tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88076461630391659872024-03-13T15:34:21.521+05:30qlogpavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.comBlogger342125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-47994526921353214822012-05-09T00:05:00.003+05:302012-05-09T00:16:20.546+05:30<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2 blogs. pointless. it's going to be all tumblr all the time. for all thoughts, lols, memes and videos go <a href="http://paveverse.tumblr.com/">here</a>.pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-11306697346068644402012-03-31T19:47:00.000+05:302012-03-31T19:47:35.929+05:30an adam levine appreciation postthe voice is totally making me worship this man. and moves like jagger is catchy as fuck (while also being an annoying earworm of a song). but adam levine man! the man is so earnest. he hides it under the adam levine-ness of his whole charmer act. the wink. the smile. *swoon* but these battle rounds, he's all business while really really appreciating the people on his team. you know he means what he says. this man would not lie to you. he's got the face going for him. it's a face you can believe. look at this face.<br />
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<br />pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-68835841224737544542012-03-14T20:10:00.002+05:302012-03-14T23:01:12.065+05:30what i like about music #4: pinkertonthis album is like that scene in almost famous: <b>"I'm flying high over Tupelo, Mississippi...with America's hottest band...and we're all about to die."</b> them yelling truths at each other. dirty little deep down dark secrets that must be revealed in the last moments of your life. he's yelling his secrets at the universe for all to hear, real loud and unafraid because soon he will be dead and not around to see the fallout or feel the embarrassment. things that <b>must</b> be said before the end. these are the things you do not say:<br />
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<br /></div>pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-74247906635812232342012-03-12T22:20:00.000+05:302012-03-12T22:35:29.286+05:30saying gracewhen life is shit/in my emo moments i usually reach for hanson/vampire weekend/phish or elliott smith/the smiths for a good ol' wallow in the muck and hopelessness that is life. but today i find myself watching <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/topher-grace-edited-star-wars-prequels-85minute-movie/">geeks doing their geek thing</a>. this is the best type of conversation. there are lols. there are serious, well reasoned discussions which are nowhere near the bickering mess of hate that is youtube comments/imdb forums. there is joy. this is everything. and i thank you topher grace. i/we may never see <i>Star Wars: Episode III.5: The Editor Strikes Back </i>but today, this is enough. that'll do topher, that'll do. consider spiderman 3 forgotten. done.<br />
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<i>the woman in black </i>was pretty much ruined by all the knowing. the audience knows when the ghost appears before daniel radcliffe does because there she is behind him. on cue. dramatic music. it's like dora the explorer almost. harry should be asking us if we can see her and we'd yell: "behind you harry! behind you!" and he doesnt even teach us spanish. but apart from the movie i am now in general quite a dan rad fan* (except he doesnt do any acting in this). [ps. it was still quite scary because i jump at loud noises. the ghost screams a lot.]<br />
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however <i>the hunger games (catching fire </i>and <i>mockingjay </i>as well<i>) </i>completely profits from all the knowing/not knowing as the case may be. because we know exactly what katniss knows, when katniss knows it. when katniss is surprised, we're really truly surprised because katniss doesnt see it coming. all the clues were there but she doesnt put it together and as katniss we (or i - the person who was actually surprised that one time the surprise birthday party happened...) are truly blindsided. i say no more, this way lies spoilers. read them!<br />
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*he can <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceyoPY0uUms">sing</a>! i have hopes of him someday singing <a href="http://youtu.be/jvyxSHwCyTg?t=5m50s">something</a> from the musicals. that would be awesome.<br />
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<br />pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-85988312240953289382012-02-11T21:34:00.000+05:302012-02-11T21:44:09.648+05:30backup shapeupmy laptop went mad randomly and illustrator kept crashing. so now i'm backing everything up (6 cds so far, 5.17 gb worth of music to go as well as movies and shows). the order in which i'm doing it says a lot about my life priorities i think:<br />
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this was what the whole of <a href="http://www.earwolf.com/episode/analyze-phish-episode-4/">episode 04 of analyse phish</a> was like. summary: harris gets high out of his mind and cant remember most of what happened during the concert. but they had a recording device with them and he can hear/relive the things he said and did. he's mostly mortified and "what am i saying?!"-ish. and scott still doesnt like phish. entertaining as fuck. </div>
