Saminda's World

It rained today

nobody@vox.com(saminda) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:08:23 -0700

And traffic came to a screeching halt. Rain. Not snow, not even hail. Fuckin' rain. It's amazing to me that San Franciscans completely lose the ability to drive if moisture appears on the pavement. Want to throw an SF driver into a tizzy? J...

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Buenos Aires

nobody@vox.com(saminda) — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:02:16 -0700

Beth and I just got back from a 2 week visit to Buenos Aires. My answer to the simple question "How was the trip?" has been "Amazing, wonderful, frustrating, angering, amazing, wonderful". In fact, that was almost the chronological arc of the tr...

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Prop 8

nobody@vox.com(saminda) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:51:28 -0800

On November 4th 2008, Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America. I cannot tell you how many emotions come up for me when I type those words. Early the morning after the election, I read every possible newspaper,...

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Birthdays

nobody@vox.com(saminda) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:47:17 -0700

Last week was a pretty powerful week. Friday before last, I got a call from my Mom about my grandmother; "Accha". In Singhalese, the affectionate and respectful name for grandmother is Accha, like grandma. Accha had contracted cancer a couple o...

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Father's Day

nobody@vox.com(saminda) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:40:47 -0700

I didn't get a chance to call my Dad on Father's day. Or more honestly, I forgot. Beth and I were traveling back from LA that day and after we got back, I just forgot to phone him. And then Monday came and I got busy with the work week. By the...

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The Other Saminda: Part 3

nobody@vox.com(saminda) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:34:45 -0700

The Volley: This second business-related exchange somehow involved a reply. The first mail was about some earnest young Sri Lankan chap looking for a job at the other Saminda's firm. --------------------------------------------------------------...

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The Other Saminda: Part 2

nobody@vox.com(saminda) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:24:02 -0700

The First Time: So after resisting the pull of my cyber-doppleganger throughout his college years, I decided to engage once I saw he had entered the working world. I received the following email sent to other Saminda regarding the transfer of som...

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The Other Saminda: Part 1

nobody@vox.com(saminda) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:05:46 -0700

The Setup: So about five years ago, I registered for my gmail address. I decided in the process to embrace my full Sri Lankan first name and abandon my "slave name". Yay. And for the first year, things went swimmingly: normal mail from normal ...

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Yosemite

nobody@vox.com(saminda) — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:00:38 -0700

Todd took me & Shahid on an epic hike in Yosemite a couple weeks back. It was my first time in this enormous park so I was already in disbelief being surrounded by so much natural beauty but I was truly in awe when we reached the summit of our h...

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Hola (again), bitches!

nobody@vox.com(saminda) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:11:03 -0700

A couple weeks ago, I was lucky to spend about 8 beautiful days in Costa Rica with my friend Keri. Our goal there was to do as little as possible -and we achieved that goal. We split our time between two gorgeous beach towns, Samara and Montezu...

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