Tuesday, November 17, 2009

A Spree


Widely acclaimed as probably the most wanted title in this decade, Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2, a sequel to the previous phenomenal Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, finally shows up in November.

The memorable character, the SAS Captain Price, is back, to more than a few people's heart's content. The adorable Price, with his rigid and quaint English accent, who is likely the one that singlehandedly redeems this sequel by his appearance in the latter one third part of the story.

MW2 is so much wanted that a few days before its official release, the whole p2p and bit torrent networking world (underground of course) was driven to such a frenzy looking for the leak or cracked version that the community was doomed to an endless cycle of searching-downloading-ranting, then all over again.

Going on a sharing spree before a shooting spree.

In an era of electronic bits and bytes, any better way to raise enjoyment up to the very e-enjoyment?

Pop the flare, man, pop the flare.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Divisar


"I look into the distance for those I have lost," says Anna, "so that I see them everywhere."
~~Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero: A Novel 

From distance what are you casting your gaze at? What lies in the deepest recess of your eyes that puts the world in a reflection to which no one but you yourself has the secret access? It's so heartbreaking to hear this of your said.

And your saying that, my dear Anna, must be more heartbreaking.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Kafkaesque Fragment


Reading Kafka's "Wedding Preparations in the Country". A fragment, an incomplete work. A work that might never have had a chance to complete itself, would Kafka have enough time at his disposal.

A trip that averts and abhors its destination is doomed to eternal procrastination. It is a trip that doesn't want to go anywhere and is all but happy to go nowhere. How can anyone, including Kafka, impart to such a trip a legitimate end? An end of any kind thus be given can only be illegal, almost by definition.

A fragment, this fragment, is born by nature.

It is, therefore, already complete.