8th October - Mom makes plan to go to pune. Time : 8pm 8th October - I call up Malvika and Reema, say : A V to the A party tomoro! What say! Time: 8:05pm 8th October - Malvika & Reema: Ya ! BABY YA!!!! Time: 8:05pm and 30 secs!
That's how long it took to plan the pre-exam bash on the 9th of October.
Why party when exams are just around the bend?
To study with a renewed vigour.
To get a break from the din of books.
Just for fun. (No reason really)
I watched a Simpsons episode once:
When truth is obscured, and there is no black or white, but finer shades of grey, they is just one thing to do, HOUSE PARTY!!!!!
With us it wasnt the truth at stake, but our studies.. which by the way, are still to be completed.
First I will create a Freudian snip of what yesterday was: wait,late,confused,secrecy,violent,insane,chemical,fluid,loud,laughter,spills,thrills,candid,smiles,dancing.
Now the explanation: The party which was to begin at 11, began at 2. Malvika: LATE (well fashionably dahling) Reema: LATE (sleepyhead, internet addict) Priya: LATE (quite a commonplace now!)
Surprise entrees (who added even more life to the party): Tanima: works (office work!) at parties Neha: refused to overdose on the tobasco!
What we did:
Well loads of V to the A!
Monopoly with modified rules!
A random game, whose name Priya knows.. she is officially, the GameMaster!
Danced like insane idiots (yes I did my usual ass shake, and crazy dancing, need to locate the videos and will put them up!)
Now the creme de la creme! Malvika and Yours Truly, the bumfight of the century. Weapons: Hands and Feet Rules: None! (yes kicks and blows landing in every possible place! :P)
Highlights: I became a horsie, my hand got tangled in malvika's hair, snake dance to appease the evil one! Consequences:
Sprained neck (almost)
Bruises on my arm which look like i got raped by wolves
Malvika bruised and maimed by a wooden horse.
Neha's foot crushed by Malvika.
Reema leg scratched.
Priya kicked on head by Reeema (hilarious!)
Broken glass
In a sense a total barbaric laugh riot! Definitely fun, and totally random and crazy, that's just how we are!
Hope you enjoyed the pictures and the video!
Looking forward to the next party on the 20th or 21st of this month! woozaaa!!!!
Also make sure to be back here in a week's time, because my friend, Reema and me are going to pour lighter fluid over the iPod and ignite it. That should be quite a spectacle. We might keep some fireworks near it as well. So watch out for that!
If I could some up this past week in two simple, non complex words of the English language, FUN and FURY would be it.
FUN ---------------- It's been fun to be working on projects, learning new softwares, making my first magazine,partying,sleeping, consolidating friendships. Projects - So many I lose track. 1 project still left(that falls in fury section). So we had the Ad Individual Project submission, good stuff definitely, take good ads, take bad ad's and recreate them.So basically analyse and work like an ad agency. Definitely engaging.
Then there was the culture studies project, a documentary on media culture... it was clearly fantastic fun shooting it, and then was editing, which was a bitch,but a learning crazy experience none the less.
Then... the journalism group project, a magazine, we chose the topic food, and the magazine was called Bhukkad (in hindi means person who eats too much).Designed the layout in Illustrator, the first time i worked on it, so quite pleased with the outcome. Our coordinator and prof, loved the magazine, the layout and the content, so bottomline yay!
