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Monday, 07 November 2005 |
Current Mood - Amazed
Current Music - INXS - Tall Paul Remixes
Sara was in the Cabbagetown Festival this w.end selling some metal tiles and other paintings. The festival was mostly a chilli cook off, but there was an area for artists and about 35 of them setup for this.
This was the first time Sara has tried to sell her artwork at a public event and there is a definate interest in doing more based on how this one went.
I was so proud of her!
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Monday, 31 October 2005 |
Current Mood - Chipper
Current Music - Godzuki - Your Future
Went to Emory on Thursday to complete the last
of my paperwork - they had given me a PPD (TB) test so of course I was
freaking out because I was convinced it would be positive - but all is
good. Apparently, when they say your arm will "swell if positive" they
mean something the size of a tennis ball - not a small bump caused by
the needle which is what I had. Digging up immunization records was
also a nightmare - when was the last time you had a certain vaccine -
Oh I don't remember.
Halloween was mild, at least compared to
last year. Went to two very chill parties which was great. No costume
or anything. I couldn't find my mask from last year and was too lazy to
buy another.
Spend most of this w.end resurrecting my website. http://www.googirama.com
is now up and running although it will take me a while to restore data
but the albums are up:) and the new site will allow users to add thier
own pics and discuss them on forums - but all that will happen later.
Will start volunteering at Dekalb again this week. Looking forward to it actually. |
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Monday, 24 October 2005 |
Current Mood - Busy
Current Music - Weekend Players - Pursuit Of Happiness
Astride The Wheel is a quiet tale of the last years of a temple
priest in rural Orrisa and his acceptance of monotonous poverty - the
fate of most Indian villagers. Sanatan Dase dimly senses that a great
freedom lies beyond his wife's continuous complaints, the petty social
insults he bears, and the endless shortages in his life.
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first half of the novel is set in a village in Orissa. In its second
half, the reader leaves behind the claustrophobic brahmin sellements,
its caste heirarchies, trivial proeoccupations and repetitive rituals
to travel with Sanatan Dase to Dakhineswar, Varanasi, Vrindaven and
finally to Puri. The protagonist's outward pilgrimage coincides with a
journey into an inner world of profound mystical experience.
Often
described as a Hindu novel, the work hints at a secret and flawless
happiness that is attainable through simple piety and devotion.
Link to Amazon:
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Saturday, 22 October 2005 |
Current Mood - Anxious
Current Music - Special Beat - Special Beat Service
Don't know why but since this morning all smells seem to make me want
to hurl. We're not talking something evil here - more like the
remmenants of my b'fast dishes from this morning or just leaning over
to catch a drink from the faucet. I ate nothing but chicken last night
and had a glass of milk before I went to bed so I have no idea why.
Needless
to say, smoking a ciggie right now is impossible. I hope it clears up
by tonight because I have a dinner party to attend. We'll see.
I had wanted to see the Halloween parade in L5P but I'm going to have to skip it now. |
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Written by googirama
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Thursday, 20 October 2005 |
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Current Mood - Tired
Current Music - Nick Warren - Renaissance Revelations
It's been one of those days when everything you say gets taken the wrong way - had two phone conversation that ended the wrong way; then a wonderful e-mail from a girl I have not talked to in years who seemed upset that I say "hi, how are you doing" so I said forget it; and finally I saw my neighor walking home and it looked like she was sniffling so I said "hey what's up - do you have allergies or something," well pardon my poor ass - that was the worst thing to say because anyone could have told she was upset and not bothered her.
Notice -
this is me, walking away with my arms where everyone can see them - and no I'm NOT aksing you to follow me. Bye bye, have fun!
So, what's a well meaning gent like me to do?
I decided to have a glass of milk with Horlicks (for that fresh malted feeling) and listen to Nick Warrens Renaissance Revelations GU set. It's relaxing and easy to chill to. Perhaps this is why I painted my living room blue... See I'm already relaxed, yes, life is nice, yes.
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Wednesday, 19 October 2005 |
Current Mood - Cheerful
Current Music - Air - Talkie Walkie
It turns out my mother was making a PPT for our church focusing on
Hinduism and festivals as part of our study of world religions and
cultures and I decided to help her edit it. Apparently too much info on
the religion itself would "bore" the audience and time was limited so
we decided to just focus on some of the major ones their history and
some cultural significance. I'm actually excited to see how this goes
down on Thursday. We don't really get into much "puja" here.
Here they are just in case you cared:
Diwali
- Festival of Lights - Probably the biggest one, held in the fall,
celebrated universally and generally celebrates the "victory of light
over the forces of darkness." It also commemorates Rama and Sita
returning "home" after 14 years in exile.
