Road Report #1

I've been meaning to start filing a weekly road report, of roads around Boston that are either really great for cycling (or walking or driving) or else really suck.  I'm guessing most of them will be about ones that really suck, but I'll try not to get too negative.

Our first candidate:

The downramp in Charlesgate (right near the Fens) that leads down to Commonwealth Avenue. 


I'm using this ramp pretty often this summer, whenever I need to get to Cambridge (I have a fun theatre gig at MIT) or Beacon Hill.  I'm a big believer in avoiding biking on sidewalks as much as possible.  And this sidewalk is very narrow and sometimes has people walking on it.

However, driving on the road presents a very difficult challenge, because on the right hand side of the ramp are a series of divots in the concrete that run perpendicular to the road, and are a couple inches deep.


This isn't the greatest photo, but they're deeper than they look, and there is a series of three, so you can't just hop over one, because if you try, you land on another one.  They're deep enough and sharp enough to rattle your teeth, and certainly readjust (mal-adjust) several mechanisms on your bike.

For now the solution is either to try to survive them and hope not to pop a tire or crash into the cars next to me, drive in the lane (but this is impossible, because the cars drive way too fast down the ramp and don't leave any room), or ride on the sidewalk.

I'm not sure who is actually responsible for this road.  I suspect it might actually be the state, rather than the city.  If anyone has any good suggestions for who to call, please let me know. This is definitely hazardous spot, but one that's hard to avoid, because it helps me get across the Turnpike.

Here's where it is on the map, in case you're interested:


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Weekly Tally #6: How I Got Around Last Week

Here's the quick stats for last week:

walking:  15.6 miles
biking:   76.2 miles
car (zipcar): 10 miles

We needed zipcar to get to a party in Medford, because it would have taken forever to get there by T, and it was too far too go with my son.  This might be the most I've biked in a single week.  I can definitely feel my legs getting much stronger as the summer progresses.

The Deed!!

Good afternoon dolls!

How are you all? Enjoying your Friday afternoon I hope!

So, I have a friend, she is gorgeous, lovely and has everything going for her but her heart is going no where as its at a stand still.

She met this guy and instantly fell for him. I don't blame her, I've seen pictures and the body on this guy is amazing! They have seen eachother literally every night out and about for the past month and there was a lot of flirting and they both liked eachother. They live near eachother so travelled home together one evening and he then happened to go back to her place with her. After a few drinks, they could not hold back their desire for one another and one thing lead to another. They even fell asleep cuddling which really is lovely. From what she told me, it was very heated and intense and her exact words were.. "It was Amazing!"

So my friend phones me the next day telling me how great her night was and I could not be happier for her. Its what she has wanted for over a month and she finally got the man she wants. Yet, has she got him? Is he hers now the deed is done?!

Not exactly! He told her he would phone later that day when he left in the morning yet he didn't. She saw him out that same night and he smiled at her yet did not give her any attention. Now, as girls, if we do not get attention after "The Deed" the amount of things that run through are heads are too much to cope with. Us girls think very deeply about every little thing.

So, here is my friend now thinking, "Was it just a one night stand? Did he just want me for sex? Will he want more? Will he take me on a date? Should I expect more? Does he like me?"
Now when your friend is asking you all these questions and you don't even know the guy, how are you to respond? There's me telling her how happy I was for her getting what she wanted, but now she has not exactly got what she wanted in full, do I take back my happiness? Obviously I will listen to her and give her the best advice a friend can give, but when you are not in the situation yourself it is so hard.

So now she has seen him twice since "The Deed" but has not got much more than a hello and a smile. If that was me, I know inside I would be screaming and wanting to say, "Why have you not called me? Did you just use me, is that it?" But, how can you say it? Why is it so much harder to talk about it after when the sex came so easily?

Im sure some of you out there have been through something similar so would love to hear your opinions and advice and im sure my friend would love some more advice than me saying "Well clearly your better than him and if he doesn't want you its his loss because your amazing!" All true words but considering she is LoVeStOnEd I want to get her feeling better about herself.

Until the next time GuYs and Dolls!

Lotsa Love..

Little Miss V..xx

Love Is In The Air!? Or Maybe Not!!

Hi dolls!

How are we all..
Ok before you all say it, ill get to it first. IM AWFUL! I know I know. I should be blogging more often but the wonderful life of Moi just gets a bit exciting and I forget! Oh well, Im here now!!

So, I was talking to an old friend before (which was really nice) and he was telling me how much he loves my blogs (Thanks Scott!) We then got into a DEEP convo about relationships and love and how summer is here and love is going AWOL! So here I am now blogging about it.

I myself am single, to be honest, I like it that way. No dramas, no hassle, no break ups which then make me depressed and I eat every single bit of munch in my house!
But it seems to be this time of the year people are starting to break up!
3 friends of mine have just ended with their boyfriends in the space of two weeks and a friend of mine who is engaged ended it with his fiance!
Is there something in the air? Is it all these new weird bugs coming into the UK that are doing something to us? WHY IS EVERYBODY BREAKING UP?!

