The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Deepa's Review

The debate of science versus faith, played out through a courtroom drama that tells of the events leading up to the death of Emily Rose. This is NOT a kitschy horror film that relies on computer graphics or sound effects or puke spewing out of the protagonist's mouth. At the same time it gets under your skin and scares you and makes you question what is possible. It clearly lays out how Emily's condition could be explained by science and then presents facts of the case that could only be explained by Emily's being possessed by the devil. Interspersed with this debate we see Emily's story through the eyes of her family and of Father Moore, who is accused of negligent homicide - of causing Emily's death while performing the exorcism.
The movie never tries to favor either of the opposing beliefs but only raises the question "Is it possible?". And that is summed up well with the defense's closing argument:
I'm not asking that you believe everything that Father Moore believes. I'm simply asking that you believe in Father Moore.

Laughing Baby

This has GOT to make you laugh

AKON - I Wanna Love you

Akon's I wanna love you - Unedited version, check it out here

The Machinist

I'm watching a movie called The Machinist starring Christian Bale. Its about the physical and mental deterioration of a factoy worker who hasn't slept in a year. Very strangely fascinating, dark film. All the sequences are rivetting one after the other...the factory accident due to Ivan, a co-worker who only he can see, the sequence at the amusement park with the waitress and her son, his attempts to trace the truth of who Ivan is..etc. And must he put his hands INSIDE the machine to start it, so that it DEFINITELY gets caught??!!
Some trivia about the movie:
Christian Bale starved himself for over 4 months prior to filming, eating one can of tuna and an apple each day (approximately 275 calories) , as his character needed to look drastically thin. According to the DVD commentary, he lost 62 pounds (28 kg), reducing his body weight to 120 pounds (54.4 kg). Bale wanted to go down to 100 pounds (45.3 kg) but the filmmakers would not let him due to health concerns. He later regained the weight, plus an additional 40 pounds (18 kg) due to weightlifting, in preparation for his role in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins.

Deck Plans

Naren and I are R37, Digant & Payal are R41, Manoj and Mili are R99 (not shown). Naren is trying to get them into R299 which is near us. This is the Riviera Deck, the lowest...have to find out if thats ok.

Here's a post from one of the countless reviews I've read:

Our stateroom was on the inside, forward, lowest deck which turned out to be excellent as the debarkation for ports was one deck below and we could stop in to our room to get our bag for the day and pop out without waiting for elevators (which were near the cabin and we never heard the bell or the people getting on and off). I would request the same room again.

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Papa's post surgery news

So I spoke to mama and papa today. Now papa has a pain in his left leg when it is vertical. He doesn't have to put weight on it or anything for it to hurt - even if he just dangles it, it pains. This is the leg that was NOT operated. They told the doctor but the doctor said that you must have strained it since you are putting all your weight on it...but papa says that its not a muscular pain, it feels like a nerve pain...so the doctor then said that they should just ask the general physician since it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the operated leg.
Now papa has stopped walking or exercising in the last 3 days because of this! Its such a setback to his recovery when he was doing so well. He was talking walks in the corridor and all..
Anyway, they will see how it is tomorrow and then consult with their general physician.

Expenses submitted

Finally did the whole darn expense submitting routine, its such a drag...they really make you work for your 50 bucks. Anyway, Naren will be happy.

Random post for the day

Hi all,
I'm sitting here at work, thinking about vacation, shopping, getting a haircut and relaxing.
And then I'm taking a break from all the thinking and completing all my tasks one by one for Friday's deployment. I'm also answering emails in between. I'm about to start working on the expense sheet for my comcast bill - what a pain..so i'll be back when I'm done.