mockery

did anyone catch Last Comic Standing tonight? what was up with that?!! The theme of the night was a "roast" where they all made jokes that insulted Jay Mohr. Except none of them were funny! where's the talent in that, people? One guy actually just LISTED the things he didn't like about Jay. Not in a funny way, just a list that he read off an index card really really fast. Um, yeah. At that point, its not comedy, its just being mean. Plus the fact that these people were obvious incapable of focusing their thoughts, because not one of them actually stuck with Jay. They took pot shots at all the other comics, sometimes even the ones on their own team. I'm no expert, but, when you have to remind the audience to laugh after every "joke", maybe its time to rethink your routine...

wait a minute... i guess i'm the loser that sat there and watched it anyways... so, um, nice flood we're having, eh?

shards

I broke my favorite perfume bottle while cleaning my bathroom today. Even more annoying than the fact that it broke was the fact that it broke after I was almost done cleaning. Which meant I had to start over. I never realized how oily perfume is! I'm actually terrified that I didn't pick up all the pieces of glass... guess I'll know if I cut my feet tomorrow morning.

hey, at least on the bright side, my bathroom smells wonderful. :)

google

did anyone get in on the ipo? There was so much hoopla (what a great word) about it being available to the common man... I'm sure some people made a killing just doing a little swing trading within the first few days. I would have tried, but I think it happened right around the time when everything in my life was in a fog. Next thing I knew I was reading headlines about it being over.

I google people. Is that really such a bad thing? It seems harmless enough to me. the information is available to everyone, right? so what if am interested in you enough to want to learn more about you? its like a scavenger hunt. is this the same John Smith as the one I know? Ooh... I never saw a picture like this before... ;) you get the idea. I think most people would be flattered to know that they're being googled.

I don't quite understand why blogger is a part of google. It doesn't seem related to their main mission very well. I'm probably just missing something obscenely obvious. I did like the fact that I couldn't find this blog very easily just by doing a google search. :)

i want a google toolbar for safari. I like how its integrated and all, but I like a lot of the extra features that the toolbar provides.

How about that gmail? By the way, I have plenty of invites if anyone needs one. Just let me know. I'm not sure how I feel about the account yet, I just don't use it often enough. I found a program called gtray that will alert you when you have email.. I should really install that and start switching over.

Hard to believe that I started college without its existence, eh?

appellation

i spent a long time yesterday trying to decide what to name this entire blog. it seemed to me that the entire "success" of the blog hinged on whether i had chosen a sufficiently catchy moniker. i mean, this was my once chance to sum up my entire wit and intelligence and prove to my readers that they had stumbled upon something truly magnificient. of course, blogger didn't tell me whether or not i could later change this title, so for all i knew it was a binding decision, and one that i would have to live with for the rest. of. my. life.

talk about pressure.

i finally just went with what i've been feeling lately. that's what the creative geniuses always tell you, right? go with what you know... i know solitude. i'm not saying that to generate pity or sympathy. its just how things have been often in my life, and oddly enough to most people, it doesn't bother me as much as maybe it should.

anyhow, though i knew it wouldn't be unique, i made my choice and hit Next. And look, another life-altering decision! what template do i want?? fortunately, it said i could change it later, so i just picked one and moved on. Now that my blog is "perfect shiny and new"* i see that i can actually change the title if i so desire. damn you blogger, making me spend precious moments of my life contemplating a decision that was completely reversible!!


* if you know me, you know that i often burst into song when lyrics of a song are used in conversation. can anyone name the song that just popped in my mind from the quoted words?

commencement

so, i'm jumping on this whole blogging bandwagon. even though my entire life i've been firmly against journal writing for fear that the wrong person would come across it. i've always been very hospital-corners with my life, no one can know all. that sounds kind of evil saying out loud. hmm...

anyhow, i'm pissed that i didn't get sangeet.blogspot.com. i'm the original sangeet!! me!! me! hehe.. i think i've been sufficiently egotistical for my first post.