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UPDATE: Pictures of Study Circle! With 5 new videos! December 25th. A
quick reminder. On December 31st, on New Year's night, we will be
having a mega-CARDevotional at my house. The dress is semi-formal
and the amount of games and activities endless. Because there is a
limited amount of space please
RSVP
for yourself and your friends as quickly as possible and read
more details. December 24th. My brother Brian's travels will be painstakingly documented and commented on throughout his 3-week visit. Below, on the right side, you will find a link to him under 'Favorite Pages' Last updated: Dec 26, 4:00pm
December 23rd. MartinsQuest.com would like to proudly present the first public images of Joubin Roxanna's elegant wedding.
December 20th. So, its Joubin's
big day today, getting married to the beautiful Roxanna, and I'm going
to their wedding. Now, do I... December 19th. As indicated by my article on Canadian filesharing laws, it appears to be legal to download but illegal to upload mp3s in Canada. Besides the general good counsel to obey the laws of the land, I've just learned that the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) may be suing huge uploaders of music in the new year. These are people that share 1000s of songs. In Kazaa Lite you can select "Disable sharing of files with other users," in the tools menu, but regardless should undoubtedly select "Do not function as supernode," since only supernodes have been sued in the United States. Again, it is important to follow the laws of the land out of love, but the next level of adherences is out of fear of punishment. December 19th. Although Vafa's got me hooked on DS9, Star Trek: The Next Generation remains my clear favorite. Although their movies haven't been large commercial successes, I would like to pay homage to their last movie Nemesis, one which I enjoyed, with a Photoshop alteration. December 17th. How do I reward myself for cleaning my entire room? By taking pictures and creating a 360 degree panorama! Best not judged on purely artistic standards; its far from beautiful. Judge it rather on concept, close-ups, and design. I mean where else can you snoop in someone's room with impunity, scan a bookshelf anonymously, or look over their personal items with nary a consequence? December 16th. A joint effort from Tassnim and Misagh:
There once was a man from Orleans, December 15th. A MartinsQuest.com site upgrade is on the way. Prepare yourselves. Also, only 5 tickets remain for Lord of the Rings. In addition, my dad proudly turns 50 today. Plus, some of Tazz's poetry may appear online soon. December 15th. Programmers for "Return of the King" battle scenes created individualized soldiers who could think for themselves. Problems arose when the soldiers decided to flee for their lives rather than engage in battle. Update: now with a link. December 13th. Yesterday Vafa hosted an excellent Lord of the Rings Devotional. He set the record for longest movie devotional in Ottawa's history at a staggering 14+ hours! Here are a few of the pictures I took. Also, don't forget to RSVP to watch the third installment this Wednesday with 20 of us! December 13th. It pains me to be right all the time. Just yesterday the Copyright Board of Canada reaffirmed its levy on blank media (like CDRs) but also affirmed the right of Canadians to download or copy music from any source and store it indefinitely. Read my original position paper or read the reaction from a few media outlets.
December 13th. My Quest
may be over. I might have found my soul mate, someone to spend the rest of
my life with. Someone whose mere presence is my solace and her absence my
torment. With a character so
magnanananimous that they lengthened the word; possessing beauty so
rarefied that it ignites her surroundings into fiery glory; with a heart
so pure that blood finds other passage. December 13th. I received this scam warning from a friend by e-mail and feel that it is worthy of your attention. It concerns a discount club called UCC TotalHome/DirectBuy that is supposed to save you money after purchasing a $3,000+ membership. After reading this, should you find merit you may want to alert parents, neighbors, and friends. December 12th. As most of you know the new prime minister of Canada is Paul Martin. Why is that such good news? It heralds a brand new section of my website: 'Funny Martin Quotes.' You see, news outlets will be filled with captions such as "Martin speaks to US President," or "Martin takes on the Canadian Military." Just clip these from the newspaper or from magazines and either scan them in for me or give them directly to me. December 12th. My cousin in Montreal is conducting an ethics survey on music downloading for her class. If you have 5 minutes to spare and are interested in filling it out, click here. If you are bored and just want to goof around, click here. December
11th. This
Wednesday, December 17th I am purchasing 20
tickets for the 8:00pm debut of "LOTR: The Return of the King." If
interested, tickets are $10, and seats are not guaranteed unless you show
up at 6:00pm and remain in queue. Please encourage your
friends to join us as well. Update: 15 people attended, I sold back
the last 5 tickets.
