why i am here

October 25, 2008 at 8:16 pm · Filed under Uncategorized and tagged: annoyed, blogger, school

well . . . it’s a long story. my country likes to keep an eye on things. like at school, middle and high school, teachers would really keep an eye on you so you don’t do your hair the ‘banned’ way, or you don’t wear the wrong colored sweater. it is kind of a military way of looking at life. there is a format. make sure you fit it. i never liked it even though i wasn’t openly rebellious. even though i’m outta that school (seven years of rules), it still makes me angry when i am treated like i can’t think for myself. like at work, when they try to tell me what kind of shoes to wear. or when i try to log on to my blog last night and all that pops up in the screen is this in big red letters:

“Access to this web site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2008/2761 of T.R. Diyarbakır 1st Criminal Court of Peace”

ha! i can’t see my own blog. the first thing i did was check if blogger itself was accessible or not – just made sure MY blog wasn’t the culprit. but of course, no. who cares about my blabs about my life and how i felt in the morning, etc.? i don’t know the reason, but some court in eastern Turkey decided blogger is harmful. like the wrong color of sweaters. like styling your hair in a half pony tail. there is a format to look like and to think like. fit it.

so, to sum up, i will be publishing at wordpress for a while. you may want to adjust your bookmarks, as we don’t know for how long the power cutout is going to last (that is also usually the story).

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