Sometimes it is strange how a perfectly good day can turn to bad, and then back to good.. Karthik was suggesting a while to trim my hair to make the split ends go away, so I went to a Chinese parlor and explained her what I want. She seemed to have understood what I said but in the end, she messed it up. I felt she cut it a little too short. I came out of the parlor disappointed. Karthik welcomed me with his bright smile and said ‘wow u look great… just the way I wanted’. I was like ‘Huh? Is he talking to me or to someone else?’ He, in his characteristic explanatory mode went on: “See Gal.. I always believed that layer-cutting would look better to you than level-cutting.. this U-shaped cut suits u better. May be for straightened hair the other style would suit well, which you can try just before the wedding, which is a few months away anyway..” Boy, he surely knows how to convince me.. Smile came back on my lips.Sometimes I feel it is an example of things to come. So far it has all been me, my style and my wishes. Now on, I might have to consider his, and try to see me through his eyes.

Gal: 25 mins to go, my ass is aching *auchh*

Jane: LOL. Just get up, walk for a few secs and come back to sit in a slightly
different position

Gal: the chairs for the pc are like the ones in cafeteria…tall ones

Jane: ur ass cheeks must be aching… not ur ass rite…

Gal: haha, different position, then i got to spread my leg and sit…that wud be
very indecent

Jane: no! no!.. u can sit first, with a slight inclined position towards ur left.. and then slightly to ur right.. u know, using ur hip bones

Gal: lol, ppl might be thinking am doin ass exercise

Jane: it is called ‘butt blaster’…

Gal: it wud be too synchronized, left right, left right

Jane: hahahaa

Gal: am observing if others in library having ass ache like me

Jane:

Gal: well yeah, i can see some spreading and sitting

Jane: hard plastic chair huh? LOL

Gal: some shaking legs while typing

Jane: hahahaha

Gal: not plastic but small place to rest the ass, tall chair, no place to lean
it suits only Chinese asses !

Jane: the sitting area is hard or soft?

Gal: so so. well i can see even it’s not suitable for Chinese asses, they are
always trying different ‘asanas’. i’ve got new idea for my latest post, types
of chairs and ass asanas

Jane: ass asanas.. LOL….. that is a new term really..

Gal: majority didn’t really sit on the chair, juz lean their ass to the chair for
support. Perhaps i shud write proposal on this to my college management to change the chairs

Jane: careful Gal.. if someone sees u staring at others’ asses, ….

Gal: everyone is suffering with their own pain.

Jane: i am talking about other passers-by

Gal: one thing caught my surprise..there is a black ass, but sitting still

Jane: LOL… black asses are rock-solid… may be

Gal: believe me it’s a huge one, bigger than mine or maybe very cushy kinda.

Jane: u dont need to tell that.. i can imagine

Gal: today’s post on my blog :my day in the library

Jane: LOL.. ‘My ass in the library’ would be better

Gal: god’s grace, it’s 11.15..another 10 mins. i shud have written a journal frm
10.30 itself..writing on my ass ache’s progress… ‘As I am typing this, the pain from my ass cheeks is slowly spreading upwards my spine.. tears start rolling from my eyes as the pain starts escalating.. blah blah ..and then i realized i was not the only one

Jane: this exp taught me that, even everyday occurrences get a new meaning
when we start observing things in a different way.. for ex, someone moving his legs while browsing is interpreted by me as his/her way of reducing the pain.. spreading my legs and sitting is still a no-no for me, even if the pain is hurting my bums like hell..

Gal: lol , we can add more flavor to it tonite

Jane: LOL erkanavey ‘informal sex education’ ellam ezhudhi unn mele makkalukku oru super opinion irukkum.. next post indha madhiriya? Avlodhan

Gal: am writing on a common problem ppl do get ass spasms and mine happened to be in library

Jane: hahaah.. true including yours truly

Gal: i cud conclude by saying, blogging on one’s ass ache’s progress is one way of reducing the pain

Jane: and observing others also squirming gives u the consolation that u r not alone.. there are others in ur butt… sorry boat too…

Gal: it’s time for my ass to undergo second round of torture. see u later

Jane: this time in the class?ok bye

The only reason gal decided to watch AH-X was not that it’s a movie on racism or for her friend who raved about it, but for Edward Norton

Edward Norton plays a racist skin-head. He forms a Neo-Nazi group in which he along with his group members do anything to channel their hatred.

One night, few black guys break into his car, whereby Norton executes them. He serves three years in jail.

In jail, he hangs around with a bunch of Neo-Nazi. Soon, he realizes that they are not a fundamentalist but uses Neo-Nazi as an excuse to indulge in violence. Hence he decides to stay clear from this group. Enraged by this, they sexually assault him. He gets psychological support from his black professor.

In the mean time, he would befriend a fellow black prisoner who serves 6 years for stealing a TV. His three years jail experience transforms him.

His younger brother Danny idolizes Norton and follows his footsteps of becoming a Neo-Nazi, shaves his head and joins the skinhead gang.

Today Norton gets release.

Upon Norton’s release his former group arranges a party for him. At the party, Norton warns the chief leader to keep away from his brother and hits him when he refuses. He also persuades his skin-head girl friend to leave the group. Other members’ hesitancy to accept a changed Norton turns into violence, which Norton barely escapes.

His brother too turns against him. That’s where Norton explains his jail experience to him and frees Danny’s mind. That night Danny completes his American History X assignment which talks on his brother’s influence on him. Norton now becomes the bread winner of the family and drops his brother at school the next day.

In the school toilet, Danny would be shot dead by a black student. The movie ends in a touchy note by Danny’s skinhead experience as “Hate is baggage. Life is too short to be pissed off. It’s not worth it.”

Though the movie might sound like not everyone’s cup of tea yet gal feels that it should be seen by everyone. It clearly shows that one’s future is not determined by chance or fate, but ultimately by the choices one makes.

Don’t miss the scene where the black prisoner narrates the love making