December 10th. Andisheh's Birthday pictures are displayed now in all of their glory. Was the delay worth it? You decide. Update: The gift from Vafa and I is now posted. (Right click 'save as') December 10th. I finally fixed the above menu. Could a site upgrade be on the way? Hmm... while we're on rumors look for a new bachelor and bachelorette in the next few days. I have also given quite a bit of thought to my next philosophical article, "Spiritual Dating," as a subset of my "Love" theory...ooh, all these upcoming goodies. December 7th. Arash and I served as 'animators' for a jr. youth study circle called 'Breezes of Confirmation' last Friday which aims to instill the power of expression and a closer tie to the creator. Here is an unedited picture of both of us. December 7th. Last summer at the
Montreal Conference I used the word 'legalistic' as part of my discourse
among a few friends in the lobby. Zeta Jones was there and quickly
asserted, with unreserved confidence that such a word was not a member of
English community. I asked her if she was sure to which she responded that
she was. Later that day I looked it up and discovered that not only was it
a word but I had used it correctly. In fact, I had not only used it
correctly, but perfectly, and there was nary a better word in the lexicon. December 7th. I was collecting footage of when I scaled Mt. Everest this summer and found this nice panorama. December 2nd. The opportunity was too tempting to pass up. I snapped a flash-washed image of Misagh that had a slight resemblance to the King of Pop. All I had to do was digitally bleach his skin, enlarge his eyes, manipulate his lips, 'thin' the image, purse and shrink his snoz, and otherwise warp Mees's Adonis-like features into this frightful mutation. Mees, please forgive me. Michael Jackson & Misagh December 1st. An amazing 9-hour internationally-themed CARDevotional just took place and here are the pictures. We look forward to seeing most of you at the mega-huge-monstro-enorm-coloss-New-Year's-Eve-CARDevotional. Details to come. November 27th. Today is my brother Justin's 18th birthday. What gift did he want? A new video game, a better graphics card, or a surprise party? No! His only request was inclusion onto the bachelors page! So imagine my sadness in explaining why the high standards I'd established precluded such an addition. In other words, look for him in the upcoming weeks. Update: Rama Hashemi's 18th birthday is the same exact day. E-mail him and show him love!
November 27th. One of my
favorite holy day celebrations, the Ascension of
'Abdu'l-Bahá, begins tonight at 1:00am. Besides spiritual edification,
few things beat seeing otherwise pious adults yawning uncontrollably.
November 26th. I was pleased to finish 3 separate Book 6: Teaching the Cause courses last night. It was great working with: Zahra, Julie, Sahba, Iris, Louis, Wendy, Bernie, & Kamran. See group photo. November 25th. REMINDER:
This Saturday, the 29th, our family will be hosting our 8th
CARDevotional at 7:00pm (not 8:00 like we normally would) We
will be hosting a potluck dinner, as it will have an international theme
and focus on the oneness of mankind. November 25th. I appear on TV as part of this year's Unity in Diversity Celebrations in the Rideau Centre. See the video and the pictures. November 25th. I am going to Montreal all-day Tuesday. If you want to get a hold of me, re-read first sentence. November 23rd. A group of us had a great time at Jaleh's 23rd Birthday Party. Here is the photographic evidence. November 19th. Yesterday a bunch of us chilled at Vafa's house for fun and games. What was incredible however, that we discovered at the end, was the diversity of ages of the six friends present. Are you ready for this? 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28! November 17th. I would like to apologize to my loyal viewers. Because of illness and an increased workload there will be very few updates to the site for the next week or so. But click here to download some content that will take you ages to view. You can also see my low-class presentation of the Birth of Baha'u'llah after party at Vafa's. November 14th. Pictures of the Birth of Bahá'u'lláh Celebration are now posted. November 14th. Recently, Aram asked me what type of music I liked. With eclectic tastes and a poor memory I had difficulty answering him at the time but promised him that I would include a list on my website. November 14th. Happy Birthday Vafa! As a present to him I'd like to provide a link to his website that perchance his hit counter, a wellspring of happiness to him, may increase. As a gift to the world, I would like to debunk one salient aspect of Vafa's duplicitous machismo. November 13th. For the past 4 days Tazz and I changed our MSN screen names to "I just ended a 4-month relationship with Martin/Tazz" respectively. It engendered quite the response! Was it true? What happened? Here are the responses followed by the truth. November 12th. There are dozens of movie sequels that are released each year. My idea is just to combine different movies into one. Here are some examples. As for originality, it was completely my idea to post it here. November 12th. My female stalker unveiled herself. Many of my assumptions about her identity were correct, yet I will never disclose her name publicly. Did she love Martin Braithwaite? No...the Quest continues. November 11th. My hotmail account is giving me problems so I am switching to using a MartinsQuest account with 100MB of space. This will likely serve me for the next 5 years so I want to make it good. I need your help. Please suggest a good name, and if I choose it, I'll place the tag, "Suggested by [your name]" at the bottom for a month or so.
