Saturday 29 October 2011

Is Paul McCartney Really Dead?

Paul McCartney never wrote "Maybe I'm Amazed." He never formed the band Wings. He never clashed with Yoko, became a vegetarian, or fathered any of his children. When Queen Elizabeth knighted him in 1997, she was actually knighting someone else. This is because, conspiracy-minded Beatlemaniacs say, Paul McCartney secretly died in 1966. Theorists claim the other Beatles covered up his death — hiring someone who looked like him, sang like him, and had the same jovial personality. But the guilt eventually got to them and they began hiding clues in their music. In the song "Taxman," George Harrison gave his "advice for those who die," meaning Paul. The entire Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album was awash with Paul-is-dead clues: the Beatles had formed a "new" band featuring a fictional member named Billy Shears — supposedly the name of Paul's replacement. The album contained John Lennon's "A Day in the Life," which had the lyrics "He blew his mind out in a car" and the recorded phrase "Paul is dead, miss him, miss him," which becomes evident only when the song is played backward. Lennon also mumbled, "I buried Paul" at the end of "Strawberry Fields Forever" (in interviews, Lennon said the phrase was actually "cranberry sauce" and denied the existence of any backward messages).
Paul-is-dead believers think the Beatles accompanied these backward tape loops and veiled references to death with album covers that illustrated the loss of their friend. The original cover of 1966's Yesterday and Today album featured the Beatles posed amid raw meat and dismembered doll parts — symbolizing McCartney's gruesome accident. If fans placed a mirror in front of the Sgt. Pepper album cover, the words Lonely Hearts on the drum logo could be read as "1 ONE 1 X HE DIE 1 ONE 1." And of course, there's the Abbey Road cover, on which John, George and Ringo forwent all pretense and pretended to cross the street as a funeral procession. John wore all white, like a clergyman. Ringo, the mourner, dressed in black. George donned jeans, like a gravedigger. Paul wore no shoes (he didn't need them, because he was dead) and walked out of step with the others.
If Paul is dead, then his imposter is still at large. He met and married Linda Eastman, with whom he had four children before losing her to breast cancer in 1998. He released a live album in 1993 called Paul Is Live (likely story), and produced more than 20 solo albums — and that's not even counting the ones released by Wings. Then he endured a horrible divorce from Heather Mills, which may have made him wish he were dead — or, at least, were still Billy Shears. So who is the real McCartney? The world may never know.

-Time Magazine





Clues From Lyrics
The story was largely pieced together by fans from the lyrics of several songs. The most common narrative includes the following pieces of evidence: "He didn't notice that the lights had changed" ("A Day in the Life") because he was busy watching the pretty girl on the pavement (the eponymous meter maid of "Lovely Rita") after narrowly missing her dressed in blue (she's said to be the blur on the back of Abbey Road) jaywalking ("Blue Jay Way"). He then crashed into 
a lamp-post (a car crash sound is heard in "Revolution 9" and "A Day in the Life"). He was pronounced dead on a "Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock as the day begins" ("She's Leaving Home"), and nobody found out this because the news was withheld: "Wednesday morning papers didn't come" ("Lady Madonna"). A funeral procession was held days later (as supposedly implied in the Abbey Road album cover).

Monday 24 October 2011

King of Wands


God only knows how he's lodged such powerful emotion within my heart but, reminiscing about the old times, I couldn't help comparing  this extraordinary young man to the men who'd previously swept their way in into my life and caused nothing but anger and frustration. 'Is he any different?' I couldn't help myself wondering. Is this just the Universe teaching us vital lessons about Life? Or is it written in each one of our destinies, to undergo pain and rejection, before obtaining our ultimate goal? Each time I've come across the one thing I most wanted, only to have it grabbed away from my reach. Is he any better than the first lesson, who'd tried to control his emotions by keeping them sealed away in a dark rotting chamber known as his 'heart'? Is he any different from the second who forced himself into my life only to retrace his steps like the maniac that he was? Could he be any different from the third who was just a player and nothing more? Does the game stop here or is the Knight of Wands just another pawn provided, to have me run around in never-ending circles? I dearly hope not since these challenges just weaken my resolve with every passing day.
He was the last one I noticed, amidst all the confusion of getting settled in Hell's Oven and making sense of the chaos created by the devil's helpers. I didn't notice him sitting there at the end, radiating a powerful aura of personal contentment and self-confidence. But when I finally did, nothing and no one around him shone as brightly and all I could do was stare and marvel at how splendid a creation he was. If only he'd know how hard I've tried to overcome the urge to reach out a hand and ruffle that magnificent mane of hair of his which so closely resembles a lion's. Many a time I've had to swallow a giggle at the way he attempts covering up silly errors with an exaggerated sense of masculinity. Please don't be just another one of the Universe's many lessons, beg my mind and heart in unison. He doesn't create a magnetic forcefield around him in my presence, like the fourth lesson. But he doesn't feign indifference which hurts just as much as rejection does. He's perfect just the way he is and I pray that this pure emotion we share doesnt just wilt away like leaves during fall, but fluorishes into a treasure worth cherishing for eons to come.

