Being the introspection phase that I'm in these days, I thought it was high time I set a few goals in life with regards to where I want to be, what I want out of life itself. But that seemed a far fetched idea to me...you know... a little too far in the distant future kinda thing. So, the giant step turned into a baby one. Four and a half years is a quite modest target to be planning for the future. Heck, even the Indian govt. doesn't think beyond a five year period, who am I to do so then?
5. Become the uber fitness freak.
4. Become a savant, a connoisseur of the French, Italian & Thai cuisines and not just the gourmand. If the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, I guess it shouldn't be too different for a woman either. After all, they have a palate & they get hungry too.
3. Make that two week long trip to Alaska. All my life, the one place I had always wanted to go was Europe, to see all the magnificient architectural beauty. But living in Colorado has made me appreciate 'au naturale' more. So, while Europe is definately on the cards, priority #1 is Alaska.
2. Scale all of the 53 14ers in Colorado. That's 5 summers. Average of 11 peaks a summer. Pretty doable if #5 is accomplished.
1. Umm..what do I put in here?? This seems too important to put something in randomly & set it in stone pretty much. Need to put a lil' more thought into this one...more on this later...so far so good though.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Friday, January 20, 2006
Driving Miss Crazy
I had the first (of many, I'm sure) scary driving experiences in the winter snow of Colorado. Snow does funny things to cars. A dry snow feels like you're driving on the beach, a wet snow gives you the creeps & dont even get me started about ICE. Let's just say that if you don't use your brakes just the right way, they kinda lose their purpose.
First thing in the morning today, I drove Miss Crazy out of my complex & following my usual habit of braking hard right near the intersection, I stared in disbelief as she didnt even slow down an inch and kept skidding along, right onto the road. Scary moment. Thankfully none of her girlfriends were out on that road yet.
About an hour and a half later, two blocks away from my office, I see a RED, I see the car in front of me slow down. I tell Miss Crazy to do that too. Twenty meters from the light, I see that car starting to wobble, so we brace ourselves. Braking slowly and steadily I feel that we'll stop before hitting that guy. But suddenly, she kinda speeds up & I realise, we have hit the same icy patch on the road that guy did. And then begins the twist and turn of the steering wheel (Sorry sweetheart, I promise...Never again!) to avoid colliding with everyone. And just as her front wheels clear the ice, her ass just gives away and we make the shortest U everrrrr. Now, I'm facing the cars follwing me, holding my breath for god knows how long. But those people are smart. After seeing my antics, my follower stops his car just short of the icy patch, waits for the traffic in the neighboring lane to clear up and smoothly sails by. I'm left speechless.
Moral of the story: Whenever it snows this bad, leave Miss Crazy home!
First thing in the morning today, I drove Miss Crazy out of my complex & following my usual habit of braking hard right near the intersection, I stared in disbelief as she didnt even slow down an inch and kept skidding along, right onto the road. Scary moment. Thankfully none of her girlfriends were out on that road yet.
About an hour and a half later, two blocks away from my office, I see a RED, I see the car in front of me slow down. I tell Miss Crazy to do that too. Twenty meters from the light, I see that car starting to wobble, so we brace ourselves. Braking slowly and steadily I feel that we'll stop before hitting that guy. But suddenly, she kinda speeds up & I realise, we have hit the same icy patch on the road that guy did. And then begins the twist and turn of the steering wheel (Sorry sweetheart, I promise...Never again!) to avoid colliding with everyone. And just as her front wheels clear the ice, her ass just gives away and we make the shortest U everrrrr. Now, I'm facing the cars follwing me, holding my breath for god knows how long. But those people are smart. After seeing my antics, my follower stops his car just short of the icy patch, waits for the traffic in the neighboring lane to clear up and smoothly sails by. I'm left speechless.
Moral of the story: Whenever it snows this bad, leave Miss Crazy home!
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Patriot Reign : OVER
What were they thinking?? Did they think, they could just march into Denver and kick our asses?? Expect us to just allow them to walk all over us, just because they were the "oh!! we're so good" champs?? All week long we heard every single media analyst ( Shannon Sharpe doesn't count) undermine the Broncos, pick the Pats to win this one...without so much as a modicum of intelligence, pragmatism. No NFL game is ever won purely on reputation and this one was no different. You are what you are. That is why the Pats even made it to the playoffs by winning a mediocre(only better than the hapless NFC North) AFC East at 10-6 while at the same time the Chiefs at 10-6 didnt even make the playoffs. And then they beat the worst 12-4 team to EVER make the playoffs. And collected bragging rights nonetheless!!! WTF...Jacksonville's no Denver...Jeez..they dont even know the concept of "Stopping the run" and for that matter..neither do the Pats. Please dont quote stats on this one before looking at the teams that they played when they supposedly "stopped" the run. And please...to those who choose to crib about the missed calls in this one...I have only two words for you...TUCK RULE...the biggest hypocrisy in the history of the "patriot reign". So, all you New Englanders...settle down in your chairs with your clam chowder and get set for a long winter while we turn up the heat here in Denver.
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