My Greatest Accomplishment of 2010

I think it was starting to go to a gym. I'm very happy I started it.

Ignorance Is real danger

Yes it's always better to know th truth, even when you don't like it. People who tend to believe in what they want to believe, are in great danger. There are real risks and opportunities out there and we should be aware of them. We shouldn't let the emotions make us blind.

If I Could Do One Evil Thing...

I would steal money from moneybags who never spend their money. I would also cross every international borders! You can add trespassing every mansion of the kings and riches of the world!

Meat Lover or Meatless: My Stance on Vegetarianism

Back in time, I felt guilty about killing and eating poor animals. Now I consider it as a rule of the nature. Some animals eat others. We eat sheep, cattle, chicken, fish, etc. We need protein and soybeans are not enough. We have to eat other animals. It's a sad reality.

Defining the Word Friend

My friend is someone who I enjoy spending my time with him/her. I don't believe that a friend is someone who you necessarily trust or whom you can depend on. There are many people who I do trust them but they are not my friends. One of them is my father. Furthermore, you don't have to love your friend. I love my aunt but she is not my friend.

Would I Live Forever?

Would I keep reading a novel that will never end? I don't think so. In any story, ending is as important as the beginning and rest of the story. Besides, I don't want to watch everyone I love dies and I'm still alive.

To Have Loved and Lost

I think that people shouldn't "try" to fall in love. Actually I think we should try to avoid it. But, when it happens, I mean when we involuntarily fall in love, we should protect ourselves against irrational and harmful decisions that love imposes.

For example, if we fall for someone abusive, we better suffer loss.

My 5 Best Qualities

Affection
I try to love everyone around me. I believe that everyone has something beautiful within him. I'm afraid of hurting others.

Forgiveness
I know the weakness in everyones souls that makes them hurt each other. I have this weakness too.

Loyalty
I have a big mouth and I sometimes can't keep a secret, because I forget that it is a secret. But I do not betray my friends, on purpose at least.

Versatility
I can adapt myself to different tasks in different situations.

Bravery
Fear is not a usual motive in my decision making.

Witnessing Bravery

In the post-election days of 2009 in Iran, both protesters and government showed unacceptable violences.

In one case, an officer was down and the protesters gathered around him and started kicking and beating him. Other officers didn't dare coming for his help and his life was in danger, but suddenly a young girl hurried and but herself between the officer and the angry protesters. This made them hesitate a little and the officer could run away.

Bravery against violence is very rare and precious virtue, that we, Iranians, lacked in that days.

3 Things I'm Looking Forward to This Week

Meet an Ayatollah
He is going to be my new boss! And he is the father of one if my old friend.

Go hiking
Tehran has a lot of mountains and it's quite fun spending the whole day there.

Renew my membership in local gym
It ended yesterday

My Dream Job

I've always wanted to be the president of the Islamic republic of Iran. Right now, I've entered a way that makes me quite unqualified for that job. I'm officially a Muslim, but I don't truly believe in Islam, so I can't take the oath of office as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

My more realistic dream job is the CEO of a great Iranian company which makes jobs and money inside Iran.

Last Hours

I prefer to be with my family in the last day of the world. I want it to end where and with whom every thing have begun for me. We could travel to Isfahan, where we (me, my sisters and my mother) were born. I don't want be alone and lost in the last day; I should die in my home.

My Boredom Cures

Thinking seriously, is the best cure to the boredom. I think boredom, like pain, is a very important sign that tells us that something is wrong inside us. When I'm bored, I ask myself what is wrong? why aren't you happy? And it helps me find the problem.

Hello, Mother Nature

If I find a big spider in my room, I'll watch it for a while and I may also take a photo of it. I'll then catch it and through it out of the window because the others may not spare it's life and I'm sure my mother will kill the poor thing.

I don't usually kill anything.

A Cliche I Can't Stand

I hate it when supernatural events lead someone to correct his attitude. It happens a lot in religious stories and it's being used more and more in horror movies or science-fiction stuff etc. Someone is an asshole and when he see a miracle he becomes a better person. Bullshit. I won't tell such stories to my children (if I have any in the future).

The Best Road Trip Ever

It was a very short one. I was the driver of a small hatchback and there were five girls in the backseat and four guys in front. I couldn't even change the gears so one of the passengers volunteered for the job! (one time he failed to change in time and we almost crashed another car.

It was insane but everybody was excited and we laughed a lot.

Best Compliment I've Gotten In a While

Moslem, one of my old friends, once told me that he will never get jealous of me. He said: ... because you are a genius and you deserve whatever you get.

I'll never tell him, but I'm always thankful to him because of what he told me.

The Zombies Are Here!

First of all, I'll kill my friends and family members who had became zombies and will bury them respectfully. Then I'll run to a forest or mountains where zombies can't reach me. I'll write my address on different places so that any healthy man could find me. I think I'll spend the rest of my life creating sculptures and paintings.