Saturday 22 October 2011

Top 5 Hottest Teen Stars Who's Lives Ended Tragically


1.River Phoenix


A dedicated animal-rights activist and environmentalist, River was a strict vegetarian and a member of PeTA. River was a talented musician as well as an actor, and he played guitar, sang, and wrote songs for his band, Aleka's Attic, which also included his sister Rain Phoenix, while living in Gainsville, Florida. Although the band never released its own album, their song "Across the Way" can be found on PeTA's "Tame Yourself" album, used to fight animal abuse. River was in the middle of filming Dark Blood, playing the character Boy when he died.

Cause of Death: Drug Overdose

2. Corey Haim


Canadian-born Haim broke into the Film industry in 1984 as a young child caught up in a family war in the hit movie Firstborn. The following year he starred in the TV movie A Time to Live, for which he received an award, and Silver Bullet. Lucas, in which he starred alongside Charlie Sheen showed his ability, but was not a big hit. In 1987 he had a breakthrough when he played one of the major roles in Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys (1987), but his output during the nineties onwards was disappointing.

Cause of Death: Drug Overdose

3. Kurt Cobain


Kurt Cobain was born on February 20 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt and his family lived in Hoquiam for the first few months of his life then later moved back to Aberdeen, where he had a happy childhood until his parents divorced. The divorce left Kurt's outlook on the world forever scarred. He became withdrawn and anti-social. He was constantly placed with one relative to the next, living with friends, and at times even homeless. Kurt was not the most popular person in high school as he was in public school, getting picked on by "jocks" and being labeled as "queer". In 1985 Kurt left Aberdeen for Olympia where he formed the band Nirvana in 1986. In 1989 Nirvana recorded their debut album Bleach under the independent label Sub-Pop records. Nirvana became very popular in Britain and by 1991 they signed a contract with Geffen.

Cause of Death: Suicide

4. Brad Renfro


Born in Knoxville, Tennessee on July 25, 1982, he was discovered at age 10 by director Joel Schumacher and was cast in the motion picture, The Client (1994) which starred Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. Although this would be his zenith, he went on to appear in other films such as The Cure, Tom and Huck, Sleepers, and _Apt Pupil_ (1998). Renfro won "The Hollywood Reporter's Young Star Award" in 1995 and was nominated as one of People Magazine's "Top 30 Under 30", though addiction problems in his teens and early twenties led to several police arrests and hampered his career.

Cause of Death: Drug Overdose

5. Jonathan Brandis


Born in Danbury, Connecticut, USA, to Greg and Mary, Jonathan Brandis began his career at age 5, acting in television commercials. He appeared in small parts in several films and TV shows before his first starring role in the 1990 film The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1990). He starred in popular films such as Ladybugs (1992) and starred as Lucas Wolenczak in Steven Spielberg's television series "SeaQuest 2032" (1993). He doubled up his high school courses so he could finish a year early to his role on SeaQuest. He died  in November 2003.

Cause of Death: Hanging



Monday 1 August 2011

St. Augustine Church Ruins


The ruins of St. Augustine church is a very popular tourist attraction and one of the most spectacular monuments in Goa. The church was built in 1602 with the combined efforts of 12 Augustinians. They also built a convent besides the church. However, the Portuguese government in India put a ban on them and they abandoned the church and the convent. The Saint Augustine church was considered to be one of the greatest of three Augustinian churches. Now, only the ruins of the front portion of the church and magnificent tower remain.
The tower in the ruins of St. Augustine church is the main attraction. This huge tower reaches upto a staggering height of around 46 meters. It had four stories and was originally meant to be a belfry. The church had a giant bell that was removed and is now at the Church of our Lady of the Immaculate Conception located in Panaji. The church had eight beautifully adorned chapels and four decorated altars. There was also a convent attached to the church.


