Monday, May 29, 2006

If you're searching for a silent sky...

My grand dad has been staying with us for the past ten days. He is leaving today. And he took the trouble of waking up at 5 am today just so he could talk to me before i left for work! And so, he talked to me. Thus spake the grand old man-
"Remember, when you go out with friends, no smoking, no alcohol, no drugs. Also, marriage only to a brahmin girl."
That's it. no preamble, no introduction of the topic, no broaching the subject matter no nothing. Heck, not even a good morning. Bang! it was there in the cold morning air. hanging over the dining table between me and him. much like a quick drawn gunshot at point blank range. except here the victim does not know how to react to the bullet. Does he allow it to enter him? Does he take it inside like he would a real bullet? Or will it just fall to the table like a brick if he stared at the bullet long enough? Or will it crumble to dust if he laughed and broke the quiet? I was at once trying to control my laughter, nod my head in feigned obedience and trying to look away; the seriousness, the panic, the grave urgency and desperation in his face must have said a thousand things, which I might have comprehended only if the light was better in that room. I mean, why he suddenly thinks he needs to tell his 23 year old grandson this at 5 in the morning, I don't know. I went out for dinner with my friend yesterday evening and got back home very very late by his standards. So, isn't it clear as day then, that if i actually come home late, then surely, I and my friends are actually having an orgy, doing crack at a whore-house and passing out from drink on an everyday basis? But I must assure you, it is not on an everyday basis! I finally said "Yes, OK" to his words. He must believe i have now been completely saved from a hopeless life of vice by a few simple words! And hence Mission Impossible Accomplished. Over-and-out. God, I crack up and hold my belly in mirth when i think of this incident. Some concept of parenting people have! I am surprised he didn't tell me about homosexual contact and unprotected sex with multiple partners. I bet he has been chanting this sentence through the night so he could memorize it perfectly, the panic and grief and all. He must be shocked with my reaction. I just hope for his sake that he didn't expect me to say "But Grandpa! You don't need to tell me that. You actually feel i am even capable of thinking about trying to do any of those vile nasty things? You insult me Grandpa!"

You won't find it here. Look another way.
You won't find it here. So try another day.


The introspector has spoken

Monday, May 15, 2006

The revenge of the Sh*t- Event blogger strikes back

It has been a while. She left on the 5th of May. Technically speaking, my first weekend after she left started on 13th. Of course I missed her. Evenings were terrible. I felt so out of place in my own house. It's been a while since I spent an entire weekend lazing around at home. But it was made somewhat easier by the arrival of my relative who had to share my room saturday night. So we kept talking until 2.30 and i had to drop him at the railway station at 5.30 so i had to wake up by 5 AM! that left me pretty much out of action for the whole of sunday, but it was fun. Anyway here's an update of my activities starting last Friday arranged chronologically, so you all can see how boring my weekend was.

Friday afternoon, I leave office late and get home by 3 PM. I leave at 3.30 PM to dee's place to see what's the issue with her computer, download some of her emails and speak her mommy. Then i had to get a flat tire fixed, so i drove over to "Tyre Professionals" near by and got that done. It was so quick, i was done in 15 min. Checked out some fairly decent alloys and rubber. I think i'll go with 155/65R13. sounds decent to me, but sadly i need to wait another 20k on the odo to run through my current set, else i'll feel very guilty for blowing my money. Instead I can now put in the pricol tacho and micro de fog lamps. Anyway, after that, drove over to 4th block and did some shopping. headed out to BSNL office to enquire about some ISD facilities. It started raining and the sky was beautiful! I drove back home in the rain enjoying every moment of it. I had to give sandy's camerafor service so did a bit of research on that. spoke to his dad about light metering techiques and stuff. he sounded pretty knowledgeable, so i plan to make more opportunities to talk to him about photography.

Saturday morning.
Fetched the mail and sorted out plenty of finance. Had to send out 6 cheques and had to update a dozen things, so that took well over an hour. cleaning time. Vacuumed my room and the hall cushions and cleared out the mess. realized it's actually possible to make my room look decent.
Went out with sandy for giving the cam for service. Stopped at a bakery and bought loads of stuff to munch on the way. Went to 3 ATM's for all the cheque deposits and drove out to the new Shell pump on mysore road. That was awesome. one neat pump. fueled up and got back home at 2.45. one heavy lunch and i get a call from my relative who wanted to be picked up. so dad and i head over to wherever he is and pick him up and head back home. ("What a weirdo he is!", "Car service things to do" and other such interesting discussions in the following blogs)

The introspector has spoken