Solitude's Earnings

alert

2008-12-26T08:45:00.001+05:30

Anyone using the vishalpatelspeak blogger widget, please immediately remove it, since it looks like my domain's expired. Sorry for the trouble :(

Mac Vs PC

2008-12-06T19:07:00.001+05:30

I've been trying to figure out the right analogy to describe the way I feel about these 2 OSes. Here's what I got.

*cough*

Windows is the 20 Rs hooker standing at the corner of the fish market on a sunday evening who gives a terrible blowjob and then asks you for a kiss.
Mac OS X is the super expensive 'escort' who'll do everything you want, beyond your wildest dreams, as soon as you figure out how to ask nicely. And buy her pretty things.

Ok, done talking for a few more months. Seeya.

please note

2008-10-29T03:42:00.003+05:30

MTV is countering YouTube by putting ALL their videos online at the new site mtvmusic.com, all viewable for free, great quality, no in-video ads. Currently at 16,000 videos, apparently. Incredible.

As consumers, we win.

Go check out the site. I'm currently watching the Pearl Jam VH1 storytellers concert. Happy :)

2008-10-13T13:51:00.000+05:30

I laughed, and then I frowned.

Nggh. Guilt.

2008-09-26T22:40:00.000+05:30

full of win. can't wait for it.

2008-09-22T13:52:00.001+05:30

[Banksy]

it's a wonderful world

2008-09-11T01:12:00.007+05:30

I know, not posting much. But life, it is such, what to do.

First, the most awesome video you'll see for a long time (thx, karbage)

Yeah, I know :D
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5 mins after disocovering this video, random dude/dudette pinged me on skype. This is what happened, no lies.

[12:35:49 AM] goga555 says: are you here?
[12:35:59 AM] Sunil Pai says: who is this?
[12:36:19 AM] goga555 says: iam goga
[12:36:28 AM] goga555 says: from georgia
[12:36:40 AM] goga555 says: :*
[12:37:01 AM] Sunil Pai says: Hi goga from georgia. I don't really know you, so I'm not going to talk to you, ok?
[12:37:31 AM] goga555 says: oh
[12:37:35 AM] goga555 says: i vant
[12:37:42 AM] Sunil Pai says: bye.
[12:37:42 AM] goga555 says: your penis
[12:37:52 AM] Sunil Pai says: um, what?
[12:37:56 AM] Sunil Pai says: you want my penis?
[12:37:59 AM] goga555 says: show me your penis?
[12:38:02 AM] Sunil Pai says: why on earth?
[12:38:13 AM] Sunil Pai says: don't you have wars and stuff going on?
[12:38:24 AM] Sunil Pai says: surely they're more important right now...
[12:39:00 AM] goga555 says: i want you?
[12:39:20 AM] Sunil Pai says: why would you say that, goga?
[12:39:49 AM] goga555 says: becouse indian one is nice
[12:40:04 AM] goga555 says: send me please
[12:40:24 AM] goga555 says: picture of your penis?
[12:40:26 AM] Sunil Pai says: er, how the heck can I send you my penis?
[12:40:30 AM] Sunil Pai says: oh a picture
[12:40:31 AM] Sunil Pai says: hmm
[12:40:42 AM] Sunil Pai says: I've never really taken pictures of it
[12:40:57 AM] goga555 says: why?
[12:41:09 AM] Sunil Pai says: I mean, if I want to remind myself of it , all I have to do is loosen my pants and look
[12:41:55 AM] goga555 says: is it long and large or short and thin?
[12:42:37 AM] Sunil Pai says: average-ish, I guess...
[12:42:58 AM] goga555 says: :*
[12:43:13 AM] goga555 says: what size is it?
[12:43:24 AM] Sunil Pai says: um, regular.
[12:43:44 AM] goga555 says: what?
[12:43:53 AM] goga555 says: how many cm?
[12:44:36 AM] goga555 says: i see your penis do not work
[12:44:40 AM] Sunil Pai says: wow, my underpants don't come with a ruler I"m afraid. let's just say it helps me aim when I pee.
[12:48:05 AM] Sunil Pai says: lol that shut you up good, didn't it.
[12:48:23 AM] Sunil Pai says: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO ME!
[12:48:56 AM] goga555 says: do you speak english?
[12:48:57 AM] Sunil Pai says: RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!
[12:49:00 AM] Sunil Pai says: er, yes I do.
[12:49:29 AM] Sunil Pai says: pretty good actually
[12:49:40 AM] Sunil Pai says: I should tell you about how I want to write
[12:49:52 AM] Sunil Pai says: about a quick brown fox
[12:49:56 AM] Sunil Pai says: all very interesting
[12:49:56 AM] goga555 says: your penis do not wark?
[12:50:24 AM] Sunil Pai says: er, it WARKS just fine. points north, in fact.
[12:50:50 AM] goga555 says: then show me?
[12:51:11 AM] Sunil Pai says: arre, I just told you, no photos.
[12:51:23 AM] Sunil Pai says: wait, lemme take a quick schematic picture...
[12:51:26 AM] Sunil Pai says: gimme a min
[12:52:17 AM] goga555 says: i do not know such english
[12:52:44 AM] Sunil Pai says: gimme one minute, goga. patience is awesome, I'm told.
[12:53:04 AM] goga555 says: ok
[12:53:21 AM] goga555 says: send i am waiting
[12:58:13 AM] Sunil Pai sent file "hooha.jpg" to members of this chat

[12:59:30 AM] Sunil Pai says: yes, you understand?
[12:59:41 AM] Sunil Pai says: I can't wear shorts in public.
[12:59:46 AM] goga555 says: i see you are not a man
[12:59:59 AM] Sunil Pai says: sigh
[1:00:18 AM] goga555 says: take a real picture and send if you are a man
[1:01:10 AM] goga555 says: you have not penis
[1:01:16 AM] goga555 says: :P
[1:01:27 AM] Sunil Pai says: else you'll send tanks to my country and try to bomb me? OH WAIT, THAT'S YOU!

[at this point, I think the net connection is blown to bits or something]

[hehe]

2008-08-07T14:15:00.001+05:30

If everyone's a liar,

then a whole lot of pants are on fire?

TAKE NOTICE

2008-08-03T20:08:00.004+05:30

First Met album produced by Rick Rubin. It's going to be awesome.

PS- And this is going to make you super jealous, I'm going to be in North California at the time, and I believe Metallica always launches their new albums with a tour starting at... wait for it.. SAN FRANCISCO.

:) :) :) Gonna try to make it, that's for sure.

EDIT - Ganja writes in comments - "Metallica will be in London and Berlin the week the album gets released. But I'm pretty sure they will play a few gigs in the bay area not long after"

sigh :(

[smile to my face, now that this is public]

2008-07-16T19:59:00.002+05:30

lqtm

2008-06-30T20:28:00.001+05:30

from here.

Let me write you a letter anyway.

2008-06-23T19:12:00.003+05:30

I haven't written on a laptop so long, at first it feels like I can't remember the spelling of some words. And I keep hitting the keys wrong.
But slowly, the old movements come back, almost natural, like I was born with the knowledge of typing.

I mean, coding isn't even proper typing. It's more peering at the screen and writing the same things again and again. Bothersome.

How are you? I'd love to sit with you someday over coffee and generally, y'know, talk.
I'd rather you wrote back to me though. I like what you write.

