Last night, as I was putting some eye shadow on to go to a birthday party, I get this call, O'ma is sick, she is in I.C.U., she might not survive the night! ...
I go and see her, she smiles, the first thing she asks, how is your mom? I say she is good, we talked this morning. I look at her. There are all kinds of needles poked into her skin.
The first grand kid was born in Vienna. He called her O'ma, which means grandmother in German and following him all the rest of the grandchildren, but now he does not speak a word of German. He has forgotten.
She says please put my plants on auto sprinkler. I'm afraid they die. Some need more, water them more frequently by hand. She is worried about that orange tree along with her favorite pomegranate. Everyone knows how she loves her plants. She has a green thumb too. She can make almost anything grow green.
She says you loved pepsi when you were a baby, you would follow me everywhere saying O'ma, biz biz! Her house is a photo gallery of my mom's childhood, my parents wedding, my photo with funky permed hair when I was thirteen and my aunt when she looked like a model, Ali when he was in diapers, my grandfather when he was young .... Her dining table is where my democrat aunt argues with my republican uncle over many colorful and authentic Persian dishes.
She makes the most beautiful 7seens full of Sombols and I always rush to her house to get my last minute red fish and sabzeh one hour before new year's...I'm thinking I want my mother to see her one more time, one more Eid.
The doctor steps in, he says she is more stable now, and the only thing that can help her right now is that her family gets some sleep, assign one person to stay with her and go home and take some rest.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
نماینده مردم
بسیار با این گفته ابراهیم نبوی موافقم که: اینکه رییس جمهور کشوری -احمدی نژاد- نماینده واقعی ملتی باشد فضیلتی محسوب نمیشود. چرا که جرج بوش هم بسیار به مردم آمریکا شبیه تر است تا کلینتون
یادمه کانال فاکس نیوز بلافاصله بعد از اعلام نتایج آخرین دوره ریاست جمهوری با فرماندار نبراسکا مصاحبه کرد و از او پرسید فکر می کنید چرا جرج بوش برنده شد؟ او هم جواب داد
چون جرج بوش آدمیه که مردم فکر می کنند می توانند بشینند با او آبجو بخورند و فوتبال تماشا کنند
احساس کردم تا آن زمان مردم آمریکا را نمی شناخته ام
یادمه کانال فاکس نیوز بلافاصله بعد از اعلام نتایج آخرین دوره ریاست جمهوری با فرماندار نبراسکا مصاحبه کرد و از او پرسید فکر می کنید چرا جرج بوش برنده شد؟ او هم جواب داد
چون جرج بوش آدمیه که مردم فکر می کنند می توانند بشینند با او آبجو بخورند و فوتبال تماشا کنند
احساس کردم تا آن زمان مردم آمریکا را نمی شناخته ام
god bless america!
You wanna break up with your girl friend do it on the radio, dial 1-800-good bye! jack fm radio, do it now!
What da hell! This is a radio ad. They want more listeners, regardless! Oh, you haven't heard from him, Just listen to your local radio! or watch tv, bcb will reveal it all! after news 11. :), crazy world! This is human feelings we are talking about. And I tell you there is enough people to do that, because they think it's cool! and they give the audience some U.S. instant gratification! while driving their mega size chevy which is almost as big as a bedroom thinking they own the road! Spreading public/personal insensitivity or what!...
And why not boyfriend, because girls know better?
Now it's, Stop by at your local Raley’s and Belair, blah blah....... Just like that! They can even merge these two, and say "Break up and stop by at Raley's, get some fresh discounted orange juice 2 for $3.99!" Make it a whole festive evening! -Who cares if we are killing people in eyeran/eyeraq, whatever!
In America ads speak a thousand words! "Great cheese comes from happy cow, happy cow comes from California" got into a lawsuit by these animal advocate organizations saying, How do you know if the cow is happy! You can not speak for a cow! In a country who is getting ready to attack the third country in four years! ...why doesn't that bring about much sensitivity?
PS._ I made up the 1-800-good-bye because I could not remember the exact number!
What da hell! This is a radio ad. They want more listeners, regardless! Oh, you haven't heard from him, Just listen to your local radio! or watch tv, bcb will reveal it all! after news 11. :), crazy world! This is human feelings we are talking about. And I tell you there is enough people to do that, because they think it's cool! and they give the audience some U.S. instant gratification! while driving their mega size chevy which is almost as big as a bedroom thinking they own the road! Spreading public/personal insensitivity or what!...
And why not boyfriend, because girls know better?
Now it's, Stop by at your local Raley’s and Belair, blah blah....... Just like that! They can even merge these two, and say "Break up and stop by at Raley's, get some fresh discounted orange juice 2 for $3.99!" Make it a whole festive evening! -Who cares if we are killing people in eyeran/eyeraq, whatever!
In America ads speak a thousand words! "Great cheese comes from happy cow, happy cow comes from California" got into a lawsuit by these animal advocate organizations saying, How do you know if the cow is happy! You can not speak for a cow! In a country who is getting ready to attack the third country in four years! ...why doesn't that bring about much sensitivity?
