You know, I was just reading over the last post and I realized something-- it doesn't necessarily have to be focused solely onto Bangalore or India. I think the same would be true in any urban environment. I mean, what did it really boil down to? Noise pollution and inconsiderate behavior. That's pretty much every city that I know. (Any REAL city at least.) It's required at these places to go, "________ has the shittiest drivers in the world, I swear."

As for the internet connections, I stand by my convictions that it's crap here. :)

I think that even around here, if I could live in a nice cozy villa with the regular amenities (you know, simple things like a THX Home Theater System, two jacuzzis, a DVD collection with over 100 DVDs and music cds climbing through a pull out drawer, and those kickass tiles that Michael Jackson walks on in the Billie Jean video that light up when you step on them.) But if \I had those things and a nice lawn and a garden and a dog, I'd be really happy. Oh and of course a blazing internet connection, satellite preferably.

I'm so grounded and reasonable.

Maybe it'll happen. Probably not, and I'll end up in the US again. The date might be changing now to late December/early January instead of the 3rd week of January. Need to start working out for the ladieeeeeessss....

out.

"Someday over the rainbow..."

That's the ditty I'm singing now until I get to a real-live internet connection and not one of these blasted internet parlors. People, say it with me: ICK. The keyboards were made during the early 90s, have keys that stick together every other second, and there are strange odors in this place I've never encountered before. But I think the real issue is that I'm getting a bit saturated of India.

That's right, I said it. I wanna be back in the US of A. Why? Noise pollution.

Too many effing festivals around this town. Anytime any kind of celebration comes around hundreds of blathering idiots light firecrackers in the street. Note, these aren't just kids.. no no no-- these are also those in their late 40s. Numbnuts. That, coupled with the vegetable men every morning and the fruit vendors ("APPLES!! AHHRANGE!! ADIJHAIDAJA!!), get tiresome. Oh at first it's cute-- aw, look at the culture and the neat facets that we don't have in the US... Then of course there are the cars/autos/buses, the latter two LOVING to have the most annoying and shrill horns on the planet. Buses? Amazingly on time and very efficient. The downside? I think their goal is to kill at LEAST one person a day. Pedestrians come second, and I swear they try to hit you every time. Harumph.

Maybe I'm just grumpy today bc I'm back (yet again) at an internet parlor. But I have wanted to say the previous for a while now. I wanna go back to Oklahoma for a little while... have my 1MBps net connection. With downloads that don't charge for every effing megabyte....yes.... that would be delightful... coming back on January 21st though. Just a few more weeks, Vinoj. A few more weeks...