Everything

There is just so much to do in this world. So much to see, to look at and wonder, to witness the beauty of, to imagine. So much to listen, to hear the things people say, to understand the meaning of, to immerse yourself into. So much to feel, to touch someone's heart, to be touched by a thought, an image or just some words written somewhere. So much to think about, so much to do, so much to think about doing.

If you just pick something and run with it, you run the risk of missing out on the rest. If you choose something and pursue it, you choose not to pursue the the rest. If you let things run their course and wait for something to happen, you are always waiting for something to happen, missing out on something you don't know about or possibly everything that you do know about. There just doesn't seem to be a way to do everything. You just have something you did, and then there's the rest. That something can be your everything, or it can be your something out of everything without the rest. It is what you make of it, and that will make what you are.

So much to do, so little time.

Not much to do, too much time.

So much time, so much to do.

Does Time always win? Looks like it. Take it one moment at a time, add what you did to your everything, do something else and leave the rest. Pause, play, shuffle, repeat. Change the tone a bit, let your hair down, pick yourself up, slow things down, watch stuff happen, take a shot, loosen the grip, hold it back, go the distance, open the doors, see the light, take a look back, let it flow, on and on, again and again.

That's it

After a long long time, I felt like writing something down. And that's it. I actually don't have anything to write about right now. Part of the reason for my absence from this place, the other part being a total absence of interest. I even reached a point where I thought of deleting this damn thing! But unlike some people I just don't have the heart to do it. I mean I spent a lot of time on this thing and it holds a lot of memories, both good and bad, some even ugly.

What have I been up to lately? Nothing really. Sometimes work and that's about it. Bah! I didn't think it was possible but I'm actually bored of the telly. There's nothing of any interest whatsoever, just a bunch of TRP spinning crap. Music channels don't have any music, news channels don't have any news, movie channels are in a re-run cycle for the record books, sports has had an overdose of T20, the kind that kills you. The only solace is my laptop, a bunch of good movies and tv shows like HIMYM and 2 1/2 Men. Books? Is that what kids are calling it nowadays? No? Then i haven't heard of it. I gotta get me one of those.

My latest obsession is to do with spending money, a lot of it in a single transaction. Just bought a new phone for my brother and since then have been lusting after one for myself too. Have done extensive research on the subject and have it narrowed down to a couple of choices with the usual issues, one is available but a tad expensive and the one that falls within the bracket is not out yet. And I even know that as soon as I buy one, a better and cheaper one is gonna hit the stands. Boohoo!

The person to whom I was narrating this dilemma told me to do something nasty to myself, forget about getting a phone and buy something useful which I don't already have, like a camera. I remember how badly I wanted one and just the thought of it has made me flush the phone research down the drain. Back to the drawing board and I've already made pretty good progress. I hereby solemnly swear to buy a camera and only a camera for my next single high valued transaction instead of a shiny new phone or any other gadget like an iPod, which is totally awesome by the way and my preferred mode of writing blog posts these days, like this one right here. I prefer it over the normal keyboard because it's slower and gives me more time to think about what I want to write, sometimes even stretching over a period of days, and did I mention that it's awesome? You should buy one, and once you've used it to your heart's content, jailbreak it and then use it at a whole new level!

OK this post has been brewing in the notes of my pod for almost 4 days now, and within that time I've gone from being phone obsessed to camera crazy! Phones don't require even close to the same amount of research that a camera requires. It is literally a pain in the neck if you are on a fixed budget, even if you're not it's still pretty damn confusing!

OK well over 6 days now and I think enough is enough. BTW, bought the camera :D

Killing time

So I got a new laptop from the office (Toshiba M900 Portege 13" Core i5 etc etc for those who care to know) recently. Have become so used to the 16 and 17 inchers at home that this is like a palmtop, but it gets the job done so I'm not really complaining. The real problem is when after working on this one for a while, you look at the big boys and it's like "Whoa!". Similarly for the other way round. OK, I just read the first few lines again and just for the record, I'm talking about screen sizes in case any of you start getting other ideas. You know who you are, give it a rest.

Watched London Dreams, Facing Ali and American Gangster over the past three days. All were good. London Dreams could have had a better ending though, too abrupt and happy. Facing Ali was educational and inspirational, especially liked the bit with George Chuvalo when he talks about his life, family and love. American Gangster was long, but good. An honest cop who turns in a million dollars in unmarked cash is still a little unbelievable though.

