Today...

I woke up this morning and had some coffee. I had some coffee and got some work done. I finished that work, and looked out my window. I looked out my window, then got up and opened the door, and stepped out for a minute. I stepped out for a minute and realised it was one of the most gorgeous days I had been outside for the past few months, yet. I realised it was such a gorgeous day, put on my sneakers, and decided to go out for a run. I decided to go out for a run, and went for a long, long, long one. I went for a long, long, long run and came home. And it felt damn good. Drinking coffee, concentrating on some work, and going for a run...I'm almost certain that 98% of you who read this have no idea how damn good that felt. Damn good...

Shooting at RPI...

Needless to say, it was a bit nervewracking to hear just a short while back that my college's campus had been shut down because there was a shooting. One person is dead. I'm waiting to hear more updates.

Read about it here.

Bob Woolmer's murder

I know I mentioned the murder of Pakistani cricket team coach Bob Woolmer in my last post, but it looks like now, the Pakistani team is suspected to have been involved in his murder [yes, it's been determined he was definitely murdered as a result of 'manual strangulation'].

It has been reported that police are interviewing every member of the Pakistan cricket team individually as part of their investigation into the death.

Gill, Bob Woolmer's widow, said "Some of the cricketing fraternity, fans are extremely volatile and passionate about the game and what happens in the game, and also a lot of it in Asia, so I suppose there is always the possibility that it could be that." She felt it was a definite possibility for Woolmer to have been murdered, but not a possibility under any means that he had taken any illegal drugs or had committed suicide.

The Jamaica Observer and the Jamaica Gleaner both reported today that Mr Woolmer's death had been violent. The Observer said he had marks on his throat and that bones in the lower part of his face were broken, while the Gleaner said there was a broken bone in his neck.

It will be incredibly unfortunate if it turns out that members of the Pakistani cricket team were responsible for Bob Woolmer's murder.

India + Cricket...

don't seem to have gotten along too well lately. Really, what is there to say? India's overall performance has been nothing aside from pathetic.

Take the India vs. Bangladesh game. Three of Bangladesh' players passed 50. In the end, Bangladesh beat India by five wickets. FIVE! In the past, Bangladesh had beaten India only once out of fourteen meetings. That makes this loss for India even worse.

Of course, India did beat Bermuda by 257 runs after the game versus Bangladesh, which was necessary if they wanted to avoid an incredibly embarrassing 'first round exit' from the tournament [ahem...Pakistan].

But hey, it wouldn't have mattered much because now, India is out of the World Cup after their pathetic loss to Sri Lanka today, who beat India by 69 runs. It was dreadful, sitting through that game and watching it. So many times I wanted to pull myself away from the screen, but kept coming back in hopes of a miracle turn-around.

Of course, this World Cup has turned up with many surprises, including the shocking death of Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer. After Ireland unexpectedly defeated Pakistan [I don't think I saw that coming], Woolmer was found lying on the floor of his hotel room unconscious. It seems it is unclear exactly how he died, but murder was a possibility.

The only chance India has now of getting back into the World Cup is if Bermuda beats Bangladesh. Now I'm not going to comment on that beyond this: Bangladesh murdered India last week. India murdered Bermuda. Now, sure, I can't quite apply the transitive property in a case such as this, and making these statements may not be a strong indicator of how things will go between Bangladesh and Bermuda, but at this point, I don't feel very optimistic.

Well, I suppose we'll all just wait and see...

New leopard species

How gorgeous is this animal?

The colour and the rosettes on the animal are striking. Check out that article.

Calling all males

All right, I have a question for all you males out there. A conversation I had just a short while back triggered a thought, and now I want to know what guys have to say about it.

So it's a "known fact" that most guys end up watching pornography at some point in their lives, whether some of us women like it or not. However, my big question is this: even if a guy is in what would be termed as a "relationship", does he watch pornography, even if it's not on a regular basis?

I realize this isn't quite something that can be generalized, and that it's a question for which the answer will vary from person to person.

And the second part of my question is, how many of you guys will honestly tell the girl you are "with" if you are watching pornography on the side, regardless of how infrequent it is?

And suppose you are watching pornography on the side, but at the same time, you claim to love your girlfriend/loved one/significant other, whatever you call the other person. How does that work?

Feel free to comment on this anonymously if you'd rather nobody know who you are =)

Far away...

I don't want to go to NJ. I don't want to go to NY. I don't want to go to India. I don't want to go remotely close to anyone or anything I know. I want to go far away, by myself, and stay there forever. Ironically, I think that's what will make me happy.

I don't want anyone or anything. I don't need anyone or anything. I'm past all this.

abbreviating words online

The type of language used while chatting online or sending casual/personal emails is so different from the way we write anything else. Abbreviations/acronyms have become such a norm. I cannot remember the last time anyone typed out "I will talk to you later" at the end of a conversation. Nowadays, all we get is a "ttyl". "lol" is used to tell someone you are "laughing out loud" and "rotfl" is used in place of "rolling on the floor laughing" to tell the other person how funny something is.

Sure, some of these are fine. But seriously, people have to stop writing the word "come" as "cum". It's beginning to get a bit ridiculous. "Cum" has one less letter than "come". How hard can it be to write the actual word? Almost everywhere, I see sentences such as "Are you cumming?" and "cum fast!" and "I want you to cum now". I think it's beginning to get a bit much...

Just write the actual word. It's not a big deal.

Try...

Try not to plan things too far ahead, and try to have as few expectations as possible...

Things are usually better that way anyway.