Listening to two beautiful tracks . ones by diana krall ....mmmmmm what a beautiful voice .. its perfect ... for a dim lit jazz bar somewhere in new orleans. the vocals are anything but predictable , its perfectly imperfect :) ....theyr jus the opposite of the commercial crap u get on the street where u jus know whats comin next

if u plan to check her out... check out winter wonderland & popsicle toes .. hehe a real naughty one this one , listen to the lyrics n ull see why...

the other song is lazing on a "sunny afternoon" by the kinks , a pop rock band from the 70s. its got a nice cool rhythm and does remind u of a lazy sunny afternoon ..

The tax mans taken all my dough,
And left me in my stately home,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
And I cant sail my yacht,
Hes taken everything Ive got,
All Ive gots this sunny afternoon.


Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

My girlfriends run off with my car,
And gone back to her ma and pa,
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
Now Im sitting here,
Sipping at my ice cold beer,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.

Help me, help me, help me sail away,
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.
cause I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

Ah, save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime


what an awesome song ... im singing this on karaoke if its online .. that and stop children whats that sound by buffalo springfield ... jus downloaded it at home , oh yeah and afternoon delite ;p

Listening to WILLIE THE PIMP by FRANK ZAPPA.. nice 10 mins of funky soul jazz music with crazy guitar.... should be the soundtrack to some movie man!!!!!!!!!!! incredible , ull only know what im talkin about if u listen to it.. and a one time listen is more than enuf! similar songs : cantaloop , chilli hot(the get shorty soundtrack)- US3. Jus went and got the kaup (a beach next to manipal) photos scanned. Here they are :







This is not kaup... its my room.. hint: the side WITHOUT the flower vase is mine!! (ironically also the one w/o the COMP!, but thats not too much of a problem.)


Pic at Kaup in the evening......... Me , my cousin meera, dalphee and sugandhi. Kaup's a beautiful beach about 50 k from manipal. U must see it if u come anywhere here. it's easily the best beach.












CHILLIN WITH THE LOCALS

STATUATORY WARNING : The following story is very long, if u have an hour, read it ....that's how long it took me to type it.

Good story with this... We were all happily jumping around and drowning each other in the waves when some guy started jumping around wherever went. I noticed this and tried putting myself in front of him but he would never put his head above the water, he'd just swim off and stalk us and jump out of the water like he was some crazy dolphin or something!....... anyway, i dint mind this as long as he dint try anything funny.

After a while we get tired, and we walk back to the beach and decide to bury dalphee in the sand. Me and my other friend vikas start doin this when out of nowhere , 20 odd locals jump out of nowhere and start helping us out! So there we are, both of us and 20 locals of odd sizes, shapes and attire digging dalphee into the ground.

Through all this, the guy on the left of me in the pic(that's right the smiling guy) repeatedly keeps asking me "BEER PEETHA HAI?" quite obviously "Do u drink beer?" so I go "Haan peetha hoon par nahi chahiye, yeh log peethe nahi hai" I ignore him and start helping with the task of digging dalphee who hasnt shown any signs of protest, but shows some concern when the locals, who obviously haven't seen a mermaid in their life, start digging a rift in the tail and bring odd objects (like the round blue one in the picture) between his legs!

Well we complete the mermaid plant a cig in d's hand and take the photo. Then the jumping guy comes out of the water like some hero and shouts "HEY MIT!" (that's my college's name). I guess he's talkin about me so I turn around and he comes waddling up to where I'm standing and asks some stupid question like which college i'm from or something like that, I dont remember. I tell him and then he asks some other stupid questions and asks my name and announces his. Since I'm surrounded by locals, to avoid any pissing off, I keep a straight face though I'm bursting with laughter inside! I tell him shaking his hand like he's the most important guy I've ever met. That gets over and we walk off to avoid further attention.

