Abdul Razzaq--The Freak

Over the years I have seen my share of Freaks, off and on the cricket field.


Not to mention Freaks on the field are innately more freakish than freaks off the field.
The freakish Pakistan cricket team sports a tons of Freaks.

Freaks who bite balls.
Freaks who hit balls.
Freaks who bowl at devastatingly high speeds
Freaks with genetal warts.
Freaks who over step for a scandal.
Freaks who drop sitters to get spanked.

But this Halloween I saw a Freak doing a freakish thing. 10 Sixes.

Freakishly clean hits. Freak--I salute you.

A Freak.

Dicky New Zealand

New Zealand's coach Mark Greatbatch has delivered a candid verdict on the efforts of his players in Bangladesh, declaring that they "played like dicks."


Enough said.

Why England can win the Ashes in Australia

1. The Australians are fucked in their heads. This mere observation does not merit evidence. The first Test (the one they should have won) got snatched by one called Laxman. Defeat is not a priority here but the way of defeat. They looked a sorry lot.

2. The second Test is still going on, and no Sir, it is not my business to be a nonchalant prophesier. That duty is been diligently carried out in utmost professional way by maniacs in Indian news television channels, cricket commentators and our mildly incorrigible analysts. After scoring 478, which by no means is a score any team I have played in has managed in an innings, and that says a lot. As I write this, India trail by 6 runs with 5 wickets in hand. Tendulkar on 210* and Dhoni on 21*. Australian bowling shit.

Laxman-Halloween costume for Australia

The biggest and the most sardonic joke you can play on an Australian this Halloween is to be fucking dressed up like VVS Laxman, wave the bat surgically and be surprisingly phlegmatic about it.

BCCI clearance

Yesterday when M. Vijay walked out the bat he had his usual attire -pads, gloves, thigh pads, helmet, groin guard, chest guard, socks, shoes, pants, t-shirt, and i am assuming here; underwear.

However, regardless of all the white, his pads had a small red logo of the manufacturing company at the very bottom. Given the fact how obsessed and shit the TV camera crew are with focusing and zooming on every fucking paraphernalia, i am least surprised that they were able to focus on the minute indecipherable logo, apparently for no fucking reason.

Well it happens that every logo, brand, tattoo, type and colour of underwear that an Indian cricketer wears and is visible to the public through the cameras has to be registered and approved by the MOFo BCCI. What shit.

Someone from the dressing room had to run out, put some white tape on the logo so the game could go on.

Moral of the story: You cannot buy anything by your own free will and put in on without the BCCI's approval.

Word of the day: Intent; for Australia batting

Yes, Australia batted very well and the word used to describe the proceedings of the day was "intent". Every fucking commentator, television broadcaster, wannabe cricket analyst, etc. used the word incessantly as if cricket batting had become indescribable...

I am still unsure how that one word describes what happened with Australian batting yesterday, but hey who the fuck am i?

Gonzo journalism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzo_journalism

Gonzo journalism tends to favor style over accuracy and often uses personal experiences and emotions to provide context for the topic or event being covered. It disregards the 'polished' edited product favored by newspaper media and strives for a more gritty approach. Use of quotations, sarcasm, humor, exaggeration, and profanity is common.

Mental fuck up in US universities

SHIT HAPPENS: from US universities

In the past few weeks, there have been multiple students who have taken their own lives at college campuses across the nation. During this week, National Mental Health Awareness Week, we’d like to remind you that there are resources on campus for students who may be feeling isolated, alone and hopeless or who may be thinking about hurting themselves or even feeling suicidal.

If you are the one feeling this way, please reach out to those around you. You are very important to us. Hundreds of students seek us out every year when they’re in despair, and we have ways to support them.

We also want you to learn about the signs that someone around you may be in trouble and how you can help. If you’re ever worried about a friend or roommate, trust your instincts. Some signs that may be cause for concern include:

-- Marked change in academic performance: absences, poor performance or lack of class participation
-- Unusual behavior: isolation, problems with friends or family members, exaggerated emotional responses
-- Changes in appearance: dramatic weight loss or gain or poor personal hygiene
-- Talking or writing about death or suicide
-- Recent situations such as losses, legal issues, substance abuse or academic difficulties.

The most critical factors in approaching anyone for whom you have concern are genuine concern, caring and trustworthiness. One of the greatest myths about suicide is that asking if someone is thinking about ending their life will make it more likely. Just the opposite is true: Those who are asked describe feeling relieved and are less likely to act on their suicidal thoughts. We recommend approaching the person in private, conveying your concern, not judgments, and providing hope.

Students living in University Housing can always talk to their House Fellow or Residence Life Staff, who are trained and experienced in supporting students and connecting them with campus resources.

The University Health Services counseling center is also an excellent, confidential resource for students. You can make an appointment to talk with a counselor at or receive crisis services by phone, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by calling the same number and selecting option 9.

Or call the Division of Student Life to discuss your concern about a friend by dialing 00000 and asking to speak with the Dean on Call.

Cricinfo and India Australa Mofo Test

One of the most admirable things about the India Australia Test was that people trying to follow the score on Cricinfo actually crashed their servers due to overwhelming traffic.

What kind of fuck site is ESPN running? With all the money, technical resources, dick heads hanging around for nothing, they screwed up in providing a decent ball-by-ball commentary their clientele, really shit from ESPN.

Should be hanged ball-by-ball.

VVS Laxman

what the fuck can you say about his stoic calm on the cricket field? what a fucking amazing game too.

his second innings batting has been amazingly sublime and utilitarian, resulting in saving games and earning victories.

i think i am not going to mediate anymore on this, let the game take its own course.

blaags

every fucking body has a blog, twitter, and who knows what else.

it bothers me that some graduate students have blogs to display their academic competence. they picks news, news analysis, opinion pieces and sometimes (rarely) papers and studies of interests.

to be visible and mostly to help them get jobs......i think.

after picking something to fuck around their blog reads like sophmore and juniors making an genuine attempt to be intellectual, not contribution but appearance. some sad-ass attempt to provide a perspective, diagnose the situation, and apply some obscure theoretical clause.

basically it is just fucked up. and i am not sure if i have anything else to say about it. maybe later, i think i am sure that i will run into this again.

yesterday i went to party. most of the people there were English dept. graduate students and from Comparative literature ( fuck knows what that means). frankly i was out of steam at the party as i was already drinking at some other party and had had lots of Indian food (read lethargic).

at the party some kids were playing beer pong, i will not go into details to explain this intricate sport of skill and drinking. met a girl, who was standing by herself, so i started talking to her. and she would not converse. she said shes watching beer pong and was enjoying herself. baffled me that some people would be so alone in a social setting, and would not put themselves out (display human curiosity) that talking to humans is far less interesting than watching pong!