I have been postphoning to write this post for quite sometime. Not out of lack of idea (since i have it already), but due to perpetual procrastination. Nevertheless, this is about my (in)famous ??? roomie saurav. Well, he is not exactly in his best of situations, but then not many in US can claim otherwise. He has to graduate and move on. So it is natural to expect some sort of inertia to move away from the comfortable (rather "used to" ) sort of life style. Every system tends to move towards equilibrium of some sort - classical physics. He seems no exception. But he amazes everybody by his seemless confusing circles of planning. I like people who chalk out plan for their future, but what is the point in giving into too much of details that you are caught in the web of seemingly nonsensical logic (is that an oxymoron??). He was so confused that he needed me and hari, several sheets of paper, fancy diagrams (i mean it....stars, arrows, boxes...what not) and hours of discussion to decide that he is going to apply for OPT and do an PHD eventually. I am not trying to derate him, but i am certainly worried. From my perspective, this is a problem but not out of proportions that a student can't handle. So, this sort of cluttered thinking is a bit too much for me. In mathematical terms, it is like getting caught in local minima when you have to reach global minima (ask the guys doing optimization..they will explain). I believe we need to simplify things in life and to look at it more positively and boldly. It is afterall life....shit happens.