1. Team America: World Police - at the AMC
2. Dhoom - VHS
3. Fida - VHS

Team America: Ummm. Extremely vulgar. Rip roaring funny. In a childish, insensitive, homophobic and excessively moronic way. The fight scenes where the puppets do their "wire-fu". THAT was funny! Explicit "Puppet Love" scenes and puppet puking scenes - could have done without them. The puking scene does not stop for about 45 seconds. It feels longer - I know but you could probably take a walk outside while it finishes. Ends up with the "actor" in a lake of disgustingly yellow - puke. And - after the actor gets advanced plastic surgery: pieces of beard glued on is all you can see (and it all comes off - no surgery required - the instant the terrorists are killed) and a clever disguise: Black Leather Jacket etc (cool Hollywood wear) with the plastic surgery and a bathroom towel (large) wrapped around the head. Very cute.

My favorite part of the movie was Kim Jong Il as a mix of Elmer Fudd and Chucky. And the profanities he spews. OMG!!!

And the WMD control device (required for all spy movies - with the 5 minute timer which will stop at 1 second to go when cancelled): a simple GUI with "Start", "Go" and "Cancel" buttons on it and conveniently placed on a Touch-screen computer albeit worded in Korean.

The Film Actors Guild (F.A.G.): led by Alec Baldwin: want Peace? And they join Kim Jong Il? Whatever. Watch it if you want to. Actually, save yourself the trouble: rent the video if it comes out. Don't want you to waste $7 on that.

Saw a trailer for the upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants The Movie at the AMC yesterday. Adore the series. And David Hasselhoff plays himself in the movie. Should be good.

Hitchhiker's in Post-production: hope its good. Whaddo I mean hope? Of course it'll be good. It'll be better than good. It'll be great!

About the last post. I didn't realize I was into that stuff that deep until I realized I actually said "Ancient History" not "Indian Mythology". I actually believe in the stories. Sweet. Good for me.

About the Cydonian. How many believe he should have dumped DesiDate like a century ago and not drag this over millennia? I mean, you wouldn't want to see this turn into this! OMG, someone get the friggin' hose in here already. (Tee Hee Hee... "Ho's" - BWAHAHAHA)

RV's doing stuff on his site again. Hmmm.

Mostly posting on the Cydonian's blog. Strangely enough, about ancient history and stuff.

Waiting for the lightning bolt or brahmaastra to hit me in the soft spots.

But, (there's always a but - *snicker* I just said butt) the person called me "Shaker". Umm. I was being sarcastic about the guy calling me Shankar (/shun-khur/) instead of the way I pronounce it Sankar (/sén-khur/) but come on, that doesn't even sound like Shaker.

The egg, looking a bit pissed off, grabs the sheet, rolls over, and says, "Well I guess we've finally answered THAT question!!"

Moved furniture over the weekend. Woah! Nice house.

The Cydonian (aka the metamutator) has had a surreptitious date over the weekend and refuses details to you mere mortals. I OTOH, have been stalking my deity and have surveilance photo's of their encounter right here. The one on the left is obviously the date and the cydonian (on the right! Jeez do I have to spell it out?) looks cool in those orange pants.

And, oh yeah! Reading "Seizure" by Robin Cook.

Double Metal Ax in GB. Rising in rank.

Grade changed. "A". Whee whee.

Harry Potter's interesting. But I need time for other things than just entertaining myself. Like studying. God! Haven't done that in a while. I'ma get killed in the exams.

Megatokyo's becoming boring. Dude. Pick it up.

Taco Bell food again. And haven't Gymmed in a while. Just Ping Pong. Love handles! AAAARGGHH!

Spoiler Alert!

Set two thousand years ago in the Warring States period of ancient China, this movie carries the mythical/mystical martial arts skills of the ancients effortlessly. As most of the story is told in a flashback, the exaggerations of the narrator could be used to explain the impossible fight sequences. But that's just my take on it.

