New Moon: Glimpses of the Eclipse [Review]

Post the release of the Twilight Saga last year, its massively publicized sequel, New Moon, finally hits theatres in India and without any further ado, here’s presenting New Moon!
Movie: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Michael Welch, Anna Kendrick, Michael Sheen
Director: Chris Weitz


NM begins on a very promising note as it sparks the air high with drama and thrill. It doesn’t disappoint but like all books that are adapted into movies, there are some miniscule changes in the storyline here and there. As NM commences, we see Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) dreaming of Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) only to have it slowly turn in to a nightmare when she realizes that she’s only growing older while Edward remains forever seventeen as an immortal vampire. Anyway, it’s Bella’s eighteenth birthday and even as she hates celebrations, she can’t escape them for long when Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene) throws her a birthday dinner at the Cullen’s residence.

What transpires at the dinner is a minor accident that leaves Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) charging for a taste of Bella’s blood. This painfully reminds Edward that Bella can never be safe as a human being around his kind and to protect her from further danger, he and his family leave the town of Forks. His closing words to Bella are that she shouldn’t do anything reckless.As the days fly in to months, Bella’s spirit starts withering away. As Bella moves on, she seeks solace in reckless living because she feels it brings fragments of Edward back to her.

The movie gets definitely more interesting for readers and non-readers of the Twilight Series alike as soon as the buff Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) hits the screen! An old friend of Bella’s, Jacob is the only person she draws herself to because he makes her happy and manages to inject some life back in to her. From here on, the movie takes an exciting turn as there is much of a revelation of Jacob’s character and other instances in the movie that you’ll have to watch out for!

Another mention is the sunny friendship between Jacob and Bella that keeps audiences happy while Edward isn’t around. Even if you’re not a fan of Twilight, this is still a great movie to watch with your girlfriends (lots of eye-candy for the ladies!) and even so, the movie is made in a suitable taste that doesn’t confuse a non-reader because you still will be gripped to the end. The only question by the readers would be the fact that why much of Eclipse (the third book in the Twilight Series) has been added and induced in to NM’s storyline. While all the actors have done a commendable job in the movie, the soundtrack matches the dark, brooding tone of the movie and nonetheless makes sure that it lingers in your mind long-after. All in all, not a bad reason to bust your wallet for this flick!
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P.S. You can read my review (the very same) on www.blah.burrp.com as Tina! That's cuz for Blah, we write under different alter-egos, for eg, Tina writes about movies, Suzanne handles fashion etc. And every article written by Tina isn't mine but do leave your comments on New Moon! I'm so excited that I finally got to watch it!

Darling December

Who would've ever thought that World Aids Day would bring so much meaning in to my life? I mean, I go for an interview. My first interview, mind you, after coming back. And I get the job! :) So as of now, I'm Junior Content Writer for the website: www.burrp.com... Check it out! It's totally cool and has all the stuff comprising nearly everything I love : sampling great food, writing reviews, thinking up new ideas, watching movies, meeting new people, getting out of my shell and yes, learning new things! And of course, all of this while having the best time. Ironically, this has happened when I least expected it to. You know, how I've been ranting all the while on my blog about not having a job, going for all the interviews that didn't get me one, trying my best to write for a magazine, trying to get in to art-school etc (and none of them happened)!

Well, somehow, 2009 has managed to pay it all off. I mean, I did new things, I learnt, I saw! I learnt how to go to Sophia's, I took up painting classes (I love painting on huge canvases now), I learnt how to emboss a design on a metal sheet, I learnt a new technique of making papier mâché, I had my first Rosecraft Exhibition at Candies! I freelanced as a content writer for Bindass these past six months and it was a joyful journey; every minute exciting. So all in all, this year was super-fast and yet somehow slow in making things happen but it's finally happened nonetheless.

And I couldn't be more happy or thrilled or excited all at the same time! :)

So here's to more things for me. Btw, on burrp blah, we all write under pseudo names so all articles by the same person aren't written by me. For eg, Tina handles movies and Suzanne handles fashion! I think that's a super cool concept! So read my first write-up that I did yesterday as Tina.
http://blah.burrp.com/arts-entertainment/movies/tina/2009/12/christmas-classics/
P.S. Everyone here is super-helpful, I haven't acquainted much with them as yet but the work atmosphere is huge-spacey and totally great for me. My boss, Aarti is really cool too. She's helpful, open-minded, sweet and at the same time, principled and she's the kind that everyone likes - she's not at all bossy or demanding- yet somehow she isn't someone that you will ever walk over because she is great! Ok, too much excitement can only head for a downfall right? I'll shut up now.

Oooh, one last thing, my mom's sent cookies for me and my sister! (Just when I was telling Ranvijay that I've been craving them :) WEE!

Tick-Tock

Time is short, my friend. The Clock keeps ticking and I'd have collected a million pennies by now for every time that I thought of the line, 'The Broken Clock is a comfort, it helps me sleep tonight..' from Broken by Lifehouse (one of my favorite somgs, by the way). Yeah, so like I said, time seems to be slipping beyond us at every moment and it's been true so far. I mean, this year has been going by super-quick. BANG! And before you know it, we'll be in 2010. It's also the anniversary of 26/11. Well, I do hope every one of you who lost your lives rest in peace, and I hope in our hearts, we can only commemorate your souls and think of a better nation, a better place for tomorrow. It was a sad event and one of the most infuriating attacks on Bombay last year, and it's not about us just emerging strong, it's the height of the sick bastardly fate we were put through. However, all the anger we felt and still feel can't be directed right back in violence but I just hope that peace prevails and we somehow make it through and we can provide a safer life for tomorrow. We don’t need movies, stories and other painful reminders to commemorate those who lost their lives on 26/11. What we need is peace, hope and the will to strive for a better tomorrow. It’s scary when you contemplate the enormous degree of evil in this world but what’s definitely and vastly more frightening is when you become numb to it all and that when the only way to obtain peace is fighting back in even terrible ways imaginable. It’s hard to believe that us, a species so great, which is blessed with so much, has turned in the cruelest way possible against its own kind. What we fear is not different religions, different super-powers, or foreign threats but our own race. That makes me sad to think that man has turned against man. Over what? Excuses like religion need to be put to the guillotine. I honestly believe in the name of religion, race and color, we have tried to out-pass others, to be better than others. But what is so dense to us is the fact that we might not come from the same DNA, but we are from the same species nonetheless. How is that difficult to get? Just stop all of this nonsense, this horrific blood-bath and live your lives. We are ultimately going to die some day but no one, nobody gives you that right to take our lives away… the only life you’re in charge of is yours. Leave mine and others’ alone.

Of happier things, what propelled me to this entry is lack of time and there are so many things that I haven't done yet, this was the list of stuff to be done before I turned 34 or may be let's put it as the list for the rest of my life while I'm alive:
(Random Order and What I remember)

TOP PRIORITY: To write for a Fashion/Travel Magazine and write & publish a book.

