I am like the modern day Abhimanyu, I only know how to get into shit.

Time to live and die indoors. We are getting pounded up here. :|



And I am stuck in my sneakers! HELP!!


Special Weather Statement

MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 305 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...LAKE EFFECT EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN JUST IN TIME FOR EVENING COMMUTE...

A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW THAT AT 3 PM EXTENDED OFF LAKE ONTARIO ACROSS EASTERN ORLEANS AND GENESEE COUNTIES, AND WESTERN MONROE COUNTY, IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON, EXTENDING INTO THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA AS IT DOES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH OR EXCEED AN INCH AN HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST PORTION OF THE BAND. ADDITIONALLY, WESTERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING, ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE AS CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE.

The view out my window:

"Hello World"

"When you decide to be something, you can be it. That's what they don't tell you in the church. When I was your age they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I'm saying to you is this: when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?"

-The Departed

X-Seed 4000 is a proposed skyscraper that looks oddly like Mt. Fuji. Perhaps it’s unsurprising that it could be eventually built in Tokyo, Japan. The tallest building ever fully designed, the X-Seed 4000 would house between 500,000 and 1,000,000 people. A tiny quantity of individuals, if you take into account that the technology to “fabricate” mature adult individuals from raw materials is probably only a few decades away.

The X-Seed 4000, which would be 4,000 meters high (13,123.2 feet), would in fact be taller than Mt. Fuji, which is merely 3776 meters high (12,388 ft).



The proposed structure would have a base 6 km wide and contain 800 floors. Designed by Taisei Construction Corporation, this mountain-shaped living environment would be powered by solar power and blend together high living with natural surroundings. It seems odd to claim that it would be powered by the sun entirely - this would mean that the company either intends to devote entire floors to nothing but solar panels or that it has found a way to power buildings economically with minimal paneling. In any case, it seems like nuclear power would be just as good.

Designed as an “intelligent building” the super-futuristically-named X-Seed 4000 would maintain light, temperature, and air pressure in response to changing external weather conditions. Because it has already been fully designed using materials available today, the structure could, in principle, be built, although it would likely cost several hundred billion dollars, if not more. Because the structure would weigh so much, it could only be built on the sea if present-day construction materials were used.

The X-Seed 4000 sounds an awful lot like an arcology, that is, ecological piece of architecture that would contain its own dependent ecosystem as well as human housing. In the long run, as buildings grow to such huge sizes that they become cities unto themselves, the integration of plants and animals will be essential for the preservation of human sanity and basic aesthetics. Eventually the Earth’s surface could become entirely covered in such structures.

P.S: Imagine half of Bangalore waiting for a lift on the 500th floor. Sweet.

When the going gets tough, take a coffee break.

Create your own visitor map!

Shreya Ghoshal probably has the sweetest voice I've ever heard.

Makes you want to listen to her songs over and over again. And apparantly she's just 22 or something.

Sooraj Barjatya needs help.

I've seen some real bad movies.. James for instance and a lot of Fardeen Khan 'thrillers'. But the thing about these movies is there is something happening most of the time. There are some crooks, some policemen or a bad politician.. you get the picture. The problem with Vivah is that nothing ever happens throughout the movie. You're sitting there waiting for something to happen.. may be a bad man will pop up from somewhere, or may be the bridegrooms father will turn evil or may be brides mother has one last trick up her sleeve... something.. ANYTHING! But all you get are the credits at the end with the most painful of songs Mujhe haq hai... playing in the background.

Lets try and analyze the star cast of this movie.. may be it'll throw some light on why Vivah is such a pathetically boring movie...

Shahid Kapoor: Let's face it, the dude can't act. And thankfully he doesn't try either. And we have to give credit to Mr.Barjatya for that. All he's got to do in the movie is to put up this sickeningly nice face and ask dumb questions to Amrita Rao. Thankfully though, Amrita cares a damn about his questions and sticks to giving one word answers... a bit like how my sanskrit answers used to be in school. Apart from that, the only action our hero gets is to see Amrita through a binoculars!

Amrita Rao: This lady takes up much of the screen time in this movie. But sadly it's a complete waste of time and effort. Its really hard to say if she can act or not based on this performance. Watching her is a bit like watching the Sunday afternoon deaf and dumb news on Doordarshan. If she's happy- she smiles, she's sad-she cries or puts up a sad face, and if she's feeling shy-she just turns and runs away. :| And the chaste hindi she speaks.. MANNN! "Jal"??? EXCUSE ME! If someone comes up to me and asks me if I want some "Jal".. I swear I'm going to freak out! And guess what, Shahid also learns some chaste hindi words to impress her.. none that I can remember and reproduce for you guys. Sorry! :| Go watch the movie. And the clothes she wears just don't suit her.. I mean in those huge sarees and stuff.. its like sticking up Shakil O'neil's shirt on a lil hanger! Jeezz! Madhuri Dixit, anybody??? :/ But Amrita Rao can drag me to any movie! ;) I only wish this one was running on mute!

Oh and there is Amrita's step mom who hates Amrita because she's fairer than her real daughter! Mahhn!! Wake up Mr.Barjatya. On the one hand people seem to be outraged at whats happening to Shilpa Shetty and on the other we portray stuff like this is our own movies!?

The rest of the characters are.. well.. spotlessly nice and good people too. They just unload loads and loads of sugar down your gullet.

What happens when you eat a box of sweets and another is placed in front of you to finish??

Yup, that exactly how this movie leaves you feeling...

P.S: The good thing though is that it gave me something else to suffer with for a few hours, which was nice and a bit of a relief.
And no I didn't choose to see this movie, it was played on the bus from Hyderabad to Bangalore. duh.