What Women Want....

"Nice guys don't finish last" read a poster on the sets of sitcom
Joey. In fact that's how I first got to know about the popular phrase
"Nice guys finish last".

Nice Guy is a term in the general public discourse and in popular
culture for a male with certain personality traits and behaviors.
Many traits, both positive and negative are associated with "nice guys".
These traits include sensitivity, agreeableness, pleasantness,
considerateness, respectfulness, altruism, understanding, kindness,
sympathy, dependability, honesty,trustworthiness, passivity,
sexual cautiousness or inexperience, chivalrousness, effeminacy,
passive-aggressiveness, conflict-avoidance, "wimpiness",
"spinelessness", being "whipped", manipulativeness and submissiveness.
-- Wikipedia

From my experience I feel girls/women in general do tag some guys
as "Nice Guys" and from what I've gathered, it essentially means
that women find these people Harmless, Helping, Caring, Comforting
and someone with whom they can share things close to their hearts
and be themselves.The chemistry that thus develops between girls
and "Nice Guys" is quite conspicuous and it gets people to start
thinking that Girls prefer "Nice Guys".Next and the obvious thing is,
guys trying to be nice or pretending(at times going out of the way)
to be nice. Till here it's as simple as ABC. But the climax of all this
is the question

"Whether nice guys are attractive to women or not".

Apparently there is a huge variance in women's stated preferences
and their actual choices in guys. That is they say and
show(or maybe believe) that they like "Nice Guys" but while
making a choice they often tend to do otherwise.

While one research claims that
"many 'Sensitive' men do not believe that women want 'Nice Guys'
due to their personal experiences" other says
"women are less likely to have sex with men who are 'nice' than
men who are 'not nice'" and another says
"women looking for long/committed relationships prefer the 'Nice Guys'"

By now your brain cells must have started firing and you
are thinking what's the real deal.. Now what if we add
"Women like when guys are nice to them,
but only when they don’t have to be" to the concoction ?

To make things worse add the concept of
"Nice Guys as Intellectual Whores".

Intellectual Whore (a man whom a woman befriends only for the
intellectual stimulation he gives her). A theory goes on to state that
women seek two things an aggressive sexual partner and an
intellectually stimulating or entertaining partner. It concludes
that if these qualities cannot be found in one single man, a woman
will seek out two (or more) separate men to fulfill all of her needs.
The nice guy only fits one of these categories.

and perhaps thus the above mentioned discrepancy between saying and doing.

Is there any set pattern or it differs from case to case ?
Whatever it be, but then can someone really say what goes inside
a girl's mind ?

Poll Time(girls only):
1) You meet two men. One, Rahul, is nice but somewhat shy and
has not had any affairs. The other, Ribhu, is attractive, a lot of fun,
and has had history with 3 women. Both wish to date you.
Whom do you choose?
2) Whom will you choose a nice guy or a fun/sexy guy ?

Trivia:
1) The term "Intellectual Whore" is derived from a short-story by
Woody Allen called The Whore of Mensa'.
2) "Women like when guys are nice to them,but only when they don’t
have to be" roughly translate into something like "Being Nice at
times but not always ..."
3) I am somehow reminded of a dialogue from the film
"Manorama 6 feet under"
"Yeh aurat bhi ajeeb hoti hai, agar galat marad mil jaye
toh saari zindagi roti rehti hai aur jo sahi mil jaye to usse
saari zindagi rulati rehti hai"

Links:
1) Nice Guy
2) The Nice Guy Paradox Solved
3) More on Whoredom
4) Average Frustrated Chump

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

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Been there, Felt this ??

Me, Myself and My Randomness

Dated:9th Aug

After having an okiesh day at office I left for home(with some emotional
baggage). Thought of meeting my best friend in order to talk things out
and feel better but unluckily or luckily our rendezvous couldn't happen.
Took a Cab for home from Dhaula Kuan along with 3 other people
including a stylish guy with a pony. After being lost in my own world for
10 minutes or so I started to over hear what the guy with a pony was
talking on his phone.

"Nahi yaar tu usse jaane de, agar usse khud hi galat nahi
lag raha toh theek hai" "Agar tu mera bhai hai toh usse kuch
mat bolna main tere se haath jod ke request karta hun"

Needless to say after overhearing this I was Intrigued and started one of
my favorite time pass games "Guess, what they are talking about". Soon
I thought the better of it and thought of starting a conversation and
asking him what's wrong .

Me: Hi, I am sorry but I kinda overheard your conversation.
Waise generally speaking how comfortable would a person be
about talking his/her problems with a complete stranger ?
etc etc...
Pony Guy: Hmm Ya, at times it happens that people are so overflowing
with emotions that they can share anything with anyone even a complete stranger.
Me: blah blah
Pony Guy: blah blah

That's how we started talking and kept going on and on. He started telling
me what was he talking about on phone

"My girlfriend made a friend about 6 months back and she wants
to go n wish him birthday at 12 in the night, I feel this is not kinda
right, though she asked me to join her. I mean giving a call at night
etc is ok but going to wish someone at that hour is not ok"
"Maine toh usse mana kara hai but if she still goes then there will
be some trouble"

Honestly speaking I was anticipating something bigger given
all the issues that I have been getting to know for quite a while now.
Exchanged a few sentences about where we worked,lived etc and then
again we were talking about his problem, I also got so engrossed that
I skipped my stop and went on...
{Every time I have to make a decision like this I ask myself do I do this
regularly and since the answer is mostly NO I happily go ahead}.

Took an auto from where the Cab dropped us and then this guy
(we don't know each other's name as yet) asked me "Do you drink?"
Me: Yes but occasionally and beer mostly
Pony Guy: Beer peeni hai ?

Next 10 minutes saw us sipping a king fisher in auto, never thought
I would be drinking beer in an auto. We drank and talked till we got to
our destination.Not knowing my appetite he had got 2 beers so we
found a suitable place on the main road to finish off the other bottle.
Heart to Heart talks followed.
I Got to know more about his life story n he got to know a bit about mine
(Mind you this was the first time I opened a portion of my heart out to someone).

By now the hours hand of the clock had reached between 9 n 10 and
needless to say he was feeling lighter/better and I slightly high(drunk).
The job was done so we decided to head home and exchanged numbers
(Initially I was keen to keep it anonymous) n the icing on the cake of
coincidence was that we both shared the same surname.

Trivia:
1) I had a similar experience 6-7 months back in my previous
company with a girl working in our BPO dept.
2) Realized each couple has a unique set of issues.
3) I have this random thought of doing something of this sort
regularly in a slightly more organized manner. Lets see if
some comes about.

Ajeeb Shakhs....

