doberman pizza. a baha'i (bahai, bahá'í) blog.

bleah

someone send me a heads-up from somewhere where it’s not overcast and grey. :P

temple of light

all I can say is: wow.

oh and happy father’s day to all you dads :)

aaaaaahhhh

i love persian food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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bad moon rising

happy friday the 13th. have you noticed the full moon out? according to anonymous poll, exactly the same proportion of people as usual had bad luck today.

it was a pretty crazy day delivering pizza today (no, I didn’t quit yet). a rainy Friday night before Father’s Day weekend. would you want to cook dinner? well, if you like cooking maybe. but I guess a lot of people just want that good old home-style congealed grease. with a side of slaw!

I made $32.00, not counting tips (with tips, probably 50-55) I spent $7.00 on gas and around another $10.00 on food and coffee. Tomorrow I’m not working, I’m going to Montreal for Ruhi Book 7 (yay!). With all the driving around I’ve been doing, It’s been like like a round trip to Montreal in four days. With lots of starts and stops. Grumble.

To end on a happy note, here’s the funniest MMF (make-money-fast) spam I’ve ever seen:

A Priest, a Rabbi and a Cleric were walking one day

To find out how Katie did it, Click on the link below…

i’m a superstar

look mom, i’m on camera!

tuesday evenings, anyway.

here are some archived pictures: headphones closeup groggy damn you profile insane west side 1 west side 2

the funniest thing

I just remembered something really funny that I saw last night on my way back home. I was driving down one of these back streets in a residential area, when across the road comes this cat, a cute peaches-and-cream little guy. he stops and looks at me in an oh-no-headlights-what-do-i-do sort of way. then I notice something else moving, and suddenly, this tiny mouse does a couple of backflips into the beam of my headlights. OH MY GOODNESS. That was so cute. then they keep going across the road, the cat doesn’t seem to intend to eat the little guy, he’s just got this what in blazes is this? look about him.

it was cute. I felt better after that.

the buck stops here

yipes I sure wiped myself out yesterday. I woke up at 6:30 and worked from 10 to 10 (with a break from around 1 to 4:30). well I did make some pretty good tips, so all in all it wasn’t a total waste. but let’s just say that I’m not planning to do that again.

I was thinking something interesting yesterday: the past year and two months I’ve been pioneering have really helped me establish limits, boundaries if you will. Mind you, there’s lots of them I have yet to set, too. Like telling people, hey yo, I just woke up at 6:30am and I need to close up at 10pm, I can’t work all the hours you’ve asked me to work in between.

I think I might just forget about this pizza delivery job and look for something else to bide my time with. I mean, doing delivery is ok, but considering that a) it’s not well paid, b) I’m using my own car and paying my own gas, c) to make it worthwhile (as in, to make anything close to minimum wage) I have to work entire days, d) lots of other very good reasons, it’s just not worth it. maybe I could stay on for friday and sunday nights or something, but otherwise, this is really not something I want to keep doing.

well. I guess I have to find a day job then. that settles that.

I still haven’t heard back from the extremely busy president of the big ESL college in town. did I mention I passed their aptitude test to become a teacher? All I need now is to schedule a training session where I can pick up the basics of how their teaching method works.

I would like a trip to Europe.

who’s the man?

MASHED POTATOES! I made mashed potatoes today. they were creamy and good. I have lots left over. Tomorrow morning, I think I’ll make Bubble and Squeak!

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The way to a man’s heart is through 6 small eggplants. I hope this is a good recipe and I’m not housing myself by putting it on my website.

Kashke Bademjoon

Ingredients: (4 servings)

• Small eggplants, 6

• Kashk, one glass (kashk is thick whey, and should be purchased in Iran or at an Iranian store)
• Tomato paste, one spoon
• Medium onions, 2
• Dried mint, 2 spoons (or 200 grams of fresh mint)
• Cooking oil
• Salt
• Black pepper

Directions:

Peel eggplants and slice length-wise to a thickness of 1 cm. Add salt and pepper and fry on both sides on medium heat until golden. Add half a cup of hot water to one spoon of tomato paste and mix well. Add to eggplants and cook over medium heat for about 4-5 minutes.