Other than that just wasted time over the weekend. Slept a LOT. Discovered twitter and why some people are addicted to it while watching the Filmfare awards. Other than that, wasted time in a variety of ways. Wait, I already wrote that. Guess I'm out of stuff to write.

High: New laptop.

Low: Can't tell.

Points: To Kritz for recommending this:

Time

Sincere Apologies. Finally wrote this at work today:

It's been a long time since I wrote nothing. Actually it's been a loooong time since I wrote anything. Even my blog in the real world hasn't seen me type out a single new post, even out of frustration or boredom, in over a month and a half (a new low). I have tried, more than just a couple of times, to sit down and just write something down for the heck of it, but...but...but... you catchin' my drift?

It's not like I don't have anything to write about, that's just an excuse I make when people who follow my blog ask me the reason for my absence, it's lame but it works, not always though. If I think about it, I've never had anything to write about, except nothing. Everyone of my 204 posts is a nothing in itself, it's just that back then I didn't think of them as nothing. It used to be fun, it just feels like a burden now, one that I'm not exactly carrying forward, just weighing down on me. This is, in fact, the most I've written in the last two months in one go, and already I feel like it's crap and I should delete it and start over again, but I know I won't be able to so this one is just for the heck of it.

Why this post was titled Time escapes me now. Time, is a wicked wicked thing, not the good kinda wicked either. One would like to think that things get better with time, but more often than not, they just get worse. You think you will get used to it but you end up wishing it had never happened to begin with. The past seems perfect, the future can be ignorantly blissful and the present is tense. If I could go back in time, I'm not sure I would want the memories of the elapsed time to stick or fade away. You risk making the same mistakes again but then you also can't enjoy the right moments as much as you did the first time they happened. If you do make the same mistakes again, it's inevitable, because you are who you were. It's amazing how you have to actually sit down and think about the happier things in life, as in concentrate on them to be able to smile or laugh at the memory. But the unhappy bits just keep lingering on, engulf you entirely, you have to concentrate to not think about them. It's just not fair, life, happiness is but a punctuation, a pause, a spike, an anomaly. That's why it's so over-rated. Maybe, it is fair. There are so many things you want to do, see, say that would make the future better but sometimes you just can't and then it's in the past and the future isn't as you had hoped it would be. The present is the real criminal here. Regrets and expectations are equally fruitless.

Time for a nap.

High: This post.

Low: This post.

Points: None.

Another nothing

Here are some blog stats:

200 Posts, last published on Sep 19, 2009.
Posts per week:1.4
Subscribers:31
18 followers.

It's probably the double ton that is making me write this post. I don't have anything worth writing about. Absolutely nothing. I think I'll moblog again tomorrow. It was fun actually. I can keep a tab on my thoughts, not necessarily a good thing but who cares. I am reading this called Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, it's a "spoof" on the first Omen movie. Really funny. They have this thing called the Chattering Order of Saint Beryl. The members of the order are supposed to speak what's on their minds, at all times. So naturally they just can't shut up. Funny!

Oh I forgot! Was going to discuss the blog stats. We all know about the 200 posts. 1.4 posts per week is pretty decent again. 31 subscribers. Now that's a surprise! 18 of those must be the followers, who are the other 13? I subscribe to a lot of blogs too and usually read them at work through Google Reader because that is probably the only service of theirs (besides search of course) which is not blocked and works without any glitches. The problem with Google Reader is that you can't comment on the actual post, you can share the feed and comment on it, but not the actual post. I try and comment on the posts I like. I can even view the actual blogs from work but the comment option is again blocked. So, to the other 12, (just remembered I'm one of the subscribers to my own blog, that's how I know the stats) if you're reading this, drop by once in a while and take a potshot and let me know who you are, just so I know who in their right minds, apart from my friends (well most of them anyway), is reading my blog.

Have been indoors for the last three days, except for small breaks to go out to get something to eat. So they don't count. Who said extended weekends were fun! BORING! Nothing watchable on TV, I mean it. Not even a half decent movie you haven't seen before. Roch actually made me watch Dare2Date on [V]! Poisonous television, makes you want to kill yourself. There's something good on Travel&Living almost always but you just can't watch it for long durations. Bloody sinful channel. Half the time it's food-porn (Food Paradise, Nigella Bites, Kylie Kwong....aaaarrghh), the other half it's about people traveling around the world and getting paid for it.

