December 2008
35 posts
Forgot to mention
Just found this while I was packing. So every year my dad writes personal Christmas cards to everyone. Nothing quite as cool as the Keane family make-your-own card tradition, but still, he does write nice personal notes to everyone. Besides, the Pink Panther doesn’t do any other shopping himself so this is all we have to look forward to.
Anyway, I opened mine up this year and realized it...
Vamsi: wow big east basketball is sick
Omar: so is steve jobs
Omar: he has cancer
Vamsi: ...........
TORNADO!
warning this morning. reactions:
I hop out of bed, grab jeans and sweatshirt, flashlight, cell, run towards basement
Brother-in-law gets radio, one of the kids, head to basement
Sister gets other kid out of bath, heads to basement
Mom continues cooking
Dad continues sitting on couch, declaring, “I’m old, I’ve seen enough.”
“So Aquafina is big here now, and I keep imagining guju uncles telling their kids...”
– my friend in India, reporting on the newest trends
Vamsi Clause
Just finished Santa duty 2008. Yummy chocolate chip cookies and milk. Remind me to explain someday how Christmas is the most important holiday of the year in the otherwise-Hindu-casa-de-Adusumilli
Apple "PC / Mac Guy" Ads
g33ts:
unnamedplayer:
Am I the only one who finds the PC guy more endearing? The Mac guy is slowly starting to morph into a hatable hipster. Still like Macs more, but I want Mac GUY to die.
if anyone finds it shocking that omar likes the nerdy guy over the cool one, please raise your hand.
I like the PC guy too. Actually, apparently the ad wizards at Apple have made PC more of a jerk...
Erranding to the max:
Here’s the list of stores and errands I’ve hit since I got into town 24 hours ago:
Tues: STL: Toys R Us Circuit City Best Buy Nordstrom
Columbia: Superwalmart on Nifong Best Buy Superwalmart on West Broadway Walgreens
Wednesday [first half with mom, second half with Venkat]: 8am Drop off dry cleaning Schnuck’s (Grocery store) Macy’s Best Buy Toys R Us Staples Sam’s...
“Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
– Vamsi Adusumilli
I’m on a delta flight watching saved by the bell. Malibu sands era. Stacy Carosi ftw!
fun with mike typing
McNancy: arent you supoosed to be ona plabe tight now
McNancy: wow that was all messed up
Vamsi: ........
Vamsi: flight's at 1230
McNancy: i cant sleep in plabesm
Vamsi: ..................
Vamsi: i can't either
McNancy: they make me bervous
Vamsi: ....................................................
McNancy: shgt tit
“Scientists say that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 feet...”
– people who have talked to scientists (via unnamedplayer) it’s true i talked to one of those people.
“My laptop was sitting on the desk here and got infested with fire ants today.”
– Rohan, in India.
Lincecum Wins Cy Young Award →
sportscentr:
Old news, but it bears repeating. Lincecum is the first Giant to win since 1967, and the first Filipino-American pitcher to win a major postseason award. Lincecum’s win, followed by Manny Pacquaio’s dismantling of Oscar De La Hoya, represents the all-time high-water mark for Filipino athletics.
The Giants are ahead of the curve on this trend, promoting lefty Geno Espineli, the...
dork.
Vamsi: i did hook up with [____] though
Omar: hot or not?
Vamsi: yeah she was cute
Omar: Nh
Vamsi: face 8.5 body 7
Omar: ...
Omar: 1s and 0s dude
Omar: 1s and 0s
gratuitous womens volleyball link →
Hey Rajeev you have a Rose Bowl already so let us have this one ok thanks
Watchunnamedplayer:
this is how it’s done vamsi…
Yeah my embed was acting up yesterday. Not sure why. Still good video. Yeah.
Most Likely To Succeed →
sportscentr:
Missouri QB Chase Daniel has now been the subject of two major magazine articles about the unpredictability of findinging future NFL quarterbacks. That’s probably not a good indicator of his pro prospects. Any thoughts, Vamsi?
unfortunately not great. despite him completing 75% of his passes, I don’t think he’s got the size. I see him as a clipboard qb for a couple of...
pet peeve
going to dinner, ordering a house salad, chicken satay, and glass of water (menu price, $12) and having to pay $30.
Vamsi: in my mind otis redding was an old white man with a gravelly voice
Omar: ....
Vamsi: i just found out he was a black man who died when he was 26
Omar: yes
Omar: ha
Vamsi: i mean think about it - old people sit around, and black people don't like water
Omar: ....
Omar: you are so racist
Vamsi: and ageist
Reggie Theus fired; Dick Butkus to succeed him →
Remember Hang Time?
This was apparently a pivotal episode.
“AMITABH!!!!”
– line from my favorite scene of Slumdog. The Indians laughed at that one, the white people not as much. No spoilers, but the movie was definitely solid, and a good soundtrack.
shaq's 92 year old great grandmother dies →
shaq’s 36. doesn’t that seem like a really small gap? aren’t great grandparents supposed to be like 105 or dead by the time you’re 35? 3 teenage pregnancies in a row?
edit: hmm, maybe not so strange. my maternal grandmother is 68 or 69, and I have a sister that’s 7 years older than me.
for my cs buddies →
guitar hero/rock band
subcon:
indian:
got a little bit addicted this weekend. dreaming in notes and all that [though i do that with other things too - like i often play tetris in my sleep/when i’m daydreaming, and i used to try to triple jump or wall kick back in the mario 64 days]
Funny, I remember trying to get you into GH over a year ago. You always claimed you were rhythmically challenged, though you never...
guitar hero/rock band
got a little bit addicted this weekend. dreaming in notes and all that [though i do that with other things too - like i often play tetris in my sleep/when i’m daydreaming, and i used to try to triple jump or wall kick back in the mario 64 days]
yahoo answers FTW! →
haaaaaaaaaaaaa
yesterday
on my 12 hour voyage home, i watched [in decreasing order of goodness]
-dark knight
-step brothers
-27 dresses
-the happening
-made of honor
quick bcs thoughts
So I’ll stop bitching about why I hate the BCS and how we need an 8 team (I’d barely be placated with 4) playoff. Ala-Fl winner, UT, OU, USC, PSU, Utah, Boise, and possibly TTU and the Ala-Fl loser all deserve shots. But I digress.
Despite the controversy and bad precedent it sets, I actually kind of agree that OU deserves the Big 12 South spot over UT, despite a head-to-head loss.
...
shitty shitty travel day, but i guess i should be...
a) got in a minor accident this morning on the way to the shuttle…freezing rain last night (which is far worse than snow), i fishtailed out and hit the opposite curb, dislodged the rear axle alignment - very minor but still shitty. very fortunately missed the only other car there.
b) 840am flight, shuttle should have reached 8am (so already cutting it close). i woke up as we pulled in at...