For a standalone story, I didn’t expect the book to have such a sprawling storyline and a large set of characters for us to follow. Shōgun is an epic. Set in feudal Japan, it’s a fictional retelling of the political maneuvering of the daimyō Toranaga-sama (Tokugawa Ieyasu is his real-life counterpart) as he plots his rise to the status of Shogun of Japan. We watch this through the eyes of an English Sailor- John Blackthorne- who is loosely based on one of the only Western Samurai in Japan: William Adams. The plot follows his slow integration into society as he probes for a way back home, while he slowly gets embroiled into Toranaga’s schemes and plopped right into the middle of Japanese politics.
It’s become a standard trope to have an outsider witness a new culture/region, as he becomes a natural vehicle for exposition to be spouted towards. Naturally, it works well here though there’s a LOT of exposition as we peel through the different layers of ‘Eastern’ culture. There are a lot of areas that I’m sure aren’t historically accurate. In particular, I’m quite sceptical about the portrayal of seppuku in the book. Not with the action itself, but the frequency with which it’s committed. A little bit of leeway can be given for the purpose of enhancing the story though.
Another negative: the amount of time spent on Blackthorne-Mariko could have been reduced and still retain the same level of impact on the main plot. It was a chore to read through a lot of those sections.
The interplay between politics, religion and personal vendetta as the various factions played their pieces was enthralling: Local daimyos vying for power, the reach of the Church, Portugal and Spain having trouble with a possible Englishman taking over local trade, constant backstabbings and shifting loyalties. The characters and their personal ambitions make up a large chunk of why this book is such a quick read. Clavell managed to cram a lot into the book, even sparing some time to showcase the evolution of geishas. Oh, and yes. The book has ninjas.
Anyone suffering from a withdrawal of aSoIaF can jump right into this. I’m quite sad that we won’t be getting a chance to explore more from this Age through Clavell. But he covered the most important period right before the rise of the Last Shogun, so there isn’t a lot of interesting material remaining to cover.
Upon perusing a list of movies, I came across The King of Comedy, which seems to be gathering some press coverage due to certain connections it has with the upcoming Joker movie. Starring De Niro in the lead role, I felt a compulsion to give the movie a go-ahead.
The King of Comedy is a study of how everyday people worship their celebrity idols. It is the story of a failed “comedian” (Rupert Pupkin) who has delusions of grandeur and daydreams about himself as an uber successful stand-up comedian. Upon meeting his idol –talk show host Jerry Langford- he truly believes he has a chance of getting his “big-break” at the stardom that he deserves. We all like to envision ourselves in positions of fame and Pupkin falls in the same boat. He dreams about his success in the field to such an extent that he has begun to believe he has the skill and wit to make it as a comedian. He wants all the fame without the effort. To be a star without going through the trials and tribulations that Hollywood offers. If only life were that simple?
He is annoyingly persistent, and at some point of time, we have run into people who pester us until they get what they want. The ones who are socially inept and do not notice the social cues we are giving off. When his idol Jerry Langford denies him a shot at glory, Rupert resorts to extreme actions to achieve his dream, even if he can only live in it for a night.
The audience is drawn into the life of a man who refuses to back down. His entire life has morphed to a point where he forces down his delusions down the throats of people around him. He has adopted his lifestyle to match those of stand up hosts you see on screen. Everything from gestures and mannerisms are exaggerated to the point where a guest at a restaurant sees right through his act, and is seen mocking Pupkin in the background of a, mimicking the wild gesticulations Rupert has adopted into his daily life. To Pupkin, his fantasies are within reach -the life as a celebrity and the love of his life by his side. We are conditioned to empathize with people who undergo suffering and ridicule by people in power. Rupert displays no sympathy for the people around him and in return, we do not pity his situation either. If you had the chance to be loved and adored as a King for a day no matter the cost, would you stake your freedom for it?
It has been a while since I gave a shot at writing, so the review might seem a bit off. I am going to stick at it though and I will try to have a new article out soon.
