Spent the whole day in dumps1.
Still in the dumps, though more from melancholy than from angst.
Thanks, no thanks, La vie en rose.
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wget -i list_of_urls.txt
Today I learnt that, using the terminal, I can download a shit load of files with that simple command in one go.
Being a friend
When a friend acts like a dick (not dock, or sick, you idiotic Google keyboard!), how do you respond?
- Like a dick
- Ignore them
- Ignore dick behaviour, and respond normally
1 & 2 are easy. And I’m some kind of master ninja at #2. But I’m thinking of going with 3.
If I can’t get over a friend being a dick, might as well not call them a friend in the first place.
Words & relationships
My partner’s dad keeps softly saying ‘I love you, *****”
Several times an hour. To my dog.
Having observed them over the last month, I’m quite sure he’s said those words fewer times in his life. To his wife.
Now I know who my partner takes after 😕
Gender equality on the beach
Why are topless women on beaches a-ok, while us men have to keep our bottoms on?
Shouldn’t each gender be allowed to remove one item of undergarment as a matter of gender equality?
#SunTanEquality #freedom
Vacation reading
Here’s the final reading list for the vacation. Let’s see how many I actually finish.
What a warm bundle does to you..
I have to leave for a vacation in 2 hours, and I haven’t been sadder in months.
I’m not happy about leaving for a long planned, much desired vacation.
The boy is snuggled tight against my chest, deep asleep. Little does the gentle soul know that his MA & Pa are heading off for 8 days without him.
The in laws are here, and he’ll be OK with them, at least after the first 48 hours. Yet, I spent last night waking up to nightmares about stuff happening to him – stuff ranging from probable to nearly impossible in real life.
I should sleep, but I can’t. Don’t want to waste a single minute of his soft, smelly, warm presence while I have it.
A so so day
Bad: United didn’t win, at home.
Good: United didn’t lose. At home.
Bad: in laws flinching on realising their favourite Rahman song on the car stereo is in Hindi
Good: they grit their teeth and try to survive, without complaining or commenting about it. (Also, #smallvictory for me after my house’s primary language has been turned into one I don’t get a word of)
Bad: went to a clean beach on a hot day, but I didn’t get to swim, at all!
Good: Chewie got to swim. And he swam, and swam, and swam ☺
Bad: 3+ hours to drive a 90 min drive, thanks to holiday traffic.
Good: The destination.
Chain reaction…
Ran into a friend from undergrad, who went to the friendly neighbouring b-school a year after me.
Which reminded me of…
XL di kudiyan very very smart…
Which reminded me of…
B****ch** sutta, sutta na milaa
Which reminded me of Samit Panchal. A good fella!
A welcome chain reaction :)
Annexe 325
Annexe 325 was my room number second year in Joka. Accidental discovery of that fading 325 on that old tee brought back some fond memories.
Also found this other tee in the stash. Another one from Joka days, so at least 9 years old. And just like the first one, this is the first time in 6-7 years that I can fit in it :)
My room number during first year in Joka? C-306