Around the year 1931, the church began to fall apart and the façade and half of the tower were lost. Thereafter, the church began to deteriorate rapidly and many parts fell off. The whole body of the church finally gave way due to neglect and natural forces. The portico and the tower are still present and look absolutely splendid despite being in ruins. The ruins of St. Augustine are visited by many tourists from all over the world, which was once the largest church in Goa.


Saturday 18 June 2011

Hell's Oven: The Devil's Helpers

They pray to the Almighty,
to keep them away from all Evil.
Yet I can't understand why,
money seems to be the only thing on their minds.

They pray for Love,
the pure platonic kind.
Yet  I can't understand why,
Hatred seems to be the only thing they harbour in their hearts.

They  pray for good Health,
and fewer visits to the Healer.
 Yet I can't understand why,
Pain seems to be the only thing their hands can inflict.

They pray for society to accept them as they are,
without any prejudice.
Yet I can't understand why,
they condemn people of race, religion and culture different from their own.

But what I do know for sure,
apart from these contradictions,
is that the God they pray to,
isn't who they would like us to believe.

Sunday 5 June 2011

Hell's Oven: My Very Own McDreamy


All this while I'd been busy getting used to life in Hell's Oven and getting dragged from one stinking lane choked with garbage to the other, when I was all of a sudden, confronted with the most valuable gem the Universe has to offer.
Love. I hadn't the first idea of how to approach this seemingly arrogant, brutally forthright and handsome man but I couldn't help dreaming about him day and night. His memory descends upon me in nightly dreams and our spiritual selves unite to consumate a sacred reunion. Or maybe that's just what it feels like. Have I found my soulmate? My twin flame? The one older to me? With him I no longer have a care in the world for the Devil and his hideous apprentices. His lower lip juts out in a way it makes him seem unyielding...even if only to protect what means the world to him. His eyes twinkle with mischief at having been able to pierce my heart repeatedly with his unforgiving sarcasm and his brilliant smile goes on for a mile, never really ending. He moves steadily but quickens his pace when needed. His hands are gentle and seemingly nurturing in their own masculine way. He doesn't try to show off on a bike or laugh boisterously on his cell phone to impress a pretty girl who passes by. He needs only to delve deep into his subject and talk passionately of its beauty to us...the ignoramus's of a deteriorating world. His soothing voice flows into my ear like a sweet melody created by the monsoonal rains, making me forget where I am... if only for a minute.
Will this love last until the end of time or just end prematurely like the others, with bitterness and grief remaining as its only souvenirs?
Only time will tell.

Tuesday 31 May 2011

Three Years in Hell's Oven


What's the worst that could happen to you in a place which once thought of as 'Paradise' by you was in fact, an oven straight from the very depths of hell? And its inhabitants, no better than the Devil's little helpers? Well, this is a situation I've landed myself in and my pessimistic approach to life isn't helping much. Prince Charming is no where to be found, my fairy godmother drives me nuts with her 'consoling' words of advice pertaining to Deceit, Betrayal and Death and my own parents, the King and Queen of the land known as 'MyMind' keep flittering in and and out of my imagination while Satan's helpers are more than willing to carry out their diabolic plans. To make things worse, Satan can't resist waving my future degree in my face while making me walk on a bed of red-hot charcoal. A few days back I was so busy entertaining the thought of a new life and the complete destruction of my boring old one; I didn't see any of this coming. I wonder now what my definition of 'boring' really was. Three years in hell isn't worth a charred face, overboiled blood and a heart so black and burnt that its hardly recognisable. Why do I have to go through with this hell at all?Thats a good question and the answer is really very simple...to prepare for an even bigger one.

Monday 23 May 2011

The Other Side of the Tracks (2008)



Spoiler alert!
Just watched this movie an hour back and I have to say that it is seriously underrated. It's not just a tragic love story; there's a lot more to it than meets the eye. The summary beside the trailer says : A depressed young man struggles to move on and escape haunting memories of his girlfriend, killed ten years ago in a train accident.
I figured out after watching it that the ghost of the man hangs in the fine line between life and death. In other words, he's in a coma. While in this comatose stage, he's visited by his best friend and highschool sweetheart, both of whom are also ghosts. His best friend encourages him to move on in life while his girlfriend pleads for him to join her in the afterlife. Not much happens throughout the film but things get pretty exciting towards the end.
We find out that that he's been lying in a hospital bed for a decade after surviving a car-train collision which killed both his friends. He never wakes up because he dies before he can. His late mother had plans for him but one major accident can not only destroy lives but can also wipe out all hopes for the future.
It makes you ponder over how futile life really is. Even the fact that Brendan Fehr's in it doesnt make the movie less depressing.

