June 26th/27th - time zone dependent...

Yesterday was a very eventful day. Today continues to be exciting.

First and foremost it was my Ex-Roomie's Birthday. I forgot about it, but made sure I was, at least, the last one to wish her. This is where EST (in context of the US of A) came to my rescue. Though it was already midnight of 26th in India, it was afternoon of the 26th for me. (So this is why people thank God for everything, the rotation of the Earth being one of them). Hence I took advantage of the time difference and managed to scrape through Sidney Sheldon style.

I can be titled an "insensitive pig" in this context, because I remember fairly well, that for my birthday last year my dearest (ex) roomie had taken the trouble of buying a chocolate truffle cake (my favorite), waking me up at 00:00 hrs, and singing "Happy Birthday" for me, even as I thought the whole world including my mom had forgotten that I'm turning one year older.

This made me think of my roomie for a bit. (And this is not because she bought me my favorite cake for my birthday)I have not, till date, seen a person who is so understanding. She's the only one who looked at broken ribs and accidents in the eye, and was brave enough to ride pillion with me, a horrible(, horrible-r, horrible-st)  two-wheeler rider. It always seemed to me that she's perfectly at peace with herself and others because she never cribbed about other people* (*bad bosses are excluded from "people", because everyone except for kiss-asses complain about them). She made sure her public relations were to the point, nobody has said anything bad about her in my living memory . Though I lost it at times for my own reasons, she was always composed,(she's not a yogi, my constant usage of 'calm' 'peace' n 'composed' might make one wonder she was). These and many other good qualities made her the best roomie I ever had. God Bless Her Forever!!

Secondly, Bill Gates is stepping down. I am a huge fan of Mac and Steve Jobs, but Bill Gates is an exemplary. Most of us are firm believers in the generations old "graduating and making it big" formula. We do not have the courage to drop out from ordinary schools, leave alone Harvard. To believe in an idea and some "chips" (and never quit believing) and change the landscape of technology altogether, that was legendary. My salutations!!!

Thirdly, Mrs. Sabhnani, thats an extremely bad show. From where I look at you (with the glasses I borrow from the media world- over), this was in very very bad-taste. I'm sure if you really loved your kids like you stated in court, you would have known and done much better.

Next, Dark Knight being dedicated to Heath Ledger. When a trailer of the movie played a couple of days back, I told my husband they might dedicate the movie to the great actor. My husband read the news article this morning and asked me where did you read it before, "you were right", they did dedicate it to Ledger and special effects technician Convey Wicliffe,  (who was killed in a stunt accident) will also be 'remembered'. Trust my husband is fully aware that this is the general practice, and was just reaffirming what he knew. My good intention was to immortalize the "you were right".

Lastly, the lock on my main door got stuck on 26th June 2008, 1500 hrs EST, we had to figure out a way to get it fixed. If we complained to the regular maintenance personnel it will not get fixed before 600 hrs EST on Saturday, which is when I head out to Philadelphia for an eventful weekend with family. So we had to con the emergency services personnel into believing that our whole life was dependent on the well being of the lock. 

Nature, Gas prices, Lucifer's army and my husband's boss, I request you to be conducive to my small wish and leave us alone this weekend, kindly concentrate your energies somewhere else. All of you vile forces, go away, little rose rim wants to play.