{"id":1332,"date":"2012-10-13T20:20:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T14:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.khaitan.org\/blog\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2012-10-13T20:41:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T15:11:28","slug":"play-button-one-of-the-tricks-to-keep-up-with-183-down-days-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khaitan.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/play-button-one-of-the-tricks-to-keep-up-with-183-down-days-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Play button: One of the tricks to keep up with 183 down days in a startup year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The moment I step out of home, I’m cheerful, espousing enthusiasm and all those positive things. However, it wasn’t like that 30 minutes ago. <\/p>\n

Usually, the day breaks pretty normal with cosmic energy being diffused from nature to the body. And then, within an hour of catching up on e-mail, skype and reflecting on the past days events around people, product and customers, it starts getting mellow. Inching, as the breakfast comes to the table, the mood has already nose-dived. It happens a good 50% of the days in a year! The dark side of running a startup, we don’t talk publicly–uncelebrated and gory. <\/p>\n

Then the play<\/em> button brings the mojo back!<\/p>\n

I fire up one of the 50-60 action movies on the media player while eating breakfast. Bodhi, Bond, Beatrix \/ Bride, Bruce, Bourne, etc. maiming, killing, chasing, speed-racing and drawing blood in full 5.1 pumps up the testosterone and kicks the day to a cheerful start.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the movies in no particular order. Most of them never get watched completely. They are left at a mark and get picked up again in future on some random day.<\/p>\n

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  1. Bourne Trilogy<\/li>\n
  2. T1 & T2<\/li>\n
  3. Star Wars (Some scenes are amazing in 5.1)<\/li>\n
  4. Matrix (and Reloaded, Reloaded’s car chase is amazing!)<\/li>\n
  5. Fight Club (I still watch it, comparably less action, though)<\/li>\n
  6. Die Hard (All four of them)<\/li>\n
  7. Lethal Weapon (1, 2 and 3)<\/li>\n
  8. MI (1 & 2)<\/li>\n
  9. Danny Craig as James Bond (Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace)<\/li>\n
  10. Taken<\/li>\n
  11. 300<\/li>\n
  12. Arnold (Commando, True Lies)<\/li>\n
  13. Kill Bill (yeah Beatrix baby!)<\/li>\n
  14. John Rambo (They are all good)<\/li>\n
  15. Iron Man<\/li>\n
  16. Under Siege<\/li>\n
  17. Bruce Lee (Dragon, Game of Death)<\/li>\n
  18. Indiana Jones (original Trilogy)<\/li>\n
  19. The Mummy (1 & 2) — Thrillers based on archaeology \/ ancient era are fab!<\/li>\n
  20. Con Air<\/li>\n
  21. Ronin<\/li>\n
  22. … and more!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Agent Smith in Matrix Reloaded:<\/p>\n

    FUCK,\ufeff JUST SHOOT THAT FUCKER AND DRIVE HOT POCKETS DOWN THE ROAD, DAMNIT, IT’S PARTY TIME<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Enjoy a clip from the car chase from Matrix Reloaded (I remember the days when it was being shot 30 miles from where I lived).
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