Monday, October 24, 2011

Life in Sept 19 - Oct 22

Missa Brevis - Thanks to Modi, i went to a ballet dance by sjDance at San Jose. This was a rendition of Missa Brevis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missa_Brevis Decent show, most of the choreo was quite abstract and little bit difficult to grasp.

Margin call - Margin call was the film club movie of the month and as before i liked it a lot. Margin call describes the financial crisis, a fictionalized account but this time from the perspective of the actual traders. It takes us inside into the lives of these traders, these young guys making salaries starting at 250K$ without knowing what are they doing. The cast is very very good, the movie is paced as a thriller all set in a time frame of 24 hrs and it all unfolds in a sombre manner. I have new found respect for Zachary Quinto after i realized that he even produced this indie movie. The underlying social commentary is quite awesome. Highly recommended.


I finally got the half moon bay apartment with a month to month lease but had to say no to the leasing agent. A hard decision.

Went to Asian Art museum with Gurshi. Thai temple with Deepti didi, Siddharth and Sneha. More details on another post.

Bought a new macbook pro. 13 inch.

Hackmeet unconference - attended Hackmeet 2011 unconference at SF. http://hackmeet.org/  Very useful conference, got a lot pointers on hacking and activism, meaning of digital activism and electronic civil disobedience. Very impressed by people who came there, some real activists and some of the best hackers.  Quite good talks and a lot of supportive group. Got to start doing some hacking and ECD.

Cancelled my vacation plan to India.

Met Aninda and Jatin after a long time. Went to 21st Amendment and Dosa at SF.


Went to Arab film festival - Saw movie - Hawi http://www.hawithemovie.com/  - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1776201/ Decent movie - Liked the shoot of Alexandria. Ok story, liked the fact that not everything was revealed.  The title song was good.


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