The Nameless Warrior (Jet Li) has been awarded an audience with the ruthless "Tyrant" Emperor of the Qin empire (Chen Dao Ming) for a great feat. Many years ago, the Emperor had harbored the notion of peace for all the land. A solution bathed in the blood of his enemies which involved conquering all the land and unifying it under one throne. His enemies had sent forth many assassins to rid the world of the "Tyrant" and end the misery of the people. Of them, the most prominent were Sky (Donnie Yen), Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung) and Broken Sword (Tony Leung Chiu Wai). The Emperor had been forced to retreat to the safety of His palace and even had to resort to clearing the palace of any ornaments and embellishments so as to remove all hiding places for the assassins to take shelter in after a particularly devastating but unsuccessful attack by Snow and Broken Sword. He proclaimed rewards in return for the lives of these assassins. The Nameless Warrior had killed them all. One at a time.

The Nameless Warrior is instructed to stay atleast a hundred paces from the Emperor or be executed instantly - after a strip search (*bleh*). At a hundred paces, the Warrior narrates how he had obtained the head of the silver spear of the assassin Sky and why he had gone for Sky first. The Warrior explains that the three assassins were tied together by bonds of love. Broken Sword and Snow were lovers and were the protectors of the realm of Zhao. Sky had had an affair with Snow and had created a rift between the lovers. Eliminating Sky first would deepen the rift. The warrior a lowly captain in the Emperor's army finds out that Sky frequents a chess center and prepares for a show down. But before he can get there, the Emperor's guards have already challenged the assassin and bowed to his skill. A skill he displays without unsheathing the blade of his spear. The warrior then claims the reward in the name of the Emperor and attacks and in a wonderfully choreographed "mind - dance" defeats Sky, ridding the assassin's spear of its blade while striking a death blow. The emperor's aides present the blade to Him and He proclaims the warrior has earned the reward - a thousand pieces of gold and the honor of approaching within twenty paces of the Emperor. The aides then present the swords of Broken Sword and Sky, and the warrior begins his narrative again. Before which, the Emperor proclaims the second reward. Imperial presence at ten paces. The Warrior continues. He enters the Zhao domain dressed as a Zhao citizen and requests the calligraphy work of the master Broken Sword as a last request of his dead father. He requests that Broken Sword prepare an eight feet scroll with the word "Sword". The word can be expressed in nineteen common ways. The Warrior requests the twentieth kind. Broken Sword begins on the calligraphy as the warriors of Qin approach and ready an aerial attack. As the warriors of Qin shoot relentless arrow after arrow, the students of the calligraphy school - where Snow is the Head Mistress - continue with their training as if the vagaries of war will not sway them from their true art. Arrow after arrow slices through the wooden structure and hits the hapless students who keep working even when wounded. When Broken Arrow's stylus is broken by a random missile, he catches the next one and breaking off the tip, uses it to continue. The Warrior assists Snow as they transform into whirling missile repellent turrets to protect the school and the scroll that will reveal the true art of the assassin Broken Arrow, the only means by which the Warrior can defeat the master assassin. Snow realizes that the stranger was not a commoner and had not come for the scroll alone. She asks him who he really is. He requests a meeting at midnight. Inside the school, the scroll is completed. The Warrior compliments the master on his calligraphy work and the master returns the compliment lauding his swordplay. He then asks the Warrior the real meaning behind the visit. The Warrior requests a meeting at midnight. In the library where they meet, the Warrior reveals that he had killed Sky and that the dying assassin had vowed that Snow would avenge his death. He requests that they meet him for a duel in the presence of the Emperor's army the next day and leaves. The emotional rift widened, the two lovers cannot face each other or decide who would meet the Warrior the next day. In a fit of anger, and knowing that Snow is watching, Broken Arrow makes love to his apprentice/servant Moon (Zhang Zyi - the teenage rebel from the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon movie and she also appeared in Rush Hour 2 if you want to know). As soon as he feels that Snow has left, he discards the pretence and orders Moon out. Unable to bear the jealousy and anger, Snow stabs Broken Arrow in the back. Dying, the assassin says "We are both very foolish!" The apprentice seeking revenge attacks her master's real lover and in a beautiful color filled scene with the autumn hues of falling oak leaves, the whirlwind that Snow uses to deflect her enemies sets the orange leaves in motion and captivates you for a long time. Moon dies and her dying words set Snow into a death spiral as she attacks the Warrior with no heart to kill and gets easily defeated.

