From: sankar [mailto:sankar@scs.howard.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:44 PM
Subject: random thoughts


Some random thoughts (now, THIS message is truly random, Ms. Lopez :-)

) that popped up in my head recently:

1. Anything can be fun as long as you don't try to judge whether it is

fun or if it is making you happy, etc., and just do it, go with the
flow and stay curious. As evidence, I present to you some things I was

able to enjoy during the immediate past that previously I didn't think

I'd enjoy:

Riding my bike for two hours in a steady drizzle on sunday along the
Potomac; Watching a bunch of burly beer-bellied canadian men of all
ages play rugby in said drizzle (these canadians--they are born with a

special set of neurons for humour) at Gravelly pt; Watching basketball

in a dim-lit cavernous restaurant with only middle aged Ethiopian men
while listening to (and really enjoying) Ethiopian muzak on last night

( also realised monday night is the time to hang out with your
buddies).

2.  The best way to choose a video is to go to the video store and
walk around randomly and just pick one -- I don't ever do this but
will try soon -- because half the fun of watching a video is in just
watching it.

3.  Jogging in a different route every time can be liberating -- have
been trying this the past few times I went jogging.

4.  Most people like it when strangers talk to them -- you just have
to shrug off the initial raised eyebrow--avoiding
eye-contact--reticence.

5. Sometimes actual news items can be more hilarious than the best
Seinfeld one-liner. Here is an exhibit from a recent article on the
NFL draft:
Miami tackle Bryant McKinnie, at 6-8 and 343 pounds, reportedly has
never allowed a sack. He didn't play football in high school, and is
still growing, a scary prospect for all those 280-pound defensive ends

who'll be trying to get around him for the next 10 years.

Okay, got to get back to work.
S