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1 - My name is BEhrooZ Shahriari. I was called 'Bez' in primary school when none of us would have known the Happy Mondays and that soon became how I introduced myself to non-Iranians. When a wee boy called me 'Bezman', I liked the sound of it and so started using it as my name in console games and then online.

2 - I like dancing but don't go clubbing often. When an excellent song comes on at college or at home, I find myself bouncing away to it, even whilst drawing or whatever. Sometimes I'll pause work for a minute or two, dancing rapidly just for a taste of adrenalin. I'm probably addicted to the drug, but seeing as my body supplies it naturally, hopefully it's all good.

3 - My favourite colour is purple. Or at least it was. I used to go to such lengths that Exploding Fungus and Skears (all the versions online anyway...) use no colours other than purple. That red? I 'improved' it by adding a touch of blue. And blue was similarly improved. God forbid something be green. Hopefully it's obvious that I've since started allowing other colours in my work and now I enjoy using the full spectrum. It's there to be enjoyed after all...

4 - I often hide or give up. If something seems like it's not good enough? hide. If I'm not sure if my song is good enough? I don't go to the open-mic night. If I was unsure if my e-mail was good enough? Delete it, write it again, then maybe delete it again and don't send it. I have more unfinished projects on my old hard drive than you'd believe. So many ideas that I never bring to life, just because I'm scared I won't do them justice or others won't appreciate them.

It is a stupid habit and I need to get out of it. If I were to psychoanalyse, I'd say maybe it's an egotistical thing - I wanna fail on my own terms rather than failing at all. Truth is though, when I actually play in the bars, go sketching folk in the street or finish a project, I normally get a good reception. I've got to start accepting the possibility of failure.

5 - I drew a 100-hour comic. After my nemesis took Scott McCloud's 24-hour comic idea to a new level, doing 72 pages in 72 hours, I tried to raise a bit of money for the post-2005 tsunami effort, drawing and painting 100 pages in 100 hours. I recently tried to revisit this challenge, spending 200 hours just drawing 200 pages (and essential stuff like eat/sleep) but it didn't work out, maybe because my head was in an awkward place. I hope to ready myself and do something this summer.

More notable stuff coming after I get front-page posting rights.

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Jan. 25, 2008 | 8:07 AM WolfBlitz2 says:

No.4 sound like something i would do.
it's a thing i gotta stop doing, bad for my health :P
at least you're not alone :D
Iranian in Scotland. That is certainly something different, but then again what is normal?

Jan. 25, 2008 | 2:37 PM Bezman responds:

It's just pussying out. We need to grow up and be REAL MEN!

Jan. 26, 2008 | 4:50 AM WolfBlitz2 says:

so that doesn't mean beer?

Jan. 26, 2008 | 5:11 AM WolfBlitz2 says:

my other problem is when i enter something i am beaten the shit out of or made fun of
I vow for vengenance

Feb. 8, 2008 | 2:42 PM LordAdon says:

MEOW!

Feb. 9, 2008 | 7:51 AM Bezman responds:

How did you know?

Feb. 11, 2008 | 10:32 AM Cyberdevil says:

Interesting info you included here on your profile page for the reading pleasure of fellow newgrounds users. :) To write something informative instead of witty I'll post my own factrelated interests. So what's an Iranian as yourself doing in Scotland btw?

2 - Explains your avatar, heh. I've never danced much myself, but I've thought about learning to breakdance for a long time now. Though my heavy bodily structure isn't really fit for that purpose.

3- So was my sisters until she overused it. She wore purple clothes, had purple curtains, sheets, furtniture, etc, then suddenly she didn't like purple anymore so she had to buy lots o new stuff. How impulsive females can be . . . I like green, btw, on an unrelated note. Thus green aura and wildernative tendencies.

4 - That's not good. Or is it? Anyhow, I don't. And you do.

5 - Holy hell, that's some serious work . . . I've never spent more than a maximum of maybe 20 hours on a piece of work. I just don't have the patience to finish stuff, not yet, so I have a shitload of unfinished masterpieces lying around on my PC.

Looking forward to them.

Feb. 15, 2008 | 7:16 AM Bezman responds:

I was born in Glasgow. :-)

2 - Not sure what you mean. Are you suggesting the orange/magenta/blue/red/green and purple are techno-induced colours? Possibly so, but the negative shapes around the blocks make an entertwined 'A' and 'D' and that's why it's my logo. :-) See the first 4s of skears DX for a visual explanation.

3 - heh.

4 - Certainly isn't. I shall try to change - you stay as you are.

:-) Thanks

Feb. 12, 2008 | 3:59 AM teserut says:

100 hour comic!?!?!?!?! thats crazy oh and as a bit of advertising VOTE 0 ON THE KITTY KREW!