I remember when I was younger and would have a boyfriend for a few months but as soon as summer was coming up and I was going away abroad it would be bye bye boyfriend, hello foreign boys! Don't think im some sort of skank who wanted loads of different guys but when your young you want to have fun! Don't forget, when you go on holiday and meet a guy, its no strings attached! There are no questions and thinking about life plans with this person, its just time to enjoy someone you normally wouldn't and in a completely different surrounding with sun, sea, sand and ... ye, you know! Im still young so fun is...well... FUN, but is that what my friends want? Is that why they are all ending their relationships?

So here I am having an email conversation with one friend who just broke up with her boyfriend. I asked why and her reply was as follows.. "I am much better than he is and he does not treat me the way I should be treated!"
Ok, fair enough. As girls we feel we are Princesses and should be treated as such. All we really want is to be like the Princesses in the Disneys films! A bit of hard work here and there, some dwarfs and bad apples on the way, a bit of cleaning, an evil step mother and voila, there is Prince Charming!
Or maybe not. Not in this real life. I wont lie, I haven't met ONE decent guy in the past couple of years that has made me think "Ye, I could spend the rest of my life with him!" Ive met the ones which make me say "Pah, Im bored, why not!?" And that is wrong. So this has been the problem with my friends, they have been bored so have been settling for the irrelevances instead of waiting for the relevant men!

To be honest, at the end of the day, when summer comes, clearly a change of heart does as well. But ladies and gents, DO NOT end things with your partner just because you think you want to have fun! If you have some one in your life who makes you feel special and loved and wanted, don't ruin it for the 'Miguel' on holiday who you will never see again apart from on Facebook! There are a lot of fun things that you can do with your own partner.. go to Ann Summers and investigate! haha!

Well, thats all on that one dolls but dont forget you can ask me any queries at any time and im here to help answer!

Lots of love..

Little Miss V..xx

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1. It isn’t an easy task to narrate a story of the past. Director Vijay’s, who has involved himself in one such task, can

certainly be appreciated.

2. Although it may take some time to view obvious results of the people’s verdict on the movie, come on let’s have a glance

at our views about the movie ‘Madharasapattinam

3. Story

The story begins with the memories of elderly Emi (heroine), who is resides in London. Emi, who loses consciousness all of a

sudden, is warned by the doctors that they have diagnosed a brain hemorrhage and that a surgery should be performed within a

week.

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Emi upon hearing this says that she has to visit Chennai where she has an unfinished duty to perform. Emi, who comes to

Chennai with her granddaughter, gets into flashback.

5. 1945 ‘Madharasapattinam’

The hero of the movie Arya is introduced as a youthful washerman at Vannarpettai (Washermanpet) in Madharas. Emi is the

daughter of the governor of ‘Madharasapattinam’. Although she has a luxurious life at the palace, Emi is deprived of true

love. Emi is betrothed to Alex a top dog cop by the governor.


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Alex’s harsh attitude toward downtrodden people creates hatred in Emi and she repels Alex. At the same time, she gets a

liking toward Arya, who is daring, tough youth with a simple life. She gets him close to her heart. Arya too at a juncture

reciprocates her love.

7.

Just a few days before the Indian independence, the governor finds out their love and plans to separate them by taking Emi to

London. On the other hand Arya promises Emi that whether it be life or death, she has to undergo that in the Indian soil.

8. Midnight of August 15th the first Independence Day

They put Emi into a Delhi bound train and bring Arya to the governor’s residence, where they try to kill him. The climax

moves toward revealing whether it was their love or the power of governor that won.

9. 2010 Chennai

Did Emi, who comes to Chennai in search of Arya, meet him? Was she able to fulfill the duty she had to do? This leads to one

other climax in the movie.

10.

During the early stages of the movie, one would feel the similarity of the story of Titanic. In most part of the move the

director has sprayed the story of Titanic, which would vex the audience. However, he has focused on the narrating style of

the story and made it interesting, which is appreciable.

11.

The hard work of art director Selvakumar, cameraman Nirav Shah, combined with the computer graphics can be rightly described

as one other hero of the movie. With their help, Vijay has made every frame of the movie enjoyable.

12.

Arya, who appears as a tough youth with determination to stay united with Emi till end, has done a superb job in the movie.

His realistic wrestling show in the movie, which he had performed after required training, is simply excellent. Some of the

scenes where he meets Emi void of reaction is quite boring.

13.

Introduction of the beautiful looking Emi in the movie would really jerk our actresses such as, Tamanna, Anushka, Shreya, and

Trisha with shock. She has also performed excellently in acting as well. Emi, who had learnt Tamil for the sake of Arya and

delivered the Madharas accent in an anglicized manner, is sure to be envied by several actresses.

14.

