Saturday Night and other thoughts

Had a real good time this Saturday. Saw Million Dollar Baby, Hung out at Planet M, walked a bit around CST and colaba and Finally washed it all down At Cafe Mondegar. Typical Evening I might say. The movie was good. A lot has already been said and heard about it already...So I shall refrain from doing that. I loved the entire concept of narrations used in such a movie...The bits done by Clint Eastwood and by Morgan Freeman. Also evident in the last scene was this concept of Symbolism that sumier keeps talking about..I hope I got it right here...In the last scene when Clint Eastwood pulls off the respirator tube, only the left side of Morgan freeman's face was visible in the background..The side in which he turned blind years ago during a fight....So he actually Turned a Blind Eye to the Mercy killing of Maggie....Anyway...that's how I perceive it atleast :) The story moved at an easy pace, but was gripping nonetheless. Hence, I was justified in being a bit irritated when My bud sitting next to me made his restlessness obvious when he kept Fanning himself with a CD cover all along;) It reminded me of the time we all saw LOTR-The fellowship of the ring....Rohan constantly kept asking us questions all along and we actually had to cater to him by offering him very detailed and narrative explanations:). Speaking of reminders, everytime i see a movie these days, I'm reminded of the good old days when it used to more than 10-12 of us going for a movie together. That may never happen again. I guess that's what Sumier means when he keeps saying that people have moved away....Partly at least. I've been having similar thoughts all along last week when tentative plans to go to GOA were being chalked up. We're kinda going to have to make do with just the four of us when the last time around i can recollect at least 14 of us being there. Well, I'm not asking for all the14..But at least I could have 3-4 more of my best buds back here. I guess this is how things will be for all further outings...Maybe it could be worse...Maybe no outings or get-togethers at all. I hope that does not happen.

This is what my fav show is all about

Simpsons creator Matt groening comments that this dialogue from "The Simpsons" sums up the whole show:

Marge: Homer, it's the thought that counts. The moral of this story is a good deed is its own reward.
Bart: Hey, we got a reward. The head is cool.
Marge: Well then... I guess the moral is no good deed goes unrewarded.
Homer: Wait a minute. If I hadn't written that nasty letter, we wouldn't've gotten anything.
Marge: Well... then I guess the moral is the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Lisa: Perhaps there is no moral to this story.
Homer: Exactly! It's just a bunch of stuff that happened.
Marge: But it certainly was a memorable few days.
Homer: Amen to that!

(Source)

Haiku for people

Recently, one of my pals handed me this book, a collection of poems By Vikram seth. Frankly, I wondered if I would even read a page of it...My only experience with poetry until then had been in the early part of my childhood with the Jacks and Jills, twinkling stars etc. (in fact, i don't even know the difference between Poetry and poems). However, reading this book was a pleasant surprise. The language was simple enough for even someone like me to get it (duh!) and the rhymes were simply exhilarating. Overall, the diverse subjects, especially the humor involved left me in a state of delirious ecstacy whenever i read it (yeah.... I loved reading it again and again).

Amidst this new found interest and between my strings of seraches on google, I happened to catch this really unique form of japanese poetry called Haiku. It is supposed to be a traditional form of poetry, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Reading it was surely addictive (as you will soon find out).
Here's a sample from HAIKU FOR PEOPLE

A sudden shower falls -
and naked I am
ridingon a naked horse!

A whale!
Down it goes, and more and more
up goes its tail!

For more of this cool stuff and for some instant gratification... here's Everypoet