God, Muscles, and Legacies

School has started and so far so good.

I guess after three days if things were already headed south I would had to have a long hard look at myself in the mirror.

But considering it was the first week there was the usual nonsense -- mainly the bookstore.

Okay really ->>>> Humanities 250 requires 7 (yes SEVEN) books and then two more "supplementary" ones. Grand total easily exceeding $400 for that class alone. So Im skipping out on the extra texts and 'only' going with the required ones. But take that class and the ones from other classes such as 3 more for International Business and whatnot, my total was $768.85

absolutely disgusting and highly unnecessary.

So last night I decided to go fishing online and try and see what I could dig up and I can happily say I returned about $580 of it back and bought it for $240.

We have not had a Finance Club meeting yet but HSA stuff is going well. Although I am not on the board, and not to brag, but they are pretty much using all of my ideas to freshen up the stagnant pool. Last semester all they did was talk about the next event for 3-5 minutes (India Night, Diwali Show, etc), then go to youtube and hook it up to the AV to put it on the white screen, light an open flame, have the aarti for a half hour and then leave.

It really got me questioning as to whether or not most Hindus truly know about their religion or are they just blindly following it. Not just the kids in our association, but even our parents/adults both here and abroad.

Now 75% of the kids in it are what you would call "fobs." But with that said I was surprised that they would not even bother WANTING to discuss the Gita, Puranas, Vedas, or even common misconceptions or how it is like to be a Hindu in America rather than India. A few weeks before break we took a vote whether or not people wanted to discuss topics. I got completely shut down, except for a select few such as Nishant and Pinal who are always glad to try something new. I guess if you were raised in India does not necessarily guarantee that you are more in tune or aware of the knowledge and meaning behind the religion that you follow. I went to Chinmaya for about 6 years so I know my way around it a bit. I may not know every shloka or aarti in the world as they do, but I believe I can hold my own on just about any topic.

So I thought maybe we could watch some movies, considering they have so many now such as Hanuman and Ganesh.

I decided that it would be up to me to bring all this up, so I talked to Pinal about it and she brought it up again and now I guess after some arm twisting it's finally happening and I'm happy that we are evolving.

They are also going to have a table at Quad Day on Tuesday and I suggested that we give out something free. Not necessarily kumkum or anything but possibly something edible. Let's see how that pans out.

I also worked out today for the first time since about September. Yeah. Tell me about it. I feel so terrible. Not physically but I went to the gym and I randomly had low body image because I have lost almost everything I had gained over the past year. It was sickening. I know slowly I will get it back, possibly within a month due to the phenomenon known was 'Muscle Memory' but it sucks when you have to go back to the drawing board. The worst part is the people who were weaker than you, or even beginners, are now jacked because they are more dedicated (or insecure and superficial). And I never took creatine or anabolic supplements that so many of my close friends around me are currently taking so I know I am going to be slower than them in refinding my mojo. But as long as I have Eye of The Tiger blasting I'll be back to normal come March.

How many of you also know the website bleacherreport.com ?

I am going to try and post some articles on that, and try to get published. Am I trying to establish some sort of legacy? Possibly.