Holi - Festival of
Colors - The second most important. Held in Spring and asks for
blessing and prosperity for the land. Ceremonies include throwing
colored powders and liquids on each other to erase social taboos and
caste with celebrations of Rahda and Krishnas love.
Karwa Chauth
- Mainly celebrated by women in North India a few days before Diwali,
is marked by periods of praying and fasting, celebrating of female
heroines in Hindu Mythology and generally represents loyalty towards
spouses and fathers.
Baisakhi - Celebrated in April by BOTH
Sikhs and Hindus which makes it fairly unique. The Sikhs celebrate a
new agricultural year and may empty out the old granaries in
preparation for the coming year while to the Hindus it is the New Year
and the date it is believed the goddess Ganga (think Ganges river)
descended to earth.
Rakhi Bandhan - Takes place in the fall
and celebrates more than anything else sibling bonds. The "rakhi" is a
bracelet the sister ties to her brother although it is not limited to
family. The bracelet celebrates the bonds between people and provides
hope for coexistence with those around us. In legend the goddess Sachi
gave the bracelet to her brother Indra as a token of protection and
love in a time of war.
Source: http://www.hindunet.org/festivals/ |
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Tuesday, 18 October 2005 |
Current Mood - Ecstatic
Current Music - New Order - Best Of...
Believe it or not I've actually convinced several friends from out West
to visit the ATL sometime before this year ends. The only issue is -
that they travel in packs so it's an all or none scenario - which is
fine because these are my dearests and always welcome. Since New
Orleans no longer has the good hotel deals one would expect from them
and I can't afford the traditional yearly get together in Vegas - this
might just work out.
What can I say about the culprits - in a completely joking way or course:
Art
is a playboy. He still works his way down lists of women to date - but
hey it works. His biggest issue is not being able to surf in the ATL
but I told him that couldn't be helped.
Bill is generally considered to be one of the harder clubbers in SFO - which is no small acheivement in itself.
Dave is in a wonderful band called Astral besides being a pretty crazy biochemist.
And
who knows who else they might drag out with them:) So something to look
forward to besides the craziness that is generally November. |
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Written by googirama
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Monday, 17 October 2005 |
Curent Mood - Disappointed
Current Music - Echo and the Bunnymen - Songs to sing and learn
All in all not a bad afternoon except for one thing. Mambo, my fav CMS
is now Joomla, or Joomla! (the ! is part of the official name) so us
Mambers besides now being Joombers! will have to see how the new system
develops and how interoperable the two branches stay. As always it was
a GPL licencing issue and the move had a lot of support . Apparently,
Mambo will stay, and so will Limbo (the flat file version) so WTF mate.
There are currently over 1200 Mambo modules and projects in active
development so this will be interesting.
Joomla is derived from "Jumla" That's Swahili for "all together" apparently.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/03/1341245&tid=95&tid=162&tid=185 |
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Written by googirama
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Sunday, 16 October 2005 |
Current Mood - Working
Current Music - Streets - OPM
Made it to the festival yesterday - thanks again to Liz and Graham for
scoring SUCH excellent spots in line! I do think we were among the
first 50 people inside this year. However the beer selection sucked
compared to last year - at least in terms of some of the rarer Euro
brews - although the event itself was better managed and letting people
leave and re-enter (vs last year) was also a plus. I did enjoy the
Organic Porter from the Butte Creek Brewing Company and the very hoppy
Sledgehammer from the 5 Seasons Brewing Company in Atlanta! Coming home
I felt more dehydrated than drunk. Overall, a little disappointing but
well worth it. Awesome seeing everyone!
Decided
to skip church today and spend the afternoon fine tuning some finances.
I've been hit recently with various account charges and misc fees from
BofA and other creditors. Shutting of my HBO, using a balance transfer
option for one credit card and linking my checking to a joing family
account should result in around $75 in additional savings a month. At
least that's the goal. I see no reason to pay out fees simply for the
privelege of "doing" business with you or us or them. Which is still
not as bad as paying for something you never use.
Got a phone
call from my grandmother, telling me that she's reached Canada safely.
She left yesterday after spending six weeks with us. I told her I'd
love to visit and might actually use GreyHound vs flying. You can get
to Toronto and back for under a $160 via Detroit and that's pretty
unbeatable especially if you have a few days to kill. We'll see. |
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Thursday, 13 October 2005 |
Awesome book if you haven't checked it out - I generally don't read
anything on the best seller lists (as it's very rarely European history
or politics) but this is a good exception. Since it's been out a while,
and a lot of people already know about it - I'll just post a blurb from
Amazon:
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