Sasidhar | Blog

Not many people know about this, but I do have a pet. It’s a rock. Pet rock.

Here is what it looks like (it likes it’s ergonomic/acupressure pedestal (also a cube puzzle) :

some upsides to having a pet rock
- does not pee/shit
- does not need to be fed
- can leave it home when you go to vacations
- excellent listener
- good adviser
- can look exactly how you want it to
- is not racist
- is not lazy
- always available
- very dependent
- can act as a paper weight
- does not get jealous
- does not try to get constant attention

downsides to having a pet rock
- does not fetch (I might have tried)
- not furry/cuddly

Some interesting things you probably *did not* know about my pet rock
- It’s extremely cool
- I found it on a river bed in Ladakh
- If anyone ever abducts/kidnaps it, I will pay money to get it back
- I lost it once, and put up flyers with pictures, and found it later under my desk
- I keep changing it’s expressions (maybe I’ll post some pictures of it’s different looks someday)
- It’s bluish grey in color
- It likes websites
- is totally into gangsta rap

And before you ask, it does not have a name! Who names rocks?

“The unhappiness of the bachelor, whether seeming or actual, is so easily guessed at by the world around him … he walks with his coat buttoned … his hat pulled down over his eyes, a false smile that has become natural to him is supposed to shield his mouth as his glasses do his eyes”.

- Franz Kafka

1. Get directions in India now on maps.google.co.in

eg: Mumbai to Pune,  Hyderabad to Delhi.

2. Lok Sabha Elections 2009 tracking

Do check them out. The second one especially, has loads of features including search for your constituency, election manifestos, related news and much more.

For those of you who read SMBC, you’ll know I stole the idea from there. But hey, it happened to me !

You know the feeling, when you’re on a diving board looking down at the pool under you, and you jump towards the edge, and the board bends under your weight, to a point where it’s figured out Newton’s third law and is about to act on it? There’s excitement knowing something’s about to explode, the few milliseconds when you are expecting the push from beneath your feet which will throw you off. The leap into something you’ve been looking forward to?

I’m aiming for up, forward, a few twists and turns, maybe a stunt or two, and a deep dive. Lets see how it goes.