November 11th. Thank you Elly Lecorre for this link to a humorous yet substantive knock off of the Matrix. Despite being a self-professed 'meat-a-tarian' I can sympathize with their cause. November 11th. Here is my new software page, that contains information and links to free/cheap/great software. I will constantly update the list and welcome any suggestions. November 9th. In case you, like I, missed yesterday's lunar eclipse. November 7th. I have begun the ambitious task of compiling pictures of all of my friends in the world. Although it seems like a great idea, only bad things can happen as people will inevitably feel left out—either by a careless oversight or conscious omission. Most people would labor day and night to perfect it before posting it, but not me! Wisdom and I have never been on speaking terms. November 7th. I believe that a little bit of rebellion and spontaneity can be a good thing. Not a fan of drugs or alcohol, I believe that there are plenty of ways to be responsibly irresponsible. Last night, for example, a casual 8:30pm game of Roaké with Sham, Elmo, and Unc, turned into a 14-hour marathon until 10:30am with Sham, Payam, and Vafa—who joined us from Kanata at 2:30am! November 5th. We had a blast at the Matrix on Wednesday; almost not wanting to leave. But as the Oracle says, 'Everything with a beginning...has an end.' Here are the pictures. November 4th. Are you tired of paying money just to make calls within Ottawa? MartinsQuest.com has a free solution. Just dial 688-FREE (3733) before the call (you may want to add this to speed dial—or just visit this website :) and the call is free (supported by a 1 - 15 second advertising blurb). No strings attached, just free calling! Have fun! November 3rd. I am buying 48 tickets for 43 confirmed people to see Matrix: Revolutions on Wednesday at 8:00pm at SilverCity. If you want one of the remaining 5 tickets please call me immediately. PLEASE BE AT THE THEATRE BY 6:25pm.
Please bring $10 cash (ATM available) to buy ticket from me. Those coming:
November 3rd. As I continually strive to bring my actions in conformity with the laws of the land, I present the Canadian laws of file sharing as an update to my October 30th post. November 1st. A group of Catholic
School girls are being
hailed as heroes for attacking a man that repeatedly exposed
himself in front of their school in probably the biggest
perversion of justice I have seen this year. After 'Bobby' apprehended
the man down the street, and before the police officers could arrive, the
man was surrounded and brutally punched and kicked by the crazed crowd.
A story that really stirred me was one where
a Klansman found himself in the protest section of a KKK rally and was
being beaten mercilessly by enraged protestors—until
a lady came to his rescue—a
black lady. She shielded him from the blows and screamingly implored the
crowd for mercy and reason. They relented their hate-filled attack and the
man was escorted safely away.