Thanks to an Orkut friend from Pakistan who sent this to me:

Ajeeb shakhs tha kaisa mizaaj rakhta tha..
Saath reh k bhi woh ikhtilaaf rakhta tha..
Main kyun na daad doon uss k fun ki ay logo..
Mere har sawaaal ka pehlay hi jawab rakhta tha..
Woh khud to roshniyon ka baasi tha magar,
Meri andher nagrii ka bara khayal rakhta tha..
Muhabbat to thii ussay kisi aur se shayad..
Ham se to yunhii hansii mazaq rakhta tha..

Trivia:
1) The Arabic term ikhtilaaf denotes taking a different position or course
from that of another person either in opinion, utterance, or action.

That's how I lost my other key

It rained heavily in the evening n we(office friends) got drenched and
had "Gol Gappas"at the Green Park market..Got back to office after that,
wrapped up my work and left for home....

As expected the traffic was at its worst best..Every lane clogged and every
traffic signal choked..Took me some biking/maneuvering skills and a good 15
minutes to hit the ring road. Things were seeming to be better with running
traffic, flowing cool breeze and slight drizzle. A part of me enjoying the
weather and other driving the bike.

Zipping,Zapping and Zooming on the ring road while thinking a thousand
thoughts. From "Quippy" to "Office Work" to "Crashing Markets" to
"A friend's drinking spree" everything was bombarding my mind in an
absolutely random manner.Driving at 60+ I had crossed "Dhaula Kuan"
and was about to reach "Delhi Cant" ki red light. The signal was not
working and a cop had taken it's place to manage the traffic.

Everyone was rushing, trying to cross the signal in time when all of a sudden
the cop showed his palm at our side of traffic and as a reflex action the two
cars that were ahead of me came to a sudden halt and BANG....
My bike skidded and rammed into a Wagon-R that was just ahead of me.
My heart skipped a beat on realizing that some damage had been done by me.

Almost half a minute passed without any response from the two guys
who were inside the car..I calmed a bit and sort of instinctively started
pretending as if I had hurt my left hand(which obviously wasn't the case).
And then the guy who was sitting next to the person driving the car
came out to take a stock..To his(and my) displeasure he found that the
bumper was damaged and thus began the blame game.

He: "Yeh kya kara hai"
He(To that other guy): "Yeh toh bumper tod diya hai"
Me(Innocently): "Bhaisahab maine jaan bhoojh ke thodi na kiya hai,
aapne ek dum se break laga di"
He(Turning Red): "Aagey wale ne break maari toh maine bhi maari,
tumse break nahi lagi to tumhari galti hai"
Me(Still pretending to be Innocent): Blah Blah Blah
He: Gurr Gurr Gurr

The cop signaled "green" and horns started blaring. He then indicated the
other guy whom he kept referring as "SIR" to cross the signal and took
the keys of my bike n asked me to come to the side. I was trapped.
He sat on my bike and told me to cross the signal. I did as I was directed,
for it was me who was guilty.

We drove and I tried to wheedle out of the situation giving all sorts of
excuses but all he had to say was "Aapko iske paise dene padenge".
I didn't even consider that option as my mind had already done the
calculations and informed me that the amount in question would be some
4 digit number.So were yet to reach a solution and then I realized that I was
not even carrying the registration papers for my bike.FUCK
If he involves a cop in this, rest assured I will be screwed.

We reached Naraina market and started waiting for the guy who was driving
the car. My pillion rider got down, called up his "SIR" and started explaining
him where we were. By this time even I had started to feel irritated
and then with a BLINK I got into my helmet, started my bike and Vroooooooom

Didn't look back even once and zigzagged my way to Naraina's Traffic Signal
and from there to my locality.

God willing, I had once again managed to pull it off....

Trivia:
1) Read how I lost my first key here.
2) Stopped at near by repair shop and took tomorrow's appointment to
get back my first key.
3) Used a friend's key to lock my bike for the night.
4) Every time I start feeling sorry for that guy I wishfully think
"That guy was not the owner of the car and he was trying
to butter his so called SIR who super cool and hardly bothered".

When Harry Met Sally

A week doesn't seem complete until I watch a movie or two(at least).
This feeling that somethings missing got the better of me and
I decided to watch "When Harry Met Sally" (Yes this is the film that
inspired "HUM TUM") on an ideal Saturday.Had heard about this a long
time back but somehow couldn't watch it earlier.



Talking about WHMS

Director:Rob Reiner
Cast: Billy Crystal,Meg Ryan,
Carrie Fisher,Bruno Kirby and Lisa Jane Persky

It's a Romantic Comedy that
revolves around the lives(and relationship) of Harry Burns and
Sally Albright played beautifully by Billy and Meg.The movie opens up
slightly unusually with an elderly couple(not part of the movie)
sitting on a sofa set, sort of being interviewed with the Man going like

"I was sitting with my friend Arthur, in a restaurant and this girl
walked in ----
--- and I turned to Arthur and I said, "Arthur, you see that girl ?
I'm going to marry her." And two weeks later we were married. And
it's 50 years later and we're still married."

Similar scenes with old couples of different cultural backgrounds
summarizing how the they met their partners, got married and are still
together, occur intermittently throughout the film and give a subtle
feel to the story.

For the uninitiated its d movie that gave world one of the all time famous
lines "Ek ladka aur ek ladki kabhi dost nahi ho sakte" OR in Harry Speak
"men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way"
Yes, that's how those lines came into existence(1989)and are still
being used and reused by people(basically guys I believe) all around.

Harry is a forthright, pragmatic and maverick glib talker whose in touch
with himself while Sally is a pretty looking, picky women with cerebral
approach whose kinda out of touch with herself(away from her reality).
Harry and Sally start off being acquaintances and eventually end up
falling for each other.The movie focuses on their relationship
as acquaintances, friends and more then just friends. I think any/everyone
who is or was in such a relationship can correlate a lot(I do for sure).

Beneath the layer of consciousness where the people
involved care n feel for each other(in we are just friends way) is another
layer(unconscious) where they secretly and unknowingly like/desire that
chemistry and want it to never end.

I strongly feel(it happens in the film also) that a guy and a girl cannot
be just very good friends, no it's not really that the sex part that gets in
the way but its the emotions part that does. There's a very high chance
that one of the two persons involved would be knowingly/unknowingly
feeling much more about the other person. But then not every pair of
very good friends end up the way Harry n Sally do. Maybe cause there
is not a Harry(Guy or Gal) in every such case.Think about it..

The movie has its share of some really funny and some really
touching moments.Even while writing this I cant stop thinking about some
scenes and laughing out loud.

