To Kill Time...

It happened today. At 13:00 hrs. 4th Semester exams for B.E students is officially over. Now its 18:31 hrs as i type this and I am already getting bored. After trying to think deeply about what I should blog about, and miserably failing in that, I've concluded its just as easy to type as it comes in the flow. Its not like my blog readers are going to protest if i write badly. In fact, I don't think they would even care at all. For those who do care, who are currently less than the number of fingers in my hand, and for those who are wondering what to do after a few hours of getting done with exams, here are a few ways to spend time (un)productively. Productive or unproductive, you decide. Right now, I'm gonna improvise the flow.

So here it goes, countdown to the top 10 ways to spend holidays.

10. Turn on the TV and tune into a music channel. Press the mute button. Now watch it. Word is that this is better than watching a dirty movie.

9. Get rid of your old semester books. Make sure you don't dig up stuff that you don't want your mom to see. e.g., Test papers. This sort of stuff is are a reminder of how things suck in life.
WARNING : For those who are expecting arrears, just think before acting.

8. Arrange your DVD collection in alphabetical order. Even if they're pirated.

7. Write a list of things to do to productively spend the holidays, like learning a new language. Then think about how fast your going to give up doing that after you started doing it and strike of those items in the list. If all items get struck out, continue reading below. If not try doing those things until you stop it and then continue reading this. If you are not getting tired of it at all then I congratulate you - you got yourself a way to productively spend time. (I think this point should not be in this list, but as I said in the beginning I'll let you decide.)

6. Can't sleep? Try reading a previous semester book. Or read the next semester book. Both methods have delivered good results.

5. Try writing a beautiful poem for your girlfriend. If you don't have a girlfriend, write it for a girl you want to make your girlfriend. If you are successful, good for you. If you're unsuccessful, you may end up drawing something nice... like a truck or a car.

4. Watch a really bad movie. Like Villu, Kuselan or Alwar. You may either have a great time laughing or a great time sleeping. Either way, you're bound to have great time.

3. If you're not a good singer, try singing. If you don't want anyone to get irritated do it when you're alone. If you do want to irritate someone(like younger/older brother/sister) sing when they are there. When they tell you to shut up, do it louder.

2. Get a cook book. Take a random recipe and cook. If it works out well impress the people around you. If it tastes bad, use it to kill the rat infestation in your place. You might stumble into discovering a new pesticide.

1. Highest rated method in the world. Guaranteed results. Sleep.

If you can think about more ways, please post it in comments. I'll be putting up new posts when I got some time to kill. Which I suppose will happen very frequently. Oh, I forgot to include this method in the list.

Ciao

Timeless Tales

I'm so busy with the exams you have no idea how much time i'm pretending to study. Inspite of all my busy-ness I found time to blog. But I couldn't "author" much but i found some interseting stuff written by another author on good writing...

"...I think that in really good stories, the whole is always greater than the sum of the parts. If that were not so, the following would be a perfectly acceptable version of "Hansel and Gretel":

Hansel and Gretel were two children with a nice father and a nice mother. The nice mother died, and the father married a bitch. The bitch wanted the kids out of the way so she'd have more money to spend on herself. She bullied her spineless, soft-headed hubby into taking Hansel and Gretel into the woods and killing them. The kids' father relented at the last moment, allowing them to live so they could starve to death in the woods instead of dying quickly and mercifully at the blade of his knife. While they were wandering around, they found a house made out of candy. It was owned by a witch who was into cannibalism. She locked them up and told them that when they were good and fat, she was going to eat them. But the kids got the best of her. Hansel shoved her into her own oven. They found the witch's treasure, and they must have found a map, too, because they eventually arrived home again. When they got there, Dad gave the bitch the boot and they lived happily ever after.

The End.

I don't know what you think, but for me, that version's a loser. The story is there, but it's not elegant. It's like a Cadillac with the chrome stripped off and the paint sanded down to dull metal. It goes somewhere, but it ain't, you know, boss..."

-Stephen King in the preface of his book The Stand

Nice stuff isn't it?
I've been reading this guy's novels for some time (It & Dreamcatcher) and he writes damn good horror. You guys might wanna try.

Ciao.