It rained last evening at about 11-ish. Rained for about an hour. We somewhat got caught in it on the way to Firangi Pani, where everyone sang the same old songs, did the same old things, and generally drank silly.
The usual.
But like a genius, I stood back, didn't drink, put on the ipod, and started playing one song again and again. And this one song, playing loudly and not being able to hear anyone around you, suddenly separates you from the rest of the room. It's incredible, that feeling. It's almost like you're invisible. It then hits you how loud music and dim lighting affect people.

Firstly, nobody's noticing you walking around. They're all either talking in close quarters with someone, or staring at their glasses. And it's so dark, I probably seem blurry to them unless they're anyway looking in my direction. But nobody cares.
Also, the music in my ears meant it seemed like silence, like white noise. Because they obviously can't hear what I'm hearing, we're both inside silence.

I took the earphones off and the feeling of moulding back with the real world flooded me. The way the people were bobbing their head explained itself. Everyone seems to catch the beat and rock their body to it. Fascinating.

I lied, by the way.I did have something to drink. R_ offered me half a beer at the sports bar, but it's true I didn't pay for it.

Anyway. Nobody noticed when I disappeared for a full 10 minutes.

I went back out into the rain.

It was incredible.

I love last.fm

2008-04-26T14:55:00.003+05:30

Mostly because it makes me feel so elitist.
Have you discovered last.fm yet> It's awesome. Go, now.

2008-04-10T17:32:00.002+05:30

[yes I know I haven't been blogging. screw the excuses. here, random conversation with favorite cousin]

akshata: eureka eureka

akshata nayak: yeh hai basti badmaashon ki

Sunil: ?

akshata: i fit into my pants

i fit into my pants

Sunil: :O congrats!

akshata: i have not eaten yet today dont know if that has anything to do with it

ill starve myself

but oh my god

i fit into my pants!

Sunil: would you like a medal? I think the situation calls for it.

akshata: im not down to the size i wanna be yet

so we will hold on to that medal and wait

for another quarter century to pass by

by then ill be old

Sunil: but thin!

akshata: so ill be on my way to shrinking in size any way

Sunil: awesome.

I'm so proud of you.

I think I'll blog this conversation right now.

akshata: fuck off

Goa, surathkal, manipal

2008-03-11T23:08:00.001+05:30

...were all fucking amazing.

OMG 3 day hangover. Nggh.

jam session ahead

2008-02-29T13:32:00.005+05:30

Heading home this weekend, which is neatly coinciding with my college culfest Incident. [I hate the muzak OST at their site, makes it sound like doubleX porn]. So, I've decided to take the guitar and unit along, and will walk in the campus till someone recognizes me and shoves me into the band room.

Atleast that's the plan :)

I'll take photos at the fest anyway, and show you all.

PS- Any KRECians who read this and want to meet up for a beer, lemme know. Buzz me on 9989068493

bend

2008-02-28T16:09:00.001+05:30

My baby Rubina's on my mind, in my fingers, she's all I can think of.

[after 5 mins on the graphic tablet that I haven't touched in so long]

sigh

2008-02-25T11:24:00.001+05:30

So funny my folks can be :)

So I'm back from the US, and am 'in between' houses right now. Which is to say, while the new house is getting readied, I'm staying with my favorite women, the trio at Banjara Hills. They stay in the most fabulous penthouse overlooking the city with a clear view of the moon from the bar counter. Quite pretty. And I love them to bits, they've welcomed me completely (as long as I keep playing them tunes on the LP, opening doors for them and protect them from leering guys at the pubs we frequent. Which is a good arrangement I think :) So anyway, I'm speaking to my folks and my Mom's freaking out.
"So you're staying with 3 women?"
Yes ma.
"Mmm ok. Isn't one these women the one you had a thing for a while ago?"
Something like that, yes ma.
"And you're moving into a place by yourself?"
Yes ma.
"Alone?"
Yes ma.
"Are you sure?"
Yes ma.
"Why?"
? Doesn't everybody want to?
"Mmm"
...
"So who're you moving into the new place with?"
Ma, I just told you. Alone.
"Haan, just tell me her name"
Ma!
"No it's ok even if it's one of them. Just tell name no"
Ma!

Bloody depressing when the truth is exactly like I'm saying. I'm single, and I don't like it.

Dad is tripping, of course. His son is hanging out with women, and his life long fear that his son is a poof is slowly fading away.
"Yay son, female hormones!"
Dad!

I have this story about Dad that I tell everyone to explain the kind of person he is with me. It's set around '95-'96. I'm still a fan of shorts and TMNT. This day's the day when a girl calls my house for the first time. Dad picks up the phone (this is way before the cordless phone days), the girl asks for me politely and sweetly. Dad passes the phone on to me, goes and sits in his corner cane chair. The conversation I have with the girl is mundane, something about classwork or something. I put the phone down and Dad calls me to the corner.

"Sit down"
[sat]
"So, a girl called you?"
Yes dad.
"Hmm. Classwork?"
Yes dad.
"So you like girls?"
Mmm yes dad.
"You don't like boys no?"
No dad.
[patting me on the back and giving me a satisfied smile]"Gooooood boy"

:) I have funny parents.

liquid

2008-02-23T16:04:00.001+05:30

[at vijeth's place]

heading back

2008-02-17T15:15:00.002+05:30

Packing up, heading back to India in a few hours. Mp3man's filled with loads of new stuff, bag packed, ready to go. Been a great trip professionally, and personally while my life as usual came to a standstill while I was here, managed to score a sweet guitar, so yay.

See you on the other side, woohoo.

#600

2008-02-15T06:36:00.001+05:30

"Where you going?"
"Well, I don't have any specific destination in mind, I'm just gonna go till I run out of places to go."

[quote from the new Wong Kar Wai flick, My Blueberry Nights]

2008-02-14T05:53:00.004+05:30

To all the women in my life. Mom, aunts, cousins, girlfriends, chicks, buddies, lovers, missed connections, goddesses, bitches, all of you. Thank you for being there when you were, and leaving when you had to. Happy Valentine's Day.

[just repeating what I said last year]

2008-02-11T02:51:00.000+05:30

"I hereby disown my unpopular child (loved least, it seems, by those whose careers it gave a massive boost, but that's another bunch of gripes altogether). Oh, I still think it's a good idea in theory--it's just the praxis that's left me cold these last eighteen months. Too much post-rock fails to supply what people get from trad rock (iconicity/iconoclasm, charisma/neurosis, big riffs, catharsis, meaning, something to look at on stage, tunes you can hum in the bath), without ever really rivaling what dance music offers either (kinaesthetic kicks, hedonic science, surrogate drug-sensations). The most adventurous post-rock types --your Techno-Animals, Thomas Koners/Porter Ricks's and Third Eye Foundations--have gone all the way into the studio-bound aesthetics of hip hop/techno/house/jungle, and abandoned the live-performance model altogether. The rest of the post-rock fraternity (and you can count the number of women involved on one hand) have remained stuck in a profitless intermediary zone, a sort of mildly dub-inflected math-rock. (And math-rock really is rock with all its good points removed -- prog rock with the grandeur stunted, punk without the visceral release)."
[Simon Reynolds, "Overrated Records/Artists/Phenomena of 1997."]

Weekend CD Haul

2008-02-10T10:35:00.000+05:30

Already had these on MP3, wanted CDs, got.