Then.. now we have the ad project coming up, which is huge, but quite agency like nonetheless, and should be fun, because most of my group members are those who I havent really worked with in the past. A new experience. Looking forward to it. PR, Public Relations.Another documentary. Our topic (Reema and Me), UnHealthy Youth, so everything from smoking, drinking, insomnia, to junk food! That submission my loyal readers is on the 20th, which is in 4 days, oh boyy are we screwd! Parties - Went for Harshita's Birthday, last Saturday, and was good fun, she left for UK, this Thursday(missed the party!)...sigh... will miss her! (PIC: me..looking like a dead dog, and harshita at prevae)
Then mom headed out of town so we had a V to the A and B to the W party. Was it fun! Hell yeah! You can read about a spectator's view on Priya's Blog( yes yes, she was the first one to write about it!), and well my view, was one of getting tobasco sauce into my eye(it burns!), and dancing like a maniac, falling, and wiggling my ass(amn't I crazy)... oh I almost forgot, and clicking some quite amazing pictures *under the influence* of Priya... shots she could use in a fashion magazine, or as her portfolio(yes I'm not being modest!) (PIC: Me,Malvika and Reema) So the party attendees: (PIC: Reema,Me,Priya and Tanima) Malvika,Reema,Priya,Purab,Tanima(she's the culprit who poured tobasco in my eye!) and Monali. So we had a stay over, not all but Malvika,Reema,Purab,Monali and Moi. Reema absconded..where to I will not say! (ME DANCING LIKE A CRAZY DUDE WITH ASS SHAKING INCLUDED)
All in all a fantastic party.Loads of chocolates, and stuff(listed on Priya's blog) Purab stayed over last nite...was in a zonked mood(scroll to almost end of FURY section) But the whole time was fun....we recorded this crazy as video... it's a parody on the song "Lonely Goatherd" from the Sound of Music.
*PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT MEAN TO INSULT ANY RELIGION,PERSON LIVING OR DEAD THROUGH THIS VIDEO AND IT WAS JUST MEANT AS A BIT OF HARMLESS FUN. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE OBJECTIONS TO THE VIDEO, LEAVE A COMMENT AND I WILL REMOVE IT.*
And today is Sunday, slept like a log, till 3 in the afternoon, woke up, watched India get pulverized by New Zealand in the 20/20 Cricket World Cup. Then watched Kimi Raikonnen kick Massa, Alonso and Hamilton's arse in the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix... woohoo!!! Kimi you are true world championship material!
NOW AFTER ALL THE FUN I HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST WEEK, THERE IS THE FURY.
Group people can be very lazy and so disinterested. I mean i have working ethics. A) I would not get my projects done by professionals. B) Even if I didnt know a software I would try to learn it before saying that oh, I just dont know the software!
Then I've delayed my Journo Group project by 4 days now, and I cant seem to get down to doing it. Not coz I'm lazy but coz I just cant think straight, and this project has been bearing down upon me, and sort of *I* put it on the backburner. Anyhoo, I need to get done with that tonight, anyway, anyhow, come hail or storm!
The other fury, overdemanding mom, she made me make a poster, ticket design and print ads for her play, 'Flawless'. Ack... I was soo irritated and dead, it isn't even funny! But that's the final product below, let me know how it is.
Last night was sorta crazy for me, cause I had these crazy suicidal thoughts(dont even begin to ask why!) So called up my blood-bro Purab, and i love that guy, cause even without me saying anything he suggested to come over, dunno what I'd do without him... Then my voice of reason, Reema, I called her up, and she immediately realized that it was coz I was overworked(yes I keep thinking it's hundred's of other reasons like relationships and bla), and hehe..she asked me to drink water.. my reply, "Im not thirsty,"to which she bellows, literally, "DRINK IT!".. and i scurry like a mouse! Purab stayed over(rest of the thing is fun..so scroll to the above section)
So I had a tiff with my parents today, and then resolved it, which puts me at ease... cause it was the mother of all tiffs, if there ever was one!
So well my next post, is going to be on family, and finally, at the end of 18 years almost, my understanding of it...
After grabbing a cup of watered down cold coffee with Reema, at Churchgate station, i decided to walk with my packet of random,"fresh" popcorn to Crossiants, across the subway. The subway is in interesting place by the way. People hawking their wares, from undergarments, to little tennis bats, that kill mosquitoes or some sort of insect, never understood how they work! (IMAGE: ME IN THE BUS!!)
