Twas pretty gloomy
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Hoping today to be just another day , wake up in the morning and look outside the window to find it a bit dark outside. Check my clock and wonder, have I got up early today ? Nup, that wasn't the case .. the clouds in the sky and was it pouring ??
Not exactly ! It rained all night I believe, and its pretty difficult to inspire yourselves on a gloomy day (like today) . No wonder I reached work late, didnt feel like getting out of my bed but then it stuck me ... get up dude you gotta get going....
Late ? Indeed .. it was about 9.45 by the time I reached my desk. Managed to get in without getting myself drenched in the downpour, although its hardly 50 yards walk from the T-station, believe me it can get worse.
Day passed by pretty fast. Not like yesterday, maybe because was too much engrossed in the work. Sigh! Dont get enuf time to relax and get to know what's happening around me. My GK, of which I was proud of some years back keeps staring at me now. I bet I wont know most of the happenings around the world (except for sports ..which I keep track of - inadvertently) .. gotta do something ..
Would definitely try to give it a start tomorrow and as I look through the forcasts another cloudy morning awaits me, hope the day's activities wont be such and I'd be able to gather some strength from within myself. But I gotta ask myself, since when has this started bothering me ? To which I got no clue whatsoever .... Would be out to find an answer .. hopefull by this time tomorrow..
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Why blame Monday ... eh ?
Monday, August 29, 2005
It wasn't that bad .. I mean not as bad as I expected. But I'm not surprised.. the same stuff has happened to me every Monday ... every week.... Yes the Monday Blues. Have been occassions, in the past , when I used to sit and stare at the wall trying to figure out what in the world is wrong with a Monday. Oh boy ! He must have commited more sins than anyone on earth to be loathed this much.
But anyways, the mood keeps on changing ( u know) ... and it did ( as if it was unusual) the moment I stepped out of my house today morning at 8.24. Thank god, didn't have to wait that long for the # 350 but anyways I had taken my book out from my bag and was figuring out where I'd left it on Friday evening (when I had a 100 volt smile on my face).
But I knew , I wasn't that far from my desk .... trying to stare at my comp and play around with the scripts to make them run! I couldnt have asked for a better start .. ( ponder why I'd blamed Monday). All the Guggenheim guys and Goldman Sachs fellaws were already there and I said ..this crap again !! But considering the fact that most of the verbose dudes were out on vacation it was a decent 45 mins that I had to deal with.
Lunch, Meeting and am back at my hutment ... What a relief when you open the door and slide down the hanging pal from your left shoulder ... onto the table you go (yet to be picked up tomorrow). How can I not mention the routine .. you guessed it ( if not I say Lucy - not in the sky) Seinfeld ..and my character Kramer...boy he simply had to be on the Fire truck didnt he ...anyways
So yet another Blue Monday nears an end . Days highlights - India beat Zimbawbe, Katrina creating havoc in Mississipi and our 5.4 Release. Not to say I eagerly await Tue, Wed Thu ... before my usual 100 volt smile day :-)
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Stuck with my Alter Ego
Saturday, August 27, 2005
With the weekend fever goin on seldom does one realise what's goin on around him, or atleast ... I don't. Suddenly I feel warmth in my ears, a hot warm piece of chunk stays glued to my left ear radiating heat waves making me uncomfortable. But do I luv thisuncomfiness ? Oh yeah !
Now, I am not goin to argue what kind of a wave it is and what are its characteristics, cause I've been tortured enough by the light waves. Physicists have lost it trying to predict its nature (wave or particle) and so, I too give up.
The piece of chunk is a sleak device used to communicate ... a cellular phone, a mobile, a carry telephone or what ever you may call it. Well laziness had creeped into me and didnt want to look for a device called earphones to soothe my ears .. but beware you'd go .....What ? What? if you dont take care of those fellaws .... er ... impairment
Anyways had a dream of making the cell phone co. guys cry ( the commercials goin on TV where the guy supposedly yells out when his day time minutes are used.. tortured rather).. in a similar fashion. Good boy!! Am I successful till date ? I am close but would be by the time they'd have decided to give me a satellite phone ;-)
Now lemme take this opportunity to talk about another cool invention "the clock". I've noticed mine running faster from friday 5 pm to sunday 9 pm. I tried buying a new wrist watch for myself but then realised there's nothing wrong with my old one ... its just that its supposed to run that way (prooved by mathematicians). Y on this planet would one do that, is beyond my grasp. To account for this time loss they made matter worse by introducing Day light saving time and what not ? Sob ....
