Abhi Yerra

Bush getting booed at the Washington Nationals. It seems he couldn’t get rid of the ball fast enough as a large portion of the crowd was booing him. I wonder what would happen if this happened in China.

I was reading Out of Print: The death and life of the American newspaper by The New Yorker and I must admit that it is one of the profound pieces I have read about the fall of the American newspaper. One of the conclusions that Alterman came up with is that there will be a lot more “red” and “blue” news as news becomes more and more opinionated as we move online. However, this is not bad since this will give us more of a conversation than it is currently possible through the news that we get from the traditional means. Anyways, read the article as it is quite interesting.

Arrested Development is one of the all time best shows! It has everything that one wants from a comedy: ironies, parodies, satire, and lets not forget the sex jokes i.e analrapist. The major problem with the show is that it got cancelled way too early; it was such a niche show Fox just threw it in the trash can.

However, what is Arrested Development Depression? It is that feeling of incompleteness that one gets after going through and finishing the show. The sense that you were just becoming part of the family before you were prematurely shunned. The feeling of what now and the emptiness that follows as you want another show.

My friend Angel just went through the show and she has had the same feeling as I did when I finished watching the show. In fact, I decided to ask my friend Sean and Alex and they both responded with the same feedback. After you finish watching you long for it to continue joining the misadventures of the family.

So my advice to any future viewers of this show is be warned that you will get the Arrested Development Depression after you have finished watching it and if you don’t I’m sorry to say you don’t get the show.

The speech was one of the best orations that I have ever listened to. It gets to the root of a lot of issues facing the US regardless of race.

What I find funny is that it is such a pseudo-event. The American flags in the background, him giving his speech next to where the Constitution was ratified. It is just funny to see all the little things that make up this speech that are not the speech itself.

I am not a gambling man, mostly because I suck at the usual gambling games. However, today I am pursuing a gamble on the stock market which in retrospect is probably a stupid move on my part. I may lose money or I may gain money, but I decided to gamble on Visa’s IPO. They are going for $44 bucks a share, but by the time it reaches the market it will probably be up to $65+ a pop so I have decided to wage a limit order of $75 for three. Hopefully, within the next 15 minutes I will see how I do.

Update 7:44 AM PST: I should of waited to the order as the price went down close to $55. My order was placed at $59.50. Though the price is volatile as I write this I feel the pain of overpaying for the shares.

Update 3/21/08 12:40AM PST: It seems I spoke too soon. Visa was up $7.74 today. Unfortunately, if I were to have invested when it was at $56 then I could have made a lot more. So goes life.

Looks like they need a semicolon in there as I have no idea how the two opposing ideas correlate in the same sentence. Anyone want to sign up as a hippy marketer?

If you want to see a crappy comedy with the camino of satire and history gone wrong, this movie will just do it. Seriously, it was agonizingly boring I mean the first five minutes before that movie started were great; saw the Batman trailer and it looks pretty sick. However, that was about the best part of it yes it sucked even before it started. Two hours of absolutely no plot development with elements of parts taken from different movies; Godfather makes an entrance. All in all, if you can get through this movie twice without feeling like an idiot I’ll give you a dollar.

While reading India Must Quickly Finalize Nuclear Deal by the New York Times I was wondering why there is such a strong push by the Bush administration for it. I realize that it is an effort to counter China. India’s energy infrastructure is quite bad, blackouts happen so often that it is a part of life to assume that the power would go out (not to mention at the worst time possible, i.e. during the dead heat of midday).

If India were to build these nuclear plants then it would make it easier for them in the long run to grow. It is already the case that China is trying to get all the access to oil that it can, especially in Africa. If India can do this deal it would probably be quite a boon for them in terms of curtailing their hunger for energy and counterbalancing China’s growth. Also, it would probably be a cleaner way to grow than oil.

I don’t know if it has something to do with protestor fashion trends, but it seems that there is yet another tree-sitter in Berkeley. This one sits outside of Wheeler Hall while a comrade in orange pants shouts out as students walk to class. I couldn’t comprehend what he was shouting, but apparently  this tree-sit in has something to do with the $500 million BP deal with UC Berkeley.

Police have sealed off the area and were near by. I wonder how much of our tuition money is going to tending after these tree people.

It seems America has done away with the monopoly that religion once had, according to the Economist’s Religion column called Brand disloyalty. This is interesting in that churches now are basically run like a business. There is probably billions in untaxed profit (churches can’t be taxed) that is being generated in the name of God.

Considering that we are in a recession, according to a person I respect Warren Buffet, they will probably generate a lot more. People tend to look for a higher call when something goes wrong in their life, i.e losing their job. Because of this community will form, some religions will do s better job at serving the community than others, in churches and networking of individuals will begin. This will be one of the factors in the multitude of variables that will lead to a recovery in the economy.

In contrast, according to the article, there is a larger unaffiliated group which means that religion is not the only choice anymore for picking a social network to join.