Kasabian - Kasabian
Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
Linkin Park - Meteora
Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want
Screaming Trees - Dust
Pearl Jam - Jeremy EP
Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown
Bush - Zen X Four
Staind - Break The Cycle
Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E
Remy Zero - The Golden Hum
Phil Collins - Both Sides
Stabbing Westward - Stabbing Westward

A grand total of 65$ :)

The Epiphone Les Paul Prophecy GX

2008-02-08T01:19:00.000+05:30

Epiphone has debuted a new Les Paul at NAMM '08, and I like to think that this is finally a Les Paul DONE RIGHT. A quick rundown -

- 24 jumbo frets. I haven't seen a non-22 fret LP ever before. Not like it's used a lot, but it's great to know that option is now there. Even the new Gibson AXCESS LP (the one with a floyd rose bridge) has only 22 frets.
- they've ditched the traditional thick C neck for a tapered compound radius neck, with a satin finish. PERFECT. No more hurting your thumb when trying to play lead around the higher frets. YAY.
-They've ditched their stinky vintage knobs for lovely pearl ones. (Heck, the knobs were the first thing I replaced as soon as I got my own LP.)
- Strap locks; badly wanted on these heavy sluggers since forever. No more dropping it on stage and looking like a complete idiot.
- A graphite nut. Neatly sidestepping Gibson's age-old problem of having the strings bind to the nut every 2nd day, wonking out tuning the damn thing.
- Gibson DirtyFingers pickups. Super. And the knobs act like coiltaps, letting you convert the humbuckers to single coils just by pulling on them. No more tone problems, your LP can now sound like a Strat on steroids! Yessss.
- Incredible blade pearl inlays, a beautiful headstock, gold hardware, lovely grover tuners, fabulous quilt top body, binding on the neck and body, mmmmmm I likes the pretties...

This will be my next Les Paul, if I feel like it and if I have the money. It's available for preorder now off GuitarCenter, but sigh, can't afford it yet :|

[Also, they've launched an EX version of this with EMGs, but I'm not a fan of active pickups, so whateva.]

here, I made wallpaper for you

2008-02-05T12:14:00.001+05:30

[pic source - long story, not getting into it. ]

As a special note - Azhar, who seems to like his daily buncha' ugly to take home and put to bed, is quite sold on the chick with fair eyes, third from right. But then again, he's a deviant and likes punishing himself.

the rules

2008-02-01T17:29:00.001+05:30

[source]

"not all jokes are funny..."

2008-01-26T12:33:00.000+05:30

An interesting post by Scott 'Dilbert' Adams on how the media would kill celebrities (and I guess he's referring specifically to US television and print), posted a day after Heath Ledger died.

the new guitar

2008-01-20T13:13:00.000+05:30

Schecter Damien FR. It's wicked, and sounds like a banshee.

I love.
Specs here.

[In related news, I've decided that when I get back, I'm going to beat Vijeth to death, then steal the SD pickups from his RR3. So there.]

guitars

2008-01-17T21:13:00.000+05:30

The Les Paul's mine, the Jackson RR3's Jayeth's. Photo credit to him.

...

2008-01-17T08:52:00.000+05:30

really, is there anything worth talking about anymore?

[sigh]

[hehe, such DRAMAAAAAA!]

What my friends think of me AKA I'm a funny juvenile partyanimal diseased smurf murderer, among other things. Yes, a smurf murderer.

2008-01-10T01:39:00.001+05:30

[facebook's superlatives app]

fyi

2008-01-02T18:20:00.000+05:30

Taking off for the bay area again this Sunday. I should be there for a month or two. No requests for cellphones/laptops, cameras will be obliged, as usual.

New years blah blah blah
Xmas blah blah
resolutions blah blah

kthxbai

mixtape 2

2007-12-28T14:22:00.000+05:30

http://www.mediafire.com/?9rrjn0jonxl

[60.2 mb]

1. Explosions In The Sky - The Only Moment We Were Alone (10:14)
2. laura - it's kind of like the innocent smiles you get at the start of a relationship before you fuck everything up (4:36)
3. *Shels - Wingsfortheirsmiles 2 (5:01)
4. Gary Hoey - peace pipe (5:07)
5. Ayreon - 20 - Day Twenty - Confrontation (7:03)
6. Pink Floyd - Pigs (Three Different Ones) (11:21)
7. Irepress - Samus (4:59)

Mixtape 1 still available here.

Have a happy new year, junta.

The Lover’s Embrace of Arp 87

2007-12-20T16:35:00.000+05:30

From Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2007

2007-12-18T16:32:00.000+05:30

[Ganked from the RSJ facebook group, pass it along to anyone you know who might be interested.]

GREAT INDIAN ROCK '08

Send In Entries By: Jan 29th 2008

All entries must be sent in an AUDIO CD format, no compressed audio formats please.

Accompanying the CD, there must also be PRINTOUTS of the band profile, worded properly, without the use of slang, needless CAPS & definitely no SMS like language. The profile must contain valid contact information of ALL the band members, with valid phone numbers & e-mail addresses.

There should also be a CD containing said profile, and HI-RES photos of group shots of the band.

Please send it in by courier, in a well padded envelope to prevent damage of the CD.

Address:

86/1, 3rd Building, 1st Floor
Shahpur Jat
New Delhi - 110049
Ph: 011-26497944/45

Please note: This is not a competition entry, it's merely the best way we've found to hunt for some of the best talent in the country. However, these items ARE required for the festival - in magazine coverage, booklet, festival CDs and other promotional tools pertaining to the festival.

I wish we had enough stuff recorded for this by now, but sigh, next year maybe, eh Vijeth? :)

That mom of mine...

2007-12-12T07:28:00.000+05:30

...she can be such an embarrassment, I swear it. And this isn't normal "oh look at my son in the diaper photo" level stuff. Heck, that's calamari compared to the stuff my mom gets into. Like the other day.

I'm out shopping with her, right? Dad's managed to sucker me into giving her company while she buys saree lengths and blouse material and jewellery for the extended family. Dad managed to come up with an excuse that sounded plausible at the time, but I think just because he's a doctor, we believe any emergency he comes up with. Besides, how can a patient of his have a haemorrhoid of the foot? (Is that even possible?) And there was the time he had to rush off because a patient was having loose motions while walking around and just couldn't seem to find the keys to his house. You'd think my dad was having an affair, what with the excuses he comes up with. Hey, good for him I say, but damn he needs to be more creative in coming up with the shit, no? But I digress...

So yeah, I'm with mom. And I'm shutting up with the mp3man in my ears, Mirinda(which I obsess over), and the moleskine as ever, writing down stuff that fancies my interest. Can't blame me, it's already been 3 hours, and after you've had chai at one saree shop, you've had the chai in all... ah forget it. Let me just get to what to what happened.

We're stepping out, and this girl whizzes past me. From what I see, she's got a ponytail, specs, churidar. And she's RUNNING. And behind her, there are about 10 people running. Grownups. One of them has a stick in his hand that he's waving. And they're all screaming at her in some vague south Indian language. (I'm guessing Malayalam? Tamil? I get confused between the 2.)

The next action of mine is purely reflex. I throw the mp3man in my mom's direction, the Mirinda on the floor, and start running towards her. I can't let the crowd get to her before me. I sprint for about 10 seconds before I stop. Mom sees me having conversation with the guy brandishing that stick and I walk back slowly.

"Son, what the fuck?!"
[Ok, so she'd never say "what the fuck", but that was the exact sentiment]
"Nothing ma, forget it"
"Why the bloody hell were you chasing that woman. Do you know her?"
"Really ma, you should just forget about it. Are you done with shopping? Let's go home."
"So you're not going to tell me?"
"No, and you should stop asking"

She looks at me for a second, with that typical look mothers get when they think they should be knowing more about their sons.
I hate that look. And not just because it pisses me off. It's because I know what will come next.

