Whatever ...

When you're asking too many people to give you a piece of advice, usually you don't seek for an advice but a confirmation for what you have in mind.

In heaven

Two minutes in heaven is better than one minute in heaven.

Flight of the Conchords
Business time

The mission had been extended by a day because Nasa wanted the shuttle's crew to make repairs to a machine which makes drinking water from urine.
The equipment to provide drinking water from astronauts' urine had failed several times since it was delivered two weeks ago.

-BBC

And I am wondering how you know the machine is not working? Is it the color, the smell or the taste? I mean, after all, it could be an ugly discovery.

The show must go on

Empty spaces - what we are living for
Abondoned places - I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for
Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore
The show must go on
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on.

To quote or not to quote

Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Either I don't get it or sometime quotes don't make that much sense.

TBD

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[ sketched on Oct. 2008]

Snoring

Snoring is a dangerous habit. Sleepy people may do anything to shut you up.

Today

Oh, I know who you are ... You are representing the idiocy of today.

-from the movie:
Burn after reading

صوفی و کنج خلوت، سعدی و طرف صحرا
صـاحب هنر نگیرد بر بــی هنر بهــانه

سعدی

Perception

"Everything is perception" said the guy at the Starbucks.
And I thought if Einstein had said it, it would have been a good quote.

Right now, right here

There is definitely something wrong, I just can't figure it out.
Maybe next week ... next month. I still have some time left.

Joker ...

They are as good as the world around them allows them to be.

Color

Color is drunk ...
Color is not always a socially responsible citizen.

Taboo

And he had to hide it because one man's choice is the other one's taboo.

No Comments ...

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And I Can't Sleep ...

... But inside the ashes burns an endless fire
And every night I can't help reaching out for more

And I can't sleep ... And I can't sleep

4:30AM, I am awake again
Singing to the dark through open eyes ...

Deep enough ...

It is deep enough to realize you are shallow.

-Niles Crane!

Like it is possible!

Never explain yourself to anyone.
Those who like you never need it,
Those who dislike you won't believe it.

I picked up this text from a poster,

Well I like it but for some unknown reason

I think there is something wrong about it!

Mother's day

ای مادر عزیز من ای غمگسار من

ای اختر سعادت من ای بهار من

آری تو دیده بسته و آرام خفته ای

آسوده ای ز محنت و شور و شرار من

فریاد من به گوش تو هرگز نمی رسد

خوش فارغی ز درد دل بیقرار من

جان تو شاد و روح تو مرغ بهشت باد

همواره باد حافظ تو کردگار من

ژاله اصفهانی -

Things you don't know ...

گر به تو افتدم نظر چهره به چهره رو به رو

شرح دهم غم تو را نکته به نکته مو به مو

We ...

We make them cry who care for us.

We cry for those who never care for us.

And we care for those who will never cry for us.

Advice

نگران نباش، نگران نباش ... همه چیز درست می شه. البته منم چرت وپرت زیاد می گم

New Year - Black and Red

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New year gift to all who love red and black together!

سعدی به روزگاران مهری نشسته بر دل
بیرون نمی توان کرد الا به روزگاران

Oscar

A while ago I read somewhere that many people believe the moment Charlie Chaplin received his honorary Oscar is the best (or at least one of the best) Oscar moments ever. It is said that this is the longest standing ovation in the history of Oscars. I searched for it in YouTube and couldn't find it at the time but guess what, it was added a few days ago ...



if you can't see the above clip, follow this link to watch it in YouTube.

Zazen ...

The moment is where our life takes place.
If we miss the moment we miss our life.

from the book:
Finding the Still Point

Dream

Have you ever dreamt in a non-native language? A friend was telling me that he dreamed of a fight with Tom Cruise over Scientology. Aside from the fact that solely a fight with Tom Cruise is fascinating enough, unfortunately he couldn't remember if he was cursing in English or Persian!
Since then I was digging my mind to remember if I have ever had a dream in English. Anyway, to cut the story short, I had a dream a couple of nights ago in which I was speaking English for sometime ... the only strange part was the German subtitle!

Self-sacrifice

...When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself? At best he can only sacrifice his only begotten son.

-Razor's Edge

A perfect homeless

The other day, I saw a homeless on an aged bike pulling an old cart with his stuff in it. There was also a broken cone hanging on a side of the cart.
What happens if somebody buy him a very good bike, a sleeping bag, a good radio, a warm brand new jacket, a big cart with enough space and all other necessary things to make him a perfect homeless? Would that make him happy?

Secret

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Sketched and photographed on Sept. 2007