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And second part of my two part procedure done. Two weeks ago did the colonoscopy and today was endoscopy. Though latter is the smaller procedure I am feeling more groggier and sleepier today than I was two weeks ago. Well that means a nice afternoon nap beckons.

Finished S2 of The Bear last night and what a stark difference between season 1 and 2. S2 was phenomenal as it progresses while I found s1 chaotic. But what an acting performance by Jamie Lee Curtis in the short role she has - ooof!

Well atleast the swamp called Florida will sink faster so small mercies Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels | Antarctica | The Guardian

Having a bit of a tough time at work, and it is kind of my doing. I am not a great advocate of myself, and like many other desis am almost always like let my work speak for me type nonsense. In big corporate companies that sentiment doesnt translate far so I need to do better, but I just somehow go back to my own comfortable nonsense of my work speaking for me. Ugh.

As much as I love summer, It is depressing to see fall happening much earlier than usual. The trees are shedding not because the temperatures are cooler, but because they are stressed for lack of rain and higher temperatures. It already feels like fall in much of our trails in our community because the trees have shedded so much. I wonder what’s a realistic solution here? Cut the stressed out trees so the ones that remain survive and flourish? We are not winning the climate war in short term atleast, so how whats the best way to preserve what is left. I often wonder if cutting 2 trees from my own backyard will ensure other trees continue to grow or flourish. Obviously more watering is not an ideal solution.

Last night at dinner the kid asked Will I still be friends with X Y Z in my twenties? and our answer was It all depends on you and them; we hope you do, but it takes effort from everyone. It got me thinking however, how many of my own childhood friends I am in touch? The answer sadly, is zero. My kid has literally grown up around our family friends kids from day 0; they all treat each other more like brothers & sisters rather than friends; they fight like siblings and then can’t wait to see each other as well. And yet, as they are all growing up to be teenagers and in a few years head off to college, I can’t help thinking if these next few years are about as much time they’ll spend with each other as they ever well. Its actually more likely that these folks will go out of touch as adults and some may even start hating each other (we hope not!). Whatever it is, but I do hope that these kids will put in as much as efforts as their parents did to maintain a sense of social circle & family (though ours was out of need and lack of roots more than anything else).

Apparently AOC wants Biden to appease progressives more to vote for him. Bitch, what’s the alternative here if he doesn’t appease you? The other side has published a 900 page document on how they will turn the country into a fascist regime; but sure, entertain us all about democrats need more to court progressives - mind you the same progressives who will find the lousiest of excuses to not get out and vote, while the other side will stand through a hurricane to vote. Just STFU already and save democracy first before you go grandstanding. This country is truly fucked!

Rich people spoil everything. Case in point - Burning Man. More than a decade ago while we lived in California, going to Burning Man seemed like a must-do, something young people of my age (then) did. I totally adored the idea of self expression and art and amalgamation of two. And then rich people descended upon it. Then it went from art and self expression to drugs sex rock n roll and rich tech bros one upping each other. So when I heard about the latest saga of rains and Burning Man, I was like fucking glad. They deserved it. Its amazing how my view of Burning Man has completely flipflopped in the last decade just because of rich people. The funny thing is rich people themselves have done nothing to me personally to warrant that hate. Heck I have not even been to Burning Man. But now I just hate it because rich people ruined it. It must be so tough to be rich. Tsk! Tsk!

I dont know why everyone is like interest rates are HIGH but the real estate hasn’t really gone down. I know a few who were hedging their bets that somehow higher interest rates will crash the real estate market and they could score a “deal”. Well, the reason why that hasn’t happened is everyone else had the same great idea.

I dont have a problem if India changes its name to Bharat, but then why Bharat? Why not, Hindustan, which is really kind of the goal of the right wing in India. Or maybe the -stan part of it creates a bad association of sorts especially compared to all the other -stan nations, namely Pakistan and Afghanistan. And if you are really going to pick Bharat, it would mean Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh for all good purposes would fall under the Bharat empire of the old, and it actually wold remove most of South India from it. Or maybe, just maybe, leave India as is and learn to enjoy the incredible diversity the nation brings to world without making every issue a nationalist issue. Absolute idiots.