She drops her bags. Her purse. And runs behind the woman.

Flashback to about 20 years ago. I'm 4 years old, and I'm staring up at all the athletic trophies on the wall. And my dad is porcine (to put it mildly), so I'm in awe of Mom. It's where I get the long legs from, and will always be the reason I can't ever find jeans that freakin' fit. But damn, apparently my mom could run! "She fell for my good looks" will become Dad's common line at the family parties, which will always make everybody laugh their guts out, and we'll all raise a toast to it and say "to the Pai family, as odd as they are!" etc etc

Flashback to now (reverse flashback? call it what you want)
Mom's running. Sprinting in her own churidar. And I mean she's RIPPING across lengths and getting closer to the girl I tried to reach.
And huffing and puffing and with 4 full bags and the mp3man and the earphones dangling and my beloved mirinda vaguely held with 2 fingers and frothing with all the shaking many lengths behind mom, is me. I got the legs, but not the speed. The smoking habit also doesn't help. And I'm SWEARING. FUCK FUCK FUCK, MY MOM'S LOST IT AAARGHHHHH.

Mom turns a bend... and finds the bunch having a laugh. Girl, 10 people, all of them. And of course my mom's confued. She catches her breath (in like, 2 seconds) and quietly goes up to the girl, and has a conversation which vaguely went like this (or so I'm told later)
"Um, hello girl, what's your name?"
The girl looks up, mouth chomping on gum, "Anisha"
"Oh, okay, and are these people troubling you?"
"Eh? MamaPapa would never do that. Why're you asking me this and all and who are you"
"Me? Oh relax, I just saw my son running behind you and was wondering why..."
"Your son?"
"Well yeah, his name's Sunil, Do you know him? He's a handsome boy, all of 24 years, such a good boy... Oh look, there he comes"

[at which point I just about reach, still gasping for breath, the walking definition of 'a complete mess', and I see my mom talking to these people, and my eyes narrow. Like duh, I'm not pleased at all, godammit. I'm considering doing the whole "Sorry folks, she's just a crazy lady who forgot her meds" routine, but it's kinda tough when you're a walking-talking genetic copy of the woman.]

"Chee, I don't know him, he looks so dirteeee"
[Godammit, rejected by a stranger. This is not the best of days. I think a court would excuse me if I killed my mom. "Grounds of massive embarassment and permanent mental scarring, your honour!"]
"Really child, you don't know him? Oh. And you there, why were you threatening my son with the stick then huh HUH?"
Wizenly old man, looks up with gandalfian smile, "Who me?"
At which point of time I do the only thing I can, I grab my mom's hand, throw away the fizzed up bottle of Mirinda (I pity the fool who tries to open it now) and walk away, with my mom blubbering "But... but..."
-------------
Later that evening.
Mom's cooked a grand dinner. Prawns. Chicken. That Gujarati Dal. Onion Baji. Sabudana Kheer. All that.
And it's all piled up in a giant mess on my plate (the way I like it) , but I'm not touching it. I'm all frowny. Mom has made a fool of herself again, and damned if it's one time too many. Dad's not even around, apparently some patient of his fell down the stairs on the way up to his roof to commit suicide. Whatever. Tonight I'm just angry with mom.

She pleads, "But son, what was I supposed to do?"
"Well, you could have trusted your son and just NOT RUN, MAYBE?"
"Well, I had to do something..."
"Yes, NOT RUN behind the girl!"
"C'mon son, you know me better than that, I'd have died of curiosity"
"Look ma, let me explain it to you then. If I see a mob chasing a girl on the streets, I will run after her too, to make sure I reach her before the mob gets to her. I may not make it, and the world will continue turning, but I will always try to reach the woman and make whatever attempt I can of saving her from them. This YOU taught me, to defend the weak, etc. Let there be 10 people, let there be 200, I will always ALWAYS try to make sure she's in no harm. Sure I miss Manipal where this kind of thing would never happen, but we're not there anymore, we're in a town where this shit happens. And because you and dad taught me to behave in a certain manner that's RIGHT, I will always do so."
"Yes, but..."
"Let me finish. Today, that is exactly what happened. And I ran, lungs blazing, all that. But then I noticed that they weren't screaming or angry at her, they were just kinda laughing. She was just a young kid messing with her folks and relatives and whoever. Some stupid prank. Heck, even I've made you chase me as a kid, it's what kids do. The old man explained this to me, in his funny broken English, and I got the message. I left them alone. And I knew you wouldn't understand, so I just hoped we could leave quietly"
"But her old mama had a stick..."
"Lots of people carry sticks, ma. They use it to walk. They use it to shoo away dogs. Some, and this may sound surprising to you, carry it around because it looks cool. Very few people carry around CARVED EXPENSIVE WALKING STICKS just to beat up people!"
"Ok fine fine, no need to get worked up about it, sheesh. I'm proud of you and all, but now you're just being a little pussy"
[aaargh] "The next time I say, let's go home, you'll listen to me and not embarass me, right?"
"Sure sure. Now eat, I don't want my apology food to go to waste"
[grunt] [chomp chomp]

[chomp]

[chomp]

wait a minute

...

"Ma, how'd you know he was her uncle, especially that he was her maternal uncle?"

"Well..."

"Ma, you didn't find out their number and call them again wondering if I'd gotten her pregnant or something, right? Ma, please tell me you didn't call them."

"Well..."

"GODAMMIT MA!"

[/fiction, but yes, my mom's funny]

And why am I not posting that often these days?

2007-12-12T01:08:00.000+05:30

While I could make up other reasons...

I'm just sick of the mental masturbation all of you are going through. I prefer my moleskine right now for jotting down tabs, notes, random conversation; thank you very much.

Hey, mail me and we can talk. Promise.

[this is me being pretentious]

Guitar modes

2007-12-04T17:13:00.000+05:30

[if you've ever wanted to know]

Post #1
T*** wrote on Dec 2, 2007 at 11:10 AM.
Ya i've read so much stuff on modes and i have no idea whats going on. Can someone explain modes to me in english. thanks.

Post #2
J*** replied to T***'s post on Dec 2, 2007 at 11:38 AM.
The easiest way to think of modes is,

The C major scale, (Ionian)

C D E F G A B C,

If you use the same 7 notes but this time starting on D you get,

The D Dorian Scale, (Minor scale with raised 6th)

D E F G A B C D,

Then starting on E you get The E Phrygian scale, (Minor Scale with flattened 2nd)

E F G A B C D E.

The F Lydian scale, (Major scale with a raised 4th)

F G A B C D E F

The G Mixolydian, (Major scale with a flattened 7th, So it works over dominant chords)

G A B C D E F G

The A Aeolian scale, ( this is the same as the A minor scale)

A B C D E F G A

The B Lydian Scale ( This is A minor scale with a flattened 2nd and flattened 5th, it works over diminished chords)

B C D E F G A B

Basically the modes of the C major scale are using all the same 7 notes from the C major scale, but each scale starts on a different note, This works in all different keys as well. If you played used the notes in the key of F# and played B C# D# F F# G# A# B, you would've played B Lydian. I hope this helps. Did you notice that the order of the scales/modes goes, major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished? This is the same as harmonizing the chords of the major scale.

