Sunday, October 28, 2007

Yogis

Tonight I'm going to a Halloween party. I'm going to wear the only costume that I own, the Flamenco Dancer's which my mom has made out of a then-existing black velvet dress that I had with adding red and black lace ruffles in an oblique way and a red flower on the belt. I usually get compliments for the dress, I think because it has been designed and made out of motherly passion. I'm not a big fan of Halloween, just don't relate to pretend being someone else. But here I am, a Flamenco dancer without knowing a move! I'm going there with a gay friend of mine. His name is Gilles. Born in Monterey, CA and had lived in Paris for quite a while. Been in hi-tec industry successfully, now is working towards getting his yoga certification. Sometimes women miss socializing freely with men without getting right hit on. He satisfies that need for sure! We are going to Affi's house first. Affi is my friend and inspiring yoga instructor. She is Iranian (Afsaneh), has studied architecture but never practiced it, instead she is a professional dancer, mostly Flamenco and Tango I guess, and the best yoga teacher I have seen. Affi says I'm her only student that is not thinking about quitting her day job and becoming a yoga teacher and she laughs. The party is at Robin's house. Robin is a stay-at-home mom raising two beautiful little girls with a passion for yoga. We all share a power yoga Thursday night class.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

بند ۲۰۹ : هاروارد ایران

.... زنگ زدم خونه. علی گوشی و برداشت
با همون صدای همیشگی. بهش گفتم صدات فرق نکرده! گفت بهم میگن قیافه اتم فرق نکرده! نمی دونم
گفتم بابا روزهای اول که رفته بودی می گفت من به داشتن پسری مثل علی افتخار می کنم. می گفت اگه کوچکترین خطایی از علی سرزده بود براش هیچ تلاشی
نمی کردم. می گذاشتم تا مدت محکومیتش سر بیاد
گفت: هلاله. پدر مادرمون خیلی قویند. گفتم آره من همیشه می دونستم. ولی نه تا این حد
گفت:مرسی از اینکه فراموشم نکردین. من آدمهایی و دیدم تو زندان که فراموش شده بودند
.پرسیدم میانگین تحصیلات تو بند ۲۰۹ چیه علی؟ گفت بالاست خیلی. ولی جدا از اون هر کسی که اونجاست در یک زمینه ای یک قابلیت و توانایی خاص و منحصر به فردی داره. هیچ کس آدم معمولی نیست و به طرز تصادفی هم اونجا نیومده! بند ۲۰۹ شده هاروارد ایران

آزادی علی فرح بخش -رادیو زمانه

مصاحبه امید معماریان با علی

Tuesday, October 9, 2007