Monday. 10:15am.

Revving your bike waiting for the signal to turn green can be a stressful activity. Especially when you're running late to work. You might as well stop revving, 'cause time's not gonna fly by any faster even if you're at 9000RPM unless you fuckin engage the clutch.

So there I was, watching the signal timer count backwards from 85 seconds and reading it aloud in my head (.. 79.. 78.. 76..) frankly, its not very easy on your mind. Seemed like a good time to reflect on the past week.

Last Tuesday:
My boss hinted at things going well at work and probably confirmed employment. I hate to be on contract. I'm on a 6 month contract and only 3 things can happen at the end of it.
(i) You're on board(if you're exceptionally good)
(ii) You're fired(If they decide to slim the team or if you suck at your job)
(iii) The contract gets extended another 6months(if you choose to cruise and do just enough work to get by).
During this time period, you're not officially part of the company you work at and you don't get any of the benefits bestowed upon regular employees since you're on the contracting company's payroll. Its all got something to do with the headcount. They've allocated limited heads for the team in India. But at the rate things are going, its bound to look up.. I sure do hope so.

Friday:
Anyway, Derailed is an awesomely bad movie. I'm deeply saddened when I think of the viewers who pay multiplex money to watch it. I'd be better off writing a review of the aesthetics of multiplex restrooms however, I'll say a thing or two about the movie to warn humankind. The trailers are misleading, don't believe them, for its nothing but a highly predictable wannabe thriller which severely insults your intelligence. Awesomely bad movies like this need generous amounts of nudity but sadly there was none inspite of the R rating. I like you Jen, I want good things for you. And I would like it if you didn't choose to act in such trash at this point of time in your career.
Movie Tagline: They Never Saw It Coming.
I did and I want my money back.


Thursday, lunchtime:
I saw the girl who closely resembles my 8th standard classmate in the office cafeteria again. Its only curiosity that makes me want to check if it really is her. But I can't walk up to her with "Did we go to school together at NPS?". That would definitely be a strong contender for lamest pickup line of 2006. Well.. she's not that great anyway, we didn't talk much back in school. So.. I'll walk by her a few times, talk loudly on my cellphone or make conversation with the caterers when she's around .. that way she'll know I'm street and cool.

The signal eventually turned green and I did get to rocket off the line faster than every car and bike around me.

Wheee..

Crayon

The room was lit by a single flickering lightbulb.
He whispered softly, "Lets play a game".
She was not interested.
"Its very easy. I'll even let you win".
She shook her head in disgust.
Scenes from his childhood kept coming back. The house in the village seemed like a distant memory. Dad got transferred to this southern state where he didn't speak the language. His home was now a cramped suburban apartment complex where noisy children played till their play area became parking spaces. After it grew dark, parked cars were good for Hide n' Seek. They continued to play. But all he did was watch, hoping that someone would ask him to join. The fact that he was fat and had a running nose didn't win him any friends. Once, a curious bespectacled child did invite him, but he totally sucked at 'Dog & the bone'. He just didn't fit in and eventually it wasn't cool to be seen playing with him anymore. The treatment wasn't very different in school either.
The aging filament dimmed the light emitted by the bulb. Inconsistent rays announced the onset of its imminent end to the room. As disturbed as he was, thoughts of euthanasia did cross his mind.

He extricated the scarf that gagged her. She choked briefly when a fresh gust of air found its way through her wind pipe.
"Please let me out!! HELP!!", she screamed her pretty lungs out.
She was unable to move her hands which were tied to the chair. Her spectacles fell down as her body protested to being tied in the same postion for over five hours.
"I will. But first, lets play a game".
He gently rested her spectacles on her nose bridge and pushed it upwards. She stopped screaming only for a second to let her mind recognize the familar face.
The bulb seemed to burn brighter for a moment as it flickered violently.


Her piercing cries roused her from sleep. She breathed heavily while her mind retrieved the configuration of her new surroundings. It was still dark. Her bed didn't feel right. She heard metallic sounds as she moved her legs. Under the sheets, she was horrified to feel the cold links of a chain that shackled her to the bed. The nightmare wasn't over just yet.



"Attention. Disturbence in Cell 3A. Immediate assistance required",
a female voice looped over the intercom.

Lights came up in Cell 3A. Four men in labcoats rushed in to see a hysteric display akin to that of a vociferous caged animal.

"She's losing it, Bill", said one of the men in a very concerned tone.

It took three men to hold her down while Bill injected a highly potent sedative in her right hand. The seizures subsided as the drug steadily took command of her senses. A minute later, he reached out and lifted her eyelids one by one. They offered no resistance and he could see that her pupils were maximally dilated.

After positioning her back in bed, the men in labcoats turned off the lights.

Anna's TAG.

Since all of you totally lost the point of the previous post [which
was a display of my brilliant singing abilities], here's something
elementary :) .

50 Questions.

Time of starting? March 14, 3.00 pm

1. Were you named after anyone? Yeah. God.

2. Do you wish on stars? Yes.

3. When did you last cry? I'm not telling.

4. Do you like your handwriting? Not now. But it was really good during those ink-pen days.

5. What is your favourite meat? Chicken and Seafood equally.

6. What is your most embarrassing CD on your shelf? Maxi Dance 1998(It has remixes of Aqua).

7. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you? Depends. Like if I was Angelina Jolie, I wouldn't be friends with me, right?

8. Are you a daredevil? No.

9. How do you release anger? Instantly yelling at the source(stupid remote! bang! bang!! Work, damn it!) or taking it out on other people(Can you keep the TV down?? I'm trying to think here!!)



