Thursday, February 17, 2011

Chaos Theory Gets a New Look

Ok so i've finally found a pic that makes a decent enough background. Hope you like it. Its the logo of my favourite death metal band Opeth. I was just listening to some tracks from Morningrise and i noticed that i had set this pic as the Album Art because I didn't like the actual one. Ok I think I'll get back to my late night/early morning joblessness... ^_^



                                              
                                      

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Need For New Music

I've suddenly realized that my music collection has been stagnant for over 3 months. The thing is that I've been so addicted to some bands that the idea of downloading new stuff never crossed my mind. I've been listening to some of these for the last 3 years while the others are relatively new acquisitions. These are the bands I've been listening to

Serpent
Bloodbath
Dimmu Borgir
Anthrax
Opeth
Megadeth
Kalmah
Antimatter
In Vain
Be'lakor
Slayer
Katatonia
Catamenia
Noumena
Metal Church
Anathema
Agalloch
Iron Maiden
Yngwie Malmsteen
Cradle of Filth
Black Sabbath
Amon Amarth
Apocalyptica
Sonata Arctica
Virgin Black
Children of Bodom
Sodom
Demonic Resurrection
Abraxas
Myndsnare
Motherjane
Kryptos
Syrranox
Falchion
Wintersun
Halo of Shadows
Insomnium
Old Man's Child
Battlelore

Now im all geared up to download some other discographies. Top of the priority list are:

Anaktorian
Three Days' Grace
Carcass
Venom
Death
Dark Helm
Judas Priest (Can't believe I still haven't downloaded it :O)
Oath of Cirion
November Doom
Sodom
Animals as Leaders

Can't wait to get started! \m/

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Derby Day Drama

Well Wayne Rooney left Citeh stunned and shell shocked with probably his best goal to date and a strong contender for goal of the season. After the noisy neighbors were silenced, here's what the characters involved had to say.

Stay tuned for more "experts' analysis"! XD

Thursday, February 3, 2011

January Transfer Madness


After all the flurry of activity we witnessed last month, it seemed a shame not to make a parody out of it...XD


A few notable absentees include Edin Dzeko n Darren Bent. Couldn't fit em into the storyline :P

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

New Year Resolutions

Its that time of the year again. The time when we come to the realization that 365 whole days have passed and all that we have to show for it is a drab routine, 2 mark-lists and a crappy "My status messages of the year" app on facebook. Its the time to usher in the new year (duh. anything to keep the party going) and get rolling with those resolutions. First of all, what is the meaning of the word 'resolution'? Wikipedia gives us 43 references to the word 'resolution' O_O
The most relevant definition would be 'a commitment that an individual makes at New Year's Day'. The duration of this commitment being self imposed, one can see a glaring loophole in the annual ritual of making New Year's Resolutions.
While i was sitting thinking about this, i remembered the resolutions i myself made last year:
1. Study More
2. Sleep Less
3. Go to the gym (what harm could it do?)
4. Complete University applications on time
5. Renew contact with at least 3 friends that i hadn't met for over 2 years

So on New Year's Day, 2010, I woke up fresh with a purpose. A sense of direction. A renewed enthusiasm. Or thats what I visualised anyway.
What actually happened is I had an extra lecture on the 1st of January (trust UDCT professors to make their own damn resolutions of finding newer ways to harass a bunch of frustrated TYCE students >_>). So, after partying all night, I went to that lecture. Seeing that all the last benches were occupied, I had to sit with the nerds up front and endure 2 hours of agony. I comforted myself with the notion that I was 'studying more and sleeping less' at least on New Year's Day. So after sleeping 4 hours in the afternoon, I decided to take a stab at gymming. Unfortunately, my dream debut in the gym didn't go according to plan. I pulled a muscle and had to take pain killers for the next few days. (Also, in February, I ended up with a plaster on my foot.) Thus ended option 3 of my resolution. The following Monday on the 4th of January, my results for the previous semester were declared and I had done pretty well compared to the previous sem (in which i had managed to bunk all bio lectures. \m/) After getting the result, I decided I deserved some respite from my 'hectic' schedule so i spent the entire day, and then the entire week sleeping and lazing around the heavenly abode that is room no. 5308. So now, options 1 & 2 were tossed out of the window. The rest of the sem passed by in a blur. Then it was time for internships and so, renewing the resolutions was........ inconvenient! :P College reopened on 1st July to the worst piece of news i've heard since the introduction of the surprise tests: I had been shifted to room no 5226 courtesy some warped up piece of crap PG who got his kicks by being a pain in the asses of all the UG students. RAAAAAGE!!
Fast forward to October when I got a call for a PhD. programme from the University of Connecticut.     (Yay! \m/) More relief than anything else. So i could proudly tick mark option 4.
And finally, it gave me immense pleasure to renew contact with some friends that i had not met in a long time. After meeting Ved Gund, Suraj Dandekar and Omkar Nene, I could finally tick mark option 5 on the list.
So having actually completed 40 % of the resolutions for 2010, I can definitely say that I passed... well, not with flying colours but what the hell. I passed ^_^

2011 will be a year for relaxation and leisure given the success of 2010. Because I have been in the leisure zone for the last 2 weeks, i decided to delay making any resolutions until now. :P So here are my Resolutions:
1. Sleep more (this will be a cinch ^_^)
2. Visit a foreign country apart from the US (hope to do it this vacation :))
3. Go to the gym (what harm could it do?)
4. Cut my hair at least once! (and i think my parents will probably do the honours! :P)
5. Take my kid sister on a tour of Mumbai

Seeing that i can get a 60% on this resolution im really geared for a rocking 2011!

