You know, when you think of New Year's Eve, what do you think of? Lemme help ya. I see people at a party watching the ball drop with Dick Clark on TV (although he's still in his coma.. whoever's on..), champagne flowing, silly hats galore, and lots of fun and delirious noise.

Now let me tell you how my New Year's Eve is going to be spent.

Asleep.

That's right, I have nothing to do. I'd like to go out and party it up but the truth is, everyone's already out of town and I hadn't planned anything. Grr. So yeah, 2005 is gonna come in with a whimper for me. Let's hope the rest of the year isn't as boring.

On another note, Binuchacha went to Best Buy today with me to get an iPod for me as a gift. VERRRY excited. We got one, I get home and plug it in to get it started and---- blank.

The Apple logo just sits there blinking at me.

After an hour with Apple on the phone, they tell me that it's best to go ahead and exchange it. So off I go to Best Buy to exchange it. And..... oh that's right, the last one has been sold. Wonderful. I go to Office Max but for some reason they only have office supplies. (duh) I call Radio Shack and go, "Hey do you have iPods? The 20GB model?"
"Yes we do," a man cheerfully replies.
"Wonderful." -v
"It's actually the iPod+HP." -radioshack
[ I ask him the difference and he tells me. Anyway..]
"Great, how many do you have in stock?"-v
"Zero."
WTF?! If he had none then what was the point of saying, "Yes we do,"?!! Totally retarded. Pissed me off. So yeah that's where I am. Without an iPod, irate at a RadioShack salesman (he has the nerve to say that he'll call me when he gets it.. I decline), and doing jack-taco for New Year's.

Whoopee.

Alright, I've run into a problem. Basically I spent all of today getting the My Portfolio section up, and that was all fine and dandy. Before I get to the problem, here's something---

Doing the pages for the portfolio section and the pictures magically don't appear. I look at the code and everything looks good. No clue what's wrong. Here's what it was..

http://vinoj.com/myportfolio/
album.php?Folder=Audra

was ACTUALLY supposed to be

http://vinoj.com/myportfolio/
album.php?folder=Audra

If you can't spot the difference, here it is. The F in folder wasn't supposed to be capitalized. So yeah, I got an error. Frikkin programming and its syntax. Sheesh.

Now back to the main problem.. this may sound sheepish but.. All I have now are rather lame pictures which I don't think would be all that interesting, so I'm left with just leaving the page alone for a little while. I've run out of things to put on the site! No people, this is serious! This means all I'd put on here are posts. Man oh man, what is this world coming to.....

WHEW!

Alright all of the pictures are now converted over to the new design, and I'm glad. I've added captions to everything but the DSP party, because there are exactly 3444659574 pictures in there and I'm too lazy to put captions on all of them.

On another note, I want to thank Tim, Matt, Dave, and Casey for their help with getting the CSS/PHP mix onto the page. I did the grunt work, but without their genius I'd be lost.

Quote of the Day
"JiA: dont forget ur titty tassles too"

I've always loved these, so I decided to put em on the site.

Little Golden Books That Never Made It

1. You Are Different and That's Bad
2. The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables
3. Dad's New Wife Robert
4. Fun four-letter Words to Know and Share
5. Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An I-Can-Do-It Book
6. The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking
7. Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her
8. Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence
9. All Cats Go to Hell
10. The Little Sissy Who Snitched
11. Some Kittens Can Fly
12. That's it, I'm Putting You Up for Adoption
13. Grandpa Gets a Casket
14. The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator
15. Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia
16. The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy
17. Strangers Have the Best Candy
18. Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way
19. You Were an Accident
20. Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will
21. Pop! Goes The Hamster...And Other Great Microwave Games
22. The Man in the Moon Is Actually Satan
23. Your Nightmares Are Real
24. Where Would You Like to Be Buried?
25. Eggs, Toilet Paper, and Your School
26. Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?
27. Places Where Mommy and Daddy Hide Neat Things
28. Daddy Drinks Because You Cry

I almost cried laughing reading all of these. Good times, good times. Hey I'm making progress on the PHP figuring out thingie. I figured out how to put a caption on the pictures. Except..well.. it's only one caption that I can put in there. D'oh.

So it's been a bit, so I think it's time for another journal. Nothing much going on. I got excited over the PHP script and was going to get really into it, and then.. nothing. I just took a break. I may get into it today, and maybe not.

Added a new graphic at the bottomr for the whole 'new year' thing. Should be gone after this week though. Okay, I'm out. Ohhhhh yeah. This was definitely my most exciting blog yet.

Wanna see some work in action? I found a PHP script that recurses directories and gets whatever is in there. Then, it creates webpages for each .jpg that's in there and even comes up with a thumbnails page. The most exciting thing however is that it's much more customizable than many of the other scripts I've found out there. So, wanna see some work in action? This is partially what the new My Pics section will be based on within the next week or so..


Test pages

Peace out.. let's hope I can decipher PHP and mix with CSS.

WHEW. Alright, so I finished up the My Bio page and also the main page of the My Pics section. Now to go into EVERY SINGLE PICS PAGE THAT I HAVE. That's right, I have to do every single one. Maybe I can learn some PHP so that I don't have to do such a thing from now on. Sheesh. But alas, 'tis done for tonight. I think I'm going to go read.

I know, I'm fickle. I've already, within the course of an hour, changed colors on the site. It's now a darker blue-green, because I feel that the contrast would make the pictures pop out more. It's still lighter than the dark brown I had before. Don't remember what the other one looked like? Since you reeeeealllly care, here's the old one:

http://vinoj.com/images/web4.jpg

Hey hey hey!! I did it! It took about a day or so, but I got the new design up. Very happy. My fave parts are the rotating header image (that's right, refresh the page and a new image pops up) and the poinsettia and holly. (Poinsettia at the top, holly at the bottom right of the page.) Other than that it's all details, although it took for stinkin' ever. The worst part was understanding the float:left float:right parts of CSS. It really is very simple, but I had probs. Thankfully Casey and Tim helped me out. Although the bastard Casey just pointed me to different sites.

I'll kick him where it hurts. Arr.

I've also decided that if you have a resolution lower than 1024x768, you don't deserve to see my site. I tried it on 800x600 (because Angel has that rez for GOD knows what reason) and it looks like crap. But you know what? I DONT CARE!! WOOHOO!

And I'm out. Now to convert the my pics page.. the profile page.. still quite a bit of work to do.

Quote of the Day
"Vinod: curfew after 10 pm..no girls ,booze or fags in the house"
-explaining house rules to me in Bangalore

Alrighty. Good news and bad news. Good news: I think I finally have the design I want for my new vinoj.com site. It's gonna be a bluish color to give it a fresh and 'cool' feel to it, and the entire code will be written in CSS, making it pretty clean and easy for me to work with, and completely cross-browser compatible. (What does it mean to the average IE user? Absolutely nothing. But hey, it's a nerdy web developer thing. Gotta do it.)

Bad news: I have no idea how to do CSS2. At least the strict configuration of it all. csszengarden.com is going to be my closest ally through all of this, and i'll be trying to emulate all the code that I can find. It shouldn't become a project where I just copy/paste (where's the learning in that?), but I'll be relying heavily on other people, including my friends Casey and Jeff Clark. They're badass.

If you want to see the new design, it's at http://vinoj.com/images/web4.jpg .

The other strenuous task? Trying to get all the pages converted over to the new design. Since it's my own damn site and I don't have worry about a slew of visitors, I'm just gonna do the front page, then the other pages as I get time. No hurry here.

(Inadvertent) Quote of the Day
NiShBaBy05: im gettin that taste in my mouth
NiShBaBy05: its prob all this bush

-Nisha

SCHOOL IS OVER! FOREVER! (probably)

So now that I've finished my final papers and.. whatever, I'm officially free to.. umm.. bum around. And do nothing. However, I don't plan to do that for too long. In January, I plan to go to India to shoot a movie, although I haven't gotten a script yet. Once that's over, I'd ideally like to move to Los Angeles (here I come, Val!) and look for acting jobs. Who knows.. that's in the future though, and for now I get to rest... and that's a good thing.

Now comes a really interesting story. Apparently my friend Erica... (just scroll down to see her photo).. wasn't really sending me photos of.. Erica. Allow me to explain. Please check the picture on this page, and then, this picture:

Erica? Or not..

Yup. Not Erica. Adriana Lima.

So why would someone send fake pics of themself to me and pretend to be.. oh I dunno.. one of the most famous fashion models in the world? No clue. But here's an email that I sent her..

----start of email ----

:: Sigh ::

I don't know where to begin. I guess I'll go through my day today. Maybe you can help me with it. It's damn long though so brace yourself. ;)

9 am.

I talk to my friend Casey and tell him that a girl finds him cute. He asks who and I show him a photo of you. He goes away for a bit and comes back-- he says, "Hey cool. I found another pic of her!" I get confused and look. It's the exact same pic that you sent me, the misserica.jpg file. (white swimsuit) A knot forms at the pit of my stomach. I don't like the truth that I already know.

10 am.

I scour online and find exact matches for at least 5 of the pics you've sent me. It hurts and confuses me. I don't know what to think.

