Word Porn

The more I browse through this site wordporn and read and understand the philosophical and spiritual stuffs said there, the more I believe that I am not normal. But that is the best part of it all, it says that it is more than okay to be crazy and no work of art has been accomplished till date without a slight hint of madness. 

And frankly I would hate to be with someone who pretends to be normal and who would make me as pretensions because for most people it is so very important to keep up appearances. It is like their whole life is spent pleasing somebody or the other by agreeing to things they feel the entire opposite of or just sucking up to somebody. Being unoriginal, being like everyone else, trying to mingle in the crowd.

So I have never had a problem fitting in. I am not so much of an introvert. I do not dread social interactions but I prefer to avoid them as far as possible. I am not anti-social, I have people I like to confide in. I just like to keep away from useless interactions and small talk.

And this picture is actually the reason I am ranting here. This is not a problem that I have faced. I read and I love reading. I may not be one of those girls completely absorbed in books who forgets to eat and sleep or forgets that a real world exists around her, but I know what it is like to travel to a whole different realm and imagine being with the characters in their world of fantasy.

I have always been proud of myself and I love myself just how I am. I am so thankful I am not a bimbo, I have the aptitude and openness for an intellectual conversation and a highly imaginative mind, and because of the way I look I am not an outcast.  Though the thought had never occurred to me before if I would be labelled a outcast because I prefer reading and spending time alone rather than talk to just about anyone who comes in front of me. I wonder if people would think I am more weird that they think I am now if I looked more bad. Bacause no matter how hard you try and no matter how much you try to change it, a girl will be judged by her looks first amongst other things. A friend of mine once said to me very honestly that trusting  a guy of loving me truly is more difficult for me than others because first of all I have to make sure it is not the looks that have attracted him. Of course I care about the way I look but my thoughts go deeper than that.

So I was just talking to another friend of mine about how important it is to be able to communicate with others without being afraid of saying how you feel and how intellectual and spiritual conversation is like comfort food for your soul, like a good book is to your mind. And one of my turn-ons is the two of you looking at a third person together and saying, preferably at the same time how he/she reminds you of somebody from this book that you've both read! Now that would be my kind of love-at-first-sight.

Zorro

I recently re watched one of my favorite childhood tv series Hip Hip Hurray and loved it again. It is about students from one high school in India and their many adventures, trials, the problems they face and how they overcome them, basically it is a coming-of-age story. 

So, it was not wrong of me to assume that I would like Kaiketsu Zorro, another one of my favorite childhood series, a Japanese English dubbed cartoon show. But I just did not like it. I remember the time everything about this show used to please me, so much as to the point of me developing a crush on the lead character Zorro. But this time around I thought Zorro was a cocky self-righteous weirdo who was just in the right place at the right time with the odds always in his favor. I even remember how the mysteries intrigued me, now I feel like every episode is pretty much the same! Some bad guy is doing something bad to some good guy/guys, the rest of the people around are just by-standers who do nothing to help the poor good guy/guys. At the nick of nick, just when something very bad is about to happen to the good guy/guys, enters Zorro. And the innocent by-standers go... Oh look its Zorro and the bad guy goes... What... Zorro!

And of course Zorro saves the good guy/guys. But since the army had branded him as a rebel, every episode ends with him being chased, unsuccessfully by the soldiers. 

Of course I cannot expect to be satisfied at this age with what what was my ideal show once when I was little but I cannot help but feel a little disappointed and also a little cheated for fantasizing about watching reruns of this show for so long! Oh, well, here's to hoping I fare better with Lizzie McGuire.

Gary Blauman

The final season of How I Met Your Mother.... I have loved this show but this season was a bit of a disappointment. A stretched scene, stretched stories and a limited timeline. The whole season is supposed to take place in a matter of weeks so I understand the limitations but I have such high expectations from this show specially this being the last season and all... Well there were some pretty bad episodes... the slap of  a million exploding suns and the bedtime stories one with the rhymes, I mean what were those! Of course there were perfect episodes like How your mother met me and Daisy. But all in all this season was a big damn disappointment!

And Gary Blauman was headed in the same direction. the stretchy bits with I... pause pause pause... love that guy. I.... pause pause pause... love that I can destroy that guy! The beginning of relationship between Ted and the mother was the only tolerable thing about that episode but then... HIMYM did it again... It turned the whole thing around and make us emotional! First it was this heart touching speech.... "And that is how it goes, the friends neighbours, drinking buddies, and partners in crime u love so much when you are young, as the years go by you just lose touch. You will be shocked when You'll discover how easy it is not in life to part ways with people forever. That's why when you find someone you wanna keep around you do somthing about it." and that kiss. I don't care if that was cheesy and I don't care if Ted is a big disaster but that kiss was perfect! And then since this is like one of the last ever episodes, HIMYM provided us closure about the other characters! Of course any HIMYM fan would love to know what happens to the other characters! Runjit has his own limo service and Zoey still fights for her causes. It melts my heart! I can never not love this show. I remember crying in almost every episode of Season 6. that was so sad! Robin crying in the subway, Marshall losing his dad. and Barney finding his father! I am pretty sure the finale will make me sob and the hole in my heart after this show is gone will take a long time to fill!

