Day 24

I realized I quit after Day 23 for the month long project. I think Day 24 was 'whatever tickles your fancy'. I say it again, I am really bad at arbitrary questions. Two years and I am still stuck on Day 24. Help me, will ya?

Movies for the Week

This post was in drafts for well over two years so its relevance might be questionable, but a good movie is a good movie anytime. Who cares right?

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being - ooh the music.
• The Rainmaker - Interesting, Matt Damon not being Matt Damon.
• Annie Hall - All that it is known for, and more.
• King of Comedy - I wanted to slap Robert Deniro. That kinda was the intention of the movie.
• Big Fish - I don't get these kind of fantasy movies.
• Role Models - Hilarious. The young foul-mouthed kid is bound for big things in life.

Another Blog

I don't know if I have mentioned this before: My best friend and I maintain (sort of ) a blog where we converse occasionally (6 times in 3 years on last count). What? We got Gtalk for the more mundane stuff :)

Anyway, if you were so inclined, check it out: www.apekshabri.blogspot.com

Writing

I have started a journal of sorts. Not online. In a notebook I have had empty since 2007. Which is kinda sad. It's an experiment. Writing. Pen. Paper. On page 5 now. Resolving to reach mid-way in a couple of months.

Not really back here - I may never be.

New Favorite Website

Obamarama!
Disclaimer: If at work, open at your own risk. Loud chuckling from your desk may not sit well with your employers.

Day 23 — A YouTube video

Hello Williams. For a few months this gem was taken down by Youtube. But it's back!

Day 22 — A website

When I need some distraction (from watching Youtube videos all day), I head over to FAIL Blog.
Does it for me every single time.

My Random Act of Kindness

This is what I am going to do when I watch a movie. All of us have gone through the process of watching a movie and realizing mid-way that having a million needles thrown at you all day would be less painful than sitting through the said movie. When you pay homage to Einstein - understand his theory of relativity and figure that he would have come up with his eureka moment at precisely such a point in time.

We've also had the exact opposite sensation - let time stay still so that I can soak up more of this wonderfulness on screen.

What I will try to do is simply an act of paying it forward. When someone recommends a movie to me, I place in his or her hands in a way, my life. I let them guide me for 2 hours into their idea of fun. Sometimes I feel liberated, and I realize that I can connect to the recommender on a different level - like the two hours of movie dialogue is all that is unspoken between us. Then there are those other times, after a movie, I just want to bang my head against a wall so that I can have it in my heart to forgive and forget and move on without judgment. I am a very judgmental person. Opinions, whether my own or others, matter a lot to me. So I pray to god to let me forget about those 2 hours of my life I will never get back. Which seems hypocritical of me, when I waste the remaining 22 hours doing absolutely nothing. Buts that's me. Digressing - another flaw.

So my unselfish act of paying it forward is this - I will write about every movie I watch. And give you my recommendation. So that I in turn can be alternatively revered and cursed. I'm not selfish.

Here goes. Movies seen this past week.

• The Informant! - Watch it. Funny. Matt Damon looks like a bumbling idiot. It'll be a vanity project for your soul.
• Clash of the Titans - Never mind. At your own risk. Sam Worthington has 26 lines. Total. Seriously.
• Greenberg - Meh. I am too young to get it. Maybe in ten years.
• Chloe - Confusing. Interesting. Julianne Moore is gorgeous. Perfect. Maybe on DVD?
• The Invention of Lying - Watched the first 45 minutes. Do you even want to know why?
• Superbad - Ditto. Maybe if I were in highschool?
• The Painted Veil (repeat) - Edward Norton. Sepia. Mountains. In that order. Go for it. 
• Date Night - Does not live up to the comedic prowess of  the leads.

You ain't got nothing on me Mr. Ebert.

Day 21 — A recipe

My diet is in dire need of some color. The only condiment/ spice I put in everything is Cumin seeds. My recipe for any dish would read as - pour oil, add jeera, sautee whatever, add salt. And I like it that way.

Day 20 — A hobby of yours

Be the know-all go-to person for anything related to Roman, Greek, Gothic, and Romanesque architectural history. And also, tennis.

Day 19 — A talent of yours

Painful introspection.

Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy

This is getting annoying. I dislike abstractions and open-ended problems. Black and white. Right and wrong. No gray.

Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)

Charing Cross Bridge by Monet. Gorgeous. My Lucid Dream would consist of me being in this painting for eternity.