Been a while since I posted an image. Let me look for something on flickr. Hmmm. What should I search for? Clouds? Nah. Scenery? Nope. Bored? Worth a shot. Hey good one. The guy doesn't have a share/blog this link so will have to ask for his permission to post it here. So obviously before moving on to the next image which I can post here, a little note about this one. Talk about coincidence, I was just talking about Nigella! Gary, you should definitely check it out. Time to make some more room on the bookshelf? ;)

Page 4 and still nothing. Next keyword - ummm....why not! Well what do you know, there's a whole bunch of pics for the word ummm. One search page contained pics of one self obsessed teenage girl showing off her hand at photography and the various expressions her facial muscles are capable of. And a lot of semi-nude pics amazingly. Even lesbian lip-locks. And here come the men. Moving on...

A little self-obsessing of my own - sid. Some shirtless guitarist dude, must be famous, have no clue who he is. There's this plastic/wooden keyboard thing and this red haired gothic guitarist doll too. Sid Vicious, have heard the name a lot, must be it. Is the share link disabled everywhere? Relaxing, chill, chillout, hangout. Last one is good. Been ages since I just hung out. Sad sad sad. OK no more images.

Hey this is a good way to spend an hour or so. Not that I'm going to do it again. It's just good to know that you can kill off an hour this way. Will just read my book now. Or watch a movie. Haven't decided. Hate decisions. OK, now there's a big blank. So time to go.

Low: Loooooong boring weekend.

High: Friday is getting closer.

Points: Hmmm. Incentives tend to work, so 1000 points to the subscribers who reveal themselves.

Oh damn! @Aastha - All the best!!!

MoBlog

I don't have a keyboard attached to a comp right now so am typing this on my plain simple phone as a message. Will save it as a draft, connect it to the comp, copy and paste it on the blog in the morning. So if you're reading this, I've just done all that. It's close to 10pm and I'm in bed trying to sleep. Yeah 10! I've been sleeping early these days and waking up earlier than usual, that too voluntarily. It's worth it actually, better than staying awake doing nothing or just killing time by being online. I like to lie down with a book and read till I feel sleepy enough to switch off the light, or just pull up the sheets and hope that someone else will turn it off eventually. Sometimes I switch off the light and lie down listening to music like right now. I haven't been taking any headphones to work for more than a week now. Just trying to maintain a sense of novelty with listening to music, nothing else (play it on the loudspeaker once or twice daily though, can't help it). Sigh.

Ran out of space in via last message. Takes only 1k characters. Also got a phone call which killed the flow. Fell asleep while texting. In class right now, just roaming around looking for people making mistakes and helping them correct it. Class over, back to my cabin. Don't feel like doing anything today, which isn't something new anyway. When will this bloody phone be available in the market?! Hmph. Going for lunch now, it's bright and extremely sunny today. Had butter chicken, was great, but I'm still hungry. Mango shake with vanilla ice cream, yum! Don't feel like going back to class, most probably I won't. Let's see. Trying to think about something else to write, drawing a blank. Have to work on this article for this magazine thing I was selected for. Feels different being on the other side, as in I used to take the interviews and give out tasks to see if the people were good enough to be part of the team, most of the ones selected in the end were. Have until next Tuesday to work

on it, more than ample time. Message number 3 now. Will start from tomorrow. Have to work with this other guy, this part I'm not looking forward to. I hope it'll come out good and I'll get the final nod to be a part of the team. It's turning into another long post about nothing. Maybe I should make that label now, these posts must be numbering in double digits by now. Will check and update by the time of publishing this one. Feeling sooooo sleepy. Did go to class for an hour, head was aching so badly! Talked to grandparents today after long time, found out bro was staying with them since Tuesday and managed to catch the flu (not the pig variety) and then having Daddy (I call my grandpa Daddy, and my dad Papa) to drive him all the way to see the doc. The idiot had to have golguppe with a sore throat! Chatted with Kritz for a while about the forbidden fruit, was fun (right Kritz?). Anyways, finally got off work. Heading out for a typical Friday evening. Hope it's fun. Will let you know.

OK. Back on the comp now. Last night was fun until 10pm. Might have been fun after that too but I don't remember anything. Not feeling too good right now. Oh and there were only about half a dozen posts for the Nothing label which turned up in the search. Will look for more manually.