A must watch

My Rating: 4/5
Imdb Rating: 7.6/10

Scenes that I loved:
1) On way to New York when they enter a restaurant and Sally loudly says
"It just so happened that I had plenty of good sex".
2) The one in which they meet on a plane
3) Harry n Jess raise n do Mexican waves while discussing Harry's wife.
4) When they talk on phone before going to sleep.
5) The one in museum where they speak in a different/funny way.
6) Harry n Jess while practicing baseball
7) The one with "I'll have what she is having"(Orgasm Scene)
8) When Sally breaks down n Harry goes to her place
9) Harry n Sally calling Jess n his wife
10) Harry proposing Sally on new year's eve

Dialogues that I loved:
Well there were lots of them so I put them in a separate post here

Trivia:
1)In the famous faked orgasm scene, the woman who says, "I'll have what she's having. . ." is Rob Reiner's mother.

Links:
1) Answers.com
2) WikiQuote

Osian Film Festival - 2007 (20-29July)

This goes out for all the cinema lovers out there..

"Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art" is organizing 9th Osian's-CineFan Film Festival in
Delhi starting from the 20th to 29th July(in 7 theaters across Delhi).

[from Osian's site]

Osian’s-Cinefan is one of Asia’s leading film festivals devoted
principally to Asia and the Arab world. Established in 1999 in New Delhi
in July every year, the Festival enjoys an international reputation for the
quality of films screened over nine days complemented by panel discussions,
one major seminar each time, an Auction of Popular Culture and Film
Memorabilia along with a number of exhibitions, the Talent Campus for
budding young filmmakers from South Asia, and the presence and
participation of film professionals from all over the world and all over India.
We present a Lifetime Achievement Award for distinguished contribution to
writing on cinema – perhaps the only Festival in the world that recognizes the
role of the scriptwriter and the critic in the creation and the promotion.

This year, the Festival, with the tagline ‘Recreating Cinematic Culture’
will focus on Japan, with a nine-film tribute to Kenji Mizoguchi. A number
of contemporary films and films on the samurai will be shown.

A must attend event for serious Movie Buffs and a should try event
for all the rest. Those of you who prefer staying in the confines
of Bollywood can try any of the following

Shatranj Ke Khiladi(Satyajit Ray), Dor(Nagesh kukunoor)
The Rising : Ballad of Mangal Pandey(Ketan Mehta),
Mr & Mrs 55(Guru Dutt),Omkara(Vishal Bharadwaj),
Mithya(Rajat Kapoor), Khosla ka Ghosla(Dibakar Bannerjee)
Anubhav (Rajiv Nath),Thang(Amol Palekar),
Jashn-e-Azadi(Sanjay Kak), Kaal(Bappaditya Bandopadhyay),
Devdas(P C Barua),Via Darjeeling(Arindam Nandy),
Kya Tum Ho(Anish Ahluwalia), Shoonya(Arindam Mitra),
A Little Box of Sweets(Meneka Das),Chaurahen(Rajshree Ojha)
Lage Raho Munnabhai(Raj Hirani),Manorama Six Feet Under,
Jagte Raho,Return to Rajapur,1971, and even
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd(Reema Kagti).

Piece of Advice: In case you are thinking of trying a foreign movie
search more about it on IMDB and see if fits the bill.

Drop in a comment if you plan to catch a flick,also mention the
name of the films you are planning to watch...

Hope to see you there

Ciao !!!!

Links:
1) Schedule
2) Osian's Site
3) Archives
4) Osian's Booklet
5) Event @ Facebook

Movie Quotes from When Harry Met Sally

Harry: I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible

Harry: It is so nice when you can sit with someone and not have to talk.

Sally: You see? That is just like you, Harry. You say things like that, and you make it impossible for me to hate you.

Harry: You realize of course that we could never be friends.
Sally: Why not?
Harry: What I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.
Sally: That's not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved.
Harry: No you don't.
Sally: Yes I do.
Harry: No you don't.
Sally: Yes I do.
Harry: You only think you do.
Sally: You say I'm having sex with these men without my knowledge?
Harry: No, what I'm saying is they all WANT to have sex with you.
Sally: They do not.
Harry: Do too.
Sally: They do not.
Harry: Do too.
Sally: How do you know?
Harry: Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.
Sally: So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive?
Harry: No. You pretty much want to nail 'em too.
Sally: What if THEY don't want to have sex with YOU?
Harry: Doesn't matter because the sex thing is already out there so the friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story.
Sally: Well, I guess we're not going to be friends then.
Harry: I guess not.
Sally: That's too bad. You were the only person I knew in New York.

Harry: The first time we met, we hated each other.
Sally: No, you didn't hate me, I hated you. And the second time we met, you didn't even remember me.
Harry: I did too, I remembered you. The third time we met, we became friends.
Sally: We were friends for a long time.
Harry: And then we weren't.
Sally: And then we fell in love.

Harry: Would you like to have dinner?... Just friends.
Sally: I thought you didn't believe men and women could be friends.
Harry: When did I say that?
Sally: On the ride to New York.
Harry: No, no, no, I never said that... Yes, that's right, they can't be friends. Unless both of them are involved with other people, then they can... This is an amendment to the earlier rule. If the two people are in relationships, the pressure of possible involvement is lifted... That doesn't work either, because what happens then is, the person you're involved with can't understand why you need to be friends with the person you're just friends with. Like it means something is missing from the relationship and why do you have to go outside to get it? And when you say "No, no, no it's not true, nothing is missing from the relationship," the person you're involved with then accuses you of being secretly attracted to the person you're just friends with, which you probably are. I mean, come on, who the hell are we kidding, let's face it. Which brings us back to the earlier rule before the amendment, which is men and women can't be friends.


Harry: There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.
Sally: Which one am I?
Harry: You're the worst kind. You're high maintenance but you think you're low maintenance.


[On Orgasms]
Sally: Most women at one time or another have faked it.
Harry: Well, they haven't faked it with me.
Sally: How do you know?
Harry: Because I know.
Sally: Oh. Right. Thats right. I forgot. Youre a man.
Harry: What was that supposed to mean?
Sally: Nothing. Its just that all men are sure it never happened to them and all women at one time or other have done it so you do the math.

Harry: I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

Harry: With whom did you have this great sex?
Sally: I'm not going to tell you that.
Harry: Fine, don't tell me.
Sally: Shel Gordon.
Harry: Shel? Sheldon? No, no, you did not have great sex with Sheldon.
Sally: I did too.
Harry: No you didn't. A Sheldon can do your income taxes, if you need a root canal, Sheldon's your man... but humpin' and pumpin' is not Sheldon's strong suit. It's the name. 'Do it to me Sheldon, you're an animal Sheldon, ride me big Shel-don.' Doesn't work.

Harry: Oh, really? When I buy a new book, I read the last page first. That way, in case I die before I finish, I know how it
ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.

Marie: All I'm saying is that somewhere out there is the man you are supposed to marry. And if you don't get him first, somebody else will, and you'll have to spend the rest of your life knowing that somebody else
is married to your husband

[after Sally fakes orgasm in a deli]
Older Woman Customer: [to waiter] I'll have
what she's having.

