My Insights

“Hello?” I said. The voice on the other side was distant but clear. “Can I talk to …” and then after a considerable pause, “pa … pava … is it?” I decide not to indulge in trivial matters over the phone and I don’t know who I’m talking to. “Yes, it’s him …” I said in a questioning voice. In my heart although, I had a very strong feeling that the call was from Sears. I could just feel it in my gut. The female on the other side continues, “I’m from Sears and I want you to come in and do some training.” At that point, I didn’t care who was speaking or what her name was. What mattered was that through some miracle of God, my drug test and my background check, both prescribed a clean bill of health. “Are you free tomorrow? Can you come in at 10:30?” I tried to give her an answer while hiding my excitement sitting there in a booth in Taco Bell, all alone waiting for my brother to get me some food. “Yeah, sure … that works great … 10:30 tomorrow it is!” I am surprised I didn’t offer to get her flowers. Phew, finally I have a real job now. After about a month and a half of being jobless, it feels strange when I think about being tied down to a schedule and not being able to watch Judge Judy anymore. I don’t want to be late so I’ll cut this short. Thank you all of my friends who took money from me when I was jobless. I really appreciate the encouraging. Thank you.

Rakhi is not a fair game cuz I am broke now. I hope my Indian fellas know what Rakhi is but for my non-Indian readers, Rakhi is an Indian festival where girls tie Rakhis on their brothers and the brother in return has to give something to his sister. I think a lot of sisters would prefer to receive money because they know that their brother is not gonna know which store to buy them a gift from. Rakhis are fancy strings with fancy decorations on them and the girl is supposed to make it herself with love & care for her brother. The brother promises to protect his sister from the harsh world in return and gives her a gift. All I’m saying is that … actually I take back what I said , I love my sisters and they deserve all I have.

I went to 6 flags on Friday with my dad and my bro. I’ve been on these rides a million times so there’s nothing that would surprise me about any of the rides. Basically I sit on the roller coasters, my face grim, no interest in being there, thinking about my life, not realizing that the coasters may not bring surprises to me consciously but subconsciously, my body would still react vigorously by releasing tons of adrenaline. And that’s exactly what happened. I was totally dead and had a splitting headache half through the park. I guess breakfast IS important. Well I couldn’t take it so I had me some lunch and then I was OK until I went on another ride. After that, it was me and my loving bench. Actually it was the first time I realized that the benches at 6 flags are not really comfortable. I’m sure that by the time I left the park, my bottom must’ve had permanent criss-crossing lines on it. I’m not going to that park again anyways for a long time. I wanna go to king’s dominion now.

I am at a point where I think I can do anything if I put my mind to it. Problem is, I just can’t seem to pick what I wanna put my mind to. I could work on cars, learn to fly a plane, get a bike, work out 3 hours a day, be a salesman for life, start a computer company, start owning franchises, take jazz singing classes, learn to play the guitar, learn to play the piano, be a lawyer ( a little too late now I think ), follow a quest to find my spirit … the list is endless. I just hope that I can choose something that I am good at and something I will cherish for my whole life.

I’ve heard that every little boy wants to be a ball player but I personally think that there is a point in everybody’s life where they wanna be everything … a lawyer, doctor, artist, technician, professional sports player and what not. I think this is happening for me now and I like it cuz I like doing different things. Monotone in general really turnes me off. Have any of you guys ever felt like doing a million things with your future?

Just take a look at the following graphic:

This is totally ridiculous. If there are two people who are consenting and want to get married, then what business is it of the government to call it illegal.

I looked up the Defense of Marriage act and according to section 7 of the act titled “Definition of ‘marriage’ and ’spouse’”,

“In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word ‘marriage’ means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word ’spouse’ refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.”

Now was the congress so bored that instead of focussing on unemployment and economic growth they pass a bill to define the words ‘marriage’ and ’spouse’? It’d be better if they left that to the Oxford dictionary for all practical purposes.

Anybody who voted for this act must’ve been a homophobic wierdo. I just don’t know what to say. Isn’t this discrimination? I was totally shocked that this act even existed!

Just like last year, I’m participating in the Miss India DC 2003 FASHION SHOW. The show every year is a lot of fun and last year Aktta was one of the winners. Everybody should come check it out. The show is this saturday. See the flyer below:

So I interviewed (finally!) with Sears and they offered me a position doing sales in their electronics department. I finally got a sales job that lets me work inside a store where people actually do most of their buying. That means, what I need to do next is focus on finding a bar that is willing to let me work my majic. After that, I’ll be all set … good classes, a sales job that will help me with my career line, a bartending job that will be a lot of fun plus good money, and a beautiful honey … screech! well let’s rewind and put that last part on the ‘things to do’ list. As of now, the ‘things to do’ list has a) finding a bartending job and b) finding a beautiful honey.

Anyways, I was just thinking about it and there has not been one interview where I wasn’t hired after the interview. I think the hardest part about landing a job for me is scheduling the interview. After that, my charismatic personality does the work. I mean I think I’ve done about 4 interviews till now (for actual jobs) and I was hired on all 4. Now isn’t that just too lucky? Or is that normal?