PS._ I made up the 1-800-good-bye because I could not remember the exact number!
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Lifestyle
Why when you are single and you live by yourself you always run out of clean mugs and knives no matter how many you have?...
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
got persian blues?
Saturday night, Rana Farhan had a concert in San Francisco singing Rumi poems in American Jazz and Blues for the 800th birthday of Molana. I have to admit it was the first time I enjoyed jazz! I remember when I last went to a live jazz performance I was ordering sushi over and over because I was bored, discussing the details of their sushi ingredients while the show was on! and giggling with my old classmates in between. But Rana's was different. Quite enchanting! She has the kind of voice that can make your soul fly and also she has done a very smart job incorporating Rumi poems into American jazz. Listen to some of her music by clicking at the title, also you can visit http://www.ranafarhan.com/
گه می افتد از این سو
گه می افتد از آن سو
وان کس که مست گردد
خود این بود نشانش
چندین هزاران سال شد
تا من به گفتار آمدم
It took several thousand years
till I came to words!
چون مصلحت اندیشی دور است ز درویشی
هم سینه پر از آتش هم دیده پر از آب اولی
since conservativeness is away from spirituality
better be heart full of fire, eye full of water!
گه می افتد از این سو
گه می افتد از آن سو
وان کس که مست گردد
خود این بود نشانش
چندین هزاران سال شد
تا من به گفتار آمدم
It took several thousand years
till I came to words!
چون مصلحت اندیشی دور است ز درویشی
هم سینه پر از آتش هم دیده پر از آب اولی
since conservativeness is away from spirituality
better be heart full of fire, eye full of water!
Monday, November 5, 2007
سهراب
سهراب چنان می گفت اهل کاشانم من. روزگارم بد نیست که من همیشه فرض می کردم تمام عمرش در کاشان یا تهران زندگی کرده است. بعد از مهاجرتم هر وقت می خواندم
هر كجا هستم ، باشم،آسمان مال من است
پنجره، فكر ، هوا ، عشق ، زمين مال من است
چه اهميت داردگاه اگر مي رويندقارچهاي غربت؟
فکر میکردم که سهراب نابغه است که انقدر خوب می تواند حس غربت را درک کند بدون اینکه آن را تجربه کرده باشد. تا اینکه یکروز به متن نامه های سهراب به احمدرضا احمدی برخوردم در طی سالهایی که سهراب در منهتان نیویورک زندگی میکرده است. در این نامه ها مینویسد که اگر شستن ظرفها و تمیزی خانه و آشپزی و خرید و مرتب کردن لباسها و...و....و.....به او مجالی بدهد شعر می گوید یا نقاشی می کند! بعد فهمیدم که او چندین سال هم در ژاپن زندگی می کرده است. در آنجا نقاشی می کرده و اشعار ژاپنی را ترجمه می کرده است. تاثیر هنر ژاپن در آثار سهراب به خوبی حس می شود. عناصر طبیعت در الهام بخشی به هنر ژاپنی نقش به سزایی دارند. تا جایی که معماری ژاپنی با ارتباط بین فضاهای داخلی و طبیعت بیرون تعریف می شود. نمونه اش درهای بزرگ کشویی هستند که مثل دیوارهای متحرک عمل می کنند و می توانند فاصله بین فضای داخل و طبیعت بیرون را به صفر برسانند. این تصویرسازی ها از طبیعت در اشعار سهراب گاه محور اصلی است. مثل شعر صدای پای آب. او با عناصر طبیعت ارتباط پیدا می کند تا احساسات درونیش را ابراز کند. همین طور پایه مینی مالیستی هنر ژاپنی که مثلا در نقاشیهای آبرنگ با چند حرکت قلمو تصویر یک گل یا درخت تکمیل می شود. مثل حرکتهای ظریف و دقیق سامورایی که در آن کار باید با یک ضربه تمام شود. نه بیشتر. سهراب توضیح واضحات نمی دهد و بدون طول و تفصیل که یکی از گرایشات فرهنگ ایرانی است میرود سر اصل مطلب. اشاره ای می کند و بقیه را به دست هوش و تخیل مخاطبش رها میکند.
..شاید سهراب اگر تمام عمرش در کاشان یا تهران زندگی کرده بود سهراب نبود
پ.ن. عکس بالا دست نوشته سهراب - متعلق به سایت سهراب سپهری دات کام.
I've got to go tonight.
Tonight I've got to take the suitcase
that only has room for my solitude shirt
and go
towards where the legendary trees appear,
towards the wordless extent
that always calls me
someone called again,
Sohrab!
Where are my shoes?...
PS._my 2 am translation
Friday, November 2, 2007
no subject
he sips his drink and says, there are not too many beautiful, intelligent and humble girls out there! ...
an hour later he says it's all about the challenge, you know, to make it interesting! and she thinks to herself how one can challenge in a humble way?! ...
an hour later he says it's all about the challenge, you know, to make it interesting! and she thinks to herself how one can challenge in a humble way?! ...
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