...and it happened

He saw her, coming up to him...
She was just as he remembered,
He had never met her, he knew her for ages...
Time didn't exist any longer.

She embraced him, she had missed him,
He sat there frozen and numb, not knowing what to do....
He absorbed her presence..
Never to lose this moment till he dies.

She looked at him, he couldn't meet her gaze,
He felt guilty or shy or confused...
He thought of something silly to say, something absurd, something funny,
But he no longer knew how to speak...

The lights went dim...
Their fingers intertwined,
Her fingers on his chest...
His lips on her forehead.

Through the darkness ...
In the dim light that only a distant movie can cast,
He saw her hair on her face, and her big beautiful eyes on him,
He kissed her fingers...not knowing how can he be this lucky.

She cuddled up besides him,
With the arm of a chair seperating them...
Trying to freeze the moment in time,
While the guy on the next seat orderd food.

They roamed like two long lost friends...
They had never met before,
She trying to hold his hand in the jacket pocket...
He trying to get the ticket stub between their hands.

He wanted to hold her,
He wanted to hold on...
He didn't want to get back home,
He didn't want the world to exist.

They just sat their, with water droplets troubling them every few seconds...
They could not be bothered...
Not anymore,
Not ever.

The ride back didn't make sense...
The sounds from the jealous people around couldn't reach 'em,
It didn't matter when they got there...
Coz they didn't wanna get there, they just had to.

He will always remember her last touch...
Her face while she smiled her goodbye.
Her fingers longing for a touch, a final touch...
The sadness in her eyes.

They might meet again,
They might never...
It may never happen,
But this is their's, forever and eternity...

Blast from the past

Romanticizing the past is a natural passtime of any body who actually has a past. If you don't have regrets in your life (not too many i.e.) then you wish you were actually in an entirely different scenario as compared to the one you are currently in.

Anybody who is into music, DOES tend to "think" that the music of the years gone by was better than what is being dished out now....this is not only true for music of the current day and age....the same thing did happen with our parents and theirs and etc.....

All of you who like classic rock and like concerts, surely wish you were there at the first woodstock... This wishfull thinking always gets people stuck in Flower power era and the swinging sixties. Of protest marches and anti-establishment and freedom....we do not know what was wrong with thoes time coz history is seldom balanced....very few accounts of history mention the grey areas and are usually black or white....assuming everything from that time was great....hell, why assume, just get this song and you'll know what I mean....

Artist: Sandi Thom
Song: I wish I was a punk rocker
Album: Smile.....it confuses people

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In 77 and 69 revolution was in the air
I was Born too late and to a world that doesn't care

Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
When the head of state didn't play guitar,
Not everybody drove a car,
When music really mattered and when radio was king,
When accountants didn't have control
And the media couldn't buy your soul
And computers were still scary and we didn.t know everything

When popstars still remained a myth
And ignorance could still be bliss
And when God Saved the Queen she turned a whiter shade of pale
When my mom and dad were in their teens
And anarchy was still a dream
And the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail

When record shops were ON top
And vinyl was all that they stocked
And the super info highway was still drifting out in space
Kids were wearing hand me downs,
And playing games meant kick arounds
And footballers still had long hair and dirt across their face

I was Born too late to a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

Lyrics from lyrics and songs

P.S: The song is pretty nice too :)

15 Seconds of fame........via SMS

Can't think of a life without a mobile phone? me neither......wonder what would have happened if theree were no mobiles, and the Mumbai blasts had happened. Actually they did in 1993 but cannot analyze that as people were not actually addicted at that time. The jamming of the mobile networks DID add to the panic, but for the people who actually did get through to their dear ones, nothing could have been better.

This, however, is not the reason of my posting this one.....This weekend, a 5-6 year old kid got stuck in a 60 ft deep well (got stuck as a 5 year old and came out as a 6 year old, nope this is not a M.N. Shyamalan movie). How do mobiles come in? Well the recent sprouting of news channels like weeds in a garden has lead to a dirth in the stuff that is called news. Rescuing a 5-6 yr old from a 60 ft deep well is still a news story...the problem is to keep viewers hooked on to your channel and not go to the next news channel showing the same BREAKING STORY, albeit the anchor looks better, or worse and you change the channel again. This is where the mobile N/W kicks in again....

The Channel lets you send SMS and they will air it in real time. This funda works when there is a debate, or when you need to get in touch with people (a la Mumbai Blasts). It doesn't work when you wan't people to SMS about a rescue effort!!!

The kind of SMSes were:

GOD PLEASE SAVE PRINCE!!
Does the news channel have the mobile number of your "GOD"??

KEEP IT UP PRINCE!!
yup he feels better now, YOU MORON, if he could get ur SMS he won't be on the NEWZ!!

I AM PRAYING FOR YOU PRINCE!!
yeah, rite......he will feel much better now

"MY GOD" will save Prine, i prayed to him...
Only if you Pray to the Indian Army!!!

