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Its been a while since i last wrote something on the blog. I didn’t have any intentions today either. Actually i was skimming through some paper on Computer Graphics on Terrain Rendering which dealt about changing the ‘Level of Detail (LOD)’ through the wavelet transforms, until Kebina startled me with her enthusiactic ‘Oh!’. Apparently, since her ‘Oh’ seemed more interesting to me rather that this brain-stressing paper, i went over to see what it was. She was exclaiming over the search results on her name in Google. As it seems, there is only one Kebina Manandhar on the face of the earth. I wanted to see what my name would result in. I know my name is way too common. Let alone Ayush (There was even a soap bar named that in India few years back), I’ve met many Ayush Shrestha’s in my life So i hopelessly Google’d it and yeah.. i was happy to see at least this: Yes! My blog under the starred results, so i thought why not write a few lines. So here i am.

Just another dull day in Atlanta

In my side of the globe, the himalayan kingdom Kathamandu considered rain to be the harbinger of Spring. Every year when the spring was about to commence, monsoon enthusiastically poured down in the busy streets and overcrowded bazaars. Farmers welcomed it heartily while the white collars cursed their fate, especially when the streets were flooded during the office hours. We, as lil-past-teenager took it casually as there were other important and fun stuffs to ponder about.

Now that i’m here in Atlanta and way-past-teenager things are a bit too different. Like Kebina’s (http://lasata.wordpress.com) written, we had read that the rainfall is distributed evenly throughout the year – but things in text looks way more nicer than things in the atmosphere. Rainfall here is quite different in the sense that its milder than any i’ve ever encountered. Its actually pleasant, especially when not accompanied by the wind. Ironic it may seem, coming from a mountainous country, i find the wind really harsh here. Thats something i didn’t like. It chills you to your bones every time you have to walk somewhere. Easy for womens, they’ve got whole range of apparels to wear underneath the trousers – stockings, leggings, you name it. As for men, the other word for miserable, the only shielding accessory that we have is a pair of jeans which freezes. Leaving you with one more enemy centimeters away from your skin. Hey, I saw that expression, ‘wtf, why don’t you drive and go where-ever you want to!’ . You’re right. The only problem is i just arrived here and i don’t have a car yet. Someday when i have one, i shall rewrite this with a different perspective.

As for now, this is just it. The sky is cloudy today, the weatherman said there was no rain and no sun either. A rather dull day to start off, which reminds me of my days back in Nepal, back when being lazy wouldn’t make a difference to anything else. Well then,

First movie at Atlanta

“Rorschach Diaries, currently writing this post. Its hot in Atlanta, 89 F as the report says.. but i feel it hotter, way too hotter… I gather up some friends and go to a movie at the University center. The woman at the counter sees our ID’s and lets us in for free… Its cold in here, only a few people around… we choose a place at the center of the hall. The light from the projector passing right over our heads, and then  lights – camera – action. The curtains come to life.”

YES! the movie was ‘Watchmen’ and as the promo says “Who’s watchin’ them?”.. yeah right, the movie was full of crap so i wonder if anybody had really been watching them. The movie was of about 2 hours 30 minutes. Thats right, two full hours of pain-in-the-eyes! If a friend’s inviting you to watch that movie, i’d say think twice before you plunge in (even if its free).  I’d say the movie really lacked substance. Its just a plain old theory, wrapped under the hood of a superhero which had somewhat complex ending – which the characters unsuccessfully tried to portray.

Starting from the lead characters in the movie , i couldn’t find anything superhero about them… no super powers like spiderman or superman, no special abilities of anysort or say they could’ve been easily replaced by talking apes from the rain forest who lived on nothing but bruteforce. By that i mean – only – bruteforce. The most of the actions only consisted of kicks and punches and one feminine punch would suffice to put down a relatively bulky convict. I’m not going against females by saying this. Ofcourse even i would go down if a strong built lady threw a punch at me.. but take a look at that actress in the movie. The roles were loosely stitched to the movie and there were a lot of extra things happening in the movie for example, a hybrid-sabre-tooth-tiger looking creature pops out of nowhere which looks quite interesting and it moves around and then disappears – nowhere to the seen in the movie again. I thought one of the heroes would fight that thing!

Another big disappointment in the movie was the soundtrack. It sucked: bigtime. Like there was an instance when two of the main characters are walking on the snow in some setting which looked like the north pole and then our of nowhere Jimi Hendrix’s ‘All along the watchtower’ starts to play in the background! I’m sure even Dylan would’ve thought twice before letting the director add his version of the song to that lifeless scene. I’m sure Jimi Hendrix would’ve shoved it up – you know where – in irritation. As a big music fan, I was totally irritated. I dont know if the script writer was paid enough because it consisted of scenes which were put in much effort to make it look good in mere desperation. The romantic side of the plot wasn’t romantic at all and the intimate scenes (with ‘Hallelujah’ playing in the background) was totally uncalled for.

So the bottom line is, if you’re thinking of renting this movie for the weekend – NO!  Its better counting stars instead. Trust me on this one.