[ganked from this facebook discussion]

WorkInProgress

2007-11-29T14:41:00.000+05:30

[sneak peek, etc]

I'm looking for web developers/ designers

2007-11-26T16:12:00.000+05:30

If you are OR if you know anyone with skills in one or more of the following, dash me a resume with samples of your work or a portfolio or ANYTHING.

AJAX, JavaScript, Photoshop (or any graphic design tool), HTML, CSS.

Specifically looking for net-savvy people with decent design aesthetics.
Must be willing to relocate to Hyderabad, and the pay package is quite good.

It's urgent. Refer somebody and there might be a bonus in it for you.

threepointone at gmail dot com

Thanks for your time.

The first result on searching facebook for 'javascript'

2007-11-24T14:07:00.000+05:30

touching touching

2007-11-23T19:56:00.000+05:30

you touch me
I go ooh
you poke my side
I go ooh

ooh ooh baby the way you touch me
I go ooh ooh baby baby
and I can't help thinking
I've been touched

stop touching me bitch, it's not polite
~~~

[let's be silly, it's that kind of weekend]

Vintage Indian Advertisements

2007-11-21T20:41:00.000+05:30

This deserved a post on its own. Massive massive collection of Print ads from the 70's, 80's and 90's; from my scrabble buddy Meghna. Go see, children!

Link Link Link.

[random comic fix]

2007-11-14T14:25:00.000+05:30

mommy says this reminds her of me :|

Mixed emotions; my mind's buzzing with all these feelings I wish to express, but I have no idea how to...

2007-11-04T13:35:00.001+05:30

:) :D XD :S :| :P

Bruce is keeping his word!!!

2007-11-01T15:15:00.000+05:30

Iron Maiden promised that they'd be back to India within in a year.

And they're gonna, it's official :) :) :) :) Feb 1st, Mumbai!!!

The band will be flying into Mumbai from the UK on a specially commissioned and customised Boeing 757, flown by Astraeus Airline Captain and Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, then leaving the day after the show for Australia.

Wow. MAIDENNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!! More details here.
Thanks Mommy for the tip!

This is your anus...

2007-10-28T11:45:00.000+05:30

...as seen by the voyager II.

[chuckle. couldn't resist, sorry]

[geek note]

2007-10-27T13:36:00.000+05:30

Made a patch where now, if there are are links in my twitter-powered stoopitnotes© (see, it's in my sidebar), they now automatically become links which will open in a new window, so that you don't have to copy paste it to a new browser tab.

The things I do for you.

this shit never ends

2007-10-26T14:22:00.000+05:30

Apparently this water cures your diseases, gets you eyesight back, reduces blood pressure, PAYS OFF YOUR DEBTS, SAVES YOUR SOUL, SAVES YOUR MARRIAGE, etc etc.

...

I didn't know religious-zealot slang for LSD was "Spring Water"
(Doing the bunny ears thing with fingers)

[riiiiight]

2007-10-25T13:45:00.000+05:30

Gay Indian man with a tilak and a red turban and shawl and shady moustache on Oprah discussing how most gay Indian men are forced to marry women.
The money quote?

Oprah: "So, what did you do on your first night?"
He:"I told her I had a headache".

[funny funny]

I'm not shitting you, this is happening on TV right now.

I give up.

PS: Just to note, nothing against gay people. Heck, I support it. I think it makes me uncomfortable because it's something I don't relate to. But that's exactly the same way I feel around guys who go in for arranged marriages. Good for you, not for me, that sort of thing. What DOES get my goat is how Oprah's making a public spectacle of this. Our representation in this country is comprised of Aishwarya Rai, who makes a fool of herself in English interviews; South Indian software engineers who're either hitting on the "blonde kudi who's so definitely a slut macha", or lugging their 8 month pregnant wives across the world to the BayArea just so that their children get US citizenship (both true stories I can confirm), corrupt politicians, our neighbours on the map, all that. Fuck this shit. Like a friend recommended, the next time a white man tells me I have good English (happened twice already), I'll look at his chubby little face and say "Yeah, you too".

Our Ancestral Mind in the Modern World: An Interview with Satoshi Kanazawa

2007-10-23T07:35:00.000+05:30

One example of this is that when we watch a scary movie, we get scared, and when we watch porn we get turned on. We cry when someone dies in a movie. Our brain cannot tell the difference between what’s simulated and what’s real, because this distinction didn’t exist in the Stone Age.

Bloody interesting interview. Go see.

GapingVoid + Pi?

2007-10-18T01:57:00.000+05:30

I sent a photo I'd taken to one of my heroes Hugh MacLeod, and he actually posted it on his blog.

[it's a day for smiles]

Oh, and if you don't know who he is, I suggest you read this (his favorite own-post).

More on the Blue Monster.

The resemblance is startling

2007-10-17T12:53:00.000+05:30

what is the koschen

2007-10-17T08:33:00.000+05:30

My Mommy(kinda)/PerkyPinkPirate/anotherlamexcuse got interviewed by desicreative.com, and it got published today. Excerpt:

Did you always want to get into advertising?
No.
Chronological order of my wish list:
Age 1: Barf Queen
Age 3: Piss-control Queen
...

Entire interview here. Yay!

bought some stuff

2007-10-12T06:20:00.001+05:30

Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top (Transparent Blue Quilt top)

Also, the Korg AX3000g I had ordered on my last trip FINALLY came in.Neat rocking combo :)

Also picked up a deep candy blue Jackson RR3 for Vijeth.
Man, this stuff looks pretty impressive in one place.

As he called it, "Wikiorrohoea"

2007-10-10T04:41:00.000+05:30

threepointone: :)
oh which reminds me
karbage: what ?
threepointone: there's this video of this busty chick playing vai's die to live
I'll show you
hang on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbMNg5CfSRY
hot chick
she even wears shades for kicks :)
karbage: oh yeah and I saw this gothic looking scandinavian chick playing the guitar the other day
fucking scary man
I hate women who play better than I do
threepointone: lol
karbage: clicked on link
will take time
:(
threepointone: haha
karbage: haha: this is vai with breast implants
threepointone: lol
heck, I'd do her :P
karbage: haven't seen her yet
threepointone: just the chest?
LOL
or a comment?
karbage: yeah and the ibanez headstock
yeah she is hot
look a bit like VAI too
threepointone: it's the shades man :)
and smart woman has left a fan on too
THAT seems hot
all hair flying around and all
karbage: yup
:)
Fuck what a sorry situation
threepointone: haha
we're wanking off to youtube
we're pathetic
karbage: reduced to looking at women on youtube
threepointone: [but damn, she's fiiiine]
karbage: yup we are
you can say that again

[partner in crime karbage here.]

Just finished reading the 2 issue Hitman/JLA series

2007-10-09T03:54:00.001+05:30

...and it was awesome. I have no words. A must-read for fans of the Hitman character.

paradox

2007-10-07T11:46:00.000+05:30

Twice this year I've had the same dream. Ok, the story/plotline were different for both, but the idea was the same. See if you can help me out with this.

It starts off in a dark room, and a bulb slowly gains light to throw detail onto the walls, almost forming reality in real time, fluid walls and lamps, and chairs and a carpet and things that couldn't have been there before when the darkness had it enveloped. And the light shows a detail that pretty much negates everything else in the room, and draws your eyes to it. A dead body. With a cartoony red monotone blood stain that's slowly spreading, very ver yslowly across a carpet that is going to be hell to clean. And in walks a sterotypical 4 star hotel maid, light blue blouse, white apron, black shoes (flats) ...and she screams as soon as she sees the body.

This scene repeats at the beginning of both dreams. Detail for detail, second for second.
