It's the time of the season for loving.

A line from the song Time of the Season by The Zombies. The only version I've heard is Blake Lewis' on American Idol.

She knew the time had come. She didn't want to do it, but she didn't have a choice, as always. Her dad told her she had to do it, or else.. Or else, her younger sister would have to do it and she did not want to put her sister through it. "I can do it. I've done it lots of times before, I can do!" she tells herself. But can she? Her sister looks at her from her bedroom. Her father is waiting in his bedroom. Her mum is out working. It's 8 minutes to 8 p.m. Her mother will be home in fifteen minutes. And what she has to do will take just 3 minutes. She takes a deep breath. She walks towards the kitchen. Her dad asks, "Are you done?" She says, "Just a minute daddy." She reaches the garbage bin. She picks the black plastic and ties it at the ends. She walks out the front door and tosses it in the cheap metal bin lying next to the post box. 

When she enters, her dad is happy. He says, "I'm proud of you, child." She's glad. 

Vote.

I voted! My first ever vote. I was actually nervous, scared that I would mess it up, press the wrong button, or I would slip and my face would hit the machine and two buttons would get pressed when I would try to get back up on my feet and hence my vote would be invalid. Phew. Thank god none of that happened! 

I also met my college building's attendance slip collector in the polling booth area, I don't know his name but I spoke to him. He was happy, I was happy and he was yelling out the name of the political party that I was going to vote for, so, all was good.

And my current favourite song- Warning Sign by Coldplay. I started reading The English Patient my Michael Ondaatje. I haven't watched the movie, I always prefer reading the books first. I googled the movie and read that it won nine academy awards. A very bad adaptation of a book to a movie has to be the movie Eragon. It was very very, very bad.  

It's 30 minutes to midnight. Listening to few random songs. After the playlist has ended, I will watch the movie Gone Baby Gone. 

The story of a boy and a girl.

She's still crying. They are sitting next to each other in the park bench, his arm around her. She says, "I can't believe it! I'm so happy!" He says, "Me too honey. It's perfect." She says, "Let's get married in December!" He says, "Anything you say honey." They are in love. The two boys playing football nearby can Feel it. Oh yes, they can. It's so strong that they awkwardly move away from each other. His mobile phone rings. Damn. If only that phone never rang. He answers, "Yes.. speaking. Are you sure? Uh-huh, all right. No problem. I'll be there in five minutes." He puts the phone back in his pocket and looks at the girl and says, "I have to go honey. I'll meet you for dinner tonight, I can't wait to tell my parents!" She hugs him and says, "Me too! Go on now, I love you." He says, "I love you too." He gets up and walks towards the pavement. She looks at the rock on her finger and smiles. He stops just before crossing the road, turns back and looks at her, waiting for her to look at him. He's walking backwards, still waiting. She's still smiling at her finger. He takes another step backward and is hit by a black SUV. She turns and finds him dead.

Monte- Carlo Masters

Nadal won the match, but it was a three set one! Awesome. Djo had a sudden surge of power and technique in the second set and he won it. Third set he completely lost momentum. Nadal was patient, forced Djo to commit errors and the match was won. 6-3, 2-6, 6-1. Fifth consecutive Monte- Carlo Masters title. 

Formula 1 racing- Well, I couldn't watch it, but so far it's been the worst start for Ferrari in 26 or so years. Kimi was tenth. Massa didn't even complete the race. Hamilton somehow manages to land himself within the points. Is it luck, always? Anyway, Vettel and Webber make it one-two, followed by the current leader in the ,championship points, Button. And now that Red Bull is thinking of using a double diffuser, we can only wait and see what happens next. 

Yes, I can talk about only sports today. 

 

What happened today.

I met a friend for lunch and ended up having just a samosa.
Had ice cream with another friend later.
Got home and fought with mosquitoes. 

Watched the semi-finals of Monte Carlo Masters, Nadal beat Murray 6-2, 7-6 (4). He'll play Djo tomorrow. I predict a straight sets victory for Nadal. 

Don't care about IPL.

Arsenal rocks (or so they say). I don't watch football. Kavya madam does.

Reading Stephen King's 'It'.

Bought Michael Crichton's 'Sphere'. 

Word most used today- 'Yo'.

Done.