Saturday, June 17, 2006

Got Tagged ..Ouch ;-)

Well, Sri's been prodding me for a write up, and if I dont do this now, I never will !!

So here goes..my verson of Life's Ten Simple Pleasures, an addendum to Sri's Post maybe..:)

1. Jogging a mile each day.
2. Reading forwards on my mailbox when bored with work.
3. Watching dumb tamil movies with loads of funny punchlines.
4. Eating Amma-made-Dosais in the evenings
5. A box of Maltesers or Nutties, all to myself, everyday!
6. 24/7 access to music, you dont know when u need them, but they need to be there when u want them!
7. Being able to run away from civilization once in a while..
8. Books
9. X Box
10. DVDs

Tagging anyone who reads this!!

Friday, June 16, 2006

Split Personalities..

I dont understand what this fixation in movies about the split personality thing is all about. Every movie I see these days seem to have something to do with split personality, schizophrenia, paronoia, delusions etc....is this the "Welcome to the 2000's" thing ??

Well, I thought its just the case back home , what with Anniyan and Chandramukhi, hitting big with the audience, thanks to the "multiple personality disorder" idea. But I couldnt be more mistaken..
I pick up a couple of English DVDs from the library , and bingo- paydirt !Is this the trend or is it just me?

To elucidate, here are the movies i pick up..A Beautiful Mind, Shallow Hal, Fight Club, Vanilla Sky, Erin Brokovich and Der Untergang..and guess what? except for the last two movies, are we or are we not searching for that mysterious other guy or gal whom only we can see but others can't? Enough movies to drive Freud nuts?? :))

Actually I am not pissed off and all, Fight Club was real good, Shallow Hal was sweet and all, but I have reached a point of waitaminit-gimme-a-break-as-I-have-had-enuf!! I mean, lets cut this crap about split personalities- we have had enough of it now, and its time to move on.

Now, I dont mind the Superman, Spiderman or Batman sequels.. those are comics , and kids love those particular split personalities,but let us leave it to that now for a while, and make other movies..maybe its time for yet another "Stiffling" American Pie sequel? I do not mind a simple story with a simple plot sans mysterious ghost characters and psychological bullshit..just for a while, lets pray for a simple, uncomplicated life on the other side of the screen.. what do you guys say??