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nojan

About Me


I've been a nomad throughout my life (Germany for 15 years, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Boston, NYC multiple times, Stamford CT, Trumbull CT etc.)...... My last name, Bakhtiari, may have played a role in that. The Bakhtiari "tribe" was nomadic... trilingual (German, Farsi and English).... love to paint murals... dedicated experimental cook... somehow ended up in dental school.. ..

My Interests

Painting, Graffiti, StencilGraff, cooking, "ethnic" foods, feminism/humanism, playing basketball, Country bars

Music:

The Faint, Klee, Ruhrpott AG, Too Strong, ... Persian/Turkish/Arabic funk... Country

Movies:

The Dinner Game, Children of Heaven, The Red Violin, Mostly Martha, Rodger Dodger, The Graduate, Maryam

Television:

despise (most) TV

Books:

Persepolis 1 + 2, Bertolt Brecht: The Jewish Wife and The Informer, Herr Lehmann by Sven Regener

My Blog

greetings from vienna

Holy crap this has been an interesting ride thus far. Incredible things have happened along the trip in Frankfurt, Berlin and now Vienna... very short and quick summary for now:  -&...
Posted by nojan on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:25:00 PST

Going to Germany for the World Cup Final!

just booked my flight...I'm heading out to Germany on Tuesday night. I will be traveling to Berlin for the world cup finals and then it's off to Munich, Vienna, Paris, Cote d'Azur and M...
Posted by nojan on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 05:51:00 PST