April 27, 2008
Heaven bent to take my hand
And lead me through the fire
Be the long awaited answer
To a long and painful fight
Truth be told I’ve tried my best
But somewhere along the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
And the cost was so much more than I could bear
Though I’ve tried, I’ve fallen
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don’t come round here
And tell me I told you so
We all begin with good intent
Love was raw and young
We believed that we could change ourselves
The past could be undone
But we carry on our backs the burden
Time always reveals
The lonely light of morning
The wound that would not heal
It’s the bitter taste of losing everything
That I have held so dear
I’ve fallen
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don’t come round here
And tell me I told you so
Heaven bent to take my hand
Nowhere left to turn
I’m lost to those I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turned their heads embarassed
Pretend that they don’t see
But it’s one missed step
You’ll slip before you know it
And there doesn’t seem a way to be redeemed
Though I’ve tried, I’ve fallen
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don’t come round here
And tell me I told you so
-Sarah McLachlan
Link to the Gabriel and Dresden mix.
Popularity: 3%
Posted in Music 
2 Comments »
April 15, 2008
It has been more than a month since I saw Juno and the very fact that I am forced to review it so late (on account of my being indolent) only shows how good the movie is.
Juno is a high school sharp-tongued teen who discovers she is pregnant and unlike other teen pregnancies, she doesn’t want to abort it. With the help of her best friend, she narrows down on an affluent suburban couple who are ready to adopt her baby.
The script is the best part of the movie (alongside the casting which is top-notch) and Diablo Cody rightly won the Oscars for the Best Original Screenplay. Picture this:
Vanessa: Your parents are probably wondering where you are.
Juno: Nah… I mean, I’m already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into?
Vanessa : So… How are we going to do this?
Juno : What do you mean? Don’t I just have the thing? Squeeze it on out and hand it over?
Gerta : Mark and Vanessa are willing to negotiate an open adoption…
Mac : What do you mean?
Juno : Wait… No! I mean, can’t we just, like, kick this old school? Like, I have the baby, put it in a basket and send it your way, like, Moses and the reeds?
Ellen Page is terrific as the whip-smart teen and I am a bit surprised that Ellen Page didn’t win one for Best Actress.
All in all, I simply loved this movie and feel this is how good movies should be - relying on a commonplace theme but handling it exceedingly well.
Popularity: 4%
Posted in Movies No Comments »
March 21, 2008
Sometimes in life, you get hit by something out of the blue so hard that it takes time to register what hit you and by then you are already down on the ground. You try to scramble little by little till you are able to stand up and walk again. This is something that happens to most of us and we can probably relate to it too.
However, there are also these times where you very well know what is going to hit you some day in the future and you brace yourself thinking you are ready to handle it only to find that you are nowhere and no way different from where you were in the earlier scenario, however mentally prepared you might have been.
You can’t blame anyone for this as you knew it was coming and I guess the only sensible thing is to pick up the broken pieces and try to stand up again without forgetting the lesson that was conveyed as a result of it.
Popularity: 8%
Posted in Life 2 Comments »
March 16, 2008
George Clooney plays the role of Michael Clayton, an in-house fixer (though he calls himself the janitor) at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York.
When the firm’s top litigator and Clayton’s close friend, Arthur (played by Tom Wilkinson), breaks down in the middle of a deposition involving a class action lawsuit against the firm’s largest client, Clayton is called in to clean up this mess.
He comes to know that Arthur is not happy with the unethical behavior of their client and has stopped taking medication. Things begin to get worse and Arthur allegedly commits suicide. Clayton suspects foul play and the rest of the movie is about how he uncovers the truth and gets his priorities right.
Clooney does a fine act of balancing his emotions and plays his part well. His suits look very sharp too 
This is a movie about ethics or its lack thereof. So if you are into John Grisham kinda books, you might very well like this one.
P.S.: It is surprising that this is only the first of the Oscar nominated movies to hit the theaters in India recently after the nominations got announced. I wonder if the other movies would ever get screened here 
Popularity: 9%
Posted in Movies No Comments »
This is the personal blog of Shriram who digs travel, music, movies, trains and tea.
content rss
