completed

More than a year after starting it, I finished knitting this sweater around six weeks ago. But too much has been going on lately, and I'm just now getting around to photographing it, let alone think about wearing it.


Nevermind that it's now 90 degrees out, and not exactly cashmere wearing weather. Nevermind that the ribbon makes me feel like I'm wearing giftwrap, which isn't quite the intended effect. Nevermind that despite appearances, it turned out a bit large so I might never even wear it.

Oh well.  My first sweater, so I'm still proud.

identity

Okay, according to peekay I really have to post now, or suffer the consequences. :) I'll spare you the usual drivel: It's been a long time, I've meant to post, I haven't, oh well.

So, first post back, big shoes to fill...

Let's start with an easy one...

So I'm sitting in one of my business school classes, and we're analyzing Microsoft from a company strategy point of view. We're in groups of three, and so far we've talked about company culture, history, goals, etc. After discussing their products, we're about to move on, when one girl pipes up quite excitedly.

Her: "Wait wait, what about iPods?"
Me: "What about them?"
Her: "Well, why hasn't anyone mentioned them?"
Me: "Because they're not made by Microsoft?"
Her: "Aren't they made by Apple?"
Me: "Yes...."
Her: "Isn't that the same thing as Microsoft?"

Oh how I wish I could make this stuff up.

tradition

Well, turns out I missed my bloggiversary. Oops!

Instead, as a followup to last year, I present the results of my second lifetime pumpkin carving attempt.



Happy Halloween!

disgusted

Does anyone out there still watch the Apprentice? This season's cast includes a young ambitious Indian woman. At the start of the season, I was intrigued. In four seasons, this was the first Indian person included on the show, and I was curious to see what she would make of herself. Fair or not, I felt she was representing Indian women all over America, since Indian women are still scarce in public American media. After watching the last two episodes, all I can say is EW. I hope I'm never associated with such arrogance, ego, and general repulsiveness. Disdain for others dripping from every word she said, she proceeded to blatantly lie about her religion of all things, just to get out of doing something she felt was too far beneath her Ivy league education. To you, Ms. Toral Mehta, I ask, just what were you thinking?? Do these types of shenanigans really work in your everyday life? What a major disappointment.

insanity

There's impulse purchases, and then there's IMPULSE purchases.

I just bought a beautiful cello.

I have no idea how to play a cello.

Yet.