The creators of the show were clearly ticking things off a list:
✅ “Cue the intro music guys. Let the viewers know that we are a cool and hip show.”
✅ “Ok kid, time for you to quip now. And Number 1, you need to be totally nonchalant about it and give a corny reply. Can you be emotionless and not crack up? Of course he can, it’s the only expression he’s got.”
✅ “Slick camera work! Maybe that will help cover all of your lousy acting.”
And holy crap, if there is any TV show/movie or medium of art that wholly defines wooden acting, this would take the top spot definitely. What on earth were the casting directors doing even?! Apart from Number 4 and Number 5, everyone else has nothing to show on their faces at all. Just a deadpan look and monotone line delivery.
Ok, let’s forget the crappy stuff for a bit.
The Umbrella Academy is the latest amongst a thousand productions that Netflix keeps churning out every week. And like 80% of those shows, this one is utter trash. I think their executives just love greenlighting the shows, chucking them on to the wall and then the executives just pray for one to stick.
43 kids were born to women on a random day at the start of which they weren’t pregnant. A wealthy businessman adopts 7 such children and he discovers that these kids have extraordinary abilities. Abilities that could be used to change the world. Instead of giving them names, he assigns them numbers –à la Reservoir Dogs or Money Heist.
Number 1: He has super strength. He pretends like he’s the caring one, but is a dick.
Number 2: He can curve projectiles. He’s a softie deep inside but pretends to be a dick.
Number 3: She manipulates reality, can make people do her bidding by uttering the phrase “I heard a rumour…” (I heard a rumour you forgot you ever watched this show in the first place. Gimme that mindwiping gizmo, Tommy Lee Jones. I am sorry what? Oh… Will Smith borrowed it to forget his shitty blue genie. Also, After Earth.)
Number 4: “I see dead people.” Yeah, he can communicate with the dead and is constantly drunk or high in an attempt to forego use of his powers. (Also, he’s one of the only cast members to play his character semi-convincingly.)
Number 5: He can jump through space and time. He went missing when he was 13 years old and comes back to the present day having aged 58 years mentally: still in the same 13-year-old body. The kid who plays him is the ONLY decent actor in the show and hence I am going to name drop him: Aidan Gallagher. He’sonly 15. WTH is wrong with the rest of the cast?
Number 6: Not a main cast member, but since the posters and marketing team barely show him any love, I will. He possesses a weird Kraken-like monster under his skin and hence is extremely powerful. Quiet possibly the strongest member of the group.
Also, he’s dead. Nope, not a spoiler since it’s revealed in the first few minutes itself. (He’s still present in the show because of Number 4’s abilities.)
Number 7: Vanya, played by a high profile actress. She is a violin student who does not possess any powers at all. The rest of the family consider her to be irrelevant and hence, she chooses to distance herself from them. In her defence, the character is given emotion-suppressing drugs for plot reasons, which explains why she acts as such. Someone must have slipped those pills to everyone else on set as well.
We couldn’t add 6. Because of symmetry? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Then there’s:
i) the businessman/wealthy guy/discount Professor X: Reginald Hargreeves. He plays the distant father who expects the most out of his kids.
ii) Hazel and Cha -Cha: Ruthless assassins who want to kill Number 5, but the script forgot to specify how strong they were and hence all of their fight scenes make no sense at all. Oh, and before I forget: THEY CAN’T ACT EITHER. They might actually be worse than Number 1, which is so sad…
The plot: All of the kids reunite at their X-Mansion to mourn their father’s death. Number 5 who went missing years ago, appears out of thin air (literally) with info that the world is about to end in 8 days.
Honestly though, the script is solid, especially considering the many elements I am leaving out such as:
The organization that Cha-Cha and Hazel work for.
Number 4 has a really good story arc.
5 is an impressive actor and plays to the story beats really well.
the visuals and cinematography are decent enough.
