ENIGMAS

Why am i here? Can I make a difference? How? How can I take your pain away? Does love conquer all? Is it enough? Am I wasting my life? What's the point anyway? Do you ever feel the other person's pain? Do you share in their joy? Is the grass really greener on the other side? Why does the journey back always seem shorter? Do I love you? Do you love me? Who am I? Why is that kid on the street? What is his story? Have we failed him? What is your story? Do you give alms? Why? Does it make you feel better? Does it absolve you? Are you guilty anyway? Of what? Did you love him enough? Did you love her enough? Is anybody there? Beyond the veiled sky? Do they care? About you? About me? Can they change it? Would they?

Hiro and the Future

I love comics, in fact I have a 5Gb collection of them, my favorites being Tintin, X men, Superman…etc. I also love movies based on comics, I enjoyed the Xmen, The Matrix, Siperman. One thing that I've failed to find however, is a good TV Series based on a comic book, or one with superheroes and stuff. Sure, there's Blade, Mutant X, and a few others I'm sure I know nothing about…but nothing outstanding. Enter Heroes , a tale of ordinary people waking up one day with extraordinary abilities, kind of like Mutants in the Marvel Universe. While it employs the usual tricks on leaving you hanging at the end of each episode, it is a beautifully written script, and one of those few things that get my "Masterpiece" tag, that's if they don't do another season. It ranks up there in my list of "works of art" which includes

Books

1. The Sandman - Neil Gaiman
2. The Kiterunner - Khaled Hosseini
3. The Lord of The Rings - JRR Tolkien
4. The Bartimaeus Trilogy - Jonathan Stroud
5. Salems Lot - Stephen King
6. The Shining - Stephen King
7. Snow Falling on Cedars -
8. The Wisdom of Crowds -
9. Blink -
10. Opening Skinner's Box

Movies

1. The Fellowship of the Ring
2. The Phantom Menace
3. The Matrix
4. Revenge of the Sith
5. The Two Towers
6. In America
7. Braveheart
8. Dogma
9. Hearts In Atlantis
10. The Last Samurai
11. Gladiator
12. A Beautiful Mind

Comics and Comic Strips

1. Calvin and Hobbes
2. The Far Side
3. TinTin
4. Wolverine: Enemy of The State
5. X Men: The Dark Phoenix
6. Kingdom Come

.....................to be continued

The Demons Within

We had an agreement, you stupid body, you with those flailing arms and meandering legs. We slit our palms and joined our hands, and promised we wouldn't let each other down, in these here dark times, when the sun hides her warmth and the moon shyly skips behind the clouds. Yet now you give up on me and let others inhabit your nooks and crannies; I will not let you, this here ours, is an apothecary race, so I will give you the concoctions you need and you will stand up tall and strong and together we will walk through that damn valley of the shadow of death, because beyond the pass lies a field of flowers bathed in rainbow sunshine.