1. Bungee-Jumping off the Eiffel Tower
2. Visit Egypt, Paris, Greece and London.
3. Live in Paris and study art for a bit, and pick up french too, while I'm there.
4. Date a few guys
5. Live in NY someday and make it out there
6. Be in an ad (any ad will do, the funnier and crazier, the better)
7. Meet Ellen
8. Buy my dad his dream Transistor
9. Buy myself, my dream Video iPod or an iPod for that matter
10. Buy myself the dream perfume (for now it's YSL Elle all the way through)
11. Get a tattoo (essentially with my own hard-earned money cuz it'd be hypocritical to use my parents' for the same!)
12. Learn to ride a bike
13. Learn to speak Spanish
14. Learn B-Boying
15. To learn the Moonwalk
16. Surf a Wave (I would be, look and feel SO cool once I do learn the art!)
17. Get a Dog (I have my names ready)
18. Visit the Taj Mahal
19. Save somebody's life
20. Live with Nandini again for a bit (she was the best roomie ever, I miss her!)

New Moon: The Twilight Sequel [PREVIEW]

The Twilight Saga continues as the most anticipated film of the year, New Moon, hits screens this month on 21st, worldwide (not sure if this is applicable here since they are only planning to release Twilight in theatres on the 20th of this month...Crazy, huh?). Following the vastly-appreciated Twilight, this sequel from Summit Entertainment will tell the continuing tale between vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and mortal Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart).

When Edward leaves the town of Forks to keep Bella protected from danger and so that she can live a normal life, Bella’s spirit begins to wither away. However, she later finds a form of comfort in reckless living, as she also develops an even-closer friendship with Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). There are a very interesting series of events and revelations that come out in New Moon and you will need to pay attention while watching the movie.

For the New Moon Soundtrack, there are a bunch of different people on the album like The Killers, Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Death Cab for Cutie (Meet me on the Equinox is a nice track), Band of Skulls, Anya Marina, Bon Iver & St.Vincent among others apart from Muse who had a track (Supermassive Black Hole) previously on the Twilight Album. Hopefully, the music by the album’s composers should make up for the notable absence of Paramore (Decode, I caught myself) on the New Moon soundtrack.

New Moon has been massively publicized everywhere from promotional events to Bella and Edward Barbie dolls to the recent extended trailer at the VMA’s and we’ll just have to see if the film lives up to the hype and the book by Stephenie Meyer. The fans who have read the Twilight Series wouldn’t want to be disappointed with poor adaptation of the book in the film or gaping holes cut off from the book like they do with other book-adaptations (read: Harry Potter).

What to watch out for:

Dakota Fanning as Jane, the waifish-pixie vampire with an air of menace, She's never looked this menacing or intense before.

And, Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black (His character gains more ground in this movie and how)! Plus, an added fact is his gloriously toned body. It's a shame that he's barely 17 years old! :(

Other new cast members include those who play Jacob’s best friends, Quil and Embry, and others who play the members of the Volturi (including Fanning). In this movie, the Cullens aren't around as much except for Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene) and Edward Cullen.

Watch the official trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYBF3HKzrmE

I can't wait to watch this on the Big Screen! I'm sure that you can't wait, too. Just hope it hits here soon enough (I hope my wish is not in vain. Sigh).

Like Heroin

Hello, Virtual Peeps.

Been eons since I last penned down my vagrant thoughts and feelings here, I’ve missed it. What’s been happening? I’m back from my brief holiday at the Arab Land and been writing for Bindass and trying to do a lot since my contract ends soon (December… I hope they re-hire me for more time, I love writing for Bindass). Also, I guess I’ve become too much of a TV addict. I mean, I’ve got one show to watch every day and I can’t help but follow it, if I don’t, I’ve got to catch the repeat telecast the next day so much so that if I have to go out anywhere, I hate doing so lest I miss my programs! When I came to Bombay to live the first time years back, I barely got to watch TV at the hostel and I thought I’d curbed myself of the addiction for at least three years and well, now it’s back again! DAMN!

Aside of all that, I’ve begun to love painting on canvases, the paint just flows off effortlessly off the tips of my brushes and I’m so glad I went for those art classes in the middle of the year. I’m going to be painting a lot more canvases. It’s become an amazing and rather colorful hobby! I’m going to Hobby Ideas tomorrow and might pick up a whole bunch of art-related stuff, mostly for Rosecraft. I hope Neha gets in touch with me or lets me know what the situation is like at TO. I really want a job! A real job, a job I love, with a desk of my own, my own coffee mug etc., you know what I mean? I’m not a bad person. I’m the least of all risk-takers, I’m overtly cautious, I have inhibitions, I’m reserved, I’m not very brave but when it comes to something I love, I know I can do it, I’ve done it before! And I’m pretty creative, I’m smart, I write well, I have a good eye for color, I observe when you least notice and when you think, “Man, is she shy or what?” There’s more to me than meets the eye. So why can’t I get a chance to prove myself to everyone else? Why has my hope just being crushed in to little itsy-bitsy bits? I know I deserve it! You know that, too! So hire me and we’ll make it ROCK! COME ON!

Phew.. I hope I was heard. I’m feeling really drowsy but waiting up for Desperate Housewives (See, it’s just TV, TV, TV all the time… can you blame me? I mean, when I’m all mentally blocked to write for Bindass, it’s my only other recluse besides sticking it out with myself). Besides I can’t wait to see what Lynette does about Porter now that he’s having an affair with a married woman, what Dave’s secret is, will Carlos lose his job as a masseur at the Country Club? Damn, I’ve got this TV addiction bad.

Listening to Broken by Lifehouse, I wish the Universal Time Clock did break and time stopped but only in time whilst not messing up the space or kinetic continuum. Sometimes I try to wonder it’d be like to live in a futuristic world with robots, space-travel, lev-mag trains, subways through ocean bodies, aliens and that kind of thing. It enthralls me, of what could be.

Oooh, I finished decorating the photo frame for a friend, now gotta print the pic and put it in! Hope she loves it. Cheerio.

Love,
Krypton.

P.S. Read my stories on www.bindass.com

7 Ways to Keep You SANE in a Crowded Train!

It’s one thing to get on to a crowded train but another thing altogether to keep your sanity throughout the ride. So here’s what you should do to make it less painful:

1. It’s annoying when an unruly bitch trods ever so shamelessly on your clean toes or even nicer shoes so what do you do? Simple, trod back on her toes stealthily cuz everyone’s in a rush anyway, who will know? Or rub some dirt on her Sari with your shoe. *Evil Cackle*

2. Stinky, sweaty, sticky people. What do you do? Well, whoever’s armpit you’re faced with or thrust into, rummage your bag for a deo and spray at desired target. Of course, you might get thrashed for it, but what the hell? Just indulge yourself at this crowded stink-party.

3. You’re sitting in the midst of two very fat people and a fourth person wants to join the seat. Simple. Pretend to have a life-threatening and very contagious disease. Start coughing and wheezing horribly (Note: Don’t Cover your mouth). People will be thinking Swine Flu or some other illness and hurrah, you can lean back comfortably against your seat.

