Sunday, November 25, 2007

The Function of (I)

There are a lot of tv series out there that have one particular function. What function, you say, to entertain right? Nope, not right. The particular function is this:


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Where the y axis is the level of excitement of the series and the x axis is the time line of the series. Here the series starts off quite well to hook the viewer, then the excitement level eases away and drones into a routine for the plain purpose of filling time. The director may choose to finish with a bang, and this is only achievable through the 'boring bits' and build up in previous episodes.

This takes me back to the question of ancient secret: "Why are some people more good-looking than others?" Well because if everyone was good-looking, then everyone would also be really ugly.

Nerdy? Yes. I see the world in graphs. I think almost everything can be plotted some way or another, including qualitative items such as interaction between people, behaviour, and love - in interesting ways.

Here is f(I):

So this is f of (I). It mainly determines the way i plan, whether it is speeches, videos (movies), activities, or the intensity of on-going dates - that is, if dating should have any climax at this stage of my life.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

It is ALL (period) or Nothing Will Ever Change

I was playing...bogglific (*chhhhh*) against a man from India, and after destroying me 31 - 16, he messages: "good game, lets play some more".

doesn't that just sound so Indian?

Speaking of Indians, (who I think are quite good in some ways, especially West Indians who commentate on the cricket) I discovered on a simple stats recorder that someone from India searched Google to find this blog.

The key words he used to find me were:
'How do shopkeepers earn their margin from shop'

now hows that for sounding Indian?

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Walking Ridiculously

Have you seen a particularly humorous ways of how people walk down the street?

You may have and yes I have. I've seen big dogs walking their small owners and going out of control and I've seen big owners walking their small dogs that just won't budge. I've seen mothers scolding their children while walking and dragging them along by their ears, and I've seen excited children walking their exhausted mothers along a display to show them this and show them that.

But I have never seen anything like this -->

1. A grandma is walking her grand daughter in the neighbourhood.
2. The little girl is flying on a scooter.
3. The grandma, whose running action is quite flawed, scrambles all-in to keep up.

I can just imagine:
Mother: Mum can you take my girl out to play?
Grandma: Alright dear.
Mother: Don't let her get out of sight mum. Make sure of that please.

(later on...)

Grandma: Sweety, want to go outside with grandma?
Girl: Okay grandma. Let's go.
Grandma: (At the door) Hmm, what do you want to do outside dear? Go to the park?
Girl: No I want to ride my scooter.
Grandma: Oh your mother, she got you that scooter for your birthday...hey! (panick)

I don't think I've ever seen a grandma run so fast. That, in itself, made my day.