**Update - Felt like posting a photo but then started reading my blog again. Here's another old post for you to read.**

High: Duh!

Low: High.

Points: 100 points for seamless technology which made this mobile blog possible.

I can't think of one

Why do I feel obliged to write something on my blog? I mean if I don't have anything to write about I shouldn't feel the need to do so, right? But I do! Haven't written for quite a while now, there were some contributing factors which were out of my hand (the keyboard wasn't working, wasn't physically able to, laziness etc) and the other one being lack of content or flow of thoughts or whatever. When I wasn't able to blog, I wanted to write down so many things but I can't remember even a single one right now. Poof! Disappeared. Just like that. My typing is so rusty, or maybe it's just because I can't use my left hand properly still. Or it's just bad luck. Got the outer body on my phone replaced finally, the keypad is so flimsy, the guy said it would improve with use, hasn't yet, too lazy to go and have it looked into again. Great, power cut! I posted so much last month, what's wrong with this one. I happen to like July more but that's just a coincidence. I should buy myself a notebook, but then I'm going to get one from the office soon. How soon is soon enough! I was supposed to get it a month and half ago, now they say wait till October, you will get one then, most probably. Most probably?! Decide dammit! I make so many plans in my head everyday about what I want to do, what I should do and what I must do, but all I end up doing is planning and telling myself to start working on them. Dumbass! Didn't go to work today, just wasn't feeling upto it. Will have to go.....I mean will definitely go tomorrow and put in a good 8 hours of work, been quite a while since I did that too. Hey my typing is getting better already, that too in the dark, nice! Hadn't listened to a single song since yesterday. I can't believe it either. Current track - Iris, it's pretty good, don't know why I didn't appreciate it much when I first heard it. Note to self - have to watch City of Angels. Need some new music, please suggest nice, soft numbers, don't feel like headbanging these days. Power's back, phew, these mosquitoes were starting to get on my nerves, the fan helps a bit. Just sprayed HIT, that should take care of them, pesky little buggers. I type better without the light? Stranger things have happened. Watched August Rush last night, was good, not wow. The musical prodigy bit could've been more exciting somehow. Watched Koyaanisqatsi today, was interesting, worth a try, requires a certain amount of patience though, the soundtrack got a bit irritating a few times. This is where I found out about it. Very nice article that, again needs a bit of patience, in terms of the time needed to read all of it, pretty long. Also watched Sita Sings The Blues a few days ago in office(!), Rindo was kind enough to tell me about it and then share it too. It's a pretty cool movie, animation (of 3 different kinds used in the same movie and it works too), Ramayana told by 3 wisecracking shadowy figures (very funny!) and some nice music (Anette Hanshaw's crooning is a refreshing change somehow). Worth a watch. These kind of obscure movies (not talked about a lot I mean) are fun, do suggest some more if you know of any. Pretty long rant this has turned into, better hit the sack, 2 am already, office in the morning. Will read myself to sleep hopefully, not very sleepy actually, afternoon naps, however blissful (especially in the office...sshhh)., just keep me awake at night. Whatever.

Low: Don't want to get into that now.

High: Hardly any. Can use a good one this weekend though. There's going to be a birthday party I think, hurray!

Points: 4 Gazillion points to 4 wheeled vehicles. -2 Gazillion to 2 wheeled ones. Hmph.

P.S. - This wasn't too bad, disliked writing like this, not anymore.
P.P.S. - Paragraphs help readability don't they?

Been a while

It's been almost two weeks since I last posted something I think. Most of that is due to the fact that I didn't have a computer with a functioning keyboard during all that time and a small part is due to the laziness and lack of things to write about.

I'm trying to recap what all happened in this time but am drawing a blank. Apart from some memorable culinary experiments there is nothing of note. While on the subject, I just made chicken for the first time ever. It was okay, Rochak and Anshika liked it so I won't complain too much. All I'll say is it could've been much better. I didn't like handling the raw chicken bit, very messy and disgusting, but it takes some getting used to it I think.

Moving on. Finally watched Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. It was awesome! Couldn't have made it any better. The duration was also spot on. I hope the remaining two movies are even longer.

Other than that nothing more than the usual stuff - bored at work, bored at home, nothing to do, tired, homesick, hate work sometimes.

Check out urbandictionary.com. Cool place to pass time.

High: Ummm...vacation this weekend. Hopefully.

Low: Monday tomorrow.

Points: 100 points to whoever wants them.