11 am.

I call you to see if I can talk to you about it.

12 pm.

We talk and you tell me that regarldess of all the pics being found on websites of Adriana Lima, you have no idea how that happened. I desperately want to believe you because I still think you're a nice girl who's uncomfortable with the way she looks for god-knows-what reason. You tell me that you'll prove that it's you by going to your friend's house at 5 pm.

5 pm.

We talk, and you say that Joel is still at the clinic. As soon as he's off, you say, I'll be able to see you. If nothing else, I'll see you right after dinner. Not 1 am, you promise. Early in the evening. I'm still confused but want to believe.

6 pm

You meet up with Joel and have dinner. I start talking to your sister, who I've never talked to... ever. I barely know that she exists and she just so happens to get on today. I dont think anything of it. Little sisters can do that. She said that she cant find any pics of her on your computer.

9 pm

I learn that apparently (and rather conveniently) there are no family pics of you guys. I have no idea how a person has a full collection of pics of Adriana Lima but no pics of immediate family. You assure me that you'll be on web cam soon enough.

10:30 pm

Your dog is lost and you're searching. I sigh and realize that it's entirely possible, although it's starting to get all too coincidental.But hey, from one dog lover to another, I empathize. You say that you'll leave in half an hour.

12 am

You decide to have a cup of coffee at midnight before you go 'straight to Joel's house'.

1:00 am

I see you online and say hi. You came home and wanted to check for your dog. He's not there. "Be back in 20," you promise.

3:00 am

I send this letter. It's been 2 hours since you talked last to me.

Look, I know that the pics that you sent are of Adriana Lima. The only one that I have a doubt of whether it's actually you is the pic of the three girls. I know the others arent. I guess at this point, I'm just flabbergasted. Why would someone do something like this? If it's that you dont feel that you're pretty enough for whatever reason, that's definitely not something you need to worry about with me. I'm not that shallow, really.

But here are a few more questions:

How much of this is fabricated? Are you really pregnant? How many people have you done this to? Is your name Erica? Are you really heartbroken? Were you planning to meet me this weekend? Do you have an iPod to send? ;)

I guess that's all I have for now. I'll do this because I'm generous-- I'm going to leave the door open for you. If you have an answer other than, "but I swear it's me in those pics," and want to talk, then we'll talk. If not, then..
-- end of email--

Quote of the Day
"i dont like it when other people watch me go down on my girlfriend"
-Jenni

It's DONE. It's FINALLY DONE. The paper that I've been stressing over for the past.. oh.. two months is finall DONE.

It ended up being 15 pages.. not the 20 that I originally was going for but dude, it's still 15. I took blood, sweat, and tears. But it's done. Oh yeah, and I have two more smaller papers to write and I've had 3 hours of sleep in the past 47 hours.

Niiiice.

Check out the paper if you'd like..
Huge Ass Paper!

Quote of the Day
"Sometimes I wish I didn't have ADD," said Vinoj.
"Sometimes I wish my computer would go faster, " said Erica.

So tell me, whos problem is oh.. what.. more IMPORTANT. Thanks Erica. Cow.

Another Quote of the Day
"Yeah, yeah, i want to be spanked!!!!"
-Jenn W

Sigh.. alright back to work. I've had about one hour of sleep, and I'm gonna keep chugging. Let's see how much of this paper I can get done. It'll be .. arduous to say the least. Until then, here's a conversation I had with Erica-- we'll just title it:

"I'm gay.. or something..."

Hope you enjoy..

PS On another note, OU IS GOING TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!! ORANGE BOWL HERE WE COME! GOOOOOO SOONERS!!!

Quote of the Day
"I'll fight you."
-Erica. The girl is five months pregnant.

Quote of the WEEK
"Is it a vibrator?"
-Vinni, when I told her that yes, she would use her Christmas gift a lot

Alright, so I leave the site with a whole lot of Quotes of the Day and random tidbits but haven't written a single thing on here personal-life wise. And tonight I plan to. Ready? Here we go.

Let's see. I'm finishing up my 20 page paper tonight so that I can focus on my other two papers. What page am I on with the 20 page one? Page 7. And that's great, as far as I can tell. It's better than being on page 1, right? Plus I'm drinking this energy drink called Monster (I've had 2 already and you're not supposed to have more than 2 in one day.. I've had it in 2 hours), and it's really pepped me up. I'm soo gonna be able to go on all night. Another all-nighter? Bring it on!

Another motivating factor for why I'm working so hard? Thursday evening. What happens Thursday evening, you might ask. I'll tell you: I go to Kansas City, to see Deja and Erica. They're both amazing women and I love talking to them. They're among my closest friends. Too bad I'm such a loser and seem to make friends who aren't in the same state as me.

Pic of Deja:

Pic of Erica:


I know I know, I have hot friends. What can I say, they're just drawn to a good looking stud like me. :)

Peas.

You know why I like John McCain? Because he doesnt need to stand on party lines. He doesn't care if you're Republican, Democrat, or Libertarian. He doesn't even care if you're vegan. He's got the balls to speak his mind, and now he's spoken his mind about Donald Rumsfeld (Rummy), Bush's favorite pet war-lord. Oh yeah, and in case you didnt know,he's coming back for four more years for four more years of bliss filled goodness! Yum!!


McCain hates Rummy. Or something like that.

Quote of the Day
"I read this in a book.. literature.. not online.. I hear that if you pee after holding it in for a really long time, it's 1/8 of an orgasm. If it's outside, when you REALLY cant hold it anymore, it's 1/7 of an orgasm. It goes higher."
-Slack

Quote of the Day
"Gay people are an endangered species."
-Jerrin

Quote of the Day
"Eww.. I'm watching alligators mate on Animal Planet.. he's in some weird position.."
-Erica

Quote of the Day
"I wanna fight Tommy Hilfiger."
-Vinni

Quote of the Day
"You know, if you'd start appreciating and not hatin', you probably wouldn't be fat."
-Arshia

Call it Yin-Yang, call it Karma, call it what you will. But it looks like Oklahoma's football team is about to get jumped by Auburn in the BCS rankings. How likely is it that it'll happen? Well Auburn has actually tied with OU for the AP poll and are only two points behind OU in the Coaches' poll. The BCS rankings dont come out until later, but I think fans in Norman, Oklahoma are in for a sore surprise.

And I'll be one of them.

Holy crap. Now I'm not one to really campaign for ignoring certain regions of the country exclusively, but check out this quote from DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe:

"...officially announcing that the party would "totally write off the South" in 2008. "We have told the South to take their electoral votes and shove them," McAuliffe said."
-MSNBC.com

Damn. To be honest though, I totally agree with him. I've decided that in general, the South is going to be hardcore Republican (especially backward states like Oklahoma that elect people who want to "restrict the rampant lesbianism in Southeastern Oklahoma by eradicating it." - Yes you Tom Coburn). The rest of the country has more of a chance of being swing states, but states that you all remember as being part of the 'wrong side' of the Civil War should stay Republican until their last Confederate Flag death.

Quote of the Day
"I miss my biology book"
-Vinni, further illustrating how much of a dweebish nerdish dork she is.

Not that anyone cares, but I think it deserves saying that I think that Mozilla's Firefox 1.0 (finally) is something of a marvel. It definitely puts IE with some stiff competition, and more importantly, is completely workable with IE-oriented websites that other browsers had troubles with earlier. (Using Opera on ESPN.com for instance.)

Alright, after that bit of... nerdiness.. I'm out.

Quote of the Day
"I think a case could be made that ignorance played at least as big a role in the election's outcome as values. A recent survey by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland found that nearly 70 percent of President Bush's supporters believe the U.S. has come up with "clear evidence" that Saddam Hussein was working closely with Al Qaeda. A third of the president's supporters believe weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq. And more than a third believe that a substantial majority of world opinion supported the U.S.-led invasion.

This is scary. How do you make a rational political pitch to people who have put that part of their brain on hold? No wonder Bush won. "
-NY TIMES

Alright so you've GOT to try this--

type in "miserable failure" into Google and hit "I'm feeling lucky".

The result is hilarious.

Quote of the Day

"Oh CRAP. I just broke my keychain cross. NOW how am I supposed to ward off vampires??"
-Erica

So my play starts TOMORROW and I'm going through massive rehearsals right now. We're not necessarily disorganized- it's that we've just had too many things to do to get it right. Check this-- the day before the play, and we're going to have our FIRST run-through tonight.

Not. Kidding.

So we're gonna have two run throughs tonight, including the DVD being shot tonight so that it can be sold at some point in the future, I suppose.

Want more stress? Sure why not. Here's an extra helping..

I'm also hosting Diwali Night at OU, and my co-host Angel and I have met a few times to discuss what should be done for it. However, it's not coming across as being as witty as we'd like, and we're trying hard. I think we're just gonna have to resort to being.. oh you know, PROFESSIONAL. That might be okay, and I hope it is. Whew.

Alright, I'm out.

Quote of the Day
"yeah, and all the bush states are the midwest and south; the hickish, confederate states...great."
-Prachi

today is by far the worst day of the month
:/
gahhhh

Hmm.. doctors without much sleep make more errors.... reallly?



