Back in Black (and Red)

Posted on 27 Jun 2008 under Journal/Life Updates

So I’ve finally got my internet reconnected today on another ISP. I now have no download cap, and do you know what that means? It means I can’t download anything unless I back up the music off my computer onto DVDs or something and create space to download more. Anyway, another update is that I’ve [...]

Fly in the Web

Posted on 25 Jun 2008 under Journal/Life Updates

The World Wide Web, which is often considered the same as The Internet, can be a tricky place, especially if you’re a fly and the spider’s out to get you. Wow, that was a lame metaphor! Anyway, this is just an update to everyone. I don’t have internet at home right now because I’m shifting [...]

The Complete Geek

Posted on 20 Jun 2008 under Journal/Life Updates

When I was much younger, I had a root canal in one of my teeth, and the dentist put some permanent cement over it. Well, it turns out that the cement wasn’t permanent after all, because a few days back, when I was chewing gum, some of it came back, hollowing out a portion of my [...]

The Writer

Posted on 16 Jun 2008 under Journal/Life Updates

To start off, I should say that I don’t write a lot of short stories. I write fragments. I write incidents, observations, I paint still scenes and memories with words, and to be candid, I do it quite beautifully a lot of times. I’ve written about three or four stories so far, and they’ve involved [...]

Changes

Posted on 10 Jun 2008 under Journal/Life Updates

For the past couple of days, the wind’s been carrying the smell of rain. Sadly, for the most part, all we’ve got is the smell, and nothing more, wafting in temptingly. It rained a day or two ago, and it was quite fun to stand out on the balcony with tiny droplets of water falling [...]

The Indian Premier League

Posted on 02 Jun 2008 under Random

I was watching the final match of the Indian Premier League yesterday. One of the defining moments (in my opinion) of what the IPL has achieved was seeing Yusuf Pathan hugging and celebrating with Shane Watson. Considering the recent tensions between Indian and Australian cricketers, that moment was something special to me. I was already [...]