culturemash

We all live with standards … some of us , well ours are lowered. However, when I read that the British are living better than me, I start questioning if I picked the right Western country to have sought political asylum years ago.
For the first time in more than 100 years, British living standards […]

It’s been a while, I know. I’m not lazy… I just realize that the focus of this blog has deterred somewhat. That’s alright, I don’t mind writing about me, I just think it might be a tad boring. I swear, I’m going to get contributors. You just wait.
Until then, more about me. I just went […]

When I was in my earlier teens, I used to borrow my dad’s clothes to add to my vintage/grunge clothing collection. Needless to say I was sort of a tomboy, but my dad has this incredible 70s wardrobe of stuff he no longer fit in. Clothes, that worn by me were still baggy, but somehow […]

Recently, if you’ve had the pleasure of hanging out around me, I’ve been doing what I think is my most annoying trait. I’ve been talking over and over, about a funny show I’ve discovered and gotten addicted to. The show is Flight of the Conchords, but what’s extra annoying is hearing me trying to impersonate […]

You know, people often think I should know where the line is between racism and things being just simply funny … because I’m obviously a culturologist, having a blog and all to make it “official”.
To tell you the truth, I have no idea where the line for humor shouldn’t be crossed. Today, however, I had […]

My father has been in Iran for over one week now. Why does this phase me ? He hasn’t been there for over 23 years since my family sought political asylum in the United States back in the eighties.
He called me the other night, and while I knew in theory things ought to be fine […]

“So, where are you from?”
This is one of the most annoying questions to me. Not because the idea is annoying, but to me it just can mean so much.
Lately I’ve been saying the West Side. But people want to know more than that. If I tell them I’m American, I don’t think I quite give […]