Sleep tonight

Here's the finished piece of the the little 'sneak-peek' I gave you all a while back. Been completing it during my down time in office.

Don't you just want to float away in a bit of space-jaziness sometimes? :)

K.C. Das

One of the many wonderful snacks and sweets franchise here in Bangalore is K.C. Das. Us designers headed there for lunch today. At first I was a little surprised that lunch items were even available because in my head I kept thinking mithai, burfi, jamun and yummm! But, oh my god whatey lunch it was! The food consisted of Aloo Puri, Lucchi, Hing Kachori, Rasgulla and ridiculously delicious samosas. Such wonderful food! And at extremely reasonable prices the lunch there was simply awesome.

< The Aloo Puri. I couldn't get a proper picture as I remembered about clicking it only half-way through.

However, the one, huge downside of eating at the St. Marks Road restaurant was the service. After years of serving simply the best food the staff seemed to have picked up quite an attitude and not in a good way. They are slow, relaxed and waltz from table to table bringing food to their customers. They are so indifferent to their customers it's shocking. When we asked one waiter to join the tables for all of us to be able to sit together, he simply said, "Sorry. Can't be done. It's too much trouble. You guys can sit on separate tables." As Nish would say, "SHOCKING!"

I am still a foodie before all else, so I glorify their food. It must be sampled and enjoyed. Yumm!

Oh that funky sound!

For some time now, her song has been stuck in my head and of course I have no inclination towards making it stop. Her name is Janelle Monae and I am in love with her. She looks small but has so much spunk it bursts out of her. Through her singing, dancing and even her hair. I mean just look at that. It's so cool and unique. I adore that hairstyle! 'Tightrope' is definitely one of her best songs. It never fails to put some funk into my life and has inspired some really groovy albeit embarrassing dancing on my part.

Listen to 'Tightrope' here > LINK

The time has come my little friends,

To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings.

I find myself chanting this poem from time to time. It's very catchy and so non-sensical. Coincidentally, DeviantArt has been going Alice In Wonderland crazy for some time now.

Aye-ya-yaii!

I have to get back to the basics of animation again. Today as I sat and tried making a simple walk from scratch, I realized I don't know jack. Even Jack doesn't know jack. Oh god! That's how bad it's become.

Going through sheets of reference material now. I hope to get back on track soon.

And so six years later,

I realize we are still friends. I don't know what bond was created 13 years ago, but it was done and I think we are going to be in each others' lives for many more years to come. And I think it's awesome that you can count on something like that.

***

So much has passed between us, we must sit down and talk and talk and talk. It sounds like the perfect idea to me.

Here's to that plan. I cannot wait.

**EDIT** I realized my earlier version of this post was way too melancholy for it's own good. Here's the gist of it, toned down to what i think is necessary.

Top 5 Reasons

To watch some Miyazaki today:

1) Because the man is one the most respected names in animation. NO, not anime, I said animation.

2) Because every movie, even though based on similar themes always has something new and different to offer.

3) Because each one is a work of art. A masterpiece in motion.

4) Because his movies can teach you.

5) Because every single movie has the magical ability to transport you to a place and time and in fact, a world that will make you immensely glad you became a part of. Whether under water or up in the air, Miyazaki makes you believe.