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<li>read another short story from patrick gale's <i>dangerous pleasures</i>. this one was called <i>old boys</i>. one of the hottest things i have ever read probably. so good.</li>
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listening to: prince!</div>pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-65613798644031738112012-01-28T19:28:00.003+05:302012-01-28T19:38:43.756+05:30open your eyes, look up to the skies and see<b>movies watched</b><br />
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11. sex and the city 2 - i have nothing to say. i was bored. <a href="http://thesilentqlog.blogspot.com/2008/07/just-watched-dune-movie.html">i knew what i was getting myself into :|</a></div>
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<br />pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-68086245521894174942012-01-08T23:08:00.004+05:302012-01-08T23:12:13.504+05:30Caught in a landslide, No escape from realityin a <i>red state</i> of mind. watched it yesterday, but have been listening to the <i>red state of the union </i>podcast (the episodes with each of the 3 boys and the kerry bishé one). there's something magic about michael angarano that makes people want to repeat over and over what an amazing actor he is. they all do it. and it's not really his movie. but you remember him. like in almost famous. there is no movie without "man, hey man, you take care of her man" (i paraphrase, to be accurate it is: <b>“Hey, man! Take good care of her in San Francisco! …Man!”</b>).<br />
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i think red state is the reason i did not love <i>drive </i>as much as other people seem to. although i watched red state after drive, that is the sort of acting that i am into. what these people do with kevin smith's words... and you can pause and imagine kevin smith saying the words. and go teehee how awesome that he fucking wrote (edited and directed) this! i am so excited for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442241/">hit somebody</a>. cannot wait.<br />
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and i love ryan gosling (usually)...but in drive he wasn't a person. he wasn't real. why doesn't he like it when people talk to him? why does he like carey mulligan? why does he have that creepy ass blue tile in his kitchen?<br />
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but kerry bishé, i know why she's the crazy religious nut she is. who also wants to save the "babies". she is so good! (i am in love with kerry bishé now) and i liked marc blucas popping up an agent. he's the ultimate police/military person. he is that. he's the good little soldier. ever since he was riley finn :)<br />
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<b>riley</b> <b>in buffy</b> - i wasnt a fan (team spike all the way!). <b>in the comic</b> - i'm starting to like him. ish. maybe. <b>marc blucas</b> - i like. i like seeing him in a non buffy context and thinking to myself "oh hello there, riley finn!"pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-81187052178198418622012-01-04T02:37:00.000+05:302012-01-04T02:37:30.311+05:30Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?let me ponder the ways in which i might be driven to the strange side by being stuck in a bad work/life scenario. there are 3 options: mental, alcoholic or dead. it would have to be a case when things get bad and stay bad so all sense of possible escape is lost.<br />
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just quietly conk off one day. found dead slumped over a table where it looks like a simple headdesk but actually it's the final destination.<br />
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watched the second half of <i>north & south </i>again. richard armitage doing his broody thing.. and that heavenly voice and accent. the long 'a's (wiki says he's a leicester man :) the 'a's did remind me of selby!). baked a caked in the microwave which we have discovered also has some oven-like properties. turned out alright. <a href="http://www.joyofbaking.com/cupcakes/BananaChocolateCupcakes.html">chocolate banana cake</a>. just the thing for this weather we're having. rain rain all day long. :) and now i'm mentally swooning over mr armitage's acting prowess, his distinctive silhouette, dreamy eyes... so pretty.<br />
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reading (a storm of swords part II) blood and gold. about 1/3rd of the way in and 3 people are dead already. i forgot the "no one is safe" rule. anyone can die, anytime. i forgot and it snuck up on me. total WTF moment.<br />
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LOL i'm like an advert. but seriously this should be epic :) im currently listening to pinkerton again and everytime i do it seems more relevant to me and life and everything. i first listened to the album after reading a multi paged feminist article hating on him. and then i was all wtf there's nothing wrong with this! this is awesome! should have known the guy who wrote <i>island in the sun</i> could never disappoint. the man speaks the truth.<br />
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on episode 3 (season 1) of <i>the walking dead</i>. doing it in order, right proper from the beginnin'. rick grimes makes me want to talk this way. i damn near lost it *tears* at the end of episode 2 when he's reunited with the son and wife (ain't nothing going to get in the way o' that man). andrew lincoln is a better american than hugh laurie. and you believe that he is a man worth rooting for. a man who knows how people work. and this i feel is the biggest skill (yes it is a skill) and most basic skill that one needs in life. maybe not needs. but it sure is good to have if you want to treat other people right. gotta know before you act. got to know the right thing to do at the right time. right for that person. for those people. for that situation.<br />