The Emperor now realizes the folly of letting the Warrior within ten paces of Himself. He chides the Warrior on such a fanciful tale and reprimands him for underestimating the Emperor. The Emperor explains that he had battled the two assassins three years ago and he knew that they were not the emotionally insecure and juvenile weaklings the Warrior's narrative had made them out to be. He then narrates his own version of the tale. The assassin Sky had voluntarily died at the hands of the Warrior as he had displayed the skill he had honed for a long time. The ability to strike ruthlessly at ten paces. The sacrifice of the assassin would grant the Warrior imperial presence at twenty paces, but to complete the assassination, the Warrior needed to be at ten paces. So he requests that one of Snow or Broken Arrow volunteer to die by his sword to help complete his mission. As the two assassins approach the site of the duel, they both draw their swords on each other, but Snow is quicker and wounds Broken Arrow. She goes on to the duel site and gives her life. The Emperor feels that as the assassin had a score to settle for the death of his lover, he challenged the Warrior to a duel and with the corpse of Snow in the middle of a lake, a "Crouching Tiger..." kind of duel ensues with neither fighter willing to strike a fatal blow. Broken Arrow surrenders his sword in the middle of the duel and urges that the warrior take his sword as in life or death the two lovers or their swords would not be parted.

Now, the Warrior confesses that he is infact an assassin from the Zhao domain and that he was orphaned as a child due to a marauding army from the Qin domain. He was adopted by a couple in Qin, but ten years ago, had discovered his roots and had sworn revenge. He had truly mastered the art of striking at ten paces and had displayed that skill to Sky. The Warrior could not only kill but also was deadly accurate at that range. So skillful that he could appear to strike a death blow when in reality he would only wound his opponent. Trusting him, Sky volunteers to lose to the Warrior and puts himself at the mercy of the Warrior. The Warrior, in his turn, chides the Emperor for underestimating Broken Arrow. When the Warrior next approaches Snow and Broken Arrow, he displays his accuracy by striking the white brush he throws in the midst of an airborne mess of black brushes, splitting the brush in three. Snow immediately volunteers to face the Warrior in front of the army of Qin, but Broken Arrow vows in front of the Warrior that as long as he lived, he would prevent the assassination of the Emperor. Stunned, the Warrior waits for an explanation, but Snow, bitter because of the failed attempt three years ago, believing that this assassin would finally put an end to the Tyrant, requests the assistance of the Warrior to defeat Broken Arrow. Snow manages to wound and weaken Broken Arrow and meets the Warrior on the battle field and orchestrates her "death". On the night before the duel, she instructs her aide at the calligraphy school to accompany the Warrior and return with a Red flag if the assassination is successful and a Yellow Flag if otherwise. Before the Warrior leaves for the Palace, Broken Arrow and Moon confront him. Broken Arrow gives the Warrior his sword and the refrain "together in life and death" is played back. He explains how three years ago he had successfully infiltrated the Emperor's defenses and had relieved the Emperor of his sword. But when he was within striking distance of the Emperor's neck, he had just scratched it and the assassins had left. He explains that he had had a profound revelation at that moment and couldn't go on with his error. He explains by etching on the desert sand with his sword, two words to signify his intentions. The interplay of calligraphy and swordsmanship is repeated as in "Crouching Tiger..." and the assassin leaves the Warrior to make his own conclusions. Moon stays behind to give the Warrior the sword and urges him tearfully to heed her master's advice.