Study: Sleepy Doctors Make More Errors

yae!!!
RED RIBBON WEEK!!
mann
yesterday was hat day and i sorta went a wee bit crazy
da hat was 2 big so i looked like a hobo and ma fish hommie*i luvv her* took a pic of me and pit it on her zangurr
*eek*
i lookz weerd...and a lil queer 2...hmmm
but yea
la de da
remember...
dont do drugz!
:D

Quote of the Day
"All those women were looking for was a man who wanted kids and wouldn't beat them."
-Niyati

SO SWEET!

So yesterday I'm at rehearsal for The Pharisee in OKC. I was having a slightly stressful time getting everyone coordinated, getting the non main actors to really get involved in the play, etc. However, Santhosh decided to take a break and made everyone go to the other room for it. He pulled me aside to say,

"Alright we really need to hit on Scene 6, 11, and 12."

You know, things like that. Anyway, I step into the other room and,

"SURPRISE!!!!"

At first I had no clue what was going on; I had forgotten it was my birthday on Monday. After about five seconds, and after they started singing 'Happy Birthday', I figured it out. There was a HUGE cake waiting, and soda, etc.

And the architect of this entire venture? My baby sister! (Yes she's 18, but she'll always be my baby sister) Vinni pulled everything together by putting the cake in my car without my knowing, got Santhosh (the director) to get in on the action, get my MOM to play into the game, etc.

I was elated. And that's my story. If you've read this far, you rock.

Alright I'm out.

HAPPIE BIRTHDAY, VINOJ!!!!!
*hug*
so ur finally 24, huh?
well have fun...hope i din wake u up wen i called
keep it reeel hommie
dont drink 2 much or ima get shanti 2 jump ur ass
lol
peece...
luv yah!

HAHAHA. So apparently 'freak dancing' is no longer allowed at high schools. I can sort of understand because it's a little ridiculous to see 9th graders butt-humping each other. Okay fine, it's not ridiculous, it's just plain sick. Apparently one principal has taken a "stand" against it. Woohoo. That was what's really wrong with America and all.


Take a stand against FREAKING

yo wazzapp hommiez?.?.?
la de da
well i did am monologue and i did good except for one thing
i red it at da speed of lightning
dayum
but i think i gotta good grade
:D
wellz yeah
and im borded....
i wonder if dey got da whole b dai dolla tradition up in oklafrikkkinhoma
:D

umm yea
so can we change da name 2 hershee317.com now???

Hershee has officially taken control of this site. It's insane. I really need to inundate this site with some more of my own quotes. If I'm not too careful, people visiting my site will get totally confused as to what the hell's going on.

There was something I was gonna say. It was... a dammit I forgot. I'll get back to it later today.

omfrikkingawd
ma monologue is 2 b performed 2day 1st period
and i dunno wth 2 do
watch me improv on da whole thing
im glad i finally noe wat improv is
*phew*

i still need help on ma monologue

ahh fahgeddit

Oh dear.

It seems as if Hershee has been overwhelming my site for quite a bit now. Hmmm.. For those who saw this site in its stages when she had taken over, please forgive me, it's just a younger friend who thinks she's all that because she talks solely in web-isms.

Alright I'm out.

Alright so we were watching the news (me, my dad and vinni) and there was a report on how there are limited flu vaccines and that the vaccines that ARE available are now only going to those who really need it-- namely, the very elderly, the very young, and those with immune deficiencies.

And that's when Vinni busts out with today's quote of the day.

Quote of the Day
"So does BUSH get a flu vaccine?"
-Vinni

i am skipping...i am skipping...i am skipping wit ma frend-

hez ma frend...hez ma frend..hez ma frend..hi-sham
:D

o and carolina

latahz

OMG WERE IZ VINOJ DUDE!!!
jeezz..im seriously takin ova hyz site...
la de da



wat da hell is circumsized???
why am i so slow....*tear*

omgggggggggg
diz is sooo harddddddd
i sed 4 bad wordz 2day
darn
o gosh heck
haha i got dat 4rm vinoj
okeez well i gonna get sum sleep b4 i collapse on ma dadz laptop
peece

mah sto0pid version of de quote of deh dai:

sarah: i needa pee but im goin 2 becuz itz gonna get outta ma system and ima get hungry faster
-in 1st period...da 1st dai of ramadanz gettin 2 every1

----------------------------------------

today is by far the crappiest day of this skool year
- 1st dai of ramamdan...not da bad part
- no radio...which sux cuz i got liek 3 songz stuck in ma hed
- no talkin 2 guyz...which really sux cuz almost all of ma frendz r guyz... :(
- no cursing....and ive already sed 9 curse wordz 2day and itz only noon...ma frendz were makin fun of me not bein able 2 curse and i actually started crying cuz i cuznt say sht da ess up 2 dem
gahhhh
and i have no motivation 2 work which sux cuz i have umm a pak due 2day..a quiz...a portfolio check...and frendz hoo annoy me wen i want dem 2 ess off

wait till i get home
ima get bitched at dere 2
*oppz another bad word...sorrie...that makez 10*

ok and watz really great is dat now ma tummiez yelling at me
i wanan go away
juzz 2 no where
were i dun have 2 worrie bout nethin


OH BLANK
I AHVE PSAT'Z 2MORROW MORNING
gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
im out
peece

i dont get it
y do pplz i get along wit end up hatin other pplz i get along wit??
ok herez ma issue-
diz chik mayuri umm yea well shez ma frend and at timez she makez fun of me or passes a meen comment but i juzz sorta ignore it
but my OTHER frendz...rinku and juhi...decide 2 get offended for me.
at points they wanna jump her for me
i dunno...and today...she sed sumtin and rinku got really offended
and ma whole english clique sorta started sayin shyt bout her and im da only 1 sayin no mann u guyz r rong...shez cool
am i too nice orr dey 2 critical?
gahhh im screwed


***we gonna hafta change da site name 2 arshia.com by da time i get dun wit it...=D***

haha look at wat we did in english today wit r namez....tee hee hee...

Zee(short fo Zulfiqar btw)- zit...zany... and we cudnt come up wit ne other wordz dat start wit 'z' so we stopped dere
Louis- lo0ser...lard...latex...lint
Rinku(mah bootie buddie....NOT LIKE THAT!!!)-rundi...rapist...raped rundi...retard...reject... oo we cud go on wit her name...we juzz ran outta time...da bell rang...
Arshia...ME!- asshole...AIDS...annoying...and den we were makin fun of Rinku...she kikked me like 3 timez...owwie...
Sammy(short fo samantha)- slut...STD's...skank...
AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR ENGLISH PROJECT!
=D....howd yah lyk it?... =P

***im takin advantage of banjo's site a LIL too much***

well MAYBE if SUM1 wudda told me that a LONG TIME AGO, i prolly wudda passed spansih 3.

gahhhhh
i hate it wen dat happenz

-hershee

I think Arshy just needs to buckle down and do all the homework asked for in her classes. She's always studying, I know that she studies every night, but she doesn't do all the homework that's assigned for her.

And then she gets a lower grade than she expects.

See a correlation?

ma sto0pid version of deh quote of deh dai:

urmila-u have a hundred in my class...
-after i told her i have a 60 in spanish

-hershee

Holy crap. I'm never eating McDonald's again, unless I want to run a marathon afterwards. Check this:
"Nutritionists in Great Britain helpfully computed just how far you have to walk to shake off the 1,411 calories from that Big Mac lunch: 9.5 miles. "

ACK! I think I'll stick to Subway.

Quote of the Day (post of the day)
"I quit. Quitting is the new black. "
-Vinni, at her Live Journal

yah noe wat vinoj?
i noe yah still love me
:D

-hershee

Arshia is a total retard. So there I am, being nice and giving her the *actual password* to this blog (probably a stupid thing to do, eh?) and she goes and changes my style that I edited with CSS. I had to go in and recode half the $h#t because it was done wrong. Grrr. But that's okay, it's the lesson I get for having TWELVE year olds mess with it. ;)

Alright, here's what I think: Lindsay Lohan needs to stop leaving my girl Hilary Duff messages on her answering machine, and grow up. I mean come on, just because Hilary is hotter than you at a younger age, doesnt mean you have to be jealous. Seriously..

Hilary fights back

*Oh yeah, and if I had a chance with Lindsay Lohan I would SO tap it

Quote of the Day
billionth indian: i want ass though
billionth indian: but i want him to care about me

To say that a man saying something like this offends me to the bone is an understatement.

Good ol' Jimmy Swaggart.. again

Ugh. This is the type of behavior that gives Christianity a bad name. Imbeciles like Swaggart who go around preaching God and Redemption but show utter disrespect for those that they feel aren't up to their standards. And which standards exactly? This is the same man who was arrested for having a prostitute in his car and, in 1987, had an affair with a prostitute. He later claimed he "asked for forgiveness from God."

What is that phrase that Jesus spoke...

"Let he has not sinned throw the first stone."

Now he's not exactly the most interesting guy to watch on the talk show circuit, but Kerry was on the Late Show with David Letterman last night doing his top 10 bush tax cut proposals. Go Dems!


