New Sense

Yesterday I completed my 25th trip around the sun I dont know why but turning 25 was always considered as a big event. I have watched most of my friends cross the line dreading it but for me it was something like waking up to a different sunrise…

The 25th year of my life had started on a very sorry note. I was incredibly depressed a year ago and what was more irritating was that I had no idea why. The first few months echoed that day and very soon I had almost stopped doing most of the things I loved. It was almost like I had forgotten the basics of how to be me… It took me a long time to get back on my feet and figure out things again. By the end of the year things had come a full circle. My last week doing the needed of finishing the last pieces of the puzzle that was my 25th year.

For me, the advent of a new year is something like the finish line… I make an effort to sprint across the line giving it all in the home stretch. There was a bunch of things on my todo list this last week and like the past few years I finished almost everything on that list. The list is in no way simple, it has tasks that take time and effort but what is rewarding is the thought that just these tasks on thier own make the whole year worthwhile. This year the tasks were very close to my heart. I was happy I could finish most of them in time

The day itself was packed. I had a pooja at home (not related to my bday) so had the company of my cousins for most of the day. In the evening I cut 3 cakes, almost did not get invited to one of the parties and finished the day with some very intellectual conversations about psychology and theater.

I got many calls from across the globe but wishes thru the Internet topped in numbers. Thanks for all the love folks its much appreciated.

All in all that was my 25th. Lets see what twists the 26th trip brings into my life.

Rating:

I am not a huge fan of the X Men series, so the biggest motivating factor for me to to watch this movie was Hugh Jackman (and the ease of getting tickets and timing of the movie ). I personally consider Hugh Jackman to be one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood. He is not one to shy away from new and different roles… Most often he does a lot of justice to the characters he portrays. Given that Wolverine‎ was still disappointing.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine‎ is a prequel to the X-Men series. As the name suggests it explains the origins of Wolverine‎ and Victor(Wolverine‎’s brother). The movie starts out with the sequence of events that lead to Logan discovering that he is a mutant. Soon he and his brother Victor(also a mutant) are forced to fend for themselves. Many years later they meet William Stryker who recruits them for a mission. The mission brings out the dark side of Victor and its upto Logan to stop them.

What works in the movie is the special effects and dialogues. There are some good fight sequences and well written exchanges. What disappoints is the story that I felt was pretty weak and varied a lot in pace. Some of the funny moments seem over used and some really good characters make a blink and miss appearance. All in all I felt this was a couple of notches lower as compared to the other xmen movies.

It sure as hell doesnt feel like winning though

If you didnt know, I happen to have a huge media collection. Everybody has Giga bytes of music and maybe a few episodes of their favorite tv shows. I have that and about 80 unwatched movies on my comp at any given time

For me one of the biggest problem was to decide which movie to watch next. Normally what happens is that, I read a review of a movie or someone recommends one to me… I get my hands on the movie and forget about it. Months later I browse thru the names and wont recognize the movie… I am too lazy to lookup IMDB each time so that basically means I wont watch it for the next few months as well.
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My desktop, which would shutdown a few mins after booting was the first of my computers to go ka-put. I initially suspected a RAM problem and prayed it was not a hard disk problem.

The RAM was cleared by trying it on my friends system and the hard disk seemed fine in the few minutes the system stayed on. So I decided to get the motherboard checked and tried to locate a computer service center near my place.
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