A long way to go

Women's rights in Iran have fluctuated over the last century.

Currently, women in Iran make up 12% of the Iranian parliament. There also has been many victories in the courtroom for women who are looking for divorce. Crimes against women are taken very seriously, and enforced with harsh punishment. Just recently a man got a lashing sentence for sexually harassing a women. Also many women hold positions such as a taxi driver and law enforcement positions. One Iranian women was quoted as,"When there is equal opportunity, we have proven the women can in fact be superior to men, unfortunately this is not something our men readily accept".

But women are still being denied into popular soccer stadiums. Just recently, at a film awards ceremony, an actress kissed the forehead of a male director. She caused serious controversy and her career will never be the same.

A women has never served as a president or a judge in Iran. After a divorce, a women can never gain full guardianship of her children, under any circumstance.

President George W. Bush singled out several countries that still suppress women's rights, among them was: Iran, North Korea and Burma.

Iran has covered some ground when it comes to women's rights, but we remain to have inequality for women there. We still have a long way to go.

Beyond the Veil

Beyond the veil,
the newly formed earth is shaped around me.
I enter nothing,
to become something.
Without remembering an instant,
I cannot forget a moment.
Born with total knowledge,
waiting for the world to claim it.

Beyond the veil,
her eyes show nothing but promise.
I pledge mine,
as she hers.
With hesitance,
but without regret; I do.
Tonight and the rest of our lives,
we are complete.

Beyond the veil,
the departure from life.
Easiest for you,
and hardest for them.
My time,
to remind someone of life.
Apparition to the celestial skys,
beyond the veil.

The 10 Things I Learned from Pulp Fiction

1) Don't run into a pawn shop unprepared.

2) Always know how to give an adrenaline shot.

3) If you hit Marcellus Wallace with your car, keep driving.

4) In the fifth, your ass goes down, and it should stay down.

5) If Mia asks you to dance, you better dance.

6) If you are not romantically involved with a girl, don't give her a foot massage.

7) If you are ever in a sticky situation, call Winston Wolfe.

8) If you are pointing a gun at someone you do not intend to shoot, put the safety on, trust me.

9) Always keep a valued watch in a safe place, at all costs.

10) If the Gimp is sleeping, don't wake him up.

* Also, don't tell Jimmy how good his coffee is... he knows.

Going to the mattresses

Going to the mattresses

" Going to the mattresses", is a phrase used in the Godfather to depict going to war. In the Godfather, it never turned out how they hoped. Corleones made a hit on a family, then that family kills the Don's son. They try and get even and it goes round and round until they are left with nothing...unless someone calls a truce.

Unfortunately, this applys to real life too. As important it is to always be right, you can't always go to the mattresses when you face a challenge. The hardest thing to do is walk away knowing you made the right choice. Recently I faced a similar experience when I felt the compelled need to go to the mattresses, but I resisted. It is hard to fight back your overwhelming pride; but often times you can come out the other end unharmed by doing that.
So, if you feel the stakes are getting to high, you need to know when to fold. Because you never know when you'll pick up a flush.