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The End.

2007-06-09T16:16:00.001-05:00

not sure what to write in this final post....except that this is the end. i'm done with law school and this blogging effort will not survive as i move on to my new job and return to atlanta...laterz.

The Vedas as Western Thought

2007-03-07T20:14:00.000-05:00

This is an interesting link my friend sent me. Check it out. A western professor talks about how Sanskrit and Vedic tradition is actually tied to the western thought more than we think.

Video

Earth, Fire, and Water

2007-02-11T21:44:00.000-05:00

so this weekend i finished my long awaited viewing of the deepa mehta trilogy - earth, fire, and water. i must say that my favorite was water as far as its emotional impact. earth really did wrench my guts. fire was a bit odd, yet fit into the director's overall message.

i think one of the quotes in the movie water was that only Gandhiji was a man who listened to his subconscious - his atma - and engaged in action. imagine if more people did that. water was an amazing film. the work of the little girl - chuyia as a widowed child was endearing and impacting. lisa ray was ravishing and this drove in the point - she too had been widowed as a child and yet is forced to spend the rest of her life a widow, a prostitute, devoid of any natural love or respect from the society that walks by her and countless other widows everyday. of course the movie was set in the past, but things have not quite changed today. more needs to be done.

earth just reminds us that man is capable of much misery. yes the british divided india. but the indians (hindus and muslims) divided each other. is religion to blame? are the british to blame? or as aamir khan's character points out - is there an animal in all of us that is just waiting to leap out? is man that predisposed to violence against his own?

fire was certainly off the beaten path. while i could not much relate to this movie, i think it drove the point home - people can be ignorant and uneducated which breeds blind traditions without regard to whom it benefits or harms.

all these movies do an excellent job in igniting one's passions and beliefs. no wonder deepa mehta had so many problems filming the movies. its movies like these that people can learn from and improve themselves to ensure movies like these one day will not have to be made. indians have much to be proud of, but don't be fooled that it rises above other cultures far superior in every respect.

2007

2007-01-18T22:33:00.000-05:00

well...back from india...i filled pages in a travel journal...and don't really feel up to posting it all up here...i might try and scan the stuff and put it up...when i get a sec...which so far is NEVER...

this semester is turning out to be super busy...boring and tough classes...plus add on life and there you go...2007 is off to a crappy start...

oh well...i'll post again when i feel like it...pics from india are on facebook...laterz

10 years.

2006-12-11T16:50:00.000-05:00

that's how long its been since i was last in india...wow! i can't believe i'm finally making it back...this should be a great trip...i'm planning on touring south india with my family...going back to gujarat as well...and just enjoying myself and seeing how far everything has come over the past decade...i'll be posting pics and travel blogs up here....stay in touch...

also my friend is posting her india trip on another blog...go to: www.travelblog.com and at the bottom enter the username "atlglossy"

Strange or Ironic.

2006-11-25T23:28:00.000-05:00

I'm not talking about the GA-Ga Tech game. That was expected. We love Reggie. In fact, our student section cheered his name every time he came out. You look into the Tech section and they look confused (probably IE majors, all of 'em).

I'm talking about this news clip - LexisNexis founder dies. Kinda strange....

Buffalo Wing Omelet

2006-10-30T17:21:00.000-05:00

haven't written in a bit...did something crazy to my traps at the gym...so i've been in a state of agony...between the hot water bottle refilling and shoulder circle exercises i'm losing it...hopefully will be back in full force...until then enjoy this recent discovery...i was in the kitchen one day not wanting my usual omlelet (or omelette if you prefer)....so i found a bottle of buffalo wing sauce...put some in...5 mins later i was very happy...enjoy

4 eggs (discard two yolks if you feel healthy; discard two whites if you need that chubbalubba)
2 tbs milk
1 tbs buffalo wing sauce
diced onions (optional)
salt and pepper to taste

Mix briskly. Heat up a pan. Add some olive oil spray or whatever you use. When its hot, add half the egg mixture. Lower the heat and....you know how to make an omelet right? OK - do it. Fast forward to enjoy and thanking me for tantalizing your taste buds.