As does this next segment. My wrists are pulled back, I can hear a deafening click of handcuffs as I'm pushed into a van of some sort, and I can feel the blue and red lights all over my peripheral vision.

Anyway, so I'm booked for murder of X. And the dreams kinda diverge here, because they're 2 separate murder mysteries. They're not terribly complex, they're kinda run of the mill, and the whole dream pieces clues and hints together, and in a final climatic moment, it hits me who the real murderer is, I declare it aloud, I save my skin, etc.

And then I wake up with sweat pouring off my face like it's noon in the amazon. I'm ridiculously scared. Because it makes no sense, no sense at all.

All dreams are manufactured in the mind, yes? So in other words, all the details for this dream are being put together in my head, whether or not they're in response to memories I've made during the day, or repressed ideas, or whatever. So that would mean that I'm quite in knowledge of what's being made, yes?

SO how come I didn't know who the murderer was until the last scene?! Don't expect me to believe that by fluke I constructed a scenario with only one possible answer/solution and it all just "fell into place".

Madness, I tell you. Twice!

coincidence? I think not!

2007-10-04T00:18:00.000+05:30

Google's first result for the word 'fraindship' is kini's blog.

And it's a post that I wrote.

Ladies and Germs, I have arrived.

Foetus

2007-09-29T00:38:00.001+05:30

By Kendrick Mar

[cannot help but laugh]

2007-09-27T06:22:00.001+05:30

[found on deviantart]

[what passes for literature nowadays]

2007-09-26T02:23:00.000+05:30

Love@NIT

we guys are very much attracted to gizmo ...all of us have desire to aquire the latest and the best gadget avilable ..but here i m talking about somthing different may be silly but this gizmo is ancient as much as our human history and will last till end of human race .Here i m talking about "girl friend ". definately it has the potential to influnce (affect) our life style and very important our thinking also.let us take the case of our nit,here gf is a prized possesive gizmo with bunking saturday sunday holiday .after all here no one would give you a more than a cursory look to your techno style look .in other hand gettiing a nice gadget (girl) you you become more cool more famous ..a good percentage of nit popullation know you by face they may have your ur branch and year also .A huge popularity indeed like you have got an karizma. but here as gizmo are short the customer has to suffer the most .here i m describing some incident .one of my friend got into net gizmo searching and found one at New Delhi .thanks to c.c.f. .The deal was done until other bidder 4m that same ccf play the spoil sport and cancelling my friend auction .after that my frind got a trauma and his addiction to net fadded a way .thanks to his good friend . Another of my friend completed his first anniversary of gadget following , and according to me he might end up celebrating his 4th anniversary. annother pretty serious case where the customer try to acquire a gadget which one is not 4 sale (one sided ).that customeer suffered too much 4 nothing both mentally and monetary (fine ) .Mass of the beginer are now looking at the latest market (1st yearties)many of them wanting to smooch theire loved ones at eifeltower like that of in MP3 movie .good news for them as surat provide it right here at parle point Okguys don"t worry about the parents go ahead and take your time .from rest many are still searching on the net best of luk 4 them . And 4 my gadget community customer still prefer quality over beauty and longlasting over style ,and last at mesmerised by their beauty customer are bound to suffer loose may be in form of money ,time or even cgpa .

[credit: gutterflower]

2007-09-20T09:21:00.000+05:30

This middle eastern dude has a very cool portfolio. Go see.

Am currently busy and happy. Hope you guys are too. Later.

[crazy weekend I cannot believe the shit me and the polar bear just got into the bay area is just crazy if you just go out and look]

2007-09-10T19:34:00.001+05:30

gah. need sleep and sobreity.

the bay area

2007-09-04T21:51:00.000+05:30

...is an area around a bay.

big friggin whoop.

[killing time]

2007-08-29T20:41:00.000+05:30

[all from ubarchives]

AAAAAAARGHHHHHHH

2007-08-25T23:22:00.000+05:30

Fuck them. If what they're looking for is attention, they're not going to get it from me.

since everyone's doing it...

2007-08-24T18:31:00.000+05:30

not sure if you see the similarity, but I do, and it scares me

2007-08-24T02:09:00.000+05:30

[father and son]

[again]

2007-08-23T16:35:00.000+05:30

Since the tickets are in, I might as well announce it now.

Heading back to the bay area on the 31st of this month :)

SaaaanFraaanciscoooo...

[generally happy]

been in hyderabad...

2007-08-21T01:36:00.000+05:30

...for exactly one year.

cracked :)

2007-08-16T13:55:00.001+05:30

(via adgy)

please, STFU

2007-08-14T12:38:00.000+05:30

Sometimes.

MOST times.

I'd just like everybody to stand very still.

Not forever or anything. And I'll join in. Just take a minute out your day, where everyone just shuts up, and sits/stands/lies down without making a single noise. All together now, ready? One, two...

[third weekend in a row]

2007-08-10T18:26:00.000+05:30

This weekend, Bangalore. See you Monday.

2007-08-10T02:35:00.000+05:30

I subscribe to a few daily mailing lists, notably Warren Ellis' BAD SIGNAL, and the WSJ OpinionJournal BEST OF THE WEB TODAY by James Taranto. Of the latter, I must say it's the best reading I get to do on a daily basis. A lot of it is US-Politics based, so I might not relate completely, but it's a fabulous read anyway. I'd like to share one item I just read in today's edition.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

How Much Is That Doggess in the Window?
"The New York City Council, which drew national headlines when it passed a symbolic citywide ban earlier this year on the use of the so-called n-word, has turned its linguistic (and legislative) lance toward a different slur: bitch," reports the New York Times:

The term is hateful and deeply sexist, said Councilwoman Darlene Mealy of Brooklyn, who has introduced a measure against the word, saying it creates "a paradigm of shame and indignity" for all women. . . .

The measure, which 19 of the 51 council members have signed onto, was prompted in part by the frequent use of the word in hip-hop music.

As a New York-based wordsmith, we are of course vexed by the City Council's efforts to restrict our vocabulary. Fortunately, the Times suggests an alternative to "bitch," in the form of a definition from an 1811 dictionary: "A she dog, or doggess; the most offensive appellation that can be given to an English woman."
"Doggess." That seems to work: "She's such a doggess." "Life's a doggess, then you die." "I can't say it, but it rhymes with roggess."
But the Times notes that "the bill also bans the slang word 'ho.' " Great. What are we supposed to say instead of "ho"? "Gigoless"?

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Funny, funny stuff, if not outright biting at times. And they spot the funniest headlines ever.
For example (also from today's edition)-
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

News You Can Use

"Keep Poop Out of Pools, Residents Told"--headline, Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), Aug. 9

"Relief From Excessive Armpit Sweating"--headline, NewsMax.com, Aug. 8

"Hips: Scheme to Widen in Five Weeks, Say Lobbyists"--headline, Financial Times, Aug. 3

Bottom Stories of the Day

"Segway Fan Club Disbands Due to Lack of Interest"--healdine, FoxNews.com, Aug. 9

"Joan Jett Won't Be at the State Fair"--headline, Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.), Aug. 8

"Pakistan Parade Could Be in Doubt"--headline, New York Sun, Aug. 9

"Angelina Jolie Denies Endorsing Edwards"--headline, CNN.com, Aug. 9

"Leonardo DiCaprio's Presidential Vote Up for Grabs"--headline, People, Aug. 9

