My Insights

The movie was not bad at all. I had not seen the Matrix up until last year when Karthik decided to show me the light. I downloaded the movie from Kazaa (the one and the only) and saw it on a 17″ screen … a total disrespect of the movie. However, I was impressed with the story line, but did not have high hopes for the sequel. Name one movie where the sequel was better than the original! I think people who had high hopes to be enlightened more on the ’secret’ of this world were disappointed but that wasn’t the case with me. I went there to enjoy the action sequences, try and understand the techical bullshit that they explain, and just have a good time with friends. I must admit, the action sequences were unbelievable and the superman thing that reeves does is off the hook. Even though he needs to stop thinking he is superman and stop trying to fly with one arm over his head. In any case, it was worth my money and I would not mind watching it again. Eveybody should definitely go see it atleast once.

I have a feeling that this will spark quite a few people. Well the question is … To Be or Not To Be Vegetarian? As of now, I’ll eat anything that is edible (in any country). Well here’s how it all started. I was on the metro and I took a seat. Somebody had left a flyer (pamphlet) on the seat that I picked up just because I was so eternally bored. I started looking through the pamphlet and the pamphlet was apparantly advocating the advantages of being a vegetarian. It had pictures of animals in closed confined places, it depicted chickens in cages all crammed up and some convincing facts. Did you know that some of these animals don’t even have enough room to move … most of their lives. The fact that just really got to me was the picture of a pregnant chicken in a cage with no room to turn. That’s just inhuman! The pamphlet also mentioned some stupid stuff like how much of our produced food these animals eat up and crap like that but that didn’t get to me at all because the meat industry in conjuntion with the agriculture industry is virtually driving our economy! Its how millions of people feed their hungry children every night and bring home enough money to keep themselves warm in the winter. So anyways, the confinement of these animals got to me because I am mildly claustrophobic (scared of closed places). That made me consider trying to be vegetarian. However, there ARE some companies that treat their animals humanely before they are slaughtered for their meat. I do not see myself giving up meat immediately just because my diet is dependent on meat products. However, I was thinking … Isn’t there a middle way? Ok, maybe I won’t eat actual meat but can I eat meat flavored products like say chicken noodles or something. Another option could be to restrict the number of days in a week on which I would eat meat. It is a hard decision and needs a big commitment. I don’t know … To Be or Not To Be vegetarian?

Hardly two more weeks to go, including finals before I have total time to waste myself. The matrix is coming out on the 15th but Lowe’s is playing a 10pm show the night before on the 14th. I’ll try and get tickets for my brother and I. No better way to cap off the last day of classes (which is also the 14th). And besides, I love Lowe’s because it like hardly 7 minutes from my house and I go there a lot.

Anyways, the website needs a lot of work … both internally and a facelift. Expect something in about three weeks (after finals). Internally, I am really keen on writing my own code instead of downloading some third party software. I think it’ll be a great way to learn. Let’s hope for the best. Adios.

Whatsup with the tuition increase threats? It is totally ridiculous! Higher education is one of the worst places to cut money from because this is where the future of the city springs from. $67 million is being proposed to be cut from about 13 institutions around the state*! Bob Ehrlich … hire a good advisor please and by the way, where ARE you spending all that money anyways. We understand that you were elected because you promised that you wouldn’t raise the sales and income taxes but that doesn’t mean that you do something much worse. If need be, raise those sales taxes … its 10% in D.C. anyways. Did you know that the renowned Computer Science department at UMD would have to scale back course offerings because the university’s hiring freeze prevents the department from filling up its 4 vacant faculty positions and 20 vacant T.A. positions*! Do you really want the university to loose its reputation so that students no more come from out of state to study here and your economy gets pushed more down the drain. Oops I forgot, by the time the effects of your cuts start showing up, you would be out of office and don’t even think about re-election because you pissed off almost everybody. Do you realize how much sponsored research comes into the state because of the faculty at these colleges in the state. According to President Mote, faculty members bring in about $225,000 on an average in sponsored research*. Do you really want to lose all that money by forcing the universities to cut down on faculty members? You know what you need to do?

You first off need to stop hugging fat ugly women:

Let mayor Guilliani go … he’s almost in tears for god’s sake:

Ok, now its fat ugly and OLD women:

That’s it for now but my point is watch out before you piss the terps off. Peace.

*The following article was referred to Maryland Colleges Warn About Cuts: Tuition Increases, Layoffs Likely Result by Amy Argetsinger

Oh boy! Can’t wait for the semester to end. At this point, the week is just slowly crawling along. Can’t wait. But the sad part is, I go back for summer classes in 2 weeks. Oh well, I guess I don’t have the right to complain because I opted to take those summer classes.

Anyways, some deep thoughts on the last post. I was disappointed to see only two responses to that one but I guess either people are not that keen on sharing their thoughts or they just get lazy.

Many of you have asked me quite sarcastically for updates on tha laptop and all I’m going to say at this point is that its here and it is working to my expectation. Hopefully you’ll catch a glimpse of it someday if I ever bring it to school.

Um, I decided that I need more money to spend and throw around so I’m gonna look around for jobs as a bartender. I figure I have to shell out about $100 for certification but that money can be easily recovered in a night or two from the tips (if I get any). It’ll be an enriching experience if I ever get down to doing it. I know I’ve mentioned being a bartender to many of you before but at that time, I did not have parental approval. Tonight, I got it and now I’m actually gonna go ahead and consider this much seriously.

The movies update: I saw Identity and I think its the next best after The Ring. If you guys haven’t seen either, then you’re missing something. Also saw X2 and that was no disappointment either. Both are good movies. Yes Prateek, I’m sorry for missing out Terminator 3 but I think that happened because the release date is considerably far away from today.

Well, the end of the semester is closing in pretty fast and pretty soon everybody is going to have the finals on their minds. My History final is at 8 in the morning: isn’t that a bummer? In any case, I’d like to wish everybody good luck when they calculate their grades in the class and how much do they need on the final to get an A … everybody does that.

Food for thought: Whenever I have trouble deciding something, I think about the following question in the context of my current situation: “What is the purpose of my life?” I think everybody should answer that question for themselves because it really helps put things in perspective and if some of you feel like it, share the answer with everybody … go ahead, post your answer.

Let’s talk ‘upcoming movies’. This summer is going to be awesome. There are so many movies that I want to see. X-Men 2 opening today and the biggest one - the Matrix opening on the 15th of May. These are by far the biggest ones I’m waiting to watch. Actually, I’m not as passionate about X-Men as I am about the Matrix. You might see me mention the Matrix a million times in this post. Another good one would be Bruce Almighty where Jim Carrey becomes GOD for a week. Nothing can be more hilarious than Carrey being able to do whatever the hell he wants. He he … oh boy! Anyways, lets talk matrix reloaded again. Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, and the rest of their crew continue to battle the machines that have enslaved the human race in the Matrix. Now, more humans are waking up out of the matrix and attempting to live in the real world. As their numbers grow, the battle moves to Zion, the last real-world city and center of human resistance (Yahoo!). Last, I would like to mention a movie whose trailers have teased my curiosity … Identity: This is the story of ten complete strangers who are stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm who soon find themselves being murdered… as their numbers thin out, they turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who is the killer (Yahoo!). I’m definitely going to go see that some time soon. By the way, maybe its just me, but making “The Real Cancun”, a reality movie just seems like going way overboard. I don’t even know what to say about this movie - I don’t even wanna hear the reviews.