Friday 20 May 2011

Top 5 Convincing Psychopaths in Films

1. Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs)


The Movie
An ambitious FBI agent enlists the aid of a criminally insane ex-psychiatrist to help track down a vicious serial killer.
About him
A brilliant, genius psychologist and a vicious murderer at the same time.










2. Jack Torrance (The Shining)

The Movie
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
About him
Jack is an extremely sympathetic character. His power as a protagonist lies in his deep desire, and great potential, to be a good person – a good father, a good husband, and a good writer. Yet, he's a tragic figure with very specific demons, namely his temper and the memory of his abusive father.


3. Michael Myers (Halloween)


The Movie
A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood escapes on a mindless rampage while his doctor chases him through the streets.
About him
A common characterization is that Michael Myers is evil. John Carpenter has described the character as "almost a supernatural force - a force of nature. An evil force that's loose," a force that is "unkillable".Professor Nicholas Rogers elaborates, "Myers is depicted as a mythic, elusive bogeyman, one of superhuman strength who cannot be killed by bullets, stab wounds, or fire."







4. Norman Bates (Psycho)


The Movie
A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.
About him
His character, suffering from severe mental illness as a result of years of abuse from his mother, appears normal to everyone else, as he presents himself as a humble business owner and son. His multiple personalities and deranged relationship with his mother lead him to kill anyone who threatens his mother’s wishes.






5. The Joker (Batman: The Dark Knight)


The Movie
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as he drives each of them to their limits.
About him
Its the insatiable lust for chaos and destruction that makes The Joker so scary. He is flesh and blood, he is not immortal, but it is his disregard and denial of such petty constraints that truly make him terrifying. In one pivotal scene, The Joker quietly but vehemently urges Batman to run him down with the Batpod, a collision that would surely kill The Joker. It is not his own survival that The Joker considers, but the assertion of chaos. To get Batman to break his one rule – to never resort to killing – would be The Joker’s ultimate victory.

Monday 2 May 2011

What 2012 Means To You

EXAMPLE
Your Birthday is October 10th and the year is 2012
13 December 2011 = 13 + 12+ 2011 = 1+3+1+2+4= 2
Hence your Personal Number is 2

What Each Personal Year Number Means:

1 Personal Year
New beginnings, new ideas, increased vitality


A 1 personal year brings new beginnings and new ideas. It is a time to launch new projects, conceive new businesses, embark on new relationships. You may find that things that have been important in the last decade or so lose their importance now as new ideas take their place. In a 1 personal year, you are setting the stage for the next nine years of your life. This is not a time to sit back and wait for things to happen. You will have the opportunity to start making things happen. The things that you do and dream this year contain the seeds for the plants that will grow over the next nine years. A personal 1 year also often brings increased physical vitality.

2 Personal Year
Cooperation, Continuation, Nurturing, Development


A 2 personal year can be frustrating after the intense energy and excitement of a 1 year. This is the year that seeds start to grow – the projects and relationships you've begun require nurturing and patience. This is a year to keep plugging away, slowly and steadily, while you continue to build on your dreams. In a 2 personal year, the focus may be on relationships of all kinds as well. It's not uncommon for new relationships to start and old ones to end during this personal year.

3 Personal Year
Expansion, Successes, Blossoming


In a 3 year, you'll begin to see the fruits of your labor. The 3 year is a social year full of excitement and creativity. You may find yourself involved in a whirl of activities, social, business and romantic. Your enthusiasm is contagious this year, and others will be drawn to you by it. Successes seem to fall into your lap in every area of your life, and opportunities to expand your circles will abound. The biggest issue you may face in a 3 personal year is an overabundance of opportunities. Keeping your focus may be difficult when there is so much to choose from. The 3 personal year many times can result in a person feeling as though they are having to deal with everyone else's problems, yet are feeling as though they have little time to focus on their own. It's important that the focus go toward the self first, and then if energy and time is left over to bring the attention to others.