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and when better to think about people and life and survival than in the middle of a zombiepocalypse (and with this show you are right there. in the middle. considering whether you'd make it, or whether you'd become a walker). and remember: always go for the brains. live long and prosper y'all.<br />
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when i was nearly done (meaning about 10 mins to go, it was looooong) a grumpy girl sat down next to me for the exact same thing and was so so grumpy about. what use? pfft!<br />
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also also the whole experience happened to the hindi music soundtrack of my youth... it was some shahrukh khan filums through the ages type thing all the way to rang de basanti type songs. i was flashbacking all over the place.<br />
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* you've got to be that sort of person though, to really enjoy this slow revelation of inner human. i've had a few shitty pedicures where you know all the person working on you is thinking about is the ick factor of having to touch someone else's feet. but these have all been in fairly posh places and that is just a bad bad idea. posh places = zero service. it's all about the fancy looking foot-massaging tub of water that needs to be plugged in. rubbish i say! rubbish!<br />
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this has been a girly post in the style of AA Gill.<br />
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oh dude... so many airport thoughts. maybe it was the willy mason soundtrack to the whole thing. but it was this thought that humans are easy to figure out. we all stress about shit. and travelling sucks. it's hard. you have to remember a million things. carry the right id. the right stamp on the right ticket. be there on time. the right flight. the right day. and you deal with it. with all the shit of the delayed flights, the wrong train compartment, waitlisted tickets... and it's mostly dealing with people. who you can convince into helping you out. who the right person is (in the situation) to rely on. and sometimes some people are just so gorram nice. we're all in the same travel hell and just want to help out. just because the day has sucked, it doesnt mean you cant help someone with a bag or just commiserate.<br />
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and that is where i shall end the tale of the boy and his paper. one cute boy observed. one giant conclusion reached.pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-37140753595092298402011-10-03T19:55:00.000+05:302011-10-03T19:55:26.186+05:30cynic who?
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<a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/james-franco/james-franco-interview-0910">finally read the article.</a> it makes james franco seem really normal and the writer seem like the "semi-academic hipster artist" who's watched <i>dead poets society</i> one too many times (uses the phrase "Franco, our Franco" to death). what i'm getting to is that it's less about franco and more about tom chiarella. maybe i should google him.<br />
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"Born Rochester NY (1961), he received a BA in Studio Art/Writing at St. Lawrence University, 1983, and an MFA in Fiction Writing from the University of Alabama (1987)."<br />
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pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-17073825263269606282011-09-05T20:17:00.002+05:302011-09-05T20:19:13.736+05:30the bloggerweirdly me and divya had <a href="http://slipperyreflections.blogspot.com/2011/09/same-pinch.html">the exact same thought</a> (but separately): if aliens used blogs as research they could easily misunderstand and imagine that all blogs are written by one person. because all blogs have the same pattern of "fuck my life" followed by "life epiphany" followed by "i have thought deeply on such and such" and then it loops around - with a grand tone of <i>discovery!</i> like we've just found hadrons or a new continent. it's like there's this unwritten book on how to blog that we've all had conditioned into us. this very post could be written by absolutely anyone/everyone/no one. i sound super intellectual and profound right? right?? :P<br />
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(click the link to read divya's version)pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-3354124541224188022011-08-24T22:27:00.004+05:302011-08-24T22:48:33.883+05:30wherein i review stuff:<b>1. Kkok-du </b>★★★<br />
Korean theatre involving puppets. first i was all - meh puppets. this is going to be dull. then came the toilet humour and general south park sensibility. play - saved!<br />
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<b>2. Success </b>★1/2<br />
American play about an ad-man choosing between 2 political campaigns...kind of pointless. lacking in drama! needed to be more like <i>the hills/entourage</i>.<br />
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<b>3. The Blue Mug </b>★★★★<br />
