Category: misc/personal

love this.

taking a class in digital photography at the visual studies workshop in downtown rochester. first day tomorrow. can’t wait!

odd but interesting – love the voguing. lol.

A mockumentary on the celebrity phenomenon in Pakistan that was originally commissioned for the 2008 Sunday Magazine ‘Face of the Year’ awards.

It takes a long time for a mouse to realise he’s in a trap. But once he does, something inside him never stops trembling. (Laurie Anderson)

Kabaddi is a team contact sport that originated in South Asia about 4,000 years ago, as a form of recreational combat training. Two teams occupy opposite halves of a field and take turns sending a “raider” into the other half, in order to win points by tagging or wrestling members of the opposing team. The raider then tries to return to his own half, holding his breath and chanting “kabaddi, kabaddi, kabaddi” during the whole raid. The name – often chanted during a game – derives from a Tamil word meaning “holding of hand”, which is indeed a crucial aspect of the game. It is the national game of Bangladesh and the state game of Tamil Nadu, Punjab (Pakistan/India) and Andhra Pradesh in India.

LOL!!!

new baby in our family! too adorable!

it’s still chilly and overcast in rochester but spring is finally here…

Invited to Kashmir in 2006, Dr Chatterji heard people say, ”we have no place where can talk about our reality. We have to keep it to ourselves, and sometimes it feels like what we experience is not even real.” To that end she co-convened the People’s Tribunal with a mandate to, ”bear witness to all forms of suffering, violence, militarization…” Interview with Dr Chatterji here.

made chicken biryani for valentine’s day, along with a simple salad with a homemade vinaigrette. wegmans famous fruit tart for dessert.

visualization illustrating facebook’s global reach. the illuminated parts are where facebook’s 500 million-plus users are located worldwide. the lines represent real human relationships. cool, no?