Saturday, November 22, 2008

So all this time I'm trying to focus on what I wanted to write here and I can't help thinking that when ever I have something to say, and it's important for me, I can't login to the site, and now that I can't remember what I wanted to say I login after the first try. I'd like to relate this to some verses from Molana (Rumi):

آن یکی خر داشت پالانش نبود
یافت پالان گرگ خر را در ربود

کوزه بودش آب می‌نامد به دست
آب را چون یافت خود کوزه شکست

Sorry if it's not his exact words, It's right off my head. I'd love it if someone could complete the list, there are other verses similar to these in meaning.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Stuck between 2 high priorities?

You see two is enough to get stuck but there is much much more:

  1. Got to give a review on "Speech understanding" tomorrow in class.
  2. Solve problems for DSP TA Session on Monday, so I don't look paralyzed.
  3. Just got two papers from Dr. Miremadi and I've got to check them out.
  4. Got to prepare a quiz for Tuesday's DSP Session.
  5. Got a Midterm next Saturday, and I know literally nothing.
  6. Just got WALL-E and I want to watch it.
  7. Got this book "The Mayor of Casterbridge" by Thomas Hardy and it is literature as I've never know. I want to read it ASAP.
So you see it's not two, two is just enough.

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

I always have a headache choosing when I have many choices to pick from; and It’s ironic really, because I see variety as a chance to pick what suits me best. Like there was this big game shop I used to go to when I was a kid and I could rarely choose. Of course my dad was happy about it. There are too many examples to prove this in my life; like I am happier when my mum buys me clothes. She gets me for instance one t-shirt or something and I always like it. If I was to go shop with her there’d be no guarantee I’d like what she picked. She rarely buys me clothes now but it’s a big help anyway.

I started reading this book, “Neurosis and human growth; the struggle toward self realization” buy Karen Horney. A bit of psychology and it’s good. In fact, now I have a pretty good theory about why I dislike choosing. Think about it; do you like choosing? Wouldn’t life be a whole lot easier if we always knew what choice to make?

I watched an old Woody Allen movie last night, “Annie Hall”. I liked it very much. It’s not today’s popular genre or style but it has so many brilliant ideas and so many great lines. Diane Keaton plays Annie and she acts so lively, you sometimes think you know exactly how she is feeling. I’ve watched “Scoop”, one of Woody Allen’s latest works, but apart from the good and strong comedy, there is no great idea. I’ve always thought that comedies should make you laugh, yet leave you wondering whether there is a similarity to your own life. “Annie Hall” does that and “Scoop” is nowhere near.

It’s quite hard, these days, waking up at 7 am. I don’t get enough sleep, and I feel really tired in the afternoon.

Have fun.

Monday, September 29, 2008

This place used to be named "Truth is a pathless land", a quote from an Indian I used to read, and I had tried occasionally to write my own findings of it. Stopped reading his works some time ago and since then this place came to an eventual halt.
That's the history.

I am starting over with what will mostly be a log of what of I've done and thought. The old title is gone and I couldn't chose a new one so I'll be untitled for the now.

Today I was thinking about taking life easier. I mean there is always this urge inside me to control every aspect of how things go and it sometimes ends up in waring myself out for unimportant stuff.
From a broader view, I think there are a lot things that mess with our lives, things that we have once found important to consider yet never revised to see it's true importance. I don't want to go into it much specially this being a new post after many months, but I find the issiue quite important.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Be Patient.

There is change to come!