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UPDATE: Pictures of Study Circle! With 5 new videos!
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 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
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. 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 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 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. 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. 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 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 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. 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 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 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 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. 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 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 10th. The little engine that could. I just came back from a 3-on-3 basketball game at Lees in which some magical things happened. (Playing were Payam, Vafa, Andrew, two Lees Latinos, and myself) I played amazingly well, even garnering the unofficial MVP honors for one of the games. This is remarkable because I was unarguably the least skilled of the lot, with my size also at the bottom of the barrel. Everyone brought it, but my game was celestial—modesty aside of course. 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. 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. September 28th. I feel that I must extend a big fat
apology to my friends in Ottawa. My sloppily worded e-mail and
web posting
insinuated that invitations to those living outside of the Orleans area
was contingent upon bringing a friend. The phrase in question, "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. :)," was meant to get people
thinking about their friends who might be interested to come but were
never invited. 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. 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.
September 19th. Who's leg is this?
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 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. 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. Marc Lecorre has just entered the Ottawa website scene and has his humble offering is available here. 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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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. 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 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! July 23rd. I just finished a fierce battle of a tennis match with Lester, who although playing for only a year, put up quite a resistance. After this 6-1, 6-2 victory, it is time to humble Joubin, who has been all talk about his crushing forehand and dominant backhand. I can't wait to show him Big Bertha, my patented 110+ mile an hour, bone-crushing serve. Update: e-mail to Joubin,
Update: I created 3 absolutely hilarious morphs, and asked those depicted for blessings to post it. Below is the e-mail I sent, and the responses I got: Dear xyz, Outcome: Update: I have pre-permission from 4 people, and
tentative permission from a forth secured. Look for something around
August 10th. If you would like to be morphed, please
let me know. Latest comment: "Morph it up, baby. preferably with some
fly honies..." July 22nd. I was shocked to find out that Dr. David Kelly, a weapons expert educated at Oxford, who was the focus of international stir and under heavy pressure from the British Government and BBC, was a Bahá'í. Barnabas Leith, the secretary of the National Assembly of the Bahá'ís in the UK said Bahá'ís members would be praying for Dr Kelly, his wife, eldest daughter Sian, 32, and twins Ellen and Rachel, 30. Read news articles on the subject: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
July 11th. "On the evening of July 1st a bunch of us gathered for a little picnic, where we ate, played games, laughed, and were treated to an spectacular fireworks display. For all you who were there, thanks for making the evening so much fun...and all of those who weren't there, you were missed and we hope to see you at next year's picnic. These pictures give you a little taste of that wonderful evening." -Arash. July 11th. Vafa and I
have been arguing for about 2 weeks about whether LXG (League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen) would be a must-watch for the summer. I staunchly
believed it was going to tank and expressed my dis-interest in even seeing
it, whereas he was so hyped you couldn't smack the silly grin off his
face. Today I received this terse e-mail:
July 7th. I'm taking Ruhi Book 3: Teaching Children's
June 22nd. There was a great fund-raiser in the park in sector 7 today: $5 for Persian food and swarms of people. I even managed to get a tackle football game together with 10 people, including 6 girls (some pre-pubescent). In the end I felt that I owned Shameem, burning him on several occasions, whereas he felt his team had rightfully won 2-2. Strange. Either way, I got to vent some of that proverbial pent up anger while dancing around a handful of muppets in a display that was nothing short of spectacular. June 18th. An addictive golf game in Flash. See if you can beat my first score of 40 on your first turn.
June 17th. Ottawa just had it's third Reflection Meeting—a quarterly event held by Bahá'ís to evaluate where their community is in terms of three core activities: Children's Classes, Prayer Gatherings, and Study Circles. Attendees then make individual and collective pledges to advance the community along these lines. Here are some materials from the last meeting that made it, in the terms of one distinguished guest, "The best Reflection Meeting I've ever been to." Below you can see Jessica and I in one of our costumes, serving as MC's—we also wore Hawaiian and sweaty workout ensembles representing both fun and hard work.