Sally: Well, basically it's the same dream I've been having since I was twelve.
Harry: Which is?
Sally: Okay, there's this guy...
Harry: What does he look like?
Sally: I don't know, he's just sort of faceless.
Harry: Faceless guy, okay.
Sally: He RIPS off my clothes.
[pause]
Harry: And?
Sally: That's it.
Harry: That's it? Some faceless guy rips off all your clothes, and THAT'S the sex fantasy you've been having since you were twelve?
Sally: Well sometimes I vary it a little.
Harry: Which part?
Sally: What I'm wearing.

Sally: No. But why didn't he want to marry me? What's the matter with me?
Harry: Nothing.
Sally: I'm difficult.
Harry: You're challenging.
Sally: I'm too structured, I'm completely closed off.
Harry: But in a good way.
Sally: No, no, no, I drove him away. AND, I'm gonna be forty.
Harry: When?
Sally: Someday.
Harry: In eight years.
Sally: But it's there. It's just sitting there, like some big dead end. And it's not the same for men. Charlie Chaplin had kids when he was 73.
Harry: Yeah, but he was too old to pick them up

Harry: I don't know. May be you get to a certain point in the relationship where it's just too late to have sex, you know?

Harry: You know you just get to a certain point where you get tired of the whole thing.
Sally: What "whole thing"?
Harry: The whole life-of-a-single-guy thing. You meet someone, you have the safe lunch, you decide you like each other enough to move on to dinner. You go dancing, you do the white-man's over-bite, go back to her place, you have sex and the minute you're finished you know what goes through your mind? How long do I have to lie here and hold her before I can get up and go home. Is thirty seconds enough?
Sally: That's what you're thinking? Is that true?
Harry: Sure! All men think that. How long do you want to be held afterwards? All night, right? See there's your problem, somewhere between thirty seconds and all night is your problem.
Sally: I don't have a problem!
Harry: Yeah you do

Harry: You know the first time I met I really didn't like you that much.
Sally: I didn't like you.
Harry: Yeah you did, you were just so uptight then. You're much softer now.
Sally: You know I hate that kind of remark. It sounds like a complement but really it's an insult.
Harry: OK, you're still as hard as nails.
Sally: I just didn't want to sleep with you and you had to write it off as a character flaw instead of dealing with the possibility that it might have something to do with you.

Jess: I don't understand this relationship.
Harry: What do you mean?
Jess: You enjoy being with her?
Harry: Yeah.
Jess: You find her attractive?
Harry: Yeah.
Jess: And you're not sleeping with her.
Harry: No.
Jess: You're afraid to let yourself be happy.
Harry: Why can't you give me credit for this? This is a big thing for me. I never had a relationship with a woman that didn't involve sex. I feel like I'm growing.

The Never Ending Post .....

Yeps, it a post unlike a post and what does that mean ???
For one it means that it'll be updated and outposted......

And what we'll have in it..Hmmmm...OK
It will have some of the nicest movie quotes, lyrics,
one liners and all those sort of things

Lights, Camera, Action..........


Movie - Dead Poet's Society

No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas
can change the world.
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I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately.
I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life...
to put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to
die, discover that I had not lived.
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Boys, you must strive to find your own voice.
Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you
are to find it at all. Thoreau said,
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation."
Don't be resigned to that. Break out!
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Carpe Diem! Seize the day. Make your lives
extraordinary

Movie - Me and You and Everyone We Know

I can't sleep at night thinking about her. I just wish
I had met her 50 years sooner.- Yeah.- But then
maybe I needed 70 years of life...to be ready for a
woman like Ellen
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Ice Land is—It's kind of like that point in a relationship,
you know...where you suddenly realize it's not gonna
last forever. You know, you can see the end in sight.

Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi(Song)

"Bin tere koi bhi aas naa rahi...itna tarse ki pyaas bhi naa rahi"

Movie - Waking Life

"What is the most universal human characteristic: fear, or laziness?"

"Actually, the gap between say Plato or Nietzsche and the average human is greater than the gap between that chimpanzee and the average human."

"They say that dreams are only real as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?"

"And on really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion."

"The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because, if you can do that, you can do anything."

" The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure while always arriving."

"Did you ever have a job that you hated and worked real hard at? A long, hard day of work. Finally you get to go home, get in bed, close your eyes and immediately you wake up and realize... that the whole day at work had been a dream. It's bad enough that you sell your waking life for minimum wage, but now they get your dreams for free"

Movie - Shall We Dance

We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet..... I mean, what does any one life mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things..... all of it, all the time, every day. You're saying 'Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go unwitnessed because I will be your witness'.

Movie - Fight Club

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

Movie - Someone Like You

"There are very few things sadder in this life than
watching someone walk away after they have left you.
Watching the distance between your bodies expands
until there is nothing left but empty space and silence"

Movie - Forrest Gump

Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you`re gonna get.
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I am not a very smart man, but I know what love is.
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Movie-Scent of a woman

"some people live a lifetime in a minute."

Movie-The shawshank redemption

"Get busy livin or get busy dying..."

Movie - Being Cyrus

Once the game is over both the King and the
pawn go to the same box

Movie-Phenomenon

George: "Do you think that you could love me for the rest of my life?"
Lace: "No, I'm gonna love you for the rest of mine."

Movie - Vanilla Sky

Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.

Movie Karam (song)

Tinka Tinka Zara - Zara
Hai Roshani Se Jaise Bhara
Har Dil Me Armaa Hote To Hai…
Bas Koi… Samjhe Zara

Movie-Masoom (Song - Tujhse Naaraz Nahi...)

Jine ke liye socha hi nahi dard sambhalane honge.
Muskuraye jo to muskurahton ke karz utarne honge.

Song - Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen)

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you
want to do with your life. The most interesting
people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most
interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes
you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind.
The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can.
Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it,
it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Movie - Clueless

Cher: I want to do something for humanity.
Josh: How about sterilization?

Movie-The Lion King

...the way I see it, you can either run from it,
or learn from it.

Movie-A Beautiful Mind

I don't exactly know what I am required to say in
order for you to have intercourse with me.
But could we assume that I said all that.
I mean essentially we are talking about fluid exchange
right? So could we go just straight to the sex.

Movie-Departed

Marriage is an important part of getting ahead.
It lets people know you're not a homo.
A married guy seems more stable. People see the ring,
they think "at least somebody can stand the son of a bitch"
Ladies see the ring, they know immediately that you must
have some cash, and your cock must work.

Movie - Swordfish

You know the problem with Hollywood? They make shit.
Unbelievable, unremarkable shit.I'm not some grungy filmmaker-
wannabee searching for existentialism through a haze
of bong-smoke. It's easy to pick apart bad acting,
short-sighted directing, or the purely moronic stringing
together of words many of the studios term as prose.
No,I'm talking the lack of realism.Realism.
Not a pervasive element in the modern American
cinematic vision.............

