Where Hari tries to show off and as usual doesn't quite pull it off

For obvious reasons, the weekend is the the best part of the week for me. I try to do as many things that I enjoy, as possible. Usually I just sleep and eat a lot. But there are some weekends that truly are wonderful. I knew this was going to be a great weekend when I woke up on Friday with the sun streaming down through my bedroom window. In a nutshell, this weekend kicked ass because

1. I felt as if a great weight was lifted off my shoulders when I confronted the powers that be and blurted out that it might be a good idea to wait until late 2010 and my proposal was accepted. I did not even know I was nervous about the whole thing and was quite surprised at the amount of relief I felt(Especially because I took the initiative when I created the whole profile thingey!(Dont Ask)). Bullet dodged. Atleast for the present. Now, all I have to do is hold of for two more years. It won't matter after that. Nothing will.

2. I discovered a whole genre of music, that I'd never known about. Thanks to Fleet Foxes and by extension Metacritic, I discovered alternate pop/rock. I've been listening to My Morning Jacket and Radiohead all weekend. I've also been listening to Bon Iver, animal collective, Duffy and Adele

3. I spent less than 4 hours watching TV the whole weekend

4. I love "Panera Bread". It's a fabulous place. For a change a lot of light is allowed to stream inside an eating joint and it as a consequence doesn't feel as seedy or claustrophobia inducing as some of the other Restaurants(Read Indian) in this place. Besides, the food is yummy and apart from a slight twinge about the Mountain Dew, I usually come out feeling guilt free(The calorie Count has slowed. yay!). Also the people there are so nice(The hot Girl(Yeah, I objectify women. Try staying celebate for 14 years and then judge me!)taking the order definitely contributes to the general feeling of well being)

5. Had dinner on sunday at Cheeburger

6. Made upma on Saturday night. I seem to be improving every day. I'm a fairly competent cook these days. Who knows, I might even make a round chappati one of these days

7. Saw Villu. It was nice to see that the Second Law of Thermodynamics(Read Time's Arrow & Entropy- Entropy(disorder) always increases with time and it never goes down in a closed system? Hope I didn't botch the reference!) applies to Kollywood. It just keeps getting worse

8. Spent a lot of time with Bolano on Saturday and read L.E. Modesitt Jr. (Fantasy) on Sunday. It was like being married to Ingrid Bergman and seeing Liz Taylor on the side. Now, I know what it must be like when you're Brad Pitt

9. Any Friday with pizza for dinner has to point to a Great weekend!

10. Wished my thatha on his Tamil Birthday on Sunday and he could actually hear me.