We now reach the turnpike in the movie. The emotional war raging between the Emperor and his would be assassin. The Warrior reveals that the assassin had etched the words "Our Land" on the desert sand. In his epiphany, the assassin had realized that the greater good of their land lay in the future pursued by the Emperor of Qin. His sacrifice in choosing the greater good over vengeance makes the Emperor realize the true weight of his design and unable to hold the burden, passes it on to the Warrior, by offering the Warrior His own battle sword. He then contemplates the scroll that Broken Arrow had prepared. He notices that the skill of the calligrapher had caught the similarity in the words "Man" and "Sword". Meaning, that man and sword are intertwined and the decision of either judged the fate of the other. Man wields the sword not in hand but in heart and the belief and convictions of the man guided the fate of the sword and in turn, of the man.

The emotional battle raging in the empty palace reaches a peak and in a single move, the Warrior leaps to the Emperor, sword in hand, and stabs him in the back. But, with the hilt of the sword. The blade away from the Emperor. The Warrior lays his sword down and leaves the presence of the Emperor also choosing the greater good over his own retribution.

Snow's aide rides swiftly back to the Zhao domain with the Yellow flag, sending Snow into a blinding rage. She orders Broken Arrow to draw his sword and fight her for causing the death of not only the Warrior, but also the various people of the land. He does so, but at the last instant refuse to block a lethal blow relinquishing his sword, hoping that Snow would get her revenge in his blood. Shocked beyond disbelief at her lover's sacrifice and his conviction in the Emperor's design, she gives her own life with the sword still in her lover's body. She hugs his back and plunges the sword deep into his belly up to the hilt as Moon, screaming in sorrow, runs to the bodies of the finally united lovers in their boundary-less final abode. (This is where, I shamelessly admit, tears welled up in my eyes... don't worry... I didn't cry)

Back at the palace, the Warrior awaits his fate at the closed gates of the palace. The Emperor's advisors are tormenting the Emperor to decide upon the judgment for the Warrior. They urge Him in a single, echoing voice that the Warrior must be made an example of and that he must be executed to further the fate of the Empire. The beseeching voices suddenly turn into ordering voices as the Emperor realizes that His Plan had become a juggernaut and He cannot spare the life of the noble Warrior even though it appears that he is tempted to. As soon as the emperor makes a striking gesture with His hand, the shout goes out to the courtyard to "EXECUTE" and the stretched bows of the Emperor's guard sing as the arrows plunge surely at the Warrior.

I don't know who "Rashomon" is, but the telling of a particular story in different colors according to the different versions of the narrative is apparently attributed to him. Atleast from what I've read on the web. The Warrior's first narrative has the Zhao domain in all scarlet tones. The fight between Snow and Moon has the damsels in red and the surroundings in a yellow-filter-like envelope of autumn leaves. Somehow that scene just screamed - the "Pachhandanamey" song sequence in Sakhi. Simply Gorgeous. The Emperor's version has the assassins of the Zhao domain in tones of sky blue and the final version has them in white. The warriors and guard of the Qin domain are all in Black and the extras don't look like they were copied and pasted like in the other martial arts dramas. The camera zooms in close to them to reveal stubbles and sweat. Nicely done.

Speaking of computer effects, the wire-fu isn't perfect or believable like in "Crouching Tiger...". The actors clearly struggle with it. Are they getting too old? *I digress* I couldn't do a single move like that even with wires, if you taught me for the rest of my friggin life. They did the best they could is all that I can say.

The water drop effects - like the one in the Matrix Revolutions - look cool. In the Emperor's version, when Broken Arrow and the Warrior duke it out in the middle of the lake, they shoot drops of water from their swords like bullets and when one of the "splinters" of the bullets lands on the face of the peaceful Snow, Broken Arrow rushes to her side and drops his sword. Wow!

The role of Sky is briefly discussed but is not repeated anywhere in the repeated narrations. The director concentrated solely on the development of the characters of the two lover assassins in the three different narratives.

Just got back from it after catching it at the AMC. Had to capture my feelings in here as soon as possible before my roommates "polluted" it with their criticisms. *Snicker* LOL guys, just kidding. I'd love to hear your opinions.

There was a pretty decent crowd for the show today. Expected it to be bigger (it being Labor Day tomorrow and what not). But, oh well.

