My life has come to a standstill…
The pit in my head needs a land fill…
That’s right. The yearly dose <carefully selected and administrated> of foot ball, cricket, election, hot news, breaking new etc… Has come to a standstill. Due to the numerous house shiftings and the like, my cable TV has gone for a toss. It refuses to come back no matter what. My hopes were furthered dampened when my bro refused to get serious about watching F1 at home <btw he’s addicted to it>.
So the little entertainment I get is from the net, papers, and gossip. Here’s to what I have missed.
Elections 2009:
It’s the greatest of Indian shows ever. Nothing can come close to it. Even the US presidential election will lose all its glamour and pomp in a head on collision. The amount of money and trash talk that our politicians possess is too good. I could not vote as my name was not on the voter list <house shifting again>. The various studies and exit poll research done by the media channels were sorely missed. Man these people get paid just to talk. And they talk like it’s no one’s business.
Vote bank politics are child’s play for these leaders of ours. You talk, I talk, and they vote. Rival parties have the balls to let loose words like stray bullets. Issues from the Tamil genocide to Ayodhya temple to Kashmir to whatever. The “common man” <aam admi> term is also taken for a roller coaster ride. Imagine the audacity when someone on a stage says … “We will send the Indian army to Sri Lanka to save the Tamils”. Get a life … Go have a drink.
IPL 2:
I was a great fan of cricket long time back? But once those scandals hit the stands, I was out of it. Watching Kapil dev cry on TV was not pleasing either. Great people were accused and the sport was taken to the dogs. The concept of IPL is good. It’s a cash cow at the expense of a nice sport. Heavily commercialized, totally pimped up, westernly touches, etc… But again, it’s a great game cause of the speed at which it is held. It nothing but a live action movie. Lotsa pop corn, lots of soda, your favorite commercial and your set to watch the match.
But going ahead with the tourney and hosting it in another nation despite the fact that your nation VOTES, is eff-inly bull shit. I mean, if you are not bothered about your nation’s growth, then stick that cricket stump up your ass. And also the cheer leaders idea, whose knowledge about the game is directly proportional to the amount of clothes they have on. Another pathetic show is the donation of monies to various schools in SA <As though Indian schools don’t need the money>. We can endlessly debate this. But if you like it, I respect it. And if I don’t like it, you still respect it. J
EPL, UEFA:
Lord I miss this. I remember watching them from chaddi days in the gelf. And now I simply can’t watch them anymore. And hence miss the entire excitement that runs through at least half a year.
So why do I have a TV:
I use the TV for the PS2. It’s called the most awesome-st TV entertainment console. I’ve wanted to get a higher end model of one of these. But what the heck. When Lakshmi strikes your door, why throw her away. And hence, there is a beautiful concept developed by the Japs in my house.
It’s not a time waste. Mothers, Fathers and others will always ridicule the waste of money and time spent on this. But I beg to differ because it can be alternate to other forms of entertainment. It’s relaxing. Imagine trying to take out your best buddy on a car by ramming him into the concrete post by the road. Brilliant! Now imagine watch him explode into flames. Awesome! Press different buttons to get some combo move and watch his ass <character health> go down. Fun! It’s not meant to be played 24 hrs a day <remember that kid who died after playing Warcraft for 24hrs??> It’s ok for a few hours a day. The TV is of some use finally.