4 Personal Year
Foundation, Maintenance, Responsibility


4 is the number of the Square, the four-sided figure that provides a strong foundation for building. A 4 year may seem dull and restrictive, but it's the time when you are cementing your foundations and solidifying everything you've accomplished in the past three years. This is the year that you will become aware of the responsibilities and work required to maintain the momentum needed to build your dreams. A 4 year is an ideal year to take a close look at your finances and physical needs and do what you have to ensure that your needs are met.

5 Personal Year
Independence, Freedom, Personal Rewards, Change


The 5 is the most sensual and creative of all numbers. It is also the most self-indulgent. A 5 year offers rewards that grow from your efforts of the past four years – or deviate wildly from them. Opportunities for travel, enrichment and excitement will often come your way in a 5 personal year. This is a great year to launch yourself from last year's foundation. If you built a solid foundation in the past year, you'll find that this year brings rich rewards.
If, however, a solid foundation was not built you may find yourself unintentionally swept away in the chaos of sudden and/or unexpected change and you may have little to no control over it. Thus, the hard work of the four year is extremely important to ensure that the five year is a year of joy, fun, and pleasure.

6 Personal Year
Love, Family, Responsibility, and Home


Romance, family and friends take on a great deal of importance in a 6 year. You'll find the focus on domestic matters, and love interests are often highlighted during a 6 years. This is the year that many people meet their soul mate (or life mate), and friends that you make during a 6 year will often be friends for life. This is also a year where responsibility comes into focus. You may pick up new responsibilities or you may find yourself completing and letting go of old ones. Chances are both will be occurring in some form or another.

7 Personal Year
Reflection, Spirituality and Self-analysis


During a 7 year, the focus often turns to the inside. Self-reflection and refinement grow in importance. Many people find themselves questioning the purpose of their lives, and turning toward spirituality. A 7 year is a good time to spend time alone, getting in touch with what really matters and how to accomplish it.

8 Personal Year
Health, Wealth and Attraction


The 8 is a double 4, and in an 8 year you could feel a bit stodgy and bound by responsibility. On the other hand, you'll also often find that your foundation and building of the past seven years has borne an abundance of fruit and it is easy to attract all the things that you want. After the personal reflection of last year, however, you may be starting to feel as if it just isn't enough. As the 8 year continues, you may find yourself feeling restless and ready to move on to something new. Be careful of conflict during this year, as power struggles are not only possible, but very likely. It's important, this year, to learn when to "fight" and when to "just let it go." These decisions will largely impact if and when you end up reaping the previously mentioned rewards.

9 Personal Year
Completion, Resolution, End of an Era


The 9 personal year brings you to the end of a personal cycle and invites you to take stock of where you are and where you want to go. This is the year that you'll be resolving many of the experiences and issues of the past in preparation for beginning the cycle anew. This can be an unsettling time, where you feel as if you've outgrown your life, but haven't quite released your responsibilities and ties to the past yet.

Sunday 1 May 2011

5 Vampire Films Way Better Than Twilight

1. The Lost Boys

Recently divorced Lucy packs up her belongings and, along with teenaged sons Michael and Sam, moves in with her eccentric father, who lives in the Northern California town of Santa Cruz. Rumored to be the "Murder Capital of the World," the town is dominated by an old amusement park. Michael, the older of the boys, becomes infatuated with a beautiful girl who introduces him to a strange gang of teen bikers led by David. As it turns out, the teens are vampires and Michael becomes one of them.

2. Salem's Lot (1979)


Salem’s Lot is loosely based on the great Stephen King novel of the same title. Salem’s Lot is a town which a new member, Mr. Straker, has taken as his new “home”, and has a mysterious partner, namely Mr. Barlow. Not too long after Straker arrives in Salem’s Lot, people start disappearing from sight and dying from odd causes. No one is sure why, including Ben Mears who is in town to write a new book on the town’s rumored haunted house, which hides a terrible secret.

3. Let The Right One In
Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other peoples blood to live he's faced with a choice. How much can love forgive?

4. Near Dark
 

Caleb, a restless young man from a small farm town, meets an alluring drifter named Mae. She reveals herself to be a vampire, who "turns" Caleb into one of her kind rather than kill him. But the rest of her "family" is slow to accept the newcomer. The ancient leader, Jesse, and his psychotic henchman Severen lay down the law; Caleb has to carry his own weight or die. However, he can't bring himself to kill. He manages to win the gang's approval when he rescues them from certain death in a daytime gunfight during a spectacular motel shoot-out in which every bullet hole lets in a deadly ray of sunlight. When the vampires threaten Caleb's real family, he's forced to choose between life and death.

