Random at its peak...

So...for a while now, I have not updated my blog with a detailed post. Partly(here comes the usual whining!!) because I have been so lazy(ha ha..got you there!) and partly cos, I have been a little busy with the semester(and this was the whiny part for those who are confused!)...

Anyhow..I am right now on a summer internship, which also keeps me busy most of the week...and weekends are a fast-paced blur of - movies, drinking, dining....! I want to say that it was a good sem, cos well it really was. I took up good & interesting courses...and learned a lot of new things. I spent most of the semester in the library, and I did not sleep most nights..which does not mean I slept less..cos I more than made up for it during the day sleep! :P

I wondered more than once during the semester, why do they make these courses so darn difficult that there is no place left in life other than studies??I mean there was always something to do..there was never a time when I would sit back for a couple of days knowing all my pending work is done and the new work is gonna come not so soon. No way sir....before I had finished the current work..there was always more piling up!! I then decided, that all the teachers in the world have at some point in time, decided to make life as busy as possible for us students, so that....well I don't know what purpose it serves...if I knew, I wouldn't have been questioning it...right?In any case..it sucks!

Speaking of which, as soon as the summer started, I went online and ordered a bunch of books I planned to read in the summer. I could not read even one new book during the semester..though I did manage to read Jeffrey Archer's Cat O'Nine Tales again :). And now since two weeks of alleged summer/spring have passed us by(though it barely feels like summer here in Boston..damn!) I am happy to announce, that I have already checked one book off the list, which being - Wuthering Heights. And also sad to add that I did not like it at all :(. I mean, I am all for classic love stories(I love love love Pride & Prejudice), but this is not one of them. And the lesser said about it the better. Maybe its me..I was expecting too much..and the least I expect when I read a love story is to like and relate to the protagonists, and this one failed to arouse either emotion in me. Forget liking, I couldn't even sympathize with them. Oh well...! So after that I started reading this book called The Time Traveler's wife by Audrey Niffenegger , another love story which seems really good till now. At least once you get past the fact that it involves time traveling. More updates once I finish it, and I am quite expectant of this one.

And I saw Angels & Demons the movie, this Friday. I was excited to see it, as this book was one of my favs! And I am glad to say that I was more than happy with the outcome. I know many people who have read the book say they did not like it, but I would say that this time they managed to take the best & the most relevant parts of the book and made a good nice movie out of it. Yes he took some liberty to change many parts, but I think it all comes together really well. And as much as I hate to admit, I liked the ending of the movie more than the book's. Ok ok...for those who haven't seen it yet, I will not say anything further. Go watch it for yourself, and let me know what you think!

Over the weekend I also decided to learn to drive and get a license, cos as much as I hate driving, I think I would like to have the freedom to zoom off to long drives, without having to depend on someone. It's going to take a little time, but I will do it.

And next weekend, it being a long weekend, I am off to Acadia National Park with some friends. It looks promising, we have booked a cottage, and we are obviously going to buy a lot of food & alcohol! And I've heard that its beautiful out there...

Later!