Saturday, February 26, 2005

fitting in, building "Little Bihar"

guddu and i attend NO neighborhood events. our excuse is that we are workaholics. but in reality, there is another reason: we are not rich middle-aged white people with blond children and one volvo and one SUV.

i contemplated in the past attending the progressive (not in the political sense!) dinner, christmas party, summer cookout, etc. but ever since complaints of the number of cars we parked were published in the neighborhood newsletter, i have boycotted all neighborhood events-- even listing ourselves in the directory.

furthermore, we do not drink, eat beef and pork nor italian food. nor do we have kids or sizeable incomes.

would we be more participatory if we lived in, say, "little bihar"? i dream to move into a small, easy-to-clean condo with minimal possessions in a warm place where we can keep the windows open yearlong. and there would have to be a big bed (no, not like michael jackson's) where scores of relatives and friends would join to sit cross-legged and discuss and laugh and plan marriages, but never do a thing...

Thursday, February 24, 2005

2 things i care not to think about anymore today

1. LOJACK

2. Kirstie Alley's weight

enough said.

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

is someone trying to dupe me?

ok, i know i have not posted in 2 months! doesn't feel that long ago. but a motivated person can accomplish alot in two months. needless to say, I am not talking about myself.

i just got this email (after regular business hours i should add) that kinda hurt! for fear of potential employers reading this, I will not use real names. background on email: very early-- before 8am-- i had a surprise interview from an agency where i had applied for a summer internship. i was on my mobile, in a basement, and very groggy. the phone interview got interrupted and i was not fresh, and it is surprising it did not feel like a total disaster.

back to the email. so the supervisor in that agency sent me an email today saying that he is not sure why i want to intern there. is he giving me a second chance to proclaim my lifelong desire for working on projects using cost-benefit analysis??? or is this a routine method he uses to weed out who is serious and who is not? is this ethical? i have not read about this line in any "job search" manual. maybe this is an innovative technique he himself has developed.

regardless, i plan to "wow" him with a carefully crafted email laced with my desire for economic impact analyis. and i am preparing for rejection as well.

p.s. i hate my computer. i really want a notebook. is the purchase justified?