Sunday, July 17, 2005

Week # 3

The days are upside down here.

You sleep in the afternoon and stay awake all night.

I've spent this week watching FRIENDS and batchmates campaigning (Talking about elections more than specifically campaigning - sac c please note) on dbab.. for elections that happen next week.

considering that about 20 ppl in my class are vying for the post of CR (class representative), people like me are in great demand to sign nominations for them :)

I'm acting in a play put up by the drama club here (called, very imaginatively, IIMACTS). We're doing vijay tendulkar's play "Kamala".

Week 3 was good. We had an amazing ops class and three quizzes! I've finally gotten my ibm r52.. which looks tres sexy ;)

elsewhere, mindless terrorism continues. London recovers from the shock without the paranoid anti muslim backlash that characterized previous attacks elsewhere.

My sister just finished HP6 and doesnt want to talk about it. In writing a darker more adult book, perhaps JKR has diluted the original franchise and spoilt a fun story?

Will review it after i read it.. which won't be for a while.. and no, i'm not going to tell you who dies.. though from what i hear, its hardly the point..

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmm. Personally, I found HP6 much less dark and adult than 4 and 5. It's much more in the spirit of the first three books- out and out adventure with very few extra characters beyond the core team.

And I don't think adding adult elements is a dilution- more a strengthening really. Kind of like the evolution comics have taken over the past twenty years.

Suze said...

i dont think a book that talks about the truth or the real world is bad per se.. look at lemony snicket for eg

but i dont enjoy my favorite franchises going darker. maybe its just me, but i enjoyed escaping into the fantasy world.. if darrel had been discussing boys or birth control or gettin pulled out of school due to the iraq war, i doubt i'd enjoy mallory towers that much

call it escapism, but thats what i'm lookin for in childrens fictions..

and considering how much television 24*7 news and movies that these kids have access to, wouldn't it be nice to have some small domain untempered by cynicism? i know i'd enjoy it..

and as for HP6, i'll reserve comments for now.. am only quarter of the way through.. executive shirts while less gripping, is more pressing

vaibhaV said...

Hello...

i've been following this blog of urs 4 quite some time n i must say,it has been a very good experience...

Dat post titled "Mars and Venus" was a cool 1...

Looking forward for some posts giving a peep into the life @ IIM-A.

till then,
keep blogging...

Suze said...

tx vaibhav :)