5. Jennifer's Body


A horror film with a wicked sense of humor, Jennifer's Body is about small town high school student Jennifer, who is possessed by a hungry demon. She transitions from being "high school evil" - gorgeous, stuck up and ultra-attitudinal - to the real deal: evil/evil. The glittering beauty becomes a pale and sickly creature jonesing for a meaty snack, and guys who never stood a chance with her, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer's insatiable appetite. Meanwhile, Jennifer's lifelong best friend Needy, long relegated to living in Jennifer's shadow, must step-up to protect the town's young men.

Thursday 21 April 2011

Lilith


According to Jewish Mythology,
When God created Adam, he was lonely, so God created Lilith from the same dust from which Adam was molded. But they quarrelled; Adam wished to rule over Lilith. But Lilith was also proud and willful, claiming equality with Adam because she was created from the same dust. She left Adam and fled the Garden. God sent three angels in pursuit of Lilith. They caught her and ordered her to return to Adam. She refused and swore that she'd weaken infants. The angels overpowered her, and she promised that if the mother hung an amulet over the baby bearing the names of the three angels, she would stay away from that home. So they let her go, and God created Eve to be Adam's mate [created from Adam's rib, so that she couldn't claim equality]. And ever since, Lilith flies around the world, howling her hatred of mankind through the night, and vowing vengeance because of the shabby treatment she had received from Adam.

In Astrology
A little-known element in astrology charts, Lilith is known as the "Dark Moon" and, as such, represents our "dark" or hidden emotional selves. Lilith's placement in the chart is especially important to women, and represents the power of the original woman. In a man's chart, Lilith's placement will reveal the hidden power struggles or other issues he may have, resolved or unresolved, with the women in his life.

Monday 18 April 2011

North Node in Sagittarius


The theory behind the Nodes of the Moon suggests that we all come into this world with some underdeveloped and overdeveloped aspects of our character. The Nodes of the Moon point us to these specific qualities: the South Node suggests our overdeveloped character traits that are easy for us to fall back on, but that may undermine our lives if we hold on to these traits for security; while the North Node suggests the qualities that we need to develop in order to find inner balance.
 For those who had their North Node in Sagittarius and South Node in Gemini at birth (like me) should be affected the most during this time. The reason for this is that the North and South Node made their move into Sagittarius and Gemini on March 3, 2011 until August 29, 2012.

What we should strive to do at this time:
  • Approach life as and adventure and take risks more often in pretty much everything you do. Don't overthink decisions.
  • Move away from concerns about the day to day distractions of relationships and let go of superficial and fickle relationships.
  • Build your personality and develop a good sense of humour (if you don't already have one).
  • Travel, focus on obtaining a higher education, develop profound relationships with animals and teach people what you know.
  • Embrace life and let go of self-sabotaging frenetic, nervous energy.

Friday 15 April 2011

5 Movies I Watched As A Kid


1. Beetlejuice


A childless couple, Barbara and Adam, move to the country only to be killed in a car accident while passing over a quaint covered bridge. Their ghosts return to their beloved Victorian home, and find the HANDBOOK FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED, which not only lets them know they're dead, but comes in handy when they learn that they can continue to live in their house, even though a new family--from the land of the living--is moving in. The new owners, fresh from the city, are quite a strange group themselves, and include the overpowering hipster mom Delia, her pompous SoHo interior designer Otho, her meek husband Charles, and their morose teenage daughter Lydia, who befriends the ghostly couple. Though the threesome attempt to scare Delia from ruining the house with redecoration and her unpleasant personality, their attempts fail. As a last resort, they call upon the services of the demented, terrifying, but hilarious 'bioexorcist,' 'Beetlejuice'.

2. My Girl


Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, in his funeral parlor, and begins to fall in love with her, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.

3. Big


When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body literally overnight.

4. Secret Garden


Young Mary Lennox is orphaned by an earthquake in India and sent to England to live with her uncle in a cold ancestral manor in Yorkshire. Mary briefly meets him, still mourning for the wife who died ten years ago, but she is mostly left on her own. A resourceful and inquisitive girl, she soon makes two exciting discoveries. First she finds an overgrown secret garden, the favourite of her aunt and locked up since her death. Second, that she has a cousin, Colin, a sickly lad who has been told he must remain in bed out of the daylight at all times. Once Mary and another new friend, local lad Dickon, have brought the garden back to life they decide Colin must see it, a decision that will change several lives.

