Oaths you have taken...

"Now is the hour...
 Oaths you have taken, now fulfill them all, 
 to lord and land."

[LOTR]

Code Monkey

Code Monkey get up get coffee,
Code Monkey go to job,
Code Monkey have boring meeting,
With boring manager Rob,
Rob say Code Monkey very diligent,
But his output stink,
His code not functional or elegant,
What do Code Monkey think?
Code Monkey think maybe manager
want to write goddamn login page himself?      
Code Monkey not say it out loud,
Code Monkey not crazy just proud...

[Code Monkey - Jonathan Coulton]

And Now For Some Light Humor...

Seriously... WTF?

Chains Of Misery

There's a madman in the corner of your eye,
He likes to pry, into your sunlight,
He wants to burst into the street with you and I,
A world of shadows and of rain,
He's seen what love is,
He wants to pay you back with guilt.

He lies to you he won't let you be,
He's got your chains of misery,
He won't be still till he's turned your key,
He holds your chains of misery.

There's a prophet in the gutter in the street,
He say "you're damned!", and you believe him,
He's got a vision but it shines out through your eyes,
A world of hatred and fear,
He's felt what love means,
He wants to pay you back with pain.

[Chains of misery - Iron maiden]

Been Down So Long

Well, I've been down so Goddamn long,
That it looks like up to me,
Well, I've been down so very damn long,
That it looks like up to me,
Yeah, why don't one you people,
C'mon and set me free.

I said, warden, warden, warden,
Won't you break your lock and key,
I said, warden, warden, warden,
Won't ya break your lock and key,
Yeah, come along here, mister,
C'mon and let the poor boy be.

[Been Down So Long - The Doors]

Ghost Song

Awake,
Shake dreams from your hair my pretty child,
my sweet one, Choose the day and choose the
sign of  your day,  The day's divinity, First thing
you see.

A vast radiant beach and cooled jeweled moon,
Couples naked race down by it's quiet side,
And we laugh like soft, mad children,
Smug in the wooly cotton brains of infancy,
The music and voices are all around us.

Choose they croon the Ancient Ones,
The time has come again, Choose now, they croon,
Beneath the moon, Beside an ancient lake.

Enter again the sweet forest, Enter the hot dream,
Come with us, everything is broken up and dances.

Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding,
Ghosts crowd the young child’s fragile eggshell mind.

We have assembled inside,
This ancient and insane theater,
To propagate our lust for life,
And flee the swarming wisdom of the streets.

The barns have stormed, The windows kept,
And only one of all the rest,
To dance and save us,
From the divine mockery of words,
Music inflames temperament.

Oh great creator of being, Grant us one more hour,
To perform our art, And perfect our lives.

We need great golden copulations,

When the true kings murderers are allowed to roam free,
A thousand magicians arise in the land,
Where are the feast we are promised?

One more thing...

Thank you oh lord, For the white blind light,
Thank you oh lord, For the white blind light.

A city rises from the sea, I had a splitting headache,
From which the future's made.

[Ghost Song - The Doors]

Hyacinth House

I need a brand new friend who doesn't bother me,
I need a brand new friend who doesn't trouble me,
I need somebody who doesn't need me.

Why did you throw the Jack of Spades away?
Why did you throw the Jack of Spades away?
It was the only card in the deck I had left to play.

But I'll say it again,  I need a brand new friend,
But I'll say it again,  I need a brand new friend,
And I'll say it again,  I need a brand new friend,
The end.

[Hyacinth House - The Doors]

Love Her Madly

Don't ya love her madly,
Don't ya need her badly,
Don't ya love her ways,
Tell me what you say.

Don't ya love her madly,
Wanna be her daddy,
Don't ya love her face,
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door,
Like she did one thousand times before.

[Love Her Madly - The Doors]

The Wasp

Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
Others, mean and ruthful of the Western dream,
I love the friends I have gathered together on this
thin raft,
We have constructed pyramids in honor of our
escaping,
This is the land where the Pharaoh died.

The Negroes in the forest brightly feathered,
They are saying, "Forget the night,
Live with us in forests of azure,
Out here on the perimeter there are no stars,
Out here we is stoned - immaculate."

Listen to this, and I'll tell you about the heartache,
I'll tell you about the heartache and the loss of God,
I'll tell you about the hopeless night,
The meager food for souls forgot,
I'll tell you about the maiden with raw iron soul.

[The Wasp - The Doors]

The Doors Of Perception

"Real poetry doesn't say anything,
it just ticks off the possibilities...
opens all doors,
you can walk through any one that suits you.
If my poetry aims to achieve anything,
it's to deliver people from the limited ways
in which they see and feel."

[James Douglas Morrison]

Everything I Need

It doesn't matter if I'm qualified,                              
Or if I ever learn to blow your mind,
I've got everything I need,
I'm not looking for a place to shine,
I wake up and I'm satisfied,
I've got everything i need.

So even if you wanted to,
You can't save me, you can't fail me,
I'm back up on my feet baby,
On the way down is when i found out,
I've got everything i need.

[Everything i need - The Wallflowers]

I Won't Back Down

Well I won't back down,
No I won't back down,
You can stand me up at the gates of hell,
But I won't back down.