"Canadian PM Vows to Defend Arctic"--headline, CNN.com, Aug. 9

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I recommend it to anyone. Here.

[chuckle]

2007-08-09T15:52:00.000+05:30

Sigh, I've said this before, but not enough people believe me.

The fact is, South Indian English accents are awesome.

We speak it better than most of the world, yes, brits included.
We 'enunciate'. And we have our own twist on things.
Have you noticed that we smile for most words we say?
It's true. Normal people say "Where". We say "Whaaaare" It's not like we don't know how to say it right. But we do it anyway. And our face stretches out into a smile when we do. Try it. Say "Whaaaare".
Ok, now say "Whaaaaat".
See the smile? :)

Heck, for the rest of the world who makes fun of it, I really don't "caaare" :P

[useful story for drinkup conversation.]

2007-08-08T11:11:00.000+05:30

back at work, loads to do, etc. beatzo just passed me this, thought you'd like to see it and another. The joker for the next batman flick, to be released in 2008 -

Cannot wait to see the movie!

[another weekend trip]

2007-08-03T14:09:00.000+05:30

Going home to Manipal after 7 months, which is officially the longest I've ever been away from it.

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY So excited! Mom's promised to make Kori Roti, and Prawns, and I'll have a beer with Dad, and then walk in the colony with the secret waterfall and the cliff and the lake.

WOOHOO, fuckers!

2007-07-30T13:46:00.000+05:30

[steps into what looks like is going to a bad BAD week.]

FUCK.

[status]

2007-07-26T18:30:00.000+05:30

Heading to Delhi for the weekend. See you guys on Monday.

this one time, in band camp...

2007-07-26T10:33:00.000+05:30

"A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo sapiens--second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love and shelter. Millions survive without love or home, almost none in silence; the opposite of silence leads quickly to narrative, and the sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives, from the small accounts of our day's events to the vast incommunicable constructs of psychopaths."

--Reynolds Price

My manager got a booboo...

2007-07-24T17:28:00.000+05:30

... so he showed it to me.

SometimesPeaceComes

2007-07-24T02:21:00.000+05:30

YOU ARE A VICTIM OF THE RULES YOU LIVE BY

2007-07-20T21:39:00.000+05:30

This fucking city. You love it to bits and all it does is take a shit right on your face.
I wanted to come back to rain, to nights on the terrace getting soaked, to walking on the raods with a happy chaos that everyone loves being in.
Looks like I missed the best part of the rains. And worse, everybody's a scowly child.
I left Bangalore to get rid of people, of traffic, and having to constantly question whether I was living in a life of decadence and assbuggery.
Bangalore's now come to me. The people, the traffic, the assbuggery, and the decadence just followed suit.
The fucking traffic, I hate it and how it makes me feel. I now scream at people on the roads. My happy-go-lucky personality (heh) is in shambles. In the trash. In storage.
["Get off the road, you waste of sperm!"]
I am not being a happy guy.

Thank God, for now, for guitars and comics and music and friends and women and books and the internet and cigarettes and wine and rumAndCokes and videoGames and moviesAboutRealLife. They're forming a thin thread of sanity that I'm scared will unravel all too fast.

[title courtesy: Jenny Holzer]

regret

2007-07-19T18:37:00.001+05:30

Photography, Editing - Mili

2007-07-18T10:35:00.000+05:30

Chapter 1 from Warren Ellis' first full length novel, Crooked Little Vein, is being offered as free download. I command you to go read it now, RIGHT FUCKING NOW. It's really good. How good? It starts like this -

I opened my eyes to see the rat taking a piss in my coffee mug.

Yeah, I know.

b'day, etc.

2007-07-17T15:52:00.000+05:30

Three years since this.

We shall call 2006-2007 , "The Year Of The Stupids"

[chick pic]

2007-07-16T16:08:00.000+05:30

3 months ago, I put this up as my desktop wallpaper. Now, for the life of me, I can't remember who she is, where she's from, why I even bothered. But she seems nice. Like the rain, it's like meeting a friend after a really long time.
Ok, you didn't need to know that, but now you do.

mixtape

2007-07-12T17:25:00.000+05:30

http://www.mediafire.com/?fdm9lian2ki

In response to Czar tagging me, a collection of 8 songs. Some oldie+goodies, and some new songs. Hope ya like.

Tracklist -
Summer Overture - Requiem For a Dream OST (Clint Mansell and the Kronos Quartet)
Retreat! Retreat! - 65daysofstatic
I'm set free - Susheela Raman
Glasgow Mega Snake - Mogwai
The Paris Hilton Sex Tape - Maybeshewill
Until it sleeps - Metallica
Spitleaf - Zero
Caroling Hellwaker - World's End Girlfriend.

Except for 3 and 6, all are instrumentals.

EDIT: I'll make one more? Let me know.

Anyone here interested...

2007-07-11T15:43:00.001+05:30

...In saving the world?
God knows there's nothing else to do.

Under Construction

2007-07-05T07:58:00.000+05:30

back from the US. Have to clean the whole house before junta arrive in the evening. Need to buy adapters for the wii and the lava lamp. etc etc. People who need to contact me please do so on my old airtel number, I can't call out till I put in some currency, but I can receive for now.

Later.

PS- yes, changing template. LATER.

in chains

2007-06-27T13:26:00.000+05:30

Someone in this room... is a MURDERER!

2007-06-22T03:27:00.001+05:30

A dramatic chipmunk. (youtube)

[status]

2007-06-21T13:21:00.000+05:30

Landing back home on the 5th. Yippee!

more randomness

2007-06-13T13:27:00.000+05:30

[oasis]
---------------------------

napkin scribble-

Lately I've been noticing Convenience in close conversation with SelfRighteousness. And after staring for many hours, I was unable to tell which was which, and who was who.

Perhaps they should meet the twins, Futility and Pointlessness, and compare notes.

A letter to every bully you and I have ever met

2007-06-12T12:42:00.000+05:30

[kinda random, but I had fun writing it :) ]
[it's marked FICTION, so please, don't be a douche and be all judgmental]

I could take you on, you know.

So I'm skinny. I'm not short, but a lifetime of slouching takes off makes me look 5 inches shorter.
My arms are sticks.

I think I'm mildly calcium deficient, so the bones aren't so strong. Heck, the enamel on my teeth is below average, that's why it hurts my gums when I eat ice cream.

But I could still take you on.

This is the worst that you could do to me- You could kill me. But I know you won't, because bullies like you want to see their victims suffer. Maybe not, but I'm still sure.

Mistake 1: you assume I'm a victim, and am giving up. BZZZZT, wrong!

So you're going to hurt me, probably break a few bones? My friend, fuck you, that's nothing a couple of weeks of alcohol and nurses can't fix.

[nurses, sigh. but anyway]

perhaps you're going to call me names. Go right ahead, knock yourself out.

Mistakes 2,3,4: you think I'm scared, mentally weak, and give a rat's ass.

[And for all I know, you might actually like rodent behinds.]

Mistake 5: you think it ends after you beat me.

Let's begin by telling you that you're not walking away from me unscathed. I will definitely be kicking you in your balls, and landing my heel on your kneecap HARD. The base of my palm will push some amount of your nose in, and what cartilage doesn't kill you, will hurt like hell. A swinging elbow to your ear stings like a bitch, and before you know it, atleast one of your eyes is in danger of becoming gelatinous pulp.

Stupidly enough, people around the 2 of us will be cheering ME on at this point of time.

Sure, you'll win in the end, but while I might be lying all curled up all dirtied with dirt and blood, I'm quite certain you're going to limp away.

Now, excuse me while I laugh a bit before I continue. HAHAHAHA. Right. Why do I laugh?