4. You’re trying to enjoy music on your iPod, and there are these crazy folks fighting over some thing again. Since you have an alibi with your headphones in your ears, start shouting random things (Shut up! - Go to Hell! - You’re a dick!), while keeping your head down. Pretend to wonder where it came from when people start looking around and sigh for effect. Score (I know it seems juvenile, but trust me, you’ll feel a lot less irked once you do!)

5. You think the train couldn’t get any more packed when you can’t see your feet and then there are those damn vendors trying to weave in and out. Try and divulge their attention saying that someone from the opposite side is calling them, of course, that shall garner you with annoying glares but you are safe, as a stationary person from where you are..big deal. (Actually, resort to this, when you know you’re getting off at the next station..just to be safe!)

6. It’s a golden rule that when your ass is face to face with an actual face of a sitting person, you never, ever let out a stinker. However, if the going gets tough and someone’s being a dickhead, drop your missile, people. (Note: To be done at own risk).

7. Close your eyes. Pretend that you are in a peaceful garden surrounded by trees and chirping birds. Who are you kidding? Just brace yourself through the hell-filled journey and count the stations till you reach yours. Mahalakshmi… Lower Parel… Elphinstone… Kill Me Please!

Dream + Working on Ideas + Belief = Reality

It finally happened! My exhibition finally materialized yesterday, on the tenth of October 2009 (for the records and so I won't forget)! It was a lot of fun, there were tons of cool folks around and I even met an ex-classmate of Sonali's, Leona Rodrigues, who was also sharing my stall along with her partner, Sangeeta who is a Wiccan (Ooooh!). They were selling a lot of outsourced stuff from artisans over India like proper junk-jewelry, luck-charms and these cool bath salts. I bought a funky orange necklace from them! :) Priya Dutt was there along with her very HOT husband, never knew he looked like that before. My mom said she saw VJ Juhi but I didn't get to see her! :(

Initially, not many folks bought anything from me, no one seemed interested as such, the crowd picked up a little after three o' clock. My first customer was a little cute and chubby girl with braces who kept saying, 'Cute!' as she browsed through my wares. She bought a Shell Necklace for Rs.60! After that, had to wait a while before others bought anything. Then someone bought an anklet and a coaster.. Val showed up with Shruti and Jennifer, that's when my friends started coming in! Andrea, Fads, Corny, Amanda, Ranvijay, Mi, Sonali etc.. They made quite a few purchases from my stall, but of course! Random people picked up a few of my wares here and there. Handed out my visiting card to all the important folk and those interested in my wares and for future purposes! :) Many people liked my hand-painted coasters so I intend to make some more and sell them in sets and I can't wait to start working on them. Also, what was surprising that many seemed to like the papier mache Bangles I made even though they looked more from the Stone-Age so intend to work on that too and make them more rustic and cooler! Managed to miss break-even point by a 500 Rs. margin but all in all, Great Experience, Learned loads and inspired to create a whole lot more creative stuff and I've got many new ideas to expand Rosecraft! Very excited. Here's to me! *Clink*

Of Thunder and New Things

I can hear the huge bellows of thunder every now and then. Who would've thought we'd have two very rainy days in October of all months? Breaking a record here, that's for sure. Well, I like today. 4 is my one of my favorite numbers. It's one of my best friends' and most fave people's birthday and...well, yeah. Writing is going down the drain or so I think. Hiral's not publishing anything recent that I've sent her. Sarcasm is hard to put forth in writing for the masses. I hope it gets better and I get to write more! Because if I don't, I'll die. Well, not literally, I hope but I'll be sad. Okay, you know I mean. Why should I ramble on? The thunder is really thrilling to me. Even a bit fascinating. Even though I jump up every time I hear the big blow of thunder. I had such a good time at Nina's Fake Birthday Surprise on Friday Night..(We surprised her with a LOVELY donut stacked cake and a few presents, balloons and a crown) it reminded me of when we all lived at Silvan Shades (all five of us + Sheryl). Brought old memories and happy thoughts back.. The donut cake was simply a stroke of genius and Nina loved it all. She had to, we're not best friends for nothing! To top it all was dinner at Five Spice and it wasn't the dinner at all but the conversation that made me smile and smile. Conversation & good company. Ah, like a fine glass of caramellised white dessert wine. I'm reading this book for teenagers (nothing new for me, I love books of different kinds) called Prom Nights From Hell...it's not bad at all. Kind of like it. I'm also trying to hurry up with my Rosecraft work, the exhibition's on Saturday and I hope I don't let myself or anyone else down. Go, me! You know you can, Ro. Just be that girl you are deep down inside! :)

Sniffles

I've got a bad case of the sniffles. I hope it goes away. I just hate it when I'm sick because when I do get sick, I get it bad. Anyway, apart from that lousy piece of information, Rosecraft is finally due to take off! :) Let's cross our fingers and I hope you come to Candies on the 10th of October (10 am - 8 pm). I hope people buy stuff and like the stuff cuz I've put in my heart and soul in to this. If it happens, it goes all the way from here to shine like a star! I watched Orphan yesterday and it was quite creepy. That girl is such a bitch in the movie, she reminded me of Kayla from Desperate Housewives. The other cute-deaf girl who is her sister is very adorable. She's really cute! She's got this mass of golden curls and a sweet smile. My workshops at IIJ this saturday were a lot of fun. I made a Butterfly pendant in the Embossing Workshop, which I intend to wear once I get a funky neck-cord for it. It was a complete scientific process once we hammered in the design (yeah, that was a lot of fun...lots of banging. Wait, that didn't sound clean, but you know what I meant, right?) Then we have to use a Fire Gun (Yeah, baby!) and immerse it in HCl (Hydrochloric Acid for those of you who don't remember!) and then buff it up, cleanse it, steam it, file it, etc etc... The Papier Mache Workshop was coolio too...and I can make these super rock-hard bangles and accessories with it!

I got a double-pierce on my ears this week...Finally! :)

I wish I had some more money cuz there's tons of shopping I want to do ( some clothes, accessories, PERFUME, Books - Ransom my Heart, Gifts for my folks, Converse Ballets, an iPod), besides I wanna get a copy of The Lost Symbol to read when I go to Saudi for 3 weeks. I want to make the most of my free time now that there will be little of it once I'd get a job I love doing! So here's to more writing (UTV, Tinkle, a Book), more creating stuff, more workshops, more plays, adventures (trips to Bandra, Town, Bangalore-Nandini) and the works!

P.S. I have this crazy-ass mission to make 5 new continental friends...don't know how that's going to happen! But let's see...

P.P.S Also I've got to solve the Rubik's Cube when I go home this time.

Ah, Life, take me somewhere nice, please, I already like the direction you are blowing me in....

