friday night

the week has ended, and with that, a week of fasting as well. on sunday night, i decided to fast until friday. true that the navratra period is on, but that was not why i fasted. there was a connection i needed to make, and a distance i needed to walk. i think now that it helped. i look forward to eating lunch tomorrow :).

and then we saw two movies today. the plan was to see one, but that one was so bad, we needed to make amends. the first was my wife's murder. i have to admit it carried only 20% of my attention with it. that 20% was not very worth the while though :). we followed it with the other end of the line. that was quite the entertainer (and i was really pleased to be entertained, after a series of chilling sitting-on-the-edge-of-the-seat types) and is highly recommended. especially for the cinematography - i would kill for some of the scenes in the movie. (that is to say i would kill to take such captures.)

[and as this week comes to an end, i also realize that very soon i'll be calling myself a second-year phd student. can it be? do years pass by just like that? will it, in no time, be time to graduate? at least i've taken the time to stop and stare though, this year. for now, i shall revel in that :).]