Cyrus Farivar

I forgot to mention that I had an article in last week’s Daily Cal. My good buddy David Boyk is editing the Arts page over the summer, and he commissioned me to review a children’s book. I picked my favorite book of all time, Goodnight, Moon.

Well, I finally got Internet access (Thanks SBC!) a full five days ahead of schedule. WiFi is up, and is open. Time to catch up on The Daily Show. 🙂 This marks the end of my two week vacation since graduation. My goal was to have the house up and running by the end of two weeks, and I’ve done it. Gas is working, electricity is working, Internet is working. I still need to figure out the exterior lights. Any…

Lauren and Maria helped me pick out some sweet curtains, a cover for the sofa, pillows, shower curtain, carpet for the coffee table, candles, garden torches at IKEA yesterday. I’m hoping that I still gain some respect from my male friends even though I have strawberry, grapefruit and watermelon candles spread around the house. Picked up Boyk and Michelle today from OAK. El Ojo de Agua was had. Man, that taco truck is good. Chorizo is amazing. Gas was turned…

خیام، اگر ز باده مستی، خوش باش با لاله رخی اگر نشتی، خوش باش چون عاقبت کار جهان نیستی است انکار گه نیستی ، چوهستی خوش باش – خیام Khayyam, if you are drunk on wine, be happy If you smell the face of a tulip, be happy For the end of the world’s work is non-existence Imagine you were not, but you are — be happy – Khayyam

In case you missed it, France’s population has rejected the EU Constitution. I’m interested to read more analysis on this later. Back from Cincy. Good to see Dallas off. Good to be home, though. New kitchen sink tomorrow. Curtains with Maria/Lauren tomorrow. Gas is turned on Tuesday, but no Internet until June 7. WTF!?!? (Good thing for me, there’s WiFi at the Hudson Bay CafŽ nearby.) Party on Saturday. At least I got some freelance work to do. 🙂

Greetings from Cincy, where I’m helping my buddy Dallas pack up his apt in preparation for his move to France. I’ve never been to Jesusland before, save a car trip from LA to Atlanta when I was eight years old with my grandparents. I’ve spotted one W ’04 sticker, but not much else. I arrived yesterday morning for the first of my three day sojourn. Dallas picked me up at the Cincinnati airport (which is actually in Northern Kentucky). We…

Instapundit points to this piece in FP, basically pointing out that, gee, Arabs aren’t culturally backwards. People of Arab descent living in the United States are doing far better than the average American. That is the surprising conclusion drawn from data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000 and released last March. The census found that U.S. residents who report having Arab ancestors are better educated and wealthier than average Americans. Whereas 24 percent of Americans hold college degrees,…

Greetings from the Hudson Bay CafŽ, a reliable source of WiFi, on the corner of Hudson and College in North Oakland. This will be my new Internet fix until my Internet gets going by next week. Their hot chocolate leaves something to be desired. But this nabe is really fantastic. Pendragon’s and Diesel Books are within walking distance, as is George & Walt’s, a local bar I want to try out. The house is getting set up, bit by bit.…

I’m back in B-town. Or rather, technically, Oaktown, at my new digs in North Oakland, which are totally sweet. For the record, Maria and Lauren are awesome for coming to pick me up and Rich and Boyk are awesome for helping me move my brother’s stuff the other night. I won a pair of free tickets from KALX to this show at 12 Galaxies in the Mission on Wednesday night. First person who emails me who wants them can have…

Contrary to popular belief, I actually do like New York. But, as I’ve said many times, I’m not in love with it. Here, my mind has been on California pretty much the whole time since I’ve been here. A California Republic flag hung over my bed, a large state map hung on the opposite wall, and a photo of the San Francisco skyline adorns my laptop background. Since the time that I left, I’ve always said that unless I had…