ah, well...

so it's been ages since i wrote something useful. ok, all you smart asses out there, i admit it... its prolly been 24 years since i wrote something useful (LOL), but i digress. this weekend has been particularly interesting. keeping the tradition of my eternal "ramta jogi"-ness alive, i planned to get away to another city this friday as well. but lets start with why i *really* wanted a break. read on...

this past week flew by faster than contracts off of ayub khan's table, as soon as he crooned "raat chhoti, baat badi". hahahahahahhahahahhahahahaaahaha... ahem... sorry. i was totally swamped with work, which is a good thing. keeps your mind from wandering about life in general. one thing that i've learnt over the past few months at my new job, is to never check my work-email during the weekend. it's better to experience that pure, unadulterated "wat-the-f***" moment on monday, when your inbox has more "to-do" emails sent out by seniors, than the number of playmates that have graced the cover of playboy. (this analogy is courtesy of certain friends at USC who have an enviable collection of the aforementioned classy magazine.)

at last count i averaged 10 hours a day & was asked by my boss to "slow down"; if only he knew how much a hyperactive brain demands from the body. as good as it feels to complain about it, u want to work... u want to be busy, all the time. but that's only uptil friday. and then, TGIF... such a sweet relief!

friday was fun. reached worked early, left work at 6pm and had to catch a train to LA. after a colleague dropped me off at the station, the next coupla hours were spent getting intimate with my ipod, seeing vdos of how i surprised my friends last decemeber. i must've seen these 400 times... they're still priceless. i miss those guys.

anyways, i reached LA union station at 9pm. 1 hour, 7phone calls and 1 lost-friend later (LOL), i took a cab to 710. apparently the dude got lost while trying to pick me up. (fyi, i reached before him! hehehehe). it made for some very hilarious conversation later on. i'm grateful to God that no one (except coupla regulars) wanted to "party" that night. we actually sat and talked, for a change. fine, we did realize that most of us are pretty boring, but my female friends have instructed me that i'm supposed 2 say it was fun (read: YAWWWN! hehehe)

saturday: this was crazy. 3 movies... that's right, three! in one day.

1. rocky - the rebel... starring zayed khan (pls stop laughin guys!). "rocky, rock the world"... that's how the movie starts... with ZK singing his own song, referring to himself in the 3rd person. the rest of the movie was spent irritating a certain someone about how ZK's "rocky" is better than Superman. personally, though, i thought it was a very brave movie, and full marks to the cast for trying to complete a film without a director... or script... or... audience, for that matter.

2. flushed away... animated movie with voice overs from hugh jackman & kate (drool drool) winslet. good stuff... the slugs were too damn funny!

3. dil chahta hai... why? why not?! just ayub khan's reaction is worth it. all u useless bfs out there, have a look-see! aisa bhi hota hai! ("this is so embarassing... mere saath aisa nahin ho sakta" hahahhahaha) i truly feel farhan akhtar took ayub khan just to make fun of him hehehhee. poor dude... "raat chhoti, baat not so badi!"

this was followed by 3 hours of intense gaming by marutji & i... ps2 is ALWAYS fun! :D tomorrow, we've planned a good lunch at "shalimar". am looking forward to it. should be reallllll good if it's anything like the parent branch in san jose.

neways, that's the latest for now. thank God for people like zayed khan and ayub khan... the true comedians of indian cinema.