Monday Personal Notes

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• Last Thursday I went to the Atlanta airport to help my grandparents change gates and take them to lunch during a long layover. My grandfather is legally blind and my grandmother is losing her memory. Watching over senior citizens - even for a short period of time in the airport - was very hard work in a dynamic environment like an airport terminal. It reminded me of being with a very drunk friend in college, how you have to watch and make sure that they don't get into any sort of trouble despite their good intentions. My Aunt Cathy must work pretty hard to keep them well at home in New York state.
• Later that day I took a nap in my car. I guess some people do this a lot. I had never done it before. It was great.
• Did you know that strawberries have more Vitamin C than oranges?
• Hindi movie reviews... First- the underdog, Shaadi Ka Laddoo. This means "The Wedding of Larry" in English. It was good, a little slutty but it had two great songs. The opening sequence was one of them - great use of 'toon animation. Next, Dhadkan. It was very different from other Bollywood movies - it felt trashier and more like a soap opera. The songs, the over use of close-ups, the spotlight monologues. I fast-forwarded through a lot of this 4-hour movie and it worked out to a great one hour. Don't miss Chapter 14 and 17. Mahima Chaudhry is really beautiful in these movies. Next movie - Dil-Se, which means "With all my Heart", had amazing scenery from North India hill stations. But the subtitles were bad, so the movie was pretty confusing for me. Finally, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha... This cute Muslim girl got the mess beat out of her by Sikhs and Hindus at the very beginning. I had a hard time following this film but would like to watch it again another day.
• Speaking of Bollywood... Bitter Bollywood Fued Ending featuring Viveik Oberoi and Ashwarya Rai. Oberoi comes from a very wealthy Indian family, and Rai is the most famous female movie star in all of Bollywood history.

  Rai is a superstar in India. She has made more than 30 movies, served on the Cannes Film Festival jury and features in international ad campaigns for leading jewelry, cosmetic and cola companies.
  
  The break up has not hit Oberoi too hard. He has begun working out and has lost eight kilograms (18 pounds) since the romance ended, the Hindustan Times reported.

• I am so addicted to Flickr - I was logging in four or five times per day - that I have given it up for one week. I had to announce it, otherwise I would cave it. This was encouraged by Zach's bet with Kunal to not watch TV; Zach hasn't watched TV in three or four weeks and played chess all through the Super Bowl last night. Inspiring stuff.
• Work is going really well, I just need to focus a bit more this week.
• Jess James and I just finished a little Vimeo dialogue experiment. She lives in Sydney and I live in Atlanta. See for yourself - Jess and Nick's Batman Project.