ROBERTS: You know, this movie of yours, I don't think it would have worked.
GABRIEL: Really? How come?
ROBERTS: Audiences love happy endings.
GABRIEL: Pacino escapes. With the money.Boyfriend gets the sex change operation. They live happily ever after.
GABRIEL: No?
STANLEY: No.
GABRIEL: Homophobia?
STANLEY: Bad guy can't win. It's a morality tale. One way or the
other, he's gotta go down.
GABRIEL: Oh, well. Life does tend to be stranger than fiction

Movie - Hitch

One dance, one look, one kiss, that's all we get, Albert. Just... one shot, to make the difference between happily ever after, and oh? he's just some guy I went to some thing with once.

So how does it happen, great love? Nobody knows... but what I can tell you is that it happens in the blink of an eye. One moment you're enjoying your life, and the next you're wondering how you ever lived without them

Movie - The Notebook

I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.

Movie - Omkara

Mann meri nahi maan raha hai aur main mann ki

Quote:

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. - Aldous Huxley

Films I Watched

Here's a list to keep a track of the films that I watched..

43) Bhootnath(Rating 2.25/5)
42) Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi(Rating 4.5/5)
41) The Departed (Rating 4/5)
40) The Mating Habits of Earth Bound Humans (Rating 3.5/5)
39) Opera Jawa(Rating 4/5)
38) Shaurya(Rating 2.5/5)
37)Race(Rating 2/5)
36)Goodwill Hunting(Rating 3.75/5)
35)What The Bleep Do We Know?(Rating 3.5/5)
34) American Gangster(Rating 3.5/5)
33) Anything Else(Rating 3/5)
32) Pay it Forward (Rating 4/5)
31) Taare Zameen Par (Rating 5/5)
30) Khoya Khoya Chand (Rating 3.5/5)
29) Lions of Punjab (Rating 3/5)
28) American Pie 4 Band Camp (Rating 3/5) {09/11/07}
27) Jab We Met (Rating 3.5/5) {31/10/07}
26) Mumbai Salsa (Rating 2.5/5) {28/10/07}
25) Bombay Boys (Rating 3.75/5)
24) All You Got (Rating 3.25/5)
23) Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (Rating 4.25/5)
22) Chuk De India (Rating 3.25/5)
21) Borat (Rating 3.5/5)
20) Cut and Paste (Rating 3.75/5)
19) Return to Rajapur (Rating 3/5)
18) Manorama Six Feet Under (Rating 4/5)
17) Tak-Derakhth (Rating 3/5)
16) Anuranan (Rating 3.5/5)
15) Mithya (Rating 3.5/5)
14) Hia W'Houa (Rating 3.75/5)
13) Bes Vakit (Rating 4/5) {21/07/07}
12) Sansho Dayu (Rating 3.5/5) {21/07/07}
11) Domicile Conjugal (Rating 3.5/5) {13/07/07}
10) Die Hard 4.0 (Rating 3.25/5) {02/07/07}
9) Before Sunset (Rating 4/5) {30/06/07}
8) When Harry Met Sally(Rating 3.75/5) {30/06/07}
7) Cheeni Kum (Rating 3.5/5) {23/06/07}
6) Ocean's 13 (Rating 2.5/5)
5) Omkara (Rating 4.5/5)
4) Shootout at Lokandwala (Rating 2.25/5)
3) Before Sunrise (Rating 3.5/5)
2) Life in a Metro (Rating 3.25/5)
1) Bheja Fry (Rating 3.75/5)

Celebrating World Music Day

It all started when while sifting through the pages of HT a few
days back I stumbled upon an ad for "Genre of The Day contest".
On an ordinary day I would have skipped it like it was never there
but that day I chose to be different, chose to act because the prize
was very enticing, "Invites for finale of HT's World Music
Day celebrations featuring Atif Aslam and Rock Bands"

I (for a change) sent a sms but nothing happened for a couple
of days and then i received this sms
"Hi HT congratulates u for winning the GOTD contest.
Collect your prize from .........." . Wow I had just won my
solitary prize in the real world. But then can things be
really this simple for me ?? Noooooooo is the the obvious answer.
Moreover what fun would a good thing like this be unless it flip-flops
between Ifs and Buts ?

From receiving just one pass for the concert(plus a music world
gift voucher) , staying late in office for work to standing at
venue's entry with a pass but being told that admissions
are closed everything happened with me in a kinda planned manner.

But then, things happen when they ought to happen and in the way
they ought to happen. Luckily I got inside in time(before Atif had come).
Had to sit through an obscure song by Manthan and a super silly
question followed by a sillier answer. No, I can't help but quote them

Dumb guy with mike(to some random guy): "aapko Atif
ka music aacha lagta hai ya Atif ke good looks ?"
Random guy:"Nahi, Mujhe Atif ka style sabse aacha lagta hai"
Dumb guy with mike:"Yes I can promise you all he is a style icon"
Me: WTF ?

Next few minutes saw Atif's band doing a sound check and once it
was done the Dude(Atif) stormed the stage.
Girls screamed and swooned, Mellifluous music wafter through the air,
Girls screamed and swooned even more. His husky resonating voice had
everyone in trance and his subtle (apt for a disco) dance steps made girls
hysterical.

Apart from his popular songs Atif treated the audience with
U2's "With or Without You", Rahat Khan's "Naina", Adnam's
"Bheegi Bheegi Raaton" and "Yaaron yahi dosti hai" but
nothing could match the effect that "Kuch is tarah" and "Tere Bin"
effortlessly created.

Piece of Advice:
For such events reach the venue even if you don't have passes/tickets
and keep trying because chances are that by hook or by crook
you'll get in.

Trivia:
1) The performance lasted just slightly more then an hour but it
gave enough to sustain nostalgia for a long long time.
2) The event saw people coming from as far as Kashmir and Mumbai
3) Special mention was given and dedications made to the Aadeez.
4) The passes were available at select Barista and Music World outlets
free of cost(Even i got to know this on Thursday afternoon).
5) Thanks to a random guy who broke the plastic seal(that
had kept the gate locked) courtesy which I got in.

Links:
1) Atif's website
2) Check this out

Tracks that Featured on my Winamp

These tracks reflect my state of mind at various
points of time..


15) Way back into Love - Music and Lyrics
14) Mann Yeh Banwara - Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
13) Mauja Hi Mauja - Jab We Met
12) Perhaps,Perhaps,Perhaps - DJ Shadow
11) Sini Re Sini Re - Jawani Deewani
10) Unke Nashe Mein - Unke Nashe Mein
9) Six Days - Doris Day
8) Hello - Lionel Richie
7) All The Things She Said - The Ordinary Boys
6) Zeehal-e-Miskeen - Ghulami
5) Loose Yourself - Eminem
4) Mahia - Annie
3) Only God Knows Why - Kid Rock
2) You Fill Up My Senses - John Denver
1) Coming Back To Life - Pink Floyd

I Want You To Know....