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Defying Physics (An ode to Rajni- The Ultimate Creator of Chaos :P)

A funny post that was forwarded to me. Here's to a great weekend.

RAJNI KANTH the the supasta' :P
(i used to know this guy who loved talking abt him, laughing @ him, remembering his stories/jokes, and maybe even watched them on tele, ya but most definitely "posing" like mr RAJNI KANTH! :P and ppl....he did it well!!! :P i mean i used to laughhhh.... :-) good ol' times!!!)
One one such Newton's trip to India, he watched a few movies...esp tamil movies... and they had his head spinning...he was convinced that all his logic & laws in physics were just a huge pile of junk and apologized for everything he had done... :P

Particularly in the movies of Rajanikanth, Newton was confused to such an extent that he went paranoid. Here are a few scenes responsible for this...

1)BRAIN DRAIN : Rajanikanth has a Brain Tumor which, according to the doctors can't be cured and his death is imminent. In one of the fights, our great Rajanikanth is shot in the head. To everybody's surprise, the bullet passes through is ears taking away the tumor along with it and he is cured! Long Live Rajanikanth!

2)Blade Splitter : A goon shoots a bullet at Rajni. What does he do? He simply takes out a blade from his pocket and throws it at the bullet. (All this is done while the bullet is still mid-air).
The bullet is split into two and takes different directions - avoiding our superhero. To add more spice to this crazy episode, two goons are standing behind Rajni and get killed by the split bullets!

3) Force of Nature :Rajnikant and miracles go hand in hand. In a particular sequence, spring-soled Rajni jumps high up in the air, stays up there for a few minutes, defying gravity. He then begins to wave his arms and legs in such a furious way that it generates a huge sandstorm! The sand gets in the eyes of the villains who fall to the floor. Thinking

4) Celestial Connection : Rajni plays a psychiatrist in a movie where he strangely doubles as a mind reader. No, he doesn't just guess what you're thinking - he can actually listen to every word, every syllable you utter in your mind.
He then goes on to display further celestial power when by merely waving through the air, he changes half a moon to a full moon progressively.

5)Inspired Shooting : Rajnikant gets to know that the villain is on the other side of a very high wall. Unfortunately the wall is so high that our otherwise gravity-defying superhero can jump over it. But the villain has to be killed because the film is nearing the climax.

So what does he do? He suddenly pulls two guns from his pocket, throws one gun in the air and when the gun has reached the height of the wall, he shoots the trigger of the first gun in air, with his second gun. The first gun ends up shooting the villian and he falls dead!

6) Ek teer, 6 shikaar : Rajni is sitting on one side of a swimming pool talking to the villain. On the other side of the pool, six goons of the villain are standing and observing. When the argument gets heated, the villain winks at his men & each one throws a knife at Rajni.
Our hero effortlessly catches all the knives in one hand hand (without putting them down or switching hands after catching!) He then spreads them out like a deck of playing cards in his hand so that all six knifes are visible (&in order).He then throws the knifes &kills all six goondas in one go! Laugh

7) Bollywood Ishtyle : Rajnikanth plays a police officer and is sitting on his motorcycle under a coconut tree. Suddenly he sees a couple of villains escaping in a car.
Not one to do things the ordinary way, Rajni holds the clutch, puts his bike in gear, takes his gun and fires upwards. A coconut falls on the starter, Rajni releases clutch, and away he goes chasing the villains - in ishtyle! ROTFL

8) Lord Rajni : A bunch of villains accost Rajnikant and without batting a lid, he puts his hands in his pocket, is it a gun....?? No. It is a knife which he throws in the air and voila - it defies gravity and stays there!

What's more, the knife starts rotating in the air like the Sudharshan hakra - Rajni has become Lord Vishnu. How can the Goondas fight the all powerful Lord so they faint and fall to the ground. Rajnikant walks out smiling and shaking his head in his typical fashion.
9) Saviour with Style : Rajnikanth always saves his women in style. Once while saving the heroine, he gets shot at and his quick reflexes enable him to pick up a hollow iron rod, stop the bullet by lodging it inside the rod and then turn around and, of course, kill the villain.