June 15th. After laboring for days, including the entire night before our Cluster's best Reflection Meeting, I'm going to bed at 6:30pm and not waking up until ...Update: at 3:00pm Monday, 20.5 hours later, he awoke! June 5th. News: At London's Heathrow airport today, an individual, later discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a compass, a protractor, and a graphic calculator. Authorities believe he is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement. He is being charged with carrying weapons of math instruction. June 1st. A new bachelor? Sam Benoit is joining the ranks. Also, if any available bachelor (age18-30+) would like to be included, just e-mail me with your answers to the prompts and upload a few high quality pictures of yourself above. May 30th. Jaleh Hashemi asked me to do her a favour. I did. I was thinking of doing something along these lines but ultimately decided not to. May 30th. True quasi-embarrassing moments: when someone approaches me with concern to point out that I missed a small spot while shaving, only to hear from me, "I haven't shaved in weeks...that IS my facial hair." May 30th. Number one way you can tell that you are genuinely aligned with the guidance from the Universal House of Justice: someone asks you for your birthday and you instinctively respond, "25 February" instead of "February 25." May 22nd. I will now take a new posture on all posts, comments, references, or otherwise related to other people on this website. From now on I will get permission beforehand regarding anything being displayed on this site. This is aimed to effectively still the waters of ill-will, distrust, uneasiness, and disunity. The new MartinsQuest.com will be free from any trace of slander, libel, or unsanctioned satire. Although the content will inevitably more sterile, the spirit will likely be more vibrant, alive, and refreshing. I extent an apology to those whose grievances I too easily dismissed as quibbling cavils. May 19th. A video of Jaleh shamelessly and viciously attacking two Halo muppets. I was going to use her first sentence as a quote but anyway...Jaleh rocks! (Download - 5MB) Update: Jaleh's feedback, "...CLASSIC!!! I love it!!!!" May19th. Having just returned from the Montreal Bahá'í Youth Conference, I will be posting my thoughts online in much the same manner I dissected the Mississauga Young Adult Forum. I have 700MB of video that I'm looking for a practical way to share, but in the meantime this 5MB clip of a biblioklept will have to suffice. May 9th. Their have been some credibility issues raised by this Arabic News Network over the hunky bachelors featured on MarryMartin.com. May 7th. Penetrating
Insight into Martin’s Mind: Anger’s Antipode & Inherited Imitation (anachronistic) May 7th. Hurry up and sign up now. On Thursday, May 15th the Ottawa youth will be watching the sequel to the movie that brought the world bullet time and renewed the action genre. I purchased 15 tickets for the 10:00pm showing of the MATRIX at Silver City. I also negotiated a better rate and everyone is welcome to join us for just $10.00 (normally $13). Update: Here is a list of who went: Me, Justin, Gordon, 4 of their friends, Misagh, Marc & Elly, Catherine and more!
April 23rd. Meet Ottawa's most
eligible and hunky
bachelors. April 22nd. Do not drink alcohol, but don't just take my word for it... April 21st. Deep content
and analysis on the
Unravel the Mysteries Conference will be posted shortly. I did see
two of my long-time friends from Florida—Farokh
and
Chris. Preliminary summary of the experience: "amazing." April 16th. A little quiz for all of those who purport to know me: April 16th. Sparked by Payam's constant badgering and groundless trash talking, I've decided to unleash a brutal comparison of the athletic capabilities of our two persons.
*It should probably be noted that Payam has actually proved himself in bowling and basketball, whereas Martin having only proven himself in tennis, is relying on instinct and hastily drawn assumptions for establishing his dominance in tackle football. April 10th. Here is a riddle for you folks: Hirsute I'm not,
Notables: Winner: My mom, "Chest hairs."
March 30th. With time, and a protracted conversation with the ever-pacifying, ever-mollifying, and ever-conciliating Elhám, it is apparent that my CARDevotional solution was woefully off-target in its approach, indiscriminately broad in its scope, and and fatally flawed in its design. March 21st.
Martin is March 12th. Infallible Roaké (Shalém) Rankings
#: All names are 'Classed' alphabetically. *These rankings should not offend anyone. It is just a reflection of how much skill I’ve seen demonstrated in the time I’ve seen everyone play. As you play more, and your name gets out there, your ranking as such will surely increase. Therefore, be eager to prove these rankings wrong and advance quickly, rather than whining and crying, which will accomplish absolutely nothing. The rankings are slightly biased away from actual playing success and lean more toward demonstrated skill and ability. And yes, I am prepared to lose friends over this. March 10th. Looking over my shoulder at my e-mail inbox, Justin sincerely asks, "Are Dan and Nan G?" to which I quizzically reply, "They're married." The last thing I remember him saying is, "That's not going to go on your website is it?" February 30th. "Are Arash and Jaleh dating?," my mom asks, to which I respond, "Let me just say that I don't think that they would get consent." Hilarity ensues. February 5th. Gainesvillians: There was an 80% chance that I would be on a business trip to Ocala, Florida from Feb 11-16th. On one of those nights I was going to invite everyone to dinner--a Golden Corral's all-you-can-eat-including-steak foofaraw. Alas. February 1st. A good friend of mine challenged me to edit a photo of myself after having been on the butt end of a previous New Years alteration (pink). So I'm going to do exactly as he asked...here. January 24th. Will all of my friends please e-mail me. Ottowinians need not apply; for I had an event at my house last night that many people--calling themselves my friends--expressed interest in attending. So, with full preparations for 20, our family waited and waited and waited. Making a long story short, I was very pleased that all of my true friends showed up! All 0 of them. All was not lost...there are still a few people on my 'mild acquaintance' list that have shown real promise. Those ostensibly absent: S, E, S, A, P, H, H, & P (you know who you are, and please remember, 'don't call me'). January 10th. Just two months after "Don't Call Me" topped the charts, I proudly present the second installment in the series, "Stain the Name." It has already garnered critical acclaim for its musical charm, intellectual sophistication and unconstrained invectives. Listen. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. 
July 22nd. "Martin, I have a suggestion
for you to put on your site. You should have a 'If they mated'
site, and put [our friends] in Ottawa together and see what their babies would
look like. Like if you put...and...together, hahahaha. And you don't
need to get their permission! I give you permission!
☺ You can blame it on
me if they yell at you!" 
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Classes,
Grade 1
every weekend in July to round out the full sequence of
Institute courses. So far I've learned that children are not mere empty
receptacles waiting to be filled with knowledge bit-by-bit, but in
fact they are like mines rich with gems of inestimable value, which
education can alone cause to reveal it's treasures and allow mankind to
benefit therefrom. Julie and
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