feels like dancin' on the ceiling ...: 
apathetic
apathetici feel like a song ...: Lion - Sheryl Nome & Ranka Lee
10 petals | beneath the sakura blossoms ...
モモ色の空
peach-coloured sky
01 July 2009 @ 09:28 pm
17 June 2009 @ 08:27 pm
If you are reading this right now, you have more luxury than someone in Iran could ever hope for right now. If you are watching TV or a video on youtube, updating your status on Facebook, Tweeting, or even texting your friend, you are lucky. If you are safe in your home, and were able to sleep last night without the sounds of screaming from the rooftops, you need to know and understand what is happening to people just like you in Iran right now.
They are not the enemy. They are a people whose election has been stolen. For the first time in a long time, a voice for change struck the youth of Iran, just as it did for many people in the United States only seven months ago. Hossein Mousavi gained the support of millions of people in Iran as a Presidential candidate. He stands for progressiveness. He supports good relations with the West, and the rest of the world. He is supported with fervor as he challenges the oppressive regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
On Friday, millions of people waited for hours in line to vote in Iran's Presidential election. Later that night, as votes came in, Mousavi was alerted that he was winning by a two-thirds margin. Then there was a change. Suddenly, it was Ahmadinejad who had 68% of the vote - in areas which have been firmly against his political party, he overwhelmingly won. Within three hours, millions of votes were supposedly counted - the victor was Ahmadinejad. Immediately fraud was suspected - there was no way he could have won by this great a margin with such oppposition. Since then, reports have been coming in of burned ballots, or in some cases numbers being given without any being counted at all. None of this is confirmed, but what happened next seems to do the trick.
The people of Iran took the streets and rooftops. They shout "Death to the dictator" and "Allah o akbar." They join together to protest. Peacefully. The police attack some, but they stay strong. Riots happen, and the shouting continues all night. Text messaging was disabled, as was satellite, and websites which can spread information such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and the BBC are blocked in the country. At five in the morning, Arabic speaking soldiers (the people of Iran speak Farsi) stormed a university in the capital city of Tehran. While sleeping in their dormitories, five students were killed. Others were wounded. These soldiers are thought to have been brought in by Ahmadinejad from Lebanon. Today, 192 of the university's faculty have resigned in protest.
Mousavi requested that the government allow a peaceful rally to occur this morning - the request was denied. Many thought that it would not happen. Nevertheless, first a few thousand people showed up in the streets of Tehran. At this point, it is estimated that 1 to 2 million people were there. Mousavi spoke on the top of a car. The police stood by. For a few hours, everything was peaceful. Right now, the same cannot be said. Reports of injuries, shootings, and killings are flooding the internet. Twitter has been an invaluable source - those in Iran who still know how to access it are updating regularly with picture evidence. People are being brutally beaten. Tonight will be another night without rest for so many in Iran no older than I am. Tonight there is a Green Revolution.
For more information:
PICTURES:
here and here
NEW INFORMATION:
Here - near constant updates
Here - ONTD_political live post
ON TWITTER:
@StopAhmadi, @ProtesterHelp
دنیارابگوییدچطورآنهاانتخاباتمان دزدیده اند
Tell the world how they have stolen our election
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one_hoopy_frood15 June 2009 @ 11:08 pm
15 June 2009 @ 01:47 pm
11 June 2009 @ 07:26 pm
One of the assessment components for the students of the Visual Communications subject is an exhibition of 2 of our best works throughout the Creative Industries faculty.
I was just on campus today with a camera, and decided to take a few pictures of my works on display: ( pics under the cut~ )
On a completely unrelated note, I bought The Moth Diaries off eBay today (hey, it was going for only $9.20, plus shipping! *__*). I felt like new reading material -- I haven't finished a good novel in months, omg -- now that I have a bit of spare time since classes have ended.
I heard The Moth Diaries being recommended on![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
fandomsecrets (shh, nobody's supposed to know I actually go there O_O). It sounds like Twilight, but with lesbians. Ooooh~ 8DDD
I really want to get No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai (ever since I heard it mentioned in Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei, heheh), but it's so expensive, even online. ;_; I doubt any local booksellers stock such an obscure book, either ...
