Bird Is The Word

I often wish I were a bird, an eagle to be precise.

To be able to fly, to learn all about aerodynamics (sans the equations), to perform stunts in mid-air, to be a fearsome predator, to fly really high, and to have no GPA to worry about.

Aah, what a life!

\m/ Walk with me in Hell \m/

In The Name of Grades

Why is it that I can't score well in college? 94.1% in X, 96.0% in XII, but only 7.61 in B.E. Mech Engg?

This is extremely annoying! And even more so now that my CGPA is the only thing that makes my MS applications seem weak, and gives the illusion of some of my dream schools slipping away.

I really really hope it doesn't play spoilsport.

\m/ Walk with me in Hell \m/

Why So Upset?

So my holidays end in a few hours, and college begins tomorrow. I'm back in Chennai, in my aunt's house at Avadi. I usually feel very upset when I leave home (Coimbatore), but this time it's a little unexpected, considering that I'm going to stay here in Avadi for the next year, as opposed to that desolate college hostel.

Then why am I so upset this evening? Could it be because...? Hmm, it could. But I hope it doesn't plague me for long. I don't want the rope to end.

Chaconne

Repeatedly listening to Itzhak Perlman's rendition of J.S. Bach's Chaconne (Partita for Violin No. 2) has convinced me that Bach was more than human. Here's what Johannes Brahms had to say to Clara Schumann about Chaconne :

"On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind."

Rope Ends Plus Five

Have I?
I don't know.
Has she?
Time will tell. (Edit : Well, I suppose not)

Time Flies

The Hindu Metro Plus (Bangalore) says:

“The epic 11-minute track is simply one of Porcupine Tree's best. Embodied in melodic simplicity with a rhythmic strumming pattern the piece undulates with cascading crescendos, a rumbling mid-section and a propulsive finish.”

For the full article, --> http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/04/12/stories/2010041251320300.htm

In prog we trust. :)

P.S.: Propulsive..nice word eh?

Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album

\m/ In Prog We Trust \m/

What the Dopp?

I have invented a new word, and it's called DOPP.

dopp (v) : to be lost in the music of Dream Theater and/or Opeth and/or Pink Floyd and/or Porcupine Tree to such an extent that the rest of the world ceases to exist/matter.

Examples of usage:
=> Dopping. Do not disturb.
=> Dude let's dopp up tonight.
=> Dopper, and proud of it.
etc.

Additional trivia:
I invented the word while travelling by bus to Vellore with Vidyuth and Sharanyan on May 14th (the day before the epic Lamb Of God concert), and was listening to Pink Floyd - Us And Them. Coincidentally, I'm listening to the same song right now. =)
Interestingly enough, all three of us were dopping then. Vidyuth was listening to DT's A Change Of Seasons album and Football was listening to PT's Lightbulb Sun album. =D



\m/ Walk with me in Hell \m/