But when the duo’s of Cha Cha-Hazel and Number 1-2 are on screen, the sense of realism just breaks down completely. And top that off with the show’s utter disregard for pacing, and you have a series that you can switch off after the first 30 minutes itself.
I am going to gloss over everything else that’s relevant such as score, direction etc because all of that is secondary to the acting itself. Please spare yourself from this monstrosity.
With the latest announcement about the future of the Mission Impossible franchise, I thought it’s about time I reviewed their latest entry, Mission Impossible: Fallout.
Fallout happens to be the only movie from 2018 that I bothered watching on the big screen twice. Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie have managed to up their game and have delivered the best movie in the series so far. Ghost Protocol comes in at a close second with its brilliant sense of humour and well executed set pieces.
Film Reviewer Jeremy Jahns best summarized the movie by stating: “It’s like the movie goes enough for you to white-knuckle it, keeps you there for a second, and then goes one step further. Before you pass out, the movie is like ‘Don’t worry, we’re going to let you breathe… after this last thing.’ And you just have to hold your breath a little more, it’s like you’re trying to make audiences around the world just simultaneously pass out from tension.” Seriously though, go check out his reviews, they are awesome.
The franchise has managed to up its game by giving greater focus on the team, injecting a dose of humour into set pieces, and by complementing the action sequences with high-quality videography and audio (whatever technical terminology). Mission Impossible has always had amazing set pieces, and they have turned the dial up a notch after the nail-biting Burj Khalifa spectacle from Ghost Protocol. McQuarrie and Cruise have made sure that all of their action scenes are well shot and planned out. We are allowed to take in their glorious bike chases and hand-to-hand combat scenes without any shaky-cam or quick cuts. They had to step up their game after the release of John Wick, which emphasizes clean action. Whether it was a bike/car chase, fight sequences or people jumping off aeroplanes or rooftops, nothing is left to the imagination of the viewer and we are given a front row seat to this rollercoaster of a movie.
I want to give special credit to the “Nightmare sequence” that occurs nearly midway through the movie. (IDK what else to call it) 1) Instead of a crummy exposition scene where they blabber out the details of a plan to us, they chose to let it play out through Ethan’s head. This isn’t anything groundbreaking, but, 2) The manner in which the scene is shot, with overexposed lighting in the background, slightly blurred out extras in the frame and blaring music drowning out the background noise gave us hints that the scene was playing out in Ethan’s head. And just like a dream, Ethan snaps out of it with a sudden muting of the score. Again, this is nothing that hasn’t been done before in movies, but to pull it off successfully is no mean task and their execution was nothing short of perfect.
I have always felt that the plot in Mission Impossible films have always been secondary to the action. I imagine it going like this: Tom Cruise hands over a list of stunts to the writers, and they go- ‘Okay bike and car chases? Covered. A HALO jump? Umm, we could squeeze that in somewhere? A minute long take of me running? Pfft, been there done that. Me dangling off of a helicopter and then taking control of it? Wth Tom we said no more dangling!’ It’s a generic plot with terrorist organizations chasing after nukes blah blah… you know the shtick. But the writers manage to intricately plot various elements and add enough twists to keep the movie from feeling stale. I mean, it’s kind of impossible to do that with all the various stunts going on, but the movie still needs a solid plot. Oh, and it finds a way to give closure to a past character as well. Neat.
So, videography covered, sound work has been given due praise. The acting. We have seen most of the cast in the previous movies, and they continue to do a good job. New additions Henry Cavill and Angela Basset. Cavill plays a nice foil to Cruise and they play well off each other. The no-nonsense ideology of Cavill’s Walker and Hunt’s precision planning go against each other’s natural playstyle and neither actor outshines the other, which is a good thing. Both of them have a strong on-screen presence. DC missed the trick by not choosing Angela Basset for the role of Amanda Waller in the DC cinematic universe (she previously played the character in the Bruce Timm DC Animated Universe). She is overbearing and plays the role of FBI head with the right amount of charisma and power to leave an impact during the few minutes she had on screen. We should be seeing more of her in the future. Rebecca Ferguson’s Ilsa Faust gets left out from the spotlight, after her breakthrough performance in Rogue Nation. She stole every scene in that movie, so they must have decided to push her back a little to give Cavill room to shine this time around. Vanessa Kirby plays The White Widow, a broker between various parties. She eases herself into the spidery character seamlessly and is terrifyingly good in the role. More of her as well in the next one?