Choices

Food or Sex? Love or Money? Satisfying Job or Well-Paying Non-related job? Good Guy-friend or Boyfriend? Leo or Libra? Hot or Cold? Summer or Winter? Fast-Paced Life or slow death? Smiles or tears? Writing or Designing or Both? Answering or questioning? Harry Potter or Twilight? To sleep or be awake? Save money or shop it off? The Good Guy or the Bad Guy? Permanent or Temporary? To listen to music or try to make it? To love or give it up? To be taught or to have experienced? Sunshine or the Starry Sky? To tell someone you miss them or miss them silently? To cry when you watch sad movies or make fun of someone else as they watch it and cry? To cry or bottle it up? To be strong or to break down? To be far away or just a block away? To be driven around or to drive? To hear someone else's heartbeat or to feel yours thudding in your chest? To permanently ink a memory or to bind it to your brain? To hold on or to let go? To hide or be visible? To hug or be hugged? First Impression or Last? Letters or E-mails? Trance or Alternative Rock? To be left alone or cared for? To read or to buy a book for someone else? To jump in to the unknown or wait for life to guide you? The Sun or The Moon? Hugo Boss Orange or YSL Elle? Night or Day? Best Friend or Diary? Keeping Secrets or Telling them? To love or be loved? Silence or Sound? An empty room or a crowded head? Mortality or Immortality? Singledom or Commitment? Mustang or Cruiser? To cut off or be cut off from? Old friends or new? Milkshakes or Sodas? iPod or Walkman? Vanilla or Chocolate-Chip? Hate or Grudge? Chick Flick or Horror Movie? Paris or NYC? Bombay or NY? Subway Trains or Indian Trains? Rainy day or summery afternoon? Glittering Sand or Water?

Life Sucks? Life Sucks.

‘Most people think life sucks and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you get cancer, then your dog dies, your wife leaves you, the cancer goes into remission, you get a new dog, you get remarried, you owe ten million dollars in medical bills, but you work hard for thirty five years and you pay it back and then, one day, you have a massive stroke, your whole right side is paralyzed, you have to limp along the streets and speak out of the left side of your mouth and drool, but you go into rehabilitation and regain the power to walk and the power to talk and then, one day, you step off a curb at 67th Street and BAM!, you get hit by a city bus and then you die ... maybe.’


~ Denis Leary


And that makes my favorite fictional character Jacob Black’s voice-out seem vastly understated when he said, ‘Life sucks and then you die’ compared to what this guy said above. It’s not something you laugh at because it could pretty much work out that way. Being cynical and realistic are two different things. For the most part of life, I’ve been a believer. A pretty darned good believer that believed in magic and happy endings and getting what you want. But I’m not sure anymore of what I am. Or who I am. Or rather who should I be? Who am I supposed to be? I feel considerably empty and unfeeling. I could curl up on the floor and just be. Like curling up under a bed and no one will ever know or find me there. To just be. I’m not depressed or sad. I’m just empty. Devoid of superficial and emotional hang-ups. No expectations. No hope. Because this is life and it sucking is part of what makes it real. I don’t want to be a princess in a fairytale who gets whatever she wants but I want to get what I deserve. And that’s: a good job, to work at what I know I’m good at. Don’t let me be. I don’t want to be in the same place I’ve been in for so long. I want to be upgraded. What am I doing wrong? I don’t know. Fine. No expectations. You’ll find me under my bed from here on.

Haley's Comet

It’s at times when you think that you couldn’t get more bummed out than you already are that something good happens just to tell you that somehow somewhere an unseen force was either paying the closest attention to you or looking out for you so that you wouldn't get hurt. And suddenly, with a rush of feelings, you realize that nothing could be better than your life how it is now, because if you weren’t late and you caught that early train, you couldn’t have known it would crash as you were rushing to work or that when you slipped on a banana peel it was only to avoid a fire on the bus that you normally take to work or simply yet, you never thought that when everything in your life was horribly wrong and you’re jobless, love-forsaken; there are people and incidents to remind you that you’re here and on a day like 09.09.09 which is pretty darned fantastic because it’s one of those things that never happen again. Yeah, that’s pretty special and unique when it happens to me. It’s just a date ultimately but we want to make such days special, may be cuz it’s easier to remember or it’s cool (which it is) or I don’t know, I’m sure you can think of plenty other reasons. Well, my reason to feel this way (happy and slightly peaceful) has been since yesterday. Maybe Miley Cyrus’s Party in the USA transpired some of that positivity; it really is a great mellow, breezy song that you could probably take along when you take a late-night drive. And may be because some things didn’t seem as stupid as they would have before like receiving help from a stranger because you just asked or when a friend helps you because you asked and does it because they do care when you think you haven’t been that close. What’s even more surprising is when a project you worked on really hard but think of it as a futile attempt is appreciated as a work of art (another article of mine got published: ), or so you could say. I mean, I really can’t think of any metaphors for this! And then, finally, finally you discover that something you deserve and have been truly waiting for isn’t stuck in limbo like you presumed it to be. It’s on the road and heading to you!

P.S. Did you know that limbo is also a West Indian dance in which the dancer bends back and passes repeatedly under a gradually lowered horizontal bar? I didn’t. I do now. And that I think of it now, I might have seen this on TV too. I can’t be too sure. Oh, well. Toodles.

Hoping against Hope

My mom just came in to yell at me because I'm awake at a time when no one else is and yeah, well, I'm supposed to be safely tucked under my covers, fast asleep. I'm so bored, useless and feel utterly worthwhile at this point in time. I don't have a permanent job yet (I'm dying to work in a magazine as a writer or an Illustrator) and I just hope it will happen soon. There is talk of one extremely COOL place but if I talk about it here, it might just attract all the bad luck since my magnetism for that has been pretty strong for a while now. So I just hope, hope, hope and HOPE. Hoping against hope. Like Ogden Nash once stated in a poetic verse about dentists and drilling holes in gums. He was hoping against hope that he didn't have to go to the Dentist. Anyway, I truly hope Luis Fernandes has some GOOD news for me and I need to finish 3 cool stories for tomorrow in order to ensure that happens! So I wish and wish and wish and pray and pray and pray and hope. Hope. Maybe I can sing this part..would that be pushing this post to its limit? Bye, I shall talk to you more, Blog, tomorrow from under my bed covers, secretly. It's a date! Night Night.

P.S. A whole lot of hope. PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEEEASEEEEE God. Thank you. Ameneth.

P.P.S. If you, a reader, have good wishes to send, contact me telepathically. May I be sprinkled with your luck.

Tomorrow is Wednesday

I know I must sleep. Actually I need to pee. One sec.