The fact is, (if the sentiments are genuine, which I doubt) these are valid emotions but
WHY THE FUCK DO YOU WANT A NEWS CHANNEL TO AIR THEM???

It is just that you can see your name(place) on air for the 15 seconds of Fame that was alloted to you, the question is did you actually waste your share of the 15 seconds and won't be able to get on air when you discover time travel???

bliss

This is how heaven will be.....I hope......details of the pic here

Helpin them out....

Got this forward.....please do the needful, if u wanna help out.....not a hoax....

Please visit the following link and light an e-candle for the Mumbai Victims. For every candle lit - CNN-IBN channel is giving 1 Rupee to the victims. Please send
this to as many people as you know:

http://clients.ibnlive.com/features/mumatt/index.php

Are we missing out?

Read this. This was written by Raymond Smullyan. It is a bit long but worth it. Now replace laughter with any "mental disease" of your choice. Now telll me are they sick or are we missing out on something???

Terror revisited

I am not a Mumbaikar. I am an Indian. What happened yesterday was disturbing. We have become used to people getting their brains blown off in Srinagar. Yesterday just showed us HOW vulnerable we are irrespective of the faliure or success of the AGNI III missile.

Whatever I say or write here can not help any of those affected by yesterdays tragedy. All I and am sure everybody else can say is hang on.....We hope the renowned spirit of Mumbai will get you guys through.....

Tech singularities

This one is in response Ian Stewart's response to my previous post. So Instead of puting this as a comment I thought of referring this paper by Verner Vinge.

Ian what you say makes perfect sense, but Insteadf of me quoting Mr Vinge, the paper actually looks at all the other aspects of what you said and also co-operation between Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence amplification!!

P.S. The paper is WORTH a read!

of Ultraintelligence and technological singularities!

From wiki...

In 1965, statistician I. J. Good described a scenario more like the Singularity in that it emphasized the effects of superhuman intelligence:

"Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an 'intelligence explosion,' and the intelligence of man would be left far behind. Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make."

My Take: In refn to the last statement, if man was capable of making an ultraintelligent machine at all, then MAN himself was the ultraintelligent machine of the previous iteration. So we are already in a technological singularity!!

I'm Done...(actually, well done)

Finally got hold of a shot gun yesterday.
Pointed it at my face, wanted to blow out my brains and see it coming too.
I missed.

The right side of my face is missing.
Can see my ear lying on the floor.
Can feel the warmth of my blood flowing down my back.

I put the gun in my mouth,
BANG!
I can see my brains dripping from the ceiling.

I am too tired to continue,
Drop to my knees,
FUCK, I screwed the carpet.
Ah, freedom ATLAST!

The Doors - The End (part of it...)

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend and the end

Of our elaborate plans and the end
Of everything that stands and the end
No safety or surprise and the end
I'll never look into your eyes.. again

Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need.. of some.. stranger's hand
In a.. desperate land

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend and the end

It hurts to set you free
But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die

This is the end

m screwed ain't I?

I hate my cell phone...
I keep checking it if I missed a call

I hate following a routine...
I m scared of change

I hate being mediocre...
I am void of talent

I hate hip-hop...
I can't stop tapping my foot to it's beat.

I hate it when people misspell things...
I can't spell for shit

I hate it when people sing along in a party...
My voice is usually the loudest

I hate people who judge me...
I need to know what people think about me

I hate taking care of somebody else anybody...
I am not self involved (I try my best)

I hate spending money...
I can't live without shopping

I hate charity...
I live for free stuff

I hate people who explain things in detail...
I NEED all the answers

I hate when people keep changing channels...
I can't watch a channel for more than a minute

I hate sleeping too much...
I can't get my ass out of bed

I hate being materialistic...
I am materialistic

I don't care if you read this post...
I am wondering why didn't you post a comment

WHA??

One of the most sexist and gender skewed posts I have EVER read.....checkout this link

Another one bites the dust

Another weekend gone.....15th day of sleep deprevation!

Saturday: Watched Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb by Stanley Kubrick interesting muvi, nice idea and worth watching....is in monochrome so gotta get used to it.....finished watchin The big Lebowski starring Jeff Bridges, Juliane Moore, Seymore Hoffman (Capote), John goodman....yup an all star cast, din't like the movie tho', something was missing can't figure out what but still, not the usual run of the mill comedy....just about watchable I guess...sis came back from singapore.....got a Nokia 3250 :) (yup...Parental advisory.. the gloating starts NOW!)
Got a couple of CDz
Apocalyptica - Plays metallica by 4 cellos A really diferent take on metallica, still as powerfull as always.....

Rammstein - Mutter
YUP, it is in German. No, I do not understand German....but is still a GREAT BUY!! If you do not know who(or what) Rammstein is then in the muvi xXx (vin diesel flick) during the first sequence a band is playing and a lot of fireworks are at work well THAT is these guys....