PS: Dedicated to ..........

Desperate Men

Warning: Shocking/Appalling Content below

Picture these...

1) 12:30 pm on a Tuesday @ some packed blueline
bus to AIIMS.

A school girl is sitting on a seat that's towards the center of
bus (adjacent to the window seat). Lost in a novel that she
bought yesterday when she feels something is pushing her
shoulder from the right. She’s shocked and embarrassed to
find a middle aged man thrusting his ..... on her

2) 3:30 pm on a Saturday @ a cousin's place.

A teenage girl awakes from her sleep after feeling something
rubbing on her lips. Her half open eyes catch glance
of her cousin brother sneaking out of the room. Unsure how
to react she stopped talking to that guy and broke all ties
with his family.

3) 5:15 pm on Thursday @ the road from maitreyi to
shanti niketan bus stop.

A couple of girls are walking back towards the bus stop after finishing
a day at college when they start hearing weird moaning/groaning sounds,
after covering a distance they are sickened on seeing a bunch of men
............ while leching and flashing at girls passing by.

4) 7:45 pm on a Sunday @ some market in West Delhi.

A working woman is walking back to her home with her head
facing down and hands folded, reflecting how her day went
when all of a sudden three boys on a bike swoosh by her and
she realizes that something just hit her on the chest.
Tiny drops of water drizzle from her eyes ...

5) 9:30 pm on a Friday @ an office party.

A lady is tapping her feet to the music along with a couple of her friends
when she feels someone pinched her back. On turning around she finds
out it’s the same drunken guy who deliberately bumped into her few
minutes back on the same floor. Caught red handed, the guy tries to
run but unluckily (for him) he gets caught, receives a mild thrashing
from the lady and is eventually let off with a warning.

Perhaps Samantha was right(when in one of SATC episodes) she said
"An erect &^%*# doesn't have a conscience"

Streets, Public modes of transportation, Malls, Offices and
even Houses of people you know, these weeds germinate
everywhere but only when they find a prey they show
their true colour. Colour of that repressed and untamed
basic instinct which when in control effaces the distinguishing
line between humans and animals. It defies me how can
anyone(read boys/men) stoop to this level, the level which is
perhaps the nadir of immorality.

Try to imagine how things would be say in a city
like Delhi when one not to so fine day people wake up and
are told that there is no police or any other law enforcing
body........

How far could you stretch your mind???

Trust me on this, things would be worse ..........

Links:
1) An article on Eve Teasing.
2) The Blank Noise Project
3) Bosharivale
4) Testimonies of harassment
5) A blog post on eve-teasing

Trivia:
Each one of the above mentioned is as real as you n me and
what exalts my pains is the fact that i personally know every
girl/women involved. I remember breaking down in
anguish a couple of times on hearing sordid details of these
ghastly acts and I don't think I'll be able to forget them.

Omkara !!!

Don't read further if using/hearing/reading or writing offensive
words(gaallies) in hindi makes you uncomfortable..

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Cast: AjayDevgan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi,
Naseeruddin Shah, Konkona Sen Sharma and Bipasha Basu

Watched Omkara today for the 3rd time.Yes, after watching it twice on the
70 mm screen i sat down to had another go at this contemporary
Bollywood Classic...Shoot...

"Bewakoof aur chutiyee mein dhaage bhar ka farak hota haiga
bhaiya.Dhaage ke inge bewakoof aur unge chutiya, aur jo
dhaaga hench lo to kaun hai bewakoof aur kaun hai chutiya,
crore ruppey ka prashan hai bhaiya."

How often does a Hindi film start with a dialogue like this ??
Perhaps once in every 55,486 films that are made..

I still remember the rainbow of expressions that followed this dialogue
when I watched this film for the first time in theater..From a group of boys
laughing like crazy to parents looking here and there pretending as if the
film's first dialogue is yet to be spoken...The swear words keep pouring
intermittently through out the film from everyone's mouth barring
Kareena..It was surprising to see actors like Konkona Utter the "C" word
casually even while serving food..

Omkara, Vishal Bhardwaj's fourth directorial venture (Makdee,Maqbool
and The Blue Umbrella being first three) is a hindi adaptation of
Shakespeare's Othello. Set against the milieu of political warfare in wild
backwoods of Uttar Pradesh, Omkara revolves around the life of Omi(Ajay),
bahubaali(right hand) of a local politician Bhaisaab(Naseeruddin).

The movie entails a complex web of human emotions beautifully portrayed
by deft actors to perfection..Saif who has been in the acting business
for long had a rebirth with a powerhouse performance as Langda Tyagi
Ajay Devgan once again played the role of a local goon with panache and
Konkona Sen reaffirmed her acting prowess by playing the role of Indu.
While Vivek,Kareena managed to do justice to their roles,Deepak Dobriyal
stood out in his role as Rajju and needless to say Naseeruddin
did his bit flawlessly.

The scene where Dolly's father traduces about her

"Bahubali aurat ke Dariya charitra ko mat bhoolna, jo apne
baap ko thag sakti hai woh kissi aur ki sagi kya hi hogi"

sets the tone of the movie and marks a change in its course.
Next turn of events is depicted by
Langda smashing the mirror and smearing his forehead
with his blood
Soon after this the basic darker human emotions of envy, suspicion
and revenge that were foisted earlier begin to manifest themselves
and what follows is a dirty game of insinuations, perfidy and deceit
only to end up as a gory tragedy.

Exquisitely written poetic lyrics by Gulzar and Brilliantly composed music
by Vishal(himself) adds another beautiful feather in the cap of Omkara..
From haunting "Naina" and belligerent "Omkara" to the soulful instrumental
track "The Tragedy of Omkara", they got them all bang on the target and
who can forget the frenzy that "Beedi" still creates effortlessly on dance floors?
The cinematography, screenplay and script too deserve full marks.

Also I had a realization of the power that background score carries and subtle
hints that it drops about anything important thats going to happen in the next
scene.Actually its a Meticulously prepared concoction of apt background
score(which evokes pertinent feelings) and camera movement/speed..

I loved Omkara for it's authenticity and starkness, though I haven't
read Othello so I am not in a position to compare the two but I
strongly feel that Vishal would have done justice to Bard's work.

