"The wind blows hard and the sun sets fast in the desert." Its 2.23 am here in Palmdale, California... a place where the Mojave desert starts and stretches out endlessly. Why I am still up at this hour is a mystery... but this happens every Friday night as an unwritten rule, whether I am out getting drunk or at "home" staring alternately at my laptop and the TV. Sleep sits on my eyelids and makes them heavy... I try not to blink... what if I fall asleep? There is nothing to miss, nothing to look forward to tonight... but what if I miss something? Questions float around my head... not even in my head... unanswered and untouched... but definitely heard. I may not remember I wrote this in the morning... but I guess I'll see you on the dark side of the moon someday. Goodnight my friend, the lunatic in my head...

And we are back! I know it has been a while since my last blog, but because the last blog was so intense and deep that I thought I'd rather give my "fans" (the two or three of you who do read my "blog") some time to recover. Jokes apart, blogging is serious business... not because it indulges your literary and creative senses, but only because you need to get off your lazy butt and take time off from chatting and "orkutting" to "pen" down your thoughts. But here I am, giving it another shot!

So what have I been up to since December 2006? A little bit of this and a lot of that. In February, I moved from the Seattle area to the Los Angeles area because of work. When I say move, I packed out of Seattle in 2 hours with two suitcases and arrived at Palmdale, California to work on some projects here. That's right, I can pack my life up in two hours and in two suitcases and MOVE! Doesn't that explain the name of my blog? "Nomadic Pondian". In March, I went to Mexico for a couple of days to get my visa stamped. Was a good two days where I roamed the streets of Nogales, drank cheap Corona, bought a "Mexican" hat, rode a donkey and relaxed. April and May were horrendous months in terms of work where I found myself staying up late every night looking at and working on millions of dollars that belong to someone else who could not manage them effectively. The super consultant that I am, I came close to getting stuff together for that client.

I bought a spanking new Nikon D80 for my dad and while it was here with me, I spent some time practicing photography, something that I really am into. Some pictures that I took while i was in the US and some from India have been uploaded to http://flickr.com/photos/verekar. Make sure you check them out and leave some comments to encourage me. (At this moment, donations are being accepted into the "Buy AV a new camera" fund;))

May was eagerly looked forward to because of the impending vacation in India. I spent almost a month in India with family and friends and rejuvenated my mind, body and soul to the fullest. That I had to come back, and the thought itself took away my rejuvenation, is a completely different story. My visit to India was both fun and bizarre at the same time. Another blog would do it more justice!

For now, I am back in the Antelope Valley, with infrequent trips to Cleveland. Over the last couple of months there has been a lot of soul searching. What I want from life, what I aspire to be, and the ground realities of being a grown up man with responsibilities is an on-going conflict that is very new to me. I know one thing for sure... Big things will pop soon ;) See you soon!

P.S. I have tied up with Google to display some advertisements on my blog that you may find interesting. Keep clicking on the banner right on top of this page and one right at the bottom. If they agree to my demands, I may let them add some more banners here and there...:p leave me a comment to tell me how I can twist Google's arm better!