I was just on campus today with a camera, and decided to take a few pictures of my works on display: ( pics under the cut~ )
On a completely unrelated note, I bought The Moth Diaries off eBay today (hey, it was going for only $9.20, plus shipping! *__*). I felt like new reading material -- I haven't finished a good novel in months, omg -- now that I have a bit of spare time since classes have ended.
I heard The Moth Diaries being recommended on
fandomsecrets (shh, nobody's supposed to know I actually go there O_O). It sounds like Twilight, but with lesbians. Ooooh~ 8DDDI really want to get No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai (ever since I heard it mentioned in Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei, heheh), but it's so expensive, even online. ;_; I doubt any local booksellers stock such an obscure book, either ...
i feel like a song ...: Candy Line - Takahashi Hitomi
23 May 2009 @ 04:50 pm
I went out to buy groceries today.
Somehow, through a bizarre turn of events, I ended up buying new shoes, and totally forgot about the groceries. >_<
( wth, self. )
Somehow, through a bizarre turn of events, I ended up buying new shoes, and totally forgot about the groceries. >_<
( wth, self. )
16 May 2009 @ 09:49 pm
Normally I don't blog about shopping ... but for some reason today seemed special, hehe~
( today's random sequence of events ... )
( today's random sequence of events ... )
i feel like a song ...: Yuki no Tsubasa - redballoon
16 May 2009 @ 12:27 pm
Yesterday was the anniversary of Al-Nakba ("The Cataclysm"): the mass deportation of Palestinians from their homes, massacres of civilians, the mass destruction of Palestinian villages, and the establishment of the state of Israel.
( Rally for Palestine in Brisbane )
More information:
Nakba: http://www.alnakba.org/
on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_Day
Global Movement to Boycott Israeli Goods: http://www.bdsmovement.net
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel: http://pacbi.org
Justice for Palestine, Brisbane: http://www.justiceforpalestinebrisb
( Rally for Palestine in Brisbane )
More information:
Nakba: http://www.alnakba.org/
on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_Day
Global Movement to Boycott Israeli Goods: http://www.bdsmovement.net
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel: http://pacbi.org
Justice for Palestine, Brisbane: http://www.justiceforpalestinebrisb
14 May 2009 @ 12:03 pm
Hiya Flist! ^^ If you're a girl between the ages of 15-25 years, please fill out this poll for me ... it's for my Visual Communications assignment, heheh. XD
I included lots of ticky box love, have fun~
Poll #1399560 adjectives to describe you?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
Please excuse some poor grammar and spelling here, I wasn't really thinking straight when I was typing it out, LOL~)
I included lots of ticky box love, have fun~
Poll #1399560 adjectives to describe you?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
Which of these adjectives would you most LIKE to be described as? (accuracy is not a criteria; what would you be flattered by/aspire to be? check more than one option!)
View Answers
fun
10 (90.9%)
flirty 2 (18.2%)
spontaneous 6 (54.5%)
freaky 1 (9.1%)
♥♪♫☆ 3 (27.3%)
interesting 9 (81.8%)
outrageous 1 (9.1%)
vibrant 6 (54.5%)
young 4 (36.4%)
creative 8 (72.7%)
whimsical 2 (18.2%)
... 2 (18.2%)
cute 6 (54.5%)
quirky 5 (45.5%)
sexy 4 (36.4%)
con'td: Which of these adjectives would you most LIKE to be described as? (accuracy is not a criteria; what would you be flattered by/aspire to be? check more than one option!)
View Answers
independant 7 (63.6%)
reliable 6 (54.5%)
interesting 7 (63.6%)
dangerous 2 (18.2%)
^.^ 4 (36.4%)
elegant 3 (27.3%)
witty 6 (54.5%)
persuasive 3 (27.3%)
assertive 3 (27.3%)
generous 3 (27.3%)
caring 7 (63.6%)
feminine 0 (0.0%)
sweet 4 (36.4%)
endearing 3 (27.3%)
pretty 7 (63.6%)
Please type in several more adjectives you'd be flattered to be described by/aspire to be (for longer comments, please Comment):
Please excuse some poor grammar and spelling here, I wasn't really thinking straight when I was typing it out, LOL~)