Watch Abhinav Bindra win the gold for India in the 10 meter air rifle event at the Olympics. The video is more than an hour long, fast forward to the 25th minute to see the last round and fast forward to the 47th minute to see the awards ceremony. Towards the end is the playing of the Indian national anthem and I do hope that the anthem is played a few times more during these games.
I am both happy and sad at him winning the gold medal. Happy because a medal is a medal, especially a gold in an individual event and a first for India at the Olympics. Sad because the second most populous country in the world produces just a handful of athletes who can compete at the international level. I was joyous when I came to know about the gold at work, and almost went bouncing to my American co-workers giving them the news but half a second later I realized how odd it would look to them when they have athletes who have won 3 golds in the 3 events they have participated in till now and aim to win 7 more.
In other news my roommate Pratheep says that the Left parties in Kerala and West Bengal have given a call for a bandh tomorrow. They allege that it was a conspiracy by the Congress and BJP against China and that’s the reason the Chinese shooter Zhu Qinan came second in this event behind Abhinav 
I like surprising people. In a good way that is. I like calling them out of the blue, dropping them an email when they are least expecting it or doing something totally unanticipated.
Right now it is 3:00 AM for me and I had to get up to answer nature’s call. And I decided to surprise myself, take myself by shock and do something I have not been able to bring myself to do when fully awake - I decided to blog and so this post 
Did I tell you that my body is extra efficient at preserving water - as if I am perpetually stranded in the desert? Did I tell you that I love sipping water all the time - just plain cool water? Combine both of these, especially in a relatively cold country like the US, and you know why I have to go to the loo a zillion and 23 times in a day.
Back to sleep!
…when they continually said to me just before my board exams that if I worked hard for the exams my life was set. This is one occasion I wish parents were correct
But then I did not really work hard for the board exams and scored only mediocre marks, maybe that’s why. Any of the 7 readers of this blog who studied meticulously for their boards and scored great marks care to leave a comment?
P.S. - I still love you Mom and Dad!
If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. ~ Juan Ramon Jimenez
I blog because I love words.
I blog because I like talking - ask my friends!
I blog because I like putting my thoughts into words.
I blog because 10 years hence I want to read what I wrote.
I blog because it allows me to play with the CMS, WordPress now, Drupal earlier.
Sometimes I blog to tell friends and family about the stuff going in my life.
Sometimes I blog to confess.
Sometimes I blog to unwind.
Sometimes I blog to talk to my inner demons and to retain my sanity.
Sometimes I blog just to blabber about nothing in particular.
Hmmm… I think that’s about it.
I am blogging after a long time. Almost 4 months since I wrote a proper post.
I came home after work today and was a bit stressed out. I needed to work but before that I had to unwind. I decided to read something. I am reading Atlas Shrugged but I was not in the right frame of mind to enjoy that book so I did not resume reading it. I turned to Slashdot, however my mind refused (gasp!) to take in the green hues, the news for nerds and the stuff that matters. I am usually a very avid follower of my friends’ blogs and I have a blogroll right here in the sidebar so I started clicking one after the other and realized that most of them had not blogged in a while, just like me. Prude also has been bugging me since quite some time to resume blogging and it’s also due to her persistence and insistence that started this chain of thought.
That got me thinking. Of course before I started thinking I shot off emails to my friends asking them why they were not blogging, very typical of me. I am the blogging evangelist in my circle and I had to live up to my unofficial title. OK, so I got thinking. Why the heck was I not blogging? Laziness? Yes. Being busy? Yes. Lack of material? Not at all since life has been full of ups and downs in the recent months (more on that later. Hopefully) and I could have blogged at least 20 times if not more. I guess for me it was just laziness and also wanting to write the “perfect” post.
I have been very lazy and very stupid. Blogging is easy, you just have to take out a sum total of maybe 60 minutes in a week to write 2 posts. And aiming for the perfect blog is idiotic because there is nothing called the perfect post. One just has to write, some posts will be good, some will be terrible. Some will be timepass, some will be memorable.
So dear friends here I am. Back to blogging. And happy about it.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. - (the one and only) Douglas Adams
Lots of whooshing sounds going on in my life right now
Inspiration gone dry by Prude
My favourite snippet:
…
To see a spot of green,
in the sky of blue.
For a word of encouragement,
to make this seem true.
To walk through a meadow of marigolds,
And let go of fears never told.
To wake up in the middle of a fantasy,
And feel its touch of ecstasy.
I hold in that cry,
As my inspiration runs dry.
…
Isn’t it simply beautiful? I can totally relate to the poem; I guess most people can. This poem is definitely going on my cubicle wall.
My Orkut Today’s fortune:
I wonder which “affairs” Orkut is talking about :-p
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