It feels bad when you know u've been betrayed.. left with no-one but your alter ego .. I'm in a fix right now. All of my friends out somewhere am stuck with this guy ( my alter ego) .. I am not in good terms with him (we haven't been talking since Friday evening !!) woke up on friday at 1 am to find him watching TV. I'm fed up.... moved my comp to the other room and let him stay where he was .. There! He's got all the room to his disposal .. But I should break the ice on Monday .. before that ? I still may and I still may .....I'm gonna wait it out.
Now, I am not goin to argue what kind of a wave it is and what are its characteristics, cause I've been tortured enough by the light waves. Physicists have lost it trying to predict its nature (wave or particle) and so, I too give up.
The piece of chunk is a sleak device used to communicate ... a cellular phone, a mobile, a carry telephone or what ever you may call it. Well laziness had creeped into me and didnt want to look for a device called earphones to soothe my ears .. but beware you'd go .....What ? What? if you dont take care of those fellaws .... er ... impairment
Anyways had a dream of making the cell phone co. guys cry ( the commercials goin on TV where the guy supposedly yells out when his day time minutes are used.. tortured rather).. in a similar fashion. Good boy!! Am I successful till date ? I am close but would be by the time they'd have decided to give me a satellite phone ;-)
Now lemme take this opportunity to talk about another cool invention "the clock". I've noticed mine running faster from friday 5 pm to sunday 9 pm. I tried buying a new wrist watch for myself but then realised there's nothing wrong with my old one ... its just that its supposed to run that way (prooved by mathematicians). Y on this planet would one do that, is beyond my grasp. To account for this time loss they made matter worse by introducing Day light saving time and what not ? Sob ....
It feels bad when you know u've been betrayed.. left with no-one but your alter ego .. I'm in a fix right now. All of my friends out somewhere am stuck with this guy ( my alter ego) .. I am not in good terms with him (we haven't been talking since Friday evening !!) woke up on friday at 1 am to find him watching TV. I'm fed up.... moved my comp to the other room and let him stay where he was .. There! He's got all the room to his disposal .. But I should break the ice on Monday .. before that ? I still may and I still may .....I'm gonna wait it out.
My Alter Ego
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Aaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggghhhhh !
Friday, August 26, 2005
What a way to kick off the week-end. No plans this time round.. my inspiration - Garfield!! The very moment clock stuck 5 .. it was obvious.. no one was in a mood to stay late .. not today atleast...reached home in time for my Sienfeld ... was a funny one "The paris trip" and "The raincoats" ...
Well the POT remains the same and oh yeah would have to get into putting in some good stuff to my mp3 collection, this week-end.
Have a good one , he said ( my colleague). On the back of my mind (which one is he talking about?) The one I know goes something like this "I can't remember anything.. Can't tell if this is true or dream" .. he could be talking about that.. in that case I wont be remembering anything ;-)
Take it easy, I said .. yeah I always do esp. on week-ends..
So lemme get onto it ..
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Welcome to Deathball
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Now they claim this to be the toughest riddle on the net. If one claims that it ought to be true eh? Well you don't trust me do you... imagine someone eating up your brain (not in the literal sense) trying to make you stretch the utmost and towards the end all you end up with is a bunch of images and a satisfaction, an achievement. Tell me if this is not true after you go through the link.
Now this is gonna make you use your comp. in ways which u never imagined. Or atleast you start expecting stuff and makes you believe good lord ! This is indeed possible..
http://deathball.net/notpron .
Well, its started getting cold now-a-days. Dont know whether its a cold wave or the approaching winter. So soon? I dont buy that. But who knows how the pattern's change. Physicists are not able to grasp quantum mechanics, leave predicting the weather !!
http://deathball.net/notpron .
Well, its started getting cold now-a-days. Dont know whether its a cold wave or the approaching winter. So soon? I dont buy that. But who knows how the pattern's change. Physicists are not able to grasp quantum mechanics, leave predicting the weather !!
Ah! Do I see a week-end approaching? Oh yeah I do. The much needed break from 5 days of hectic up & down. But I know it goes by faster than it approaches and then you are on to another stretch. The next stretch would be cool, turns out to be a Long weekend.