Cali N' Tito's

2006-10-19T08:34:00.000-05:00

you know i'm always goin on about food and cooking...i seek out restaurant reviews in the flagpole...i might as well post some of my own...i don't eat out as much, but when i do i feel its my duty to fellow eaters to report from the front line...

so yesterday a bunch of us tried out this new place on lumpkin called cali n tito's...its a cuban joint with other latin / mexican flavors...its got this crazy beach scene going on...complete with palm trees (hope they don't die in the winter)...beach umbrellas...a capsized boat, etc....you order inside at the bar and they bring out your food...i'm already tired of writing this review...ADD prob...umm...lets see...i had the verdura taco - pretty good on fresh, small warm tortillas....i had the veggie empanada...really good...especially with the verde sauce...and the tostones - fried plaintains...a bit dry, but still yummy...my friends had chorizo tacos and cuban sandwiches..they all liked it...i heard the chicken quesadilla was a bit bland...

next time i'll try their fruit smoothies - like papaya lime...and also a veggie cuban...that should be good...

i really don't see myself writing any more reviews...i have better stuff to do...like go eat some breakfast...so savor this moment...bon appetit.

Thriller Bollywood Style

2006-10-10T22:24:00.000-05:00

I'm sure most of you have seen this - but this is soooo funny. Its in Telugu (a South Indian language) and is a riot even for a brown boy...

Watch it.

Hema warns me of what lies ahead in a married life.

2006-10-10T07:42:00.000-05:00

Context

2006-10-09T20:41:00.000-05:00

So...we all complain about gas prices...well check out this link and see if you still think you're worse off....

There is shit in the meat.

2006-10-03T16:20:00.000-05:00

Probably my fav line from the book...the portion of the book (Fast Food Nation) that focuses on the slaughterhouses and meatpacking industry gave a grisly view of what really goes on in there...the taking advantage of migrant workers...the high rate of injury...the focus on getting as much meat through as possible while discounting safety or hygiene...

"The cattle now packed into feedlots get little exercise and live amid pools of manure."

Due to rising grain prices, slaughterhouses look to feed less expensive "materials" to cattle. About 75% of cattle in US were routinely fed livestock wastes - the rendered remains of dead sheep and dead cattle - until Aug, 1997. They were also fed millions of dead cats and dogs purchased from animal shelters. FDA banned this after the outbreak of mad cow disease. Alas, they are still fed dead pigs and horses today. COWS!!! ARE!!! HERBIVORES!!!!

Today, regulations now also allow cows to be fed dead polutry, but allow poultry to be fed dead cattle. Nice.

Waste products from poultry plants - including sawdust and old newspapers are also fed to cattle.

In 1994, 3 million pounds of chicken manure were fed to cattle.

All of this is tied to the spread of dangerous e. coli and get this - the USDA does not have the power to force a meatpacker to recall meat. Money talks in Congress.

Sick. Sick. Sick.

Cel-Ray

2006-10-01T17:25:00.000-05:00

a bit bored...so thought i'd mention some interesting things from the weekend....lets see - my brother was visiting and so i went home this weekend...we had some people over and mom and i became a pizza factory...i was tired by the end - scrap the idea of working in a pizza place before i start working as a lawyer..hah...can't stand the oven heat blast....saturday i was supposed to go see hema play soccer...but it was not meant to be - my car started hiccuping (is that a word) and stalled on me a couple times...i got back home and had a DIY project ready for me...rubber boot from the mass airflow meter was cracked...air filter was dirty...and my neighbor told me it could be the fuel filter too...so i borrowed his car (and his kids) and went off to the BMW dealership...i let them check out the new Z4 M Coupe while I got robbed - $45 for a stupid rubber tube...then i spent the rest of the afternoon fixing the car...seems to be working fine now...but who knows...she's temperamental...

today my room-mate told me that our stupid noisy neighbors woke him up last night at 3:30AM...except this time their patio conversation was about coke and how they got a bad batch of it...with this tid-bit of information, goose promptly told them to take their asses inside...i think they'll refrain from being too loud lest we mention their convo to the cops...weirdos...some of their other convos are down right gross...ask goose

what else - i had some celery soda today for the first time...interesting...i don't think i'll have it again...it was kinda like cold soup in a can...i dunno...i also bought this big plantain at the farmer's market...gotta do something cool with that...

thats about it...eventful weekend...back in athens now...dawgs won again - just barely...falcons won too - nothing to gloat about either...

anyhoo laterz...

Another one bites the dust...

2006-09-26T17:09:00.000-05:00

The rock has been delivered.

Fast Food Nation

2006-09-25T13:07:00.000-05:00

i've started reading fast food nation after it caught my eye at a bookstore in london...i dropped in that london bit just to show you how much of a world-traveler-snob i am...haha...anyway - it has some interesting stats that i wanted to mention...i'll post periodically with new factoids and such so that you lame-o's don't have to read the whole book...these facts are all based on the book and are dated as of 2001

Americans spend more on fast than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music - combined.

