Over the last couple of years, Twitter’s gotten huge and many celebrities are using it. At some point in time, people started tweeting to @shahid, my username, confusing me for Kapoor. Then, Kapoor joined Twitter (@shahidkapoor) and I’ve been bombarded with even more tweets intended for him. Some people leave a space in his name, typing it as “@shahid kapoor” while others omit his last name entirely.

Of course, my account was private for a long time. I recently made it public for a research paper and to try and communicate with Kapoor. This hasn’t worked yet.

Normally, I would have no problem receiving his tweets. The thing is, these are his fans trying to reach out to him and their messages are coming my way instead. Also, I have to decipher between replies sent to @shahidkapoor and those sent to me, @shahid.

I’m not exactly sure what to do.

I’ve been using an application called WriteRoom to write up reports and such lately. WriteRoom lets you block everything out and allows you to work against a black background. It helps me concentrate on only what I’m trying to finish writing. Whenever I try to work on something, I end up spending at least 200% more time than necessary because I let myself get distracted. What I’ll do is surf through sites like Wikipedia or go on Amazon and look up junk.

On another note, classes are cancelled because of the snow. What am I doing? Procrastinating by writing about how I prevent procrastination. I should really be studying for my chemistry exam.

Also, there should be a screenshot here of what WriteRoom looks like.

After paying a few fees and working out some issues with Dreamhost, I was able to get the site up and running. I was afraid I might’ve given up on Cafenut and deleted the entire site. Fortunately, I had three backups saved on my laptop.

I was a little reluctant to keep up my old posts because I might’ve had things that would embarrass me now. But honestly, I could care less. Those old posts help me see what’s changed about myself and what’s still the same.

I’m not sure how frequently I’ll be writing here because I’m usually tweeting these days. Twitter has changed the way I blog. I think my early posts from Blogger (circa 2004-2005) are similar to what I’m usually posting on Twitter now. I’m still considering whether or not I should make my Twitter feed public again.

Anyway, this blog needs an overhaul. I think I’ll be working on improving my writing. I don’t have the time to focus on the layout of the site or anything. We’ll see where things go.

Our second tour was of an actual tenement. It was interesting in that they created a different scenario-type thing in each room. We visited two flats from different time periods. Each room told a different story. The attention to detail was quite amazing. There was even a huge cockroach in one of the sinks! Walking inside warmed us up quite a bit.

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After the tours, a group of us went ice skating at Bryant Park. It was probably the best part of the many trips I’ve had over the past week. (I’ve been going on trips since Thursday, that makes 5 in a row.) I had never skated before so I didn’t know how to move around. Hell, I don’t even know how to rollerblade. My friend had to hold my hand the whole time. I still fell, though, and I had to keep grabbing the rail to gain my balance. The last time around, I was able to do it without falling or grabbing the rail. I did hold my friend’s hand the last time around, though.

A few things to remember if you ever go skating:

• Loosen up, helps you keep balance. Bending your knees helps.
• If you’re having a hard time figuring out how to move your feet, watch how others do it from far away.
• Stay away from the rails, you’ll want to grab on.
• Skate with a buddy who knows how!

Last night, Rasidul, Einul, and I headed out to the Knitting Factory to watch Say Hi, The A-Sides, and The Velvet Teen perform. We had a great time. The three of us were probably the only people who weren’t white at the concert. It was actually my first time at the Knit, which was way smaller than what I’d imagined it to be. The three bands sounded very different from each other.

The show started out with The A-Sides performing about 5 or 6 songs. Their music has sort of a poppy, cheery vibe. I guess one could define it as power pop or something along the lines of that. I really liked that they ended with “Diamonds,” a great song.

The Velvet Teen was the second act. They were great. Both Rasidul and Einul were amazed their performance. This is when we started dancing. I was impaired by my jacket, though. (Being cheap, I held onto my jacket only to find that it would get pretty hot.) A bunch of hip kids started dancing like crazy during the songs. It was actually my first time seeing people dance to indie music. The three of us found it amusing. We’re used to seeing people grind and stuff (our school dances involve mostly rap music and not rock), not dancing with themselves and rub their hair.

Once the Velvet Teen was done, almost all of the people in the front moved away. As we were actually the first people to get into the show, we’d been near the stage. We decided to go as close to the stage as possible. We ended up right in front of the stage. I didn’t have to hold onto my jacket, but there weren’t anymore opportunities to dance like crazy.

Say Hi set up and started playing. They played a few songs off The Wishes and The Glitch, their new album which I bought on vinyl at the show. They also played a couple of older songs. Eric played “Let’s Talk About Spaceships” because it was someone’s birthday and they’d requested it. That’s one of my favorite songs after “Laundry”, which I love.

The three of us took the subway home since my dad’s car broke down and he couldn’t pick us up. That made my mom a little upset because she didn’t want me hanging around the city that late at night. She even said that I can’t go to anymore concerts. I’m hoping that changes. :/

I’d have posted some mp3s for you guys but I’m too lazy. Go to elbo.ws or something.

Tanvir’s my 30-year-old nephew. How’s he so much older than me? His dad is 5 years older than my dad and I was born way after all of my cousins. That means I have a bunch of nieces and nephews who are older. Some of my nieces even have kids.

He actually stayed with us from March till June. Many funny things happened. Some I can write about and some I can’t. Why? Because they’re just that crazy!