http://www.ashrayagupta.com Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:28:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And they are all actually the same story. http://www.ashrayagupta.com/2008/07/03/i-recently-read-every-short-story-ive-ever-written/ Official Sponsor of Summer '08 Almost speaking of Asia and sponsors---this reminds me! OLYMPICS. http://www.ashrayagupta.com/2008/07/02/teas-tea/ Still failed to shake off summertime lethargy. Gotta remember to eat and shower in a timely fashion. Must stop reading only Jezebel. But thankful to Jezebel for linking to this: Jewish Dolls for Jewish Girls Two nights ago, after reading this, I started melting marshmallows with my butane torch and eating them with ... http://www.ashrayagupta.com/2008/06/25/finally-did-some-laundry/ As with all things forgotten, let's start with what I remember. We moved to the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio when I was about to enter 2nd grade. I spent that first year at Maple Dale Elementary. The next year, we moved across the street to a different townhouse complex and managed ... http://www.ashrayagupta.com/2008/06/20/all-things-forgotten-vol-2-top-secret/ Admittedly, I did not think about Martha & the Vandellas at all whilst writing this. Mostly, I think it was Billie Holiday's version of "April in Paris"---chestnuts in blossom replaced by taxi cabs sighing, obviously. Really, it was my torturous subway ride to and from band practice on Wednesday. That's ... http://www.ashrayagupta.com/2008/06/13/its-like-a-heatwave-burning-in-my-heart/ By now, I've made myself hate the short story I began this past semester. It seems a good enough reason as any to return to my real vocation: reading. Books I've Read Since Spring Semester '08 Came to Its Unpropitious Close: Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited Location: Coach Bus, Spain (Madrid, Toledo, Granada) Dates: May ... http://www.ashrayagupta.com/2008/06/12/those-who-cant-write-blog/ Dear world, today, Reverend Al Green called me on the telephone. Around 2 pm, I was playing his version of "Pretty Woman" on Across 110th Street, the Saturday soul show. The phone rang. I picked it up, said "Hello, WKCR?" The caller paused and then said, "Hi, this is Al Green. ... http://www.ashrayagupta.com/2008/06/07/has-any-other-people-heard-the-voice-of-god-speaking-out-of-fire-as-you-have-and-lived/ When I was younger, I went through a period of reading every single Redwall book I could find. Redwall was/is a fantasy series, authored by Brian Jacques, an endearing British man. My brother had the good fortune to meet Jacques, since one of our English teachers in middle school knew ... http://www.ashrayagupta.com/2008/06/04/all-things-forgotten-vol-1-the-blackcurrant/ Blackcurrants will have to hold off just a little while longer, as I'm currently in Madrid, Spain. We (my family, all four of us) are making our way through Southern Spain and Portugal via Trafalgar Tours. I'm the youngest one here. Everyone else in our group appears to be retired or ... http://www.ashrayagupta.com/2008/05/24/a-quick-one-while-hes-away/ God-sent or Devil-spawn? In Memoriam A.G. http://www.ashrayagupta.com/2008/05/14/google/