Fuel for the Fire

This morning, I woke up early, and I cut some wood for our fireplace!

It might sound mundane to you, but it was an adventure for me. I "found" some wooden pallets a while back, and I put them aside, thinking I might put them to use. Yesterday I bought a hand saw, and borrowed gloves and a hammer.

7 am, sun just peaking over the edge, I wrapped myself up in a few layers and I stepped out into the cold, hoping I didn't look as ridiculous as I felt. I had no clue what I was doing. I walked up to the pallet and just looked at it for a min, saw in one hand, hammer in the other.

Two hours later, I had demolished half a pallet and a smile on my face. Arms sore, I went to take a shower.

I think I'll be up early again tomorrow :)

Family Party

So as I'm writing this, the loads of Indian aunties and uncles are sitting downstairs in the living room singing and laughing, having a good time :)

It makes me happy to see them all enjoying themselves, and knowing that the fun really doesn't end even though you have to worry about a career and paying the bills.

While they are all down there, I'm sitting upstairs in my sister's room with Neety, Prateek, and my sister. These of my ilk, and we talk about what its like to be Indian kids growing up in the US. We sit here and discuss how the future will be like, how our parties will be similar or diffrent to ones like this one. This is always my favorite part about these get togethers because Saleena and Neety understand what its like trying to bring your parents to accept new ideas.

Side note: Back to 501 tomrrow! I miss that place like you miss your pillow during a longggg day, I feel like I can't truly rest anywhere else.

Coded Language

Coded Language - great song from Saul Williams

The creativity of some people simply blows me out of the water. Saul Williams is one of those. His word acrobatics, and his ability to tie in complex ideas into brief phrases is simply amazing.

Favorite lines:

"We are not afraid of the darkness, we trust that the moon shall guide us."

We must believe in our instinct, and know that the correct path will reveal itself.

"We now know that the heart is the philosophers' stone
Our music is our alchemy"

Infinite youth and endless wealth are results of our souls singing.

"We stand as the manifested equivalent of 3 buckets of water and a hand full of minerals,
Thus realizing that those very buckets turned upside down
Supply the percussion factor of forever."

'Nuff said.

Please go youtube it and enjoy :)

Sahil

Ablexxive

Ablexxive - Overly confusing

Welcome,

I just want a place to blah blah blah. I think a lot of things, and most of the time these things don't follow any logical path. This is me trying to align some of it.

How about we do the ol' 5 things about me:
1) My dear friends are everything to me.
2) Words make me happy, words like Retribution, Meander, and of course Ablexxive make me smile.
3) I love my family, though they can be a bit much sometimes.
4) I have random hobbies and they come and go.
5) This blog will probably make no sense most of the time, but hopefully it will keep me sane.

Welcome to mai mind :)

Sahil