This is probably my one and only post while I am still actually a guest of the Islamic Republic. I am returning to the States next week. It has been great to spend time with my family, visiting the old neighborhood as well as the new Tehran–a sprawling monsterous city of over 12.5 million people. Suffice to say when I left this place it had all of 3.5 million people living here and we thought back then it was too crowded. We were wrong!

The best I can describe life here is by analogy. I am not “Neo”, but every home I visit here is like “outside”–unplugged-and every time I set foot in the streets; especially when traveling by car in an absolutely chaotic web of streets, expressways and highways–it feels like “We are going in! To the Matrix”…I will not say another word. I have to run before the “agents” catch up with me..:-)….George Orwell would have such a great time studying this society. I cringe. I am lucky. I knew this before I left California, but this is a great refresher course. I look forward to coming back, but I will miss my family here and no matter what, I will return here to visit them when I can.

By the way, good luck with the Bar Exam.