Have to let people know. I'm passionate about this. My people were a former enemy of Iran..now is not the time to be enemies. If you missed it, read my first entry about it here.

WARNING: A few violent pics ahead. These aren't even the worst of them.

i realize now i do not fear death... i fear my daughter will not be free when i die

- From the Twitter of an Iranian medical student

"If it bothers you so much, then why don't you stop watching?" seems to be the question of the last few days from my friends and family who know how invested I have become in the cause of the Iranian people (as I have explained in great detail here) The answer is simple: one day of caring is not enough. We must be the voice for the people of Iran who would otherwise be silenced. They are without reliable news sources, they are without mobile phone calls, text messaging, facebook, twitter, youtube, AIM, Yahoo, Google, and pretty much every other useful outlet for information you can think of. Yet they persist on the streets and on the internet in any way they can. The least we can do, whether we are across continents, oceans, or time zones, is spread their words safely.

My death is irrelevant.Wht is important is that u do not forget my words.We want freedom.i will die 4that

- From the Twitter of a protester in Tehran

Right now, brave men and women in Iran, both young and old, are sacrificing their lives for their voices to be heard. They must fear not only the police, but also the Basij -a force of men loyal to the government who plant themselves among crowds in plain clothes in order to discretely attack protesters and incite chaos.The protesters are peaceful. They mass together in crowds that are reported to grow in size every day. At night they have very few, if any, safe places to stay. Houses with satelite dishes were attacked by the Basij tonight, and during the 50 minutes of Twitter's maintenance, another university was attacked.

140 characters is a novel when you're being shot at.

- From another Iranian Twitter

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?

1. The most obvious thing to do is stay informed. Keep an eye on reliable sources on Twitter, refresh blogs and news sites that are covering the stories.


2. If you are on twitter, retweet information from reliable twitters, but REMOVE THE USERNAME if they are in Iran. People have died because of the lack of responsibility by fellow tweeters and the media in this front. They can be tracked down by the government of Iran.


3. Spread the information elsewhere. Repost this article or write your own on Facebook, Myspace, Tumblr, or anywhere else you can think of. If you write your own, make sure you are concise and accurate. Link to your sources for people to learn more.


4. Change your location on Twitter to Tehran or Iran, and your time zone to GMT +3:30.


5. DO NOT auto-refresh and take down websites, even if you are asked. It slows down the internet for the rest of the people in Iran.


6. If you make a proxy DO NOT post it publically, otherwise it is useless. Send it in a direct message to a trusted source.


7. DO NOT spam the hash tag #IranElection with useless things to "confuse the government". This does not help at all.

USEFUL SITES TO FURTHER HELP

Cyber War Guide for Iran Elections

Green Revolution - How to Help

Anonymous - Why We Protest - Iran

STAY INFORMED!

Follow on Twitter: @ProtesterHelp and @StopAhmadi

(REMINDER: DO NOT REPOST PERSONAL TWITTERS OF THOSE INSIDE THE COUNTRY, EVEN IF THEY ARE RELIABLE!)

Chronology of events

Live-blogging by Andrew Sullivan

General information from a poser on Fark.com

Live-blogging on HuffingtonPost

دنیارابگوییدچطورآنهاانتخاباتمان دزدیده اند
Tell the world how they have stolen our election

- original article by one_hoopy_frood on LJ

Quickly, before back to studying, as I have 2 tests tomorrow.

I like my new default icon.

Oh, and my laptop charger is being a complete bitch, and likes to not charge my laptop at the slightest movement. Time for a new charger then.

But back to my default icon.  What's happening reminds me so much of the graphic novel Persepolis I read for summer reading my 1st year of college.  But anyways, no cut because this is important.  So get your heads out from under the fandom or self-centered cloud and know what's going on in a country not many people like.  Comments disabled because I can do it. Free speech for all!
For more information: PICTURES: here and here NEW INFORMATION: Here - near constant updates Here - ONTD_political live post ON TWITTER: @StopAhmadi, @ProtesterHelp

Quickly then back to working :

I realize I haven't used this icon in months, but that's besides the point.

So who remembers this entry?  For better (or for worse, I'm not sure), I guess you could say we're not on speaking terms at the moment.  A few days after I wrote that entry I had a chat with my former HCA (House Community Adviser), in which she told me pretty much to stay away from her, because she's just attention-seeking and such.  As I quote, "She's a glutton for punishment".  I couldn't agree more.  We've had a few terse words with each other this week, and especially this morning where I told her off on class and the exam on Thursday, and I'd rather not pay her any more attention. Fine, you keep complaining how much you hate Cog Psych and don't understand it and say you have a lot of work and shit and decide not to go to class the day before we have our exam and stuff but then go to some crap class at night.. so you can go to the crappy class but not the important class? don't play this bullshit with me.   She can go to her other friend and whine and complain about it and the other friend can be all sympathetic towards her, but not me, not anymore.  I don't need people who are dragging themselves down and want me to go down with them.

Just had to get it out of my system.  It hasn't been bothering me in the least; I'm quite glad we're not talking.  It's like a burden has been lifted and I can go back to my life.


Lollipop (not the Lil' Wayne song, the Big Bang/ 2NE1 song) is an addictive song..it's been on repeat for hours at a time. 0_0

It's already 9:00. -__- *stalks off* 

This isnt' an update about me. Well, it is about me, though it's something that's been pissing me off for the past two weeks, which might explain why I haven't been around as often as I have been.