Break Ke Baad

This space is not dead. Not yet anyway.

I had been looking forward to 2011. The year was to begin with me unemployed and devoid of a plan. The funny thing about being unemployed is that you suddenly find a lot on your plate that interests you, and none of it is something you HAVE to do!
All the things you had been planning and all the others that come up in time, which you wouldn't have been able to do were you bound to an office for more that 10 hours a day. Also whatever it is you do, seems to be infused with a new manner of intensity. Sort of like living with a vengeance. Cleansing 18 months of existential stagnation in 6 short weeks.

Can be one hell of a ride! With the right research of course, a sprinkling of luck and always a little help from your friends.

Now I'm on the otherside but the ride ain't over yet. In fact I reckon its just about warming up. This year shall now see me experience the life of a Junior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, amongst other things. I shift to New Delhi in a week's time. Have to find a home, start work, buy a goddamn gown again (we wear a slightly different one at the Calcutta High Court) and get used to a brand new city.

To much to do yet. Too much to think of and take care of. So I ended up watching movies till late in the night. Shanghai. Found a couple of pearls therein. Firstly, "the heart is never neutral". One of the many thoughts meandering through John Cusack's head as he tries to unravel the mystery behind his friend's death and decipher the truth sugar coated in Mistress Lan Ting's cunning beauty. The film, besides being watchworthy, casts our Hottie of the Month as Ms. Anna Lan Ting (No I haven't seen Memoirs of a Geisha).

Gong Li (Picture from here)

Of Time and I

Saala I wake up every morning to an alarm, 6 days a week, and get to Office and switch on my computer at about the same time everyday...for over a year now.

Just not so long ago during college Time was a slave to me. Now it seems like I'm a slave to Time, and will be forever mooore.

Lesson : Don't get a job or forever sing, I want to breaak freeeee ..

Son of a bitch

Sometime this morning 13 year old Jordan Romero became the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He achieved the feat alongside his father and his father's girlfriend.

My father laughs at me when I ask him for a samurai sword.

Gyan Capsule ingested : Life ain't fair.

Once they know you need them ...

they treat you like shit.

Ergo, presently freedom could be synonymous to starvation. Both literally and metaphorically.

Of Being 23

My 23rd year on this planet has been by far the most exciting and eventful year of my life. I'm no longer 23, however, it shall remain memorable forever. Mostly cause never ever has so much happened in one year, nor has life lent so much gyaan in one year. So much so that I wish every year of my youth is like being 23 (Youth lasts till 35 I'm told by a very reliable 40 year old).

Things I did/gyaan I gained when I was 23:
1. I found peace in an environment I despised. I know I can find peace anywhere.
2. I tried LSD. Best thing I ever did.
3. I traveled alone for the first time. To places I had not known to exist.
4. I watched Soulmate live. Twice.
5. I went to Bhutan.
6. I realized that traveling with women can be fun. Also that not all women are vexatious.
7. I realized that a rational man does not have unlimited wants. Rather it is irrational to have unlimited wants.
8. I saw more stars in the sky than I'd ever seen before (or after till date). Thrumshingla Pass.
9. I nearly failed out of college.
10. I managed to graduate.
11. I chose to believe in God.
12. I experienced the bliss of unemployment.
13. I got a job on my own terms.
14. I got sober (Realized that prolonged sobriety leads to being horny).
15. I had my first one night stand (and one day stand - separate occasions) and it all was good.
15. I have gone 5 months without taking a single day off. Miracle considering my college attendance till just a few months back.
16. I have lived, enough to know that I'm not living anymore but rather going through the motions.
17. But now I have a plan. Another first for me.

What's worse than not getting laid?

Not having any opportunity to get laid ..

Sheesh.

If you aren't getting something you want..

maybe you're not ready to have it yet. --- (Courtesy Baba)

I don't completely get it though. And I'm tired.

The Office Clerk ..

is a lawyer's truest friend.