Dialogues I Loved:
1) Sarat ghoron pe lagaate hain, kathor! Seron pe nahi
2) Arrey dekh rahe hain bhaiya kahin chuna khariya toh nah utha laye,
aisi gori laundiya susri humare desh mein kahan se ho li ?
3) Mann meri nahi maan raha hai aur main mann ki..
4) Jab granthon ne kalank ko humare maathe ki bindi bana diya hai toh
aapki kya galti hai omi bhaiya, hum apne ghar bar naate, sab tyaag kar
aap logon ke sansaar mein nange haath chale aate hain, agni se bhi nikal
jawen na toh bhi sagey nahi thagey hi kehelawien hain.
5) Jab ghoree ke khoor mein naal thuke, to menduki bhi paun (u)thaa
leti hai bhaiyya
6) Baadi lakdi mat ttha (uttha)

Scenes I Loved:
1) The opening scene
2) Omi's negotiation with kaptaan on a truck
3) MMS expose of Indor Singh, the scene before title track of the film.
4) Announcement of Keeshu as the new bahubaali and the riot of colours,
and gunshots that follow.
5) Indu teasing Omi on his arrival(with Dolly) at their home.
6) Cops visiting Omi's house being frisked and made to deposit arms.
7) Langda and Rajju drinking atop a river bridge.
8) Langda ridiculing Keeshu
9) Bonfire with Langda talking about the kamarband.



Trivia:
1)

Character in the movie/ Character in the play
Omkara 'Omi' Shukla/ Othello
Ishwar 'Langda' Tyagi/ Iago
Keshav 'Kesu' Firangi/ Cassio
Dolly Mishra/ Desdemona
Indu/ Emilia
Billo Chamanbahar/ Bianca
Rajan ’Rajju’ Tiwari/ Rodrigo
Bhaisaab/ Duke of Venice

2)All characters in the film share the same alphabet or sound in their first
name as in the original Shakespeare classic

3) There was a shot where Saif Ali Khan is in the shadows, looking at a mirror.
Vishal Bharadwaj suggested that it would be very artistic and beautiful if Saif
did it naked. The actor answered,
"I am prepared to do that as long as you direct me naked."
That was the end of the topic

Links:
1) Official site for Omkara
2) A Comparison of the Antagonists of Omkara and Othello
3) Omkara on Wiki
4) Omkara's music
5) The bard and this dud

Mac Chicks !!!

Like Mac ???
Like Chicks ???

So here's something for you that has it all:

Mac Chicks = Mac + Chicks



Enjoy !!!!

Road Trip

6*Guys + 3*150 CC Bikes = 795 Kms in 50 Hrs.....

This equation gives a basic idea of what this road trip was like but
there's more to it than what meets the eye..

After a hiatus of more than an year I took the road on my CBZ for
my 2nd bike trip ever and 1st one on the hills..After a tiring day at
office and numerous attempts of convincing Mom about the safety
aspects of the trip I joined other gang members at the starting point.

Starting Point: Madhuban Chowk(Rohini, Delhi) 25th May,9 PM

All of us gathered here and began our longest bike trip ever...
The biking skills varied from someone who had driven to about 600kms
on a previous trip to someone who had barely managed to complete
100kms(including trips to petrol pumps) on bike.

By the time we were getting petrol tanks filled and tire's checked
for hawa it started to drizzle, Could there be a more ominous start ?,
I don't think so....

It was decided that Sukhdev Dhaba,Murthal would be 1st stoppage....
As soon as I parked my bike someone came to me and told that
there was some leakage from my bike..On closer inspection
it turned out that there was a leak in the fuel tank
( Did I tell you that I had got my bike serviced that very morning ?).
Before this strange phenomenan could sink in a fellow Sardarji nonchalantly
said "Ispe M-Seal laga dete hain".The next minute saw three
of us emptying the fuel tank in mineral water bottles(of all shapes n sizes),

two on a hunt for MSeal and one keeping an eye on our stuff.

After an exhausting half n hour the tank was emptied, MSeal carefully
put on the tank and dinner finished [followed by burps
smelling of petrol(that went while sucking fuel from tank)] Luckily
it did work and all of us were set to resume the attack and
then OH FUCK..
It so happened that I put the Lid of fuel tank ulta(opposite way)
and bang the bike keys went inside the tank..so here were we
out of the frying pan and into fire..Another set of Numerous
attempts with Spoons,Forks, Magnets, Steel Wires and Seekh
(Used to roast paneer and chicken) followed but all without avail..

Finally a guard offered his bike keys to see it can be of help and
bingo that did the trick of unlocking my bike..We were now slightly
better placed, atleast the bike could be started..Without wasting
much time we departed from there and drove with lid of tank carefully
placed so that it doesnt fall and doesnt get locked either...Next
stoppage was also dramatic, this time also it was me, the Clutch wire
had gone loose....Luckily found an auto mechanic who fixed it, got the
tank filled again, closed the tank's lid firmly and set off.....

Reached Paonta Sahib at 6:30 Am, slept for 2 hours, had bath at
banks of Yamuna, had Langar at a near by Gurdwara and left for
Chakrata. Reached Chakrata at around 5 and stayed overnight at a
dormatory..Cracked Jokes and laughed like crazy..Without a doubt
it was the funniest trip i had ever been on, Yes funniest as we laughed
like crazies(can't forget that ASS Buster series of jokes and
lighting of agarbatties to get rid of stench in the Loo).

Early Sunday Morning left for Tiger Falls, the ride was RAW,
I still remember a friend saying
"road tutti hui hai or beech beech mein road hai mein farak hota hai"
Drove for about 17 kms at speeds of 30-40 and trust me I
was scarred half the time. Driving a bike on hills is an unparalleled
experience unlike driving/travelling in a car as on a bike you get to feel the
heights more.Trekked another KM to reach falls..and the falls were
quite worth it to say the least...

A cave just adjacent to the falls(perhaps a tiger used to live there and that's
how the fall got its name)
Best part was a rainbow that was formed in the falls .


We were overwhelmed on seeing such a high/beautiful waterfall,
no doubt its one of the highest in India..

Bathed, Swam and had breakfast in falls and left for Chakrata
around 10:45 AM..

Reached Chakrata on Time(there are timings for entry and exit) and
then immediately left for Delhi..Stopped at a restaurant in Dehradun for
lunch,drove back till Jain Shikangi(Modinagar) with three-four
10-15 minutes breaks and managed to reach home by 00:15 AM

Trivia:
1) Total Expense per person Rs 1050\-
2) 3 people got bruised (including me)
3) Everyone is still finding it hard to sit(given those long hour drives on hard bike seats)
4) Road Stretches worth driving
a) Last stretch of road leading to Dehradun
b) 2nd half of Kalsi-Chakrata road
c) Chakrata - Tiger Falls
d) Last stretch of road leading to Paonta Sahib
5) Saw a passionate married sardar couple on way back(to kalsi) that
had parked their car in the middle of road and were french kissing
away to glory outside it.
6) Commonsense is the most uncommon thing in the world.

I doubt whether everyone will get it in the first go....
7) A pair of my bike keys is still in my fuel tank

Links:
1) Where is Chakrata
2) Dehradun
3) Chakrata
4) Funny

Sex and the City Quotes

For all those who've loved Sex and the City Aka SATC here are some of it's most
Famous/Memorable/Funniest/Raunchiest quotes....

