This post is not about anything. ilove has fizzled out for the time being, it'll be back. I still have footage lock stock and loaded. Well, not loaded...but at least locked and stocked.
I've decided that I'm not sure about the point of anything anymore. Of course, I believe, everyone comes to that conclusion at least some of the time and accepts how nothing in life has meaning and just slogs on trying to be the "best" human being they can be (at least as they see it). Actually that's not true, there are two exceptions to this scenario: dicks and Christians.
Christians believe life is about serving god and dicks believe life is all about themselves.
LOL. that was an incredible over simplification. the line between being a dick and a normal person is not that thick. people who may not think life has no meaning may decide that they then should just become a yuppie. I mean, why not?
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
iLove - Handstand
iLove - Handstand from Mahesh Attan on Vimeo.
Just a short episode today, but attached is one of a few trailers we have planned throughout this show's run to help our viewers understand what exactly we are aiming for with our videos.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
iLove - Cupcake
iLove - Cupcake from Mahesh Attan on Vimeo.
Great Fun! Bernard tried to hide his date, its time he learns he cant hide anything from me!
iLove - Redneck
iLove - Redneck from Mahesh Attan on Vimeo.
First episode of a new, great series which will document the lives of 5 great friends who totally hang out all the time and do funny stuff while attending The George Washington University
Saturday, August 2, 2008
What People Missed Out on, 1st Edition
In my weird meandering stream of conscious explorations of the internet I found 3 and a half minutes of a 2006 pilot which was not picked up called "Mindy and Brenda," written by Office star/writer Mindy Kaling and her friend, a writer named Brenda. Previously the two starred in a play called "Matt and Ben," with the two girls playing the title parts. Greg Daniels viewing the play is what directly led to Mindy being hired for The Office.
he show definitely had promise, I wish it was picked up. While the show is clearly of the traditional sitcom variety, the writing is fresh and witty. I wish I had the rest of the pilot to see how the show develops across 22 minutes, 3 and a half is just too little. The two main characters remind of real people in the sense that they seem to be in touch with current trends/mannerisms etc etc. In addition, I would have liked this show because, unlike Greys Anatomy, it would have been a show that scored big with women but one that men (i.e. me) would also find very entertaining. I guess it is refreshing to see a comedy show where, in a television landscape where men are dominant and women are often an eye-candy afterthought, the focus is on the lives of two women, and we can see things from their perspective.
Anyways, what do I really know. Maybe the pilot wasn't picked up because the rest of the show sucked.
he show definitely had promise, I wish it was picked up. While the show is clearly of the traditional sitcom variety, the writing is fresh and witty. I wish I had the rest of the pilot to see how the show develops across 22 minutes, 3 and a half is just too little. The two main characters remind of real people in the sense that they seem to be in touch with current trends/mannerisms etc etc. In addition, I would have liked this show because, unlike Greys Anatomy, it would have been a show that scored big with women but one that men (i.e. me) would also find very entertaining. I guess it is refreshing to see a comedy show where, in a television landscape where men are dominant and women are often an eye-candy afterthought, the focus is on the lives of two women, and we can see things from their perspective.
Anyways, what do I really know. Maybe the pilot wasn't picked up because the rest of the show sucked.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Radio Racism pt. 2 THE UPDATE
pt.2 on CT's war on MASS is coming i guess, im lazy.
anyways i was driving home from work today and i heard a ACOUSTIC GUITAR RECREATION OF EAZY-E's BOYZ In DA HOOD! This was on Radio 104.1 the subject of the previous post.
I really enjoyed the cover, but at the same time I thought it was pretty ridiculous. I understand it is ironic and funny to have a rock version of one of the most HARDCORE GANGSTER RAP songs EVER but it just feels weird to me that white boys being derogatory and violent and misogynistic is alright and acceptable but not the rap music it is based on. Of course, it is completely justifiable that the radio station chose to play this cover song and not the original because it was MUCH MORE in tune with it's rock format. Still, it adds to the weirdness i feel in regards to station 104.1's treatment of rap music described in the post below.
Here is the cover version of the song: I'm sure you can find the real version on youtube too. Both are really good songs, I kind of enjoy this acoustic cover, all weirdness aside.
anyways i was driving home from work today and i heard a ACOUSTIC GUITAR RECREATION OF EAZY-E's BOYZ In DA HOOD! This was on Radio 104.1 the subject of the previous post.
I really enjoyed the cover, but at the same time I thought it was pretty ridiculous. I understand it is ironic and funny to have a rock version of one of the most HARDCORE GANGSTER RAP songs EVER but it just feels weird to me that white boys being derogatory and violent and misogynistic is alright and acceptable but not the rap music it is based on. Of course, it is completely justifiable that the radio station chose to play this cover song and not the original because it was MUCH MORE in tune with it's rock format. Still, it adds to the weirdness i feel in regards to station 104.1's treatment of rap music described in the post below.