Taking a Stand

I am a man who speaks his mind, so there are a lot of situations where I stand for what I believe in. But most of this situation are unimportant and everyday-life matters. For example, today my boss urged us to work harder and increase the production rate (we produce news!). I told her we already work hard and she is being unrealistic in asking us to work even more. In the end she agreed that our production (!) rates have increased in last months and she accused her own boss for demanding more and more. This situation is absurd and I'm thinking about leaving this job.

Optimist or Pessimist?

I know there is evil inside every man and everything in the world and they could hurt me if I don't be cautious. The world is a dangerous place. But this fact, doesn't make me sad, and it doesn't make me hate the others. I've learned to accept this fact and live with it, and if I could live a happy life in this hostile world, that would be the great victory. I have hope.

If I Could Go Back in Time

I wouldn't go to the law school. Maybe I would choose to become a civil engineer or an artist. I'm now a materialist and I wish I could leave some real effects in the actual world around myself.

A Recent Embarrassment

I wrote a novel based on the experiences of my friend and his then girlfriend (now his wife). I was thinking that it was a romantic story and let them read before giving it to a publisher. But I was shocked when the girl became mad at me and said I had pictured her as a villain! And she also was mad at my friend for telling me all that secrets about their private life!

The book was never published and she didn't forgive me for a long time.

My Superstitions

I'm afraid of two thing and I think they bring me bad luck: 1. To kill any living thing; 2. To upset my parents.



I don't believe in anything supernatural or destiny or luck etc. But there are things that make me make mistakes or loose hope and confidence and the two things that I mentioned above are among them.

What I'd Do With a Million Dollars

I would stop working and start my journey around the world.

If I Could Invent Anything

I would invent a "Mindtyper" to help me type every thing that comes to my mind, even when I'm asleep. Some times brilliant ideas come to my mind but I forget them later because I had nothing to wright it down at the moment. (I don't keep a notepad because I keep losing them and people who find them could read through my most private thoughts).

Ghost Encounters

I don't believe in anything that had no scientific basis. OK, ghosts exist, but only in the minds of a schizophrenic patient and in fairy tales (which I love) and some other movies and books. I don't know why am I even talking about them.

The Most Trouble I've Gotten Myself Into...

One morning I helped my old friend to fetch his stuff from his parents' house. His father had thrown him out of the house the night before and told him never come back. When the father found out about my help, he was mad at me and even accused me of assistance in robbery. I got to him and tried to make him calm down. He didn't sue me anyway, but never forgave me neither.

My Ultimate Keepsakes

My passport and ID and other important documents
to avoid many bureaucratic problems afterwards.

My ID and wallet
I would absolutely need a lot of money.

My laptop
I would lose a lot of my works if I lose it.

My guitar
I don't play it, but I spend a lot of money and I simply love it don't want it to burn.

Some of my art works
Maybe.

One Body Part I'd Change

I love myself the way I am. But I try to make my belly smaller and build some muscles. Trough sport, absolutely. I'm against most of the plastic surgeries or implants when their only purpose is to make someone a little prettier. A beautiful soul can make any face and body beautiful.

Me, Neighborly?

Well, like many other question, answer to this one depends on how do you define "a good neighbor". I see the good neighbor as the someone who do not bother me, say hello when we see each other and just stay out of my life. In this view, yes, I'm a good neighbor. But otherwise, NO, I'm don't offer any help and do not try to be a friend for them, so I may not be good neighbor from some point of view.

My One Day as a Celebrity

I would like to be Ahmadi Nejad for one day! On that day, I would stay home and do less stupid things and let the others take care of the matters.

My Greatest Achievement

OK, I have a degree as a Master of Law from Tehran University. I'm not very proud of it, but all my friends and family, consider it the biggest achievement.

A Voyage to the Moon

Maybe; I love to see earth from there, but the moon, itself, is a sad and boring place with dark sky and desert and rocks all around it.

What I Miss About Childhood

I didn't had a very happy childhood. It wasn't tragic, but it wasn't happy neither. I grown up in hostile environment; in the time of Iran-Iraq war, our family lived in a city under bombing and a bomb hit our home one time when we were out. When the war ended, we kept changing towns because my father was in The Revolutionary Guard. I kept loosing friends and having problems adopting to new cultures. I remember I never had enough confidence in myself. Ok lets cut the nonsense.

What I miss about childhood is being hugged and lifted by a bigger person.

10 Things That Make Me Happy

Talking with friends
We tell jokes and laugh together.

Drinking Hot cofee or cold drinks
I makes me feel calm and comfortable.

Walking
I think there is some hormone that makes people happier when they work out.

Drawing
I'm good at drawing and it makes me happy when I create something beautiful.

Playing with babies and small children
It makes me feel innocent and better than what I am.

Solvong puzzels
It's like snack for the left part of my mind!

Dreaming about a better future
I have a powerful imagination and when I'm lost in good dreams, it's like living in them.

Reading
It's like dreaming.

When somebody trusts me
I feel useful

Watching something beautiful
It can be nature, art or a movie.

