Okay, So I am watching the movie. I can see some of my friends taunting me for that. I am prejudiced to not like the movie and find faults with it and here I go. On the thanks giving dinner Julia Robert says she is grateful to be a part of the lives of wonderful people and says she is the luckiest girl in the world. At this point I lose it and decide I need to write about it. Self pity all the way. She complains earlier that she woke up in the morning and found no spark and that she fears living that way all her life. I must have lost it at that point too. Seriously! How many of us wake up and feel a spark. Most of the days I wake up and say "Shit! I don't wanna wake up" . Well it's a whole another story that I don't wake up most of the days when I have to but lets get into that later. But yeah the day just gets better and if it doesn't, I try. If it still doesn't well the law of conservation of emotions has its way of getting me out of the trough. I'd say deal with it. I completely go with her friend's advice which is to wade through the murky waters than take off. Actually I wouldn't mind taking off so much. Taking off with a baggage of self pity! Again seriously!
I am gonna go ahead and see what happens next.
I fell asleep at some point that I don't remember and decide not to go back and watch the ending. Watch Eat Pray Love and Sleep.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Birthday 2011
Getting pampered by sister and bro-in-law.
The icecream cake.
The call from my not so fat friends. Couldn't have laughed harder.
Harshi buys the tickets and stuff to go to Chennai but packs the idea just because the train was at 8:00 AM and she just wanted to sleep a little bit longer. I miss her. Actually I miss being around her.
Suryatej called as usual bang on time.
Sisi celebrated my birthday in style.
Candess flipped out. Not my problem.
Driving with some good music on.
Cooking for my sister.
A fireplace. Some work to do. Coffee in hand. Good music in the background. Perfect.
:) I am 24 and I feel good.
The icecream cake.
The call from my not so fat friends. Couldn't have laughed harder.
Harshi buys the tickets and stuff to go to Chennai but packs the idea just because the train was at 8:00 AM and she just wanted to sleep a little bit longer. I miss her. Actually I miss being around her.
Suryatej called as usual bang on time.
Sisi celebrated my birthday in style.
Candess flipped out. Not my problem.
Driving with some good music on.
Cooking for my sister.
A fireplace. Some work to do. Coffee in hand. Good music in the background. Perfect.
:) I am 24 and I feel good.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Enroute
On the way to being a loner.
I enjoy being alone to the point that now sometimes I feel suffocated if I have too much company.
The prospect of company is a bit frightening.
I can't decide if its a good or a bad thing.
Moderation seems to be the answer to every question I ask myself.
I enjoy being alone to the point that now sometimes I feel suffocated if I have too much company.
The prospect of company is a bit frightening.
I can't decide if its a good or a bad thing.
Moderation seems to be the answer to every question I ask myself.
Dhobi Ghat
Long over due and done.
I wouldn't have enjoyed the movie had I seen it with anybody else. Watching it alone makes perfect sense (to me at least).
What do I think about the movie? To me its a movie about obsession. Not about Bombay. Not about the immigrant issue. To me its purely about obsession with people. To me the movie wouldn't have changed much if it were in Chennai or SF. I have not seen a better ending in recent times. I am in fact love with the ending. Its powerful. The ending makes me feel as if the entire movie had to be there to build up the ending and that it couldn't have been given justice had the entire story not been narrated. The story builds up the obsession for each one of the lead characters and how it ends (?) for each one of them. For Munna, it ends with liberation. For Arun, it meets a tragic end. For Shai, well it continues because she chooses it to.
The director puts in subtle things into the movie without letting them distract the viewer from the main plot. The booty calls made by Munna to the rich fat woman, Arun's affair with his art manager, dignity of labor well respected by Shai are what come to my mind when I think of them.
Anyways, a good movie after a long time. Makes me think I should have blogged about the earlier movies. Talking about movies, Cat People, to put it subtly, one of its kind! and Talking about one of its kind kind of movies, Being John Malkovich - Whoa.
Dhobhi Ghat - 5 stars.
I wouldn't have enjoyed the movie had I seen it with anybody else. Watching it alone makes perfect sense (to me at least).
What do I think about the movie? To me its a movie about obsession. Not about Bombay. Not about the immigrant issue. To me its purely about obsession with people. To me the movie wouldn't have changed much if it were in Chennai or SF. I have not seen a better ending in recent times. I am in fact love with the ending. Its powerful. The ending makes me feel as if the entire movie had to be there to build up the ending and that it couldn't have been given justice had the entire story not been narrated. The story builds up the obsession for each one of the lead characters and how it ends (?) for each one of them. For Munna, it ends with liberation. For Arun, it meets a tragic end. For Shai, well it continues because she chooses it to.
The director puts in subtle things into the movie without letting them distract the viewer from the main plot. The booty calls made by Munna to the rich fat woman, Arun's affair with his art manager, dignity of labor well respected by Shai are what come to my mind when I think of them.
Anyways, a good movie after a long time. Makes me think I should have blogged about the earlier movies. Talking about movies, Cat People, to put it subtly, one of its kind! and Talking about one of its kind kind of movies, Being John Malkovich - Whoa.
Dhobhi Ghat - 5 stars.
The first days of spring
Bing says today is the first day of the spring.
India won its match against the West Indies.
The US and the allies bomb Libya. More People are dead.
Japan still suffers from the aftermath of the Earthquake and Tsunami. More people at risk from radiation.
My sister decides to have a baby anyways.
I continue to postpone my work.
Very soon, I will be 23 no more.
India won its match against the West Indies.
The US and the allies bomb Libya. More People are dead.
Japan still suffers from the aftermath of the Earthquake and Tsunami. More people at risk from radiation.
My sister decides to have a baby anyways.
I continue to postpone my work.
Very soon, I will be 23 no more.
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