Yesterday was glorious weather too; went over to the Chatahoochee for a walk..
Got a couple of books by Gerald Durell(‘Marrying off Mother’ and ‘Rosy is my Relative’) and James Joyce(‘The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’)
Pinch laughed when he saw Joyce. After my ‘Ulysses’ experience, I am trying desperately to grow up to him, somewhat redeem him in my eyes!!!
Started on ‘Marrying….’. I like ‘Fillets of Plaice’ MUCH better. Was a good buy, I think… Very very funny.
Was kinda grouchy and touchy(!) this morn… Did the Kriya and voila! Ok, not that miraculous but felt a mite better, noticeably so.
‘Stanley and Iris’ this afternoon. De Niro and Jane Fonda.
Lovely film and I am real glad I watched it. Tres bien…
The rest of the day stretches ahead… with a bit of luck and daylight, we should go to the river again this evening.
soulcola says:
your life sounds good…
March 8, 2004 — 8:29 pm
Lakshmi says:
Pavitra, it isn’t too bad though I crib enough to make it sound so….:-)
And yet, I could make it a lot better!
March 9, 2004 — 6:09 am
soulcola says:
i meant it really does sound good
i am overworked.
:/
i want to have a nice easy schedule like yours so i can enjoyyy my life
March 9, 2004 — 8:11 am
Lakshmi says:
Hey, I was overworked, underpaid(!) and unhappy… for a longish time. Anyways, this is a hiatus of sorts and I don’t want any permanence to it!
You need to experience it to understand what I’m saying, P…
March 9, 2004 — 12:07 pm
rameshs says:
Hi
Linked thru nachi.
I used to live (in Terrell Mill rd )
& work in Marietta a while ago too. Nice place. Liked it.
I remember the Chattahoochee well and we used to
go there for jogs/cycling/trekking too.. actually
there is a trail to reach the chattahoochee from
behind the IBM building (which is off powers ferry
road). It is really nice and wooded and not too long
– just takes about an hour. You should try that 🙂
Incidentally, i had a Gerald durrell book too in bombay
where i used to stay. “My family and other animals” – it
was a favourite of mine for a while.
regards
ramesh
March 9, 2004 — 1:07 am
Lakshmi says:
Hi Ramesh!
We did go on the trail that you mentioned… It takes of from behind the GE building, I think.
I can check with my husband, though…
Where do you live now?
March 9, 2004 — 6:06 am
rameshs says:
I live in Singapore since 2002.
I left Marietta in Dec 2001
and the U.S in Aug 2002.
It is a different world out here
from the U.S. If i drove as much
here as i did in georgia, i would
be in another country. I do get
nostalgic sometimes for the amazing
clutter of lanes on I-75/I-85 around
downtown. If i recall correctly, there
is one stretch with 8 lanes on each side.
But Singapore is a nice place too 🙂
rgds
ramesh
March 9, 2004 — 6:44 pm
Lakshmi says:
I am sure about that..:-)
I have a cousin in S’pore and he says the same thing…
March 10, 2004 — 4:53 am
jayasankarvs says:
Congrats! You read ‘Ulysses’? I have started and stopped reading it many times now. You inspire me to restart. And you were sufficiently impressed to read ‘Artist’?
March 9, 2004 — 2:42 am
Lakshmi says:
oops, correction!
I started on ‘Ulysses’, sweated it hard, persisted… and gave it up…:-)
‘The Portrait….’ looks somewhat less formidable, hence giving James Joyce a second chance at redemption..:-)
March 9, 2004 — 6:08 am
deelight says:
I love ure life! Don’t bother with ULYSSES… I gave up within a few pages!
March 9, 2004 — 4:40 am
Lakshmi says:
What is it about my life?
I am a total lukkhi right now and from the look of it, will remain so… for a while to come..:-)
March 9, 2004 — 6:11 am
rileen says:
The grass is greener …..
Ah, but everyone thinks they’d love to be a Lukkha/Lukkhi.
And if they work in a software company, they find out just how wrong they were
March 9, 2004 — 11:19 am
Lakshmi says:
Re: The grass is greener …..
Puhleeeze… being a Lukkhi is a million times more gratifying than working in a software firm!
Experience speaks.. and bias too..:-)
March 9, 2004 — 12:08 pm
rileen says:
I was joking about being on the bench 🙂
March 9, 2004 — 12:19 pm
deelight says:
Arre best way to be! Enjoy your lukkha life now and catch up with all the movies, beauty sleep and reading or meditate …all that you’ve always wanted to do! Love it!
March 9, 2004 — 9:28 pm
Lakshmi says:
Dee, too much of a good thing starts to suck… Thou shalt know it yourself!
March 10, 2004 — 4:52 am
deelight says:
Ha ha! You’re right actually!
March 10, 2004 — 9:19 pm