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In ProgressWell, the intentions are still noble and there are a few things I intend to post...but most of the time I'm either too busy or too lazy to do so. So its not that things are not happening...for instance I'm in Aurangabad where the hotel shows Ten Sports in the morning and Star Cricket at night...so I miss the India v/s Australia series in the morning and the West Indies v/s South Africa series in the evening. I'm sure the cable operator hasn't been paid for a while... considering the only thing worth watching (and with fairly decent reception) this morning was New Zealand v/s Bangladesh. The cable operator also seems to suffer from power cuts at the most inopportune times...which means I have to switch to DD (National & News) quite a few times. Scary stuff that... Chennai correspondent says that Govt. is now going to throw the book at people buying pirated stuff from the market. I hope they were referring only to computer software (cable was restored and I stopped watching). Those with access to the Hindu may kindly take note and let me know... and pray that Bombay doesn't follow suit. Gotham Comics still can't get its deadlines right...which isn't that bad considering that they were out of circulation for two years before they came back on this year. Their choice of titles/ story arcs is pretty decent though. Batman & Son first ish looked good and Ultimate Spider-man & Astonishing X-Men storylines are pretty cool. Virgin comics - well, they're not as bad as a lot of people have made them out to be. Videos on this site need to be changed. (Simpsons movie was excellent) and I got 3:10 to Yuma on DVD. Its on my "watch" list...along with some 20 others. RSS feed looks OK for now. Guys may want to check out my friend Aditya's blog (kaulout.wordpress.com) if your'e interested in his thoughts on mobile and wi-fi networking and the other things that form part of his life. Dawn Of The Dread...or the things they don't show in coming of age flicks...My cousin Angshuman made an interesting observation
last night. Of course, it was something that had crossed my mind before, but
I'll give him credit for saying it out loud. Now I'm sure you, the blogging public who live to question every assertion and illustrate terms like 'cyberslacking' are looking forward to a critical examination of this statement. As of now you’re probably thinking on the lines of "Could this be true? No/Yes...no hold on...remember that time...why? Why now?" However, for the benefit of those who’d rather skip the reasoning and get straight to the conclusion - the answer is "No". Seriously. An alternative answer would be “Obviously Not - you bunch of intellectually challenged half brained twits!” but I believe you get the message. Anticipating your thirst for details, I shall now answer all those probing questions that allege that the old firm (est. 1980 though one of the founders showed up in 1977) has run out of gas. Does this mean that “Weezer Week” is finally over? Yes. *Singing* What’s the deal with my brain why am I so obviously insane? In the perfect situation I let love down the drain….
How can you call his observation ‘interesting’? First of all…it was my observation. He just said it aloud first. Now that there are two of us thinking on those lines it qualifies as interesting.
What did you guys do with your last performance bonus? Most of my money went into buying an apartment in the suburbs. Angshuman invested so as to avoid paying more tax on the money he was making.
Ha! And that is not boring because…? Lets see…that apartment in the suburbs may someday become the ultimate bachelor pad once its ready… or I could make a killing by selling it off and use the proceeds towards buying out my neighbourhood book-shop … tax savings is our way of keeping the Government away from our money…which eventually go into buying more DVDs, books, comics and videogames. If my memory serves me right, most of my bonus went in paying off debts that had accumulated on account of my extremely interesting and travel rich lifestyle.
Dude…your neighbourhood bookshop happens to be “Crossword” at Kemps Corner. No…take a left instead of taking a right and you’ll end up at Warden Book house at Warden Road. Plenty of good second hand stuff there.
Hmm…interesting. So what are you guys planning to do with your bonus this year? Bonus…what bonus? Do you mind keeping it down? We don’t live in a tax haven y’know…
Ok…so what do you spend most of your money on? Books, DVDs, Comics, entertainment, clothing, computer accessories, travel, petrol, motorcycle maintenance, loan instalments. Can we change the topic now? I’m sure they’re on to me…
Is it true your friends have more interesting jobs? Lets see…a few of them make documentaries, which as we all remember is the stuff that would be telecast instead of your favourite show back in the day when there was only one TV channel. A couple of others are sociologists or work with NGOs which essentially means having to make a career out of your social studies textbook. (Kindly flashback to 8th standard Civics and let me know how much you remember.) There are a few who are better off though…the freelancers, the ones who ‘work’ from home and the ones engaged in ‘research’ but we have cooler designations (Assistant Manager – Business Risk Services & Managing Editor – Quality Control & Publishing Intelligence.)
When was the last time you took a vacation? Why don’t you guys do a “Dil Chahta Hai” and drive down to Goa?
Diwali. Was at home and did absolutely nothing other then read comics, watch TV and laze around. As for DCH… we’re short one guy (not to mention the merc convertible). He’s in Calcutta…studying engineering or something…we thought of going there and bumming his playstation but that doesn’t sound interesting enough. Goa is where all the boring people go to lighten up. Now we would go to more exotic places like the North East, northern Sri Lanka, Nandigram, Orissa etc. but our jobs that help us maintain our super interesting lifestyles tend to get in the way. Also we have NO money. (Those of you who may be on to me may kindly take note.)