5. Edward Scissorhands


An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl.

Thursday 14 April 2011

Life In Transition


A short film by the creator of the animated television series 'Courage the Cowardly Dog', John R. Dilworth on life, death and rebirth.
Warning : Watch with an open mind.

Friday 8 April 2011

Top 5 Attractive Men In Films

1. Chris Evans


Christopher Evans is an American actor and model. He is perhaps best known for his role in the films Not Another Teen Movie, Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.


2. James McAvoy


James Andrew McAvoy  is a Scottish stage and screen actor known for his roles in Atonement, The Last King of Scotland, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Penelope, Wanted, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, Becoming Jane, and the British TV series Shameless and Early Doors.


3. Ioan Gruffudd


Welsh Actor Ioan Gruffudd got his start at age 13 in the Welsh soap opera, "People of the Valley". At 18, he won a spot at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He won his first role in the TV film a few years later, in Poldark. After playing Oscar Wilde's lover in Wilde and Officer Lowe in Titanic, Gruffudd became a leading man in the Hornblower series of TV movies.

4. Patrick Dempsey


Actor Patrick Dempsey has lived two charming but separate lives on film and TV. From an exuberant, somewhat awkward charmer in college comedy films of the late 1980s and early 1990s, he has morphed spectacularly into a dreamy, wavy-haired TV hunk of the new-age millennium and this seductive new image has since spilled off into romantic lead roles back on the large screen as a slightly offbeat, self-effacing Prince Charming type.

5. Al Pacino


One of the greatest actors in all of film history, Al Pacino established himself during one of film's greatest decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.

Monday 4 April 2011

Last Day of School


I'll remember forever these corridors for various reasons...walks during Interval...the Overnight Camp..Special assemblies...sigh. I can't believe I've got to let go of all this and begin something completely new (College). School taught me a lot of things that I'm going to need to implement in the coming future. More importantly, It taught me about myself. I used to be a timid kid in kindergarten and I still am but it's no longer a handicap. I learnt that despite all my timidity, I was an amazing artist with a love for words and that all I needed to do was to develop those skills further. I made some very loyal friends who'd fascinate me with a variety of topics ranging from Mughal history and Architecture to Music and Love. I'm now leaving school with a heavy heart as well as a number of  precious memories to cherish, for a lifetime.

Friday 1 April 2011

Emily Browning - Why So Intense?


Here's my analysis based on planetary positions and aspects at her time of birth.

VENUS IN SCORPIO

The woman with Venus in Scorpio attracts lovers with powerful passions. Scorpio rules sex and power; two issues with which this sign must come to terms. She becomes absorbed in life and death themes at an early age and with this placement, she sees more of it than she wants to.
As she grows, she develops a love of mystery and puzzles that takes her ever deeper into the abyss of her own nature. She can draw a fatal attraction or she become a femme fatale. She can also become a woman of powerful passions and creativity. With maturity, the Venus-in-Scorpio woman attracts partners fascinated by science, psychology and mysticism.

MOON IN SCORPIO

A Scorpio Moon produces emotional responses that are intense, secretive, and passionate. The individual must learn to handle her strong, deep feelings, as she is extremely emotional and highly sensitive. A Scorpio Moon position gives an absolutely phenomenal memory. In ways, this is very good. Yet in other ways, it designates a person who may carry a number of psyche scars from remembering, too vividly, past events that perhaps should be forgotten. This is a difficult position for the Moon as the emotions become very powerful. The individual is impatient, moody and sometimes given to brooding.

VENUS CONJUNCT PLUTO

Her emotions, particularly when it comes to feelings of love and attachment, run very deep. Her personality is magnetic, and she tends to arouse strong feelings in others, who may find her intriguing or somehow offensive! In love, she can be quite possessive and possibly obsessive. At the root of obsessive feelings are
deep fears of rejection, loss, and betrayal. Her feelings often run hot or cold--love nature is generally extreme.  She is always changed in a deep, fundamental way by her love experiences, though this may come about through painful and difficult confrontations or separations.