Adam: Come on, give me a little BJ, up and down a couple times, you're done, it's easy!
Samantha: Easy? You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses. Easy? Honey, they don't call it a job for nothin'!

Carrie: Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they're supposed to run wild until they find someone -- just as wild -- to run with

Carrie: Have you?
Mr. Big: Have I what?
Carrie: Ever been in love.
Mr Big: Absofuckinglutely

Carrie: A fuck buddy is a guy you probably dated once or twice and it didn't really go anywhere, but the sex is so great you sort of... keep him on call.
Samantha: Ooo, he's like dial-a-dick!

Charlotte (to Samantha): Is your vagina in the New York City guidebooks?
Because it should be - it's the hottest spot in town - it's always open.

Nurse: Do you swallow?
Samantha: Only when surprised

Samantha: I've lost my orgasm.
Carrie: In the cab?
Charlotte: What do you mean, 'lost'?
Samantha: I just spent the last two hours fucking with no finale.
Carrie: It happens. Sometimes you just can't get there.
Samantha: I can always get there.
Charlotte: Every time you have sex?
Carrie: She's exaggerating. Please say you're exaggerating.
Samantha: Well, I'll admit I have had to polish myself off once or twice, but yes! When I RSVP to a party, I make it my business to come.

Samantha: I'm so sick of these people with their children. I'm telling you, they're everywhere! Sitting next to me in first class, eating at the next table at John Schu— [A child runs by.] Look at that. This place is for double cappuccinos, NOT double strollers. [Glances at Miranda.] I'm sorry.
Miranda: Hey, no need to apologize. I wouldn't bring Brady here. Mommy needs two hands to eat her eight-dollar cake!
Charlotte: You're not going to defend children?
Miranda: No, I don't like any children but my own.

Carrie: How did this happen? How did they get the message that the ass is now on the menu?
Miranda: I bet there's one loud-mouthed guy who found some woman who loved it and told everyone 'women LOVE this!'
Carrie: Who is this guy?
Miranda: Who's the woman who loved it?
Samantha: Don't knock it 'till you've tried it!
Carrie: Bingo!

Charlotte: We're having Trey's sperm tested.
Miranda: Is it not doing well in school?

Carrie: Why do we let the one thing we don't have affect how we feel about all the things we do have? Why does one-minus-a-plus-one feel like it adds up to zero?

Carrie: Your vagina's depressed?
Charlotte: The mood elevator sort of corrects the imbalance.
Miranda: Wait a minute, how do you know your vagina's depressed?
Charlotte: There are symptoms!
Carrie: Like what, it can't meet its deadline?
Miranda: It always wants to go to Krispy Kreme?

Samantha: Is he that bad in bed?
Miranda: No. He's just... he's a guy. He can rebuild a jet engine but when it comes to a woman... What's the big mystery? It's my clitoris, not the Sphinx.

Mr. Big: After a while, you just want to be with the one that makes you laugh.

Samantha: The only place you can control a man is in bed. If we perpetually gave men blow jobs we could run the world!
Carrie: And at least our hands would be free to greet dignitaries and stuff.

Carrie: Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were, to become who you will be.

Samantha: I will not be judged by you or society. I will wear whatever—and blow whomever—I want as long as I can breathe and kneel!

Carrie: When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psychotic.

Miranda: I'm sorry, Steve, I'm an asshole.
Steve: Yeah you are. But you're my asshole.
Miranda: That's sweet. And gross, at the same time.

Samantha: Well, let's just say it: you won.
Carrie: Was there a contest?
Samantha: Oh please! There's always a contest with an ex. It's called "who will die miserable."

Carrie: New York City is all about sex. People getting it, people trying to get it, people who can't get it. No wonder the city never sleeps. It's too busy trying to get laid.

Charlotte: Did you know I read that if you don't have sex for a year, you can actually become re-virginized?
Carrie: And, I would imagine, quite frisky.

It takes half the amount of time you dated someone to get over them.....

more SATC quotes here

CommaSutra

Got hold of this amazing li'l piece of creativity courtesy a friend..
Absolutely Loved it...

aBOUT nOTHinG

After numerous failed attempts to watch a play or screening of
a foreign film at IHC, I managed(just in the nick of time) to reach
their today to watch "About Nothing" a musical directed by
Ashley Lobo, as a part of the ongoing Hungry Heart Festival '07..
Got slightly disappointed initially as we were made to buy tickets
@Rs200/person and not @Rs50(the amount we had settled for earlier)..

With 500 coming from one pocket, 200 from another and 100
from another we managed 800 bucks for 4 tickets
(A friend also had to sprint to the ATM to get some cash for our dinner).
That was the day's end for our disappointment,anxiety and any other feeling
that can be categorized as non positive..

Enter the world of Drama,Music and DANCE.....

About Nothing is a visual interpretation of story of a boy named
Salman, his moments of joy, despair,angst and pain in his quest
for survival.

The Musical was narrative in nature, with just one protagonist who
verbalized about various things/feelings that one encounters in
the journey called Life. A bald guy in late 20's played the
protagonist, speaking in English with an occasional word or two in Hindi.
The motifs change every 5-7 minutes varying from
"The pressure children go through these days" to "Relationships".

I found it extremely good that after every few minutes of
"food for thought" by the narrator, a Dancy(another word is born)
version of the same followed..The performances came in numerous forms
with eclectically chosen, made for each other, pieces of music..I wonder
if anyone from the audience could pronounce which had a broader
spectrum, the topics that narrator's spoke on, the forms of music or
the styles of dance....

Few lines that clung to me

Relationships...Why at all do we need relationships ?
Why are we always on a lookout for new relationships or
trying to better the existing ones ?
Can't we all be living on isolated islands, Alone without being Lonely ??

Profundity...
Is the Joy a rich kid gets from fiddling with a new remote control more
than the Joy a street urchin gets by dragging a tyre with a rope ??

Sophistication,Love, Relationships,Respect,Family,Joy
and a few more were the words that were dissected and shown various
facets of...Though the verbalizing was quite good, the dance got better
of it almost every time..From Rumba to Tap Dance, Dance all the way
it was..Young girls and boys performing the toughest,never seen before,
how can she do it moves had the audience enraptured....

For the songs that were played the ones that familiar ones were
chamma chamma, welcome to the jungle and a song from devdas
..As far the dance was concerned I particularly liked the Tap Dance
(they created music by clapping/tapping n what not), rumba and
another concoction that came after the theme "Love"..The on stage
chemistry for this piece was as amazing as the dance itself....

It was a bonus to see some familiar faces(from Dx) on stage namely
Pooja, Garima and Shohini. I am quite certain that I would have
enjoyed "About Nothing" as much had I not been a Dance Enthusiast myself.

Kudos to Ashley and the Danceworx team for this splendid effort.