Here is the cover version of the song: I'm sure you can find the real version on youtube too. Both are really good songs, I kind of enjoy this acoustic cover, all weirdness aside.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Connecticut Declares War on Mass. Pt.1
Okay, I was going to make a big deal about this story but I really think I don't know enough about the people involved to risk embellishing it ways that make it untrue to what really happened.
Back in the 1980s, Hartford had still not fallen as far into the gutter as it is situated right now. It was a time when we were still the insurance capital of the world and not Gotham city without a Batman. These two guys were working at the DECD in Hartford: Stuart Fitzpatrick (who i work with now) and this guy Tim. They were both coming out of UCONN (Tim a year older than Stuart) and were in their mid twenties in mid level positions. The DECD basically works under the Governors office and for the State of CT so they were a part of the executive branch of CT's state government.
Anyways one Friday night in 1986 these guys went down to a bar and had a couple drinks, apparently they were not wasted just a little juiced. Tim convinced Stuart that they should go back into the DECD and pull pranks on their coworkers. Stuart was very reulctant but Tim refused to take no as an anwser. Apparently he had been doing such things by himself some Friday nights and wanted Stuart in on the action. Tim's previous forways were much more minor but tonight the plan was to switch the exact composition of desks so one persons desk would suddenly be on another persons desk. Pretty stupid right, I guess even back in the 80s CT wasn't the most poppingest place to get down tonight.
Anyways, what really changed everything that night was that Tim found (aka jimmy opened their bosses drawer) the Governor's Seal. With that seal (and things have been changed now) you could basically make any press release/policy memo/proclamation and it would be official policy as far as the executive branch is legally able to make such policy. Now the argument is still ongoing on who first proposed the idea of what to do with the seal, Stuart maintains it was Tim's idea because he felt Mass deserved it after what the Red Sox (aka Buckner) did and that he wanted no part in the Seal. They composed a executive order proclaiming war on Massachusetts, thinking it was hilarious while they were doing it. Tim stamped the Governor's Seal on it and Stuart when as far as to put it in an envelope and write the address of the Governors office in Boston, all in a friendly game of oneupmanship to see who could take this prank to the brink and who would pull back first. However, they weren't stupid enough to send it because they would have got fired real quick, they just left it on Stuart's desk, in a letter tray with the intent of showing it to everyone in the office on Monday.
However, the story doesn't end there.
Part 2 will be up soon, this is way too much writing. blog posts should not be this long.
Back in the 1980s, Hartford had still not fallen as far into the gutter as it is situated right now. It was a time when we were still the insurance capital of the world and not Gotham city without a Batman. These two guys were working at the DECD in Hartford: Stuart Fitzpatrick (who i work with now) and this guy Tim. They were both coming out of UCONN (Tim a year older than Stuart) and were in their mid twenties in mid level positions. The DECD basically works under the Governors office and for the State of CT so they were a part of the executive branch of CT's state government.
Anyways one Friday night in 1986 these guys went down to a bar and had a couple drinks, apparently they were not wasted just a little juiced. Tim convinced Stuart that they should go back into the DECD and pull pranks on their coworkers. Stuart was very reulctant but Tim refused to take no as an anwser. Apparently he had been doing such things by himself some Friday nights and wanted Stuart in on the action. Tim's previous forways were much more minor but tonight the plan was to switch the exact composition of desks so one persons desk would suddenly be on another persons desk. Pretty stupid right, I guess even back in the 80s CT wasn't the most poppingest place to get down tonight.
Anyways, what really changed everything that night was that Tim found (aka jimmy opened their bosses drawer) the Governor's Seal. With that seal (and things have been changed now) you could basically make any press release/policy memo/proclamation and it would be official policy as far as the executive branch is legally able to make such policy. Now the argument is still ongoing on who first proposed the idea of what to do with the seal, Stuart maintains it was Tim's idea because he felt Mass deserved it after what the Red Sox (aka Buckner) did and that he wanted no part in the Seal. They composed a executive order proclaiming war on Massachusetts, thinking it was hilarious while they were doing it. Tim stamped the Governor's Seal on it and Stuart when as far as to put it in an envelope and write the address of the Governors office in Boston, all in a friendly game of oneupmanship to see who could take this prank to the brink and who would pull back first. However, they weren't stupid enough to send it because they would have got fired real quick, they just left it on Stuart's desk, in a letter tray with the intent of showing it to everyone in the office on Monday.
However, the story doesn't end there.
Part 2 will be up soon, this is way too much writing. blog posts should not be this long.
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