Okay, now that I'm back...Where was I? Yeah, the compulsive need to post by the late hour in the rainiest night ever since June beckons. Also by that, I am compelled to sound educational or rather wise, if I am to impost my sanities on you at this late hour. So anyway, it seems like things are finally taking off to good beginnings. I hope it lasts for you and me. I'm not sorry some people aren't around to share it but boo-hoo, you. I don't care! Have you heard Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat? I want to marry that man so he can sing me to sleep as I lie in his arms. He is sooo cool. He's like those people who are unconventionally cool or who don't have to try too hard to be cool like you know (Ok a list of my favorite Unconventionally cool folks- Not necessarily in order):

• Ellen DeGeneres (Laugh Sing Dance)
• John Mayer (What he sings about is relateable and very listenable)
• Anne Hathaway
• Michael Moscovitz (I wish he were real. He's hot, smart and v.v.sweet)
• Anoop Desai
• Kal Penn
• Edlyn D'souza
• Nandini Velho (She was my roomie for 2 years, she's uber cool)
• Barney Stinson (His catch phrases and wit's unconventional too! I love him)
• Rahul Bose (The man's a God)
• America Ferrera
• Mia Thermopolis
• David Schwimmer
• Chris Daughtry
• Sapna Bhavnani
• Ron Weasley
• Sonam Kapoor
• Imran Khan
• Amanda Bynes
• Meg Cabot
• Jacob Black (He's far by the coolest and hottest!)
• Prince Harry
• Barack Obama
• Tyra Banks
• Priya Dutt
• Robert Langdon
• Alex (Grey's Anatomy)
• Albus Dumbledore
• Mark Zuckerburg
• Michael Caine
• Luis Fernandes
• Mira Malhotra
• Jennifer Anniston
• J.D ( Zach Braff in Scrubs)

P.S. Sometimes it's even better when they don't know how cool they are. I like them more then. Okay, and yeah I know some of the folks on the list are fictional characters but who they are makes me love them for what they are! Did I just twist your brain in a knot for a sec there? I'm sorry. Some are real people whom I have the utmost privilege of knowing.


Since I have nothing more to say, I will post this and hit my bed, no, not literally, I will sleep on it, you fool!

Goodnight, cyberspace. Float forever, I know it's what you like doing best.

Rehab

When you get rid of something like a habit or an addiction, you feel like destroying even the slightest hint of it that could prove that it was ever around.
There are many reasons (feelings) for this:


·         Shame
·         Guilt
·         Mere Indifference
·         Pure disgust with yourself for ever doing it
·         A complete aversion towards the habit, thing or…ahem…person
·         You grow up


You just want to wash your hands clean of it all, as if it never existed and by removing any trace that it did exist at some point, you are healing yourself and moving on. Trust me, the feeling is great. Almost peaceful and to me, it’s very nearly like an Alanis Morisette song if put in words. The only thing that could resurrect your pain and misery that you faced after you had to first give it up, would be if that particular ‘it’ has a mind of its own and decides to try and squash your life again. Maybe you won’t agree with me, but honestly it’s the only way to move on and oh, believe me, I have learned a lot from it, too. Sure, it does pain me to know that I used to be foolish about some of it, but you can’t change the past and the best thing you can do is live your present. By learning, you change. You shouldn’t confuse yourself with changing to learn. And you can apply this to different things: eating bad food at a resto (lesson learnt: never go there again!), being in a relationship with someone abusive, turning down a high-paying job and the list goes on.


But anyway, you burn letters, delete photographs, delete emails, throw things out and yeah, sometimes it isn’t easy to delete the person or thing or habit from your mind. Discarding of physical things that are related to it however is healing enough. May be its best that we are human and have not the ability to discard feelings completely but also, if it’s bad enough, your mind is sane enough to not let you anywhere near it again or you invoke your brain to create an invisible force-field against it. The experience itself toughens you up, makes you strong, makes you learn and you will find something much greater in the future to come. Most of all, you will make whatever you can of it, when it comes to you because you realize and know that it’s very, very true. Those things happen for a reason.


From February of this year on, I’ve started the tradition of having at least 4 blog-posts a month and now, maybe I can increase that to eight. I like even numbers and I shouldn’t make your eyes hurt with too much of information and in only too many words. So from September on, I will be the change. And this is my fifth post for this month. Ah, variation. A Clean Break from consistency. Which also brings me back to the underlying motto of this post, cleansing of an old habit (its nature is up to you to determine: bad or good or…) is always self-healing in itself. I swear by it.

After the Rain

She places her palm against the cold misty window staring straight ahead thinking of nothing. A Pajero cruises past the murky rain water splashing a filthy beggar on the street below. The homeless bum shouts out, “Screw you, asshole!”

She feels the cool water running down the pane as her right palm makes an imprint against the glass, and thinks of a memory. A distant one of a boy playing in rain puddles. A smile grows on her face as the lad in her mind, splashes around, blissfully unaware. A boy she wishes would be blissfully unaware now… when she wants him to be, most. She thought things would never change between her and him. The boy she once thought whom she might grow to love. There were friends first. Didn’t that count? She wants things to be normal. She thinks she should write him a letter. Clear things out. Be friends again. But something stops her each time. Maybe she has her pride too. Or maybe she doesn’t really need to. She doesn’t know the answer. For a long time, she had wished that she’d know the answer but now, she thinks that she couldn’t care less.

A slamming door breaks through her reverie. She walks up to the next room and shuts close the window.

It’s really cold, tonight, she thinks. She wraps her arms around herself to feel warm. And her inner eye sparkles at another memory, when they had first kissed. Her and him. It wasn’t perfect but it was something she’d never forget. It was dark that night, as they sat on the steps of a staircase and he made her feel so very nice. It was something she hadn’t expected and that probably made it special, nonetheless. A smile teases the corner of her mouth.

She should call him. Just for fun. Talk. But she doesn’t and she knows why.
She believes things happen for a reason. She doesn’t like to question, she likes to be told.

It’s going to be really different between them no matter how much she wishes things would be just normal…. Uncomplicated and no reason for explanations.

Hmmm, it’s stopped raining, she thinks.

She opens the window once more.

And then, like the clarity of a sky after the rain, the inky azure that seems to have been washed and cleansed completely, she realizes that some things whether good or bad will never change. They shall always remain with her in heart and mind. It’s just sometimes, on occasion, perhaps on a rainy day like today that a gift of a memory would bless her with a smile.

She rushes to open her drawer hastily while rummaging for something. Her fingers close in on a bottle of nail-paint. She paints her nails a fiery hot red.

©Roanna Fernandes, 2008

I am cool. Like Ice. Maybe cooler. :)

I think is my new anthem or phrase, rather. I just helped two of my friends design an invite and it turned out pretty cool, it was soooo exciting to just help them with it. I feel so nice and I feel so proud and it feels like I'm on the right track here, you know... Like, finally. I just want to get in to it fully- Designing, Graphic Art and Illustrating. I'm going to. I'm going to meet Qyara, after ages I think and may be this week, I should get my cheques. I'm sceptical but yeah, let's just wait and see. If you watched a movie called Shadow recently, I'm sorry, you're definitely a loser. It's gotta be the dumbest attempt at an wannabe-unconventional-hero-starring-movie. I'm sure it sucks, I don't have to watch it to know, just like the director knew that he wasn't supposed to put out there and hurt the eyes of us innocent people with a crappy excuse of a movie. I'm sorry I'm a tad rambly in this one but I had to post something today. It's my blog and I can. Like they say, the Pen is mightier than the sword. Only in my case, the keyboard is mightier than this sleep threatening to bring me down... Will blog later. Adios. Sweet dreams, invisible visitors to my dear, dear beloved blog... :)

I need to make it but I just can't fake it, I'll give it my best if you'll just take it. ( I want to work with a magazine and I'm hoping to get the job!)

P.S. Check my new techni-color creation. Color is so pretty, ain't it? It makes everything glow.