Life's Little Awkward Moments: Dating

I've never been on a date. But in theory, I think I could break the silence by commenting on passersby or weather or on something that we are eating. In general I'm not very easy with strangers.

The Most Wasteful Thing I Do Each Day

Besides from all the time that is waisted daily traffic, I think the most wasteful thing that I can't stop myself doing it, is following political news in the newspapers and TV. None of the information about injustice, battles, stupidity and misconduct all around the world or even in Iran, are not useful for me; I can't do anything about them.

I could read a book or watch a movie and enjoy my time, but I can't ignore the news.

Safe Versus Sorry

After the controversial Iran's 2009 election and the tragedies following it, I had some serious discussion with my father, who is still loyal to the "Islamic republic" regime. Eventually I decided to leave home and live on my own. My parents, apparently, didn't want me to leave but I was so determined that I started looking for some place to lease. But, at some point, I came to the realization that if I leave them "now" and "like this", something between us would be lost forever, and it would be irreversible.

Sci-fi Character

There was no doubt that "he" is pregnant. The two doctors standing by his bed, were examining this captive alien and every minute faced a new surprise. They were sure that this is male, because he was arrested for trying to rape one of the female personnel of the spaceship. He was a member of the diplomatic delegation from Q35 planet. Actually he was a bodyguard and was standing on his post outside the conference room. His victim was a silly girl who decided to flirt with him. The good smelling, tall alien had a shining velvet skin, with white, long hair and a pair of big black eyes. But what have should made him more attractive for the girl, was the fact that he was completely naked. She couldn't stop staring at his penis and finally rose her head and winked for him, but his reaction was so freaking that the girl regretted what she did immediately; he put out his long, black tongue and caught the girl's neck, pulled her close and started undressing her in front of everybody. The security people had to shoot him to release the poor girl, who couldn't breath. Now, the two doctors were trying to save his life, but didn't know that he were reproducing himself inside his damaged body.

A Book Character I'd Like to Be

Whats better than a cheerful eternity?

Tom Bombadil

Heart Versus Head

I don't think there is a difference between heart and head, in this case. Everybody follows his heart, thats for sure, but, technically, all of or emotions and feelings happen in our head. I can't draw a solid line between my feeling and my logic. In the past, when I thought I've made a decision based on logic, I later discovered it was only for satisfying some desire, which at the time, I considered as pure wisdom. Life is not like mathematics. You can't ever make a decision without following your heart. A man does what he do, because he want's something.

Me, Renamed

I like my own name, but if I could choose another name in a different cultural context, I would pick some roman or Greek name. I like to have weird and stand alone name with a lot of syllables.

Brains or Beauty?

The truth is that stupid good looking people could end up in the hands of abusive others. Beauty could provoke greed or jealousy in evil spirits near the beautiful person and if he or she lacks intelligence, life could be very hard! On the other hand, ugly intelligent people could find ways to attract others, for example by making a lot of money, they could "buy" any stupid good looking man or woman.

I rather having a monkey's face, but with god's intelligence.

I Wish I Could Ask This Person for Advice

Imam Ali. He was the best friend of Muhammad, and I've always asked myself why such an intelligent person believed in what Muhammad said. He was also a very great governor and I'd be glad to hear some political advises from him.

My 10 Best Qualities

Patience
I can wait (only if I want).

Courage
I'm not a shy person and I speak my mind. I'll do whatever I'm sure it's true.

Independence
I don't wait for the others to decide for me.

Honesty
I keep my mouth shut when I can't speak the truth.

Being Open
I accept others the way they are. I'm not very prejudiced.

Cautious
I don't hurry in making a decision or making a judgment.

Humility
I'm not proud of anything.

Forgiving
I know people can make some mistakes. I give everybody second chances.

Professionalism
I don't mix my job with personal emotions.

Compatibility
I know we live in a ever changing world.

What I Believe (or Don't)

It's a little dangerous in a country like Iran (which doesn't have a very good record concerning the right of religious freedom) to speak freely about your rather unconventional believes. Hence, I should insist that I "truly" believe that "there is no god except for Allah" and "Mohammad is his prophet"! (but I also love Charles Robert Darwin) :P

What I'd Say to My 16-Year-Old Self

I would beg myself to forget about any religious and political commitment and focus on making money and creating beauty. I would also ask myself to stop being so shy and find a girlfriend.

What I'm Avoiding

There a lot of things that everyone is avoiding. For me, marriage is one of them. Actually I have to say I'm avoiding women, because I don't even have a girlfriend. I think they are very complicated and I want everything to be predictable, easy and comfortable. But I know I have to get rid of this fear, because I don't want to die alone...

What Would I Take Back?

I don't usually think about my past, hence regret is not a familiar feeling for me. But I have ab answer for this question: I wish I didn't tell Negin that I loved her. That moment was one of the most meaningless moments in my life. She didn't care about my feelings and I knew that. I don't know what made me do that...