Random Wrap Up

I had a whole bunch of little thoughts, that I could not forms into blog worthy entries, so I thought I would write them down. Before I did, I went and checked out the Barmaid's blog, who had done the exact same thing, and linked another person who has as well. But since, she was the partial inspiration for this blog (the whole thing not the entry), I will give her all the credit.

In no particular order, here's whats been swirling around in my head:

1) The Masters golf tournament was played this weekend. One of the interesting things about it, was that for the first time in the history of the tournament, an Indian national was invited to play - Jeev Milkha Singh. He even made the cut. As you may or may not be aware, every player bring their own caddie to lug their clubs. I thought it would have been incredibly funny if his caddie, carried the clubs "coolie" style on top of his head, like they do at Indian train stations and airports. Just the image of this guy walking across the golf course with the clubs perfectly balanced on his head to gain the most support for them, to me, would have been priceless. In the final round he was paired with Vijay Singh (a Fijian national).

2) I felt guilty about taking a half day on Good Friday. Now if as most of my friends and family know, and any reader who may have read some of the previous blogs, I am very anti organized religion. This isn't just Christianity or Hinduism, but all of them. But the guilt came more from the fact that we claim to live in a secular society and yet we get holidays for Good Friday and Christmas. This just isn't right. We don't get a holiday for eid(sp?) or for Diwali, or for passover. Now the counter argument will be that this is a nation that was built on Judeo-Christian "values" and it is based on that. But the last time I checked, the Resurrection, was a bigger day in the Church than the birth of Christ. Also, last time I checked the following were not crimes:

• No other gods worshipped
• No graven images made
• not taking the lord's name in vain
• The seventh day is sabbath
• honoring your mom and dad
• No adultery
• No coveting

For the record the ones that are crimes are (not killing, not being a false witness and not stealing).

3) I am bored shit less right now. Literally, I am constipated. Having a baby is a wonderful, joyous, gratifying extremely BORING life. The kid is great, but so, so boring. He just lays there. I know he is only two months old (exactly two months tomorrow), and I am not expecting miracles (maybe if I just prayed to Pope John Paul II for Shaan to be more entertaining) and I did expect this, but that doesn't take away from the fact that he is boring. Very poor conversationalist. More of a gurgler.

4) MILF Update. My boss walks into my office and tells me she has a story for me. She was out at her lake house with a friend and his teenage children. One of the teenage children was going on about a girl. So my boss says to her friend, he (the son) must really like this girl. The friend responds that what the son really likes is the mother. To which my boss replies, in earshot of the teenage kid, "Oh she must be a MILF." The kid immediately turns around with an embarrassed look on his face. The friend doesn't know what it means, and has it explained to him by my boss. See I truly am spreading good will across the world.

5) The family is going to LA. We have planned a mini vacation to head back to where I grew up to see family and friends. I will get to see my nephew for the first time and a lot of people that I really miss. I will most likely be eating sushi and Mexican food for all my meals. If I can find a restaurant that has both - perfect. I can't wait to walk the trails of Runyon canyon, swim in the beautiful pacific and get drunk in my old stomping grounds (oh how I miss you, St Nicks, and your pint glass vodka tonics.)