Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2002

03 Jun 2002, 11:07 a.m.

I just posted on Craigslist to find a place to live…

I just posted on Craigslist to find a place to live and sell my slightly used inline skates and protective padding, in case you can help me out with either of those desiderata.

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03 Jun 2002, 1:33 a.m.

Russian history fascinates me. The history of the Soviet…

Russian history fascinates me. The history of the Soviet Union is akin to the Mahabharata in its grandeur. In fact, I would love an Amar Chitra Katha comic book detailing the life of the USSR! …

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03 Jun 2002, 0:40 a.m.

On Sunday I had my first bike accident. I…

On Sunday I had my first bike accident. I didn't brake in time and skidded to a fall. Just a little scrape, no blood, but still embarrassing. I still really like biking, but I should …

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03 Jun 2002, 0:34 a.m.

Remind me to read The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K.…

Remind me to read The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula K. Le Guin), Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison), and Maximum Light (Nancy Kress) in the next four weeks. Oh, and also my Russia reading. Ack! I just …

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02 Jun 2002, 9:31 a.m.

See, if I wanted to get all the quiz-taking benefits…

See, if I wanted to get all the quiz-taking benefits of a LiveJournal poster, but wanted to show that I was hipper than all those nouveau blouge LJ people, I could take quizzes like: If …

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01 Jun 2002, 11:10 a.m.

Why do I crave barbecue-flavored potato chips? …

Why do I crave barbecue-flavored potato chips?

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31 May 2002, 18:43 p.m.

Poor Benoit. First Le Pen makes it to the…

Poor Benoit. First Le Pen makes it to the French presidential election runoff, then Senegal beats France in the World Cup playoffs. A hard spring for the Frogs.

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31 May 2002, 13:09 p.m.

The main news is that I made a big mistake…

The main news is that I made a big mistake and I'm paying for it. I double-counted a class, thinking it could fulfill two requirements, but it didn't, so now I'm taking a summer school …

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27 May 2002, 23:12 p.m.

I walked across the Golden Gate Bridge with Seth today,…

I walked across the Golden Gate Bridge with Seth today, to commemorate its birthday. Before that, I met interesting people, namely, Seth's friends Danny and Quinn. (Leonard was very, very excited about this.) It can …

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27 May 2002, 8:31 a.m.

Oh, and I finished Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and…

Oh, and I finished Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel a week ago or so. I'm glad I did so. It's quite enlightening and actually gives one a newish paradigm for history that makes sense …

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