It's now 3:12AM. I spent nearly three hours writing this review. OMG! And the Cydonian was just commending me on keeping the posts short and sweet. O well! That's life.

1. Executive Decision - DVD
2. Nenu - VHS
3. Garv - VHS
4. Dhund - VHS
5. Humraaz - VHS
6. The Village - at the AMC
7. Unfaithful - DVD
8. Showtime - VHS
9. Spiderman 2 - at the AMC
10. Aarya - VHS
11. Fahrenheit 9/11 - at the AMC
12. Hera Pheri - VHS

1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2. John Grisham's "The Summons"

Next up, Sidney Sheldon's "The Sky is Falling".

I'm saving up to buy this.

Whoa! Reality check again. My site isn't THAT good. I mean, look at the other ones listed on the college lists. Like this one for example. Awesome site! Really creative.

Then he goes "I was just kidding, hope you didn't take that to heart."

Now, tell me. If I feel like ripping his black pea - sized heart out, stuffing his bloody, pulpy, useless carcass into a garbage compactor and pissing all over it, am I being too irrational?

WHY THE HELL IS IT SUCH A GODDAMNED SMALL WORLD?

Full of character actors only. Nice try, could have done better?

Guess there are a lot of other advantages of having non-Telugu roommates.

If you decide you want to link to a particular post, it's easy. Just do this:

1. write down the date and time of the post as shown on the left hand column
2. remove all blank-spaces and slashes
3. change time to 24-hour format
4. use that as the bookmark on this page:
   http://students.uta.edu/sb/sbg9414/index_main.htm#<insert the number you get from (3) here>

Let's try it:

http://students.uta.edu/sb/sbg9414
/the_vault001.htm#080420042141PST

http://students.uta.edu/sb/sbg9414
/the_vault001.htm#082320041402

See? it works!

1. Skip the flash video, and proceed to homepage
2. Bottom of the homepage, click the Techsonance 2003 Review link
3. Voila! there I am, lighting the lamp (OMFG, what is his left hand doing?)

This is just perfect! ROTFL.

Classes start from today. And guess who just got here for Fall? He's in the Civil engineering discipline, but he was a classmate of mine for around about 6 years. Why the hell does it have to be such a small world?

And, thanx cydonian and khanh for linking. Hope some of my "FRIENDS" are listening!!!

Umm. I hear someone going "Gaddar!"

Guess I should say something about the Indian contingent. Apparently Karanam Malleswari (our own from AP, India) disappointed everyone with her last minute withdrawal.

And congrats to the lone silver medal winner for India. With India's authentic Gay couple out of the tennis tourney, no silver medal from them. Maybe a bronze.

Sorry Khanh, I haven't written to you or thanked you for linking my page, and haven't updated the links page in a while, but kind of busy with the grades debacle and what with getting 2211GP on Gunbound! I am real close to becoming a metal ax. Boomer is currently the mobile of choice. But with some better avatar and hit points, maybe I can go back to Raon Launcher. More later. Pheew long post again.

More about the company later. Need to update the links pages and my Gunbound download's just been completed.

OMG! Reality check. I just flashed a "peace" sign to a (this is me trying to be as politically correct as possible; trust me I'm trying; what with me being a bigot and all) person of skin color darker than mine at the gym, because he was trying to be nice; and he flashed it first. What the hell am I trying to do here?

In other stories, the injustice that was meted out to me was corrected. My grade is to be changed to an A. Thank you everyone (Koushil, Matt, Steven, Supriya, Vamsi and Vikas) for your support and kind emails. The process is being worked out and hope to get the grade I deserve soon. That's enuff about that.

Grades out. Got a C?!!

Turns out the Prof forgot to evaluate my project. Because he left my project report in his other PC and forgot to load it to his laptop to grade it. So I end up getting a C. Still, don't understand the math (like a friend pointed out). If my project wasn't graded shud ha got a B. Why'd I get a C?

Khanh

Best regards,

Khanh

Thanks Khanh, I'll try not to scare you away like I do to most of the people I know, but, no guarantees. And you keep referring to the Cydonian by his actual name. OMG! You shouldn't. The enigma that is the Cydonian wields a dark power so volatile, the humanization of such would result in a para-dimensional paradox and cause the end of civilization as we know it. You have been warned!

Now I've definitely scared you off. And that was so GAY!!! Sheesh!

Someone for the love of God! Please... please tell me what the sequence of the lights outside the Science hall is. You know... the 2 feet high lamps on the side of the path leading up to the main entrance to the Science Hall. They're driving me nuts.

Is it a binary count of the number of people passing the path? Or is it a timing sequence gone wrong? What the hell is it?

Mep!

This post caught my eye too.

I posted this on /. some time back. Found it again today. Think its funny?

Way!!! Now a double stone axe at GB. I rule! Raon Launcher's becoming my favorite. And Lighting is very effective against Boomer. (Just an opinion, might not be effective in a noob's hands)

Prasanthi

Me: Hello
Other Guy (OG): Hello sir. My name is Jason Gill. (I immediately detect the fake accent the guys at the call centers at home have)
Me: Yes?
OG: Can I talk to <Roommate's name>
Me: Nope. He isn't home.
OG: It's Ok sir, I can talk to you. May I know your name?
Me: Sankar.
OG: Hello Mr. Shankar. We are calling from a Federal Government Dept and are pleased to inform you that your roommate has been qualified to receive a federal grant of a minimum of $8,000 to a maximum of $25,000! As this is a Govt sponsored program, you are guaranteed to receive this amount.
Me: Wow! But my roommate's not home, so could you call him at his lab or sth and tell him about this?
OG: We're sorry Shankar, but we need confirmation of your acceptance on this call. This is a one time opportunity and we cannot call again. My contact information is :

                 Jason Gill,
                 Govt Grant Information Circle, PO Box 41094,
                 St. Petersburg, FL - 33743
                 PH: 1-800-551-7099

(contd.) And we would like to inform you that this offer is valid not only for the person we called, but for any of his roommates! Let me say again Shankar that this is a Federal Govt Sponsored fund and you can receive a minimum of $8,000 and a maximum of $25,000. Are you a legal resident of the United States?
Me: I'm a student on an F-1 visa. Does that count?
OG: Yes Shankar. You are eligible. Now I would like to ask you for some information, Shankar, so that we can confirm this amount to be transferred to your name.
Me: But I think my roommate would be interested in this. Can't you call him? Or at least give me a few minutes so that I can call him on the other line?
OG: Shankar, please let me repeat, this is a one time opportunity and it is a Federal Govt Grant. You are sure to receive a minimum of $8,000 and a maximum of $25,000. So please make full utilization of this opportunity. So, can I ask you which bank do you work with most?
Me: <My Bank's name>
OG: Yes, our company does work with this bank and we can easily transfer the amount to your account. Now Shankar, do you have your check book with you?
Me: No, could I get it?
OG: Sure, This is a great opportunity Shankar and you are sure to receive a minimum of $8,000 to a maximum of $25,000. (yes, it is extremely irritating)
Me: Yes, got it.
OG: Ok, Shankar. Now I will give you a set of numbers and please check if they are on your checkbook. <Reads out the bank's routing no.> are those no's on your check book?
Me: Yes, That's the routing no of the bank. What does that have to do with anything?
OG: Ok, we wanted to make sure that you are working with the <Bank's name> in Arlington TX.
Me: Fine.
OG: Now there are another set of numbers next to the. <reads out the Routing number again>
Me: Yes, that's my account no.
OG: Uh, yes. Could you read that out please.
Me: What?!!
OG: Next to the <reads out the Routing number again> there are a set of numbers. Could you read those out please?
Me: (Interrupting) Yes, yes, that's my bank's routing no and the numbers next to it are my account number.
OG: Could you read them out please? We assure you that you will not have to pay us any amount out of your account at any time.
Me: No! That's my account no and I'm not comfortable reading that out on the telephone (Just stopped my self from saying "to a f***ing stranger").
OG: But Sir, I gave you the number <reads out the Routing number again> which shows that we are a genuine company and that you are guaranteed to receive the Federal Govt grant of a minimum of $8,000 to a maximum of $25,000.
Me: (Interrupting again) Yes, yes, but why do you need my account no? I'm not comfortable with giving out my account information at all.

Here, there's a pause and New Guy (NG) comes onto the line. This guy doesn't even try an accent. Clearly Desi.

NG: Hello Shankar. I'm the floor supervisor here and I was just monitoring your call. You were talking to Jason. And clearly you have some doubts about what we're telling you. Let me assure you that we are a Federal Govt Dept and this is a program sponsored by the US govt. We select eligible candidates in the US who are legal residents of the US and we offer them a grant of a minimum of $8,000 and a maximum of $25,000 (AAAARGGHH!! You'd think people were given memories for some god awful reason). We gave you the numbers which are printed on your check book...
Me: Yes, the routing no.
NG: Yes, we gave you the numbers printed on your check book so that we can assure you that we are a legitimate organization and that you need not be afraid of giving us your information. We need your account no because we need to receive a payment of $250 (I refer you to the earlier conversation) to complete the transaction and you are sure to receive a minimum of $8,... (I think you know)
Me: But ... I ... am ... not ... comfortable ... with giving out my account no on the telephone. (Why didn't I just hang up ages ago?)
NG: But Shankar, this is a one time opportunity, this is a federal... (Here we go again)
Me: (Interrupting) Yes, yes, but I can't give you my account no. Sorry. Could you call me back later so that I can find out about this fund? Or, you've given me your contact information, can I call you back in about half an hour (I figured I could ask my uncle, roommate or someone for advice)
NG: No Shankar. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity. We need that information now or we can't complete the transaction.
Me: I'm sorry, but I can't give you my account information.
NG: Shankar, do you know what your missing out on? You will receive a minimum of $8,000 to a maximum of $25,000 (For the love of God, please stop!!!)
Me: I know exactly what I'm missing out on. Sorry.
(end of conversation)

Now tell me, am I the world's biggest idiot or did I just dodge a fast one? Who knows?

Natalie

X
(Name withheld by site manager - That'd be me!)

Now a Double Wood axe at Gunbound. How the hell did an axe end up being wooden? Stupid Korean games.

The makers of this cartoon were guests on the Tonight show last night.

Roommate required for a vegetarian guy at UTA. His roommates are graduating this semester and he needs a room to move into fast. If you can help him out, email me.

There's a new mod for more Onslaught. Get it here.

What about the stuff that have fans and fanatics after them?
They're no longer personal stuff. They've been put in the public domain now. They ceased to belong to the person who made them at the moment they became famous. The moment someone else begins to value your stuff more than you do, that's when you're truly famous.

What kind of repercussions does this have?
Well, the famous person (depending upon her/his mentality)  modestly gives it up for someone better to take over, becomes  power hungry or in the extreme case, joins politics.

How the hell did my whole "troubled" life turn me into an average person? Why am I not different?

You never want to ask yourself that. Trust me. It's a humbling experience. Just keep telling yourself you're special. That'll at least sound good to you.

Koushil

Yes, the Ultimate Goal is to have reply threads for all the rants. But I'm kind of lacking in the mad programming skillz dept. So will have to do with html posting for now. Working on the CGI scripting as of now. But, if anyone feels a rant deserves a reply, please email me and I'll post them here. The more the merrier.

My heart goes out to you and your family. I never heard much from you about your father, but from the things that your friends say, it is obvious that you loved and respected him. You did try to go home and meet him, but circumstances never favored you. It is never easy to lose a loved one. But, for your family and friends' sake please keep strong. If it is of any help, please keep in mind that he is now in a better place. Nothing I say could possibly ease the pain, but please take solace in the fact that the love and regards of all your friends out here are with you. God Bless you and your family.

Sankar.