Kerry's "Top 10 Bush Tax Proposals" are:
10. No estate tax for families with at least two U.S. presidents.
9. W-2 Form is now Dubya-2 Form.
8. Under the simplified tax code, your refund check goes directly to Halliburton.
7. The reduced earned income tax credit is so unfair, it just makes me want to tear out my lustrous, finely groomed hair.
6. Attorney General (John) Ashcroft gets to write off the entire U.S. Constitution.
5. Texas Rangers can take a business loss for trading Sammy Sosa.
4. Eliminate all income taxes; just ask Teresa (Heinz Kerry) to cover the whole damn thing.
3. Cheney can claim Bush as a dependent.
2. Hundred-dollar penalty if you pronounce it "nuclear" instead of "nucular."
1. George W. Bush gets a deduction for mortgaging our entire future.

Quotes of the Day
"I was gonna hit on you, but then I realized you're the ACTUAL Son of God."
-Prashanthi

"juju_chick2001: but...I want your body, not your heart"
-Brittni

That's right, check out JESUS.


Who's your Lord and Savior? Huh? HUH??

Quote of the Day
"HeRsHeE317: its amazing how easy i make acting like a dumbass seem easy then screw up when im told 2 act like a dumbass"

Quote of the Day
"It's not peer pressure; it's alcohol."
-Iten

Quote of the Day
"Dave-O says:
hot chics are hot"
-David McG

Quote of the Day
"Vineetha says:
man its so beautiful outside i just want to throw up"

Alright, so I know that I've been away for a while, but it's because I was.. researching different websites to bring to the site. Fine fine, it was because I've been spending my days going to class and sleeping. Not sleeping in class.. two separate things.

Anyway, here's my link of the week. This was suggested as the sequel to the Mel Gibson movie, "The Passion of the Christ." I agree that there HAS to be a sequel (I mean come ON) because of the amount of money accrued and I also believe wholeheartedly that this should be the next movie.

Quote of the Day
"White people are bitches."
-my barber lady

Quote of the Day
"A sandwich is just a sandwich but a MANwich issss a meal."
-Prashanthi as a gay man

If you can have weddings underwater, why not here?


Where it all began

-v

This one definitely got me to 'lol'


-v

Quote of the Day
"I'm hungrier than a runaway slave!"
-Gabrielle/Gabby

On a separate note, I'd like to thank all of my friends for having such hilarious quotes. They keep me laughing for hours. Alright, now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Quote of the Day
"No we can not be friends, please do not try to contact me again."
-Elaine

"Betsy, Betsy, Betsy.. you know I love you, and we make a great couple... Yes, Frank IS a jacka$$."

$5o bucks right there. Ah the life of a struggling actor. No money for a long time, and then you say one line in a movie and you get $50 for about 10 minutes worth of work. I like it, I think. It makes me feel like I'm living on the edge.

This however, is going to be much different once I get to L.A. So here it is-- the moment of truth that I've been stressing out over for a while now-- money in L.A. I'm petrified that I'll move out there and there won't be any money for me anywhere. Right now I'm under the shield of my parents because they live so close to me. I can go home and eat lunch if I feel like it, etc. But out there on my own? Skipped meals should become regular. Scrounging for rent money should become even more regular. And I'm very very afraid of all of this.

Suppose it as a measure of growing up perhaps? Perhaps the ultimate maturity will be not relying on anyone anymore but myself? I dont know. As of now, I'm just petrified and glad to know that I have classes this semester. It's yet another few months in this cocoon called OU and another few months in pushing away my worries. Of course in the meantime, school will drive me insane, I will probably have a shitload more neuroses, and I'll get to.. some very bad places. We'll see. We'll see.

Quote of the Day
"Yes yes, and she's 5'3" and likes red beans and rice."
-Prashanthi

Quote of the Day
"Vineetha says "Roses smell like..." says:
but any day's a great day for Jesus!!"
-Vinni

Another Quote of the Day
"I got another hole today."
-Prashanthi

Quote of the Day
"billionth indian: call me a grade A idiot an im yours"
-Prachi

Quote of the Day
"billionth indian: are you kidding me?! i want every type of STD possible, whether it be cyber, virtual, or physiological"
-Prachi

Quote of the Day
"I've mowed so many more lawns than you ever have!"
-Vinni

I accomplished stuff today. Got all my clothes washed, cleaned the bathroom (boy howdy was that a feat) and went running.

Alright, to be totally honest that's not all that much, but I felt that it was enough to merit a spot in my blog.

K, that's it. See ya tomorrow.

I'm fighting with Valerie right now. She's a GOP skank as far as I'm concerned. Totally oblivious to reason and cites GOP.com or .org or whatever to makes points.

So is there anyone else out there who's a stout Republican? BRING IT ON!

;)

Alright, so I have to admit-- this is sort of creepy:

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/ontech/0,15704,675442,00.html?cnn=yes

I'm not one to preach on about the end times and such, but come on-- seriously now.

On another note, today was the end of three days of Vinni and I having to wake up at 6:00 am. Today was a city-wide Pentecostal conference thingie, and I was dragged into it in some odd fashion. I had fun; our video/movie/skit was well-received and relatively painless. (There was a technical glitch that made us stay on stage a bit too long.) Afterwards, I came home and SLEPT LIKE A BABY.

Or maybe not like a baby because babies are light sleepers. Maybe more like... I SLEPT LIKE A DEAD PERSON.

There. That sounds final enough. Except I'm not dead. Nope. I'm alive. Yeah. Umm.. I should probably go now.

Quote of the Day
"M-A-R-S, bitches."
-Black Bush, Dave Chapelle Show

I saw a rather depressing sight today at Wal-Mart. First off, please don't start giving me slack about Wal-mart and how much of a capitalist conglomerate it is, blah blah blah. Don't tell me that it destroys towns and wrecks families.

All I know is this ignorant little fact: It's cheap and they have moderately quality products.

I saw a mother get attacked today at Wal-Mart and it shocked me. There was a 14-15 year old boy biting his mother's shirt and almost tearing it. I was too startled to move, and then I realized what was going on- the boy had a mental disability and wanted something that the mom put in the grocery bag. He didn't know how to deal with angst and immediately just started to bite his mom.

Now most of the people around the aisle were staring at him and trying to make sense of what was going on. I on the other hand had my attention focused on someone else-- the boy's sister, who was probably just a year or two younger than him.

She was crying. Her cap covered swollen eyes with tears about to burst any second. The first few tears had already been shed and therefore it was even more difficult to hold the tears in. Her lips were quivering with some tension every once in a while trying to hold some sense of normalcy. She couldn't do it though.

I spent some time, in the madness of it all, imagining why she was crying and all i could think was how old she was. She was at the age where peer pressure is everything. Family is a distant second compared to how you look and feel in front of others, and here she was with her brother doing what he did and she had no way to run. I know she wanted to run. Her body embodied that. But she just stood there, her face cracked with tears, her lips keeping her emotions in.

Quote of the Day
"I spent $7 for the $6 Dollar Burger yesterday at Carl's Jr."
-Vinoj

Quote of the Day
"If I don't take my pills I'll get PMS and I'll kill you."
-Valerie M

Quote of the Day
"Pregnant chicks are insane. Absolutely crazy."
-Valerie

Wow so frikkin rainy today. Boring as hell except that I got a screenplay/play done today with Vinni. It's for a skit in for a few friends of ours, in which Vinni and I will also be acting. The hardest parts about any of this however is this: 1) Getting everyone together, and 2)Getting the editing done.

I have one week to teach Vinni how to edit with Adobe Premiere 6, get all the footage in even though I don't have a camera, and transfer it to tape. I have one DAY to shoot everything with all the participants. Honestly, I anticipate the editing taking longer than the shooting, but I know that it'll be a very long day on Saturday for everyone. VERY.

So now I'm thinking of taking a trip to Pa. to visit my friend Prachi. She's way cool too and if I'm going across the country to meet friends, why not go there too, right? Interesting.

Woohoo! I've got comments now on the site. I decided, hell, I'm back from LA and I better do something worthwhile. I know! I'll put commenting on the site. The trip was awesome by the way, and I had a total blast. Val was definitely the most gracious and wonderful host I've ever known. EVER.

Alright, peas..

Quote of the Day
"We've already got our chocolate,"
-Valerie to the Blockbuster Guy when he asked if we wanted candy, popcorn, soda, etc. She was referring to ME!

I was a total tourist yesterday. I went around taking photos like the Asian man that I am all over Hollywood. It's something that I'll look fondly on later, but at the time I felt like a total shmuck. Anyway, Val continues to be a totally gracious and wonderful host and I'm having a lot of fun. Tonight we'll be going to a radio show where I'll meet the Indian guy from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Kal Penn. I don't really know the origin of that name, but hey- if he claims he's Indian I'm happy with that.

So yesterday Val took me to FORTY DEUCE, a burlesque revue show, where one of the girls dancing was Owen Wilson's girlfriend. Lemme tell ya- she's a cute number.

After that we checked out BRASS MONKEY which is a karaoke bar. One problem though- I didn't get to karaoke. I was plastered. No just kidding, the place was full for the night with karaokers. No more space for me.

