Only an anti-communist North Korean activist who defected by crossing the border to South Korea undetected by Kim Jong Il’s army will understand how I feel now. I am totally thrilled, captivated, charmed, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, entranced, excited, fulfilled, gladdened, gratified, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, and pleasantly surprised. For who wouldn’t be?

Today I received this message from the Gmail Team, “We hope it’s been worth the wait, because we’re excited to finally offer you an invitation to open a free Gmail account!” Yes, an exclusive invite to a Gmail account! Last I heard, it is the best email server in the known universe, lightyears ahead of yahoo, bluebottle and hotmail. However I still hold Spymac Mail in high esteem.

For now Gmail is still in the beta version and does not allow signups even if you ask piously or offer to tattoo Gmail on your forehead. You’d be amazed at what people will offer for a Gmail invitation.

What I love about Gmail is that it doesn’t have those annoying large, blinking, irrelevant ads that clog your yahoo or hotmail accounts. Plus you can configure it for a POP access. And of course Gmail offers 1 gigabyte of free storage (while hotmail only offers 2mb and yahoo 250mb).

So from this day on I will start ignoring my yahoo, hotmail, and bluebottle accounts. Life is random. And I am one lucky guy.