Sounds good doesn't it? But why Firestarter one may wonder. No... its no obsession with the Stephen King novel or the Drew Barrymore film (i have been through neither). Neither is it an aspiration to become something like what the lead singer of Prodigy does in the video... (which is rather cool by the way.... check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyMnYW7GW2A&search=firestarter%20prodigy ) . In fact I am Firestarter coz i like the word.... gives you a good feeling of being wacky and weird, cool and important. Just a childish, wannabe nickname if you may please.
Also its my alias in Age of Empires II.... i am a big fan and am addicted to this wonderful game and in it I am Firestarter. And i am quite good at it too.... For those who haven't yet discovered the game, please do. You are missing out on something in life. :)
Glad I didn't.... someone 14.. start the game already!!!!
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Few seconds of madness II
We have a new example!!!! Watch this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4iWIE77Ts
That was vicious, for want of better words to describe it, but spectacular nonetheless!!! What an amazing headbutt! No one in the WWE can match up to that! Hell not even a crazy bull from Spain running into a red flag can deliver that kind of a blow (well maybe it can....but this is surely visually entertaining :) ) But why did he do it? Zizou, the French magician, who single handedly took a lacklustre French team to the final... why did he lose his cool in the last few minutes where glory was there waiting to be claimed? Did we expect it from him, a sportsman of his calibre?
Supposedly the Italian Materazzi insulted him, racially abused him. Well that is a foul in itself and deserves a separate red card anyway, but then again couldn't the sudden vent of anger waited till the end of the game? A few seconds of madness? Exactly.
But then again possibly it was a statement from him. A passing remark at the end of his career highlighting the unfortunate situation that still prevails in this world. What I fail to understand is why some people cannot live with the fact that they are equal and not superior to other fellow humans around them. Yes there should be competition and there are bound to be differences in abilities but then again shouldn't we be sane enough to acknowledge them as gifts (or maybe misfortunes) rather than use them to discriminate?
Yes, if everything were that simple then these problems wouldn't have arisen in the first place. I guess its just the way it is supposed to be..... maybe in some parallel universe, possibly everything went the way it should have been... everything just clicked and fell into place. And we are all stuck in the wrong universe!!!!
Why am i getting all serious? It was just a football match. And what a cracker it was! I enjoyed every minute of it. I wanted Les Bleus to win but alas! I guess Domenech made a few mistakes and Trezeguet was an idiot! Well done Italia!!! The world cup was simply awesome.... gave me some entertainment in an otherwise idle vacation. Its an amazing celebration... people from all over the world coming together and enjoying.I only wish that the darker side to it fades away fast.
Isn't it just people kicking the ball around with some arbitrarily defined purpose? :) Fascinating that so many people including me are crazy over it! These small things do in fact prove that after all we all are animals........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4iWIE77Ts
That was vicious, for want of better words to describe it, but spectacular nonetheless!!! What an amazing headbutt! No one in the WWE can match up to that! Hell not even a crazy bull from Spain running into a red flag can deliver that kind of a blow (well maybe it can....but this is surely visually entertaining :) ) But why did he do it? Zizou, the French magician, who single handedly took a lacklustre French team to the final... why did he lose his cool in the last few minutes where glory was there waiting to be claimed? Did we expect it from him, a sportsman of his calibre?
Supposedly the Italian Materazzi insulted him, racially abused him. Well that is a foul in itself and deserves a separate red card anyway, but then again couldn't the sudden vent of anger waited till the end of the game? A few seconds of madness? Exactly.
But then again possibly it was a statement from him. A passing remark at the end of his career highlighting the unfortunate situation that still prevails in this world. What I fail to understand is why some people cannot live with the fact that they are equal and not superior to other fellow humans around them. Yes there should be competition and there are bound to be differences in abilities but then again shouldn't we be sane enough to acknowledge them as gifts (or maybe misfortunes) rather than use them to discriminate?
Yes, if everything were that simple then these problems wouldn't have arisen in the first place. I guess its just the way it is supposed to be..... maybe in some parallel universe, possibly everything went the way it should have been... everything just clicked and fell into place. And we are all stuck in the wrong universe!!!!
Why am i getting all serious? It was just a football match. And what a cracker it was! I enjoyed every minute of it. I wanted Les Bleus to win but alas! I guess Domenech made a few mistakes and Trezeguet was an idiot! Well done Italia!!! The world cup was simply awesome.... gave me some entertainment in an otherwise idle vacation. Its an amazing celebration... people from all over the world coming together and enjoying.I only wish that the darker side to it fades away fast.
Isn't it just people kicking the ball around with some arbitrarily defined purpose? :) Fascinating that so many people including me are crazy over it! These small things do in fact prove that after all we all are animals........
Sunday, July 02, 2006
A few seconds of madness?
Well, umm...what can one say? few seconds, few words, one single action.... how important can these be? well very..... and there's lots of evidence to justify this. a single action.... few seconds of madness can prove to be a nations undoing.....
Sample this..... right from the early ages..... a few seconds of madness led to major events that changed the face of this world. Madness for love with Paris abducting Helen and voila....Troy burnt! Madness invited Babur to India to resolve a simple dispute and what followed was centuries of foreign rule! Madness to sink an American vessel....madness to attack Pearl Harbour... and down went Hiroshima and Nagasaki ! well any doubt left?
Even more recently....take the football world cup for instance.... an idiotic lunge by Carlos Puyol leading to the big upset? France beating Spain? Just a twitch of the nerve, a surge of adrenaline and it was bye bye Rooney, dashing England's dreams! A few seconds of madness?
Isildur turning back from Mount Doom... a small prank and a single wrong decision in school leading to 14 years of isolation and revenge later (Oldboy/Zinda...take your pick)..... quite similar the situations arent they?? Few seconds of madness. Obviously considering movies do in fact reflect on real life.... or is it really the other way round?
Forces you to think...does'nt it? Is it just Destiny? Is it just the way it is penned down by Him? Are these the twists, the climaxes (if indeed that is the plural) in the great storyline of life itself? If so...who wrote this? whose movie are we all acting in? whose book? whose dream? whose reality? whose mind? Who indeed is Him?
There just might be someone out there don't you think? Zoom out world! Let me see Men in Black end ..... :)
Sample this..... right from the early ages..... a few seconds of madness led to major events that changed the face of this world. Madness for love with Paris abducting Helen and voila....Troy burnt! Madness invited Babur to India to resolve a simple dispute and what followed was centuries of foreign rule! Madness to sink an American vessel....madness to attack Pearl Harbour... and down went Hiroshima and Nagasaki ! well any doubt left?
Even more recently....take the football world cup for instance.... an idiotic lunge by Carlos Puyol leading to the big upset? France beating Spain? Just a twitch of the nerve, a surge of adrenaline and it was bye bye Rooney, dashing England's dreams! A few seconds of madness?
Isildur turning back from Mount Doom... a small prank and a single wrong decision in school leading to 14 years of isolation and revenge later (Oldboy/Zinda...take your pick)..... quite similar the situations arent they?? Few seconds of madness. Obviously considering movies do in fact reflect on real life.... or is it really the other way round?
Forces you to think...does'nt it? Is it just Destiny? Is it just the way it is penned down by Him? Are these the twists, the climaxes (if indeed that is the plural) in the great storyline of life itself? If so...who wrote this? whose movie are we all acting in? whose book? whose dream? whose reality? whose mind? Who indeed is Him?
There just might be someone out there don't you think? Zoom out world! Let me see Men in Black end ..... :)
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