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123 days ago
My brother Keyvan Ghaemmaghami is the People's Poet for his small town of Newport, in South Wales, UK. He was telling me about a couple of poems he wrote about soldiers who are coming back home and trying to find their place back in society as well as those who gave their lives to defend ours. He asked me if I knew of anyone who could put the words into song. I thought I could blog the poems and see if anyone out there could help? The Soldier When I walk back to my life, after years of fighting am I me again or am I a soldier? When I walk back through the path today, yesterday, and the years that have gone by, was it me or is it the soldier? When I touch you, Could you see me the same? Or do you see a soldier? Have I changed in the way I feel, about things that matter? Do I jump with every sound? Am I nervous? Do I fight in my dreams every night? Do you see the tears in my eyes? I am next to you, but cannot hear you. Am I the fighting man you once knew or, am I broken within? ...
193 days ago
ABC's show, Lost's season finale aired last night and I've been thinking about the mysteries and symbolism of the show since. Being a literature major, the scene where Jacob is reading the book by Flannery O'Connor, Everything that Rises Must Converge , caught my attention and I did a bit of research. I found this analysis of the book by Sarah Madsen Hardy especially helpful. According to Hardy, “Everything That Rises Must Converge,” reveals that the title of the story refers to the philosophy of an obscure Jesuit theologian, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Teilhard offers a Catholic version of the science of evolution, theorizing that lower life forms evolved toward greater diversity and complexity, rising to the level of man, who exists at the midpoint between animal life and God. At this point, evolution continues — yet only on a spiritual level. Instead of diversifying biologically, humanity takes a path of convergence — that is, a path toward intersection or union — rising ...
202 days ago
Haven't been doing movie reviews for a while on this site, only because I've been watching some stupid movies, I didn't think they even deserved a review: these include Step Brothers, Dewey Cox, Kung Fu Panda, Drillbit Taylor, Goodluck Chuck, and Mr. Woodcock. I realized in my quest for funny, and entertaining movies to watch, I keep renting dumbass DVDs not worth the disc they are burned on. So please if you know of any good funny movies, send me an email. Otherwise, I have to watch A Fish Called Wanda and The Rat Race over and over again. The last two movies that I have watched, the documentary titled "We Live in Public" and the anime titled "Persepolis", have not been funny and entertaining so much as they have been thought provocative and controversial. I recommend watching both of them, as I enjoyed each in a different way and learned from them. Since the documentary chronicles a decade in the life of one of Internet pioneers, Josh Harris, it was ...
214 days ago
When I finished reading Barrel Fever, by David Sedaris, there was only one thing to do: Pick up another book by him and don't stop until I was done. His latest, When You are Engulfed in Flames, is one of the funniest I have read. I literally could not bring myself to put the book down. Each personal essay was as funny if not funnier than the one before, making me want to call my friends in the middle of the day or night to read favorite passages out loud to them. Here are some of my favorites: He adopts a female spider as a pet, names it April and takes it to vacation in Paris, then spends all his time hanging out around garbage cans in public parks to trap flies for it. The title of this story is "April in Paris." He describes how he once scared the birds away from hitting his windows by posting pictures of terrorists on the glass. He talks about how he quit smoking after thirty years by living in Tokyo for three months and taking Japanese classes. It doesn't matter what ...
228 days ago
Becoming a mother has brought many joys to my life in the last 19 months. Alas, the joy of reading has not been one of them, unless you count reading Parenting magazine or instruction manuals to put together various toys, and baby accessories. I have had the pleasure of reading three great books in the last three months though, and wanted to give you a quick review and my strong recommendation to read them. My very favorite has to be the Female Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D. I wish I had read this book twenty years ago as it provides such a fascinating perspective into the deep and complex mystery of female psychology, but it is so fun and easy to read. I recommend reading this book to all my female friends and all the men who love them and wish to understand them better. Having been an English major, I have always chosen fiction over non-fiction, but I found that I couldn't put this book down once I started it and that it was such a quick and easy read. I enjoyed the Female ...
