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By Kiran, April 12, 2010 4:35 pm

Just marveling at another perk of being married – I have a great travel buddy. Give our current short-term employment situation forcing us to live apart,  I am beginning to think this is somewhat of a blessing in disguise, for we are both equally exhilirated that we get to meet-up in a different place every few days.  So we might as well make the best of this time, for once things fall in place, weekends will tend to be dominated by grocery shopping and laundry.

I just booked a bunch of more flights and hotels, and realized, I have never traveled to so many places in one year.  So, I figured, while I am still getting over the inertia to write again, I will use this blog as a travel journal. Here is where I have been in the first three months, and this is where we are heading in the next three months.

Jan 17th – Chicago

Jan 23rd – Chicago

Feb 5th – Chicago

Feb 14th – Vegas

Mar 5th – Chicago

Mar 19th – Paso Robles

Apr 4th – Irvine

Apr 24th – San Diego

May 7th – Chicago

May 14th – Maui

May 28th – Boston

Jun 19th – Vancouver

Jul 4th – Houston

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By Kiran, March 14, 2010 7:47 am

I was in Chicago for St.Patrick’s; there we go, now I don’t feel that bad for skipping my local friends who are busily intoxicating in the local Irish pubs. The green river was worth it, yes it was, who in their lives get to see a damned river go green for a day, that would be me and the select few blessed by Zeus. I did learn two important facts though, St. Patrick was not actually Irish (he was English, and not a Manchester United fan that too) and second, there are way too many Irish in the United States than there are in the rest of the world (more like ten to one).

Regardless, we did manage to storm through the somewhat rainy somewhat chilly Chicago weather to actually go see the parade. It never ceases to amaze me how the city can pull something like that so easily, such chaos that is, and so organized was that presentation of chaos. The Guinness might have had something to do with it, but somehow every Irish guy, dame and brat from every nook of the mid-west was there, touting their wares, whether bagpipes or some homemade float, they were there. So many random greenish people walking everywhere, some heading to the parade, some escaping it, the chaos as well as the overreaching show of pride was inescapable. That we can celebrate the heritage of a full ten percent of the country’s people with so much revelry is a show of celebration that the majority embraces.

After the parade, I had the fortune to taste some of my dame’s homemade spicy pasta, and by jove was it sumptuous. Reminded me yet one more time how fortunate I am that my wife is dexterous enough to embrace something so non-desi and come out on top. Like there wasn’t enough action for a weekend, I finished all seven of our tax returns the same day, thanks to a miraculous product called turbotax. Gone are those days when I was paying hundreds of my sweat-and-blood dollars to tax consultants, turbotax definitely stands out as one those products that I deeply admire and envy. And so was this good, productive and gleeful weekend, and so I raise one to my Irish brothers.

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By Kiran, March 3, 2010 11:13 pm

Sometimes we are happy,

Sometimes we tell ourselves to be happy,

Sometimes we believe in the future and take everything in the present in stride,

Sometimes we hate that we have become believers,

Sometimes we want to sacrifice our present for the future,

Sometimes we just want to be in the future and forget the past,

Sometimes we want to think all iz well,

Sometimes we want to think all iz in the well,

Sometimes we just need that shoulder,

Sometimes we just want to hit ourselves on that boulder,

Sometimes we need hope,

Sometimes we need pain,

Sometimes we we hate the absurdity,

Sometimes we want to embrace the futility,

Sometimes we ask for too much,

Sometimes we assume too much,

Sometimes we assume that there is meaning the implicit,

Sometimes we forget to put forth the explicit,

Sometimes we indulge ourselves in the oblivious,

Sometimes we try to escape the obvious,

Sometimes we make melodies from the mundane,

Sometimes we run away from the bane,

Sometimes we wish for simpler times,

Other times we just want to wish away the sometimes.

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By Kiran, January 18, 2010 9:48 pm

This is a post I had written two months ago, but never ended up publishing. It was supposed to be part of the wedding website which I was working on, but never got time to finish. Its a mass version of the “Our Story” page that goes on a typical wedding website. Thought it would be a good start to re-blogging.

Once was a Dude. Dude lived in his own world. Dude was unkempt. Dude was lazy. Dude was too busy marking merry with other Dudes. Also Dude was in constant denial. Dude thought no lady could stand him.

Then came Lady. Lady was perfect.Lady was opposite of Dude. Lady was exactly same as Dude. Lady worked hard. Lady did chores. Lady loved little things. Lady called relatives and friends in weekends. Lady was smart. Lady was simple. Lady was daunting.

Dude was confused. Dude did what he does best. Dude was fellow in Worldwide Association of Sporadically Toothless Entities (aka WASTE Fellow). Dude pondered. Dude didn’t want to be bothered in his merriment.

Dude finally gave up. Dude could not resist Lady. Dude was spellbound by Lady. Dude did romantic things. Dude bought flowers for Lady. Thrice. Dude sneaked off to show her around town. Dude felt at ease with Lady. Dude’s daddy already cross-examined and approved. Dude was uneasy.

Dude finally confessed love on top of tall building. Lady impressed. Dude on winning streak. Dude took Lady for fancy dinner. Dude used last of credit to buy ring for Lady. Dude got lucky break and had Lady’s attention at beach on full moon night. Dude dropped on his knees. Dude not responsible for crater. Dude proposed to Lady. Lady Happy. Dude Happy.

Lady fall in love. Lady write letter on napkin. Dude totally impressed. Dude married Lady on September 4. Lady oraganized grand reception. Dude told jokes. Lady dressed to kill. Dude killed buffet. Family Happy.

Dude getting married soon. Dude anxious. Dude not anxious. Dude is master of ceremonies. Lady heavy planning. Dude will try to follow lady. You come to dude marriage. You enjoy. Dude enjoy. We all enjoy.

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By Kiran, August 26, 2009 10:36 pm

For a change, I am happy. For a change, I look forward to the future. There are things that are about to happen; things that are life-altering, that incite some much needed optimism, that scare the hell out of me, that I actually welcome into my meager life. Lets just say, its that time of the year when I am incredibly positive and scarily anxious at the same time. Nonetheless, its an essential rite of passage and am confident that my plunge into the bay of no return will be both rewarding and rejuvenating.

For years, I needed a control variable, one that puts me in place, that gives me some inkling of a border between normal and excess, one that grounds me deep down into the chasm called reality, and now I am happy that I finally found it. And while I might have been the big bad wolf for most of my public life, I think that finally there are people that see that I have a little more to offer than goofball jokes, unneeded rants and frivolous exploits. I have lived for too long in big minutes and small victories, and now I finally get the chance to relish the small seconds and big victories.

So here’s to change. Here’s to love. Here’s to my amazing luck and incredible fortune. Cheers.