Happy Valentines Day...

Happy Valentines Day to everyone......It might be a occasion popularized by greeting card companies to maximize their profits, but so what!!! Anyways, i am still very much in belief that Too much love can (will) kill you, and no love also doesn't do anyone any good :(.....

XOXOXOXOXOXO

VoodooFest

Its been way too long, but I must say circumstances have changed. However, i also remain as much of a lzy person, as i used to be. After missing out on RATM last year, this year i made it to VoodooFest 2008, The Tenth Ritual, to watch Mars Volta and Nine Inch Nails. Although, Nine Inch Nails (NIN) was the act i was eagerly waiting for, Mars Volta nonetheless were a completely superb act in themselves. Their entire 1 and a half hour set seemed like a single song, which was cool considering they play one of the coolest music. The main highlight was NIN, no doubt, the two hour set with the magnifique stage show was just superb and left me speechless, hard of hearing, aching body, loss of voice, and nearly a broken glasses. All in all it was just what i thought it would be...Cool. Didnt take a camera, because i knew i would be enjoying way too much to take photographs. But did manage to take some shots from my cell while catching breaths at times. My cells' camera is probably the worst,,so the pics are not so good even though i was quite near.

Hurt....deep....

"...Everyone I know
Goes away in the end..."

"Wie könnte ich wurden Freunde mit ihm"

Out of Sight, Out of Mind...

"...How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;
Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;
"Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep;"
Desires compos'd, affections ever ev'n,
Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to Heav'n.
Grace shines around her with serenest beams,
And whisp'ring angels prompt her golden dreams.
For her th' unfading rose of Eden blooms,
And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes,
For her the Spouse prepares the bridal ring,
For her white virgins hymeneals sing,
To sounds of heav'nly harps she dies away,
And melts in visions of eternal day."

- Eloisa to Abelard, Alexander Pope

Auf wiederschreiben

Two semester are almost ever, and it seems the remaining are going to move through even faster. There's nothing much happening around, still have to resort to watching movies (if i have some free time), so as my 'official hiatus' from blogging for summer fun ;) is around the corner here is a trailer for an upcoming movie called FRONTIER(S) to get the buzz around.
WARNING: GRAPHIC NATURE, VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED.


χαρούμενα γενέθλια

Mardi Gras '08

Still lazy...

Nowadays i have tons of excuse for not blogging frequently, and i'm too lazy to write them out (for now!). Its crazy studying in the States as i am beginning to find out. It's a mix of confusion, excitement and way too much assignments.

Getting to the point, as Prajwal bro was kind enough to mention it, here are some few pictures taken by my friend Amid about a week prior to Halloween. ( मेरो त क्यामेरा नई छैन :(

As one of my friend said," People in New Orleans will be ready to party celebrating just about anything.", Halloween was A LOT more people (freaky people) then you see in the photos......but, Halloween was a completely different story which hopefully i will write very soon. Here are some Bourbon shots till then...

Happy Vijaya Dashami !! :)

Saints...Dolphins...Superdome

I love going to concerts with its loudness and its exhilarating environment, but i wasn't keen on seeing sports live. For me the comfort of my own room was the best view ever. But finally, my view has started to skew a bit. My first experience in a massive stadium that too a game i had no clue about couldnt have been much better.
The Superdome in New Orleans is much bigger than it appears to be. A refuge during the Katrina hurricane, this massive thing is sure enough to please any football (american football) fanatic or just about anyone else. The lighting, environment, sounds and even the game was totally awesome. I would have so got everything for my money if i had paid for the tickets (Thanks Ritesh bro). The game was kinda slow and it was pre-season but still i had loads of fun. The saints did win 7 to nothing and the whole show was worthwile.......Hope they have a better run next week in Indianapolis .
Everyone was wearing the Saints shirts that had "Bush" written in back, i though all the people loved dear Ol Bush or hated his guts. But it turned out there was this guy called Reggie Bush who was supposed to be this big hotshot, did not get to see him play though (pre-season).......

La Nouvelle-Orléans

Its been sometime since i've written anything and it seems it will be sometime that i start to be regular. Its just that adjusting to a new environment can take some time. Especially when you are in a city like New Orleans. So just started college, and i think i'm going to love every part of it. Will update on all the college stuffs (i know everyone's going to like that) later on , but first have to acclimatize it seems. Will be back soon though...more updates on Bourbon Street , hehe,....

Im Happy Today.

Music: gets me through!!

On my quest of new musical adventures, among others, recently I have stumbled upon one or more equally gripping music. Music, I believe, speaks to a large number of people without worrying about nationality, religion or even languages. I think many bands and artists I like the most speak in languages I have almost no clue of (no, not English!). But still, the music and the experience a whole serves a greater purpose. You just know a great song even though it’s in Slovenian, French or any other language for that. Sometimes, people give me the crazy eye when I confess about my love for songs which I have no understanding of (language wise) or when I forcefully make them listen to them one way or the other. But regardless of the language or genre I love music as a whole and just cant seem to get enough of it.

My play list seems to change more than often and when it does, I don’t mind listening to that over and over and over again until I find something else and the cycle continues. Currently speaking; there is some folk german metal, with Subway to Sally, their vocals might catch you off guard nonetheless still a decent listen. Siddharta a Slovenian band with its blend of hard rock and ballad-type songs just gets off on the right foot every time. Also, the OST for Kill Bill will just refresh you with tracks by Nancy Sinatra, Bernard Herrman, Tomoyasu Hotei and Santa Esmeralda, to name a few, catching your attention right away. A visually impaired pair of Amadou & Mariam, with their bluesy yet soothing French sound is also something worth a listen.