Which brings me to the fact that we are getting TWO more Mission Impossible movies, 2021 and 2022. Both movies are going to be shot back-to-back so we can expect some sort of overarching plot between them. And this will be the 3rd – 4th time that Chris McQuarrie will be taking the helm at the director’s seat. His vision combined with his good working relationship with Cruise has translated to 2 consecutive hits on screen, and we should be expecting even greater things from the duo. Both of them are never short of ideas and it will be interesting to see where they take the franchise next.
This is the story of a boy who feared becoming a god, in a world that needed one.
Growing up, the term “Avatar” always cropped up in conversations back in school but I never really gave a second thought about it. Like most other people, the only Avatar that I was aware of was the James Cameron space epic. And the disastrous M. Night Shyamalan movie that I actually gave a shot at. Needless to say, even to a newcomer like me, the movie was pathetic and it was the sole reason for me putting off the show when recommended by a number of friends. A few months ago I ended up watching Trollhunters, an animated series from Del Toro which to my great surprise turned out to be a great watch. Since my head was filled to the brim by various aspects of the show, I started scouring the internet reading more about it. What did I find on the Internet? A number of people recommending Avatar: The Last Airbender, stating that if you enjoyed Trollhunters, you are definitely going to be blown away by Avatar.
So, I gave it a chance. And boy did it manage to reign me in.
A Gist: The world consists of four nations that have people who can bend one of four elements: Water, Earth, Fire and Air. The Avatar is the only person who can control all 4 elements and bring balance to the world.
The initial episodes seemed to be designed for a younger audience, but they teased how the show would mature over time. In the very first episode we get to see:
how Aang can become ruthless and instil fear when he enters the Avatar state
seemingly impossible burdens imposed on youth
misguided ideals driving a person
Y’know, that’s pretty deep already for a kids show. And it only gets bigger from here on out.
The cast of a show can make or break the show. In the case of animation. voice acting plays an extremely important role. All of the major supporting characters: Katara, Sokka, Iroh and Zuko are written and voiced well. The voice actors brought them to life with a wide spectrum of emotions.
Katara and Sokka play an important role in nursing Aang into his role as the Avatar. But this is never at the expense of their own characters, as they both have strong storylines suited for them (Alliteration game on point.). Both characters are plagued by horrors carried out by the Fire Nation and want to help restore order in the world. Katara is caring and motherly, always looking out for the best interests of the gang, while Sokka is more of a strategist and brightens the story with his humour. He plays a key role in developing new technologies that shift the tides of war. Sokka slowly becomes the heart and soul of the group that holds everyone together.
The banished prince of the fire lord, Zuko is tasked with capturing the Avatar who is the last threat to the Fire Nation. In order to regain his honour and please his father, he sets his sight on catching Aang at any cost. Considering the arc Zuko is given, some people consider him to be the main character. It’s extremely satisfying to watch his father-son relationship with Iroh (who spits wisdom while bumbling around with a cup of tea), especially once we learn what Iroh has suffered. It’s best to watch his story unfold on your own… so jumping to the next one.
Toph Beifong epitomizes the saying size is no indication of power. She is a beacon of hope to all those who cry about life being unfair. She might seem to be frail, but we soon get to know she is amongst the most powerful Earthbenders in the world. Blind from birth and treated like a delicate instrument by her parents, nothing stopped her from growing into one of the most standout and creative characters in the show.