Also, FINALLY got my hands on Capote's In cold blood will start that one soon...I hope....lotsa chocs too.....spent the rest of the day- night, whatever was left, fiddling wid the phone, watchin WC (let down!!) and the test match......

Sunday: Watched Raging Bull Deniro is AMAZING in this one, better than his performance in Taxi Driver almost done with Maximum City, ONE GREAT BOOK this one....one of the few books that were able to keep me away from the PC and the tube!! what else, pestered sis....and the WC yeah the WC
England is screwed (or so I thot..) Erikson is a defensive ninkampoop!! man how can somebody sap out all the creativity from a side and make them play like Egypt!! Oh, yeah I know, make substitutions....but then came the battle of Neuremberg....Portugeese Vs Dutch......Ronaldo gets injured 15 yellow cards, 4 red cards, the Russian ref's biceps must be as big as the incredible hulk now....1-0 to Portugal....wok, England are not screwed...WHY? well half the bludy side is on yellows...decco and costiniah can't play the next, ronaldo is injured (not sure if he'll play the next one!!)....MAN, it WAS like a boxing match (for once I agree wid the "expert" pannel)....neway....gotta finish the book......lotsa muviz to watch.....lets wait for the next pit stop (yup missed the F1 race, coz of Mr. Suketu Mehta)

For old times' sake!

I have a 20 GB ipod and I'm usually plugged to it.No i'm not gloating, well not a lot any way. Since, nano was released, quite a few people have asked me why do I need so much space?(the ipod i.e. not talking about the space my ass is taking, that is wasted real estate any way). They usually rationalize it this way..

1) The pod is too heavy
2) u are not going to listen to all 5000 songz any way!!
by now the earphones are blareing again so not sure about the rest of em.....

1) I drag my ass around don't I? whats a few more grams around the waist?
2) Yeah, by that logic I need just one song on the pod right?? NINKAMPOOP!!

That out of the way, the problem is this. Since I have most of my collection on the pod, the play lists become really, REALLY long. Some of them have music worth a week. Some, songs are obviously forgotten about coz of this. When they play again the next time it is like meeting a old friend (who u were sick off after spending all the time with). Found two such "friendz" yesterday.

1) Daniel Powter - Bad day (Nice video too)
Trivia: American Idol used this one through out the 05-06 season

Where is the moment when we need it the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is Lost
They tell me your blue sky's faded to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carrying ON

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way OFF line
You're falling to pieces every time And I don't need no carrying ON

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile
And you go for a ride
You had a bad day

The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carrying ON

You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride

You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
Youhad a bad day
You had a bad day

Sometimes the system goes ON the blink and the whole thing it turns out Wrong
You might not make it back and you know that you could be well oh that Strong
Well I'm not wrong

So where is the passion when you need it the most Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is Lost

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You see what you like
And how does It feel and one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

2) Afro celt sound system and Peter Gabriel- When you are falling (this is a much older one, and makes much more sense with the video...)

Trivia - Afro celt is actually the best selling band on Peter Gabriel's record label

Everyday and you crawl into the night
A fallen angel and with your wings set alight
When you hit the ground
Everything turns to blue
I can't get through the smoke
That's surrounding you

Cause when you.re falling
I can.t tell which way is down
And when you.re screaming
Somehow I don't hear a sound
And when you're seeing things
Then your feet don.t touch the ground
Cause when you're falling
I can't tell which way is down

I can see through the clouds
I can walk right through the walls
Hang me OFF the ceiling
But I can't take the fall
Should have crossed the river
But I may get swept away
Out there ON the water
You can still see me wave

Cause when you're falling
I can't tell which way is down
When you're falling
I can't tell which way is down
I keep seeing all those things
My feet don't touch the ground

Cause when you.re falling
I can.t tell which way is down
And when you.re screaming
Somehow I don't hear a sound
And when you're seeing things
Then your feet don.t touch the ground

Cause when you're falling
I can't tell which way is down


Man I forgot how great these were...

:)

Wanted to add this one to my collection for quite some time.....Thanks to Praveer and Pulkit got it yesterday

Movie - Main, meri Patni aur woh
Artist - Mohit Chauhan (Lead singer of the now defunct band Silk Route, I guess the music also was done by him....)
Song - Guncha (A bud)

guncha koi, mere naam kar diya
saki ne phir se mera, jaam bhar diya
guncha koi

tum jaise koi nahi, is jahan main
subeh ko teri zulf ne, shaam kar diya
saki ne phir se mera, jaam bhar diya
guncha koi

mehfil main baar baar idhar, dekha kiye
aankhon ki zanzeeron ko mere, naam kar diya
saki ne phir se mera, jaam bhar diya
guncha koi

hoosh Bekhabar se hue, un ke bagair
hoosh Bekhabar se hue, un ke bagair
wo jo humse keh na sake, dil ne keh diya

saki ne phir se mera, jaam bhar diya
guncha koi

guncha koi, mere naam kar diya
saki ne phir se mera, zaam bhar diya

You can have a listen HERE