We go over to the rocks and plan a path to reach the lighthouse. We start climbing and I demonstrate my monkey skills by some good rock climbing. But it's not over! The drunk 'beer pitha hai' guy (dint know till then) starts following us, and he's got 2 bottles of beer and some food with him. Under normal circumstances I wouldn't have objected, but due to the current situation i refuse politely. He then claims me to have asked him to bring it. I tell him that he misunderstood and kindly ask him to fuckoff. He tries to convince us to drink with him, we ignore him further and he finally starts drinking on the same rock as we are (same as that in the photograph , notice the expression on meera and sugandhi's faces! lol). To cut a very long story short , he drinks, throws bottles on the ground and later comes to us. I meet him and he starts babbling away in kannada! It looks like he's really trying to tell me something, so I tell him to speak in hindi (which he obviously knows!). He then goes on in a drunken drawl about how I'm wrong about him and that he just offered us the beer in nice way and that how his intentions are not bad etc. etc.! I convince him that i had no such idea in my mind and ask him again very kindly, to take a hike. He seems pretty contended about talking to me and walks off! Honestly, I think he was a nice guy and I'll make sure the next time i'm on Kaup to share a beer with him ....alone!

Was watching "The 13th Warrior". Kickass! SCANDINAVIA : Huge people! Huge horses! humongous dogs!!! (like lil bears!). Vast tracts of unchartered land, most of it untouched by human hand. Huge beautiful serene lakes. Vast spaces interrupted by clusters of green forest. Not fuckin teemin with life like Indian jungles , but jus the RIGHT amount of undergrowth and lil critters. Did i mention huge beautiful mountains!
IDEAL kinda place id like to live in! thats the kinda place my heart belongs! Not a fuckin city! (except for nightlife ofcourse... ) .... oh yeah , and the movie was also kinda ok.

ANCHORMAN! what an awesome movie.. my ideal comedy movie! u can keep ur brains in a freezer while watching this one! makes simpsons look like a bbc documentary.. beautiful piece of work.




Some songs the ramblin man is listening to (and recommends):

Light : dark matter - porcupine tree (alternative , refreshing)
Groovy : temprature - sean paul ( groovy.. really like this guy's music)
Heavy : astonishing panaroma of the endtimes - marilyn manson (long name i know!! definative concert crowd song)

BEEN LISTENING TO NEW SHIT BY MARILYN M..
KICKS ASS!!!!
MANSON RULES MAN!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ARE YOU MOTHAFUCKAZ READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


BEEN LISTENING TO A LOT OF HEAVY SHIT LATELY..
ALSO SLIPKNOT'S BEFORE I FORGET DEFINATELY KICKS ASS... THE VIDEO ESPECIALLY... REAL GOOD....
INFO : THE GUITARIST OF SLIPKNOT IS 6' 6" ... THATS ONE TALL BASTARD!!



ANOTHER REALLY GOOD SLIPKNOT VIDEO IS DUALITY. IN IT WHEN THERE'S A RIMSHOT ON THE DRUM (THATS THE REALLY SHRILL METAL SOUND ABOUT 20 30 SECONDS INTO THE SONG) THE JOBLESS CLOWN GUY HITS A BASEBALL BAT ON A BARREL! AND THE NEXT FEW TIMES HE WHACKS IT ON THE GROUND!

GO CLOWN!!!!! ANYWAY.. EXAM AT 4... GOTTA RUN...

.....PEACE.....

dont know why im keeping a goddamn blog. exam tomorrow and im fuckin pissed. this layout is sexy though , easily the best of the ones they give you. finally got the pics developed, crappy piece of shit analog cam! it makes som much more sense getting a digicam , pay thru ur fuckin nose to get the damn photos developed each time and get it scanned after that! aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhh!

Its 1 30 and i have no clue why im doing this! man , im so sleepy! yeah, i was reading this tutorial on investments and the like and suddenly this thought came to me that in say 20 30 yrs from now, everybody'll have money in some investment or the other.. sounds like a good place to make money! im listening to the beautiful voice of jazz singer Diana Krall. Man she's hot!
Check this pic. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fabeen/Photos/Diana%20Krall%2037%20GQ.jpg
Jazz rules man! its the music of cooooooooooool. Now listening to strange days - doors. i salute this guy's vision in using such antique effects to make such psychedelic tunes. morrison rules.
Have been going thru a good dose of jogging and gyming this last month or so. Really serious this time. The gym's good, even though its free. and being in the bihari crowd that goes there is a nice change. Thats bout it from the rambling man for now... peace..