Still more nothing

Time has come to standstill. The days have become longer and the week just doesn’t seem to end. Go to bed every night sulking about the next morning and the thought of going to work and wake up to the prospect of sitting in front of your computer the whole day doing nothing, waiting for the clock to show that I’ve done enough hours so that I can punch out and go home. While away what’s left of the day in front of the TV waiting to fall asleep. Copy. Paste into an infinite loop.

Kritika is finally moving to the U.S. for higher studies. She is worried that we’ll forget her somehow. Yeah right, like that’s possible! It’s been 8 months since I moved away and I’ll be damned if any of you forgot me. Granted you won’t come back to the motherland for more than once a year, but I’ve also just been home once in 8 months. And you hardly know where a person is when you’re talking on the phone or chatting online (though we might be aware of your location when we call you, so don’t expect loooong conversations where people patiently listen to your stories). But rest assured, we will call.

Someone mentioned a birthday party the other day. The thing about this one was that there were around 17 invitees and the birthday girl had decided to take them all out to the best restaurant in town. That’s one brave/rich or stupid girl. Anyways, I was reminded of the parties we used to have. Nandita, Kritika and Garima’s parties stand out in my memory right now. The first two were at Aastha’s place and the third was at Nandita’s. It was just the 8 of us having unadulterated fun for the entire day. And most of the times we didn’t even need a reason to party, we would all just reach someone’s place and spend the entire day there, even cooking the food sometimes (remember the Pao Bhaji people?). Those were most definitely the best days of college. Sigh…….

There was one more thing I had wanted to write about but it escapes me at the moment. Had thought about 4 things to write about last night when I was sitting outside the house at midnight because there was a blackout (they’re becoming too frequent these days, and it’s not like the temperature’s soaring or anything so you have load shedding, there is hardly any load! What’s there to shed?) for an hour or so. The one day I sleep early, I have to wake up in the middle of the night and squat mosquitoes while waiting for the fan to turn back on.

More Nothing

Date: Jan 22, 2009

I was wondering why I haven't posted anything in a long while(including the last post which amounts to nothing) and the answer is simple, I have nothing to write about. Life is monotonous to say the least. I can write about the monotony but that is just too boring. And it's not just me who's getting bored either, my last "post" fetched more comments than any of my previous 400+ worders.

Java is vast, full of lengthy assignments, takes time to find space to fit in my brain and not to mention Boring. The teacher is great but before she's able to generate enough interest to keep me glued she's able to induce sleep with her super-slow-mo typing and slide transition. From my room to my class(if and when I can get up) to the food courts to my class to my friends' class to my room is my usual route these days. I haven't set foot(literally) in the ECC for over a week now and doesn't look like I'm going to either before the weekend.

Another 3 day weekend approaching and I'm as enthusiastic about it as a cat about to be bathed. Just want to sleep it away. My friends want to go to Bangalore or any other place which is atleast two hours away from here but the idea of sitting in a bus for more than 10 kms just puts me to sleep(which I can't seem to be able to do when actually on the bus). So if you're reading this people, I think(I'm quite sure actually) I'll pass.

I thought knowing C++ would make my life easy in Java. It has just made me more impatient and ignorant to the subtleties of the language. This is not my idea of learning another language. I should've stuck to Learning French because this stuff sure as hell isn't far away from German to me right now. Au revoir.

P.S. - I hate to be a cynic, but as much as I like Obama I think the hype is getting to everybody. He isn't Superman and he still has to work with other people who are, well, OTHER PEOPLE. So I won't be surprised if he doesn't go down in history as a great leader of our times, but he sure as hell knows how to inspire hope. Therefore, here is to the hope of seeing miracles happen and at least some CHANGE for the better.

Nothing

The Universe is huge. It is so mind bogglingly gigantically humongous that you can't imagine how nanoscopically small you are. It is so huge that there is nothing outside the universe, because the universe is everything. If you can imagine how big it is, just humour yourself because you can't, in that moment you will realize how insignificant you are in the entire scheme of things. You are a microscopic speck on a microscopic speck on a dust particle the size of dandruff on a flea's head.

The earth is just a tad bit bigger but insignificant nevertheless. Everything you do is confined to this insignificant dot in some insignificant little corner of this hugely colossal universe. If you look at the bigger picture in entirety, an utterly impossible task, then there is actually no point to life as we know it. You might spend all your life doing great things and setting new standards and taking thinks up a notch or two, but it ultimately amounts to nothing in the end. What is the bloody point!