So I grab a nice sandwich at Croissants, and remembered about the other day, how I was sitting there with Ambarin the other day, and spotted this pretty gal at the table opposite us, who kept looking my way and randomly smirking.odd... anyhoo, well yes, I did try to get her number, used the ol' "i have a project, would you like to be a part of it" jazz... didn't work...Ambarin had suggested that I say I'm an artist, and I wanted to paint a picture of her, but that just sounded cheesy..coz A) I'm no artist and B) I CAN'T PAINT IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!. She'd end up looking like a stick insect with an oversized head!
Anyhoo, after the sandwich, I walk past this sign which says, "BUY ORIGINAL TRANSFORMERS TOYS ONLY FROM FUNSKOOL"... I ran to the store..rummaged through the toys... they sucked.. dissapointed.. I pondered, about asking dad to get me some from the US. I just saw the movie recently, and though I'm not much of a sci-fi fan, I liked the movie, I was a transformers fan, at one point in my childhood, dont quite remember when though! (IMAGE:THE CONDUCTOR AND THE CROWD) So then after that short stint of eating and reminiscing at Croissants, I walked to Marine Drive,all the while talking on the phone. Priya called, all her random train jewellery shopping stories and plans for the day. Stood about on Marine Drive, the sea lashing below me, and then I suddenly spotted the 108. I thought, "Hmm.. should I take the bus or should I take the cab??" Decided to run and catch the bus instead. It was like I was entering a shrine or something. I mean I cant remember when I last took the bus back from college. Well the seats for usual, the conductor had changed, I remembered there being an older man, but anyhoo. Bus was mostly empty, some teenagers, listening to their iPod's and girls talking on their cellphones. A connected world yes, but nonetheless, distanced!(IMAGE: VIEW FROM BUS WINDOW..THE BEACH AND THE SEA!) I decided to make the most of my bus journey, looked out, saw the sea(yup I saw the sea!), looked at people walking on the promenade, looked at the flashy cars whizzing by. Then started looking around the bus. Saw the conductor, his usual brown khadi uniform. The bus, well, red, and everything looked pretty much the same. There was the usual allocation of seats for women and for disabled persons.
As my eyes glanced across the bus, I noticed something I hadnt seen before. IT WAS PINK! IT WAS A BOX.. NO WAIT.. IT WAS A PCO????(IMAGE: THE PINK PHONE AND THE BILL PAYMENT BOX, DRIVER IN BACKDROP) A public phone?? In a bus?? I walked upto it, and look at it befuddled!! Many people, stared at me as though I were some alien. I looked at it again. "HUTCH PCO". Well i'll be a monkey's uncle! It was an actual public phone, in a bus. Wow! Who needs a cell phone? I went and sat back in my seat. I looked at the conductor again, and pondered. Is privatization a boon or a bane? I mean our BEST(Bombay Electricity,Supply and Transport System) is government run and stuff, and there have been many talks about privatizing the sector. But in a sense, when you privatise, since everything is based on rules and regulations, and following norms, you get a very artificial atmosphere. The true emotions are those which are visible in any government run setting. Be it happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, whatever, it's all crystal clear. Privatization sort of veils these very essences of humanness in us. After all it is the image of the corporation that matters, and everything must be moderated. So in a sense, is government control good?(IMAGE:THE SCHOOLKIDS TRYING TO CROSS THE ROAD..sigh..memories)
On this question, I got off the bus, and diagonally bolted across the road.Saw these kids on the other side, still waiting to cross.Reminded me of when I used to get off the school bus, and see adults crossing the road. Strange feeling.
So these plethora of thoughts plaguing my mind, I walked on home, as usual, deep in thought, and this time, sweating profusely.
You know of late, I've been using the word randomly in every sentence i say. Either randomly, or just u know, any form of the word random, such as random,randomness,randomly etcetera... u get the picture! The funny thing is I didn't even realise it.
