potter battles to come, all I'm looking forward to is (hopefully) an awesome performance by Miss Dolores O'Riordan tomorrow night!
Title: Ordinary day, By: Dolores O'Riordan
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Friday, July 20, 2007
scientific whining
Just look for yourself:
And here's the forecast for you:
And well, this is me:
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
It's rainy and I'm bored
... so be good and don't be picky on my posts. I honestly can only think of bulleted posts... maybe it's a sign that I've been away from scientific writing for too long and I actually miss it?! Oh God, I hope not!
- someone tell me please, is it July or is it not? because, I think there has been a mistake... it's freaking raining in Vancouver and I had to put on a hoody to go to school today! isn't July usually hot in the Northern hemisphere? I really want to go on and on, nagging about the weather, but what's the use? you're either here and are suffering like me, or not here and are already bored by this paragraph! Let me just say this: all of you guys that I've been inviting for so long (you know who you are!), just forget about it, right at this moment Vancouver sucks!!! :(
- I watched blood diamond finally... excellent movie, although I didn't exactly see the hero in Danny Archer!
- every single person I've met since I've been back has commented on my hair... my friends, office mates, advisor, group administrator... I even had two random girls shouting at me in the department stairways to tell me how great my hair looks! yay! something to be happy over I guess! I actually think it's mostly the shock of seeing me with basically no hair, after getting used to that fuzzy curly mass of hair who used to walk around in the corridors! (photo: courtesy of Aydin, shot without even looking, obviously!)
- self-tanning is hard... like, really hard! If only we had real sun...
- I spent half an hour today, wondering if I'll be the maid of honor if my friend gets married... and she's not getting married in the near future! What do you think it means if you're actually daydreaming about someone else's wedding? hmmm...
- I'm missing the good TV series, why do they have to have the worst programs in summer?
- can I be more whiny? I don't think so. I'll just zip it for now.
Monday, July 16, 2007
More listed stuff
13. so on the way from Vancouver to London, there was this old man sitting next to me who knew not a single word of English. So he would move his hands and make faces and I would understand him and tell the stewardess what he needed. His knees hurt really bad and that's why he didn't let me sleep for even 30 minutes before poking me to ask for painkillers or this or that. anyway, 9:30 hours passed like this. This girl passed me by and I knew her and started talking to her in Farsi. Guess what? the old man was Pakistani and he actually had lived in Iran for many years so he spoke very good Farsi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I never knew... all those hours of trying... well, I guess the worst part was when he realized he could guide me to salvation by telling me not to drink wine!
14. Of course, on the way back I had to sit next to another 70 year old man for 10 hours and well, he started by telling me that I looked 16 because I didn't have big breasts (can you beleive this?! that old bastard!) ... and then told me I needed to get married (!!!) and that he got married twice because he liked s e x!!! have everyone gone mad or is it just the people who get to sit next to me on the plane? I slept after an hour and kept myself asleep by taking motion sickness pills so he wouldn't start talking to me again!
15. I have pre-purchased the new Harry Potter book and can't wait for Saturday!!! yay!
I will think of a real post for next time, promise!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
So I'm back
I finally decided to blog! It's pretty hard after you stop for a while...
1. I had the greatest time back home if you ignore the fact that my suitcase got lost on the way there, and took two weeks to get found! Since all my shoes (favorite ones too) and pants were in that suitcase, I spent two weeks without any shoes or pants! God bless same-size sisters :)
2. Nothing is better than having original Kaleh-Pache or Dizy in the right place and with the right people.
3. Never go to Iran during the exams period. No one will give a damn how long you've been away; those tests have to be written!
4. I started and finished His dark materials series by Philip Pullman on my trip. I think it's great that he introduces this awesome practical strong female character into the fantasy world. The movie is coming out in December and I for one will go watch it as soon as it is screened. I'm still a big Potter fan though!
5. Dubai must have degraded by like a million percent since the last time I've been there; I definitely won't recommend it to anyone, at least not the old part of Dubai where everyone used to go. Explore new areas if you decide to go.
6. One Iranian movie never to watch: Parkway
One Iranian movie to maybe watch if you have time: neghaab
I missed out on Khoonbaazi, and Santoori wasn't out yet. Those two should have been good movies.
7. Heathrow is as crazy as you can imagine an airport to be... avoid it at all costs!
8. London is the coolest city ever (I'm exaggerating, of course!) ... especially if you have cool friends like Bahman and Aydin to make sure you see everywhere in only three days!
9. Harry Potter and Order of The Phoenix is exactly what you expect, a Hollywood movie, not badly made but not a masterpiece either... lots of side stories were cut out but there's really no other way to make the movie I guess... you'll like it if you're a Potter fan, but not nearly as much as you liked the book.
10. I discovered Rana Frahan in Iran, she is this Iranian Blues singer who lives in New York... I think she's awesome.
11. I missed Vancouver while I was away, and well it's a pretty hard city not to miss... but honestly, nowhere feels like home without your family next to you.
