I have been doing slightly better of late. I wrote a bit and studied a bit. The winter is setting in and but the cold is tolerable.

I watched 'Kids' (Larry Clark). Maybe it is slightly dystopian, but certainly a relevant film. Then I watched 'Hard Candy' *ing Ellen Page. I wanted to watch if after I watched Juno. Great acting. I thing she will go places. I am currently watching 'Ghatashraddha'. It is a kannada movie about how a father performs the death rites of his daughter (when she is still alive) to excommunicate her. Big time social commentary by Girish Kasaravalli based on the story by U. R. Anantamurthy.

I haven't got much reading done. I finished Chapter 2 of Bhagavat Gita. I started 'The Odyssey' again to find the files were corrupted again. Currently in 'The Sun Also Rises' (Hemingway). I have planned a re-read of Moby Dick, and my first read of Milton's Paradise Lost.

I finally went back to my dermatologist after nearly a year to treat my acne. He had given me some medicines and they helped me, but I got side tracked and was not taking them for months now. My knee, on the other hand, seems to be doing fine.

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I have been pretty depressed for a while. I am not getting much studying done. I officially decided to take it easy on my studies and try to get some writing done.

My knee has been giving me more trouble. I went to he Orthopaedician and he gave me some common pain killers. He said if they don't help I might need some simple surgery.

I am still reading/listening to Bhagavat Gita Chapter 2. I watched Prozac Nation which has Cristina Ricci starring in it. It is a fairly good movie. It is unevenly paced and has an unexpected ending, maybe because it is based on a true story. I watched 'The Counterfeiters' which is a WW2 movie. It is not morose like many movies on the holocaust but consistently optimistic. It is a rather darker adult version of 'Life is Beautiful'. I am currently watching 'Khuda Key Liye' which a Pakistani movie based on terrorism and 9/11. It has an almost amateurist text-book style progress, but is still a very good watch as it keeps you involved.

The shrink is not that bad off late. She is trying to help. I am the stubborn one. I have to admit her efforts, some times a little too persistent, can be at times irritating.

I just came across a sholaka (couplet) which is a coded to reveal the value of Pi to 32 digits. I want to learn it by-heart.