No I'll stand my ground, won't be turned around,
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down,
gonna stand my ground... and I won't back down.

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground... and I won't back down.

Well I know what's right, I got just one life,
in a world that keeps on pushin' me around,
but I'll stand my ground... and I won't back down.

[I won't back down - Tom Petty]

WTF Pakistan?

Passport Renewal: Form-A














Passport Renewal: NICOP Application

Blind servants of faith

"If everyone agrees that we are weak, lowly, foolish, and despised, this is the first step in understanding that we are sinners. Knowing that we are sinners helps us realize that we need His grace."

[Joseph Lee - Christian E-mail Ministry]

On being foolish: Yes, humans are foolish... we hate and burn others at the stake for things that we don't understand or do not want to understand. When time reveals that we were ignorant, only then do we believe but give no apology or compensation to those we have wronged for the sake of safeguarding our ignorance.

On being lowly: Admitting to your limitations and the supremacy of God, nature and the laws of the universe serves to keep us humble (as it should) but how humble are we in reality? As a race, we are not very humble at all. I believe in respecting one's fellow humans and the environment that sustains us. You cannot respect these things till you learn to respect yourself and others around you. And I'm not referring to the kind of respect that vanishes when asked why one approach / religion is better than other. At this time, we display a sense of arrogance and self-righteousness. Therefore we are not lowly. We are actually very full of ourselves, our cultures, our heritage, our blah blah blah.

On being despised: I believe that the world does despise humans. If the Earth or the creatures that live here could talk, we would come to realize how despised we really are. We multiply and deplete the Earth's resources, force free animals in slavery, treat them and the Earth harshly and as our personal property. We go out when we please leaving our pets in cages or trapped within 4 walls so we don't lose ownership of them. All creatures are meant to be free... humans should look onto themselves and realize that we have evolved into the deadliest virus the Earth has ever known.

On being sinners: We are not born as sinners. We are born with a clean slate. It is up to us how we spend our lives... as sinners or as good human beings. The idea of labeling an innocent new born as a sinner is repulsive to me. Surely you would not label an infant a sinner? We do not inherit the sins of our fathers or our nation, we only choose to acquire them.

State of emergency

The reptilians have called an emergency meeting... go to tactical alert!

A chemical reaction

Whats about the female form is so attractive? Why is there beauty no matter what the format? is it ingrained? or is it a chemical reaction? is it the skin? the hair gently caressing the shoulders? is it just crossed legs or the poise with which they are crossed? what about each individual imperfection is so alluring? is it because it makes them real? why does a buggy o/s turn a woman into just a gender? what about their intelligence and support make you content? why does the most minimal of slights to them generate the will to fight? why would you give up everything for them? what about honoring a woman makes you a stronger man? why are you incomplete without your 'one'? is it our body's way of telling us we skipped dinner?

Teray liyay

Teray liyay hai mera dil, meri jaan,
Hotey hain to ho fasley darmeeyan.

Teray liyay hai mera dil, meri jaan,
Hotey hain to ho fasley darmeeyan.

Aapney aghaz sey aaj tuk zindagi,
Teri hee soch mein gum rahee,
Phir bhee janey mujhey kyoun yeh ehsaas hai,                        
Jaisey chahat meri kum rahee.

Teray liyay hai mera dil, meri jaan.

Aayey gee eik baar khogayee jo bahar,
Mein isee aaas mein jeeyoun ga,
Khud sey wada hai yeh hain irada hai yeh,
Tu suney na suney mein khahoun ga hooo.

Teray liyay hai mera dil, meri jaan.

[Teray Liyay - Vital Signs]

Where is the revolution?

So Musharraf declared martial law!

I don't know what the fuss is all about.... it's not like Pakistan is facing this situation for the first time and its not as if everyone didn't know that it was already a military rule... why are people sending me petitions to sign?

I hate armchair politics and activism even more than i hate armchair sportsmen... get up and do something about it... if not now, study, learn and then lead our people... better yet, teach the new generation how to change their ways... i cant stand this auntie tea time type of resistance...

What are our teachers doing? Where are my people headed? Why are we always ready to fight everyone and never ready to learn?

Gloom

How does your day feel when you wake up to darkness?
The haze hides from you all the lights in the room,
The kettle sits exhausted from brewing pick-me-ups all night,
it would like to rest now, so would i...

[Unclustered]

Who Says?

Youth, freedom, sunny California days, old memories, new beginnings...

Who says I can’t get stoned?                                      
Turn off the lights and the telephone,
Me and my house alone,
Who says I can’t get stoned?

Who says I can’t be free?
From all of the things that I used to be,
Re-write my history,
Who says I can’t be free?

It’s been a long night in Redwood City,
It’s been a long night in San Mateo too,
I don’t remember you looking any better,
But then again I don’t remember you.
...
Who says I can’t get stoned?
Plan a trip to Amsterdam alone,
Doesn’t matter if I even go,
Who says I can’t get stoned?

It’s been a long night in Redwood City,
It’s been a long time since 20 too,
I don’t remember you looking any better,
But then again I don’t remember you.

[Who Says (Edited) - John Mayer]