October 31st. I auto-created a 270 degree panorama of downtown from the Lees complex using 8 still photos in Ulead's Cool 360 program. It would have been much better had I used a tripod and stood in the same place. Oh well. October 31st. Now see 'Cluster Love' in it's first live performance, and other pre-production clips. Broadband recommended. October 30th. Don't forget this Saturday at 8:00pm Matrix CARDevotional: If you live out West, strongly consider going to
Vafa's mirror Matrix Devotional, although, as always, you are more
than welcome at both. October 30th. My website appeared to be down from 5:30am to 7:30pm, so I contacted customer support, to receive this message: "The server that your
site is hosted on has been hacked. October 30th. Another tragic consequence of being so high profile is attracting crazies (female stalkers). They just come out of the woodwork. Take the most recent one, a young lady who e-mails me from iluvemartinbraithwaite@hotmail.com. I am offering a $5 reward to whoever can provide me with information leading to her identification, (name, real e-mail, home address, phone number, approx. age, etc). Here are the facts I've compiled thus far:
October 30th. Copying Music: the Answer
This may be the most exciting thing to come out of MartinsQuest.com which I am very proud to announce. I was researching Canadian copyright law and here is what I have found:
Read my more in-depth analysis with sources here. October 28th. A large group of us is planning on seeing Matrix:Revolutions when it comes out on Wednesday November 5th. Stay tuned to RSVP. Some people don't understand my love for Carrie Ann Moss, but I think she is the total package. October 27th. Yesterday Ottawa had a great Reflection Meeting. There was guidance, skits, Subway subs, a live video feed from Paris, and even a rap performance. October 23rd. A scary term, 'Survival job.' October 22nd. A milestone has been reached! In less than 2 months of being live, compassionate viewers of my website have sympathetically visited Vafa's website 1000 times. (300 if you take out his own hits) I'd like to thank all those who have have sacrificed their time and energy to encourage and support this up-and-comer, despite the paucity of interesting material contained therein. I'm sure he looks forward to your patronage for many more sympathy milestones. -Martin October 21st. Another memorable contribution to Vafa Look-Alikes ©. One more and I'll have to create a new page! Two portions can be clicked on to reveal the high quality original. Vafa Hashemi & Popeye
October 19th. I'm off to Montreal with my family today for a 12-hour visit. We'll see my dad and my wonderful step-mom Carla as we tour the city that gave birth to me. October 18th. I just finished watching the professional play "The Dress of Mona," by King Fisher's Theatre. The story of Mona was an inspirational one that swelled certain subcutaneous ocular glands. October 15th. On Saturday, November 1st we plan on holding a Matrix-themed CARDevotional. We'll watch both movies, with plenty of Matrix inspired games and activities in between. The first movie will be over by 11:30pm. Matrix: Reloaded will start around 1:30am, and is intended primarily for hard-core fans. We will also be seeing Matrix: Revolutions when it comes out 4 days later on Wednesday. Stay tuned for those details. October 15th. SCARY: A 6-year-old Florida boy had his fingers bitten off while he was sleeping! Read more with video. October 14th. I'm breaking protocol and blindly trusting a friend. :) A____ e-mailed me a link to this song which he said was hilarious. I cannot by nature agree with him because this remix of 50-Cent's In Da Club is in Farsi. So here is the link or (here) October 13th. On September 18th, at 5:46pm I recorded this quote from somebody. However, in dictating it onto my camera I forgot to say who said it, although the person's voice is in the background. Please help me identify the person, or fess up if it was your quote! Update: Gordon approached me and said, 'didn't I say that,' to which I responded, 'Yes you did; yes, you did.' October 12th. In university I was
introduced to
spoken word—the
marriage of poetry, music (or at it's essence, rhythm) and performance. It
is accentuating the rhythmic elements inherent in a poetic work, or adding
a rhythm, or rhythms, to a poetic work—thereby
expanding the texture, the context, and possibly the meaning of the work.
You can accentuate these rhythmic elements through your verbal delivery,
or you can add music (through a variety of instruments and vocalization),
or both.
October 9th. P. is the only person I know who will talk trash even though deep down he knows that his charges lack any support in the contingent world. Despite beating him in tennis 6 months ago—in an albeit close, tie-breaker match—his rhetoric has waxed stronger and his demeanor has noticeably toughened. This, all despite the patent superiority of my game as observed by any dispassionate observer. Equilibrium fought a tough battle to find the correct balance as I dealt P. a devastating 6-1 loss in front of a close peer. He was no match for my service guns, vicious volleys, and overhead thunder. October 9th I've got permission to post a really funny movie-poster. Please laugh, enjoy it with your friends, and stay posted for the finished product. How I got consent for this I'll never know. October 8th. Thanks Sarah for your Vafa look-alike suggestion. Here it is in unfinished form. If anyone else wants to give their suggestions, please don't delay. And before anyone says that Vafa doesn't look like anyone/anything, let me just say that agree...he doesn't even look like his own dad if you know what I'm sayin'. Vafa Hashemi & Freddie Prinze Jr.
