Today after quite some time , I was feeling down , I mean really down . Well as nostalgic as it may have been , it brought to my attention certain things that are missing from life . Definitely i miss System Of a Down . There is no measure as to how it would have helped me when I was desp today . Instead I had to subject myself to the torture of a playlist created by my brother . How i wish i had the oteps or slipknots or hatebreeds . Slayer , to which i never devoloped a taste since it came recently in time where the kind of music under discussion now havent been required for a long time . But if i could get my hands on a geniune slayer i would definitely make it a part of my retinue .
Now since the heavy stuff is missing from my normally stocked arsenal , i had to dig pretty hard . But digging deep enough i found stuff which would do pretty well . Disturbed , another one of those to which i never devoloped a taste came to the rescue . Now i can understand Jonathans fanatic adhesion to the song Down with the sickness . Faithful as ever metallica never let me down ever , nor did it today . Fuel pumped me up enough , followed by godsmack . The heavy noise pollution could not afford to give way for nirvana even though that too could have sufficed for my vent of anger or what ever . But it wouldnt have compared to the current pot full of emotions in me . But very ape found its way into the playlist . The very very very very powerful and gnawing guitars touched the right knots which the rape me would have definitely missed . There used to be a time when i could blast off in my room , unconcerned about the neighbours , but that aint now . Maybe after the shift . I need more sound anyway . This stuff aint powerfull enough even tough extremely loud . Du hast was a mismatch .... it was a happy song..... so had to cut it off the list and fill it up with without a choice rape me.. maybe i oughta run to jonathan house to listen to something there ....
Me out ... Peace to all ya motherfuckers...
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Thursday, May 19, 2005
The Eminem Show
So I've been posting long in here , but I have never expressed my tastes , in music , in movies or infact anything other than biking and my obsessive interest in girls . So this is a blog for me ..
So today I was watching a show about Eminem and how he made it big in the Hip Hop scene , which is usually monopolised by the afro-americans . They despise the white folk of america and direct most of the lyrics explicit and all at their white faced , supposed oppressors . So back to eminem . Although he came into my attention in 2000 with his record smashing "real slim shady" , he was pretty famous a year before (but news gets here slow) . So enter a bad ass white guy , rapping around , bad mouthing everything and everyone , making fun of everything and everyone . This was followed by many of his similar antics and the really touching songs among them became jus flukes . Even though many of his earlier songs were , apart from their explicit lyrics , great music , it was rarely acknowledged that eminem could infact make good music . "Cleaning out my closet" was infact very touching , but here , among friends just seen as another eminem track .
The real turning point came with "Stan" and ofcourse my favorite "Lose yourself" . Stan , featuring dido , in one of his best , but that has infact a lot to do with dido and her superb song . But the genius in lose yourself cannot be denied . Not by listener , not by fans , and not by critics . Eminem was here . He was an apprentice (to Dr. Dre) no more . He was the biggest name in pop . R&B stars accepts him , Dre directs him and everyone has to respect him .
Toy soldiers hit it #1 at UK . But its not our style , with neither me nor Jonathan liking it . But "lose yourself " and "8 Mile " has enough steam to push him on for some time more......
So Let Me Get The Fuck Out ...
So today I was watching a show about Eminem and how he made it big in the Hip Hop scene , which is usually monopolised by the afro-americans . They despise the white folk of america and direct most of the lyrics explicit and all at their white faced , supposed oppressors . So back to eminem . Although he came into my attention in 2000 with his record smashing "real slim shady" , he was pretty famous a year before (but news gets here slow) . So enter a bad ass white guy , rapping around , bad mouthing everything and everyone , making fun of everything and everyone . This was followed by many of his similar antics and the really touching songs among them became jus flukes . Even though many of his earlier songs were , apart from their explicit lyrics , great music , it was rarely acknowledged that eminem could infact make good music . "Cleaning out my closet" was infact very touching , but here , among friends just seen as another eminem track .
