Twitter has been instrumental in helping the Iranian people get their story out during this crisis. Thankfully things seem to be slightly more quiet at least for the moment -- there was another rally not too long ago of maybe 500,000 people, and supposedly the police are on the protesters' side and the Basij violence is dying down -- and one guy we've been following at ONTDP has had more time to tweet:


# far as eye can see people in every corner people everywhere...revolution is close to end...ghandi would be proud #IranElection

# i can not count the numbers to big #IranElection

# when all these troubles behind us i will get my camera back and go to the park with my daughter

# i will bring my brother and girl friend and we will say mullahs are so old their ideas are not modern and we will laugh and be free

# homosexuals will not die woman will not be stone to death we will be friends with world

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i realize now i do not fear death... i fear my daughter will not be free when i die
- From the Twitter of an Iranian medical student

"If it bothers you so much, then why don't you stop watching?" seems to be the question of the last few days from my friends and family who know how invested I have become in the cause of the Iranian people (as I have explained in great detail here) The answer is simple: one day of caring is not enough. We must be the voice for the people of Iran who would otherwise be silenced. They are without reliable news sources, they are without mobile phone calls, text messaging, facebook, twitter, youtube, AIM, Yahoo, Google, and pretty much every other useful outlet for information you can think of. Yet they persist on the streets and on the internet in any way they can. The least we can do, whether we are across continents, oceans, or time zones, is spread their words safely.

---one_hoopy_frood

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?
click to find out.

We can't do much from over here, but let's be the help that we can.

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We're thinking of you, Iran.

I feel pretty awful about this. It's frustrating to know that even if the United States were to stick our fingers in the middle of this mess, it would probably only make things worse.

Good luck and godspeed to the Iranian people.

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I didn't think I was going to get to go, but looks like I'll be tagging along with some friends to Toronto Monday through Thursday-Friday :) (We're also going to stop at Niagra Falls along the way \o/)

What does this mean for you? Well, if you want to get ahold of me, access is going to be spotty for a while -- I'm currently planning on bringing my laptop, but that may change and I'm fairly sure I won't have Internet the whole way at any rate. The easiest way to contact me will be by text message. Those of you who have my number are good, otherwise:

Text sky@dreamwidth
Text duelist@livejournal

Note that these are set friends/access only and I can't really reply directly, but I'll find a way to get back to you 8(

Also, if you have my AIM, I will be on mobile IM so you should be able to message me there and have it come to my phone! People on my friends/access list can see my AIM name via my profile (DW / LJ).

And of course if all else fails, there's trusty email. :D That's on my profile too.

Let me know if anyone has any questions, tomorrow I'm off to Canadaaaaaa /o/

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...I'm 24 years old.

wat.

WAT.

but I had a really good birthday yesterday :') Drove up to the city with my mom and fooled around, did some shopping, had way too much ice cream. I got Wii Fit \o/

ALSO LOOK WHAT HINAKU WROTE ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY, OMGGGGGG. (D.Gray-man, drama, Li sibs-centric)



And now, a meme: (Stolen from mango)

Pick an RP character of mine and I will tell you their

01. Full name
02. Best friend
03. Sexuality
04. Favorite color
05. Relationship status
06. Ideal mate
07. Turn-ons
08. Last sexual experience
09. Favorite food
10. Crushes
11. Favorite music
12. Biggest fear
13. Biggest fantasy
14. Quirks in bed
15. Bad habits
16. Biggest regret
17. Best kept secrets
18. Last thought
19. Worst sexual/romantic experience
20. Biggest insecurity

Feel free to pick anyone off here~

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Here's what I posted on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

• 17:42 God this is kind of depressing. Going home from school tomorrow. Idk when I'll see my friends again. #
• 19:23 Anthony Stewart Head's performance as Nathan Wallace will never cease being amazing. God I love Repo! #
• 20:46 Watching the Producers remake with my friend... I love the leads' performances so much! #
• 22:13 This is so depressing. I don't want to go anywhere tomorrow... this town feels more like home than the one where I grew up. #
• 23:21 Green Day "Good Riddance" ♫ twt.fm/99946 I know it's cliche. Shut up, I'm a 90s kid, I'm allowed. #

Okay I'm tired of looking at these lined up on my front page so I think I'm going to stop posting them. Everybody who hates Twitter can be happy now. 8( If you're still interested in my updates, feel free to follow me over there.