Peel onions and slice thinly. Fry in oil until golden. Also fry dried mint in oil for a few minutes. Alternatively, fresh mint can be used. If so, wash and finely chop mint, then fry in oil. Pour kashk evenly over eggplants, follow with onions and mint, then serve.

table oven

you’re now reading the blog of one of the new members of the administrative council of the Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi Drummond. Pretty cool, huh? they had a meeting of the general assembly (or however that’s supposed to be used in a sentence) tonight, and I suddenly realized that they’re all a bunch of very strange people. well, perhaps I should say that they have pretty refreshing senses of humor. it’s the first general assembly meeting I’ve been to where we were given little paper umbrellas, had to duck every five minutes, and got to practice our golfing skills. I think I’ll leave my description at that for now and let you all wonder about the rest.

We had another edition of the infamous Ruhi 2 study circle in Victoriaville last night, which, as usual, was plenty of laughs, deep thought, and throwing around a stuffed pelican. Last night we went through the infamous “positive-negative” exercise, where we all joined in a free-for-all of alternately complaining and being optimistic. Man it just blows my mind how these study circles can be fun and yet we LEARN SO MUCH. I don’t know what we’re doing to have it turn out so good but it’s the most fun I’ve ever had. It’s infamous!

I got to see Geneviève and Craig’s new house. They now live in the Arthabaska sector of Victoriaville — the southern one, closest to the mountain. Man is their place beautiful. They have an amazing view. They’re right up there nestled in the hills. Craig kept telling me how he would wake up in the morning and feel like he was in a holiday home. And the house itself is, well, wow. It’s really ideal. big, open, spacious, welcoming, everything a Bahá’í home should be.

Over the weekend I participated in a Ruhi Book 7 study circle in Montreal. That was another pure joy. Actually it was the first time amongst all the study circles that I’ve done that we were stirring up so much trouble and acting so goofy. But still we got all our work done! man I love these people. Oh, and Mom, Dad and Catherine came down from Ottawa to meet me while I was there, and Mom brought me this really gorgeous table with a design in it that she etched herself. I’ll take photos and put them up here.

I love study circles. They’re not like anything I’ve ever experienced before. It’s a circle of people who forge bonds between them, study the sacred Writings of the Bahá’í Faith, and share their understanding of them freely, openly, without any sort of pressure or censure. People just open up, and we just deepen our understanding and learn the most amazing things from this sharing. Where else in this world can we have an experience like this?

If you’d like to take part in a study circle in your area, send me a comment using the link on the sidebar of this page.

And in one last note: More pictures are up from the Montreal Bahá’í Youth Conference! There’s a set from Payam and a set from Martin. Go check ‘em out!

the great a.m.

Oh wow we just had the most amazing event on Thursday morning. Yesterday was the anniversary of the Ascension of Bahá’u'lláh, which is commemorated eight hours after sunset (about 4 AM EDT), which is when His physical death took place. And wow. I got a wake-up call from Jessika, one of the Bahá’í youth here in Drummondville, at 2:30 AM. I woke up properly, ate a bit of food to tide me over until the morning, got dressed, and went out to pick them up at around 3:15. We got to the Lachance home at around a quarter to four. We quietly stepped down to the basement lounge, where candles were lit and a program was awaiting us. We started with various readings and prayers from the Bahá’í Writings, as well as pieces of music, and afterwards we watched a video called “The Pilgrimage” which gives you a look at the various holy places at the Bahá’í World Centre that you see when going on pilgrimage. For example, it shows the room where Bahá’u'lláh spent the last days of His earthly life. It was really very beautiful. I really want to go on pilgrimage now. Oh well, give or take five years… And once the video was finished, it was around about sunrise, so we went upstairs and had a hearty breakfast with cheese, toast, oatmeal, and various other goodies. Yum! Also cool: Gabrielle, a Bahá’í youth from Montreal who is on the 3CJ and is cool, was with us (on vacation and visiting her parents, the Lachances).

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