idle ruminations... (cloud atlas style)

1. today i google-chatter with a friend from my high school days for a good two hours. she t9ld me of some of her sorrows and i told her of some of mine. i remember in school we'd go for long walks and talk about music, people, books and ideas. i love a great conversation!

2. which brings me to the other thought - i read the article posted at the following site:
http://www.wikihow.com/Guess-Someone%27s-Astrological-Sign
i'm aquarian. i don't seriously believe in astrology - i find it amusing - especially when they say something that's true about me. in the article they said aquarians love words - and its true, i love words! but i am not a doer or a worker - and it bothered me!!!


3. something else that bothers me - youtube being bought out by google. first of all, the press coverage that this deal is receiving is something phenomenal. all the pundits are speculating about the future of the online community based media sharing/broadcasting. i guess a lot of money is being invested based on these speculations - but honestly, doesn't everyone see where the net is finally going to progress? hasn't the medusa phenomenon taught the riaa etc. a lesson about the unwieldiness of the ether?

secondly, i am really starting to get concerned with google's growing ambitions. i *love* their products, but i have always been a firm believer in a free market where there are multiple companies vying for the marketshare. it bothers me immensely that one company is gathering so much precious momentum.

4. speaking of momentum - my life is in a weird phase where it is gathering some in some aspects of my life just as it is losing some in some other areas. sayonara pay cheque. hello unemployment! hello existential conundrums! hello more free time than i know what to do with! hello deportment? hello job that will let me stay in the country?

5. i have an interview coming up.

4. the job may just let me stay in this country. sure i have questions to answer, but a lifetime to follow the trail to see where it leads!

3. time will tell, inevitably, what is going to happen to youtube. i hope they don't link the youtube and google accounts up. it freaks me out that google keeps a history of the searches. shit! isn't this blog server run by the ubiquitous G?

2. speaking of ubiquitous, sure some people see signs everywhere and in everything. and some people swear by zodiac considerations. however, i think a balanced perspective is imperative to absorbing the zodiac stuff into one's life. i can't start smooching random people on wednesdays and tuesdays because my horoscope for the day says so. (it really does! check it out @: http://astrology.yahoo.com/astrology/general/weekly/aquarius )
(this link is for the week of oct. 9th)
omg! i just read my romantic horoscope for the month! the person who wrote it must have been extremely hungry. the gastonomical slant to the article hits you like a train going at 400mph would! (http://astrology.yahoo.com/astrology/love/monthly/aquarius) rofl lmao!

gee! i hope some of that is true, i could do with a little distraction in life - after all, i'm supposed to be the hot potato at the salad bar! :P

1. i used to eat hot potatoes at the salad bar in india with my friend. (ok, so this link is kind of contrived - its almost time to go to bed and i am really getting tired of this crap! :P) also, the last statement is false, i have not seen a single salad bar in india - nor have i therefore eaten an hot potatoes at the salad bar with my friend. but i did eat a lot of other truly delicious food with her. i miss the food! haven't been to the indian restaurant in charleston - just hate the thought of going alone! stupid monthly romance horoscope.. given me the munchies!! :P

night!