Like, science subject (which I don’t fancy as much) music requires some basic experimenting. Let yourself free from the definite genre grasp, be open and try out new sounds even though you might not have heard or even though would hear. Feel free to browse around and you might just stumble upon something that will captivate you and delight you beyond words.

Hangover Sucks...

Yes, its true…..hangover sucks…and im not just talking about the getting-stone-cold-drunk-one-night-and-the-next-day-someone’s pounding-your-head kind of hangover, but hangover in a more general case. If you are kind of not getting where im heading, well the story so far is. Last three days was kind of a major blast or something like that, maybe due to the fact that it was my birthday. Yes, I am implying that I celebrated three days of birthday. How? You ask. Well, one of the perks of being a Nepali is that you get to celebrate everything more than the rest of the world. We have more than 1 New Year which is celebrated at full blast. And we don’t miss out on celebrating as much as we can. Although im not a big fan of celebrating birthday and such; I find it very trivial and overrated. But still due to unforeseen circumstances I celebrated my birthday according to the Gregorian Calendar (May 9), Bikram Sambat(Nepali Calendar)(May 10) and some religious calendar which I have no idea of (May 11). I know that might sound a bit stupid, over the top but what can I say. As said by some hip hop guy, “Don’t hate the playa, hate the game.”

So, the party started at different places with different people at a different time but it all came down to yesterday and today morning being the time everything finally ended (whew!). If I start to write about every detail it will get a bit long so ill try to make it short and to the point. Full details maybe next time. I have to thank the guys and gals of YTC for throwing the bit of surprise (I mean it, I was surprised, really bhaneko…..not shocked or very surprised but still taken aback). The company was nice even though most of the people got drenched in the rain (eventually, including me).Also I must mention that the Psycho was par excellenceJ. All in all it was a great time. Dhanyabad, Thank You and Vielen Herzlichen Dank!!!

While writing all the good stuff I forgot about what I was actually writing about. I had a very bad day today. Nearly got in a very big bike accident was nearly caught by the cops (didn’t know there was a one way, my bad). And not everybody remembered my birthday ( No, im not talking about her YTC folks), but still its cool, not a big deal. Just feeling a bit tired (right word?) after everything. I guess you cant have good times all the time. You enjoy some and then you’ll not enjoy some. But I enjoyed everything when I had the chance so will face this thing head on. I guess ill take a nap now. Ok, dann ein letztes mal fuer mich, Alles Gute zum Geburstag!!! Zwanzig jahre von spaß, nächstes mal!

Can a boy and a girl just be friends ?

This is one question which in course of time many people have to face or already have faced... I myself having faced it already and after knowing what the truth is, I would like to shed some light upon it in the exact words of Harry(Billy Crystal):

They can't be friends...unless both of them are involved with other people. Then they can. This is an amendment to the earlier rule. If the two people are in relationships, the pressure of possible involvement is lifted. That doesn't work either. Because what happens then is the person you're involved with can't understand why you need to be friends with the person you're just friends with, like it means something is missing from the relationship and wanted to go outside to get it. Then when you say, 'No, no, no, no, it's not true, nothing is missing from the relationship,' the person you're involved with then accuses you of being secretly attracted to the person you're just friends with, which you probably are...I mean, come on, who the hell are we kidding, let's face it...which brings us back to the earlier rule before the amendment, which is men and women can't be friends.

Kapish!

What do you think of it ?

Risk

In life theres always this risk factor that comes into play......the more greater the risk the more sweet the result turns out to be or at least we hope it turns out that way. I dont know the last time i took risk in any way........proposed someone that was way outta my league; nah, dont recall any, went for something against the wishes my family or anyone dear; not that i can recall off..........no wonder sometimes i feel im just living a monotonous cyclic life with no thrills nor any spills , not that i would prefer any. But, anyways, its high time ive risked somethin, its time i tried something different , its time i truly even amaze myself..........dont want my life to be somethin like this............

We'll meet again

We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
but I know we'll meet again some sunny day!
Keep smiling through, just like you always do,
'till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away!

So, will you please say hello to the folks that I know?
Tell them I won't be long!
They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go,
We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
but I know we'll meet again some sunny day!
We'll meet again, we'll meet again . . .

Johnny Cash

Schwarzes Stern

Behemoth – Demigod, at times reminded me of Morbid Angel but with more screeching vocals. Overall very listenable black metal, even though blacks not really my kinda thing)

Vader – Art of War / Impressions in Blood, This is 12 minutes of intense blast beats, riffs, solos, bass, screaming to give your ears some satisfaction. As always, vader have maintained their usual sound (somewhat monotonous) but still with immense satisfaction guaranteed. Impressions…….is also of the same angst, but I think 12 minutes of art…is better than 12 minutes of impressions……..

Schwarzes Stern, it seems shines for me no longer. All of a sudden there is nothing. I don’t even know hat happened. I guess I had seen it coming from the beginning itself but it would turn out so abrupt, I had no clue. Guess the curse, still hasn’t gone away. No matter how hard I try to justify everything and try not to let it go. It just seems to find its way to just bring everything into ruins. I still haven’t been able to find the real culprit in all the cases I have encountered it. No amount of pleading, begging, explaining, lamenting or even crying can make any thing better. It’s just a sad state of things. How I wished this one wouldn’t just poof away but to no avail it seems was totally out of my hands after all. I don’t know what I have done to deserve all this but I guess I must have committed something so heinous that I have been paying for it ever since. All I ever wanted was an “Ohr”, for my “Geschichten”. From the beginning itself everything was short lived. Everything was a lie.