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I like coming downstairs in the morning and there is music coming out of Raina’s room, and there is a pot of water on to boil, and a couple of wonderful ladies sipping tea at the dining room table. It really feels like home now…I’ve lived alone too long in the dorms. Someone is always home with 5 women in the house, plus added friends, family, and random drop-ins.
This morning Jessica was reading out loud from some birthday book about our various personalities…the September 4th one (my bday) was right on. It was really funny…I usually don’t think those things have any merit but when all the girls are saying “oh yeah, that’s Sholeh EXACTLY!”…well, it does tell you something. I don’t what that something is, however.
Our house transmits sound quite well. Since it is about 100 years old, we have creaky wooden floors, squeaky doors, and random creepy noises. People talking in the kitchen can be heard in the opposite parts of the house. I think we’re learning to adjust our noise levels.
Greenlake Baha’i Conference was…peaceful. That is mostly what I take away from the weekend. I did not stress about anything, which is a really good thing. Definitely needed it.
My digital camera had no batteries, so there are no pictures. Yay for my memories.
Highlights:
-watching the guys (Dan, Eric, Justin, & Ben) try to light a bonfire for a good 1/2 hr. They finally got it…
-freezing as we walked from place to place
-bad rhymes at 2 am
-dancing with 5 other people in a very large, empty room for hours
-someone recognizing me from my comments on Bahaiyouth.com
-watching Sami’s facial expressions during the youth program
-giggling with Neda (I know you read this, girl…comment!)
-eating homemade Persian food for all of my meals (thanks mom!)
Ok, so with 6 classes, one tends to get confused about which class one is in at any given time. I literally had to check my schedule halfway through one of them to find out the title of the course.
Logic
Excerpt from text: The simplest forms of inference discussed in the last section are all instances of the principle that you can use already established cases of logical consequence in informal proofs. eeek!
Gender & Society
Turns out one of my aquaintances is in the class, so we’re going to have fun being silly together. Also, its all about women in the labor market, which I’ve already studied in 3 other classes. Easy A, hopefully. Open book and note final!!
Organizational Analysis and Practice
Evening class…the teacher was my TA last semester, and he gets very excited about the subject. Actually kind of interesting.
Human Resource Management
Don’t know enough about it yet, but there is a large amount of homework.
Consumer Market Behavior
This is the professor with the corny jokes. 
I like this one because we talk a lot about how consumers are manipulated.
Marketing Research
Boring. heh. Easy, I think.
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Anyone going to GREENLAKE this weekend and wants to give me a ride from the city? I have class till noon. Just leave a comment, or tell me if you know of someone.
And I hit the ground running. 18 hours, 6 classes. I already have 6 chapters to read before Wednesday.
I walked into my Philosophy 102 (Logic) class and discovered a couple of interesting facts. a) Neda is in my class, which is a dangerous and awesome thing. Much laughter will occur. b) Our professor is Australian. c) This will definitely be my hardest class.
One of my Marketing Professors has very broken English. The other Marketing Professor tries to make jokes…and usually fails, but I laugh to make him feel better.
Also, I am currently looking for a job, because my Disability Services job doesn’t fit my schedule anymore. I’m hoping for a campus job just so I don’t have to travel all over the place.
I’m driving to Louhelen tomorrow for the weekend, so I’ll be back on Sunday. I’ll have my cell, and I will check my email for sure. So really…nothing is changing. As usual, it is frighteningly easy to contact me.
hmph.
Speaking of socialization, the annual Friends of the Persian Culture conference is in two weekends, and if you have a student ID registration is only $20. Over 2,000 expected to attend, so come on down on Labor Day Weekend. Need more details, email me and I’ll give ya the lowdown.
Speaking of conferences, Greenlake Baha’i Conference is next weekend. I’m giving a workshop Saturday morning with a couple of friends, so come on over and check it out. 
I rode my bike to the library today to check my email, and it felt quite good to do so. Also, may I just say that the house is wonderful, and it is already starting to feel like home. It was really quiet today because no one was around…and I have a feeling that will be a rare thing with 5 girls. wheee!
*whispers* Guess what? I have NO IDEA what’s going on!
*panic sets in*
Oh well…I’ll just wing it.
*hops on bike to start a glorious adventure*
In every question of social interaction, the answer depends on the circumstances surrounding that question. When someone asks what to do about something, one must know more details in order to give an opinion.
