Amir

I finally designed Amir's new blog ... altho only now I found out a lot of bugs that weren't there when I was testing it ... so I gotta redo it for sure (and I'll promise I'll do it soon Amir).

I met Amir last summer, through my best friend Mehdi who absolutely selflessly let me mingle with his vast array of ultra-cool friends whom were all absolutely and amazingly welcoming and accepted me in their circle in no time.

Me and Amir had more stuff in common probably. I mean just the fact that we were both kids from Shahrak and both took the swimming lessons at Khayyam as kids under the same coach (Kakavand) makes us part of a unique brethren.

Now, after Mehdi himself, this guy (perhaps unknowingly too) had the biggest role in my intellectual developement (if there is any). He introduced me to Salinger, which for some extremely bizarre reason had the biggest of imapcts on my psyche and intellect ... Not only that, he gave me a shitload of books when I was leaving (The sweet Borges) and also a lovely Origami art (which he made himself, of course).

So ... it was a VERY long time that I wanted to do something for him in return, to express my grattitude. I wanted to draw him, in fact I wanted to do it last summer when I was still there, but for various known and unkown reasons, it took me only about 7 months to finally do it. Anyway ... I hope now he'll update more. He's one of the very few people blogging in English from Iran, you know, livin' it up, surviving in the ghetto (!!), so his perspective can be priceless ... if only he writes more.