The real turning point came with "Stan" and ofcourse my favorite "Lose yourself" . Stan , featuring dido , in one of his best , but that has infact a lot to do with dido and her superb song . But the genius in lose yourself cannot be denied . Not by listener , not by fans , and not by critics . Eminem was here . He was an apprentice (to Dr. Dre) no more . He was the biggest name in pop . R&B stars accepts him , Dre directs him and everyone has to respect him .
Toy soldiers hit it #1 at UK . But its not our style , with neither me nor Jonathan liking it . But "lose yourself " and "8 Mile " has enough steam to push him on for some time more......
So Let Me Get The Fuck Out ...
Sunday, May 15, 2005
The Microsoft Curse
Windows . Microsoft windows . This has become one of the biggest names in history . My life is intertwined with the manipulation of the various forms of windows and the hundreds of intricate settings inside it . Windows 98 and XP both have their positives and negatives as far as I am concerned . Windows 98 has become a necessity on my computer since it is plagued by bad sectors and strapped for RAM and video memory . Installing it is easy on the nerves for me , with the installation completed within 15 mins . The drivers and setups are all at easy reach in the D: drive , and that too finishes within 15 mins . So my OS for all diagnostic purposes is up and running . But running on 98 is like riding a Hero Honda CD100 . Somehow it lacks juice , although it can be kept in spic and spank condition , it gets to your nerves in the end . Response is great , with under 10 seconds bootup and 2 second shut downs . Disk Doctor and Surface Scans can be called into action through DOS and everything is fine . But you still feel weak and pre-archaic .
This is where XP comes in . Once you start runnig XP its hard to go back . Each time I abandon a slow XP and go back to 98 , I yearn to return back to the cosy XP base . It feels like a cushion under me . I cant explain it but I feel pampered and a deep fulfillment . But then comes the drawbacks . Since I dont trust my motherboard and that too with enough reason , its mandatory that I run my disk checks . But here is where XP lets me down . Even though it can be done at startups , it is too messy to be done correctly and frequently enough . And XP does tend drag on after a few months or so ( I have'nt had even a single install on any OS last for more than 2 months ) . But being online in XP is soothing . I can open any number of tabs and windows in Netscape or Opera or in Yahoo! or MSN and still expect it to run even after a few hangups . Nothing gets completely stuck on XP .
Linux is something beyond my grasp . So running linux is not an option even though I have redhat 8 and fedora CDs lying around .
So the new hard disk is on and running XP . Lets see how this goes .
This is where XP comes in . Once you start runnig XP its hard to go back . Each time I abandon a slow XP and go back to 98 , I yearn to return back to the cosy XP base . It feels like a cushion under me . I cant explain it but I feel pampered and a deep fulfillment . But then comes the drawbacks . Since I dont trust my motherboard and that too with enough reason , its mandatory that I run my disk checks . But here is where XP lets me down . Even though it can be done at startups , it is too messy to be done correctly and frequently enough . And XP does tend drag on after a few months or so ( I have'nt had even a single install on any OS last for more than 2 months ) . But being online in XP is soothing . I can open any number of tabs and windows in Netscape or Opera or in Yahoo! or MSN and still expect it to run even after a few hangups . Nothing gets completely stuck on XP .
Linux is something beyond my grasp . So running linux is not an option even though I have redhat 8 and fedora CDs lying around .
So the new hard disk is on and running XP . Lets see how this goes .
Exam Fever
Its exam time . Mag teached me stuff.. poor girl but do i heed .. lol .. nooooo...how can i with still 2 days to go to the exams... I tried explaining to her the working of my studying head.. she understands... but doesnt trust it.. hehe..
Anyway the preps are quite ok ... she taught me well .. thanks to her for that...
Thank you Mag...
Anyway the preps are quite ok ... she taught me well .. thanks to her for that...
Thank you Mag...
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Arya Reunion
School can be a strong influence on anyones life . It usually rubs off a lot onto the induvidual lending certain peculiar qualities , each school's different , on the students who spend the major part of the formative period of their young lives inside the walls of the institution , soaking in the principles and philosophies of the school . Almost certainly a mark of the school is stamped on the person for life , making him recognisable as the product of the particular school where ever life might take him .