Any interesting plans for the future? No plans. Live each day at a time and look forward to surprises…that’s part of the interesting lives we lead. Case in point…my mom decides to go to Delhi for a few days, which results in me being able to order DVDs from Delhi. His parents may visit in January, which means I send him comics. I go to Delhi for a training session, I pay for my own DVDs and show him where to buy comics in Delhi.
What’s with the ‘Dawn of the Dread’ title and what is it that they leave out of coming of age flicks? How does any of this prove that you guys are not boring? So that’s it. The old firm which so far has been the pinnacle of laziness, sloppiness and disregard for authority has not run out of gas. We’re not boring…in fact, we’re probably better off than you, average reader who skipped through this entry because you were supposed to be ‘working’. We rock! Ha!
I’m not sure how that answers my question… Yeah well, pay attention next time.
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This is Weezer week...well, kind of. 'Perfect Situation' has been playing in my head and on my computer all week long. Don't ask me why. It just came in one fine morning and then refused to leave. Yes...I know its almost two years old now. It got stuck in my head then as well. Kudos to my colleague D for not complaining. I think its stuck in his head too. He starts making these funny head movements when this song is on. Video somewhere on this page (for the next few days at least). Audio below.
 Cricket: Police deny reports on Woolmer killing suspectsI know what youre thinking....thats one heck of a revenge story! The last thing you expected to arise from the Bob Woolmer murder investigation was...umm... Bob Woolmer himself? Personally, I hate the fact that almost every figure of authority like the Government or the Police discounts the supernatural and makes us believe that dead people don't go around killing other people. I'd be filing this under "Supernatural/ Gothic/ Horror/ Revenge" had my natural sense of curisousity not intervened. No...this is not from the Times of India. Its from the International Herald Tribune (IHT Sports - quoting Bloomberg). RSS Feed towards bottom left of this page. BlueNow this is ridiculous. Why are we still subjected to the 'Blue Billion' campaign? If "Ooh Aah India" wasn't irritating enough in the first place...its even worse now that we're out of the World Cup. No...I don't think that Bangladesh is gracious enough to lose to Bermuda. Even if the bookies pay them a lot of money. Even if the Indian Government made a formal request....and promised to drop all plans of deporting illegal immigrants. All said and done...no team is bigger than the game...and no game in the world cup came close to the quality of the Auz/SA contest last night. Australia set huge target. South Africa chase the huge target in the way huge targets are supposed to be chased...and look like they're going to pull it off till the last recognised batsman is at the crease. We also had that direct hit from Shane Watson fielding the boundary that got De Villiers out. Thats cricket. At least we have four years to get to that level. We could start by getting rid of all the dead weight. Dravid, Sachin and Saurav aren't going to be playing in 2010 so we could ask them to draft retirement plans....soon. Drop Agarkar and Sehwag. Make up your mind on Uthappa, Pathan and Sreesanth. Change the coach. (Sorry Greg...but we need a fall guy...and a coach.) If the companies sponsoring the team and individual players have a problem with that, ask them to get their 'brand ambassadors' to play domestic cricket. That'll improve the game at the first class level and get more spectators. It'll also give Neo Sports some return on its investment. Lets face it...cricket and hockey are the only team sports where India enjoys some seblance of credibility. Hockey's pretty much down in the dumps. Lets keep cricket from following suit. Damn "Mind and body, heart and soul" ad is on again. Thats VISA brainpower for you. Another addition to the week's cool headlines......though I think this may have been more of a goof up. From today's TOI. "Tata's Rs 100,000 car to hit Two-Wheelers" ...as opposed to other car manufacturers' Rs (*much larger amount*) cars that also hit other cars, people, lamp-posts and every other object that is in close proximity of anything bearing resemblance to things that India refers to as roads??. This could be a step up considering Tata's project has been met with much cynicism and is now being closely watched by all and sundry. The earlier hypothesis...that a cheap car won't hit anything as long as it does not exist...seems to have been tossed out of the window. They've changed the headline in the online edition. I suppose the change might've made it to the late-city edition as well...but this is what the Pune edition carries. ..