Sunday, October 26, 2008

Friday, October 24, 2008

Post From Under Bed-Sheets

hmm...
I thought 'abt having a second thought

Yas is studying for her test tomorrow
late at night

she is way smarter than me
As I write I think of all those nights

In the east
where we shared a room
a room that I kicked a hole in it's door
I was maturing but that's beside the point

She is printing some stuff now
I can hear it

She used to study late at night
always
like dad,
like me
staying up at night, see that's something else
you think 'n you create
as everyone else is too busy dreaming

She always used to read late at night
like tonight

I think
I know it was cause of that
I sleep with the pillow over my head
anytime of the day or night

Any sort of light shining on my face
is a distraction
its pain
I hate it
I guess I know why some sleep
with pillows over their head


I hope in my nightmare tonight
I can pick a better weapon (stool)
to face the crazy lady with the exacto knife
Or that my gun doesn't jam again, it would be the 3rd time

So breath right 'n good night
good night these western streets
Where love is free
and the pain necessary.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

War Photographer

"War Photographer" (2001) documentary by Christian Frei about war photographer James Nachetwey.

James Nachtwey in his own words, at TED 2007




"I have been a witness, and these pictures are

my testimony. The events I have recorded should

not be forgotten and must not be repeated."

-James Nachtwey-

Monday, October 20, 2008

Wow I didn't know it was that famous...

From: darvishjo
Added: February 05, 2008

I join the millions of Iranians who love to sit at home strumming their guitars and singing this famous and wonderful song





very very very cute performance

http://www.youtube.com/user/darvishjo

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Sister's Song




I remember her listening to it, listening and seeing her relate to it, I was young and memorized the words, we used to sing together...


for those uncertain nights, that I was oblivious to her pain and feelings,


I'll sing it again 'n relate,

Yasi joon tanha khaharam.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Reza Motori






another oldie, I remember when my dad made me watch it, I'm glad I didn't refuse, song by Farhad, great film.

Jazire




من همون جزیره بودم خاکی و صمیمی و گرم
واسه عشق بازی موجا قامتم یه بستر نرم
یه عزیز دردونه بودم پیش چشم خیس موجا
یه نگین سبز خالص روی انگشتر دریا

تا که یک روز تو رسیدی توی قلبم پا گذاشتی
غصه های عاشقی رو تو وجودم جا گذاشتی
زیر رگباره نگاهت دلم انگار زیر و رو شد
برای داشتن عشقت همه جونم آرزو شد
تا نفس کشیدی انگار نفسم برید تو سینه
ابر و باد و دریا گفتن حس عاشقی همینه

اومدی تو سرنوشتم بی بهونه پا گذاشتی
اما تا قایقی اومد از من و دلم گذشتی
رفتی با قایق عشقت سوی روشنی فردا
من و دل اما نشستیم چشم به راهت لبه دریا

دیگه رو خاک وجودم نه گلی هست نه درختی
لحظه های بی تو بودن می گذره اما به سختی


دل تنها و غریبم داره این گوشه می میره
ولی حتی وقت مردن باز سراغتو می گیره
می رسه روزی که دیگه قعر دریا می شه خونم
اما تو دریای عشقت باز یه گوشه ای می مونم

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

More to V than Love...




V: [V enters Evey's field of vision as she walks into the Shadow Gallery, directly from the prison] Hello, Evey.
Evey Hammond: You. It was you.
V: [quietly] Yeah.
Evey Hammond: [gestures behind her] That wasn't real... Is Gordon - ?
V: I'm sorry, but Mr. Deitrich's dead. I thought they'd arrest him, but when they found a Koran in his house, they had him executed.
Evey Hammond: [whispers] Oh God...
V: Fortunately, I got to you before they did.
Evey Hammond: You got to me? You did this to me? You cut my hair? You tortured me? You tortured me! Why?
V: You said you wanted to live without fear. I wish there'd been an easier way, but there wasn't.
[Evey whispers, "Oh my God...?]
V: I know you may never forgive me... but nor will you understand how hard it was for me to do what I did. Every day I saw in myself everything you see in me now. Every day I wanted to end it, but each time you refused to give in, I knew I couldn't.
Evey Hammond: You're *sick*! You're *evil*!
V: *You* could've ended it, Evey, you could've given in. But you didn't. Why?
Evey Hammond: Leave me alone! I *hate* you!
V: That's it! See, at first I thought it was hate, too. Hate was all I knew, it built my world, it imprisoned me, taught me how to eat, how to drink, how to breathe. I thought I'd die with all my hate in my veins. But then something happened. It happened to me... just as it happened to you.
Evey Hammond: Shut up! I *don't* want to hear your lies!
V: Your own father said that artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.
Evey Hammond: No.
V: What was true in that cell is just as true now. What you felt in there has nothing to do with me.
Evey Hammond: I can't feel *anything* anymore!
V: Don't run from it, Evey. You've been running all your life.
Evey Hammond: [gasps] I can't... can't breathe. Asthma... asthma! When I was little...
[V reaches out his hand, Evey grabs it, they fall to the ground together]
V: Listen to me, Evey. This may be the most important moment of your life. Commit to it.
[Evey continues sobbing]
V: They took your parents from you. They took your brother from you.
[Evey groans]
V: They put you in a cell and took everything they could take except your life. And you believed that was all there was, didn't you? The only thing you had left was your life, but it wasn't, was it?
[Evey sobs, "Oh please...?]
V: You found something else. In that cell you found something that mattered more to you than life. It was when they threatened to kill you unless you gave them what they wanted... you told them you'd rather die. You faced your death, Evey. You were calm. You were still.
[Evey continues gasping]
V: Try to feel now what you felt then.
Evey Hammond: [breathes heavily] Oh God... I felt...
V: Yes?
Evey Hammond: I'm dizzy. I need air. Please, I need to be outside.



"Freedom is not free" had a conversation with a dear friend tonight about that and I think we can all agree that there is only one road to freedom, you must be ready and willing to die for it!

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Spartacus

just a few quotes from the masterpiece Spartacus... my dad bought that movie for my 15th birthday, after telling me the story for over a thousand times, it was like i had seen the movie from before :)



Spartacus: And maybe there's no peace in this world, for us or for anyone else, I don't know. But I do know that, as long as we live, we must remain true to ourselves.

Spartacus: What's your name?
Draba: You don't want to know my name. I don't want to know your name.
Spartacus: Just a friendly question.
Draba: Gladiators don't make friends. If we're ever matched in the arena together, I have to kill you.

Spartacus: I am not an animal!

Antoninus: Are you afraid to die, Spartacus?
Spartacus: No more than I was to be born.

Varinia: Please die, my love... die, die now my darling!

Marcus Licinius Crassus: You can't grieve forever.
Varinia: I'm not grieving.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: What are you doing?
Varinia: I am remembering.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: And what do you remember when you think of Spartacus?
Varinia: I remember that he started out all alone. And yet, on the day he died, thousands and thousands died in his place.

[last lines]
Varinia: Goodbye, my love, my life. Goodbye, good-bye.



k back to editing...

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

In this unforgivable unfair world love has no place in the eyes of the devil.

...It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses and apologized to no one. I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must NEVER let them take it from us. I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the worlds turns, and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that, even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you, I love you. With all my heart, I love you.

Valerie.