Anyway, today's a free day and we're probably gonna check out more apartments like we did yesterday, and I'm excited because Chiku will be comin around to hang wif me.

Quote of the Day
"This set is bueno... that's 'good' in Spanish."
-Terrance

Alright so today I went to the set of a new show called Jury Duty, which is a reality-TV show that's kinda like Judge Judy, etc. The difference (I think) is that you get more interaction with the jurors, the jurors can ask questions, and perhaps-- just perhaps-- it might be a parody. If it IS a parody then great. If not, well hell, I was just happy to be an extra.

Val was one of the jurors and I was in the audience making, "Oooohs," and "Aaahhhs." Not exactly Oscar-worthy material but hey, I was on a set and I was happy. Plus I met a cool cat named Terrance, who is the source of today's Quote of the Day.

Check this out from CNN.com. It talks about the population explosion that is expected blah blah blah..

"We knew as soon as the troops came back that we were going to have a population explosion," Bowman said.
They say 'He got back, and yup, now I'm pregnant!"'

Niice.

Adventure for today- I went to a sushi bar yesterday and it was AWWESOME. Val and I tried a number of things, but the two that intrigued me the most were oysters and Tiger's Eye.

Now note, I've never had oyster before, so it was an eye opening experience. Either way, it was covered in a spicy sauce and some Japanese herbs. Very smooth and cool.

Tiger's Eye was even cooler. Not as cool as its namesake, but it was squid stuffed with a number of crisp vegetables and maybe.. more squid? Who cares, I was in heaven.

I'll keep updating this with more gastronomical delights as time goes on.

So I'm in L.A. right now and hanging out at Val's place. I was like a total kid with all the interesting things around here; different or interesting I can't really tell yet. Either way, I'm sure this is going to be a whole blast of a time..

Incidentally, she's also my quote of the day for today.

Quote of the Day
"The Spanish are just snobby Mexicans."
-Valerie

So I can't sleep at all right now. We're leaving for Chicago in two hours.. actually less than that, and I'm completely insomniatic. (is that a word? it is now!) This, I suppose, is good because I may not get sleepy through the night, but I'm afraid that I'll get sleepy while driving. Gulp.
 
Either way I'm doing the night shift because there's no way in hell that I can deal with driving during the day. I'm a vampire- the daytime is horrible for me.
 
Why am I going to the Windy City you ask? Good one- I'm going to a wedding where I'll be a groomsman. Do I know the dude? No clue. He's somehow related to me, that's all I know. He's from India so they just had to accrue all the people they could from the States who were somehow related to him! How lucky I am to be one of them.... or something.

Quote of the Day
"One a day should probably be enough."
-Valerie

You know, there's only so much Bush-bashing I can take, I realized yesterday. Why? No no, not because I love our beloved President, it's because I dislike him so much that any further motivation to dislike him further will just push me over the edge.

I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 yesterday. Wow, what a scathing documentary on the Administration. I hope most people get to see it, but alas, I know that this isn't possible. It's oh-so-slightly biased, so it's gonna take a little bit of cajoling to get Republicans to see it. Translation: It ain't gonna happen.

Would I watch it again? no. Would I recommend it? yes.

I'm BACK!

Okay fine, I've been back for about a week now, but just now got the motivation to blog. The trip was insanely good and I'll put up pics in a while. I dont even know where to begin other than I got engaged; she's a great girl and I hope that we have 1.5 kids, a dog, and a white picket fence.

Okay fine, I lied. (Not kidding-- I lied.) I didn't get engaged, it's just that it's the number one question that I get asked when I tell people that I've graduated and also gone to India. Anyway, since it's been a while, it seems like a Quote of the Day is necessary. This one is from my friend Audra, when we were grocery shopping.

Quote of the Day
"I look for the really thick ones."
Audra, talking about bacon. (Or was she?..)

So today I learned a valuable lesson: women aren't allowed to walk in front of men around here. Go figure. The lady that helps my grandmother out kept pushing me in front for some reason. It then dawned on me that it was a cultural thing, because unless they're walking WITH the man, women don't lead around here. Of course, this is a relatively rural town too, so ya can't take it to be any sort of generalization of India.

On another note, I've noticed that India's been a great place for my sister, my mom and I to bond much more. Since there's not much to do in this town, we spend a lot more time chatting with each other, annoying each other, etc. Definitely a nice bonding experience. Will probably skip out on blogging tomorrow, so I'll blog once I get to BANGALORE!

WOW. So I spent yesterday and some of today (along with my sister) at our friends' house and boy howdy was it fun. We went to this place that was basically a hilltop, which overlooks a vast spanse(sp?) of Kerala forest. Absolutely gorgeous, esp. because there were tiny waterfalls at the area too. Oh yeah, and I've got tons of pics. Comin as soon as I get to the States.

But here's another kicker: I found out that Justin, one of our friends who is my age, had 3--count them THREE- marriage proposals. He met with THREE different girls who could be potential brides. This arranged marriage thing sure is interesting. Ironically at the same time there was a new bride with her husband staying at the house. Lots of fanfare with a lot of relatives crowding around the new couple and dinner was served--

bread and curry.

Huh? Why so basic? I asked around and found out that it's customary around here to do that as a pre-meal as a measure of good luck for the marriage. Errr.. a bit confused, but go figure. Whatev.

All I know is that I dont think anyone will have to worry about me getting married off or betrothed by the time I get to America.

THIS is going out to all my homeys in the U.S of A.

Alright so I'm at a dingy hot cybercafe in India. Okay fine it's not horribly dingy, but it's definitely hot. My sister is sitting next to me and she says hello to..well..the homeys.

So here's the status: we're all pretty much acclimated to the time difference right now and have gotten our sleep schedules pretty much down. The only problem? THERE'S NOTHING TO DO IN OUR TOWN SO ALL WE DO IS SLEEP. Soooooo, we're going to Bangalore Thursday to party it up. How much partying can you do in a place that closes its nightlife at 10, you ask?


Much more than here.

I just found out about a site that's just plain WRONG. At the same time, it parodies the current administration and its fickle right-wing extremism so much it's hilarious.



The posters are probably the best section, which is at Whitehouse.org. I'd say peruse the rest of the site for fun anyway.

Alright people, I'm t minus a number of hours until I leave for India. In fact, I'm ecstatic and I'm also just ready to get going already. Just when I get settled into my new house I have to leave. Tsk tsk. Ah well, I'll see if I can update from India (yeah right) and upload some pics (RRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrright). This should be my last post for a while unless I get really bored and write something else tonight. :)

Quote of the Day
"Who would've thought that the money shot would've been the hardest shot of the night."
-Patrick

No-duh-o-meter
Martha doesn't want to be behind bars that long..

Who would've thunk that someone would want to be in jail less and is willing to bargain? Sometimes I wonder why some articles are posted at all.

The excitement of going to India is definitely starting to kick in. Now that I've settled into my new pad, (verry exciting) all my attention is going to the trip. I still have to completely clean out the old apartment, but I'm counting down until Thursday.

I'm going to INDIA. Sorry, I had to type that for self-actualization.

Alright, need to head to bed. Gotta get up early for cleaning. Peas..

I'm finally moved in to my new place and online! Woo. Now I just have to hook my speakers up, clothes in the closets and figure out what the mess of wiring in those boxes is. I have no clue, but I suppose I have time to figure it out.

Anyway, there's a big storm headed this way and we're all supposed to die. Great.

Now comes the difficult part of moving out... getting everything packed. I may say this again at each point of moving out, but I'm not groovin' too much on cleaning the apartment out. I've lived in the place for 3 years so needless to say, there's a whole BUNCH of crap to get rid of. Hopefully I'll be outta here in 4 days because I only have 5 days to get out before I get kicked out. 3 days later comes the trip to India. Yeahhh... it's getting hectic around here.

Woohoo! I'm done filming! Probably one of the best reliefs I've had, not because I didn't like filming. (Far from it, I thought it was one of the best experiences I've ever had.) Instead, it was because I got to actually shave today and not keep the scruffy look with the beard. (Note Jonathan's quote.) There's still a few more shots to get done, but the major heft of it is gone.

So the question is, now what? Well, continue packing so that I can move by the 31st and get moved out to Sean's place. I'll have some pics of the new place up after I get back from India and of course look forward to pics of that as well. After that, LOS ANGELES to visit Valerie! Yipee! Alright now that I've bored you with my summer itinerary, I'm gonna go eat my pizza. Mmm.. bacon and mushroom thin crust.

Quote of the Day
"Better you than me."
-Jonathan, when I told him I hate shaving for movies. Damn directors.

Quote of the Day
"I'm so tired of... people."
-Deja

So apparently California has banned tanning for teenagers. So.. would this be considered as racist? :p (That's a joke btw)

Quote of the Day
"Facials? I've gotten them before..."
Prashanthi, at which I responded, 'Oh nooo you haven't'

Quote of the Day
"I love women. They smell nice, they're cuddly, they have cute little feet."
-Jonathan, director of 6 Degrees

Finished shooting last night around 1:45. (Not too late, actually.) However, I ended up going to sleep around 4. (Too late.) Couldn't get any sleep and now I'm going to work, after calling so I could sleep for a couple of hours. I was SO tired from running that I thought I burst a vein or two in my lungs. It was worth it though. Jonathan and I watched some of the footage at his house and it looked pretty good. Then again, with Jon's stuff, the visuals and stuff never has any probs- it's whether the actor(s) hit his/her mark(s) and do the lines correctly.

