Dorna

hello

Thu, 08 Jan 2004 20:45:31 GMT

Hi Guys -

This is probably the only time that I'm going to be contributing to LiveJournal while I'm in Iran, but I've been checking my e-mail every few days, so I'm not totally out of touch. I've seen a lot of really cool stuff in the past few days including 7000 year old artifacts, a 1000+ year old man, the ruins of Persopalos (I don't know how to spell that, but in Farsi it's Takht-e Jamsheed), and really beautiful carpets.

This place is very different from what I imagined.
#1 - the traffic is horrible!!! I'm talking cars passing others on the wrong side of the street, motorcycles going any way they want on the street or on the sidewalk, and 2-way rotaries (illegal of course). Everyone also seems to be making U-turns all the time; my mother says that U-turns are now "mod" (that French word for "in style")

#2 - Tehran is more crowded than New York city

#3 - the pollution is baaaaad

#4 - Women in Iran wear more make-up than women in the US

#5 - nose jobs are also mod (that French word again).

yo

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 04:46:52 GMT

I was so high when I left school that I couldn't move my belongings from my old room into my new room, and I certainly couldn't pack correctly. I forgot so much back at school.

In particular, I forgot my cell phone charger. So if anyone is trying to contact me, call my Granny's:
(617)566-1015.

I should have a new charger tomorrow...I hope.

I did nothing today. I just moped around my house once my friend's visit came to an end. Now I have to look forward to going to family weddings and parties in the motherland for the next month. Yippee.

Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:19:25 GMT

I'm not actually dirty, but I certainly look like it. Last night I went to bed with wet hair (yes, I took a shower) and woke up 15 minutes before class only to find that my new haircut and pillows do not like each other. I had really bad bedhead. Then I put on a hat (which happens to be wool (which I think I'm allergic to (mostly because I want to scratch my skin off when I wear wool (which ultimately makes me look like I'm breaking out in hives (not to mention I'm breaking out with stress pimples because of Smith))))))))))))). I thought I would eventually be able to take my hat off before my bio presentation in the afternoon - but my hair still looked awful at 1pm. I think I'm going to at least switch to something non-wool.

Yesterday I completely re-did my bio lab notebook - I felt like a complete fraud - oh wait, I am. I hope my lab instructor doesn't notice. My elbow hurts so much from writing and drawing pictures of cells for 12 hours. If only I were ambidextrous. Well - I got two big things done today. Only a few hundred more to go before the end of the semester!

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 20:39:46 GMT

I'm not drunk, but I thought it might be fun if I pretended that I was. I've only been inebriated a few times in the past few months - that's a pretty bad record for someone who's in college. After my exams are over, I'm going to open a beer and head for the shower.

Maris I'm coming over and I'm taking you into town!

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 04:03:36 GMT

I did 117 calculations lat week - only to find out that I had been using the wrong formula. Oops. So - I just did them over - this time a little bit faster I think.

It was interesting seeing my whole family (minus my dad) for the holiday. I found out that my house is going to be "For Sale" as of Feb. 1 (even though I've spent the last year moving out of it, and haven't even finished yet). Long story.
It makes me very happy to be back at school.

One thing I learned this Thanksgiving is that I haven't forgotten my Farsi - this will come in handy when I visit my family in the homeland.

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 20:41:19 GMT

Maris and I went to Molly's performance last night at Mendenhall. Molly was singing in a dance performance - she had a SOLO - I was so proud. Unfortunately though I didn't get to see any of the other performances that happened before hers. I ended up falling asleep after the first few minutes (they turned off the lights, and played soothing music - how could I not fall asleep) - waking up to hear Molly sing - and then rushing out of the building before the next performance started (I needed to do my homework - yes on a Saturday night).

Today I'm stuffing things in my head and hoping that they won't fall out until after I take my cell bio test on Tuesday morning.

Thu, 20 Nov 2003 06:28:13 GMT

maris is so awesome... i can't even believe it. i want to spend every moment with her. she rules my world. no joke. and she's so beautiful. and sexy. and talented. have you seen her ass? can we say BANGIN'?!!! damn.

Kelley!

Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:03:07 GMT

Last week Maris asked me, "Dorna, are you going to write in your live journal?"
And I said, "I'm scheduled to write in it tomorrow! It's in my planner!" Unfortunately, I was lying; I hadn't written it in my planner - so I forgot until I actually did schedule it into my planner about 5 minutes ago.

Kelley - you can stay at my house for Thanksgiving. We need people to sub in for everyone who has moved back to the homeland. It'll probably be your first Iranian Thanksgiving - Fish, rice, and koo-koo (it's vegetarian for you!). I guess I'll just invite you to my home at lunch in an hour.

I failed a lab report last week. 47/100. That has certainly never happened to me before - especially on a lab report that I spent over 12 hours writing up. Apparently my lab instructor didn't like the way I did my derivations (with equations instead of complete fucking sentences), and a few other things. I went to her office and punched her in the boob.

My T-Shirt

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 20:55:10 GMT

My T-shirt smells. I washed it this weekend, but ended up having to wear my jacket all day long to keep from keeling over. It must be my earth-friendly laundry detergent. Maris told me it smells like clean - but I don't believe her.

Live Journal virgin no longer

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 01:59:46 GMT

Live Journal has an impressive number of moods. "Quixotic" is a good one.

So - the biggest thing right now in my life is my planner. We're in love. She keeps me in line. Right now she's telling me that I have four more things to get done tonight.