What Raffi fails to share with everyone is that while this was a great weekend, Raffi has learned the difficult skill of juggling all important things and following them all through, but sacrificing his own personal time and sanity to make things happen. Raffi, you are a magician in many ways.
This weekend was wonderful. It was the first time I had no plans, no work, no worries, but people in town to see. Armen Carapetian, a family friend, an Armenia friend, one of the first people to introduced me to the Armenian I now love, came to town to visit and see Gor. The party at the Arzoumanians was a great evening with great people and a nice performance by Gor. The rest of the weekend made me almost feel like I was back in Armenia. Many people I met there were lingering around in this crowd. Armen and I paid a visit to Tamar Hajian who gave us the full update on projects and progress in Armenia, particularly at the Arlex office. It was exciting to hear all the wonderful things happening. One of the great things about that community in Armenia is that there is an overflow of ideas. The better thing is to see some of the ideas get picked up. Months later I am hearing about projects that people are now working on that were merely conversation pieces at lunch in the Arlex office. Bravo to those who are open to take a chance on ideas.
Today I went to see Ararat for the 4th time. It still musters up some tears in my eyes. I met with some friends, but got there early, so I stood out front watching the line of people purchasing tickets in front. It was wild to see the types of people going to see this film. There was a crowd of Harvard Law students who went per recommendation of one person who sent out an email to the whole Law student body. My impression has been that the sales have been so great because Armenians are filling the seats to make sure it goes nation wide. Most of the people I saw at the counter asking for Ararat tickets were definitely not Armenian. One older African-American man was there alone and said he read a review on Ararat and had to see it for himself.
The snow has stopped finally, but it still sits. We only got some inches, but it just seemed like it would never end. The winter is among us! Maybe I can go back to LA again... polution nothing, it's warm there!
This weekend was wonderful. It was the first time I had no plans, no work, no worries, but people in town to see. Armen Carapetian, a family friend, an Armenia friend, one of the first people to introduced me to the Armenian I now love, came to town to visit and see Gor. The party at the Arzoumanians was a great evening with great people and a nice performance by Gor. The rest of the weekend made me almost feel like I was back in Armenia. Many people I met there were lingering around in this crowd. Armen and I paid a visit to Tamar Hajian who gave us the full update on projects and progress in Armenia, particularly at the Arlex office. It was exciting to hear all the wonderful things happening. One of the great things about that community in Armenia is that there is an overflow of ideas. The better thing is to see some of the ideas get picked up. Months later I am hearing about projects that people are now working on that were merely conversation pieces at lunch in the Arlex office. Bravo to those who are open to take a chance on ideas.
Today I went to see Ararat for the 4th time. It still musters up some tears in my eyes. I met with some friends, but got there early, so I stood out front watching the line of people purchasing tickets in front. It was wild to see the types of people going to see this film. There was a crowd of Harvard Law students who went per recommendation of one person who sent out an email to the whole Law student body. My impression has been that the sales have been so great because Armenians are filling the seats to make sure it goes nation wide. Most of the people I saw at the counter asking for Ararat tickets were definitely not Armenian. One older African-American man was there alone and said he read a review on Ararat and had to see it for himself.
The snow has stopped finally, but it still sits. We only got some inches, but it just seemed like it would never end. The winter is among us! Maybe I can go back to LA again... polution nothing, it's warm there!
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