Persepolis is a coming of age story, of Marjan Satrapi, an Iranian woman who had to leave her country because of the war and politics/culture change that occurred after the fall of the Shah regime. From what I understood, the story is from Satrapi's own experiences and point of view. As a child, she went through a revolution, war, losing loved ones ( Read more... )

Today I slept for almost 15 hours in total. That's scary. But then again, I guess I was pretty tired from this week's activity. Dear Unicef, I'm gonna quote a line from 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown!'... "How do they expect us to write a book report of any quality in just two days?" Seriously, as worldly organization, they should know better. ( Read more... )

Sorry for being MIA, but my body decided that keeping off the keyboard was mandatory, but it didn't stop me from clicking the mouse. I got bored during my rest and voila, a fanvid is born (also, a few icons). My wrists still hurt, but it's better than a few days ago. Will definitely avoid push-ups (thanks Monique :P) in the near future ( Read more... )