N.C. State 17 GT 14

Final Score from Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, GA:
NCAA Football Division I
North Carolina State Wolfpack 17 (2-2, ACC 1-2)
No. 24 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 14 (3-2, ACC 1-2)



Oh my god, I don't even know where to begin. This match was so bad, I think we played as bad as we did against Virginia Tech. I just can't believe we missed two Field Goals and a shot at a touchdown with 26 seconds to go from 2 yards, and it was our first down.

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Our quarterback, Reggie Ball. Frankly, he was pretty bad tonight.

What do I want to say?

Have I mentioned that this semester has gone awfully bad? I have a Material Science and a Computer Science test next week, and those two will kick some serious ass. The mid-semester break follows that weekend and you probably have no idea how much I'm looking forward to that. There's the N.C. State game tomorrow in the Thursday night game and that's probably about the only thing that's keeping me alive right now. I was talking to Sandesh and he mentioned that while both Francesco and I, who were both working over the summer, kept saying that we could not wait to go back to school, now we're saying that we can't wait for the semester to be over and get back to our respective jobs. I really liked work life much much better. Maybe it's just my poor time management, maybe I'm not studying as much as I should be, or maybe I'm just not it. I've always known that I was never an all-A student. I'm the kind of student who's always among the top tier, but not quite making the cut at B+ average. I'm not smart, I know, coz saying that would be an insult to the really smart people I've met over the years. I work relatively hard, to attain what is necessary. However, not as much as I should, hence, averaging B's. It's always been like that. Whenever I  plan out a study schedule or an outline of an essay or a project, I plan assuming that I work at my full capability. But then again, we can't work at full capability for too long, which is why I always fall short of my 'master' plan and never quite manage to do what I mapped out in the first place. That has been my mistake for a long time. I tried to plan out things with maybe say 80% efficiency, but I always go a little higher. Had I followed my study pattern since the beginning of this semester, I shouldn't be in this position right now. But then, it might be a little too late. This fall break must be used properly to get back on track. It's gone haywire, seriously. I'm really ready to settle this semester with a 3.0 (a B average) and head back to work.

Blah, forget it. Not about to rant, it's not gonna help anything. I'll just make myself miserable by doing so.

'I need a little time to wake up, wake up... Hey... What's the story, morning glory? Hey... Need a little time to wake up, wake up."

College Football Rankings - Week 6

Though we didn't play this week as it is a bye week for us, we
actually improved, due to our strong performances in the other 3
matches.

AP: 24th (up one from last week)
Coaches: 23rd (up one from last week)
Harris Interactive: 24th (up two from 26th last week)

This week, we'll play in the traditional Thursday night against N.C.
State in Atlanta. This will probably be the first equally matched
game for us. It'll be a tight, intense game.

And this is my 700th post since I started this blog.

Some changes

I've changed the settings of this blog a little, so counteract the spams I get through the commenting section that I have to keep deleting. So if you're not a blogger user, I'm terribly sorry, but you won't be able to comment. If you really need to leave a comment, then you can send an e-mail to -deleted-

I think it's partly due to the e-mail blog option that I have set on, so that I don't have to log in through blogger to post. Once someone figures out the e-mail address that I send my entries to, that person will be able to put in spams to my blog, which isn't good, so I guess I'll turn that off as well.

I'll be working on a header image file whenever I can afford the time to, which should be in the fall break. I don't plan to do anything extravagant, but yeah, thought it'll be nice. I just learnt how to implement simple java applets, so I guess I might put that to use. I'll be heading back to Naperville, IL after 5 months, so hopefully I'll get to work on it during the 4 days I'm going to spend there. I didn't want to disclose that information, as when I first bought the tickets, I wanted to surprise my mom by not telling her, but after realizing that she might be shocked emotionally just because we haven't met in 5 months, I decided not to. I'll also be heading back to Naperville for the thanksgiving break, so I'll be missing the GT vs UGA football game.

Phew.. I just spent the last few hours sorting quite a lot of shit that I can't disclose yet. It'll be a major news to many of you, but it's good. I'm glad that it's finally straightened out.

I'm back to my regular movie watching habit again. We watched 'Battle Royale,' 'The Dangerous Lives of The Altar Boys' and 'Rushmore.' 'Royale' is a very Tarantino-like Japanese flick by 'Beat' Takeshi, 'Altar Boys' was very funny and had a lot to read into at the same time, which I was very thankful for, but one I did not expect. 'Rushmore' was another one of Wes Anderson's, slow, pretty meaningless ride for me, very much like how I see Martin Scorcese's stuff.