The Curious Case of Plagiarism : To be put to the Shredder

Why do we allow copy-cats to ruthlessly take over everything? I mean, come on, for crying out loud, anyone who reads the description of ‘Pa’, a film starring the much-hyped Big B, they will tell you that the storyline is totally lifted from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I haven’t seen the movie yet sadly but I know the many Oscars associated with it and the accolades it’s received of course, for the brilliant portrayal of a man who ages backwards as he grows older. It’s almost like a trophy to be placed in the Hall of Cinema. What I don’t get is why, why, why the hell would anyone want to remake such a legend and what makes that person think that we would want to remember it otherwise? I wish it were a horrible joke but it’s not. It’s so irritating that Indian Cinema does that because what they (Indian Directors) fail to get when watching great movies of the West is inspiration and innovation to think far beyond their spectrum of copy-caticism and make their own films. Seriously. They should focus on what they do best and not take what someone else does best and try to mix it up the same way and showcase it to Indian Audiences. Of course, there are some other Indian Directors who are turning it up a notch with movies like Kaminey (Vishal Bhardwarj)- I can’t wait to watch it, Rang de Basanti, Taare Zameen Par, Dev D., Maqbool (Adapted from Macbeth, adaptations are good to go but make them worth it like Bhardwarj does) etc. That’s what they should do, make their own stories and tell them and let the audiences decide their fate. Not only that, we have the actors to tell your stories as realistically as possible- Abhay Deol, Shahid Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Konkona Sen, Rahul Bose...there are so many more. However, if you’re going to take hits of Hollywood and turn them in to your films and stories, we’re really not interested and we’re not that dumb or acquiescent anymore.

Also, you’re pilfering stories; can’t you buy the goddamn copyrights to reproduce it? And saying things like it’s loosely based on XYZ are just a plain big, fat lie because um, it’s the whole story, word for word, scene for scene. Also, The Hangover, I have not yet had the pleasure to enjoy but apparently now we have another producer at hand who has bought the rights to the film to reproduce it in hindi. Firstly, when there comes a movie like that that you like so much and applaud so much, wouldn’t you want to have it remembered that way? Why would you wanna take a legend and recreate it adding your own two-paise worth to it? Is it necessary just to have audiences like it your way too? Plus what seriously garbled mind-process has led you think that it’s going to be a hit here too? Honestly, if there’s a remake that materializes of The Hangover, it’s going to be a flop. I can tell you that now. And importantly, we have no Vegas here so you tell me, you gonna send the groom off to a make-believe Goa that seems like Vegas or what? Bachelor Parties have only just recently passed on to other cultures, more so each being different that suits different sensibilities. What, really? Don’t be stagnant. Go make real films. We will appreciate. There should be no room for all you story-stealers and you brain-deprived rich folks.

Selfish

You know how when you haven't refilled your phone-credit for a while, they tell you that your service/line has been temporarily disconnected. Well, I feel like that disconnected line. Not exactly towards life, but I feel like I'm disconnecting from people. It's hard to explain to the people about what I'm feeling, especially when some of those people are my really close friends but I just don't know what to do. It's at times like this that I feel like going for a long holiday or be exiled to a place where no one knows me and no one cares to know me. Strange, right? I'm not a loner, I'm usually the kind who loves to be with people. Especially the ones I care about. But yeah, I wish I could be a loner just for a while. You know, may be to get things in perspective or to just be stationary while time moved. I just hate explaining to people why I am this way and why I wish to be left alone. I just need to be alone in my head sometimes. May be I'm just being horribly selfish, I know I am but I hate being tied down or clung to. This whole independence-thing (not sure if you could call it that) has pretty much gotten to me. I think it's bad. I don't know if I should change, if I want to. But I just might lose the people that I care about and who care about me the most if I disconnect this way, even if it's on a temporary basis because sometimes a little crack can break the whole vase, if you know what I mean. I think I'm crazy. If I were Rob Thomas, I would have used these thoughts and feelings and composed a nice little sad but cool relate-able ballad.

Pensée

Mates, Dates, Guide to life is proving to have worthy tips on boys and the like! : ) But I still need to ask C my other doubts and stuff to contribute to my extensive study on the malelular-half of my species. Plus, my ice-breaking abilities suck and since there’s no chance of me becoming an x-woman soon with powers to melt ice and its metaphorized variations, well, yeah I need to go the traditional way.

Mira thinks my display pic is cool, I mean, she thinks I’m finally picking up the pace, graphic designing-wise! Also, the Sketch Book is really helping me as I draw rough layouts and work it out on the computer later on. In fact, I randomly just created a book-coverish illustration outta a picture I clicked and I like how it looks!

The place, Ignitee, where I went for an interview wasn’t too bad. This is my take on it:

LOCATION : Ok, Could get pretty floody in the rains.
BUILDING : Scary, ghost-ish, Devoid of Souls.
LOBBY : Pretty not bad.
RECEPTIONIST : Friendly.
INTERIORS : Pretty vast than what I expected, Not so bad.
INTERVIEWER : Simple, wise, Straight-forward, No superficiality or added airs.
STATUS FOR NOW : Awaiting Feedback.

However, last night, I sent my resume to a very cool and colorful place, C* and it’s awesome and it really is so me! I think it would be great to learn from there and get experienced as well. I hope I get an interview with them, to say the least. I’ve been thinking of a new-ish idea, all due to Ketz…(relating to Rosecraft)!

I have two paintings to my credit now, and I like the Abstract One more than the Butterfly, I think it’s quite cool and that I could do more paintings like that.

I’m really missing partying or rather dinner-socializing, there was one on Sunday but I just couldn’t make it : (
I miss going to college and seeing everyone and talking to everyone! I wish we were close right from the first year on or we had more time together. It’s strange that most of the bigger half of my class don’t really keep in touch but I wish we would, I really do, it sort became like a family, you know, an extended one, that you need to keep talking to and telling/asking about their lives but some don’t really care. That’s not cool at all.

Also, a letter to my dying friend...(who can post-pone his succumb-er to a great tad).

Eric, my love,

I took you in my home when you had none. Hell, I paid to take you home. I've loved you like the boyfriend I've never had, I love HP too but he's different. I treated you well. I laughed with you. We smiled as we listened to some our favorite songs together. Let's not forget the games we played...Prince of Persia, Frankenstein etc. You helped me when I had no one to look out for me. And I did the same for you when people thought you weren't worthy. Even in trying times, we made it through. Just can you try to fight back some more for me? Please live some more. A friend like you has really beeen price-ful but I don't care because I love you. Just don't die yet. It's not your time.

Love,

You know who.

P.S. I designed the pic in this. The bookish-cover like Illustration? Yup, that's it.

Top 5 Meals For a True-Blue Foodie

Are you a foodie? Do you love chicken enough that you want to indulge in its deliciousness? Here are five chicken meals in Mumbai that I have found to be very worthy and completely lip-smackable. Try them out, yourselves!

1. Chicken Steak with Mushroom Sauce: You can eat this delectable delight at Candies Outlets at Bandra. Not only is the mushroom sauce to die for, it’s the sautéed veggies that are scrumptious too. It’s all served on a platter along side fries and a complimentary salad of your choice (Chicken Potato/Chicken Macaroni/Garden Salad). Priced at 100 Rs., it’s definitely affordable.