Thought I'd add another photo in here. This is the scene where my character is searching for the gun that he ends up using later to hold up a restaurant.



I think I have just a few days of filming left-- sweeeeeeeet. I can't wait to see some of the footage. Cya!

Uh-oh. I see a definite conversation in churches coming up this week about Armageddon and the end of the world this week. Check it.. a massive bug invasion on the east coast.. 17 MILLION bugs. East coast braces for BUG INVASION!.

Two things pissin me off today:

1) Gas prices. Just check this out:



2) Sonia Gandhi taking her name out for Prime Minister of India.


1. This is the point at which I'm almost ready for a government-regulated gasoline industry. Oil companies are claiming that they're just "selling for cost", but it's absolutely absurd to think that it's true considering the price of crude oil hasn't changed significantly in the past 3 months. So why this sudden boom in prices? Sounds a lot like Bush's cronies taking full advantage of an oil-hungry upper echelon (here's lookin at you, cheney). IS there any pressure coming from the Republican sides or even our dear President? Not enough, I'd say. There's a forward I got today that said that every person receiving it should keep from pumping gas on Wednesday. I think I can do that, even if it's not enough people who got that forward. Who knows. I'm pissed and I'm being rash.
2. When a person wins 70% of the popular vote in a country of 1.1 billion, you'd think that he/she would want to go through with the promises kept to those millions, correct?

Apparently not in the case of Sonia Gandhi. Though she won in a landslide and a lopsided one at that, and it seemed that the Gandhi name would be restored to a country that needed some sense of self once again. Instead, it looks like the country is going to be going to Manmohan Singh, a person who - although I know very limited information about- I do admire because of his economic liberation package which created an 8% increase in Indian GDP in the past 3 years. Plus, stocks rose today as Gandhi's name was rescinded.

What the hell's going on in both of my countries????

Went and watched Troy tonight. Pretty.. epic. I'm not sure I would recommend it to everyone, but I think that if you want to see a more human side to The Iliad, then go check it out. My only real reservation was that I had trouble connecting with any of the characters other than Hector, played by Eric Bana. You may remember him from The Hulk, which tanked but I think is still a good movie.

ANYWAY, about this one... Brad Pitt does an apt job as Achilles, but I thought he was a bit too moody. Maybe that's how Achilles needs to be played? Dunno. Last but not least, this movie was basically a lesson in anti-war sentiment. There are no winners, just losers who perpetuate fighting all the time. It seems perfectly timed with the anti-war sentiment growing in America right now, and the fact that the US has finally pledged to pull out of Iraq echoes the sentiment right now. I digress. Check it out if you've got about 3 hours to waste and want to see an awesome fight or two, with straight up drama and Brad Pitt's nekkid body being highlighted every 45 minutes.

Wow, waaaaaay too much time reviewing a movie. I'm out.

Quote of the Day
"Ah yes the fahhhrt. Merely the cry of an imprisoned turd trying to get out."
-Corey, from the movie I'm working on, 6 Degrees

So Deja apparently made out with a guy and next thing she knows, the guy had peed on her leg! Okay that's it.

Woohoo! Got all the pics of Randa up! Check it out at My Portfolio if you'd like. I'm tired. Maybe I need a.. nap?

You know, most people would have troubles showing pictures of holding up restaurants. I don't.


Alright fine, it was from the movie I'm shooting named "6 degrees." I play a drug addict who holds up a restaurant to pay rent. And you thought it was to support my cocaine addiction. PLEEASE. I'm SOOO much classier than that.

Will be back with a photo shoot I did a few days ago. Look for it in My Portfolio or My Pictures. I'll leave a little red asterisk by it.

Quote of the Day
"I'll eat a cow any day of the week.. throw in a pig while you're at it.."
Jason, when Prashanthi told him that she's a vegetarian

Tonight is dinner with me, Prashanthi, and Jason. Our goals are to go to Reaves Park to 'play', cook dinner, and watch Friends. Since it's 6:30 and homegirl is still in the process of buying stuff for dinner, I'd say Friends will be sacrificed tonight to the playtime gods.

If, IF, IFF Prashanthi isn't a big baby, she'll allow a photo or two to be taken in there somewhere. If she is, then there won' t be a photo posted here to show us being stupid at the park. No proof. How sad.

Quote of the Day
"Wow. I'm eating a Breakfast Sampler."
-Deja, at IHOP and pissed off

Quote of the Day
"I dont want to do him! YOU DO HIM!"
-Pinky to Prashanthi

No quotes yet, but I did go work out today. Ladies and gentlemen, we've achieved yet another milestone-- I lifted a 30 lb. barbell today with one hand. You may be thinking, "Wow! This working out stuff really has had its benefits on Vinoj!"

I am sorry to say that this is not true. As I lifted, my arm tore off completely. This entire post has taken 2 hours to write because I am now learning to type with a wooden peg to replace my arm, and a hook for my hand. I do not see a bright future with the ladies after this. ("Hey ladies, wanna.. oh wait I CAN'T. I've got a HOOK for a hand.")

Alright I was joking and I had you!! Ha. There IS no wooden arm or hook! It was a sham! All to make you come to this section right here-- it's where you can see Vinni and me rapping. *Actually, I dont do any of the rapping- Vinni does. I just try to act like her backup*I was told that if you are a member of the family you are not allowed to watch this. Family friends and such- come on down. Here ya go: Vinni and Vinoj rap!.

Quote of the Day
"The Soul Patch- the most effective form of contraception known to mankind."
-Travis

Quotes of the Day
These are both from Prashanthi, and all in one day. Go figure-- she was just shooting them out left and right!

"Life is just hard sometimes."
"It's getting tight up there."

Quote of the Day
"So how clean shaven do you wanna be?"
Wal-mart employee

So let me get this straight: I'm exercising more and I'm gaining weight (and fat %)???

Okay okay maybe I shouldn't be taking those "off days" anymore. I had like, 3 last week. Hey think about it this way: I was on-diet for more than half a week! Alright that's pathetic.

Anyway, I'm drudging off to do more homework. Ooh so fun. Ooh soo fun. :)

Don't go work out on Saturdays. You WILL feel like an insect.

Case in point: Today I went and worked out with Kyle and Kate. Kyle taught me a number of exercises to do on the arm and Kate is a cardio-training junky. Kyle is, compared to me, huge. I am an insect. But here's the point-- everyone in the entire gym was Kyle or bigger.

There are those who go on M-F. These are the people who want to get in shape, get ready for some event, looking for a healthier lifestyle, whatever. And then there's people like the Saturday Folk. Saturday Folk instead are there because they're competitive and developed a serious addiction to the gym. This isn't necessarily bad, but these are also the people that make the rest of us look miniscule. I felt miniscule. BUT the way I figure it, if I continue to be a M-S person and become one of the Saturday Folk, I too shall be amazingly large and in charge.

Of course this was all observation. Nothing really important. Just remember-- if you want to become a Saturday Folk, you have to-- oh wait I lied. I can't do life lessons for crap. Ah well.

Quote of the Day
"He may not be The One, but he'll sure a fun Wrong One."
-Kaci

Quote of the Day
"You're out of the Jesus Club."
My sister Vineetha after deeming something I did wasn't up to her standards


Time for another post. Hmm. Alright so I ended up becoming master karaoke'er on Tuesday night. I did "Criminal" and "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem and "03 Bonnie and Clyde" by Jay Z feat. Beyonce with my friend Ellie. It was muy cool, but I'm definitely more keen on the Eminem because I just can't seem to emulate the voice of Mr. Z.
Next week's agenda: "Stand Up" by Ludacris
Next topic: Abs. I need to get work done on them. There's the 'pooch' that I can't seem to get rid of, and the sad part is that it's usually a female issue to be dealt with (men usually don't have trouble getting rid of this area, I don't think). As a result, my friend Kate (check out her abs here. She's the one in the white..) gave me 'The Firm: 5 Day Abs'. If I can get the abs that a girl has, I'll be lookin great! Woohoo to lookin like a.. girl.. wait a second...

Quote of the Day
"In case Norman [Oklahoma] gets pillaged with a tornado, meeting is adjourned and we're going to run the **** out."

Peter, Prez of DeltaSig

I got an internship!

Alright alright, before you get all excited (that's right I know you are), lemme explain the details. I'm going to be working for a firm in Los Angeles that will be using me for website design. I'll be in Oklahoma and work remotely by giving Chris, my boss, websites to give to clients. This is extremely exciting, ladies and gentlemen, for a number of reasons.

1) I get to do an internship in WEB DESIGN. It's one of my passions, so you can imagine how much it's rewarding to get this internship.
2) There's a possibility of hiring. After working as an intern, whenever I head out to L.A. there may be the option of hiring me. PAID also? Can't go wrong.
3) Once there, I can also do auditions for ACTING. I think I just described two of my loves in one post. This rocks.
4) Chris seems to be a pretty cool guy.