The director has brought out all the characters fantastically and some the impressive ones are as follows: Alex who appears

as a top dog cop; Governor; granny who appears as elderly Emi; and Nazzar who appears as the wrestling master.

15.

Duraiyamma Trust episode, where the climax of the movie happens, is a poetic purge of the catharsis out of the audiences.

16.

The tar roads that reveal the artificial settings in the movie can be considered a mole in the artwork of the art director

Selvakumar. Other things such as, tram, antiques, car, palace, washing area, and huts have a realistic look in them.

17.

Diwali Noor, the costume designer, can be appreciated for the great work. Stunt director Manohar has got the attention of the

audiences in the wrestling and shooting scenes of the movie. G.V. Prakash has gone a step further when it comes to background

music of the movie. Some of the impressive instances include the bell sound of the tram; the background music for the party

at the palace; the song ‘Pookkal pookkum tharunam…’ is quite melodious in the voices of Roop Kumar, Rathod, Harini, Andrea,

and G.V, Prakash.

18.

This movie with so many positives has long scenes, which make the audiences literally grow old. If the director hadn’t

noticed this at least editor Antony should have done something about this. The background is so grand that it makes us think

if the director had chosen the pre-independence theme just to show the grandeur.

19.

Although a few negatives, such as lengthy scenes are present in the movie, they have invested a mammoth work in the movie

‘Madharasapattinam’, which should be appreciated whole heartedly.


Behind the screens of Madharasapattinam


‘Madharasapattinam’ is the third movie of Vijay while his previous ventures include Kireedam and Poi Solla Porom.

Emi Jackson who has been introduced as the heroine of the movie is a native of England. She has won the title ‘Miss Teen

World’. It seems she has dubbed in the movie herself.

In order to present the ancient ‘Madharasapattinam’ to the audiences, they had made huge settings of Central Railway Station,

Harbor road, trams, and the like, which would have cost them a ton. It seems the technology of graphics had come a long way

in recreation of the old city of Chennai.  It seems that director Vijay had commenced the shooting after gaining a detailed

knowledge of old Chennai from the elderly.

It is a challenging task to create background music for olden day story. It seems music director G.V. Prakashkumar too had to

consult with a number of people to create the sounds of trams and trains of olden days.

Most part of the film had been shot at the royal places in Bangalore and at Mysore Lalitha Mahal. The settings that depict

old Vannarpettai, Mount road, and canals were made in a location at Kelambakkam for the purpose of shooting.

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Summer Loving.. I'll Have Me A Blast!!

Good afternoon dolls!
How are we all doing?
Im sorry for lack of blogging recently.. so much goes on in my weird and wonderful life!

So, is summer finally here? The weekend was an absolute delight! It got up to 31 degrees in London town and I myself could not be happier!
I am a summer baby. I love the sun, the heat and the fun that happens in the sun and heat :-P
I was lucky enough to chill by my friends swimming pool on the hot weekend and get myself a nice tan. I did burn slightly, but a week later, im looking brown & hot :-)

The great thing about the sun too is everybody decides to have BBQ's! I attended two on Sunday which was great fun! To be honest, theres nothing I enjoy more than being at a BBQ with nice weather, good music and great company and I had that at both!

So, things are looking good right now and I have exciting things to look forward to. This Sunday im attending Wireless festival with the likes of Wiley, Roll Deep, Lily Allen, Professer Green, Slash and Jay Z. My best friend Richard bought me a ticket for my birthday and theres about 20 of us going there, I couldn't be more excited!

On the 18th of July, I am doing the Race For Life run/walk on behalf of Cancer Research. Should be a nice day and its for a good cause. For those of you who would like to sponsor me, you can via http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/ilanavaknine

So, with summer here and festivals, I thought this may be a good time to help you all with things you can do/use in the heat etc.

** If you are going to be tanning, BE CAREFUL. Unlike me who thought the sun wasn't strong and got burnt, you need to use a good sun protecter. Try at least a 15 on olive skin like mine and for those paler vampire Edward Cullen types, use a 20 or more.

** ALWAYS keep hydrated. Drink LOTS of water. H20 H20 H20!!

** Wear a hat! Especially if it gets very hot, you dont want your head burning which can lead to sunstroke! Also you can get gorgeous straw hats which are a festival favourite!

** Use protection on your lips as well. You might not know this but the sun can burn your lips. Use an SPF lip balm. Even Palmers do a delicious coco butter one!

My festival handbag will be small but ill be sure to have Vaseline for my lips, Baby wipes as you don't know what your touching and who touched it last, Anti bacterial hand gel as the porta cabin loo's dont usually have taps to wash your hands, a toilet roll as once again the porta loo's are gross, plasters as im a walking accident and a camera to catch every single moment!!

I hope you've all enjoyed todays blog and if you are going to any festivals.. enjoy and rockkkk onnnn!!

Lots of love..

Little Miss V.. xx