2. Chicken Shawarma at Piccadilly’s: How many times have you felt that you haven’t tasted the Middle-eastern goodness of a Shawarma in Bombay? Fear not, I have the place for you at Piccadilly’s on Colaba Causeway. It’s the next best place after the Middle East that transpires the awesome Lebanese flavor through their shawarma. Their garlic sauce is pretty great too and you can keep dipping your pickled veggies in it!

3. Roast Chicken at Café Mondegar (Colaba Causeway): This meal has got it all. Equipped with sautéed veggies in a mouth-watering sauce, this leg of roast chicken will pack you with a punch. It is served with fries and a loaf of toasty garlic bread alongside the chicken. Mm-mmm!

4. Spinach Chicken Garlic Pizza from Santino’s, In Orbit Mall: This very unique pizza flavoring and topping is fantastic, the moment you take a bite, your mouth fills your senses with the rich flavors of the garlic and the yummy chicken pieces and makes you wanna chomp your way through the experience. You can also opt for a Slice and Fries Meal Combo if that’s the way you like it!

5. Mama’s Steak Burger at Mama Mia’s: This has to be the juiciest and very satisfying burger in all of Bombay! Strategically placed chicken steak in sauce between the breads and crunchy veggies and a side platter of yummy fries, it truly is delicious. (Note: Do try the cheese garlic bread topped with chicken as a side-starter, too, its food that makes you feel good).

If your tummy feels a little stuffed after it all, here’s the best part: work it out! Because all of these places are either located next to a promenade or at malls where you have to walk a bit before you get to your car and home. Do check them out when you need a new place to eat from your regular haunts and revel in its feel-good awesomeness!

In an imaginary rocket to space...

Um, I guess it's okay, sure, life will suck and then you don't even get to die... and I know it sounds corny but it's also because there are sooo many folks who love you! Not only corny-ish, that totally didn't any make sense to me, but I'm gonna blog it anyway. Not because I'm crazy but cuz I can.

The picture I've uploaded along with this post has no relevation whatsoever, it's my messy shelf in my cupboard but my favorite shelf nonetheless and it's colorful and looks pretty as a fresco! Well, yeah, ok if it's true and they are going to diss me off, it's fine, sure, it'll suck, I'll be bummed, I'd cry but I'll be cool (in some time possibly). Just need to really start looking in other places faster and make sure that they happen and not just talk about them. I'm glad I bought a Sketch-Book for my art-work, it'll help me. Now, all I gotta do is pay the fees and start some serious painting. You know, it'll be too bad if I don't get to give in Nandini's interview before I get kicked off cuz she was so excited, I was, too and now it'll just fizz out on us. But some other grass on another side, then. My lappie has 24% battery power left and I have no wish to plug in the charger so I'll see you around. Thanks for listening, it helps me suck it up and smile. :) Be cool.

I blame Reliance

I’ve just managed to affirm that I’ve been incredibly stupid. The past two weeks that I abstained from facebook didn’t work at all very well. I’ve still somehow managed to rack up a huge bill of 1,317.64 Rs. I am sooo dead! This has happened a few times before but have I learnt my lesson? No, No, No, Noooope. So now I have to pay the price. Possibly from my much awaited cheque of 2,000 from UTV. Sucks, I tell you. And my boss hasn’t been responding much to my e-mails and stuff which has got me thinking, does she think I’m over-enthusiastic and she can’t have any of that? But I write well, and on time, I want more work and now in such a testing case and a trying time, I definitely need the money. I didn’t go for my interview for Jr.Copywriter with Ignitee today. Well, it rained really hard. Plus, it’s a different direction completely. I would never want to work for an ad agency full-fledgedly and for same old sucky clients. Its magazines I’m more inclined to. Print Graphics, Illustrations, Package Design, Stationery..that kinda stuff. And all I’m thinking about is how I’m going to pay my f***ing internet bill. Shit. I hate Reliance. It freaking sucks (Oh yeah, I love blaming someone else for my problems, but in this case, it holds true, the staff at Reliance sucks. They can’t speak fricking English. Are they trained well-enough or well-informed about their services? No, I believe that they aren’t. I mean, you can’t hire random people, throw them into crappy uniforms and make them by-heart some info if they have no physical know-how of how it works. They also should learn how to deal with customers). Who has to pay for all this crap? Ironically, me. When I want to change my net tariff plan, I believe their system is fucked up. But when I have to cough up the cash, their machines work pretty fine to me. They suck.

Ah, enough of my rants, I will do something about this, believe you me, this rant isn’t empty and I will make sure I have my way with those freaks.
Anyway, I can’t wait to watch the Half-Blood Prince this week and it’s going to be super-fantastic! : ) Oooh, and Margo had her baby, she’s really cute and rumor has it that she has the adorablest dimples! Also, I have two chapters left in The Hungry Tide and I’ll be sad when the book’s over. I hope nothing bad happens even though they are on the brink of a cyclone right now. I hope Kanai, Piya, Fokir and Horen are all fine. I was surprised to learn that Arup has read the book as well and he too, thinks it’s brilliant and he told me that Amitav has set up an NGO for the Irrawady and Gangetic Dolphins in the Sunderbans. Awesome, right? Must tell Ashwita this. Also, it felt good to speak to Miaaaow for so long yesterday, I really want to watch The Hangover with her, too. Plus, I need to cough up bucks for my FA painting classes…yay! : ) Btw, I have become a twitter-hoe from the looks of it. I’m very ashamed to admit, cuz while I abstained from facebook, I sought my solace with twitter. Shucks, I need a keeper to tame me of my wanton ways. Oooh, and I really want to go partying! It’s been really long and I just wanna take a few of my girlfriends and Costa* out for a night of fun. And I’ve been crushing really, ever so hard on Liberacci* but who knows where the sea shall take us? I do wish we talked more or he was around or something. Damn stupid karma and life-trip-ups.
I want to go to the BWSL but I don’t have a car. Yet.

You keep me in check, Universe. Kisses.

Facebook Abstain-ence : Week One

Day 1 & 2 :

I was so good at my abstaining programme that I failed to languish hours on the net as well!

Day 3 : July 1, 2009

Well, I've been two days off facebook and I can safely say that I am still in the pink of health. :) It's not so bad plus like I mentioned before, I've been reading The Hungry Tide and honestly, I cannot keep my eyes off it at all. I am completely and totally mesmerized by it, it's a very interesting story and the flow of the book is so beautiful. It's a very picturesque book. It's proving to be a great read and it's been really long since I enjoyed a good book. The last few ones that I bought myself turned out to be thoroughly dissatisfying : Remember me? by Sophie Kinsella (lacked the good-show humor that was present in Can you keep a secret?) and A Girl like me (Never judge a book by its cover no matter how colorful or cool it looks....what a deceiver!)


