8 Monkey Theorem
Monday, October 31, 2005
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Its official
Sunday, October 30, 2005
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The Signal has arrived
Friday, October 28, 2005
I mean Wow. It was so quick and arrived unnoticed calm and quite; calm as the ocean is sometimes. But not in this part of the world. Over here one has to be cautious. Although it may seem to be quite, a healty stir instigates hurricanes, tornadoes and all oes.
So this morning I realized that the signal has reached 42°20' N 71° W. Chilly morning, felt like 30 odd well below freezing point though. And here I was in my tune getting ready to reach the Hancock tower, that I felt the first shock. Now, when you were a child, you were told by mom not to play with that electric wire unless you want to get a shock.
Out here today, I experienced a shock without an electric cable. We have seen this many-a-times, signalling the arrival of the white flakes. Tryin to pull my jacket, I got my 1st shock of the winter and the first of the many that followed today and would follow throughout the winter.
I didn't expect it to be so fast. Thanxgiving is a good meaasure but then I have changed Metros. A big leap to the north side.
So how wrong I was in thinking that would be home early tonight before it gets real chilly. I was looking like a nerd on the 4th floor of the tower, and guess who was there besides me - the Janitor. It wasn't new for him this week. But Friday ? Oh yeah.. he'd be like - what a loser this guy is. Strange way of lookin at things !!
On top of that, I realise today that 24 hours aint enuf for me this week-end. God has gifted me with 1 more. He says' here's some extra - take it. Would I luv that ? Oh yeah. It only happens once a year. I felt like a loser 6 months back but fell like showing the middle finger now. Take that .. 04/03 here comes 10/30. Something to make me happy.
Oh Boy. Am dilapidated today and my regular stuff aint helping me either. Listenin to the K Billy's Super Sound of the 70s, would cheer me up I guess. Gotta wait and watch.
Posted by Rajesh @ 10:42 PM; PERMALINK,
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Google Suggest
Didn't realise that Google had this cool feature. Somehow landed upon this today...... Google Suggest is what they call it. Somethnig new and cool.
But then I also had a chance to look at Google Labs. Its fun and the way they have it portrayed it is real cool.
I suggest you have a look at them ;-)
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Yesterday was all set. But today ?
Thursday, October 27, 2005
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The ride that took CWS from 1917 - 2005
Then the roller-coaster ride from Southside - Boston - Anaheim - Houston it was amazing .... the only thing I could have done more, was to get together in Chicago and cheer them, if not get to the ground and watch the match. Every match this postseason has been an earned victory by us and no matter what they have to say about the decisions on the field - we've dun it !!
I almost had some tears in my eyes tonight and I swear that I never wanted even the Indian Cricket Team to win so bad as I wanted WHITESOX to win this series ....
Oh boy .... I dont know how many punches I'd have made in the air .. each base hit and every HR was followed by "i dont know how many" punch to the air .. so much so that I've started hurting my ribs and it aches real baad ...
Astros didn't have any chance today and again the FOX fellaws talking about the Astros pitching ( which was good ) but then Garcia didnt give a run either !!! And the Astros weren't able to score a single run in the last 19 innings. This is what I'm talking about baby !!! No Star players .. all of em played good as a team and bought back the trophy to South Side !!
As for me, its a jinx broken and a fact proven to be true again and again. Last year I was in Chicago and Boston won the WS. And this year here I'm in Boston and Chicago wins the WS.
3 Ceers for CWS
hip hip hurray !!!
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Fox Joe Bucked it
Monday, October 24, 2005
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The Grand Slam
Sunday, October 23, 2005
A superb game tonight at Cellular field ... Again for the 2nd straight evening I had my heart in my mouth ...
* Konerko hitting the Grand Slam sent a signal to the Astros bull-pen ... and it was well said by a spectator in the stands .. My feet are cold but my SOX are hot !!
* It was a superb hit by Podsednik, with no home runs the season one has to have great character to close the game the way he did. But I think the game was over in the bottom 7th - 18th GRAND SLAM in WS history..
* I finally had to pull up Fox sports homepage and put in a nice long comment complaining the views expressed by the commentators..... The dude just hit a GRAND SLAM and they have to show the error in judgement by the home plate umpire on DYE? .... - disgusting commentary. And I had to listen to that crap the whole game tonight sigh !!