Here's what I posted on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

• 17:33 There's always a different kind of energy around a college campus at the end of the semester. Sky is blue, everyone's busy and excited. #

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Here's what I posted on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

• 11:04 Moment of truth. I'm withdrawing from class for the semester. Trying to catch my breath first. #
• 12:13 ANOTHER MONDAY WITHOUT D.GRAY-MAN. Sigh. :( #

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Here's what I posted on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

• 14:01 Ashen sky outside / Liquid road glistening white / Cold after the rain | #haiku #
• 17:24 I should probably post more actual LJ/DW entries so the people who don't like my Twitter will have something better to look at. #
• 17:25 But the truth is I don't have much to talk about these days. Maybe when life gets less nerve wracking. #

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Here's what I posted on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

• 17:55 Not cool, Mr. President. You can't just pretend you didn't make promises about gay rights. #obamafail #

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Here's what I posted on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

• 17:23 God I want some Gogo no Koucha, why am I in America :( #
• 19:39 Internet is dead. So frustrated by now. Our school must have one of the most poorly maintained networks ever :/ #

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Dreamwidth is officially in open beta starting today :D

(If you don't know what DW is, you can read my previous posts under the dreamwidth tag for relevant links. Or just check out the site homepage, the FAQ about the service, or changes and improvements DW has made to the LJ code.)

To get into DW's open beta, you can either buy paid time (starts at $3 for a month of service, or you can go all the way up to Seed Accounts [perm] for $200), or you can snag an invite code from someone. If you're a registered Open ID user on dreamwidth.org, or if you're a member of the dw-discuss mailing list, you should be receiving an invite eventually if you don't already have a DW journal.

But for everybody else, I have four invite codes left to give out. Sorry, all spoken for D: I have a couple people waiting on invites, but any remaining ones will be thrown up for grabs in a future post.

If you want one, comment here. First come first served :x If I get any more, I'll post about it on my LJ again at that time.

Also note that this is a real open beta, not a Google open beta. There will most likely be a few service hiccups here and there as the place gets off the ground. But so far I've had a great experience in DW, and the staff running the site are very nice, friendly, and helpful and try to respond promptly to all problems.

Here's what I posted on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

• 12:57 It will never stop being lolarious that Linali's apparently a C cup. She'd be A for sure in the States... #
• 19:27 Seeing a special screening of the L movie tonight... It's supposed to be subbed. We hope. #

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Here's what I posted on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

• 21:10 二次作者様はぜひ男女物を「ノーマル」なんて呼ぶの、止めてほしいなあ...（汗 #

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Here's what I posted on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

• 11:39 10 Years "Proud of You" ♫ twt.fm/78692 #musicmonday #twtfm #
• 12:25 You never know what might come through the cat door... video.yahoo.com/network/100000086?v=4832100&l=100000085 #
• 15:01 There are few things that irritate me more than being told to be x place at x time and then have the other person show up late. #

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• 15:53 LJlogin released a new version that works with Dreamwidth~ *dance* #
• 15:55 And speaking of Dreamwidth, debating whether to go Paid or Premium Paid. I'm kinda cheap, but... 200 icons >.> #

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Here's what I posted on Twitter in the last 24 hours.

• 13:14 listening to "Gekidou - UVERworld" ♫ blip.fm/~4yk2y #
• 13:24 listening to "Besame mucho - Connie Francis" ♫ blip.fm/~4ykp1 #
• 13:49 There's some noise about D.Gray-man's hiatus being b/c of plagiarism troubles, but I don't believe it. The accusations are shaky at best. #

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