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9:27 a.m. - Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004
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kerry shout out
hey, so this is the day I take the boards...well, the frist of two, since I am doing a two day admin...but today is 4/7 of it....and I feel peculiarly calm and unflurried and at peace....and maybe it is because the situation I am in is such a contrast to the chicago boards one....I had to drive to Homewood Illinois and wake up early, and there was nobody to take me there....this morning Bhabhi made all this yummy lunch for me and she is driving me there (she did a dry run ayer) and the test is not a morning test, but a 1230pm test, which is good because I have been waking up around 9am each morning, so it works out well.
So I am going for it people, send me your best vibes these next two days.
I did a devo this morning, lit a cotton wick soaked in ghee in front of our little home mandir, temple, i.e. in front of all the idols and picture of the Gods and pictures of the ones we have loved who are gone and have joined the Gods....so i did a devo today, because although bhai and bhabhi do one together every day, I am not super into the ritual aspect of it, but ever since we were kids, on big days, exam days, birthdays, before leaving for a trip....you always do a devo, and ask the gods for thier blessings and then also bow down and touch the feet and get the blessings of everyone in the house. But you don't bow down to any of the elders before you do a devo and ask God for blessings. SO I did, and I was praying, which for me is a mixture of reciting a short prayer about the wonders and oneness of God and how God is everything and everywhere, that combined with gratitude for what I have, and then, my favorite part, shout outs to people I love with a sort of mixture of a santa claus wish list of all the things I want, or I hope God facilitates....good health for the coming jumbee, and good marriage for the rest of bhai and bhabhi's life, a long and healthy life for the parents, (normally I stick in the challenge at hand around this juncture....slip it in the middle so it is not blatantly noticed...so this time it was like, a pass on the boards, peace on earth, then some individual shout out for God to keep a special eye on friends that I love....and this was the kicker, I didn't realize I did this, until it was done, but my last little prayer/shout out/christmas wish list consisted of a quick "Kerry for President,...thanks God"
Anyway, I was laughing at myself so I had to share.
I am pretty happy right now, and feel super good. HEre's to hoping i feel this way *after* the exam. Ayer, I went to Patricia's at night, and we watched the film, "Goodbye Lenin," and it was good, and I would recommend it, and it got my mind completely distracted, whcich was the point, but then I had a dream that Patricia fell into a coma, which wasn't that great.
Yesterday was Bhaktiben's bday, but i didn't talk to her for long, cuz I called her real late, and she was obviously upset about something, but she didn't want to depress me the night before boards. I love bhaktiben; I wish I ived around her. I think FO SHO I am going to take a rotation where she is working, if I can.
In other news, I partook/intiated the stupidest protest in the history of the world....I was so pissed about gasoline being over $2.40, the highest it has ever been in my life, I think, that I refused to fill gas in my tank. Now that would have been okay if I simultaneously refused to use my car...but I did not do the latter. So basically, the briight orange gas pump icon was lit up all week, saying, FILL GAS, YOU LOSER....but I stayed strong all week, refusing to bow.....and then a barrel of gasoline went up by another 2 bucks, and I was like, okay, if your ass stalls, and you have to end up filling it at 2.60, then your stupid twice....thus ended the stupidest protest in the world, at a gas station at the corner of Ashby and Shattuck, on a sad and rainy Sunday morning.
Okay, gotta go rock that test.
love to you
dipti
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