(This is a cut n paste job from a mail I just wrote to psasi)<\/p>\n
i bought a couple of good books on saturday…..not watching the Parikrama concert DID help out after all…<\/p>\n
latest acquisitions:
\n–Zadie Smith’s “White Teeth”. There is a movie being made on the book, it’s supposed to be hilarious, and it stars Om Puri….i bought the hardcover.<\/p>\n
–Neil Gaiman’s “Neverwhere”. This was one book i had been DESPERATELY looking for….my Gaiman collection is half complete now….the Gaiman novel collection, i mean. btw, i finished reading it in one go yesterday….long time since a book did that to me….<\/p>\n
–Ron Kovic’s “Born On The Fourth Of July” , supposed to be a VERY powerful book!!! the first few pages are awesome!!!<\/p>\n
–An interesting one….i saw a FAT book with a nice looking female on the cover and from a distance, the name looked like “Samurai”…went closer and looked to find “Samraj”….at the back, the reviewer had said, “A must for fans of Tolkienesque fantasy”…the book was, believe it or not, a historical retelling of the Mahabharata, from the Point of View of Draupadi and Yudhishtira, who have to “lead a band of rag tag rebellers against the army of the mighty Kuru empire. ”
\nEntertaining to say the least!!! And the author is an American female. :-D<\/p>\n
Yeah, yesterday was another major milestone….installed and played my first RPG called “Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn”, a LONG demo version, the full game being a four-cd epic available at MR Book stall…methinks i will buy it before the month is through….
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\nDunno why but I feel great right now. The whole night, I dreamt of doing this, getting 10 points, losing out 5 points because I could not cast a particular spell, choosing between maces and katanas.<\/p>\n
Movies seen: “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” Now I know where those one-liner movies come from (Editorial note: “One-liner movies” refer to alomost ALL the movies of today, where the protagonists seem to have unfunny punchlines spouting all over the place, can’t anyone have a normal dialogue at all?? ) But all in all, definitely a neat one.<\/p>\n
American Desi: yet another cauldron bubbling over with anti-Indian khichdi….and of course they end up making it oh-So-hollywoodish. The acapella backing to Aap Jaisa Koi and Mere Sapnon Ke Rani was nice. The best line in the movie has got to be this: The Main Guy is forced to sit through a viewing of RK’s “Sangam” and he reaches the limits of his patience…”Jesus! I think I have seen PORNO movies with better storylines than this! ”
\nha ha ha!<\/p>\n
Some part of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon on AXN. Dubbed of course. And more of a tribute to cheesy kung pow movies than anything else. For the nth time, I wonder why exactly somebody in a sword fight would keep screaming the different styles everytime “Dancing Sparrow”, “MOnkey eat dog”, “Dog bite tail”….HORRIBLE!!!<\/p>\n
Like I said alredy, I feel GOOD right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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