Comments on: Before I Go to Sleep http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/before-i-go-to-sleep/ With Sake, nothing tastes better than Olives. But you would have to be a Levantine living in Japan to know that Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Leila http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/before-i-go-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-5236 Leila Thu, 21 May 2009 09:42:36 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=752#comment-5236 I think you've made your Watan from you words, you've built it like a child mounts a puzzle. I do believe there are many other Watans inside of you, in that part of us hidden by a body and an acquired something called language. I don't know how those packets carrying your words got to my machine but finding myself reading such ideas all thrown on some nicely puzzled words, I just cannot pass by without leaving a - congratulations for owning the wisdom of the words and for having the courage to puzzle the arranged puzzle. Good luck... I think you’ve made your Watan from you words, you’ve built it like a child mounts a puzzle.
I do believe there are many other Watans inside of you, in that part of us hidden by a body and an acquired something called language.

I don’t know how those packets carrying your words got to my machine but finding myself reading such ideas all thrown on some nicely puzzled words, I just cannot pass by without leaving a – congratulations for owning the wisdom of the words and for having the courage to puzzle the arranged puzzle.

Good luck…

]]> By: Omar http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/before-i-go-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-5222 Omar Tue, 19 May 2009 21:16:02 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=752#comment-5222 "So we dream on. Thus we invent our lives. We give ourselves a sainted mother, we make our father a hero; and someone’s older brother and someone’s older sister – they become our heroes too. We invent what we love and what we fear. There is always a brave lost brother – and a little lost sister, too. We dream on and on: the best hotel, the perfect family, the resort life. And our dreams escape us almost as vividly as we can imagine them…" - John Irving - Hotel New Hampshire so we build this watan, we create this virtual attachment, and one day we look back and find out that those vivid images are losing color, so we work extra hard to keep them there, an then you understand why he had to rest on the 7th day.. I haven't been here (or anywhere for that matter) for a while.. but I must tell you that I am really moved with how mature, deep, and complex your thoughts are.. damn it... you made me miss blogging even more..... grrrrr “So we dream on. Thus we invent our lives. We give ourselves a sainted mother, we make our father a hero; and someone’s older brother and someone’s older sister – they become our heroes too. We invent what we love and what we fear. There is always a brave lost brother – and a little lost sister, too. We dream on and on: the best hotel, the perfect family, the resort life. And our dreams escape us almost as vividly as we can imagine them…” – John Irving – Hotel New Hampshire

so we build this watan, we create this virtual attachment, and one day we look back and find out that those vivid images are losing color, so we work extra hard to keep them there, an then you understand why he had to rest on the 7th day..

I haven’t been here (or anywhere for that matter) for a while.. but I must tell you that I am really moved with how mature, deep, and complex your thoughts are..

damn it… you made me miss blogging even more….. grrrrr

]]> By: Posh http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/before-i-go-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-5008 Posh Sat, 09 May 2009 13:14:22 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=752#comment-5008 I've been gone and too busy. I guess I may be a bit late to comment but I have the same reaction as all the above... Great writing. I related to almost all of it. I've been contemplating many of these things, the watan, the god... How I on most times claim to be an atheist when deep down I sometimes feel that there is some deity within. I’ve been gone and too busy. I guess I may be a bit late to comment but I have the same reaction as all the above… Great writing. I related to almost all of it. I’ve been contemplating many of these things, the watan, the god… How I on most times claim to be an atheist when deep down I sometimes feel that there is some deity within.

]]> By: Fantasia http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/before-i-go-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-4975 Fantasia Thu, 07 May 2009 15:39:16 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=752#comment-4975 Bravo... Bravo Cher Homme …. Complex, intelligent and full of tangents that are not …tangents. I will revisit. As for feeling close to God, well assuming there is one, perhaps we try to hard. Is it in the trying that we loose the connection? Paralysis by analysis. Bravo… Bravo Cher Homme …. Complex, intelligent and full of tangents that are not …tangents. I will revisit. As for feeling close to God, well assuming there is one, perhaps we try to hard. Is it in the trying that we loose the connection?
Paralysis by analysis.

]]> By: dubaijazz http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/before-i-go-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-4971 dubaijazz Thu, 07 May 2009 08:33:52 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=752#comment-4971 Whoa!! Great post!! it might be feasible for you to just drop out of school and start to write for living. I mean it. And btw, I smoke my demons away too. Except that I do it with an argileh. Bastards they love the apple flavor. :) Whoa!!

Great post!!

it might be feasible for you to just drop out of school and start to write for living. I mean it.

And btw, I smoke my demons away too. Except that I do it with an argileh. Bastards they love the apple flavor. :)

]]> By: damdoom http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/before-i-go-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-4964 damdoom Thu, 07 May 2009 04:30:51 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=752#comment-4964 lousy readings....yet leading to this brilliant writing! what can i say??!!........ i'll just dedicate fairouz's "سهار" to u : ) lousy readings….yet leading to this brilliant writing!
what can i say??!!……..

i’ll just dedicate fairouz’s “سهار” to u : )

]]> By: Mariyah http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/before-i-go-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-4962 Mariyah Thu, 07 May 2009 03:50:38 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=752#comment-4962 Oh!! I've been told!! ;) Well, there's something waiting for you at my place...come on by for a read. Oh!! I’ve been told!! ;) Well, there’s something waiting for you at my place…come on by for a read.

]]> By: Yazan http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/before-i-go-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-4947 Yazan Wed, 06 May 2009 21:02:14 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=752#comment-4947 Mariyah, I will be waiting, patiently. You've left a lot of threads hanging in the air, and that's not fair, neither to them, nor to us, your loyal readership. Mariyah,
I will be waiting, patiently. You’ve left a lot of threads hanging in the air, and that’s not fair, neither to them, nor to us, your loyal readership.

]]> By: Yazan http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/before-i-go-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-4945 Yazan Wed, 06 May 2009 21:01:02 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=752#comment-4945 Arima, Thank you for your wonderful words. And yes, I more than agree, the simplest part of blogging, is the most beautiful one, the bloggers themselves. All the best. Arima,
Thank you for your wonderful words. And yes, I more than agree, the simplest part of blogging, is the most beautiful one, the bloggers themselves. All the best.

]]> By: Yazan http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/before-i-go-to-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-4944 Yazan Wed, 06 May 2009 20:58:49 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=752#comment-4944 Anas Qtiesh, Thanks for dropping by Anas. Now, I can imagine that thoughtful silence a little better. It was great meeting up in Damascus. Anas Qtiesh,
Thanks for dropping by Anas. Now, I can imagine that thoughtful silence a little better. It was great meeting up in Damascus.

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