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Ye Future Earthlings, welcome to Part Deux of my Time Capsule. Don’t be fooled by my pseudo-French, America hates France now and we eat freedom fries and liberty-kiss our illicit lovers.
America loves to play football with their hands while the rest of the world sensibly use their feet. Brazil still wins everything after stumbling at the qualifiers whereas England hasn’t won anything in color in spite of having a metrosexual captain married to a shrill but spicy popstar. The Euro Championship believes in crowning previously unknown soccer nations, probably an equal opportunity strategy by FIFA. Everyone has given up on defeating Australia at cricket. India has the best batsmen and an attacking young generation of cricketer but no World Cup yet (yeah, yeah! 1983 is officially in the Medieval Ages now).
Olympics return to its chaotic home this summer. Greece spends more money on security at Olympics than on the housing for athletes while Bipasha “Jism” Basu is the ideal torch bearer for Indian hopes. Indian hockey dreams rise but dash instantly, lately at the Rabobank hockey tournament when the winning combination is tampered with to “prepare the future team”. What future? Well, that is still being debated in IHF circles. Yet, Sehwag’s wedding get headline priority over India’s national sport.
Gymnastics is the least understood but most watched sport in Olympics. Pissing in a cup is rapidly gaining popularity as an Olympic sport and considered to be the toughest to train for. Young black and brown people putting tiny white balls in 18 holes are the richest sport stars on the planet. Lakers finally bite the dust at Detroit but battling a rape allegation in court is unnerving for anyone. The other four people on Lakers court do not matter much anyways. Russians are finally achieving the impossible – looking ravishingly beautiful and winning it on the court.
But not everyone is playing the field. We are getting increasingly lazy and wonder why we are getting obese. Dr. Atkins and Dr. Phil are peddling arcane low-carb and fat-free diets when the solution lies in simple exercise. We have succeeded in redefining the meaning of mental pressures and we have qualified therapists to handle hitherto unknown ailments like shopping stress.
Playing games mostly exercises our fingers and feel of grass is mostly an experience for the mind although making a mess on 4th of July in the name of a barbeque party is still considered an outdoor affair. We have different sets of friends – school friends, gym friends, online friends, blogger friends, and occasionally girlfriends. Unborn fetuses have rights but living gays do not. The world is distinctly divided into “those who have it” and “those who want it”. Yet no one is sure of what “it” is.
I can go on and on but haven’t scratched the surface yet. I will scratch more when I have the seven-year itch. The world, although confusing is an entertaining place to live in. It can be good, it can be bad but it will never be boring. I hope it still is that way in your times.
by Patrix | on Sunday, July 4th, 2004 at 6:03 pm | 
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July 4th, 2004 at 10:22 pm reply
Hate the player, and not the game eh? Like the layout, the post and everything else. Will be back for more!
July 4th, 2004 at 11:15 pm reply
Madhu - The game is always great than everyone else, right? glad to see you around.
July 5th, 2004 at 12:00 am reply
heyyy i was hereee!!!!…n i still got to test ur id with my not so virus infested email!! :D
July 5th, 2004 at 11:26 am reply
Jo - Ohno…don’t tell me u still have the virus problem :)
July 5th, 2004 at 12:57 pm reply
And yesterday, a group of people in trivandrum burned the effigy of bush for naming his dog india. I’m missing that place.
July 5th, 2004 at 7:15 pm reply
Aar - Yesterday?? where were they all these yrs..don’t tell me it took that long for the news to get there :)
July 6th, 2004 at 1:31 am reply
Yayyy! The sun’s come out again :-D Thank ye Patty…
July 6th, 2004 at 2:55 am reply
Color of the week or step towards orange? :-)
All these years, they were busy with others - nixon, castro and whoever you can think of:-)
July 6th, 2004 at 10:27 am reply
Leela - There is indeed a fine line bw whining and complaining :)But things may change again.
Aar - towards orange…that would be sacrilegious…and hope they catch up soon or are gonna be left in the dust.
July 6th, 2004 at 12:24 pm reply
Are you saying that I whine?? :-(
July 6th, 2004 at 1:01 pm reply
Leela - I didn’t say a thing. You choose your own words :)
July 6th, 2004 at 6:48 pm reply
Ah…. a Time Capsule ?
I don’t exactly remember the specifics, but there was some project some time ago, that solicitted write ups from ppl, that will be preserved for thousand years or so.. I remember sending a my message to the project..
July 6th, 2004 at 7:52 pm reply
Wolfie - It sure is an interesting project..am trying to look up the write-ups capsule project. But have always loved to collect things for a time capsule..would surely make an interesting list.