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samira

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About Me

"They always say time changes things,
but you actually have to change them yourself"
Andy Warhol

My Interests

this is the year of good habits.

I'd like to meet:

people huggers

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Music:

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Television:

project runway makes the world go "make it work!"

also, check out this show, opening September 24th at Imix bookstore in Los Angeles.

Books:

TIME magazine. but i swear i only get it for the pictures!

Heroes:

solmaz, who gives me new heroes everyday.
fall in love with her again and again, like I do, at www.ginandsin.blogspot.com ..

My Blog

Im running a marathon!

I woke up at 6am last Sunday to run 14 miles. And that..s just the half of it.That..s right, between running from job to, well, other job, gallery to, well, other gallery and then back again, I spend ...
Posted by samira on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:32:00 PST

STOMPING GROUND:Young Women of Color Explore Homeland

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Posted by samira on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 02:53:00 PST

cause for celebration

so i finally tore myself away from my newly busy schedule to do a drawing for a show on the theme of "strange figurations."when i first read the call for submissions for the "strange figurations" show...
Posted by samira on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:26:00 PST

the artist formally known as student

my work my work my work!!!thats one "my work" for every time ive tried and failed to post this damn blog.these are actually the images from the show i had last december. remember that? thank you to ev...
Posted by samira on Mon, 01 May 2006 11:26:00 PST

norouz resolutions

this is a very important time of year.this monday marks the spring equinox. technically, this means the sun will be rising higher and higher with every passing day, until the summer solstice in june, ...
Posted by samira on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:44:00 PST

speaking in mother tongues

I am unusually adept at learning languages. I speak three languages- English, French and Farsi- fluently, and studied a fourth, Spanish, for two years with considerable success. I cant tell if thi...
Posted by samira on Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:15:00 PST

whats in a name

last week i went to a local coffee shop (which will go unnamed because, dammit, if im gonna advertise, theyre gonna pay) in desperate need of a "medium iced coffee with soy milk. please." "ok. what...
Posted by samira on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

withdrawal

i admit, there are times i really want to watch tv. take eating, for example. I usually eat alone, so what am i going to do? i need my hands which makes reading hard and i get too distracted when i d...
Posted by samira on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

my television is up for attempted murder

ladies and gents, this here is a manifesto: i will not watch anymore tv until i get back from iran this summer. that is 8 full weeks of no tv. by then i should have (hopefully) reclaimed a signific...
Posted by samira on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

because everyone liked it so much..

its kinda like this years eid mehmoonie. i sat on the side-lines clapping, laughing, for an hour, warding off drunken requests to dance with maybe-laters and oh-but-ive-eaten-too-muches... but stil...
Posted by samira on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST