Jim Morrison's Birthday today. Been listening to MJ though.
It was my day off today, I worked the weekend. So booked myself a ticket to a movie -- 1) coz it sounded interesting, and 2) coz I wanted to make sure I wouldn't stay at home all day and work from home. Was very surprised that the cinema was completely full. For a 2:30 afternoon show on a Tuesday afternoon at a Chinese-war-history movie!
Recently, watched a bunch of movies, well, as many as I can in Hyderabad, not a lot of movies come here. :(
1) Ninja Assassin -- very good.
2) Twilight -- much to the chagrin of the beloved, I saw it, liked it (have to admit its pretty cheesy, but what the hell, plenty of lame shit makes its way around).
3) Aajab prem ki galab kahani -- hadn't watched a Hindi movie in so long, and I really went with the intention of seeing a silly Hindi movie to have a good laugh. Unfortunately, it didn't even manage to live up to that very low expectation.
4) Red Cliff. Very very good. In the beginning I was a bit disappointed to hear the dubbed voices -- Indian voices on Chinese faces doesn't work. Would have certainly preferred subtitles. But whatever, excellent movie.
5) Oh, and before that-- This is It! Thoroughly enjoyed it and saw it 3 times, I think, in the cinema, was fun to be in a hallful of Jackson fans, cheering and screaming.
Also been reading and have purchased a stack of books -
1) After Dark -- Haruki Murakami. Nice. Quick. Surreal, as usual. But clean and so well written.
2) Cat's Cradle -- Kurt Vonnegut. Brilliant book. Comical, spiritual, totally weird.
On the pile --
1) The Graveyard Book -- Neil Gaiman. Award winning, new book. Supposed to be a children's story, but I love the guy.
2) Revolutionary Road -- Richard Yates. Had seen the movie, was fab, read a couple of pages and it seems like a must-read. Plus, someone wrote very highly about it a while back.
3) Twilight -- Let's see.
4) Witch Child -- Celia Rees. Just picked off the shelves. Story based in 1600s about the granddaughter of a witch.
Recent updates --
Fiance was in Hyderabad for 2 weeks. We went to Pune to meet the extended family and he had to deal with my grandmother trying to convert him to Zoroastrianism, and grumbling to him about how the price of onions was unbelievably high, and we did a mini-engagement ceremony again.
In other news --
It's cold. The whole city of Hyderabad seems to be wearing cheetah-printed fluffy ear muffs.
The fiance (back in California) says he can see snow on the mountains near the Googleplex office.
Unsaid --
I seem to see Isha in everything. All the movies and books, conversations, interactions, musings, and moments of nothingness.
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