So anyhoo, i was talking to my friend Reema over the phone, and we were just "randomly" chatting about stuff, and then we were talking about me writing poetry. So I was like, ya I write poems either when I'm in love, or I'm hurt. So basically, I was like I take "random" sheets of printer paper, pick up any "random" pen, and just "randomly" pen down some lines. You SEE! She burst out laffing, she was like, I know random for every other thing.."oh you just randomly kissed a girl back then, and you randomly were dating someone!". Yes, I mean seriously this whole over usage of word in all sentences I say can get creepy.
But the thing is, every other month, I get hooked on to a new word, which i just keep on, repeating, at every other place.
When I first got into BMM, it was "Basically". Basically this, and basically that. I wouldn't stop. I remember they used to mock me in class, going like, "So Basically,"... yup! That was that phase..
Then I've used words like D'oh, Doi,all that jazz,anyhoo(lately, for i have no clue what reason).. and then there's the most horrible word!
LOL! Lol or Laugh out Loud, is a term used during electronic chats or conversations, via email or instant messengers. NOT TO BE USED IN REAL LIFE!
And this also forms one of the phases of word usage I've been in. Malvika, would get soo pissed off with me. She'd probably tell me a joke online and I'd type 'ha ha'.. and if she told me something funny in real life, maybe in person or on the fone, I'd mutter, 'LOL'. She'd say, "Dude u fucking idiot! You laugh in real life, and say LOL online.. not the other way around!!'.. good heavens, how much i must have frustrated her with my LOLing.
Now to come to the crux of it. What is random? If you've read Priya's post on it, you might have a fair idea.
But maybe random is not what you say without filteration alone. It is something, that you look for in someone, who you do not know, it's a craving for this different sensation, which makes the person in a sense alien to you, so that you can have the enjoyment of discovering them. This alien sense is lost once you have discovered about the person, and the randomness, tends to dissapear, and then you think the person, has become very, predictable.
But randomness, is an inherent quality in a few people, and being random is not just words or sentences that seem different.
Randomness is a persona. It is not something that you could possibly search for, but one that presents itself to you. If you ask for randomness, it will disappear. It is the very essence of a person, who is able to create a different aura around himself at different moments of his life. There is this trait, which defines them from others,which is of being not only able to talk without filters, but also through his words, create a sense of belonging, while at the same time staying distant. That my dear friends is random.
So I use random a lot, but am I random. Perhaps I am, perhaps I am not. But I'm not here to judge myself or others, so I ask you, are you random?
An annoyance can be defined as someone, who wants to act pretentious, pretend as if they know what they are doing when they dont, and yet end up messing up pretty much everything they do.
Well that was just a part of yesterday, having a bloody annoying person in my group for the fest. I'm not a PR person, and neither is this a press release so I am not going to mince my words!
The person, Reema and Priya, already know about her. This person... her name is Nikita... is a royal pain in the backside. She is never short of excuses, lazy, lethargic, daft! That is all i can say, and i beleive Reema would concur. I mean i have never had someone so irritating and irresponsible in my team.
One thing, a note to all( except for the closest of the close), is that never talk about matters in my life, such as my PC, that do not concern you. And you especially DO NOT want to debate with me about switching off my PC. My PC stays on, perennially. Period. I am not concerned about how it is contributing to global warming, or to a waste of electricity. It works when it is kept running. Simple. YOU DO NOT poke your nose about how I'm being cruel to the environment and how even AGAINST my wishes you are going to switch off the PC. I will slaughter you if you do. Priya would know about what my affinity is towards my PC. Noone comes in between. And especially someone like Nikita, if she had switched off my PC, she would have ended up at the bottom of the Arabian Sea!!
So yes, and this irritation continued all throughout yesterday. We had our PR fest, Le Carnaval, and good heavens she is a bloody daft mess.
Prioritize for christ sake. It's more important for her to watch some comedian speak( ooh wow! how much fun!) as opposed to working for the stall, of which she is a part! bloody nonsense. I know Reema wanted to throttle her at every instance. Lazy, lethargic arse!
Ohh boy... that was the extent of frustration and annoyance, and there are more instances... but i do not beleive that anyone, could be more annoying!
