Cyrus Farivar

OFFER OF ACCOMMODATION Dear Cyrus, We are pleased to offer you the following accommodation in a UAH property: 434 West 120th Street # 5E2 New York NY 10027 One bedroom in a two bedroom apartment share. This unit is unfurnished. Billing rate is $693.00 Per Month Ethernet Service Charge $25.00 Per Month. Utilities are not included. Wanna see a blueprint? Sounds great! My roommate is a SIPA (School of Intl. Public Affairs), so that should prove to be interesting —…

Considering that I stole your thunder last time, Rachel, I’ll wait until later — but I will say that we’re all proud of you! Also, anyone want a free subscription to Wired?

Well, trip to LA went well, more or less — a mild exchange with my Dad on Sunday notwithstanding. It was good to see family and a couple friends and what not. (In addition Made it back easily on BART, and overheard a guy called Dennis who is the promoter/manager for KaliFam talk to some other guy about the music business. I learned two things of note: 1) AndrŽ 3000 of Outkast fame is currently shooting a movie where he…

Anyone know of a $1400 or less apartment (2 bedroom, living room, etc) apt within walking distance of campus? He can move in mid to late July. Email me if you have any insider information.

Last night my family went and saw a new Persian film called “The Lizard”, a contemporary Persian comedy, which is something of an oxymoron. In the last 10 years or so, in the new wave of Persian cinema with films like “The White Balloon,” “Children of Heaven,” “Rain,” and so forth. They tend to be quite simple and beautiful films, but very melodramatic and heavy as well — and they don’t differ a whole lot from one to the next.…

Our family cat, Magic, died two weeks ago when we were in Chicago. I just found this out today. I wasn’t particularly attached to him, as he was a very large and boring orange tabby cat — bigger than our dog (a bichon frisŽ, Marcel). But still, I find it weird that no one thought to tell me. I went to the LA Farmer’s Market in Fairfax for the first time today and had some gumbo ya ya at a…

“Fuck yourself,” said the man who is a heartbeat from the presidency. . . . There is no rule against obscene language by a vice president on the Senate floor. The senators were present for a group picture and not in session, so Rule 19 of the Senate rules — which prohibits vulgar statements “unbecoming a senator” — does not apply, according to a Senate official. Even if the Senate were in session, the vice president, though constitutionally the president…

There was a minibus crash in northern Senegal today, nearly 30 dead. The paramedics took 50 minutes to arrive. Xinhua News Twenty-eight people were killed immediately, three died later in the local hospital, and 34 others were injured. The authoritieshave flown 14 seriously wounded people in two planes to the capital of Dakar for treatment. Reuters DAKAR, June 24 (Reuters) – Two public buses collided on Thursday in the northern part of Senegal killing 28 people and injuring 27 others,…

I got approval for a short piece for Wired magazine! Woo-hoo! I’m in LA through Sunday afternoon — I barely made my flight in OAK yesterday, and the security fuckin’ took my hex key (aka “Allen wrench”), which I have in my Camelbak pocket. C’mon guys, it’s a hex key! (“Sorry, no tools of any kind are allowed on board.”) You’d think that they would have invented a system where people can leave stuff at the security desk and then…

Without ever having sent a Gmail message, I have six invites now. Who’s interested?