The Breakfast Club

Molly Ringwald is amazing... I have loved her in each of the  movies I have seen her in and this one is no exception. The concept of this movie is wonderful. A brain, an athlete, a princess, a basket-case and a criminal; serving detention together. You would say they have nothing in common, so very different from each other, but each with his own sufferings, own stories, and own talents. 

Some of the incidents, specially those concerning the teacher are somewhat over-the-top but that completely makes up for what the movie is trying to achieve. The five completely different personalities, trying to get along, quarreling about what they think is right, getting into fights but sticking together against the teacher. 

Ally Sheedy has done a great job. Though I would have preferred if  she wasn't made pretty in the end. That kind of goes against her personality. 

The movie is a must-see. Some hilarious scenes, some heart-wrenching moments and a talented star-cast. I would have given it a perfect score if not for the two kisses in the end. One (any one would have been okay but to commence two relationships is a little too much.

RITU

So this is a love triangle. A guy and two girls. The two girls are the best of friends and opposite in every way. One is a good, kind, caring, studious type, the other is a hot, narcissistic, impulsive, manipulative kind. The guy swings back and forth between the girls and there are no prizes for guessing whom he ends up with. That is pretty much the whole story.

The shortcomings... I don't even know from where to begin. The director has tried the flashback/flashforward approach which is new for a Nepali movie (I think) but it just gets annoying at times and spoils the flow. The lead actress, the protagonist, Malina Joshi is too dull, her dialogue delivery too bland. The lines she speaks in English are far better than the ones she can do in Nepali. She does get better in the few scenes towards the end or maybe you just get used to her blandness.  The character of the actor Raj Ballav Koirala is so weak and emotional that anyone can easily get irritated. Only Jude Law can cry in just about any situation and still keep it appealing. With The lines she speaks in English are far better than the ones she can do in Nepali. it soon got appalling.We laughed when he got emotional and not in a good way! He was a big letdown, specially considering that the only reason I watched this movie is because I liked him in Apabad.

Rima Bishwokarma was the best thing about the movie. Hot, confident and a wonderful actress; she portrays her character well. My only complaint is that we did not get to see more of her! The other characters are not worth mentioning. Though the uncredited cab driver is more likable in his 5 minutes of screen appearance than the lead actor is! The back stories are inconsistent and totally irrelevant and so is majority of the scenes and dialogues.

The scenes are beautiful, Australia is captured beautifully. This may be the only reason unorthodox viewers would opt for this movie. As for the mainstream viewers, this movie has some kind of newness in the star cast, filming location and presentation style. There is no newness in the story. And why are the lead characters not more sad after losing their unborn baby! Yes they got a happy ending and all but come on, a few tears would be good. The guy crying in every other situation cannot shed a few tears for his baby!

All in all, I went in a die-hard fan of Raj Ballav Koirala, somewhere in the middle of the movie I stopped liked him. At least I ended up watching the whole movie. I'd rate it 2.5 out of 5. the extra .5 for Rima Bishwokarma.

Daria

I love her. I love her sarcasm, her use of irony in just about anything. I love her don't-give-a-damn attitude. I love that her smile is so rare it is precious. I love everything about her. People might call her dysfunctional but what the hell do thay know. At least she does not have deep-rooted insecurities, proved that time some shrink tried to hypnotize her. I love that she is normal enough to have a best friend, though that may have something to do with the fact that Jane is equally cynical. Daria is super smart, aces at almost all the tests and is even normal enough to fall for a guy or two. She has a conscience sometimes, like the time she could not leave that lost kid alone in that parade. She obviously cares about her family even Quinn.

Once Upon a Time

Why do I even bother with this nonsense! Every season, in fact, every episode is most ridiculous than the previous and it just never ends! But here I am watching it, waiting for the next episode to come out. The only reason I started watching it in the first place was because of Emma (Jennifer Morrison) (I liked Zoey in HIMYM). She has to be the main protagonist. It makes me a little angry not seeing her name in the first credits.

Let me start by ranting about Snow. Ginnifer Goodwin is a pretty good actress. But I hated the character of Snow White. I get her not wanting to turn dark and all but wanting to forgive Regina, stopping her execution and actually trying to change her after everything has to be the stupidest thing anyone can ever do. Serves her right then suffering after the curse and all. Her hair, I hate her hair in Storybrooke. Snow fighting dark, Snow fighting everything! It cannot get more annoying. Sometimes I don't blame Regina. Why doesn't it ever grow? She is not both Rapunzel and Snow White is she!
And what I can say about Prince Charming. Even the name makes me so mad. And he is not good-looking either. And such a pushover. Snow has him wrapped around her little finger. There is nothing charming around a guy who cannot stand up to himself and is pretty much incapable of getting angry.