As for me , I spent the last 9 years of my school life in Arya Central School , Pattom , making it undoubtedly the single most influential institution which has starred in my life , as of yet . Arya evokes different reactions in different ex-students ( or inmates ) . Some who have studied there for just a couple of years , look back on it with mild affection , while others who have spent 14 or so years there despise it so much that they would want nothing more than to be never reminded of those sad years spent at The Arya Central Jail . But what ever their opinion it is a fact that the school has changed them in some way or the other .
Anyway , yesterday was the first reunion of the 2002 passouts of Arya , held at Hotel Parkfield . Even though planned and executed within a short span of about just 2-3 days , the event was quite a success . Everyone was happy that they 'FINALLY' got to meet their school mates FOR THE FIRST TIME! Anyway there was loads of fun to be had . Everyone was falling head over heels for Anuja , turning the pretty kid into an instant celebrity . ChiChi like always managed to be the centre of a attraction , with her eyes still mersmerising every guy present , and making their hearts flutter with her smile and down turned eyes . I , like always was running around with a camera trying to capture the fun and frolic .
After the reunion we , the guys , decided to go to kovalam . So we started out to kovalam in two cars , racing and swearing all the way , Jidesh flooring it in Sajith's zen and Ashish following suit in my 800 . Once there , we shed our clothes and jumped into the welcoming sea , ofcourse in the close proximty of the most promising chick in the water . So an hour of the wind and waves , interspersed with glances towards the WET gals in the vicinity , left us all refreshed and pumped up . Then finally managing to pry ourselves from the water ( and our eyes from the very sexy gals in the water) we raced back to the city to get a hotel & eat our fills and start back home by 8 . But I still had to get my hands on the pics I had snapped from Manu the very same night . So started a frantic flight to three homes finally managing to download the pics onto a computer and writing it .
So we are all looking forward to the next reunion . Lets hope everyone shows up . This time 72 showed up , out of the 200 aryiites who passed out in 2002 . Next time let us hope for 200 .
As for me , I spent the last 9 years of my school life in Arya Central School , Pattom , making it undoubtedly the single most influential institution which has starred in my life , as of yet . Arya evokes different reactions in different ex-students ( or inmates ) . Some who have studied there for just a couple of years , look back on it with mild affection , while others who have spent 14 or so years there despise it so much that they would want nothing more than to be never reminded of those sad years spent at The Arya Central Jail . But what ever their opinion it is a fact that the school has changed them in some way or the other .
Anyway , yesterday was the first reunion of the 2002 passouts of Arya , held at Hotel Parkfield . Even though planned and executed within a short span of about just 2-3 days , the event was quite a success . Everyone was happy that they 'FINALLY' got to meet their school mates FOR THE FIRST TIME! Anyway there was loads of fun to be had . Everyone was falling head over heels for Anuja , turning the pretty kid into an instant celebrity . ChiChi like always managed to be the centre of a attraction , with her eyes still mersmerising every guy present , and making their hearts flutter with her smile and down turned eyes . I , like always was running around with a camera trying to capture the fun and frolic .
After the reunion we , the guys , decided to go to kovalam . So we started out to kovalam in two cars , racing and swearing all the way , Jidesh flooring it in Sajith's zen and Ashish following suit in my 800 . Once there , we shed our clothes and jumped into the welcoming sea , ofcourse in the close proximty of the most promising chick in the water . So an hour of the wind and waves , interspersed with glances towards the WET gals in the vicinity , left us all refreshed and pumped up . Then finally managing to pry ourselves from the water ( and our eyes from the very sexy gals in the water) we raced back to the city to get a hotel & eat our fills and start back home by 8 . But I still had to get my hands on the pics I had snapped from Manu the very same night . So started a frantic flight to three homes finally managing to download the pics onto a computer and writing it .
So we are all looking forward to the next reunion . Lets hope everyone shows up . This time 72 showed up , out of the 200 aryiites who passed out in 2002 . Next time let us hope for 200 .
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