Song of the year

This song defines the year 2008 for me. Or maybe not since “define” is too a strong a word. But it’s close.

I sometimes think it’s not over yet. It is not over yet. No indeed. Funny how sometimes I tend to think in linear fashion.

Recap

I just had this epiphany the other day.

I was young and foolish. Too preoccupied with premonitions.

You were perfect. No, really. I was afraid of your perfectness. It is irrelevant I know, but yes, I was afraid of losing you. Too afraid of screwing it all up. It really doesn’t matter now, but what the heck. The SOP for U. Chicago just got a file corruption error. Too many ‘I’s’ too. Bad hair day.

Had i realized, then, how much i want you, i wouldn’t have done what i did. Ancient history i know. But then.

The week that was

10 things to mark up the week gone by.

1. Street dhosa near the American Centre. Internalized and mucho appreciated.

2.  Couchsurfing virgin no more. I am a happy man.

3. Act of weirdness: Danced to “bidi jalayi le” in front of a modest crowd with my Couchsurfing guest and drunk people in a para club. Then got Limca served by them folks. It was only 9 in the evening. Did i mention that i was not drunk? Did i mention that i actually danced? Like, really danced? I still can not believe that just happened.

4.  Best stuff read. The Sicilian by Mario Puzzo.

5.  Best conversation: 67 minutes over phone with me Mejojethu in London. Subject: identity politics in Maharashtra, West Bengal and Deep South states in the US.

6.  Best ride: On an errand. With my favorite intolerable cousin in her (mother’s) Maruti 800. Elgin road to Jessore road and back to Jadavpur, with a stopover in Oxford bookstore. She’s the best 21 year old female driver in the city. Needs to work on the parallel parking bit, though.

7. Sporting extravaganza: The final F1 race of the season in Brazil. Got to be one of the greatest of all times in motor racing.

8.  Most time wasted on: devouring, yes, absolutely devouring every bit of polling data and analysis of the coming elections on November 4th in the US. And not just the presidential election. Damn, i am so turned on by even the word ‘election’. I am a pervert.

9. Laughed most at: Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder.

10. Most surprised at: Myself. Rather the number of sms-ing i did. Emptied the 100 local messages per month offer of my Vodafone prepaid plan in 3 weeks. My fingers hurt.

Been a good week. Goodness. Time to hunker down and return to the olive press.