12. I know this was not a real post, but I'm jet lagged and a bit homesick still... give me a break.Title: Drunk in love, By: Rana Frahan
Friday, June 01, 2007
Vacation
I'm going back home today. You guys enjoy your June... will write when I get back :) And here's some Jazz for you:
Title: No more blues, By: Lils Mackintosh
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Friday, May 25, 2007
CD shopping
This whole week, I was looking for Alizadeh's new album (Ode to flowers) to buy. The only website that had it for sale was this CD Baby (i know!) website. Obviously , it was not very cheap and the shipping cost was ridiculous (I needed the fast shipping)... but well, I had no other choice so I bought it while cursing them non-stop. They sent me an email today that totally made up for their price and terrible use of colors in their website:
"...Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.
A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure it was in the best possible condition before mailing.
Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your CD into the finest gold-lined box that money can buy.
We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved "Bon Voyage!" to your package, on its way to you, in our private CD Baby jet on this day, Friday, May 25th.
I hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby. We sure did. Your picture is on our wall as "Customer of the Year." We're all exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sigh..."
This is probably what you're thinking:
"I have been busy with work and women, i just didn't have the time to call her. Surely she'll understand."
Well, just so you know: I won't.
Monday, May 21, 2007
I really thought it was supposed to be summer!
But looks like Vancouver is on a different weather schedule or something. Anyway, in these rainy days, this music manages to make me feel better, as always:
Title: Vianne sets up shop (from Chocolate OST), By: Rachel Portman
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Saturday, May 19, 2007
I just did this test...
and guess what my mood is! Yeap, it's not rocket science my friends: apparently, I'm a dreamer! way to go Imagini!
(try the test. just pick the photo that, to you, will complete the sentence on top of each page, it's a fun way to waste 5 minutes of your life!)
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
If I was a super hero
... my super power would be sending emails, like, indefinitely! It has been shown that I can spent a few workdays in a row just sending emails. Not sure if it would be a helpful power to save the world or anything, though!
Read the rest...Saturday, May 12, 2007
Industrial tour?! ... yeah, right!
I don't exactly call a trip to Okanagan valley an industrial tour, especially when it includes staying in a super luxurious hotel, shopping and a winery tour. But well, when it's all paid for, who am I to judge, eh?!
I kind of wish though, that I had not agreed to go jump in the lake after the dark with a few other people - including professors and such. Don't think the pictures are gonna be exactly pretty!
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
When i grow up...
I'm going to have a job that allows me to travel, A LOT. I'll have time to watch movies all the time, and read books that people recommend, and will never have to work on weekends. I'll have 4 weeks of paid vacation, and as many sick days as I like.
I will meet this guy who's kind, and understanding, and funny, and into movies, and maybe even books. He'll drive when I drink, will carry my shopping bags, will be a feminist, will listen to the songs I pick, will laugh at my jokes, will share his thoughts with me, will talk to me, and won't expect me to talk back all the time. He won't think it's funny that I'm into TV, and won't get annoyed when I photograph him all the time. He'll be in love with me.
I will have a kid, a girl. She'll be nerdy and a bookworm, will wear glasses, and won't talk much. She'll be smart, with curly hair. She'll grow up to be much better than me. She'll love me anyway.
I will live in a crowded city, with my friends living close by. I will take the subway home, while listening to my ipod and watching people. My city will have all four seasons, a little bit more fall than winter though.
I will be everything I've always wanted to be, I'll be happy.
I can't wait to grow up.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Friday, May 04, 2007
You know what they say...
... a drunken phone call is better than no phone call at all! So please drink and call more often!
Read the rest...Monday, April 30, 2007
And you thought this was going to be a real post!
All I've been doing lately has been watching TV, doing pointless project work, and reading about women of course. That's why I'm not updating too often... all the great stuff about women are already posted in We for Change and other weblogs, so i don't see a point in repeating them unless they're very interesting. So here's one that made me laugh and feel sorry at the same time:
Parastoo's experience
Also, Shadi Sadr rocks for this!
Monday, April 23, 2007
Greatest Folk concert ever!
I went to see Darya Dadvar last night and i must say that she was one of the best Iranian performers i had seen on stage or video. Amazing voice, excellent choice of songs, with fresh variations from the original versions. She sings folk songs from different areas of Iran with this mix of opera/freestyle jazz and it's unbelievable how great the combination has turned out. If she comes around to your area, don't miss her for anything. She does not have a CD (a big surprise to me and many others!), but she has posted a few of her concerts on youtube, watch one for yourself.
Of course, today instead of humming her songs, all that comes to my mind is Mohsen Namjoo's Toranj... i apologize to all Namjoo fans for not thinking so highly of him before. I gotta admit, he's got a real original style. I'm still stuck on only a few of his songs though; but even with those, it's proved very hard to force his voice out of my mind!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
lack of heartache, not enough inpiration to write
so yeah, basically, all i really want to write about recently are women, news, books, and movies. Honestly, not a single exciting thing is happening in my life! Of course, i should be happy that i don't have a reason to whine and go on and on about my broken heart anymore. However, that somehow means that I'll either have to write about my very exciting trip to Safeway today to buy tomatoes (oh, goody, goody!), or just shut up and not write anything. I wish i could have gone to Brazil, or my sister had gotten married, or i don't know, my trip to Tonga had been canceled at least. Really, anything would do!(except for a shooting on UBC campus which would be very un-cool indeed). I did try to get an email fight started, but didn't even have the motivation to do that ! I need some real action in my life or I'll die of boredom pretty soon.
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