The Hot and Crazy Scale

About 3 months ago, while going through my account statement online, I suddenly realized that I am paying $7.99 every month for Netflix subscription which I am not using at all. Finally, I decided to make the most of it and promised myself to watch Netflix for at least an hour each day. Going through the contents, I found ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and made up my mind to finish all seasons as quickly as possible. Don’t be shocked, yes it is my first time watching it and I am very much aware of the fact that all the youngsters in India have already watched it about 10 times and some of them even claim that they have been watching it since childhood. Whatever be the case, if you have already watched it, if you are watching it, or if you will watch it in future, you are eventually going to like it. The best part about HIMYM is that each episode ends up with a theory, an advice, which is most of the time worth to apply in your life. After three months and 14 days, I am currently on Season 3 Episode 16 and the best theory which I liked so far is from Season 3 Episode 5 – “The Hot and Crazy Scale” by Barney.

As per Barney, “a person is allowed to be crazy, as long as they are equally hot”. I gave a thought to it and decided to come up with a much simpler explanation. According to me, “a girl is allowed to be crazy, as long as she is equally hot”. There are different ways to understand and remember this theory and I am pretty sure that you will find at least one these useful.

If you are good at visualizing things, then you can think of it in terms of graph as explained by Barney. If X-axis of graph denotes Craziness of girl and Y-axis of graph denotes Hotness of girl, then at each point of time, if you draw perpendicular lines from amount of Craziness on X-axis and amount of Hotness on Y-axis, then those lines should always intersect in area above the diagonal line. As shown in graph below, point of intersection should be above the diagonal line.

If you are not good with graphs but have command on equations, then you can think of it as,

                                                                              H = KC
where,
H = Hotness of girl,
C = Craziness of girl, and
K = Constant which should be greater than 1.

In simple terms, at any point of time, if you divide Hotness by Craziness, result should be grater than 1.

If you have phobia of equations and graphs, but you are good at reading girls, you can think of it like – at any point of time, no matter what happens, Craziness of a girl should not overshadow her Hotness.

All these might seem to be different ways but they convey same thought – magnitude of hotness in girls should always be more that magnitude of craziness. Girls are allowed to be as crazy as then want to be but that should be compensated with increase in hotness. Who wants a damn crazy girl who is not hot at all and who does not wants a damn hot girl who is not crazy at all. Since both these things are almost impossible to exist, “The Hot and Crazy Scale” helps you to make that important decision. Just remember this theory whenever you meet a girl next time, whether it’s a casual meetup or a dinner date, and decide yourself about your future.

Good Cameras Take Good Photos ! Is it so ?

I started doing photography only after I came to United States in March 2012. My first gadget in United States was an I-pod, which I followed up with Nikon D5100 DSLR Camera. Since childhood I was very fascinated about cameras, so instead of buying point and shoot, I decided to go few steps ahead and bought a DSLR. All through these, almost two years since I got my D5100, my photography has improved quite a lot and few of my friends have even started taking me seriously as a photographer.

With people taking you seriously as a photographer, they develop a default mindset – Since I have Good Camera So I Take Good Photos. Well, I admit that I take good photos or you can say, eventually end up making each photo look good, and it is mainly due to a good camera but there are other factors as well which are vital and play equal part. To be precise, first of all you got to have a good camera which shoots in RAW mode, then there should be proper lighting to expose your shot correctly and once you are done with set up of all the required equipments, you have to compose your shot correctly followed by taking multiple shots at correct moment. After shooting, you have to post process your shot in Photoshop or Light Room to get all the relevant details out of it and once you are done with everything, share your shot with friends. This all might seem easy but it is no less than Rocket Science. I have studied thousands of articles, watched thousands of hours of videos, and spent lot of days to learn photography and I do still have a long way to go. Sometimes you even have to drive miles and miles, skip your lunch, wait for hours, climb up hills, explore forests, just to be in prefect moment to capture that shot.

This has happened lot of times to me – friends invite me to a party and either ask me to bring my own camera or just give any camera to me and expect me to take good photos. I do try my level best to make them happy but in case anything goes wrong, most of them completely fail to understand the challenges present and do not miss an opportunity to criticize.Well according to me, Good Cameras Can be Used To Take Good Photos but one should not think that Good Cameras Take Good Photos.

What do you think ? Let’s discuss in comments.

 

 

traveling in USA

In United States, I have been on a traveling spree since I cleared immigration for the first time in March 2012. As a kid I always wanted to travel and experience something new – new culture, new places, new people, new traditions, new religions and new cuisines, and this is exactly what United States offers to someone like me – A born Traveler. Visiting big cities like New-York, San-Francisco, Los-Angeles, etc and living in Chicago is much more than a dream come true. Few of the most defining moments of this awesome journey have been – driving convertible on Golden Gate bridge in San-Francisco, visit to NASA in Orlando, cruise ride to Statue of Liberty in New-York, drive through Beverly Hills in Los-Angeles, gambling at Casino in Las Vegas, close encounter with Niagara Falls and experiencing surreal Chicago. Best thing about traveling in US is that you never feel far away from you home, from your loved ones. It is hospitality of people which will amaze you the most. US has everything a traveler might think of – dry desert, big lakes, rocky mountains, chromatic oceans, lonely islands, rowdy waterfall, huge skyscrapers, mesmerizing sunsets and a large bunch of crazy peoples. I still have lot of places left in my book to cover. I will keep on sharing my experiences, till then plan a trip to US and experience diversity.