Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I’m sixty-four? :)

November 8, 2009 juturna 9 comments

When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now,
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine?

If I’d been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door,
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m sixty-four?

oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oooo
You’ll be older too, (ah ah ah ah ah)
And if you say the word,
I could stay with you.

I could be handy mending a fuse
When your lights have gone.
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride.

Doing the garden, digging the weeds,
Who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m sixty-four?

Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight, if it’s not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck, and Dave

Send me a postcard, drop me a line,
Stating point of view.
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, Wasting Away.

Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m sixty-four?

Whoo!

November 4, 2009 juturna Leave a comment

We’ll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you’ve washed your hands clean of this

space

October 28, 2009 juturna 4 comments

not enough – need some more… privacy… soundproof walls…

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‘blessed travelers from the fields of sound’

October 28, 2009 juturna 2 comments

serious Acoustic Dusk hangover… my playlist is the following :

Nymphetamine – Cradle of Filth
Ever Dream – Nightwish
Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
Supermassive Black Hole – Muse
Fields of Sound – MotherJane
Animal Instinct – Cranberries
Chekele – Avial

have finally started liking my voice for a change… :) and it’s better late than never… i’ve 2 unplugged-s and one more AD to go… it was wonderful singing on stage and especially the jam and the nightout before… wish i’d sung in AD last year…

acads are going okay… abhi just 3 weeks to endsems! theek hai… long time but blah… these three weeks are going to be stuffed… need to take a call on GRE asap…

i wanna sing!

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evanescence

October 28, 2009 juturna Leave a comment

lithium!
bring me to life! :)

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FUBAR

October 26, 2009 juturna Leave a comment

yes totally…

my first stint as the lead vocalist of a band playing a metal song – a long time dream… and i get on stage and fuck up the lyrics and even manage to not catch on to the scale transition! things that never happen in practice happen on stage…

still, i want to sing in bands… it was awesome fun jamming…

PS : discovered this awesome song : motherjane’s fields of  sound… you totally have to hear it if you’ve an ear for metal and carnatic music…

PPS : on second thought, i actually enjoyed myself on stage :) save the last messed up bit, i totally loved it and so want to do this again! :)

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would you trade your brain?

October 20, 2009 juturna 19 comments

would you want to trade your brain for someone else’s considering it was possible?
( ps : i’m ignoring brain dead patients and the entire ethical aspect – i’m just talking to you, the reader )

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cribs

October 13, 2009 juturna 4 comments

mujhe bhi ghar jaana hai… sab log ghar jaa rahe hain… poore ek hafte ke liye… can’t afford is a bitch…missing surbahar on account of the trillions of meetings we have… people going home tomo so aaj hi meeting karni padegi…

i’m pissed…majorly pissed… i hate this… and then chandrika asks me ki aaj raat disc jaane ka plan hai – whether i want to tag along… great… pehle missing surbahar, then this…

i’m pissed

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Lechuguilla Caves, New Mexico, USA

October 10, 2009 juturna 6 comments
the chandelier ballroom where the crystals extend to more than 6 metres in length

The Chandelier Ballroom - crystals extend to more than 6 metres in length.

I started watching the BBC series of Planet Earth and I began with the episode on Caves.

Since my childhood days, I had a very keen interest in geology – movies like Volcano intrigued me, I’d read lots on seismology and volcano-logy and I even used to say I want one of these. A particular fascination was with rocks and especially, stalactites and stalagmites.

Yesterday afternoon, with nothing in particular to do, I downloaded this series from our LAN and lo! was I captivated! The picture you see here is one of the most beautiful caves -on- no, below the surface of the earth. They extend miles after miles, a hidden network of hidden tunnels formed by the wrath-like eroding power of water and in the case of Lechuguilla and Kap-Kutan caves in Turkmenistan, the deathly and mysterious dissolving nature of sulphuric acid. There are unseemly formations of the base substance, limestone transformed to gypsum, aragonite amongst other forms.

The still pools of pristine water, Lechuguilla Caves

The still pools of pristine water, Lechuguilla Caves

While most caves are slushy and damp with water-ways through them, these caves only have these still pools of water – though acidic.

With no light ever entering these dark crevices, it is amazing to find bacteria that actually survive on the rock itself.

Underground caves in the Central American region once sustained the Maya Civilisation in Yucatan – there are no rivers in the area – because they are now flooded. They are termed as sink holes, the only source of freshwater in a river-less land.

Someday I’d like to go to these caves and witness these miracles of nature for myself.

ps : BBC Planet Earth series – highly recommended :)

One of the infinitely many delicate crystal formations.

One of the infinitely many delicate crystal formations.

Yet one more...

Yet one more...

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Blocks of glimmer

The chandeliers - up close

The chandeliers - up close

wake up sid!

October 7, 2009 juturna 4 comments

:) arpan and dale’s treat … nice movie :) nice – happy-go-lucky – sweet-sweet – timepass :) ranbir kapoor’s open-mouthed monkey face – konkona’s eyes – ande! – ranbir’s socks and his tees! awesome! – mumbai beat ki building… man i love bombay… i’ve fallen in love with this city :)

the sound track’s mellow too… :) hooked on iktara…

ps : iktara is sung by the same guy who wrote emosanal atyachaar! :-o

Harry Houdini

October 6, 2009 juturna 10 comments
Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini

I saw his picture in our literature class while studying the emergence of the detective… while discussing the supernatural and acknowledgment of its existence…

Somehow this picture caught my gaze and I literally was gawking… I’ve only ever done this maybe once or twice in my life… become so captivated by a picture…

God is he handsome… Harry Houdini

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Cambridge!!!

September 30, 2009 juturna 14 comments

things are better :D

a professor from the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK has agreed to accept me as a summer internee next summer :) :) :)

\m/ :D :D :D

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\m/

September 30, 2009 juturna 2 comments

it’s the animal instinct in me

- animal instinct, cranberries

ps : i love the guitaring…

things aren’t going right

September 25, 2009 juturna 4 comments

screwed up midsems
biosynth’s not going as i want
class submissions not upto my satisfaction
intern ke liye fingers crossed…
said something horribly wrong today
things have been clashing badly
sleeping too less

please god please be with me… i need you to help me now more than ever… please don’t penalise me on all my mistakes right now… just asking for one thing… please please please let that come true…

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:) !

September 22, 2009 juturna Leave a comment

reasons to smile – statement of reasons later :)
and i finally satiated myself with a zinger! :D and i have a finally have a pillow :)

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