All that talking has made me hungry. Does anyone know the directions to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe? I could swallow a black hole or two.

Points: Infinite points to Douglas Adams for putting into words that awesome feeling of insignificance.

One-Liner: "The answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is Forty-Two, but what is the question?"

Untitled

Let's see what I write about when I have nothing in my head except this sentence at the moment. Hmmm... I was hoping to get my hands on The Restaurant at the End of the Universe but Garima forgot to get it as usual, hmph. Adi and Abhi just called and asked if I wanted to catch a movie or just hang out. I said you guys carry on, I just reached home and I'm pretty tired. I love to hang out with them because we have a lot of fun. We guys are friends from school and we had a great gang. Aditya left school in 9th I guess and went to Canada, so lost touch with him. I met him earlier this year after almost 7 years, and was so glad to see that he hasn't changed a bit (apart from the accent). Still great fun to hang out with and as someone pointed out the other night, he is still a desi guy and that is something which is admirable. It doesn't feel like we lost touch at all. And Abhilash hasn't changed a lot either. I remember one day we just went for a walk because the weather was pleasant and we kept walking and talking for 2 hours I guess without even realising. Adi and Abhi have been friends since Nursery and I really like that about these two. Since I'm talking about my school friends I should also mention Soodi (Rahul Sood) who is one my best friends still. Great guys all of them.

Anyways, I'm feeling really tired right now because I just came back from a party of sorts. By just came back I really mean JUST came back. It was supposed to be a dance party but there were no speakers for the music so we just played Dumb Charades and ate and drank (ahem!) and had fun. It turned out to be better than I'd expected. Good job Happy. The charades was fun, especially the round where my team had to guess a movie called Yashwant. There wasn't a lot of dancing but I'm still very tired. Hope Adi and Abhi won't mind.

Rupali also wrote a post about nothing. Check it out here. There's nothing to it actually. Jerry Seinfeld made an entire TV sitcom out of nothing and it is hilarious!

This just in - They couldn't find the tickets for either Hancock or Jaane Tu.... so they're coming over to my place. I feel better already. Will continue this when I get back. Stay tuned.

These guys haven't showed up as yet. I was going through Joey's (Jaideep) blog. No point in giving the link because it is open to invited readers only. He writes really well but doesn't update it often. Last update was in January, wonder where he is.

A thought just struck my mind, actually I have been thinking about it for a while now, I'm thinking of inviting my blogger friends to write posts on my blog. One post per person on any topic they want, I would post them unedited and without proofreading. Will wait for their reaction to the idea. In case you're wondering, I don't see any point either, it's just another idea. Anyone interested?

I wish it isn't humid outside. I sweat like anything. These guys are here. Will catch up in a while.

I'm back finally. It took 4 hours but it was a lot of fun. I laughed the hardest I have in a long time now. We went for a drive on the Greater Noida Expressway, sang stupid songs and made ridiculous videos and talked about life, the universe and everything too. Towards the end, Abhilash was afraid of getting a scolding at home because he was getting late and I checked my phone and there wasn't even a missed call from home. I felt happy at that moment because I used to be that way, or I should say my life used to be that way. Now, my parents have actually started treating me like an adult, touchwood, and it feels good. I have also realised that when you take some responsibilities, you also have a certain freedom that comes with it. Maybe I'm saying this just because of this incident today, but it does feel that way.

On the other hand I'm really looking forward to getting permission to go on a weekend trip with these guys, but it is also something that I can state as a fact that I won't get. I hope I have my facts wrong but I have no hopes for that hope. I actually have nothing to lose in this one. It'll be a million and one if they say no. Big Deal! Saying this is a lot easier because I'm feeling depressed already. So I won't go any further. Will talk about my other million failed attempts at getting permissions some other time. Good night and sorry for the abrupt end.

Points: 100 points each to all the people who went to watch Hancock and Jaane Tu... today at Wave Noida in the evening.

300 points to Happy for throwing a good party.

100 points to Shashwat for guessing Yashwant. That was a really good one.

-10 points to Garima for not getting the book (didn't cut too many because according to her I had to remind her to get them, but I thought I had made it pretty clear).

One-liner: Change is instantaneous, progress takes its own sweet time coming (courtesy Adi during our talk about Life, the Universe and Everything).

