Peeping

from underground. Not yet fully made up my mind about coming out though. Just lost interest in everything and wanted to go underground and sulk for a while. However, August has been a month of marriages, requiring a lot of unwanted socializing. As many as 7 people I know got married, with one more in line, waiting for 27th. I attended the weddings of only two people though. A very close friend was among those, and that gave me a chance to catch up with long lost friends from my school days. That also gave me a chance to visit my native place after a long time :-). Best wishes to all those who tied the knot this month. Apart from that, nothing much has been going on except for a change of job and a change of heart. The second one though, isn't complete and that leaves me as confused as ever, if not more. Recently came across a term, recursive futility while reading this. The author says something like living is futile. blogging more so. reviewing one's own blog is recursive futility at its worst, or something like this. His words seem to echo my thoughts whenever I try to write something here. Leave out the reviewing part, the rest is what I feel whenever I try to write something. Then I close the window and go away to get some tea. Hopefully, I'll get over this soon. Until then, Im going underground again.

How very apt

Zinedine Zidane being called Ringmaster. He seemed to be totally controlling the match and without doubt was the best player on either side. I supported France and they didnt disappoint me. Another prayer was also answered and Portugal are also through. Too bad though, that they meet France in the semifinal and not in the final. It would have been great if Argentina made it instead of Germany. I some how feel Italy dont count and its going to be a Germany vs France final and I would love to see the French win. That man really is amazing. 

A big question mark

That is what life seems to be right now. I keep asking myself why for everything, and not a single why got a satisfactory answer. 

Cricket vs Football

Which one is a better game?  This debate has been raging in our room since the world cup started. Some of my friends are hell bent on watching cricket, doesnt matter if its a test match between Kenya and Bangladesh, they would still follow it diligently, keeping track of the team score, individual scores, bowling stats and all such stuff. Im no big lover of cricket. Though I used to follow important games closely, Im not crazy about the game and no, I dont know how much Tendulkar scored and in how many balls in that I dont remember the name Trophy played in I dont know the year and I dont know where. But its a different thing about football. I was never a follower of football, until may be 4 or 5 years ago, when I found it to be interesting, exciting, and dekhte dekhte I fell in love with the game. Now I find cricket terribly boring, lacking any passion and extremely painful to watch. When my friends were watching a Bangladesh Srilanka test match recently, I commented saying how come you wont miss even this series, its Bangladesh playing for God's sake. They replied, its the game they enjoy, doesn't matter who's playing. Now how do I answer that?  Then the world cup started, and I was watching Italy vs Ghana match when they questioned me, India is not even playing in the tournament, and its some God forsaken country whose name we haven't even heard before this. Why are you watching this match then? It was then that the debate started, myself and another friend, firmly supporting football and the others firmly supporting cricket. Whats so good about the game I asked, one guy comes running from so far and throws a ball, and another guy standing infront of those stumps hits it with his bat and the ball falls to the ground. Once in a lifetime, the stupid ball crosses a stupid line to which all stupid people clap stupidly. They question me in turn, what's so good about football, the stupid people running after a bigger and hence more stupid ball, kicking it aimlessly, and once in two lifetimes, the ball falls into a stupid net and more stupid people clap more stupidly. Because of all this debate, I have come to hate cricket, so much so that I have come to believe that all games are played as per a script, which is prepared when the tournament is planned. The players just play their parts, and are paid for it. All the people who spend time and money to watch these games are being fooled by the players and their boards. Look at what happenned in yesterday's match. They just don't want to win. There's just no passion for the game. Look at the way a football game is played and the difference is there for everyone to see. Though my friend would have been very happy to answer this after watching the Switzerland Ukraine match, such a dull game it turned out to be. 

Amazing

Very old. But I found it only recently. Amazing how inspiration comes from the most unexpected corners at the most unexpected times. There's no reason not to follow your heart. really. So what if everything seems pointless? If my heart says so, it might be true after all. I just got to keep looking till I find a meaning to all this, thats all.

Pointless post

Everything seems pointless now a days. How does it matter if Ayn Rand is black coffee or pan galactic whatever. What if Moily takes the example of FIFA world cup to support the quotas? What if quotas are introduced? What if the world is fed to the dogs? Why should one work, run like crazy after money, raise a family, build relationships, play politics, hurt people, when all we get to do in the end is die? Why do people have to argue trying to convince one another? Why do people have to fight and kill? Whats the point in all the TV shows anyway? So what if a movie goes on to be mega hit and another doesnt find any viewers? What if Rahul Mahajan takes drugs and dies? What if people are killing tigers and other wild animals? What if forests are being chopped? Why am I writing this anyway?