Weekends mean a bit more when you get the cell at ur disposal. The whole quota for the week could be utilized in those 2 days. Got lot of catching up to do. No kidding! Cell phone co's would be repenting the unlimited nights and week-ends.... who's in a hurry btw.... I intend to break my previous record this month ;-)
TGIF
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The Copenhagen interpretation
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Who would have imagined we would get into trouble with the so called Quantum mechanics. No development of modern science has had more profound impact on the way we think than Quantum theory. One of the best kep secrets of science is that physicists have lost their grip on reality.
So intriguing is the field that it has now prompted me to get to know more about it. Have been hooked to some very well written books viz Schrodinger's kittens and the search for reality, The ghost in the atom and Quantum reality - beyond the new physics.
Each explaining the paradoxes involved and the life of some good minds in the field.
On my way to work there's no better alternative but to listen to my ipod and continue with where I was left the previous day with my book. The ride from arlington to dwntwn boston is about 45 mins and enjoy each and every moment of it.
So here I am on pg 28 of the 3rd one ( pretty interesting so far) ...
Tomorrow with some deathball and notpron ;-)
So intriguing is the field that it has now prompted me to get to know more about it. Have been hooked to some very well written books viz Schrodinger's kittens and the search for reality, The ghost in the atom and Quantum reality - beyond the new physics.
Each explaining the paradoxes involved and the life of some good minds in the field.
On my way to work there's no better alternative but to listen to my ipod and continue with where I was left the previous day with my book. The ride from arlington to dwntwn boston is about 45 mins and enjoy each and every moment of it.
So here I am on pg 28 of the 3rd one ( pretty interesting so far) ...
Tomorrow with some deathball and notpron ;-)
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I know the pieces fit
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Somewhere around 4.30 am today I realised that am not getting the same kinda feeling that I usually get while asleep. It kicked off my upstairs to think what's different today , what's happened that I couldn't digest and is still flowing through my veins , just floating and creating havoc ??
The new found glory maybe? Its something like the wave function travelling backwards in time and making one believe in what he dreams. Its only when you try to measure/spot that it collapses and u end up with nothing.. in my case leaving me awake .
Now, come to think about it the ideas started flourishing from the White sox I believe and it creeped into the IIT bookstore too for a while then we had a ....what do you call it...serendipity. A phone call and that's it ..were on to it like ..I remember some years back we said "Do we need to say more" and then we made the "Chemical Symphony" and now here we are trying to make it happen in US which I couldn't have imagined in the wildest of my dreams.
Cut it short this is a cool blog and I welcome myself aboard ....its funny to remember things.. at this very moment its Kramer (from Seinfeld) that comes to my mind with his hanging hair from his head vis-a-vis leaves hanging from a coconut tree, and with his copyright duh..duh..duh ( while smoking a cuban cigar) and all his idiocy..
The new found glory maybe? Its something like the wave function travelling backwards in time and making one believe in what he dreams. Its only when you try to measure/spot that it collapses and u end up with nothing.. in my case leaving me awake .
Now, come to think about it the ideas started flourishing from the White sox I believe and it creeped into the IIT bookstore too for a while then we had a ....what do you call it...serendipity. A phone call and that's it ..were on to it like ..I remember some years back we said "Do we need to say more" and then we made the "Chemical Symphony" and now here we are trying to make it happen in US which I couldn't have imagined in the wildest of my dreams.
Cut it short this is a cool blog and I welcome myself aboard ....its funny to remember things.. at this very moment its Kramer (from Seinfeld) that comes to my mind with his hanging hair from his head vis-a-vis leaves hanging from a coconut tree, and with his copyright duh..duh..duh ( while smoking a cuban cigar) and all his idiocy..
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To start of with
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Phew! Had a tough time getting thru to register myself.. but I guess its worth it
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Got to Master this
Sunday, August 07, 2005
This might seem a bit odd. Never got an opp to play this game but hey then you got to start somewhere. Was not attracted to Golf anyways and although it used to be on the Idiot box always, couldnt ask myself to sit there and watch it.
Boston that way is a happening place. Dont know whether its something else but it definitely is the City. When I compare it with Chicago, I definitely find something different, the crowd, the lifestyle etc..etc... Not to deny being the home of Sox fans, might have an influence. But then hey White sox aint an easy opponent. Better lookout for them this time..
So instead of deviating from the topic got a chance to go to a driving range nearby. Had a cool time hitting the ball gave an awesome feeling as I watched it disappear 200-250 yards. After about 3 jumbo baskets and hitting about 200 tees, decided to return to base. Back of my mind was wondering how tomorrow's gonna be. Aint any muscle in my body that wont feel bite the dust but its all part of the game, I guess...
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