October 7th. On August 22nd I uncovered evidence of a dishonest arm-wrestler. Recently, I discovered more intel that definitively paints this character as a cheater. In this minute of déjà vu I rest my case your honour. October 6th. I slept
for 16 hours after a blood-rushing day of paintball in Quebec with 19
other combatants. Armed with 'markers' (don't say guns) and a
barrel of 'paint' (don't say paintballs--the establishment is trying to
move away from its military background) we ran through trees and along
trails opening fire against enemies and teammates alike! I registered only
a few kills, while being tagged by Sahba 3 times. This might have been the
youth committee's most successful event to date, and look to Vafa to post—officially
or otherwise—the
pictures of this institutionally sanctioned bloodletting. See a few
unofficial pictures. October 6th. An interesting article on "Urban Tribes," something I feel we've sorta developed with the Ottawa youth. October 5th. Paintball is today at 9:30am. It is a damn shame that I was playing cards with Sham, Unc, and Dru Hill until 7:00am. October 3rd. Don't forget to make periodic monthly trips to my philosophical page to scan for updates. September 29th. CARDevotionals now have a new page to call home: www.CARDevotional.tk Includes pictures and description. Took over 7 hours to create.
September 24th. Many websites have cheesy guest books. A few have a cheesy bulletin board. Well I've just assembled a Wiki board. What is a Wiki board you ask? It is a page that can be edited by anyone and any information shared. So please give me your thoughts on this idea, its potential, and any other stray thoughts you may have. Also see my Bahá'í challenge. September 23rd. The next mega CARDevotional is scheduled for Saturday, September 27th, at 8:00pm, after the 3pm city-wide Feast. Although geared for those who live in the Orleans/Cumberland/Sector-1 area, if you live outside that area you are welcome to attend--hopefully providing that you can bring a few friends as well. :) Please RSVP! September 23rd. PAINTBALL !! Check out all of the salacious details at Vafa's website. Also see the hilarious mock-pictures he made of the event. He's talented! September 23rd. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I was switching servers. So to update your hyperlinks, replace 'bahaiunityclub.com/martinsquest' with 'martinsquest.com.' Other than that, enjoy the new features that a private server will now afford me.
Guesses:
Actual: Sham September 15th. Is Vafa overweight? And if so, is he trying to hide it? Look carefully at the evidence taken from his very own website. (used with explicit permission) September 12th. Update...until I find a job I will only be updating the website on weekends. Sorry to all of my die-hard fans, but this seems to be the only way to get my priorities re-prioritized. Please continue to enjoy the site and if you have any complaints, just click this ill-advised link here. September 12th. Aya had a birthday recently. Here are those pictures. September 11th. I have been keeping up with taking pictures, believe it or not, and most are ready on my new pictures page. (including the long-awaited Risk and Montana's pictures) From now on, if I have small batches I'll just place them on that page instead of taking up valuable room on this one. Also, a few mis-quotes were added. September 11th. Ever wonder where visitors to MartinsQuest.com came from? Now there is a 'World Visitors' section to satiate your curiosity. September 8th. As a report of how my experience was at the "A Perfect Circle" concert, suffice it to say that I renamed the group, "Aperfect Circle," and "A Perfect Circus." The only thing that saved me from this electric-guitar-smashing, techno-rock-cacophony was a pocket-sized copy of the Hidden Words that I had smuggled into the concert. Brief 30 minute breaks with this outside of the concert doors proved to be my savior. Update: Justin appreciated this commentary.
Sept 5th. I was working on building an animated gif for my MSN 6.0 picture. Instead of manually switching pictures, which at least in my eyes makes it look like you're trying too hard, I decided to automate the procedure. It didn't work for MSN, but here it is for your enjoyment. Sept 5th. Two new Martin-style riddles on my growing philosophical page. Sept 4th. Vafa has some amazing content on his website but was hitherto paralyzed by the mistaken notion that it needs to be perfect before he posts it. This included a joint project with me that saw Tupac's Changes rap evolve into Ottawa. It is now presented here in all of it's glory by rappers DJ Martin & Funk Master Vafa. September 4th. Let the games begin. Here is a quote taken word-for-word from Marc's quickly assembled website, "Elly was born in shiraz, Iran, at the age of 13." Personally, I had never heard of anyone being born that late in life, but I guess Elly was the exception! September 2nd. My brother Justin convinced me to accompany him to "A Perfect Circle" concert on the 5th. I'm not inclined to go, but if there is anyone who has a car, and is over 18, and would like to take my place...please let me know. September 2nd. Marc Lecorre has just entered the Ottawa website scene and has his humble offering is available here. August 31st. A bunch of us went out to Montana's all-you-can-eat ribs tonight. It was great, punctuated by Gordon's salt-in-water gag pulled on a defenseless Homa. Watch 2.4MB. August 30th. A few dozen pictures of yet another intensive Book 6 study circle with the Ziaei's and Sahba. August 30th. Coming home from the West end of town I was treated to a wonderful display of hot air balloons that littered the path. Taken at 120+ Km/h from my sunroof, I hope you can appreciate the shots. (Not that interesting) August 30th. I'm so proud of University of Florida's Bahá'í Unity Club for overhauling their website. Each iteration the site takes seems to be an improvement by an order of magnitude. Congratulations to all of those tireless servants of the Cause. August 29th. We had a special treat at our Book 6: Teaching the Cause study circle today (with pics), as two Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) joined and participated in a process which ostensibly aims to refine the manner and way we share the Message which is our Faith. They promised to come again, and I'm sure that they'll richly contribute to the experience. August 28th. P. is coming back to town on Friday and wanted me to announce it and collect suggestions and curry enthusiasm for events to mark the occasion. Below are some ideas. August 27th. Through special efforts by Don and Pauline Irving, world-renowned singer, Grant Hinden Miller preformed tonight in Ottawa! As usual, MartinsQuest.com is proud to display the pictures. August 26th. After dozens of grueling hours working on 295 pictures of summer school, I have build a dignified stand-alone site, and designed an automated action in Photoshop that adjusted the contrast, colors, size, and shadows. I then grouped the pictures into categories and created the web pages. Trust me, it was tough. But enough whining...here is the masterpiece.
