Voss

This weekend we went to Union Station to pay homage to Voss. It is absolutely the best water out there. Pure from Norwegian springs. In fact, it is not really water. It's an experience. Our first experience with it was at a rooftop bar in a skyscraper in Chicago last Thanksgiving. The condition for getting a place to enjoy the awesome view from the 100th floor was that one had to order drinks. Some of us ordered water. Nay, Voss. And it was the best we ever had. At $4 for a small bottle, it better be worth it. Order your bottle today.

At the Union Station we also saw the big Christmas tree. But trees don't have the same purity of design.

Anyway to recap my life since my last post:
1. I almost finished writing my book chapter. I was supposed to hand it in on the 15th of December, but I came back with more corrections. Now I am blogging in between the rewrites. . .because at least here the words flow freely out of me.
2. Christmas is all around. The spirit of not working is all over the University when I do go there. When I don't. . .after a day of writing at home, I usually need to get out to stretch my legs and see living creatures. On days we don't go to the gym and it's too cold to walk outside, Anyesha and I go to nearby malls. God bless Christmas consumerism.
3. Watched some good movies.
Syriana is a highly recommended thriller about the way the oil business runs. And the world runs. Both revolve at their own pace, in a continuum of action and reaction. At the end, you don't completely understand it. It is vaguely troubling, but you don't really see how things could be different. Because no one really has the power (or so it seems) to change anything by themselves. Governments, oil company executives, green peace activists, CIA agents, and terrorists are merely pawns in a gigantic game where nobody really has any power and everyone is merely reacting to their conditions.
Brokeback Mountain is a sad love story. The idea that it is two men who love each other is incidental. But then, that is what the movie will be known for I guess.
4. I am currently reading Vikram Seth's "Two Lives". Halfway through. It is a well written account of the lives of Vikram Seth's Indian uncle and German aunt who lived through some of the most historic events of the 20th Century. The first hand experiences of the second world war and the holocaust, through their letters to friends, family, and each other, bring their life and times alive in a touching way.

Anyway. These updates to my blog will continue to be somewhat erratic. . .relegated to times when my brain stops functioning towards my thesis work. This spottiness is likely to continue until I graduate. Hmmm. Happy Holidays everyone.