In my opinion, Azula could be the most tragic character in the show. She’s Zuko’s sister and outshone him in terms of Firebending skills. In addition to being a prodigious bender, she was always cunning and mischievous. From a young age, she had learnt the art of manipulating people for her own gains. She is a tactician who successfully outsmarts her opponents with ease. But her apparent lack of humanity and signs of cruelty prompted her own mother to think of her as a monster. Her father was narrow-minded and his tunnel vision prompted the growth of her bending abilities while neglecting fatherly affection. Devoid of love and jealous of how her mother treated Zuko with care, Azula, in turn, became heartless. It shows how love can go a long way in shaping a person.
From the left: Katara, Sokka, Aang, Toph, Zuko
Aang. The boy who feared to become a god. The titular character, Aang is the last Airbender. The Fire nation launched a preemptive strike against the Airbenders, amongst whom the next Avatar would rise. When Aang was told of his status as the Avatar, he got cold feet. How was he -a mere kid- supposed to end the war? With growing pressures due to his intensive training as an Airbender and his role as the Avatar weighing on him, Aang flees. The air nation got wiped out in his absence, and Aang was powerless to help. We journey along with Aang as he begins to understand the role that the Avatar plays, and the challenges he must overcome in order to master all the elements. He always strives to fight injustice using non-violent means. At the end of the day, Aang is a 12-year-old tasked with an impossible mission. In the race to achieve this, would power ultimately misguide him and betray his ideals? What would he have to give up in order to save the world? His cheerful disposition to the world around him and his playful nature helps to bring out the light in a bleak war-torn world.
The world of Avatar has been sketched out with great detail. As we traverse the globe with Aang and his friends, we see how even through the darkest of times people have brought a semblance of normality to their lives by attempting to be cheerful whenever they can. When news spreads about the Avatars return, people begin to hope again for a brighter future. The war might have torn families apart, but it never broke their spirits. Towns go about celebrating festivals, and holding parades whenever possible. Some cities hold bending tournaments as entertainment for people. We also get a peek into the fire nation: a superpower that took control by launching a first strike akin to a nuclear attack. People have been displaced, violated and their villages have crumbled down due to factories and refineries where citizens are forced into labour. Benders of other elements are captured as prisoners of war and placed in horrific conditions. Some of them are put into ice boxes or chained up inhumanely in order to control their bending abilities. When we do get to see fire nation citizens, they seem like ordinary people who go about their own businesses. There are some people who were forced into committing horrific crimes, yet they do their best to atone for the sins of their nation. The fire nation has committed numerous crimes, and hence there are people who fight back, strike teams of water and earth benders doing all they can to stop the war. There even exists non-bending rebels who use excessive violence at the cost of innocent people just to avenge the losses they have suffered.
With the advent of technology, it has become much easier to spread wrong information to the masses. Particularly information that seems credible at first sight. This makes it easier for a government to retain control over its populace. In the show, we witness a disinformation campaign where a city suppresses all news about the war in order to maintain peace and order in the city. Ba Sing Se, the capital of the earth kingdom opts out of the war, affecting everyone else in their nation negatively. Puppet rulers and misguided commanders, false allusions of victory and a spark of hope that the world may turn for the better. The world of Avatar feels like a living breathing place.
All of the characters, both main and supporting are given their own time to shine. This helps us to connect with them and find out what drives each person. As a result, by the end of the show, we have a different perspective of all the characters introduced.
There are many antagonists that come and go in the show, but unfortunately Ozai the Fire lord turns out to be the weakest one. His -I am pure evil and will end the world- motif seems backward for a show with the calibre of characters such as Zuko and Azula, both of whom are extremely engaging and well sketched out.
The show has impressive animation, with creative combat scenes and some astoundingly well-animated sequences which are taken a step further considering the stakes and conflicts between the players involved. The flow of the various bending elements and the amount of research done to various martial arts helps differentiate between various bending forms. Large set pieces live up to the expectations and they are bolstered by clever soundtracks. The power of music is incredible, especially when the designers decide where to use it, and when not to.