August 24th. Because of my new digital camera...pictures from today's picnic are already posted! August 24th. Rarely will I publish things
twice on the same page, but
Afshun's
recent commentary into the whole tattoo foray must be seen by all: August 23rd. As a way to feel good about my site and myself, I routinely keep track of the ranking my website gets in Google for various search terms. Scroll down this page to the left and see this listing. If you find a good #1 that I haven't listed, please let me know. August 22nd. My brothers came back from their recent 7-week trip to Florida and my mom from her month-long vacation in Europe. The reason that everyone needs to be alert and stay clear is a little, yet powerful device that my brothers brought back. It has the potential to increase my powers ten-fold. With this scepter I wax invincible. August 22nd. I'm organizing a tackle football game at this Sunday's noon-time picnic at Vincent Massey Park. Hundreds are expected for $6 noon-time Lebanese food and soda and for dinner which is only $3. Last time in football, Sham, Andrew, and Sarah sincerely felt they bested me. Hogwash! Little did they know that I was just toying with them after purposely placing myself on the weaker team. Revenge will be enjoyable. All welcome! August 22nd. Still bitter that I couldn't decisively beat a such a feeble opponent in arm-wrestling, I took the time (30 mins) to analyze what really happened. August 19th. I am expecting Homa, Sahba, and Sonya over in an hour or so to help me clean my house before momz gets back. I've already been with the latter two all day in a hastily arranged Book 6: Teaching the Cause study circle and the ensuing, all-expense-paid dinner, at their house. Update: After staying for 2 1/2 hours until 1:30am, having enjoyed jumping and wrasling on the trampoline, and Sahba having accepted the coveted bachelorette designation, this depleted trio has left to rest for tomorrow's intensive day of Institute training. August 19th. There are still a few hours left to wish Mahtab a Happy 13th birthday. August 18th. Mahtab has just entered the fray of MartinsQuest knockers, with her contribution available here. Of note, despite my urgings to the contrary, she insists that quotes out of context should entail random words that I've spoken strung together by her imagination. So a quote like, "I'm a Mees lover!," could be from 3 different sentences! It should read, "...I'm...a...Mees...lover...! Oh well, it's not the intellectual dueling I had hoped for, but it is a step in the right direction. Please don't put any stock in any quote as they are wholly ficticious. August 17th. Pictures from Friday's house party are now available, along with newly available pictures from ROBSI! August 16th. I've been urging
people to have competing sites with mine--creating venues where we can
josh one another and have fun in front of a web audience.
Vafa (warning:
sound) has boldly accepted, as has Marc.
D@ve
said ok as long as I don't use his picture or his name. Go figure. And
Misagh obviously is swamped with pre-Med stuff. Stay tuned for the mud
to start flying and for things to get really personal! August 16th. About 20 people came out for my introvert's party which lasted until 5:00am for about 7 stalwart guests! Five (5) new people learned Roaké and you can expect their names to be soon added to the rankings. I've also just received my first visitors from South Africa and Spain--Welcome! August 15th. My 8:00pm house party tonight is still in high gear. Despite the sporadic power outages, we will continue as planned with Risk, Roaké, Pizza, and Chill. 841-8999 for more info. RSVPs - yes: Me, Marc, Carolyn, Elly, Shameem,
Elham, Sonya, Sahba, Homa, Vafa, Andrew, Kamran, Nicolas, Alison, & Dr.