Moving on, the characters in the book, Piyali Roy and Kanai Dutt have their own separate lives told mostly in alternate chapters and it is sheer coolness how their lives are inter-woven with the other characters that they come across through the book and how they are some how linked to each other makes it all the more enthralling. In fact, I've even drawn a sort of family-tree thingy so I don't get confused with the different relations among the characters. The fisherman, Fokir, who helps Piyali on her quest of rare river dolphins, is quite an enigmatic yet cool character by himself on the waters. I'm almost midway through the book and much as I enjoyed reading Beneath a Marble Sky, I'm moving through The Hungry Tide with an even fiercer hunger than the tide itself!

Oh, among other things, I haven't seen my articles up yet on www.bindass.com , can't wait for that! Hope Hiral puts it up soon. I bought Val some cool things for her b'day which is day after tomorrow, hope she loves it, I'm quite excited to give it to her. I was supposed to get her The Amityville Horror or Shutter or another coolio scary movie but it would've blown a hole outta my pocket so had to opt out. We can both rent it later anyway and get spooked anyway. Also, also, very exciting discovery at Hyper City: They sell Wai-Wai Noodles...Yumm! - Earlier it was known only to be found at my other fave grocery store Patel's-Bandra, which technically deserves to be a mini-dept store in its own right but anyway, also HC had this cool Vanilla Bath and Body Sugar...Awesome and Mmmm...have to save up for it and for Unaccustomed Earth too by Jhumpa Lahiri. Till I see you tomorrow, have a good life.

Day 4 : July 2, 2009

Nothing significant...went for a UTV meeting, came back...heard about Val's accident,was upset...emotional upheaval..nothing out of the ordinary.

Day 5 : July 3, 2009

Same old, same old nothing.

Day 6 : July 4, 2009

Came home from Maya's early morning, I was so sure I heard the mice under the bed squeaking and I didn't want to wake up with the experience of having encountered any so I hurried off and away or lest having it chew at my feet, like Microbe said she had experienced! Brrr. Left home around noon to meet my mom and sis and we went for New York. It wasn't a bad movie but the ending could've been better and there should've been a bit more attention to detail. Just a tiny hint of it cuz rest all the details and attention were well-covered. Acting was also sorta commendable but not deserving of oscars and such.

Katrina Kaif seems to be improving slowly but surely with her acting skills and hindi-diction. Of course, it also helps that she's totally gorgeous. Neil Nitin Mukesh was quite adorable in the movie, but he too could've done better. John looks great these days, but his acting still fails to deliver. May be this is also far too analytical, but when someone who has lived in NY since he was four years old and does not have a proper accent makes me just obsessively irritated. John could've totally worked on that. All in all, like I said before, it wasn't too bad, it had a great story, it structured pretty well through the movie. I'd give it a three star-rating. Also, of course, the main songtrack, Hai Junoon is quite pleasing to listen to. There are some other alternative-rock-sounding tracks, whose names I don't know and I liked them. :) Irrfan Khan too is just cool as himself. His acting is effortless and his brilliance to deliver sets him apart.

Day 7 : July 5, 2009

Have been working on Bindass Buddies all day and I finished two samples so far. Not sure whether the execution was totally correct and I do know I lacked a bit of finesse. Awaiting a verdict, which I'm pretty sure is not going to be good. Sophia's is totally annoying as well as other damn art colleges, because it's not my fault that I didn't know about the Intermediate Drawing Grade plus there's no way for me to do it now and well, if I was good at it, there's no way I'd apply for a course like that. The Foundation Course in Sophia's was so apt for me, it would teach me all the basics of drawings to fully launch in to Graphic Art and Design. But no, they are government-based or the course is, rather so yeah, no consideration for me. Sucks. I'm confused, I don't know what to do. I'll have to start job-hunting again and do side-by-side drawing classes if there are any or just work for a while, and look up short art courses abroad. France totally appeals, not sure how expensive their art programs would be but I really wish I had the money to go! Or may be London. Let's see.

Also, I'm very shocked and surprised at Bouncie*'s decision to live out. I hope things work out soon for B. B is the most sweetest, selfless and thoughtful person whom I know of and is a great friend, too. I hope it works out well, after he/she re-thinks things before taking up a final decision because it will still be very hard for B. I hope I get to meet B today. It will be good for him/her. Please, Universe, look after Bouncie.

Nothing Considerable!

It's cool how we all find solace in the many strange and unstrange things that we do. I'm reading this blog by a person whom I don't know and of course, she doesn't know me as well. By the way, how I got to following her blog or rather how I came to know of her existence can be broken down to four degrees of separation. I know Ashwita, who used to work for Wavelength and whose boss was Abir, who is also the boyfriend of the girl whose blog I'm following, and yeah well, that's how I bumped in to her blog. And I've forgotten her name. I think it's Priyanka. I really don't know. But it's nice to read her posts, in fact, I have saved up a bunch of her posts for light reading whenever I'm free! It might sound a little absurd, or fall in to the lines of being weirdly snoopy, but honestly, it's not. I don't know her, I will possibly never meet her as such but just reading her work provides me with inspiration and a feeling of contentment.

I'm also happy about the fact that I've begun to read The Hungry Tide, a book I tried to shy away from, but strangely enough, it's proving to be not an unenjoyable read. I think I like Piyali Roy, one of the characters in the book, and her description seems to conjure up an image of Nandini, my ex-roomie from the hostel, when I read it.

I've also flicked these empty liqueur bottle miniatures(you know, those cute little bottles you could buy on a flight, my mom is an avid collector of those!) and a big Smirnoff one to decorate or make in to pretty art-pieces, psyched about working on those! :)

And yup, I finally got around to making Sagan's rastafarian band and I can't wait to get my shoes from him!

The 26th of June, 2009

The website I've been writing for is finally out-Yay (www.bindass.com) :) ! But Michael Jackson's dead, wasn't much of a fan but his music was quite catchy and one-of-a-kind pop types and it's just sad that he died early at 50. Truly, he has been the King of Pop. Anyway, I finally am downloading some of my favorites of his (Smooth Criminal, Billie Jean, Black or White-Hey, Tyra Banks's in the video, never noticed it before!, Scream, Thriller etc.). May you rest in peace, M.J, and like my friend, Sidharth conferred on fb, May you teach the Moon how to walk! :)

It's been raining and raining today, but the weather is finally cool and pleasant. Also, I discovered that I actually like the rains, I hated it initially, when I was just getting used to Mumbai, but now I've come to a point where I love the rains too. It's beautiful. Everything's so much more prettier in the rain. And the sky feels washed up, maybe just for you, too, Michael J. and Farah Fawcett.

Last night, I felt totally strange, I was only listening to music on my sister's iPod and reading a M & B (um...yeah) but I just felt so jumpy and energetic and was filled with a strong urge to just party and dance the morning away...a feeling like that. Also, it felt like love. Like if love could make a person happy, that's what it felt like. That I was in love. Only amazingly stupidly, I can't absolutely think of who cuz there's no one on mind. Crazy, huh? Very Weird.

P.S. Bindass.com has a totally cool layout and looks amazing, I'm not just saying it because I write for it, but it really does look commendable and I can't wait for more writing assignments!