Final play of the metroplus theatre festival. indian cast including Rajat Kapoor (my ultimate hot uncle crush!) and Ranbir (ex-vj Ranbir). they totally had mad acting skills. almost no set. almost no props. sad. funny. true.<br />
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<b>4. Kull the Conqueror </b>★★★1/2<br />
Kevin Sorbo from back when Kevin Sorbo was everywhere! hercules makes a good kull. gaaah karina lombard is so beautiful. i spent most of the movie going: kiss! kiss! kiss! but they didnt...i guess they did at the end that i didnt watch. it was so entertaining! (for more Kevin Sorbo i reccomend <i>Hercules</i> and <i>The OC!</i>)<br />
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<b>5. Entourage (the final season) </b>★★★★★<br />
it's always good and should never end. 24 hr entourage please?<br />
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downloaded it because of one av undercover vid. i cannot rem which for the life of me. the members of some band said they listen to it. and it is so worth it! it's party party party man! chris baio would listen to it.<br />
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21/2 hours is way too long for a dance-drama thing. but it was really well done, picturesque. plus there was the added hilarity of mathi and other stray factory man being in it, doing a lot of nodding and standing uber straight. then he died all dramatically.pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-89599542970032309602011-08-02T18:54:00.001+05:302011-08-02T19:02:47.239+05:30active vs. passivewhen i was agnostic i didn't spend a lot of time thinking about <b>religious people</b>. now that i'm an atheist i think about it quite a bit. what is it that people do when they pray? what/who do they pray for? why do they do it so much? do they genuinely believe that god favours them because they do? is it for self satisfaction or some sort of benefit? if a religious person stopped praying actively, would they then assume god thinks about them less? (what would passive prayer be? lol-ing at the "praying actively" in my previous sentence.)<br />
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the scary side of "ask and ye shall receive" what? so what if you just don't ask.<br />
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religious people must also wonder how atheists survive without god and prayer and all the belief. i do fine. i am thankful for top gear and entourage and for people to watch them with. people i actually want to hang out with. i dont miss having the possibility of god (i never really thought that was good possible answer anyway). i miss people.<br />
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also we had a long convi today about <b>listening to lyrics vs listening to music</b>. realised later that we split the two up during the discussion but you can't really do that when listening. even if you dont absorb the meaning of the lyrics, you still hear the voice of the singer. it's not like listening to a karaoke track at all. it's instruments plus voices.pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-48565227121475844542011-07-31T12:37:00.000+05:302011-07-31T12:37:38.493+05:30i think i'm a contragoing through a phase of listening to all the vampire weekend i can get my hands on (again) ...which is not a lot. about 5 1/2 years - 2 albums. not enough. why can't you be prolific like phish (but phish have a lot of years on everyone) ? why cant all bands have a phish.net equivalent? maybe if i pray to the gods of comic con...<br />
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think i got started on the big re-listen after ryan adams started on his (lame) covers. i press play...i gawp in amazement that it doesn't sound a thing like vw. it's covers that manage to remove everything that's vampire weekend about the song apart from the lyrics which sound a bit garbled... so i give up listening in about 10 seconds and have a desperate need to listen to the actual songs. good result!<br />
and then i listened to contra on headphones: beautiful. it's (almost) like a new album.<br />
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i'm in the mood (to bracket).pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8807646163039165987.post-65378313746616487812011-07-29T19:57:00.000+05:302011-07-29T19:57:52.205+05:30i dont do long wordsI find it so difficult to read academic/paragraphic writing on the internet these days. It's reached the stage where if I click on a link and get to a page which is just chock full of text - <a href="http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.9.30.172813.212.html">I click it away almost immediately</a> - reading nothing.<br />
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I think it's a combination of having left uni (4 years now) and mostly <a href="http://thefoxisblack.com/">reading</a> <a href="http://andyrutledge.com/news-redux.php">design</a> blogs. Designers don't do long words or paragraphs unbroken by images. That's not to say that it's less intelligent. It's just more concise. Everything makes sense at first read. <br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/andyrutledge">Also</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/mike_ftw">twitter</a>.<br />
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And I have <a href="http://www.radiolab.org/">Radiolab</a> to teach me things.pavithra muthalaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329018579282596098noreply@blogger.com0