This is a “kids” show. A show that starts off with the genocide of a country and a glimpse at a character torn between doing what is right, and what is easy. We have a military general whose greatest failure was a stepping stone to restoring his morality, a city that is oppressive of its people, a superpower with no qualms of the damage they inflict, yet help advance civilization with tools built for war. With the scope of the story, death is a natural part of the show but isn’t too on the nose. People chase after their enemies for revenge, but do they cross the line? Are damning their own souls worth it? Can peaceful resolution be more effective than outright violence? This gives a chance for the show to humanize its antagonists.
This is not just a show. It’s an experience, and I urge you to give it a shot. Go out and buy the Blu-ray or stream the show. Do yourself a favour and watch the legend of Aang, Katara, Sokka and Zuko. I promise, you will not be disappointed.
The British really know how to make their TV shows. Time and again they have managed to wow us with hit shows such as Downtown Abbey, Sherlock, Dr.Who and Peaky Blinders. Their most recent production Bodyguard has been making waves around the world.
Starring Game of Thrones alum Richard Madden in the titular role, David Budd is a war veteran assigned to protect Home Secretary Julia Montague. Her political stance advocating increased pressure in Afghanistan is everything Budd despises, having seen the brutal effects of war first-hand. The show enthralls us through its smart and suggestive direction and editing, sowing doubts and dissident as to the true motivations of each and every character. Politics is a messy business with various factions fighting for power, and the show’s choice to leave the user deaf to the interactions among various characters with Julia Montague helps build intrigue.
With imminent terrorist attacks and tensions skyrocketing between characters, episodes fly-by as various plot points emerge. The use of several stylish shots combined with clever use of background score helps pull in the viewer into the tense conflicts brewing within the show. Couple this with Budd’s PTSD, his estranged wife and children and a struggle for power among Counter Terrorism and MI5, BBC delivers a thrilling show that simultaneously raises questions relevant to security issues in Britain.
The meek finale does put a damper, though it’s the journey not the destination that ultimately matters.
You might have been wondering why I have been so silent these past few days? Well, it’s because there hasn’t been anything spectacular going on recently. Yesterday L&T popped into our campus for a placement talk. They are offering 4.2 lacs per annum, as a Tier 1 company (CTC <5 lacs). Since we are allowed to get offers from 2 companies, I think I will give this one a shot. What else has been going on recently? Played cricket yesterday. Nothing stands out there. Oh yeah. I have a story for any MMORPG players out there.
So back when I was in school, there used to be a game that I used to spend a LOT of time playing, Runescape. I quit playing around the end of my 10th grade. Well after coming to college I met a guy who was into the game as well. We logged back in to see what changes were made since all those years back. And it turns out there is a way to get a membership without spending a single buck. The game has these things called bonds which give 14-day Membership, and you can get them by spending in-game cash. The catch is it’s kinda hard to make the cash through the Free-to-play version of the game.
So the other day I logged in to the game and I wandered around the central trading hub- The Grand Exchange. It’s like a town square but with a bunch of traders seated together, who carry out trades for you. Yeah, the game is so big it has it’s own trading system with constantly fluctuating values.
I saw a bunch of people huddled together in a circle chatting about some members armour. Since I was bored I approached them and asked:
“What’s the most fun thing to do in F2P?”
A guy in a grey ghost costume replied:”Skilling.” (Training skills like woodcutting, fire making, cooking and a bunch of others)
“Ugh, so f2p is that boring now huh?”
“There is another fun thing to do in the game tbh.”
“Which is?”
“Hold up a sec, I’ll brb.”
The ghost fellow- let’s call him Casper, cause why not- walks over to the trading centre and comes back a minute later. I look down at the chat box and see: Casper wants to trade with you.
Having played the game for ages, I am always wary of random people trying to scam through trades. I accepted it thinking I would pull out of the trade if I noticed anything fishy.
The trade boxes pop up and he puts in a golden rhombus looking thing to trade. I accept it.