1 in 8 workers in the US has been employed by McDonald's at some point in their life (i'm still waiting for my chance)

McD hires more than any public or private employer - 1mil+

McD earns more money from the rent its charges for its restaurants - not from the food itself (hmm...what kind of food has no profit margin)

McD is the nation's largest purchaser of potatoes, beef, and pork; second for chicken

the only group that earns less than restaurant workers are migrant farm workers

The US has more prison inmates than full-time farmers

more to come later...

Pasta on Boil

2006-09-21T16:59:00.000-05:00

hey...so hema asked me to post...so i am...nothing really new to say here...oh yeah - going to india for a month this december...10 year reunion...should be pretty intense....probably visit some old places and find some new....i'm excited...

school's mundane as usual...nothing much going on...billy and i are starting a tutoring program for a local middle school...hopefully get to expand that to involve other students...right now we're waiting on the school to set it up so that we can start...also coming close to deciding where to work next year...decision should be out in a few weeks...doesn't look like my half-hearted attempt at a clerkship is having much luck...oh well - wasn't that gung-ho about it anyway...where does the word gung-ho come from...is it like kung fu? hmm...now kung pao is some good stuff...i'd like that right now...yum...oh yeah - pasta on boil...let me go check...

books wise...tried reading shalimar the clown by rushdie...couldn't get into it...he's got a weird writing style...then i thought i'd read the alchemist...well i got the wrong one! i read one by mark illis...which was actually not that bad...but anyway - i'm supposed to read the one by paulo coelho...so i'm reading that now cuz benovelent goose got it for me..haha...

movies - saw all the president's men...that was a sharp movie...now i know what deep throat means...hahaha...not what you thought...hahaha....gonna see raging bull later tonite...

getting cooler down here...its football season...went and saw UGA crush UAB...which was expected but it was still fun....gonna go to the Colorado game this weekend as well...falcons winning too...could this be the year? we'll see....

in other news...nothing..ha...will post again when something cool happens.

Nothing.

2006-09-05T18:40:00.000-05:00

well...nothing much to write about these days...no cool pictures to post...school has started and is mundane...blah...missed the first football game - but caught the trouncing on TV....watched some good movies lately...lets see kiss kiss bang bang was fun...a dark comedy that had a contemporary filming style...then jarhead was good...a look into desert storm...how marines operate and stuff...it doesn't quite come off the way it was intended...but still worth watching...syriana was the best though...gives you a cross-section of the world oil business...how it operates at different levels...how life struggles all tie into it...how the gas at your pump is mixed in with corruption, terrorism, and high-powered politics...

went to tallulah gorge again this past weekend....took hema on an impromptu picnic...unfortunately they ran out of passes and we couldn't go to the gorge floor...so gotta do that some time...other than that nothing going on!!! bored!! thats why this post is boring!!!

The Trip.

2006-08-20T20:10:00.000-05:00

its been about a week since i've been back from ireland and england....had to get back in the swing of things with school...ireland was a lot of fun...its a very picturesque land...we stuck to the rural area...with the small artsy towns and rolling hills...much like the von Trapp family would do..ha...from there we flew to london....that was fun to see my cousins after such a long time...we hung out most of the time since i'd done the touristy things before...the way back home was much more exhausting...the terror plot meant that we had to go thru extra security and no hand luggage...that meant no extra goodies to bring back...it was great to finally make it back to atlanta...

school's back in session...which means football season is right around the corner...woot....good to see all the guys back in town...last year...gotta make it fun...

2006-08-17T07:18:00.000-05:00

With my cousins in London

2006-08-17T07:15:00.001-05:00

With mom in Bus Eireann

2006-08-17T07:15:00.000-05:00

A ghostly image from the Cliffs of Moher

2006-08-17T07:13:00.000-05:00

That's me right before a monster grabbed me from behind and...

2006-08-17T07:05:00.000-05:00

A massive Church built of stone in Killarney. Felt cold and forbidding.

2006-08-17T07:04:00.000-05:00

An alley in Killarney, Ireland.

Holiiiiiiiiiday!

2006-07-31T12:23:00.000-05:00

well the past few weeks have been a blast....i'm finally done with my clerkships...went rafting on the ocoee again with the AGG folks....that was a lotta fun (one of the summers fell out ha)...also went to the beach boys concert at chastain...john stamos was touring with them...it was great to hear some of their classics...we had dinner at horseradish before and that was cool too...went to some more fancy dinners as well....and now i'm off to ireland and england for a couple weeks before school starts...should be a blast...pics to come soon...