Feb. 15, 2008 | 7:17 AM Bezman responds:

Is it even worth your time? I just don't watch/vote on them at all.

Feb. 19, 2008 | 10:43 AM Cyberdevil says:

Aha

2 - Aha, again. Not suggesting that they're techno-induced really, but the whole mix of shapes looks like a dancing dude to me. Red - Body. Blue - Head down. Green - Hand up. Other two - Legs. And the background symbolizing a fast flow of musical content.

4 - Will do

Feb. 21, 2008 | 8:24 PM Bezman responds:

heh.

Actually, after making my logo, I drew a bunch of characters in that shape... yet another thing I really should finish and upload.

My advice of the day - learn to dance if it's something you want to do.

Learning stuff now can be hard. Learning something later, when your mind and body are less adaptable, can be even harder.

Feb. 28, 2008 | 6:19 PM WavyGravy says:

These are some very interesting facts. Your quite the unique character.

2. Haha, I now see the truth in these words. If you don't have any pics from the club that one fateful night, please tell me and I'll pm you links of the pics I took while you guys swept the dance floor.

4. C'mon man, you know you can do it. I sure as hell can relate to this as I've never believed I could animate anything and yet here I am working on something I only been dreaming about for the past 5 years. Rewriting your emails isn't a bad habit, as i see it as the perfectionist inside you. I gaurantee that someone here will appreciate your works, if you believe it.

We are all bound to recieve critism and fall a few times, but hey we continue to improve, no? Don't look at it as failure, Bez... keep doing what you do, and love it.

On a side note, I recommend checking out this out:
http://www.eightprinciples.com/

Good luck on getting front-page posting rights Bezman. Heh, fun fact I found your profil page once more through one of your reviews. Yoo do well as a flash reviewer!

Now how about that NG card game...? :-)

Keep being yourself Bez.

Mar. 1, 2008 | 11:55 PM Bezman responds:

Thanks George.

The link was awesome as were the positive words.

Rewriting e-mails is great if it's to a potential employer, but when it's to a friend... it's a habit I've got to get out of it.

I'll try and start following those principles.

PMing

Heh - if I was female, that might be misconstrued...

Mar. 2, 2008 | 2:56 AM WavyGravy says:

ha, my name is Richard. (unless you were using it as a phras i.e. "Great Scotts!")

Glad to hear it man, I'll check your PM.

Mar. 3, 2008 | 9:43 PM johnfn says:

Hey Bezman, it's been awhile! Dunno if you recall, but I have memories of writing some sort of insane review on your skears game, then we held some sort of correspondence for awhile. I guess I sort of hide from people, sort of like you hide from your worries, so I can understand.

Glad to see you're still around!

Mar. 5, 2008 | 7:06 AM Bezman responds:

Heh cheers. Best of luck with the game.

Btw, you're credited on the upcoming Skears 2 - without you suggesting interpolation, it'd be much crappier.

Mar. 9, 2008 | 12:21 AM SevenSeize says:

I <3 number 5.

That's awesome. :-)

Mar. 9, 2008 | 12:46 PM Wasim says:

Interesting stuff.

I never taught you where an irania or a muslim i taught because of you're alias
you where somewhat brithish.

btw 5 = Cool

Mar. 16, 2008 | 9:40 PM Bezman responds:

I'm actually not muslim. My parents are Zoroastrian, I'm a 'free thinker'.

I don't really see how 'Bezman' sounds British. Were you thinking 'Baz' = Barry?

Mar. 18, 2008 | 2:28 PM JoeyRamone says:

So where is that "I wanna be sedated" music video? >_<

Mar. 18, 2008 | 9:17 PM Bezman responds:

I only did about 20s of it before giving up. How did you know about it?

I don't think I told anyone...

Apr. 12, 2008 | 1:11 PM Haggard says:

So you live in Glasgow? Too bad I didn't knew you when I was in Glasgow last October, or else we could have had a little NG Meetup ^^.
But probably I wouldn't understand you anyway if you too speak this awful glasgowian accent. :P

Apr. 13, 2008 | 9:40 AM Bezman responds:

GlasWEGIAN. ;-p

Being of Iranian descent, my accent isn't as strong as most.

Also - you can still come to the London meet...

Apr. 13, 2008 | 11:33 AM Haggard says:

"GlasWEGIAN"

Oh yeah, my bad. Sorry. ^^

"Also - you can still come to the London meet..."

Nah, don't have the money to buy a plane ticket.

Apr. 16, 2008 | 12:04 AM Bezman responds:

:-(

Well, give me a shout if you're ever passing through again.