Who.
August 15th. Despite repeated warnings against spoofing the names of people on forms on MartinsQuest.com, P. has continued with his habits. As such I banned his IP address from my site until I receive an apology that I can post on this site. I would like to thank those who are comfortable with who they are and do not resort to assuming someone else's identity. August 12th. So my brother Justin is thinking about getting a tattoo more permanent than the henna one you see below. Please offer your advice as to whether or not he should proceed with this course of action, and if so, what words, if any, should he get inscribed beneath (or around) the 9-pointed Bahá'í [sic] star?
August 12th. On Friday the 24th, at 8:00pm, I will be having a all-night house-crashing PARTY, replete with Risk, Roaké, Pizza, and Chill. Everyone is welcome and expected. This invitation is only being extended via my website...aka I have no plans of sending out an e-mail invitation...a way of thanking my loyal web community. Please bring a snack 'cause you know I'm po'. Also, RSVP por favor: August 12th. I've just spent the last 6 hours straight designing the analysis page for the recent summer school (3 hours on top composite graphic, 1 hour on the bottom one, and 2 hours on content and formatting). Usually I don't link to anything that I haven't completely finished, but due to how much time I've invested, and how proud I am of the results, I'll make an exception. The analysis is coming, but in the mean time...enjoy! |
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August 11th. My pickiness in eating is near legendary...loathing both vegetables and vegetarians. Not blind to the reality of its more healthful nature, I guess I'm just venting at my own ignorant stubbornness. Here are some items that I would eat: August 10th. I hope that everyone likes the new entry portal to MartinsQuest. August 10th. A comprehensive review/summary/analysis of my first Canadian Bahá'í Summer School is on the way. I have to figure out how I'll present any non-complimentary thoughts while accurately maintaining the immense feeling of fun and fulfillment that I enjoyed. Incidentally, the host, who took a bazillion pictures, (a 'bazillion' is a billion times a billion) will be sending them to me on CD in 2 weeks or so for me to post exclusively on this website. Update: 295 pictures are on their way as I write this. Update: 295 corrupted pictures just arrived. August 8th. So I'm off to Bahá'í Summer School until Sunday, but I'll leave you with a funny commercial (6.5MB - MOV encoding). Enjoy! August 7th. I just bought three domain names including: August 7th. I updated a few things on the Philosophical page and added a 'Time Machine' on this page right under the menu to the left, which details what I will be doing. August 6th. I just spent a whopping 18+ hours on the 4,500+ word write-up for how ROBSI summer camp went. This is a must see! Please read this before asking me anything about the camp! It's all here! |
December
15th. In Gainesville, while attending University of Florida, I
was ensorcelled with the song
December 11th. Last Sunday I had the good-pleasure of serving
alongside Aram in teaching spiritual education and virtues to 5-6 year
olds in Bahá'í class. Wow. Little I had done previously, save training in
Ruhi Book 3: Teaching Children's Classes, could have prepared me to
instruct a dozen children for two hours. Interestingly, I successfully led
a group in singing, "Shine your Light on me," and playing, "All my
Friends." Wow.
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September 22nd. Never one to put anyone else in a box, or label
them, I'd just like to prove something to someone online. Would you
disagree if someone described the skin color of the girl on the right as
brown? Or is there clearly a better word to describe her complexion? 
September 20th. Attention please. Based on a hugely underserved
market, MartinsQuest.com is proud to announce that it will be sponsoring
the first ever rap battle in Ottawa. Stay tuned for the time and location
(approx. 2 weeks away), but register now to be in attendance or
participate. The event will be filmed and posted exclusively here. 
Sept 6th. As a service to my loyal fans, I will trace the
infectious disease that has arrived here via British Columbia. It started
with Sahba as she brought her 6-week-and-counting cold to Ottawa. Homa
was the first to catch it, then Vafa, me, and Andrew.
Now
Gordon, Mees, and Justin are battling the symptoms. Is
this justification for xenophobia? No, but it doesn't mean that we can't
make adjustment difficult for her. No, I'm joking...welcome to Ottawa,
Sahba!
August 15th. What were you doing at 4:11pm on the
14th? Submit your humorous or gut-wrenching stories soon—to be posted and
enjoyed by all. 
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