Heroes

I'm finally catching on Heroes after everyone's been buzzing about it for a year now. 'The Japanese guy who could stop time' - so they revel with that fascinated and infatuated look, which misleads me to anticipate a cool guy who should fulfill every category of charm. Indeed he IS charming, in a RICE BALL sort of way. The one who bends time and space is a squeaky spectacled shortie who has a child's innocence and a grave sense of righteousness.

Claire's 'instantaneous healing' ability is simply grotesque. Skull ripping murder is nerve jumping. It seems the wrong choice for late night entertainment but I simply can't withdraw from the show. Super hero story no matter how cliche it sounds still hasn't lost its magic. According to what wiki provides, they planned out the story all the way up to 5 seasons and it unfolds in a typical American comic style, building up the jigsaw puzzle slowly piece by piece.

The Indian professor and the mysterious murderer nicknamed 'Syler', both remind me of Ondaatje's 'Anil's Ghost'.

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Rumors are flying Google may launch gPhone. I hope it's true.

A particular scene in Forster's 'Maurice' has become ingrained in my mind. Rain pours with a monotony nothing can break. There's something about the rain, Penge and his lost battle with Clive. Defending his last trace of pride he kissed the starched cuff, agreeing to put the past behind. When Clive left, when the door was closed, he lay down his head on the window sill and let the rain sprinkle. In the movie it's such that Maurice opened the window in the middle of the night, leaned his entire body out and soaked himself wet through and through. The thunder and the thumping on the roof drowned out his yelling.

Repeated mentions of the rain, the rain, and the rain. It feels raw out of Forster's own memory. It's simply excruciating.

But I won't murder Clive. It's all very stupid.