Reclaimation.

If you had to look back on your life, what would you remember?
The promotion? The performance bonus?
The plaque in the conference room?
It does not take supreme intelligence to know what really matters.
And yet, you do little besides look in the distance and sigh.
Wouldn't it be tragic to realise too late that you didn't see the trap? That you didn't recognise the two words that are the biggest curse of humanity... 'maybe someday'?

I'm leaving for Ladakh on 17th May, 2008.

Not on a Safari. On a Bullet.

And one more!

Black screen. Green letters.

This feels like the computer I used in 1987. Remember those days of "Logo" and "Basic". Damn I was good with that shit! I drew a house using all those lousy commands. I was probably in 4th Class (Grade, if you like). And could barely boot a computer with DOS. And I drew a house with things like rt 45, Lt 90 etc. My computers teacher was so excited, we thought she was having a seizure.

Talking about excitable people, do you remember that guy Siddhu? Yeah the same one who swallowed the unabridged volume of English Idioms whole. If you were to stand right in front of him when he's in one of his English moods, I'm guessing, you'd have a nice shower of morning dew.

Actually, if you've ever seen Doogie Howser M.D., I guess this is exactly how he must've felt.

Ah! but you're not seeing this clump of gibberish right now like I am. Kinda like seeing the ad for a gargantuan, plasma-LDC-projection-3D television on your old EC TV (God you remember those days!).

So click here. And hit F11 once the window opens. You'll see for yourself!

Smell that?

This is killer stuff. Part II

The song (The band: Avial, the song: Chekele or Takathara) has been used for the Ligy J. Pullappally film, "Sancharram". I've pasted a little about the film that I found here.

Sancharram (English: The Journey) (2004) is a Malayalam short-film written, directed and produced by Ligy J. Pullappally, inspired both by her short film Uli and a true story of two lesbian lovers in the South India state of Kerala.

The film follows two young friends, Kiran (Suhasini V. Nair), a Hindu, and Delilah (Shrruiti Menon), a Catholic, from their first meeting as young children to young adulthood, when they realize that they have a lifelong (lesbian) love for each other.

At first, Kiran is asked to write love letters to Delilah for Rajan (Syam Seethal) a teenage boy who also has a long-standing crush on Delilah. Kiran does so as it allows her to express her love to Delilah without having to be ostracized by her family, friends and culture. Eventually Delilah discovers the truth behind the letters and poetry, and admits her mutual love to Kiran. The begin a delicate love affair despite social taboos against homosexuality.

Their blossoming love affair is dampened severely when Rajan discovers Kiran and Delilah stealing a moment of intimacy in the jungle. He proceeds to inform Amma (Lalitha K.P.A.C.), Delilah's mother, of what he (briefly) witnessed. Amma confronts Delilah, who reveals her love for Kiran. In response, Amma arranged Delilah's marriage with a suitor who recently visited intent on seeking a bride. Delilah reluctantly consents to the marriage.

Sancharram has been compared to Deepa Mehta's Fire, a movie which also touches upon lesbian relationships in India. However, where Fire is explicit in stating that the main characters enter their relationship due to the failure of their heterosexual marriages, Sancharram is clearly a film about two lesbians who fall in love with each other.

Quote

"Dude.. don't worry about the chinkies baap..they have.. err.. tiny ching changs.."

Found this on a guy's profile on Orkut.

The writer's blogs:
http://terpsikure.blogspot.com/
http://shivakarukonda.blogspot.com

On-stage

There was this guy who was invited on-stage to present awards for a certain category at the Goafest ’08. He was the Chair of the Jury for that particular category.

He comes on stage, takes the mic for the few words he’s expected to say as the chair of the jury, in front of a crowd that’s s booing anybody choosing to actually take up that offer for talking.

He says, “I always wanted to say motherfu@#$% on stage. There, I said it.” And he hands the mic back.

Holier than thou?

Ad people are a strange lot.

I was at the Goafest about a week back. It was the most exciting festival I’ve seen in a long, long time. I love it. The sun, the parties, the unlimited alcohol, the sea, the unbridled passion for great creative work, basically everything about it. Which is exactly why I’ve been at all the three editions of the festival.

But the one thing I’ve not been able to get a fix on is how people don’t mingle. There is no animosity, or hatred (I put that a little too strongly for the loss of a better word to describe exactly what I mean). But there is that invisible boundary. A space, if you like, that cannot be breached. People are social, having fun, accommodating and all, but they just don’t mingle.

Why? Maybe it’s this deep-seated “our-work-is-better-than-yours” feeling. Or it’s that fierceness of competitive instinct and passion.

But its definitely there. Why else would even the most charming act I put up not let me land even one chick (in spite of the fact that she’s obviously interested)? Alright, I’m a little boring. But then, even the more charming guys ended up with zilch.

There is obviously something wrong. And I wonder “what it is!”

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Ever wanted more hours in a day?

Surprisingly, you can get them! And upto 6 hours extra!

Consider this, we spend a large chunk of the day sleeping. If you could change that sleeping habit, we, obviously, more hours! This does not mean depriving yourself of sleep at all.

Most adults sleep in one stretch. Kids sleep in several stretches. And infants nap all the time! Animals don’t sleep in a chunk either. That we need to sleep for 8 continuous hours was apparently a recent habitual development, before we had bulbs and the likes around.

So this girl (Rachel something) and her boyfriend decided to get to the bottom of this and see if they could stagger their sleep and get those extra hours.

Their theory is: take a 20 to 30 minute nap every 4 hours. So in a day, you’d grab about (less than) 3 hours of sleep. After about a week, your body rhythms adjust to this new sleep pattern so every time you nap, you slip directly into REM sleep. And you’re totally rested and fresh all the time!

They call it “polyphasic sleep”. She’s experimenting this theory, and I hope to whoever is upstairs that it works!

You can find her experiment here.

I don't know what to call this.

You want something really bad. And it steps right in front for you. You look at it. Closely. For all of 15 seconds. And you brush it aside. "Nah! Not this." And then you're restlessly, incessantly looking for something that you don't really want, but just think you do.

Guess nothing should come easy.