Movie - Blood Diamond

Not for the faint hearted. Not for the girls who want diamonds for their rings. Not for the men who want to present diamonds to their loved ones. Not for the people in the diamond business. Not for the people who do not want to hate a diamond. How many people does that leave?
Watch it to see (feel rather) what goes behind the scene to get you those shiny conceited rocks. Not all of them are like that, but how many give a rat's shit to ask if they are buying a bloody one?
Watch it and you will goddamn make sure you'd confirm its not a bloody one that you are spending on! Leo rocks as usual. And of course, the sceneries are marvelous. Because TIA.
The movie reminds me of a song by the Eagles, The Last Resort. Its about the British (I guess) who colonized Africa to an extent.

She came from Providence,
the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang
heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams
like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea
She heard about a place people were smilin'
They spoke about the red man's way,
and how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere
to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand
or a place to hide

Down in the crowded bars,
out for a good time,
Can't wait to tell you all,
what it's like up there
And they called it paradise
I don't know why
Somebody laid the mountains low
while the town got high

Then the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
through the canyons of the coast, to
the Malibu
Where the pretty people play,
hungry for power
to light their neon way
and give them things to do

Some rich men came and raped the land,
Nobody caught 'em
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus,
people bought 'em
And they called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea

You can leave it all behind
and sail to Lahaina
just like the missionaries did, so many years ago
They even brought a neon sign: "Jesus is coming"
Brought the white man's burden down
Brought the white man's reign

Who will provide the grand design?
What is yours and what is mine?
'Cause there is no more new frontier
We have got to make it here

We satisfy our endless needs and
justify our bloody deeds,
in the name of destiny and the name of God

And you can see them there,
On Sunday morning
They stand up and sing about
what it's like up there
They call it paradise
I don't know why
You call someplace paradise,
kiss it goodbye

This Valentine's Day

This Valentine's Day I thought of remembering all my lovers. I first fell in love in 2002 August. She is just amazing. She is dark as the night. A very fancy, rich girl. she costed me a lot of money. (!@#$%%!@#)? He he. I am talking about my computers. She stayed back home in hyd and I was at IITM. 17', 512 MB, 120 GB, 2 Ghz etc. But you know, how distance kills all the chemistry. She was never mine.
But then I got this new one in August 2003. She was snow white. She stuck with me for 3 years. Not a very fancy one but a simple and content one. 15', 256 MB, 40 GB, 2 Ghz etc. I miss her. I truly miss her.
Well, I was interning at IBM and they gave me this amazing hi maintenance one. Well, I was away from my snow white, wanted some company so I went out for 3 months with this aspiring super model. :). 17' Flat, 2 Gb, 80 Gb, 3.2 Ghz etc.
And now I come to princeton and they give me this amazing American chic. She is just amazing. I love spending time with her. 19' TFT, 2 GB, 300GB, 3 Ghz Core 2 Duo, NVDIA 7200 etc.
But where my heart truly lies these days is with this amazing super model. She is an art. A true super model. MacBook, 13.4' Wisescreen, 1 GB, 80GB, 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo etc. I just cant stay away from her even for a second!!!

Boston Illegal

I went to boston this weekend. It was just amazing. MIT was overwhelming as expected. But boston, and the partly frozen river is just too cool. I was staying with shyam at MIT. We went to the Stata Center (the weird CSAIL building) as well. The department is too big. Too too big!
There was this small pond somewhere in the middle of boston. It was frozen. It was kind of not adviced to walk/skate on it. But I had a long standing desire of walking on water. I broke all my norms in getting on to the frozen surface to walk on ice!!! It was kind of scary in the beginning but by the time I was in the middle I kind of figured it was too solid to pose any threat. So I just walked across the pond.
I even saw the movie Babel finally in boston. There was not story in the movie. It was like an information. If it gets the Oscars then I can definitely judge the level of other movies that are nominated.