Getting out - alone

I have always had this weird thing about being alone. I just detest it. I never do anything alone - I'm always calling up people trying to get together a group.

Figured, I can't be such bad company. Nice day out. Lunch at Farouk's - desi food. Spent the afternoon at the Science Museum of Virginia. Geek in me Liked.. Liked.. :)

Reading Foucault's Pendulum at Starbucks - Heavy stuff!!

And now I'm catching NBA All Star Saturday. Perfect!! :)

K

Geek Code

It is Friday and I have some time on my hands. Here is me - in Geek Code.

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BTW it is a tremendously cool idea. I wish I had thought of it.

K

Democracy

Random thought that occured when I was reading about the Iraqi elections - What is the big deal with democracy?

At the end of the day. It is the rule of the elected, not the people. Limited choice in the elections. And even if you accept that the government represents the people, in reality it only represents the majority. And that's just "bully".

Disclaimer - I am not a political science major :P Not close. Just your good old Engineering graduate from India 8-B

Why do I Blog?

So today is Day 2 of my blogger existence.

Day 1 of my blogger existence has had a lot to do with blogging. You see my current status in life is rather immobile. I had knee surgery last Monday so my world has become my bed and thanks to my wireless card the World Wide Web. Spent yesterday going through a blog which really has affected me - to put it mildly. It is "Baghdad Burning" at

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com

It is a blog described by riverbend as "Girl Blog from Iraq... let's talk war, politics and occupation."

To sum up my feelings succintly - I'd just say that it is nice to think. In some ways I think I have gotten too comfortable with my life at present. I don't know how to put this but normalcy is mind-numbing. Working at a first job. Discovering a new country. Travelling. Making friends. Wondering about the future. Its awesome and its fun. But it can also consume you. That little cocoon you live in becomes your world.

And I think blogging and reading people's blogs give you just that outlet - that chance to think. I have spent yesterday reading about Iraq - from the eyes of a soldier and from the eyes of a civilian. I cannot claim to know what either life is like but I do have a much better understanding than I did 24 hours back. And that is a first step.

I think I am quite in love with the blog. The downside is that I work in front of a computer 10 hours a day. So not a very healthy obsession. You can't have everything

A Blog is Born

Hello World!

Well, I always knew it was going to happen. For 10 months now I have been at the crossroads - to blog or not to blog. To continue loving your life and living it to the full or to document that whirlwind of events which you believe you go through and realise how mundane it actually is. :) Well, I finally get around to conquering the fear and how do i start off - "Hello World" - about as well as a computer program would have done.

But you pick up your shattered dreams and reconstruct.... OK OK I'll cut the melodrama.

I'm Karthik. I'm 21. And like you can see I am confused - I am out to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life - which part of the world I want to re-shape. ;) I am currently working in Richmond,VA at a financial services company called Capital One. And am spending all my weekends travelling. Which is fun. Also been clicking away on my camera quite crazily which is the primary reason I guess to start blogging. So I can put up all my good pics. A secondary reason would be that I have completely stopped writing.

More on that later.
Come back
K