When I take a closer look I notice the description says “Bond”.
“There you go, enjoy your 14 days of membership.”
I stand there stunned next to him. These things cost 16 million of in-game currency (That’s not a lot to members, but for a guy who has only 1 mil in f2p, making 15 mil is a looong way to go.)
“Why did you give this to me? Are you insane?”
“Nope, I am just a friendly ghost who likes to help people :). Now don’t think you owe me. Just use the cash you make in mems to buy a bond for someone else. Give it forward. I will see you around members worlds. See you.”
And he logs out.
Now, I have got 14 days worth of membership waiting to be activated in my account. What a decent little fellow that Casper.
What did I get up to yesterday? Damn it’s kind of difficult recollecting stuff isn’t it? Let’s see. I am gonna call my morning wake up- freshen up- pray, eat stuff “The Routine” from here on out. So I followed the Routine and then got ready for class. Fourth year has been pretty chilled out so far. And since our department is being relocated, we haven’t had many classes this week since teachers have been a little lazy with the shifting work going on. So I had an hour and half of Cryptography and another hour of HR. Yesterday was Onam, and we were supposed to head out for Sadhya with some other hostelites, but we decided to go play football on a small ground instead. 5 vs 5, but it was intense and we tired ourselves out pretty quickly. We then had some Lassi from a shop in Koramangala and headed to our friend Ameen’s house. When I say “we”, I generally mean my batchmates who stay with me at hostel. So Ameen’s mom had prepared some curry for us. Eid had just passed us a few days back and you could call this a gift from then. We got the food, headed back to hostel and freshened up. I went along with another friend and bought some naan -Indian flatbread- to go along with the curry. We had that for dinner -the curry was amazing, thanks @Ameen’s mom if you ever read this- and then finally got down to a task we had been putting off for a while.
A week back we had organized a drive to collect goods to help people out in Kerala. Well, a lot of people donated clothes, but a decent chunk of those clothes happened to be in poor condition (Kerala government had announced that clothes should be of good condition) So we decided that the ones we ones that were unsatisfactory would be donated to an orphanage nearby. All of these clothes were dumped on my room-mates bed these past few days. We finally got ourselves some bags and got down to packing them all up. It took us around 20 minutes but we got the job done. I watched a bit of Trollhunters and then went to bed.
So I ran across this website: (The Most Dangerous Writing App). Here’s the rub. It forces you to write continuously without a break. If you spend more than 5 seconds without writing, whatever you wrote gets erased. You can increase the time limit or set a word limit before the writing gets erased. So I gave it a shot and here’s what I came up with on my first go. This could become a daily post thingy on the page. And nope, I haven’t given up reviewing books, TV Shows etc. I just got caught up in a lot of work. But I am back! (For now :P) Let’s see how long I can keep this up.
The Most Dangerous Writing App:
Good Evening folks. So what did I get up to today? Woke up in the morning and stayed in bed for a bit. Didn’t do anything productive for around two hours. Headed down to the mess for breakfast. I turned on my laptop and tried my hand at coding. After a while I received a call from my junior. Guess what? Time for cricket. Went to the ground and played for 3 hours. It was a close series that we lost 3-2. Went back upstairs, freshened up and left for prayer with my friend Sameer. We made it to the mosque in time and then followed our usual Friday routine: Meet up with friends outside- Chat and joke around- head for lunch- break and leave back to hostel. I got back to hostel and passed out, being tired from around 3 hours of play earlier in the day. Sameer borrowed my laptop and watched 2 movies -wow- as I slept. JLA Unlimited and Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom. I got up and went for snacks with him, met a few more friends while there. Came back up, browsed reddit and youtube for a while. And now I am here at this website, having come across it in a Dan Mace video a few minutes ago. So there you have it. My first day writing at this website. Now do I have enough time to copy paste this thing? Can’t seem to Ctrlc this crap. Oh never mind, there’s a word limit that I crossed it seems, so I can download what I typed out. Until next time!
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