MOON CONJUNCT PLUTO

The conjunction of the Moon and Pluto produces an intense romantic nature. She seeks relationships with those who feel as deeply and as tenaciously as she does. She is a very possessive and demanding person, rarely impulsive or casual. It's hard for her to satisfy  emotional needs for the perfect relationship because she is so idealistic and demanding. These traits often extend to friendships, as well. Because of this your friends are few but extremely close.

Sunday 27 March 2011

Sucker Punch




The premise of the film is that Baby Doll ( Browning) and her kid sister are in anguish after the death of their mother. Their wicked stepfather is left out of his wife’s will. When the letch starts creeping up on her sleeping sister, Baby Doll grabs his gun, conveniently left in the drawer in his study, and attempts to shoot him. She misses him, but not her sister. Stepdad takes Baby Doll to a mental institution, leaving him free to lay claim on the estate. Baby Doll is quickly scheduled for a lobotomy, and just as the doctor is about to hammer her frontal lobe, the scene suddenly changes. The general setting is the same, but now the mental institution is a seedy gentlemen’s club, and the other inmates are burlesque dancers.
 The doctors and orderlies and security personnel become a dance instructor (Gugino), patrons and the sinister hustler Blue Jones (Isaac) who trades the girls’ misery for high roller cash.
Baby Doll very quickly concocts a plan to escape, and enlists the aid of her fellow dancers, Sweet Pea (Cornish), Rocket (Malone), Blondie (Hudgens), and Amber (Chung). The girls find themselves thrust into World War I trenches fighting clockwork zombies, battling orcs and dragons, dueling giant samurai warriors or fending off waves of Terminator-like robots on a speeding bullet train. Of course, things go south for the heroic ladies and they don’t all succeed in their escape.

Monday 21 March 2011

Why'd you do it, John?

So, I've finally written a poem and although it may not be excellent, I loved every moment of thinking it up and writing it down. I've always desired to write something on the infamous 'Love Triangle' having been involved in a couple myself.

Saturday 19 March 2011

Top 5 Libran Beauties

1. Catherine Deneuve





Born 22 October 1943
 Catherine Deneuve was born in Paris, France, the third of four daughters. She made her movie debut as Catherine Dorleac in Les Collegiennes (1957), but later took her mother's maiden name so she wouldn't be confused with her elder sister, who was also an actress. She continued to appear in minor films until she was given a meaty part in Vice and Virtue. Although the elegant and always radiant Deneuve has never appeared on stage, she is universally hailed as one of the "grandes dames" of French cinema.

Quote
" But that's what I like about film - it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing."

2. Monica Belluci


Born 30 September 1964
Born in the Italian village of Città di Castello, Umbria, Bellucci originally pursued a career in the legal profession. While attending the University of Perugia, she modeled on the side to earn money for school, and this led to her modeling career. Although enjoying great success as a model, she made her acting debut on TV in 1990, and her American film debut in Dracula (1992).

Quote
" Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity."

3. Marion Cotillard


Born 30 September 1975
Born in Paris, Cotillard is the daughter of Jean Claud Cotillard, an actor, playwright and director, and Niseema Theillaud, an actress and drama teacher. Raised in Orléans, France, she made her acting debut as a child with a role in one of her father's plays. She studied drama at the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique in Orléans. Her turn as Piaf brought Cotillard the Oscar, the César (France's equivalent to the Oscar), a BAFTA award and a Golden Globe among other prizes. Trevor Nunn called her portrayal of "Piaf" "one of the greatest performances on film ever".

Quote
" I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory.

4. Catherine Zeta Jones


Born 25 September 1969
Catherine Zeta-Jones was born on 25 September 1969, in Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK. Catherine showed an interest early on in entertainment.  She first made a name for herself in the early 1990s when she starred in the Yorkshire Television comedy/drama series 'The Darling Buds of May'.  She starred in many big-budget blockbusters like Entrapment, The Haunting and  Traffic.

Quote
"I like women who look like women. I hated grunge. No one's more feminist than me, but you don't have to look as if you don't give a - you know. You can be smart, bright, and attractive aesthetically to others - and to yourself."


5. Olivia Newton John


Born 26 September 1948
Actress/singer Olivia Newton-John was born on September 26, 1948, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Her performance as Sandy Olsson in Grease is ranked #89 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. Shortly after the success of Grease was considered for the lead role in a film version of "Evita". She had recorded "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" on her 1977 album, "Making a Good Thing Better".

Quote
"There's a balance in my life. There's reality, and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end."