Where are we now?

I was talking to my boss the other day (he's Persian) about my involvement in the Armenian community and the influence it has in America. He asked how it's possible that such a small community has managed to be so organized and so powerful. It's not a simple answer. But I saw the envy in him. He expressed his desire to have Iranians as organized and committed. Sometimes you need an outsider to share their perspective to get it.

So on that note, April is around the corner, and as you can imagine, lots to take place around the globe. Last year, i recall www.genocideevents.com being a huge success in posting all the events taking place around the world. I just checked, it will be ready in April. One thing to add right now is System of a Down's annual Souls Concert, to which I will finally attend for the love of God. Tickets go on sale Thursday (check their website for more info... www.systemofadown.com) and the concert is April 23 back at the Greek Theatre in LA. See ya'll there!

There's a lot going on in my personal life. I'm finishing up my last week of work, have a lot of freelance projects coming my way, packing up my life to do, an abundance of parking tickets to pay off, and once again I have decided to get involved with the AYF Summer Internship in Armenia this year. I'll be co-directing with a good friend and extremely intelligent and talented Armenian, Serouj (the breakdancer I logged about before... Midus) and we have an incredible summer lined up. If anyone is interested, application deadlines were extended to March 15 and if you want more info, email me at shishki@hotmail.com. Just talking to some of the applicants, I'm getting chills thinking about living a full active life again. I just want my eyes to focus on something other than this computer screen for once. :)

That's the latest!