Perhaps that is my problem with philosophy. I’ve taken philosophy classes (for fun), and I always got in huge discussions with my professors and TAs about whatever it was we were talking about. I guess things were so abstract that it seemed quite pointless to me sometimes.
Also, it always seemed that belief in God was seen as a weakness. Always found that quite funny. It’s like there is a campaign out there…”Being an Atheist is COOL. Join Now!” Come on now…it doesn’t matter! hehe. In any case, I enjoy reflecting on those experiences, and it has taught me to not get so frustrated at sheer stupidity. Well…sometimes. 
I’m going to go clean now. And eat.
Finish this sentence:
“I never leave home without __________.”
Also, my 21st birthday is in 21 days. If you REALLY must buy me something, see the Amazon wishlist on the right. haha.
so why d’ya fill my sorrow
with the words you’ve borrowed
from the only place you’ve known
why d’ya sing hallelujah
if it means nothin’ to ya
why d’ya sing with me at all?
-Damien Rice
I stood outside today on the lawn of my parent’s home. I hadn’t stopped moving all day…driving, eating, packing boxes. I hadn’t just…taken a breath and closed my eyes to think. When I opened my eyes and looked up, there were those cliched perfect white clouds with the perfect blue sea of a sky. The weather was such that I felt comfortable in jeans and a t-shirt (I don’t dress up all the time, you know…). For a blessed moment, there were no lawnmowers, chainsaws, cars, children shrieking, sirens, or dogs barking. The wind picked up just the slightest bit and brushed skin of my arms…
Even with all of the thoughts and stress and worry…things really will be ok. The eternal optimist in me lives strong. There are a lot of people I really miss right now and a lot of things I want to accomplish in less time than I would like. Sometimes I think I’m so impatient to DO things that I forget how much I really am LIVING.
No point to the title. It just came to me. The only reason it is there is because I finished reading The DaVinci Code a couple of days ago. It was an interesting, fun work of fiction, but I can honestly say I did not take that much out of it. Good to know what people are making such a fuss over, though!
I’ve edited my “People to Read” sidebar over to the right, and there are some new people! Andrew, the famously fantastic fun person that is really cool to know; and Dan Payne, the physicist spiritualist South Dakota-loving saint. Ok I made all that up but it was FUN! And they’re really cool people.
My dad is making his famous spaghetti (from scratch!) tonight, and even though I ate dinner 2 hours ago, my stomach is getting rumbly. I’m bringing the recipe for it with me in my head to the house.
My search for an apartment has ended. Well, it ended last week but I honestly couldn’t bring myself to write about it until I was really sure everything would work out.
It is very close to my school, the L, and 3 bus stops. It was renovated a year ago. Oh yeah, and its a HOUSE. We’re down the street from Shannon & Lev, which is exceedingly cool, of course.
-2 story (+ basement w/washer & dryer), 5 bedroom, 2 bath
-back deck, small yard in front and back
-free parking on side street
-hardwood floors throughout the entire house
-a kitchen that actually has countertops!! (my last place had none)
-beautiful molding on ceilings and around doors
There will be 5 Baha’i women living there (including myself), and it is going to be awesome. Yes, yes it will.
My internship draws to a close. I don’t have any real insights about it, except that I have very little interest in retail. hah! Who would’ve thunk it?
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There are usually reasons for the things I do, even if it doesn’t make sense at the time. There are certain ways I approach things, and if that isn’t the way someone else would handle it…well, I’m myself, not someone else, so it makes sense to do it my way, eh? I’m only 20 years old (almost 21), so I can’t claim that I have a large amount of experience in the world. I’m blunt, forgiving, trusting, silly, smart, and very tough when I need to be. I dislike confrontation but will take care of myself and those I love.
Most of all, I decided quite a while ago that letting people walk all over me was unacceptable. I do not put myself in situations where people feel they can take advantage of the fact that I’m a nice person. If someone makes me uncomfortable, I just can’t spend much time with them. That is simply what it comes down to.
I’m not very…personal on this blog. There are reasons for that, too. But the above is very public information about who I am, because I’m up front about that. Every aspect of “Sholeh” is non-negotiable, it is simply…who I am. And I really like that.
Ya Baha’ul Abha!!
O Glory of the Most Glorious!
I just think that…sometimes I don’t show enough appreciation for God and the universe.