Ancient Greece

It’s a public holiday, it’s around 1 o’clock in the afternoon, last two nights were two of my friends’ birthdays, and therefore I am hung-over; big time…
Doug says I am used to Aussie culture too much (or something like that) but I think I am practicing the Aussie lifestyle too much; I don’t think 2 months is enough to get used to anything (apart from a girlfriend’s nags)
Anyway, last week was quite shit! My first personal reason was that I couldn’t find a job. I believe (or reckon in OZ) that all the places in the CBD have my resume and CV and almost all of them have told me that they would call me later.
Secondly, I have to say I still don’t know what the heck I have to do regarding my assignments, bookings, attendance and stuff like that. I missed an assignment, and I was going to miss the second one as well. EMU’s email doesn’t work properly, and I receive emails sent to some other people! (Damn, it’s all just complaining)
Apparently, - as they say in England – the ices are breaking (?) in our class and people are actually talking, and for sure, bitching behind each others’ back!! (Don’t take it personally or serious or anything)
Bradley asked me on Wednesday March 7^th (to be kept in history!) about my opinions on America and Americans. As an Iranian, I do not have any slight single particular problem with either America or Americans, as well as any other individual person living on this planet! (the most delicate explanation possible!)
Just to tell you briefly of how I think, I would say:
- Although I do have lots of political opinions, I strongly believe that politics is a very dirty game, I don’t want to be involved but I would like to hear others’ opinions for sure.
- I have this acquaintance who is an American Republican. He is the nicest guy ever unless he talks about his political opinions. He is a total dickhead supporting George Bush and the war in Iraq and shit like that.. My point is that at least I have to pretend that I am civilised and tolerant!
- My very first aim at the moment is to make money to survive! Thus I don’t give a crap about any sort of tension around and I do my best to chill-out as much as possible.
- Having said all of these, I beg every single person NOT to pre-judge me because of “what a typical Iranian should think or look like..” thing.
- Television SUCKS. (It’s not really relevant but I needed to say it somewhere)
And this discussion would continue (most probably with Darren) later..

After a very tiring class on Thursday, all of us (EMU 1st year individuals!) got together in the backstage cafe hoping to have a nice time and stuff. I think it was me as well as Laura and Amy who were eating and suddenly and without any particular reason a subject of vomit! became the heading of the conversation. I would appreciate the fact that people intend to share their personal experiences with me/us but I kind of think it would not be the best idea to talk about this particular one in lunch time! Besides, this has happened to everyone. I think there is nothing special to it. Anyway, I ended up giving up eating and watching the interesting! conversation which lots of people seemed to be annoyed of it. But overall, I think we would have brilliant memories of Ben and it would make history. I hope there is no more puke history, though..

In a history class of ours, the lecturer (A pretty excited person, too passionate for a normal one) said that in ancient Greece, they had a strong link between music and philosophy; musicians were philosophers and vice versa.. check this:

Date: 370 B.C (when history was going backwards in terms of numbers!)
Place: Parthenon, Athens, Greece.
There is a fella who is so keen to learn music and there is a musician/philosopher as his mentor!
Fella: Hello, professor, do you have any idea of how I can survive in this field of music?
Musician: One has to realise the essence of universe. Thou shall fuck around not.
Fella: I won’t, but I don’t want any essence, I want to learn music.
Musician: Having belief in the spirit of Gods travelling from evil Persian Empire to the end of the world, it would be the time of music, for without that, there would be four substances of devil in you.
F: Dude, you don’t make sense, screw the Persian Empire. Am I going to learn music or not?
M: Learn the basics my son, figure out the materials making the heaven and the earth, use them, grow up, and plan the next incidents of your life.
F: I am not your son, my mom got pregnant when someone attacked Athens. Anyway, this is not the point. Can you give me some written material from which I can eventually learn music?
M: Thou should know of the elements of existence: Air, Water, Fire and Earth. Subscribe to the Athenian (the old Greek version of Australian newspaper) and gain some information. Escalate your knowledge and by the power of Zeus you will be me. I dub thee enthusiastic then.
F: Who the hell wants to be you? I think I better go start smoking κάνναβις (weed). I think it would get me to where I want quicker.
M: Ey, relax, do you have some? I am desperate..
..and this conversation goes on. Unfortunately, the ministry of censorship in the Vatican church hired a bunch of termites to eat the rest of the evidence on this discussion. In 1830 they said they were sorry and they promise it would not happen again.

We had a conversation including me, Bradley, Freddie and Nathan. There is an opinion of forming a weird band! By weird I mean a sort of fusion music. I am middle-eastern and I have my own background which is totally different to what is happening here musically, Bradley is an aboriginal of Australia. He definitely has loads of interesting ideas to put in the music, and these go for Freddie and Nathan as well, so, it could possibly sound nice as well as new. However, my former experiences would say that this would remain an idea for the next 25 years. But still, whoever wants to go for a mixture of exotic, ethnic, electronic, funky music, contact me or say it loudly and proudly in the EMU in front of us.
Again this post is too long, and I still am hung-over. I just put a picture here which I think is interesting. If you find it not interesting, solve your problem.