I guess we're in for another movie ride for the night.

Pictures from the Oasis & Coldplay gigs

As promised, here are the pictures...

JET opened for Oasis... great artwork.


OASIS!!!






Coldplay





Chris told us to get our cellphones out while he counted down, so we did it. Magnificent sight... can't really see in the picture though.


Special and a very surprise guest, Michael Stipes, lead singer of REM.


Chris trying getting the crowd in the back crazy.


We found out later that John Mayer was playing at The Tabernale (a fabulous venue) few blocks down from Philips Arena, but I'm pretty sure the Coldplay gig was much better.

Portsmouth 0 Newcastle 0

Final Score from Fratton Park:

English Premier League

Portsmouth 0

Newcastle United 0

OASIS!!!

The Oasis gig was fabulous! I can't even come up with the words to
describe how the whole thing was. JET and Kasabian were pretty cool
acts too. Ooh, the sheer joy when they play a song that you love
listening to... We went wild when they play Morning Glory, Wonderwall
and Don't Look Back in Anger. My ears are still ringing... and its
about to get worse since I'm catching Coldplay later in the
afternoon. Pictures coming up soon.

Oh, and I didn't blog about 'The Phantom of The Opera' that I saw at
the Fabulous Fox Theater, have I? I'll also blog about that later.

The Station Agent

I managed to squeeze in some time to watch the last of the first 3
Netflix DVDs that I rented, since doing the MSE homework was getting
me nowhere.

'The Station Agent' was awesome, at least in my regard. It's such a
simple movie, yet it evokes so many basic human emotions. It was
somewhat similar to 'Garden State' (and also another film based in
New Jersey) and it really did cheer me up a little after a bad week
for me. The other two DVDs were 'American Splendor' and 'City of
God.' I didn't really like 'Splendor' that much, but I guess it makes
an interesting biopic, whereas 'City' is just, well, magnificent.

I vowed to start a new regime of things from now on, eliminating all
the things that I take for granted, or those things that I do
automatically without even thinking about it. One of my colleagues
while working told me that everyone had an necessary evil, no matter
how good/perfect they were. For most people, its smoking, drinking or
others. But if you think about every single action that you take in
your daily lives, you realize there's all these small things that you
do that you don't quite understand why. For me, it's things like
biting my nails, scratching my forehead, my back, cracking my
fingers, among many things. Can one really be completely free of the
necessary evil? I'm gonna give it a shot. I want to see how long I
can last before it starts taking a toll on me. Some of those things
are so common, it might even begin to wear me out physically and
mentally.

One of the major things is that I'm actually going to utilize all
these breaks I have in between classes, so that I can get more work
done. Usually, what ends up happening is that I'll be surfing the
net, or just talking to friends, when I could get my homework or
studying done, so that I can sleep earlier and longer. I always plan
out my studying time, but I never actually complete my plan. I know
I'm capable of much more, but when I think that I've done enough, I
just stall. That shouldn't be the way. I know I'll wear out faster
and feel more tired during mid-week, but heck, let's try and see.

I've failed 2 tests this semester already, and it's gone awfully out
of what I expected. It seems like I'll be glad just to make a 3.0
this semester, when I should be making at least 3.5. This really
sucks, since failing in the earlier part of the courses essentially
means that the rest of the semester will be spent making up for the
loss. I don't quite understand why it turned out this way. It's not
like I've not been studying, maybe I'm doing it wrongly. I thought
that I was okay, since most students take their hit in their freshmen
year, and I didn't really suffer, mainly because it was very similar
to what it was like in high school. I guess now it's my turn to deal
with the change of pace in college life, now that I'm taking few
tougher classes.

Let's see how this somewhat detox thing can last. Will I really have
an necessary evil so that I have something to blow steam off? I guess
I'll see.

College Football Rankings - Week 5

Needless to say, we dropped heavily. I'm just thankful that we're
still in the polls.

AP: 25th (down from 15th)
Coaches': Tied at 24th (down from 15th)
Harris Interactive: 26th(This is the new poll that replaces the AP to make the other 1/3 of the BCS formula)

We won't play in the coming week, so I'm assuming we'll drop out of
the polls this weekend. We have a Thursday night game on the October
6th, against N.C. State. That should be enough time to recover from
the heavy loss and make amends against an ACC foe, to get our season
back on track.

GT 7 VT 51

Final Score from Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, VA;

NCAA Football Division I

No. 15 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 7 (3-1, ACC 1-1)

No. 4 Virginia Tech Hokies 51 (4-0, ACC 3-0)

I can't even come up with the words to describe how I feel.

This sucks. Really sucks.