Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Sucky sucky

wow.. january 2006 really sucked (except for meeting kristen bell in austin).

i guess the year can only get better from here..

it still has a chance to be the best year ever, it's just got to work a lot harder.

come on 2006.  i have faith in you!

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Veronica Mars-athon (UPDATE)

I forgot to mention that I got Kristen Bell's autograph at the event.

She signed my poster "For Sumeet, (heart) Kristen Bell."

Hells yeah, how do you like dem apples?

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Wow

At work today:

Manager-to-be: "I know things have been really bad lately. I hope you're not looking for another job, but if I was in your situation, I would be."

I was pretty optimistic about 2006. But then I came into work on Jan 3, and realized that the year might not be so great. Every day, it seems that there's just more bad news.

2006 probably won't be the best year ever :(

Sunday, January 15, 2006

Veronica Mars-athon and drunkenness

A white guy, an Indian guy, and a black guy walk into a bar.......

No, not the beginning of a bad joke; just the start of a pretty memorable weekend ;)

It was the "white" guy's last day at our company, so we decided to all go out for drinks.  Good times.  We've been working pretty late hours for the past two weeks, so it was a nice way to relieve some stress and just kick back and relax.  We went to the bar around 8 pm, and I think we stayed until closing, around 2 am.

The next day, I had to drive to Austin for the Veronica Mars-athon.  I've driven long distances under bad circumstances before - once with no sleep the night before, once after a horrendous day that included allergies, an interview, and a midterm - but driving with a hangover is probably the worst condition possible.  Paying attention to the road, while trying not to vomit on yourself or fall asleep and also trying to ignore the massive headache is just a recipe for a horrible accident.

Finally, I couldn't take it any more, and decided to get some Tylenol.  Ahhh, much better.  The rest of the drive was actually bearable, and best of all, I made it there alive.

The Mars-athon was awesome!  For those of you who don't know, Veronica Mars is a show about a high-school detective (guess her name) who works for her father who's a private investigator. There's lots of suspense and intrigue (who's Veronica's real father? did she get raped by her brother? who killed her best friend?) and the writing is very witty and well-done. It's definitely one of the best shows on TV. 

I really wish the band had played fewer songs so the cast could answer more questions though.  It also would have been nice if the cast had picked out some of their favorite clips instead of just the producer.  And the highlight: at the end of the event, the cast signed autographs and posed for pictures!

If you had told me last fall that I would be in Austin this weekend, literally 2 feet away from Kristen Bell, I would have laughed at you.  And yet, there I was.

Oh, and yeah, Kristen Bell is definitely the new hotness.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!

Woohoo!

Texas Longhorns are the 2005 National Champions with a win over USC!!

Holidays!

It was nice to get out of town for a couple of weeks.

Spent the first week (from the 21st til the 28th) at my parents' house in Virginia.  Pretty relaxing overall.. saw some family friends that I hadn't seen in like 4 or 5 years, and watched at least 3 or 4 Hindi movies.  My dad's laptop has a DVD burner too, so we made copies of every movie too (even the bad ones). 

For Christmas, my sister and I got my parents a home entertainment audio system. Unfortunately, we couldn't get it to work with their big-screen TV, so they ended up returning it (they said they'd rather get a couch instead).  Christmas was pretty good to me too - I only asked for one gift and got it - the oh-so-sacred ipod.

So then, it was off to New York City.  I ended up staying in 3 different places over the next 4 nights (2 nights at my friend's uncle's house; the next night at his aunt's place, and the last night at his friend's brother's apartment).  I also took every possible form of transportation: ferry, bus, train, subway!  It was a pretty fun trip overall.  Got to meet some new people, see some people I hadn't seen in awhile, and ring in the new year NYC-style!

For New Year's, we went to my sister's place for a pre-pre-party, a high school friend's penthouse suite for the pre-party, the No Idea bar for open bar (including champagne toast at midnight), and finally to a karaoke bar to welcome in 2006.