Bye Bye Birdie

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So spring has sprung, and the birds just won't bloody shut up about it -

Oh Noes

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Was v disheartened to realize that 95% of my phone conversations (& pretty much all of my msn convos) can be summed up thusly -

Oh noes, indeed.

Perumazhakkalam

A man has been sentenced to death for the accidental murder of his friend, and the only way to save him is for the wife of his victim to sign a pardon - easier said than done.

This intense, beautifully-acted movie was later remade as Dor, a far inferior film.

Thou shalt not covet stuff

Me wants my precious nowww...

Green Wing

It's Grey's Anatomy - only funnier, made of crack, and British.

El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)

A beautifully directed & absorbing (though rather violent) film about a young girl's quest to prove her identity.

Down and Definitely Out

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This picture was forwarded to me with the heading, "India-Pakistan Unity At Last" before the fatal India-Sri Lanka game last Friday.


The first World Cup match I watched was the 1996 India-Pakistan Quarter-Final. India batted first, and despite an early batting collapse (which still pales in comparison to the shambles we were against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) rallied to post 287, and beat Pakistan by 39 runs. It was exciting, involving Cricket and it made me a fan for life.

This year, there's going to be no perching on the edge of the couch, no yelling "Howzat?" in unison with the bowler, no groaning "What is wrong with the Umpire?" - there's not going to be a World Cup, because India's going home early.

On top of that, a man's been murdered.

What is wrong with this World Cup?

A Billion Behind Blue

and still we couldn't make it.

(Picture from Getty Images & Cricinfo)

Why the Internet makes you crazy, part 6

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I *heart* Heroes. There, I said it. Y'know, the night of 4th March, when it turned out there were no more new episodes till the end of April? That funny wail you heard? Yep, that was me.

Although the fates of the various characters are in limbo until April 23rd or thereabouts, they are alive (and kicking, and whining) in cyberspace. That's right, they're blogging. That includes my TV-boyfriend Mohinder Suresh, everyone's favourite overprotective TV father & that old cliche, the politician with a heart of gold.

Totally unofficial, of course, but anything that fuels my delusions of Mohinder surviving the Winchester Treatment is fine by me.

Fire in the Sky

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Winter Fingers

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