Friday, November 25, 2005

Diarios de motocicleta !!


My blogging is frenzied, frenetic and fanatical (and that's three f words in a sentence, all adjectives....waiting for Madonna's take on this one). Blogging has really hit me, any spare time taken off in my day, is spent writing drafts for the next post, correcting and modifying them...which should be against the basic spirit of blogging. (What the heck?!)

Watched an awesome flick yesterday- "The motorcycle diaries", about the sojourn taken by Ernesto Guevera de la Serna, just six months prior to his graduation. All of 23 years and equipped with a rickety motorcycle and a zestful chum for company, it takes us through their voyage accross the length and breadth of the Americas. Laced with enough metaphors; bringing on Che's personal journey for meaning and a purpose for his life....some scenes are touching enough. One of the most haunting scenes i felt was Ernesto's confrontation with the mine field supervisor for the treatment meted out to the workers. The scenes with the patients at the Lepers colony, San Pablo are endearing. Actor Bernal gets into the skin of his character, particularly the raging desire for justice and idealism. Alberto Granada, Ernesto's chum is the other highlight of the film. His zest for life and all the good things are a striking contrast from his best friend's, who is struggling to find happiness around him. Hard to imagine people like Che existing, and hard to imagine Che as the firebrand revolutionary who lead armies against oppression. This movie is a radical departure from the Che we have all come to believe. The ashtmatic, soft spoken idealist to the cold blooded military strategist...quite a journey.

Easily one of the best ones i have seen in a while.

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My quest for eternal happiness continues....the pretty looking dame i passed by on the morning bus would testify. It is unnerving to be stared upon with a ferocity that only the most percerptive wouldnt misconstrue as a looming Norman Bates for a straight one hour. Well, this exihibitionism is certainly shocking for my style, one who rarely feels out-of-place in the customary wall paper setting in any social outing. How the hell do i explain this schoolboy antics, when apparently i swore undying "BLEEP" (better censored) to someone else not so long ago in another time.

"BLEEP", certainly the easily available commodity anywhere...add a couple of value-adds, the mandatory proclamations, the routine primroses, and the customary rituals...and Lo! the slickest package you ever find. Alluring to look at, Envied by the misled singles 30's club. Its peculiar properties leave me as befuddled and Cynical as ever.

Cynical-when a dear friend of mine walks out the "perfect-walking-into-the-sunset" relationship, citing reasons apparently unknown. After bawling their lungs out to everyone in sight, they apparently lost their voice......

Cynical-When another dearer friend embarks upon his n-th "Casablanca". Says he is in love....and giving Shahrukh a run for his money by his antics...but then doesnt "see a future" to it (Aah! well the stuff of the greatest love stories...our own desi "Rhett Butler"). Before this turns to be the mother of all gripes for me and all the parties involved....im only cynical with the very feeling, or the way the feeling is misrepresented by various parties.

Rest assured, im no puritan...nor am i your average Ku-Klux-Klan member screaming for uprightness of society. I would have been an ardent supporter of Khushboo's statement if i wasnt shit scared of the libel cases waiting for me. I no longer find souls who would swear by it, and not use the feeling in some way to fulfil some other baser motive. Loss of innocence? I dont know...Jilted-lover syndrome??? (I hope not!!)...Get-smart pills?....

Whatever maybe the reason, i find it hard to digest people venturing into intimacy and screaming hoarse about being "unsure" of their feelings and then tagging it with a overrated label. Why call it "BLEEP!" when all you crave is the excitement, all you wanted was companionship.....

Meawhile our caped crusader gets ready for his next foray to rescue his damsel from the tedium of daily life......Keep watching this space!!

Bye to my hazaar- denizens of the cyberworld,
Aloha!!

Thursday, November 24, 2005

Pedestrian Writings??!!!

Still reeling with the frustration that "fighting-with-forces-beyond-your-control" gets on. Now that i look at it, my web blog appellation seems to have been pre-ordained. Worthier titles strewn aside (somebody already has a blogsite "Nebuchadnezzar"!!!?), and the most "fitting" one bestowed upon me, which incidentally was supposed to be a "clever" joke. Reminds me of the joke....

"Dick, the smug bastard wants to impress his teammates by showing how tech-savvy he is....surrounded by maidens, showing them the company's latest intranet portal. The system prompts him for a pass word. Our hero, with the confident smirk types in "P-E-N-I-S" to some "Wow!! that was cool!" remarks. The computer sends back the message "Password rejected, too short"!!! .."

Well, sometime it just aint your day.....when the name "pedestrian writings" is all you're entitled too. Hope this aint a precursor for further posts.....

All Peace in the world,
Chow!!