Cyrus Farivar

I was accepted to University of Virginia and the London School of Economics today.

David [talking about his Irish history paper]: It used the word “cleavage” in the first paragraph. And it wasn’t talking about anatomy. Me: Did it talk about cross-cutting cleavages? David: No, and nor was it talking about Kriss-Kross. Me: Right, because those are . . . completely unrelated. David: Yeah, but at least they’ll make you “Jump Jump.”

I would post more, but I have to finish copying out this Farsi essay and it’s late. Cake was fun. Too short, but their new album sounds promising. Sacto seems like a cool place. True Love Coffeehouse rocks. I’m going to be going to NY while I’m in Hartford, and the j-school is paying for it, covering something having to do with the War on Terror, for my J298 class. More on this as details become available. Full thesis action…

No further news from the grad school front. In other randomness, though, I ran into David P. Jacob on campus today walking out of Barrows Hall. He was dealing with some bureaucratic stuff about graduating, even though he’s not actually walking (he’ll be in Germany). He, and his Persian girlfriend Maryam and I had lunch at Ruen Pair, a great Thai restaurant in Albany. It’s always good to run into old friends. I’ve finally finished my rough Farsi translation of…

I got into LaFollette School of Public Affairs (UW-Madison), but not into North Gate.

So confirming what I heard on NPR this morning, The Eyeranian says that the Iranian state news has reported that bin Laden has been captured for awhile now, even though the US and Pakistan deny it. As he says: I would normally ignore this, however it is hard to forget how the same source reported on the arrest of Saddam way ahead of all other news agencies. Besides, with the U.S. abandoning everything in Afghanistan outside of Kabul to tribal…

Macworld’s Editor Jason Snell postulates on the future of iPods: Is this the beginning, middle, or end of a trend to photograph statues with iPods attached to them? Can the Lincoln Memorial or, more importantly, the Sun God be far behind? But Cyrus is far from the only person walking the campus of UC Berkeley, iPod in hand. Today’s edition of the Berkeley campus newspaper the Daily Californian features an amusing opinion column by Anna Kaufman about being one of…

It’s for the cultural events: The Fula From America: An African Journey by Carlyle Brown directed by Louise Smith March 4-27, Thursday & Saturdays, 8pm Tickets: $15-22 sliding scale A solo show based on writer/performer Carlyle Brown’s own travels in West Africa. The Fula From America is the story of one African-American’s search for an African identity. Set in 1981 the traveler sets off alone on an adventurous journey that takes him through Senegal, Mali, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Sierra…

[Via Dan Gillmor] No joke. You are bidding on an auction who’s sole purpose is to offer nothing. Bidders will recieve absolutely nothing upon winning this auction, save the usual emails alerting them that they have won and instructions for payment. Despite this auction being for nothing, winning bidders are still expected to pay. Buyers who do not submit payment in a timely fashion will get negative feedback. It is requested that winning bidders submit payment along with an email…

So I usually don’t listen to American rap, but I will say that “The Grey Album” is pretty interesting. Today is Grey Tuesday, meaning that for 24 hours, various websites are posting DJ Danger Mouse’s “The Grey Album” on their sites in its entirety to protest EMI’s decision to censor this work. “The Grey Album” is a great mixture of The Beatles’ 1968 “The White Album” and Jay-Z’s “The Black Album”. Anyway, if you have a few minutes, go snag…