(later on why I'm reading that.) For those inclined to read it...its an article on the probable impact on the sales of expensive motorcycles. No...no one's worrying about the obvious lack of parking space. Yet. Other cool headlines this week: India Takes Shorts of Bermuda - TOI Viru scores century (against Popatwadi XI) - Mumbai Mirror Best World Cup Ever!I don't know about you guys...but I'm really enjoying the circus so far. Sure, I hate the fact that we lost to Bangladesh (GOD... that still hurts) but then lets take a look at this objectively. Opinion: The action starts only from March 27, when the Super 8 group kicks off. Fact: First week of the world cup, Pakistan is already out. Bob Woolmer is dead. India is struggling to meet net run rate requirements. Three quality matches so far (WI/Pak, Eng/NZ, Zim/Ire) and the big ones (Aus/SA, Ind/Sri) still to come. Our dismal performance against Bangladesh means that the following matches will also be of interest: India v/s Bermuda (BIG win required) Bermuda v/s Bangladesh (Bangladesh's win shouldn't be as BIG as India's) Bangladesh v/s Sri Lanka (umm...Bangladesh should win...and our win over Bermuda should be BIGGER than Sri Lanka's win over Bermuda) Opinon: We're out of the World Cup. Fact:This just in on Times Now. We need to beat Bermuda by 200 runs. Then beat Sri Lanka by 30 runs or so. Sri Lanka needs to beat Bangladesh. Bangladesh will then have to beat Bermuda by close to 250 runs or so and if they fail to do so will be knocked out of the WC. If Bermuda win the toss and bat first against Bangladesh, its curtains for Bangladesh as a low scoring match kills the run rate. My question: What if Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka and so do we. Don't we and Bangladesh go into the next round then? Opinion: Shut up. Fact: Ref. opinion But the best part about cricket is that its not just about the action on the field...but also about all the thinking aloud that goes on off the field. So what we lost in entertainment value during the match against Bangladesh was compensated by the next day's analysis and dissection. Star News and Aaj Tak analysed and condemned the days 'performance' in the fashion that we're only too familiar with. In the process, they succeeded in doing something that seemed impossible in 2003. They made the SET MAX panel look good. In fact...the SM panel is pretty good. (The DD panel is the one to watch though. Nayan Mongia and Chetan Chauhan.) NDTV had a Navjot Siddhu and Ajay Jadeja combination. Their verdict: India lost because of Saurav Ganguly's slow rate of scoring. He should've been playing shots and boosting the confidence of the players yet to come in to bat. Like Sehwag, Uthapa, Sachin and Dravid? Call me daft, but in my opinion...one set batsmen at the crease is worth four strokeplayers cooling their heels in the dressing room. Then again, cricket is the perfect patron for the art of spin. Consider this. India bats first against Bangladesh,scores a paltry 191 and the pundits advocate the decision to chase against weak teams you're not too familiar with so that the target is always in front of you. India's batting line up is condemned for failing to put up a fight against a surprisingly good Bangladesh bowling line up. Now, India bats first against Bermuda, scores 413 and then everyone talks about the importance of batting first against weak teams because low scoring matches will always result in lower net run rates (D-uh!) For a world cup that began with a tabloid rounding up tarot card readers and astrologers (consensus: expect the unexpected, anything can happen, any 4 of the 8 teams that make it to the super 8 can make it to the semi-finals, so you really think we can see the future ...suckers!) this is giving us more than what we expected. All we need now is Pepsi getting rid of the irritating "Ooh Aah India" campaign. Kudos to Iodex for NOT relaunching their Ooh Aah OUCH campaign at this stage. There's only so much a fan can take. 300No, I haven't seen it yet. Stop rubbing it in. Yes, I will see it... soon...stop asking. I spent 1200 bucks on the book. No p2p downloads for me. I own a copy of the double spread watercolour work of art. Try and beat that. Ha! Check this out in the meanwhile. Hope and Faith......are probably the only
things that'll take me through the next half hour and
this hugely irritating sitcom. Why do most American rejects land up here?
Anyway...I think I've seen the 'smarter' of the two sisters (I couldn't figure out who's Hope and who's Faith) somewhere before.
Between her and her husband they look like a present day Samantha and Darren from 'Bewitched'....or they act like they were. Too much nose twitching...unfortunately no magical plot twists coming up with them. Only in bad sitcoms can two people leave for a private discussion ("can I see you in the kitchen for a minute") at least 6 times in half an hour without the others wondering what its all about...or taking offence to being the topic of private discussion. Hope and faith also lead me to believe that one day Zee Cafe will stop broadcasting reruns of 'Full House' and 'Friends' The former was never funny...and you can get bored of friends after the number of reruns its been put through. How come we don't get to see the first season of 'The Sopranos' again...or reruns of 'Witchblade' for that matter? Star World isn't all that bad though. 'My name is Ed' was new...and interesting - if you're willing to discount the mysterious reappearance of the lottery ticket. 'Scrubs' was good, followed by 'Crumbs' which is well...new. Whoa!Mitch is gay? Didn't see that coming. Ok...so 'Crumbs' is not for the homophobic. Good cast...decent acting...I think I'm going to follow this one for the next few weeks and hope the script gets better. '8 Simple Rules' is not funny. Intentionally. Its a kinda cranky episode that was aired as a tribute to John Ritter who died a couple of years back when the show was aired in the US. So I guess Star World is better than Zee Cafe on Thursday nights. Thursday looks like the new Monday. Hope you're reading this Joe/Matt. One of these days I'm going to blog on a real time basis. Damn data card gives out on me when I need it most. Should've stuck to GPRS.
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