I'm going to just stay calm and collected now and wait for the work to come. Once I start I'll keep posted on whatever else comes up. Yay me. :)

Quotes of the Day
"I know! Some rich people just take as much sauce as they want."
-Prashanthi

"Tap that sh** once for me."
-Jeff

Quote of the Day
"I like anything sweet.. which is why I don't know why I'm still friends with you."
Prashanthi

JESSE VENTURA FOR PRESIDENT

This guy definitely needs to run for President. Jesse for Prez.

I think my site is becoming just a list of quotes that are told to me during the day. That needs to stop. Pronto! Or something.
I went to the OU Red and White game today, which is basically a scrimmage for our football team. I didn't stay long 1) because the sun was glaring down at me 2)I had to something else and 3) (and most importantly,) I was bored. I dunno, how do you watch your team just play against each other? How on earth are you supposed to root for someone if BOTH teams are.... well.. OU? This is the enigma of the day.
Now I'm just sitting at home and about to start the DVD of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I'm told it's amazing, but if it's too drug-y, I may get bored. I had the same problem yesterday with the movie SPUN. Why, you say? So that I can understand a character that I'm doing in a movie. See? I watch movies for RESEARCH, not pleasure.

How amazing am I?

Quote of the Day
"I don't know, some guys find it a turn on when a girl is a prude."
Jessica, SIN member

Blurb of the Week
"Whoa I wonder if it rained." - Staci
"No Staci, it didn't rain. That's why all the ground is wet." - Shelley
"F#$@ you, SHELLEY!" - Staci

Quote of the Day
"You're dumping me for the pie, aren't you?"
-Valerie, on me hanging up on her to go to Waffle House

{ YAWWWWWWWWWN}

I know it's only 7 am but I'm so friggin tired. I've got to go and poll the booth for SIN from 9-12 (!) all by myself, which is going to be tres boring. Ah well, gots ta get paid.

Anyway, India Night was this past weekend and it was a total blast emceeing the program. It went much faster than expected, and I guess I just did the best I could when I got on stage. The other emcees were awesome too, with Prashanthi, Shikha, and Chethan. Chethan is definitey a cool new friend I made, and I already am awesome friends with Prashanthi. Here's our picture:


// v

Quote of the Day
"So, did you take her down?"
-Friend from O'Connell's... :)

Ladies and gentlemen, good news. I have reached the elusive 168 lbs for my weight (I'm 5'11") and have 17.3% body fat. I used to be, 2 weeks ago, 179 lbs and 19% body fat.

A lot of hard work and I'll continue to do this right..

Now it's time for a Snickers bar, or some straight up chocolate. :)

Quote of the Day
"Wheeeewwww...."
-Car"Los", when talking about some of the most important stuff about our chapter.

I suppose you had to be there, but it was hilarious at the time. Ahhh... shaddup. :p

Maybe this time I'm serious

Quote of the Day
"I've decided that the guy from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre has more issues than you."
=Valerie valeriebaber.com

Grr... so I found out today that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is not really based on a true story. Yes there was a murderer who did gruesome things to his victims and those things are portrayed correctly in the movie, but there was no person using a chainsaw to kill mass numbers of people.

Dammit.

So because of daylight savings time being over, it is now a full hour ahead over here, meaning one less hour of sleep. However, I can't seem to fall asleep so I guess I'll just keep writing my script for India Nite this weekend.

Oh right, I'm an MC for it, by the way.

Another thing: If anyone out there wants to see a scary as HELL as movie watch The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It is AWESOME. And I'm through...

Quote of the Day
"Don't sue me."
-Ki Tai, my professor, after smackin my back for being stupid in class.

Quote of the Day
"You know what, let's not and say we did."
-Jennifer, Object Oriented Systems class

I had a very weird dream yesterday and I'm gonna go ahead and put it on here. Sure there are a bunch of random people who come on here to check their/their friends' photos, but hey, it's my site, right?
So I dream that I move to New York City and I have a wife. A WIFE. She's got dark hair, she's.. ample.. in areas, and amazing eyes. Regardless, that's not the point of the story. The point is that she's an actress too and that we move to a dingy apt (I think we were living with someone at the time) and get lost in NY trying to get to the right subway so that we can get to an audition on the first day there. Oh yeah, for those non-actors out there who are checking this out, that's damn-near impossible to get called for a callback the first day. You have to be Al Pacino for that.
Also in the dream, I forget my headshot and resume, and decide to write one up while we're on the subway. We're 20 minutes late, and when we get there, it's Kevin Spacey who's the casting director. He automatically looks at both of us and goes, "That's it! You two have the parts!" We're ecstatic and so on, and after we get to the set, we realize-- get this -- it's a documentary on the similarities of apes to humans.

I'm offended.

And now I'm eating the lice from my shaved head. [scratch scratch]

Alllrrrright, I think I got some of the good stuff in. I redid My Pics page and added my KC Trip and a party I went to a few nights back. Also, I'll be working on getting all my old pics back on here too so that it doesn't look like all I ever do is party all the time. I really don't!!

~~Quotes of the Day~~

"It feels like everyone's trying to commit suicide.." - Sean
"Ya think? Why?" - Vinoj
"I think it's the President."-Sean

"Your @$$ is not black, it's toasty brown."
-Valerie

Quote of the Day
"You're f*ckin crazy but you're way too smart."
-Valerie valeriebaber.com

IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S FINALLY HERE (PRETTY MUCH)!!!!!!!!!


First off, I'd like to thank Ms. Beckers yesterday for trying to help with my new computer and setting it up with the new hard drive. (Or rather, the old one.) Regardless, I now have a computer that I'm working on that I don't have to claim as my temp and can work on my webpages.

Second, I think I decided that I have to call some dude (this is the pathetic part) or take my computer to Best Buy to have them figure out how to get my hard drives set up correctly. Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. But ya know what?

I'm not complaining. I'm not. I've got a brand new computer, I've finally got what I wanted (lost all my mp3s but whatever) and I'd like to thank my father for.. we'll not go there.

-v

Alright! The computer should (keep fingers crossed) be arriving today. Unfortunately, I realized that the whole problem with with my old computer had nothing to do but with a STUPID HARD DRIVE.

The rest of the computer is fine.

Blah!

I'm also gonna be working on some more of these smiley faces-- they're kinda cute, so why not.

Peas,
V

~~Quote of the Day~~
"Last night I had to split my Powerpoint into three parts, which SUCKED."
Arpana, friend from freshman year

Hey guys, I'm BACK! My new computer is en route to my house and should be here on Wednesday. (Took frikkin long enuf.) Other than that, I may work a teensy bit on the pics page, or just take it down completely. Remember-- I'm using the work computer, so I'm trying (HARD) not to do anything too personal that may be seen by prying eyes later. [insert two eyes darting quickly from side to side]

Hola Enchilada!

NOTE TO EVERYONE!

My computer is still not here yet, and I'm typing this blog up from a temp computer-- I'll update/refresh my pics next week. Until then, umm.. go and.. wash your clothes!

:)

*btw, the Kansas City trip ROCKED. thanx to ms. deja for makin it so nice

Alllllright, so there's a movie called 'A Price to Pay' that's actually casting Indian people. (Say it with me, everyone, "Wow." ) I hope to hear from them soon so I can at least get the deal on what's going on.. I'd love to go to NY and audition if they think I fit a type, etc.

Anyway, as for other stuff, my computer is back up and running again, 10 minutes at a time, and I'm not going to promise any miracles. Best not to msg me bc I probably won't get it. I'll check my mail as soon as I can under the circumstances. PEAS.

Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh... oops. I forgot my midterm is today. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK.

Let's see how I fare.

~~------=UPDATE=------~~
I went and took it and damn, it wasnt as easy as expected. This also means that I have to actually stufy for my VB midterm that's due tomorrow. Ack. By the way, I put some more stuff on my portfolio-- Audra's Photo Shoot. I may go ahead and start transferring all my pics to that format because it's a much easier format to insert pics.

WOW.

Yesterday was a complete pain in the @$$. My computer started having problems which I first attributed to the graphics card being somehow fried, but after a (long and tedious) format, it turned out to be just that the OS went corrupt for a little while. Yep, that's what happens when you're a 'power user' with computers.

Anyway, check out my portfolio because it's got some interesting stuff in there. Thus far, my faves are the squiggly violin picture and the sepia tone of Julie. I'll get some others on there later today.

I ain't got the ballz.

Quote of the Day
"*~*HeRsHeE317*~* says:
ur bien a BIG ASS BIOTCH"
-friend from RateDesi.com

Alright, so now I'm on not just hotornot.com but on ratedesi.com. Now let's get this straight- it's not that I'm totally vain, or even that I'm completely in need of superficial redemption. It's just that...

okay I have no excuse.