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The 100 mph pitch
Saturday, October 22, 2005
* The HR s out team hits and giving us a chance to get the ball from the stands
* The simply amazing Chicago crowd
* The yelling of the South side crowd
* The we will rock you tunes played on ground ...
* And last but not the least .. wearing hte Whitesox gear .. and showing full pride in it ..
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Smoke on the water - Fire in the Sky
Friday, October 21, 2005
Yes. I do see a fireball in the sky. After how many days ? I do not remember but am sure its been quite a while. The fireball hasn't helped though, as early mornings its smoke on the water ...
Various instances to be remembered quite a few of them being analogies. More like a deja vu .. 'cause it may seem that you have encountered it before - oh yeah you have, I bet !!
So after the last gloomy week-end where I did nothing but stick my butt to the chair .. peeping out of the window to find it still raining, it was better this week.. started with a proper Sunshine thanks to the Fire in the Sky .. but would I stop complaining ? No .. not at all .. temperature dropped to 30s and 40s .. right now it's around 40 fucking deg and am staring at the notice by my landlord saying that due to the rising Fuel prices, the temperature in the building would be 68-70 degrees even in harsh winter .. ??
Well frankly speaking, I dont care as long as you provide some heat .. 68F is good enuf though am sure quite a few tenants would have objections to dat. So I get ready to work as usual and get outside to find its cold out there.. started breathing Smoke out in the open .... and then remembered the 1st time I had the same feeling .. back in Chicago .. smoking in winter without a cigarette it was fun , but this time I had to pull my jacket out from my bag !!
Talking about getting a grip during the week-days, suddenly one fine day (wednesday) come to know the my Cable connection ( NET; not the Telivision thank GOD ) has been disconnected and I need to re-establish it . Call up comcast today and finally get it done .. what a relief .. the only access to emails I had during this 2 day period was from my office - accessing Yahoo Groups !! Though, GOOGLE provides a personalized homepage where I can check my inbox, cannot read emails as they are blocked by my company .. .. they say its against the co. policy ....
Was acting like a maniac " u might have seen guys acting wierd looking for some stuff and acting crazy if they aren't able to find some " Same was the case with me .. boy I dunno what would happened if the world of internet was non existent. In this era where we are talking about ( or atleast BELL talks about ) non-locality - meaning travelling faster than light .. in a much aberrant world , how can one fuckin breathe without the WWW world ?
I couldnt find an explanation, as all the way back from work every evening .. I keep on thinking of a gameplan for the night and ended up watching Reservoir Dogs 3 times and Sienfeld 2 times a day, Simpsons 2wice and a bunch of other crap !!!
Sorry to butt in ... do you guys listen to K Billy's Super sound of the 70's ? GOK where I could listen to that .. but seems to be cool, any idea ?
Mr White, Brown, Pink, Blue, Blonde, Orange, Joe and Nice Guy Eddie are amazing. I still havent' found out how this guy is able to create amazing stuff !! That's why he's one of the "God Among Directors"@ http://www.godamongdirectors.com/ ...
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Aamchi Mumbai ...
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
What is so different about this city. Apart from being the HUB of Indian economy and its backbone it hassomething that attracts people from all over India and all over the world. I remember the first ime I landed in Mumbai ( 1991 ) was amazed by the tall structures, the crowd, the fast moving life, the fast moving LOCAL trains and all that was out there...
Slow and steady, as one might observe, got adjusted to the lifestyle and although was in High school, didntmiss an opportunity to enjoy a Metropolitan life ;-). It was a like a festival trying to travel in Mumbai, with the local trains overflowing , and all you had to do was stand on the platform to be sucked into the train compartment by the crowd. Same goes while getting down on a stop. The Central and Western (esp) were pretty bad (dunno if it still remains).
Heard some news last week, that the Govt.'s refurbishing and giving them a good/new look, cushion seats and more spacious I believe, it was a much needed uplift. Talking about people and crowd, the New Bombay region was experiencing an inflow of people, with HUGE development projects goin on in that part of Mumbai, everyone started thinking of the future with the Govt backing them up.