10. Where is your second home? Office.

11. Do you trust others easily? No way!

12. What was your favourite toy as a child? G.I.Joe, He-Man and Glo Worms (They glow in the dark!!).

13. What class in school/college do you think is totally useless?All classes have a point and I hate them equally. No wait, I think I can sit through Physics, Maths and English.

14. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Yes.(Seldom do people get it).

15. Have you ever been in a mosh pit? No, but I was in the VIP enclosure of the Joe Satriani concert.

16. What do you look for in a guy/girl? I'm extremely demanding. The answer wouldn't fit here.

17. Would you bungee jump? Yes.

18. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Rarely.

19. What's your favourite ice cream? Chocolate.

20. What are your favourite colours? Black, Brown and White.

21. What are your least favourite things? Refer 10 things I hate.

22. How many people do you have a crush on right now? One.

23. Who do you miss most right now? Being in New York City. Never been there before, but I miss it. I heart NYC.

24. What are you listening to right now? Thazhuvudhu - Ah Aah, Professional Widow - Tori Amos, Where did you sleep - Nirvana ( full volume on my earphones in office. Really stimulating work music. Feel free to click on the link and download it. Password: vince)

25. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be? Black. duh!

26. What is the weather like right now? Hot.

27. Last person you talked to on the phone? A friend.

28. The "first" thing you notice about the opposite sex? Height, Teeth.

29. Do you like the person who sent you this?- Do I have to?

30. How are you today? Peachy, thanks and you?

31. Favourite non alcoholic drink?Coffee, non alcoholic Beer.

32. Favourite alcoholic drink?Rum, alcoholic Beer.

33. Natural hair colour? Black.




34. Eye colour? Brownish Black.. more Black than brown.

35. Wear contacts? No.

36. Siblings? One. Younger.

37. Favourite month? March.

38. Favourite food? Anything Chicken or Seafood.

39. Favourite day of the year? None.

40. Have you ever been too shy to ask someone out? No.

41. Scary movies or happy endings? No preferences there. I like all genres. Any well made movie is fine.

42. Summer or winter? Summer. The cold can get to you sometimes.

43. Do you want your friends to write back? - You mean, when I write to them? Yeah.

44. Who is most likely to respond? I wouldn't know.

45. What book/magazine are you reading? Nothing in particular. A lot of blogs, yes.

46. What's on your mouse pad? There's no mousepad.

47. What did you watch on TV last night?- What is this TV you speak of?

48. Favourite Smell? Rain, Food, Shoes, Books...

49. Have you ever regretted breaking up with someone? Yeah, after she got married!

50. Most tiresome thing you've ever experienced/done? Breaking up with her.

Time of finishing? March 15, 10:15 pm

There you go, Anna. I think I'm the first one to finish it. I need bonus points for that.

What makes a Boyband?


Strip away the music. Lets analyze the vocals of two popular bands.

Metallica-One (click here and press play/download)















BackstreetBoys- Hetfield's Version (click here and press play/download)

















Is it the lead vocalist's voice ?

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu - But when??





Looks like we won't get to see Kamal in his latest avatar anytime soon. Thanks to the financial problems plaguing this movie, its been postponed again :(
Courts have stayed the release of this movie until all the IOUs are honored.

Now, what can be said of Kamal that hasn't been said before. The release date of a Kamal Hassan starrer is almost equivalent to that of a festival in Tamil Nadu. And in 2006, Kamal's Tamil new year offering(hopefully!) will be Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu - a murder mystery, where the story takes him to New York to track down a killer.


Check out the trailer here.

What to look out for: Kamal Hassan(in uniform!), action sequences - involving helicopters, FBI, NYPD and the baddies, chase scenes in busy New York streets.. I guess, a typical police drama with Kamal's touch(read lots of blood, gore etc..).

In addition to Jyothika, Bengali girl Kamalini Mukherjee also stars as one of the female leads ;) Anyways, Kamal plays a cop after a really long time and director Gautam Menon has proved himself with cop dramas before. With this Kamal-Gautam combo, I'm certain we can be assured of fireworks on screen.

The music by Harris Jayaraj (Audio launch: 6th March 2006) is bound to be a hit. Thanks to the wonders of the internet, you can download the mp3 s here(Internet leak date: 6th March 2006).

Haven't heard the songs enough to give you a music review, but they sound really good in my car.


*Disclaimer: I don't host any of the mp3s, nor did I rip them. All credits and class action lawsuits go to the ones that did. These are just links I found on the web. And don't complain if the links are down too.

'10 things I hate' as of right now.



1. The Black Eyed Peas.
2. Self-righteous fucktards.
3. Taps that drip(Call me obsessive compulsive, but I just have to close every one of them tightly, just can't stand water being wasted.)
4. a. Cars with body odor.
b. Men/Women with body odor.
5. Black Eyed Peas(I can't hate them enough. They're nearly as disgusting as watching a squeamish blonde on Fear Factor eating mouthfuls from a bowl filled with worms, eels and cockroaches. Peas, do the world a favor and disband immediately.)
6. Traffic Jams.
7.People who don't have the balls to use Linux but cannot stop complaining on and on about how sucky Windows is.( If you're one of them - First, learn to install Linux and then, you're allowed your share of ms-bashing and whining. Till then, shut the fuck up and be thankful that you have something that makes you use words like email and internet on a daily basis.)
8. Pens that don't work! (Where's that pen when you need one!!??)
9. Precocious kids.
10. Cruelty to Animals (Yes, I'm a non-vegetarian and I'm selective about what animals you absolutely cannot be cruel to. Dogs, Cats and Horses are some of my favorites. I'll definitely murder anybody that dares to inflict any kind of harm to the above mentioned animals or atleast ask them nicely to stop whatever they're doing. Really, what kind of a sick mind would derive pleasure from being mean to animals? I can understand if men want to shoot each other, some of them can be real morons but what did the poor animal do. )