It’s November 2nd, 2010. Election day. This year America celebrates 234 years of democracy. Democracy is a beautiful thing. Funny (and probably true) election day quote: Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. – George Bernard Shaw But more seriously: The death of democracy is not likely to be [...]
I don’t update here much, yet hello to all of you delivered here by Google. A couple quotes to start the New Year: Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. – Benjamin Franklin Every man should be born again on [...]
“Do I strike you as a man with a miserable inferiority complex? Only that kind of man spends his life running after women. Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his [...]
Best Man Speech for Adam’s Wedding, July 11th, 2009, Chicago, IL – For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Ashutosh Kadakia and I’m friends with Adam and Shannon from IU. This is a pretty hard act to follow after all the great toasts we had yesterday, and following in Mr. Hanson’s [...]
I’ve been meaning to write this story for couple weeks, but I never got around to it. Here goes: On my drive back home from Bloomington I had to pass through the mountains. Roughly 10 miles before entering the Rockies a blue R32 with darkly tinted windows pulls up next to me. For those you [...]
I got absolutely nothing accomplished today. I read the same news three different times on three different sites. I read everyone on my buddy list’s AIM info.. twice. I watched a movie on TV. I went to class today which turned out to be a “check-lab” meaning I signed my name on paper and left. [...]
For some reason, the only thing I can think of is driving a freshly waxed GTI, windows down, 6:56, cold air, blasting music, the downshift to gain traction, the left turn off Culver onto Irvine Center Drive, up shift at 6K, and flooring it to make class at 7. Kind of homesick for the first [...]
Yesterday around 12:45AM, I went with Kate to Steak & Shake. It probably wasn’t the best of ideas considering I had to pull an all-nighter to study for my Finite and K201 Practical midterms but it was fun. We entered the restaurant soon after a guy (let’s call him J-Bob) who was soon to become [...]
Well the past 8 hours have been a complete waste. It’s nearing 6 in the morning, yet I’m still not asleep. So how did I manage to waste time today? Well, I BS-ed the way through the Knowledge Checks. We didn’t ‘do’ any of them, just used probability to our advantage and ‘guessed’ on them. [...]
Have you ever met someone and after talking with them for 15 minutes you knew you could be friends with them forever? You can sense that they are completely genuine. They say what they mean, and mean what they say. They don’t pretend; they act. They understand they are better then most people, yet never [...]
Much thanks for Shivani for helping me tons on this, but here is the essay. —- Describe a book, play, composition, poem, scientific discovery, technical achievement, myth, historic event or work of art that has inspired and intrigued you. You can assume we are familiar with the plot and details; instead, tell us what it [...]
I got up from the table I was sitting at and walked over to where she would be coming. I patiently waited for about a minute until finally, I saw her come out. I felt captivated by the sight of her face. Watching the slight smile on her face formed by the curved contours of [...]