It was fun living out there but then I didnt like the commute and the pollution caused by inefficient burning of Fuel? Mere thought of going to VT or Bandra would send shivers through my spine. I hope the public realize the need and the importance of a clean environment and would start following how DELHI has started to recover. How far this goes needs to be seen, I am optimistic, though.
And now in Boston, its a different world altogether. But i wont like to opine much 'cause it would be comparing Apples to OrangesI love the life out here in Boston, the easy come easy go life, occassional hurry here and there, the night life. The climate of course is totally different. It is already in the 4-5 deg C range while Mumbai is hot as an oven. I do wish to see how the ciy has developed since my last visit and am dying to go back for a vacation. Hopefully soon, if not this year - early 2006 !!! Sigh
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It all cleared up
Monday, October 17, 2005
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Mind over Matter
Friday, October 14, 2005
This scenario (week-end) is pretty easy to execute but come Friday evening - cannot simbly get into hte groove. Queries, Questions, Blank face, Raised eyebrows are all I can imagine right now and that too, after gathering my thoughts....
Mind was probably roaming through hte streets in LA while hte mass was tied up on to a chair hooked up watching MLB and stuck with a keyboard under thy fingers in BOSTON.
Dont know what I was up to - but I did this an infinite time today - "open up google" ... god only knows Y. Speaking of Y's : these are the Y's that I kept on encountering time and again today evening -
Y do I know that its getting cold outside - signaling winter 05 and I cannot do much about it ?
Y do I need to torture my chair during every game for 3-4 hours ?
All right. Umm, you could uh start out with a little 1, a 2, a 1-2-3, 3, 5, a 4, a 3-2, 2, a 2-4-6, 2-4-6, 4, 5-7, 6-7, 7, …7..…7…7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7…(mouths 7) ! ( and then towards the end just an action with her fingers) - Chandler is like "question mark" ... that's what I was doing all hte 8 inngs .. Boy I was tired .
Y do I have to listen to Tool everyday? Y do I have to watch Pulpfiction or Reservoir dogs every week-end? Y do I have to blog?
I dont have answers to most of my queries. All I can do is persuade myself by sayin that I tried to answer them. But then, get into trouble unable to convince my brain. It has been reading too much these days which has left me in a Schism. Cannot catch up with that guy and desperately need to slow him down. Need to find a solution pretty soon.
I need a staith to discharge my thoughts - and there ain't a better place I can find . This is my deja vu - 'cause here I feel I'm @ home.
Posted by Rajesh @ 10:32 PM; PERMALINK,
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Post for 12th October ..
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Would definitely describe the fun and nailbiting finish tomorrow, if I donot find anything to pen down. But today its Party time in Chicago, I could see the celebration @ Cellular field - on TV.
Posted by Rajesh @ 10:49 PM; PERMALINK,
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I almost bought the tickets
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
It was a nightmare yesterday both at work and after coming home ... The reason ? It was raining all day and the gloomy atmosphere didnt make it any easier, though was inside the John Hancock tower at my desk, on the back of my mind was thinking about this atmosphere and the gloominess ... this rain pouring down; and then I had decided to go and watch Sox play @ NYY on Saturday.. ( if NYY made it by winning against LAA) i.e ..
I knew that the 3rd match would be @ NYY ; and was already making plans about that ..... the ticket prices were not of much concern as it was never an issue. We( my friend and I) did some major research yesterday googling for snapshots of Yankee Stadium to find out the best seat we could get .. The Bleachers, Loges, Boxes, Tiers and what not .. Was looking for sections where I could atleast walk through and get some to eat and drink, cause its not always that you go to watch a Baseball match and had to enjoy every moment of it ...
Rejected some of the seating localities 'cause they didnt allow us to get out of the section (Bleachers) , the Foul pole would have been in our way, Rowdies would have burried us 'cause we were supporting SOX and what not ..
That's y I said DISSAPOINTMENT for not so OBVIOUS reasons. The obvious reason would have been that Yankees did not make it .. The not so obvious reason is that I couldnt go and watch the match .. So much of thinking, preparation and time all gone down the drain ...