In another movie, Rajni's lady love is hanging on a high volt line and the goon switches on the transformer. No problem. Rajni simply runs faster than the current - actually shown - and saves the lady. Face Plant

10) Magnet Magic : Rajnikant is sitting in a college campus, waiting for some goons to harass the girls. When he sees them coming on their bicycles, he takes out two huge Iron Yoke magnets from his pocket, twists them wildly in the air which lifts the goons in the air with theiry cycles and they all twist in perfect harmony.

He then puts the magnets back in his pockets, the goons fall to the ground and run away as usual!
11) Rajanikanth is chased by a gangster. Rajanikanth has a revolver but no bullets in it. Guess, what he does. Nah? not even in your remotest imaginations.
He waits for the gangster to shoot. As soon as the gangster shoots, Rajanikanth opens the bullet compartment of his revolver and catches the bullet. Then, he closes the bullet compartment and fires his gun.

Bang... the gangster dies...

This was too much for our Newton to take!
He was completely shaken and decided to go back!
But guess what they were playing on the flight.. that is how he happened to see another Rajnikanth movie... for one last time, and optimistically he thought that at least one movie would follow his theory of physics. The whole movie goes on fine and Newton is happy that all in the world hasn't changed. Oops, not so fast!

The 'climax' finally arrives...

Rajanikanth gets to know that the villain is on the other side of a very high wall. So high that Rajanikanth can't jump even if he tries like one of those superman techniques that our heroes normally use. Rajanikanth has to desperately kill the villain because it's the climax.
(Newton dada is smiling since it is virtually impossible?)

Rajanikanth suddenly pulls two guns from his pockets. He throws one gun in the air and when the gun has reached above the height of the wall, he uses the second gun and shoots at the trigger of the first gun in air.

The first gun fires off and the villain is dead.

Newton faints...
:-D

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Transfer News

Well, this wasn't what you would call an extravagant transfer window by any means. However, the football community witnessed the usual flurry of activity on deadline day as clubs tried to make last minute signings.
Lets take a look at the business done by my three favourite clubs- Barcelona, AC Milan and Manchester United. Note that I will discuss only the major players signed and not necessarily all the players signed by any club:
BARCELONA:
IN:
David Villa- Probably the biggest signing of the season. The phenomenal striker has been brought in after it came to notice that the Blaugrana were over reliant on Messi's goals last season. Villa is a very versatile player; he can play as a target man, on the left wing, also just behind the striker, he's got good balance, pace, is two footed, has a venomous strike which is almost always accurate and he can generate that extra yard of space for himself. In short, the ideal strike partner for Messi.

Javier Mascherano: After Busquets' vulnerability was ruthlessly exposed by a disciplined inter milan side, the signing of Mascherano comes as a major boost. He is solid defensively, and can play fantastic long balls to the forward players- something that Busquets is incapable of.

OUT:
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: See AC Milan

Yaya Toure: An aging defensive midfielder past his prime. With Manchester City ready to pay excessively(thanks to their noobie owner), this transfer generated much needed cash for Barca.

Thierry Henry: Made a move to the New York Red Bulls after being told that he had no future at the club.

Rafael Marquez:: Made the journey to NYRB with Henry.

AC MILAN:
IN:
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Probably the shock transfer of the season. After shelling around 40 million euros plus Samuel Etoo' on the Swedish marksman, Barcelona have loaned him to AC Milan on a 1 year deal.

Robinho: Signed on deadline day, Robinho is an addition to possibly the best attack in Europe. With Ibra, Pato, Robinho and Ronaldinho as strikers with supply from Pirlo and Seedorf, this is one of the most if not the most potent attack in Europe.

OUT:
Klaas Jan Huntelaar: After warming the benches for 2 seasons, the out of favour Dutch striker has joined German club Schalke04.
MANCHESTER UNITED:
IN:
Javier Hernandez: After electrifying performances in the world cup, it looks like Sir Alex Ferguson has again gotten a bargain deal for the diminutive Mexican. Touted as the next Solskjaer, this one is sure to sparkle at OT.

Chris Smalling: Transferred from Fulham, this English centre half is a great future prospect for united.

Bebe: Signed for 7.4 mil pounds from Vitoria de Guimaraes, Bebe's stock has suddenly skyrocketed in a span of twelve months.A fantastic finisher with a great burst of pace, Bebe's time will come soon at OT. \m/



Some other transfer stories:


REAL MADRID:
Undoubtedly, the signing of the season was made by Real Madrid when they appointed Jose Mourinho as the manager to try and break Barcelona's stranglehold on Spanish football.


LIVERPOOL:
The less said about pool, the better. First they sell off Xabi Alonso. The following season they sell off Mascherano, n sign Joe Cole. Liverpool seem to have accepted their fate as a faded superpower in european football.


MANCHESTER CITY:
Saglyat jasta valval yannich keli ahe.
Signed Yaya Toure n David Silva for exorbitant fees. Signed the likes of Milner and God knows who to try and break into the top four in England. Mi tar mhanto, 34 varshat 1 pan trophy jinkle nahiyet, paise var ale asle tari tyane trophy milat nahi!!!

Readers are always welcome to post any significant signing which i may have missed. :)