Because it's not over, bitch!

You have a history, you have a present, and you have a fucking week ahead of you I can assure you will not be fucking peaceful.

You have fists. I have brains, friends, and a geek aptitude for dealing with pieces of shit.

You wake up, get ready to head for office/college/whatever it is you do when the hse becomes too smelly... and you notice your bike mirrors are missing. As are a few screws. and rubber piping. and the seats, and...
you don't want to know what I put into your exhaust. I only suggest you get yourself lots of disinfectant back home.

How could have this happened? Especially with the security guard around?
You have fists. I have a software programmer's salary, which I don't spend on shiny hair.

Your girlfriend refuses to pick up calls. And man, I have to tell you, fucking with your love life was the most fun part of last evening. Fun fun FUN! Don't even bother, not only is she pissed with you, she's also scared of you and won't be able to see your bare chest again without being really disgusted. Fun fun FUN!!!

Pay the overpriced auto, and get to wherever you're going. Might as well get this day over with. Especially when you realize your friends aren't picking up your calls either. They heard about the "incident" with the vacuum cleaner, bitch! And how do I know?

You have fists. I've got access to your secrets, ridiculously badly hidden as they are. Your mom just LOVES talking about you and how she's so proud of you, did you know that?

Fun fun FUN!

Please, don't walk along the main road. My buds are riding around with those tiny 40 rupee cans of paint. I'd rather use that to repaint my wii, wouldn't want to waste it on you.

Oh, so you don't have a bike, you only have a car?
Do you know that you cam insure every part of the car... except for the windshield? Seriously, go look it up. And fixing the beading itself should take a bout a couple of grand.
You got fists, I got sticks and stealth.

Ok, so we got you a bad morning. And you don't even know what we dumped into your water tank. Whatever.
Revenge, my friend, is best when it's agonizingly long, stretched out, and oohboy fun fun FUN!

A piece of advice - avoid open windows and cushioned chairs.

You have fists. I have time on my hands.

Your boss is going to complain. Your folks are going to complain. Your friends are dying laughing behind your back. You're noticing you're missing money. Lots. Your balls still hurt, and the swelling in your eye isn't going away.

So you come up to me to make peace. And to beg forgiveness. And you fold your hands and say, "please, if you have mercy, just let me be", or some such shit.

At this point I reap the investment I made in my authentic ninja shuriken. Fun fun FUN!

DON'T FUCK WITH THE GEEKS.

SuperCon '07 collage (aka OneThousandWords)

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Big photo. Zoom in to see detail.

At San Jose SuperCon '07, my first ever comic book convention, I got...

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- 5 pieces of art, all from Industriacide, by Sean Dietrich, my new favourite artist/writer. Dark dark stuff. Here's a link to one of the pieces I bought.
- 6 prints, one sketch book with a sketch on the last page, 2 full page sketches by Emonic/ Emo Gonzales. Such an awesome dude, great stuff. Of course, all signed. The Brothers Gonzales are coming out with a book in a few months and of course I want it so bad :)
- A major chunk of the RorschaschEntertainment catalogue (included Dietrich's Industriacide, Fervor, Mess, his sketch book, but somehow missed Catalepsy. Godammit) Writing to him to ask for it. And of course, all signed copies :)
- Neil Gaiman's 1602 complete run.
- Alan Moore's SMAX, full run.
- Ted McKeever's Industrial Gothic, full run.
- Kyle Baker's Plastic Man 1-6.
- Eric Powell's Goon TPB, signed, from the ComicBookLegalDefenseFund.
- Frank Miller's CBLDF tshirt (be awed, I command you).
- Captain A-Hole by Mike Hampton. Not very good production. But also got a "I love hot zombie hot chicks" tshirt from him, which is pretty awesome.
- All Star Batman and Robin 1-5. Miller's going mad.
- Pearl Jam Winnipeg Summerfest '93 bootleg DVD.

And I also got John Dolmayan, the drummer of System Of A Down to sign my mp3man. SO AWESOME. I'm sure it'll fade off after a while, but hey, cool while it lasts :) Hopefully will stay in one piece till I hit Hyd and can show off. Now why was Dolmayan at a comic convention? One look at his drumkit should answer that. (Artist details in this pic) I'll give details and my own pics later.

Way too much money, I know. But for once I can afford, so shut up.

Pics of loot soon.

on gtalk recently

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byker: pi?
man.
will you please drink some piss cheap beer, scratch yourself in public, or go shoot innocent living things?
oh, or eat some really rare steak
you have gotten a little too in touch with your feminine side boy
what the fuck are they doing to you over there?
you're posting pap now
sheer, unadulterated pap
you're going to come back and give me lectures about embracing diversity
i just know it
and you are going to ask me to stock a bottle of chardonnay, while you amble about in a fucking turtleneck
wtf does princess di have to do with tourism, pray tell, other than advertise the fact that the french are fucked up drivers?
this is john travolta, from his disco days
not cool
not cool
if it had been from get shorty, or pulp fic, i'd understand
pi
if there isn't any gratuitous sex or violence in one of your posts soon, i'm washing my hands cleaner than pilate
i'll have the sad duty of calling manipal and saying... "i knew him when..."
you haven't even cussed once during this tirade of mine
RIGHT. WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU? AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO SUNIL PAI?

[edited for brevity]

Solitude's Earnings

alert

Mac Vs PC

please note

it's a wonderful world

TAKE NOTICE

[smile to my face, now that this is public]

lqtm

Let me write you a letter anyway.

I love last.fm

Goa, surathkal, manipal

jam session ahead

bend

*sigh*

liquid

heading back

#600

Weekend CD Haul

The Epiphone Les Paul Prophecy GX

here, I made wallpaper for you

the rules

"not all jokes are funny..."

the new guitar

guitars

...

What my friends think of me AKA I'm a funny juvenile partyanimal diseased smurf murderer, among other things. Yes, a smurf murderer.

fyi

mixtape 2

The Lover’s Embrace of Arp 87

That mom of mine...

And why am I not posting that often these days?

Guitar modes

WorkInProgress

I'm looking for web developers/ designers

The first result on searching facebook for 'javascript'

touching touching

Vintage Indian Advertisements

[random comic fix]

Mixed emotions; my mind's buzzing with all these feelings I wish to express, but I have no idea how to...

Bruce is keeping his word!!!

This is your anus...

[geek note]

this shit never ends

[riiiiight]

Our Ancestral Mind in the Modern World: An Interview with Satoshi Kanazawa

GapingVoid + Pi?

The resemblance is startling

what is the koschen

bought some stuff

As he called it, "Wikiorrohoea"

Just finished reading the 2 issue Hitman/JLA series

paradox

coincidence? I think not!

Foetus

[cannot help but laugh]

[what passes for literature nowadays]

[crazy weekend I cannot believe the shit me and the polar bear just got into the bay area is just crazy if you just go out and look]

the bay area

[killing time]

AAAAAAARGHHHHHHH

since everyone's doing it...

not sure if you see the similarity, but I do, and it scares me

[again]

been in hyderabad...

cracked :)

please, STFU

[third weekend in a row]

[chuckle]

[another weekend trip]

[status]

this one time, in band camp...

My manager got a booboo...

SometimesPeaceComes

YOU ARE A VICTIM OF THE RULES YOU LIVE BY

regret

b'day, etc.

[chick pic]

mixtape

Anyone here interested...

Under Construction

sigh