I had filled in all the fields, even the credit card information and was waiting for the match to get started or atleast the 3-4th Inning .. and when NYY had a 2 run lead, almost booked the tickets .. but then decided to wait till the 7th Inng. and there was no need after that. I closed my browser and went to bed .. pondering how close I came to watch the game on Saturday ... Sigh !! Before getting to sleep I called my friend and even decided to go to Chicago and watch a game ( so pisssed off but then realised the flight fares would not make it a merry trip )
I think I can write a book even putting up some snaps of the Yankee Stadium. And it would sell like hot cakes, as --- it starts and ends with Yankees in NEW YORK . But for now I'm all in for SOX .....
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Creepy or Weird ?
Monday, October 10, 2005
Now hang on to your seat !
Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford."
Kennedy was shot in a car - Lincoln made by "Ford."
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Sox Rouge Massacre ...
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
And it did come.. and when it did ...... t'was sweet as ever !! Well it came in the 5th innings a sweet hit by Iguchi and the whole Chicago was dancing....
Banners waving from every corner of Cellular Field and boy do they know their players well . Come to think of it most of the players ( the best ones in the game i.e) are non-americans ...
Its gonna be a Boston massaccre in Chinatown tonight was one of em and how true would it turn out to be, needs to be seen. Whatever it be, one could really feel the adrenaline rush. For me I think it was the 1st time after the Ind-Pak world cup match but I guess, missed it after that .. it was good to find out that I still have the adrenal medula kickin .......
Well lets not get carried away ..... we've got some more to accomplish and I know its coming ..... Forgive me for being allright and punch in some sense ... back with some more senseless crap later...
Posted by Rajesh @ 10:24 PM; PERMALINK,
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God.does.play.dice
Monday, October 03, 2005
That's right !!! Even God plays dice. Einstein didnt believe in it, if he were alive he'd have to. He was a firm believer and had quoted many a times that "God does not play dice with the universe."This year's AL - playoffs are something that he should have been alive to watch. The way the dice was rolled this time - White Sox plays Red Sox? What more f'ed up can it be. I'd have loved anything but this ...
Although I am a firm believer that Chicago would put up a good fight@ home, I just don't like the way both the teams are gonna die trying to hit the ball ouside the park. Now, it all starts tomorrow and with a line up that the Reds have, its gonna be a good game (I guess).Imagine an hour glass filled with Red colored and White Colored sand particles. Now, after say 2 hours, what do you think would it look like ? You'd see Red domination or White domination ( even though the particles are equal in number ?). On the other hand we have NYY @ Ana. Angels. It would be a tough time for the New Yorkers this time with Angels playing some good ball game.
I simbly cannot wait till Friday !!
Posted by Rajesh @ 9:07 PM; PERMALINK,
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Wanted Dead or Alive
Saturday, October 01, 2005
Yes that was the premonition given; for I was creating havoc among my friends. I tried to be insane but the week-end fever had creeped into my veins and it was next to impossible to think straight. On top of that I was left stranded all alone to face the insanity generated in my apartment. And Boy did I live upto their expectations.
Stick a few Garfield posters on my wall and coupla insane lyrics on the one behind my comp which read "For whom the bell tolls" and "Schism", was what I started with. I shouldn't be sitting in a rectangular enclosure a pentagon or a hexagon for that matter would have been better. Simply 'cause I would have got more crap to write and more to stick on the walls.
Without any kick this time - it came to my mind that I need Serenity in a place where I can hide . As I sit here and slowly close my eyes and take another deep breath I realise that Its been a while since I've started neglecting this fact. A fact that's been staring at me for some week-ends now. I tried to escape by hopping down to NY/NJ/Delaware occassionally but this time its shown me how powerful it is and what its got up its sleeve.
Its okay and could be tolerated if its not that often. But the rate of this sh$% has increased drastically in the past month. I believed in what they thought; only to find that it was just a one-way traffic. And I ended up hurting my fingers punchin in the alphabets on my keyboard trying to make a sane sentence out of it. Its true that one doesn't deserve the best but what could he have done wrong not to deserve the positive degree - GOOD.
If you believe in your Sixth Sense then u might have realised what I mean, its something like this ... living alone in the apt for 3 days to face the detested monday. The day might not be far when I'd say ... i see dead people ...
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