THe weird thing is that on hotornot, I'm a 9.1 out of 10 (thank you thank you, but it varies from day to day) and on ratedesi I'm a 4.6 out of 10 (WHOA!). I'm completely confused. I'll just go with this- I really need to get out more.

heheh.

if, out of pity, you'd like to rate me on either, here's the link for hotornot: hotornot Vinoj! and ratedesi at nice lookin indian boy!.

:.vz

Alright so maaaayyybe this is a slight obsession with this dude, but you've GOT to check out the horrific/splendid video of William Hung's audition for American Idol. Refer to yesterday's blog for the actual website and stuff. Here's the video. And then, some dude did a remix (one of a number out there) of William's performance and spliced Ricky Martin's actual song.. Hehehe.

Last, SIGN THE PETITION to get him back on American Idol.

Went to Lake Thunderbird with Casper (my/my family's dog) today. Was a very cathartic experience. Nothing there except the woods, a lake, and the sound of my own feet rustling the leaves below me.

Talk about a heart-warming story. (It's also frikkin hilarious.) William Hung or his website at www.williamhung.net. Sign the petition!

Damn it's been a while. So I've decided I need to design a DeltaSig website that's at least at par with/better than the DSP site that Texass has. Ours is pretty shoddy right now, but you can view my 98% done version at vinoj.com/dsp. I looked/found their version and decided, "You know what? This is no longer good enough. I can do better."

And so now I'll be going the extra step. I think I'll be using one of my old mox that I used for the USA Table Tennis site. It was never used and the design was good, so why not, right? USATT Mock.

This is also the reason I've been losing sleep. My mom calls it an 'addiction' and a 'problem'. I call it.. dedication. :p

This is, most probably, the saddest breakup I've ever heard of. It's from MSNBC, check it out.

Dammit- Saddam Hussein's in power again
Saddam's tyrannous rule again.

WHEW! Alright, so now I'm off for two days from Best Buy. I started work there yesterday (at the Norman store) and it's going to be rather exhaustive; lots more hours than I've done at Best Buy. That's alright I suppose, I need the money. Plus, what's crazy is that they put me in the Printers aisle yesterday (never worked with printers btw) and kicked some serious butt, basically. We sold more inks than in a long time (or so I'm told) and had the customers go upto my manager and actually say I was helpful, and that they were glad to meet me (!).
So now it's my turn to check online to see if I have any homework due tomorrow in my HTML class. Even if I do, I'm not all that worried; it'll probably take about 20 minutes. :)
Things are going well, I suppose- working 35 hours this week at BB and still working at SIN. It's going to be.. an interesting.. semester.

Quote of the Day
"haha oh man, we are so badass"
-Prachi, hotornot friend, talking about how cool we are for planning an Asian-invasion in America thereby increasing the mean-average for everyone else.

Not to pound the whole Janet/Justin fiasco at the Super Bowl anymore, but hell - this is funny:
More Justin/Janet issues

Quote of the Day
"Isn't India like, the retarded brother of Saudi Arabia or something?"
-Elaine

VINOJ WHOLEHEARTEDLY THANKS THE PREZ

"It turns out we were all wrong, probably, in my judgment. And that is most disturbing."
DAVID A. KAY, former chief weapons inspector in Iraq.

no duh.

Is my scale wrong????? I lost FOUR POUNDS IN 2 DAYS according to it. Holy crap! More breaking news as we get to it, ladies and gentlemen..

A revelation, my dear friends--

I am now on the South Beach Diet. What does this mean? It's basically the Atkins diet (high protein no carbohydrates) but a bit more lax. This allows carbs, but only after Phase 2 or 3. Right now I'm on Phase 1 which won't allow me to touch any of that. Oh yeah, and no sugars. (simple carbs.) It makes it damn difficult to eat fruits, okay, impossible, but weirdly after two days of this, I'm sort of getting used to not wanting carb stuff. Here's my menu:
Morning:
2 Eggs (!), 2 strips of turkey bacon (!)
Mid-Morning:
Cheese or Yogurt. Low-fat/low-sugar of course
Afternoon:
Grilled chicken or something with tons of lettuce. I've replaced this with veggies bc lettuce is basically just water anyway. It's rather pointless.
Snack:
A handful of mixed nuts
Dinner
Low-fat lean meat. Can be most any type of seafood, lean beef, chicken, etc. Make sure there's no skin on the chicken and you're good to go. Oh yeah, and eat as many veggies as it'll take to get you 'full'.
Dessert:
Sugar-free jello

I'll update this in a few weeks..

I went to sleep on Friday night with a 'dinner' of Taco Bell. That night, i slept like a baby- something that I haven't done in months. Erego, it would mean that I could do the same with the same results, right? Hypothesis, experiment.

Nope.

I woke up last night 3 times and had cereal to curb my sweet tooth. I suppose it's better than pounds of chocolate or some horribly fattening ice cream, but still. Need to get this under control! So tonight, I'll stick with the usual- a healthy choice dinner, and just hope for the best. Woohooo! Go HC!

Alllright, so I'm trying to get a dinner donated for SIN's annual Valentine's Day contest and it's not going the way I planned. The one restaurant I really wanted won't be giving out anything to groups other than churches and schools. Do we not count as a school? Maybe? Or not, huh. That's alright- I'll get a really nice one. If I can figure out where...

Yet Another Jack Handy Quote
If I was the head of a country that lost a war, and I had to sign
a peace treaty, just as I was signing, I'd glance over the treaty and
then suddenly act surprised. "Wait a minute! I thought we won!"
Alright, I should probably put more into these blogs than just a random quote, but I'm having way too much fun watching all these democratic debates! Yay!

Quote of the Day
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes.
-Jack Handy

Was gone for a while; had to reformat my drive, blah blah. Then I got a bit lazy when getting back to this. Class was okay today; as usual, it's a class.. For now I'm out. Here's my quote of the day:
"I'll American your Idol"
-prashanthi

Woohoo. Finally got a rough draft of My Pictures on my own website. (As opposed to MSN Photos.) It really shouldn't have taken this long, but it was so damn tedious that I stopped, started over, stopped, started over, etc. Already I see some stuff I want to change, but I'm not gonna mess with it anymore right now. That's it for the next (looks at watch) 20 minutes. :p

I had a blast last night. I wasn't feeling too great, but then my friend Eva called and we hung out for a while. She had to end up going to a party later and I chilled at home, but who cares-- still a really wonderful time; she laughs at my jokes.
I think I've decided that it's my only criterion for picking friends now- if they'll laugh at my jokes. If so, you're in. Of course it's sooo difficult not to laugh at my jokes. Hardeeharrharr.

ARGH! This is gonna be the SECOND LCD screen that I'm gonna return to Best Buy. The first one had a horrible contrast ratio and the black looked like gray, this one is good except there's a slight white bar at the top of the screen, and so I have to return it. I've decided I'm gonna test the damn thing AT Best Buy before bringing the bad boy home.

It's also getting slightly expensive. Vinoj needs to chilllllllllllll out with tech products right now.

Quote of the Day
Men tell me "you are so sweet so precious so ladylike, demure, funny, petite, energetic" Which is nice but i really want to hear is "Damn BIOTCH YOU ONE FINE PIECE OF ASS"
-sorcha, hotornot.com friend

Yeah yeah yeah, it's been forever. I've gotten so inundated with work and just being busy that I just haven't had time. However, one of the other things that I'm working on is getting all my photos off of MSN (3 MB of space) onto my server (20GB of space). See the difference? Anyway, here's a quote of the day.
Quote of the Day
"I don't know, I guess I'm just not in a d*ck kinda mood right now in my life."
-Nina

My beloved university lost yesterday in the national championship game. I don't want to talk about it. There are some shots of Aaron and I playing pool with his brother in my pictures somewhere. I'm out.

I went playing photographer again yesterday, taking a bunch of shots of Vinni. Not much else happened, except watching Kansas State being beaten by Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. This breaks the Big 12 down to a 2-5 bowl record. Absolutely pathetic. Here're the pictures: Vinni's Photo Shoot.

Happy New YEAR!

Alright, so I've got a BUTTLOAD of pictures from last night's New Year journeys. Okay fine, it wasn't all that dramatic. However it was a total blast.
We started the night off with Elaine, Aaron, and me going to a Chinese restaurant and stuffing ourselves silly. Neither of the two crackers at the table could handle the spicy shrimp, so guess what? MORE FOR ME. heheheh. Afterwards, we went to Elaine's house to play video games and.. umm.. consume liquids. Between the three of us I think there were 12-14 liquids consumed. We all played Mortal Kombat on Elaine's old-school Sega system, and the big nerd Aaron beat both of us silly, and then beat the GAME.
Afterwards, bowling was our calling. (I'm a poet and I just don't know it!) Once again, I was the one that lost miserably, but I'll have to say that it was pretty close with Elaine. Aaron once again kicked both our asses. Now came fun-- Sean's party. He wasn't able to hang out with us earlier because he had to host the party, but insisted that we should all go to his party afterwards. Considering he's my best friend (along with Aaron, Elaine, and Nitu) I couldn't say no. Anyway, we hung out there until the wee hours of the morning and Aaron had to crash at my place because of how much he drank. No prob, he just came to my room this morning and goes, "Yo dude.. so like.. I'm leaving. Peace."