WTF update in recent times

Anybody following the US elections?This times election farces beats even cult movies like Goondah!Sarah Palins retort about her foreign policy being good thanks to Alaskas proximity to Russia was the icing on the cake.Jon Stewart Zindabad!!!!

The Idiot box:living upto its name

Here is the honest truth.I can be used, beyond any reasonable amount of doubt by research professionals as the perfect specimen while studying the behavioural habits of 'the typical couch potato'.

Give me a cosy chair and a widescreen T.V. and I can stare at the idiot box not knowing even if it starts raining diamonds! I watch everything from Arnold Schwarzenegger spouting expletives in a Tamil – dubbed version of Terminator to a T.V. host dressed as a heroic police officer sensationalising random murders on a 'competent' news channel.

However, it was this time around that the absurdity of the entire situation on the silver screen hit me. While I do not deny the presence of a select few good shows on Nat Geo or the Discovery Channel, the majority are cliched. A few moments of channel surfing will bring you to the same conclusion. Its all there, the Saas – Bahu melodrama, reality shows, stand – up comedies, talent hunts and shows strangely titled “Breaking News”!

The Saas – Bahu dilemma is the undisputed champion of banality. Every channel has its share of this trademark programme. There is this one particular soap that has the prima donna playing multiple roles (for added good measure they were of different generations!). Last I heard, she was the role model for house wives and was busy contesting elections. What is the country coming to?

The 'Reality talent' shows-bereft of both reality and talent, these shows play on the highly sentimental Indian mind. Its the perfect way of misappropriating the hard earned tax payers money by encouraging SMSs to save a person who probably did not deserve to be on T.V. in the first place. Recently these shows got a major TRP boost when a cheap actress resorted to an even cheaper method to win what was anyway the cheapest show (for the record,it did not work and she blew her top. Analysis: a simple case of sour grapes!). Again whats the country coming to?

You know something is wrong when you get up early in the morning, flip through the entertaintment section and discover that 'Breaking News' is scheduled at a particular time slot. It makes you wonder if you have your reading glasses on. 'Breaking News' ? Atleast we have something to make the boring days happening!

Although some of the impressions in stand – up comedies may pull off a grin, there exists a cruel half that makes you wish you could commit murder! A turbaned judge incessantly laughing at just about anything takes up most of the limelight.

If you thought that all these T.V shows drained me emotionally and I finally got started with my long term ambition of working out,Think again!Channel Flip!You got to admit.Some things never change.Arnold-bashing, even in Tamil has its own charm!

Of Petty thieves and their stupid acts


I was prompted to write about this class of society when my mob got flicked a few days back(sob!!!!).It is another story that the mobile actually resembled more of a calc than a phone and also weighed more than the A.C. currently blowing on my face!!!I still havent come to terms with the stupidity of the act.You will understand why when you consider the following-

*Firstly the Damn thing didnt cost a lot and the maximum he would have made would be around Rs.600(Wait!!I forgot the cover wasnt the original,so that brings down the cost to say 550).If he is reading this I would like to advise him to try to sell it off to the old newspaper guy who pays with regard to the weight.lol!!!

*Second and the more stupid fact being that he left my wallet which had more than a grand!!!!I still dont understand how he could overlook it because the cell and the wallet were together. Naturally the first thing that I would deem sensible would be to take as much as possible when you have decided to steal.

*And Lastly,If it was a mobile that he so much desired then why mine? when you had mobs worth more than 15K in the neighbourhood and whose owners were as negligent if not more than me!!

I think some things are best left alone.Like my bro said "Who ever told you that Thieves were intelligent?".And for those of you who know a little about mobiles,it was a nokia 3410.

Epilogue

I havent got the cell back eventhough I always expected that one day the guy would get fed up of the calc and would come back begging me to take it back!!And if you thought(like me)that this act was a blessing in disguise(I was drooling about a Motorazer or an N-Series!!)think again!!.I just learnt that my dad is getting me a torch(A 1100!!!).

La Start

Every Blogs first post must begin with a self portrait of the author.I seriously tried to come up with one but as I proceeded I understood that a personal description is always suspect.The author tries to convince everyone that the world revolves around him and in all probability it would be better off without him.

So Should I blow my own trumpet or let the world decide?Lets try to analyse the situation.If I blow my own trumpet you probably wont believe it.But if the world decides what I am then I live for myself,I need to please no one.So logically speaking I dont need to describe myself.In Case 2,I live for the world and living for the world necessarily means that I have to please everyone, meaning which I would blow my own trumpet.But according to my previous analogy you wont trust me anyway,so why bother?sounds crap?If you have reached this point of the description,I have come to the logical conclusion that you are jobless and want to pass some time.Best of luck to you!!!But dont sue me if you get some god- forbidden syndrome!!!This Blog is full of crap and a creation of my boredom.