Still Nothing

I don't care if I don't have anything to write about even today. I'm just going to write anything that comes to my mind. Like write now I'm listening to Kashmir by Led Zeppelin, what a great song! Next in line is Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, beautiful! I can't keep writing out names of songs from my playlist, I've got to write something else. OK now people are not only asking me to read their new posts but also asking for comments! By people I mean there are more than just one, you know who you are, don't you? And please don't give me any "that was so mean" kind of stuff, I'm just pulling your leg. (Hint: you are hereby requested to respond to these seemingly personal attacks by posting comments and venting out your discontent)

I read a couple of my earlier posts, you know just to kill time, and I'm sure that the readers (read loyal fan base) will agree that most of them, well OK some of them, are leaning towards the humorous side. Enough of self-appraisal for one post. But I have nothing to write about! Plus my resolve of not chatting while writing hasn't been executed as yet so I have 1..2....5 chat windows open and active at the same time. That's the kind of pressure I'm working under. To top it all, they are all girls! And all of them (except one) are eagerly waiting for my next post (now definitely enough of self-appraisal). Now that's what I call a bunch of oxymorons. Refer to the last two lines of the previous paragraph again.

The bottom line is that I STILL HAVE NOTHING TO WRITE ABOUT!!! GRRRRRR.....

Points for today: 100 points each to Nandu and Kritika for coming on time and buying books respectively. (Note: dripping with sarcasm)

500 points for Tiger Woods for winning the US Open. And 499 for Rocco Mediate for coming ever so close.

1000 points to Michael Ballack for an absolute diamond coated gem of a goal!

Nothing to write

I have nothing to write about. I have been thinking about what to write today for almost an hour now and I still have no idea! Absolutely nothing!! Well, technically I did think up of something but I don't think I can write about it so I'm back to square one. For the record, I thought about writing something on all my friends, i.e. a few lines about each and every person in the way I know them. But that is such a herculean task and frankly I've had enough of Orkut testimonials to write, I don't need them on my blog now (Garima/Varuni/Kritika/Nandita/Aastha and the likes, I'm not going to write that stuff so don't even think about asking me to do so!). Plus I can't think about writing stuff when I'm online because people keep bugging me on GTalk. It is so irritating sometimes. Note to self: will not sign in to GTalk while writing posts from now on.

What should I write about? Hmmm.... Haven't even watched a good movie for so long now. Either I don't get time or am unable to find company when I do find the time and the right movie to watch. Hmmm... The fuel prices are burning holes in my pocket. You can't even get 2 litres worth petrol for 100 bucks these days! To counter the effect, I've started to make a conscious effort to drive economically and to tell you the truth I'm quite enjoying it. Lesser gear changes, braking, honking, frustration, yelling etc and smoother drive and most importantly peace of mind. Man I've never enjoyed driving so much for a long time now and that too without any music (the system is broken)!!! Maybe it's because of the nice weather but it is not as tiring as it used to be.

I still haven't found anything to write about!! What a waste! I think I should start writing like Nandu (nickname for Nandita). I read her blog today and man it was a race against time. We were on the phone and she was asking/telling me something about some widget and I realised that I hadn't read her blog. I asked her for the address and she refused to tell me fearing it wasn't good enough to be read by anyone else. I kept her engaged on the phone and started guessing what her address could be while I switched on my computer. I hit the bullseye and told her that I was going to read it and she changed the privacy settings so that no one could read it but I was quicker! I'm so lucky to have made it because she has written some really beautiful stuff. It's straight from the heart and in it's purest form because it's not for anyone else's eyes and I believe that is the reason why it so good. So Nandu I will not read your blog (not that I can even if I wanted to) until you want me to read it. But keep up the good work. Again, Garima/Varuni/Kritika/Aastha and the likes, I'm not going to tell you what she wrote and neither is she so don't even think about asking me or her to do so!

Even Nandu has something to write about!!! No offence, but it is really frustrating to have nothing to write about when you feel like writing abut something. I'll have to try again tomorrow. I hope I have something by then.

I just thought of something! From now on I'm going to give out points everyday to anything or anyone I feel like. Somewhat inspired by Nandu.

Points for today: 100 points for Nandu for having the nicest blog I've read in a long long time. Zero points for me for having nothing to write about.

P.S. - Nandu don't give in to anyone's repeated requests/nagging! Exercise self-control :P