apropos of anything

… I am simultaneously terrified of the third thing and ready for it to arrive already because at least then I’d know.

In Mumbai there is a hotel that sits on the water, near the financial district and the higher-end shopping, and as the Mumbaikers drive by they say proudly to the out-of-towners, that’s the Taj Hotel, it’s one of the highest-rated hotels in the world!
Tonight the Taj looked like this:

And I thought, oh no. Not again. [...]

1. “We WANT our point back.” (pause) “Well, I suppose when you’re winning by SO MUCH, one point doesn’t really matter, right? Let’s give it to them.”
2. “I can’t believe you let me talk about a freaking air mattress for 15 minutes before you told me that.”
3. “400 cookies are for weenies. Next time we [...]

President Obama. I am so excited, and teary, and just plain HAPPY. If only my computer weren’t horking so I could post a screenshot of that awesome, awesome homepage where they finally called it.
Update 11/5: Looks like my vote wasn’t counted last night. Maybe Georgia will go blue after all, or at least maybe we [...]

Thinking how funny I must have looked this morning making my multiple trips back and forth from the car carrying giant Target bags full of cookies and then later settling them around my desk so I could take them down to Farah when she swung by to pick them up.
Wondering what tomorrow will be like, [...]