thats the ringtone on my phone at the moment which is a (no prizes for guessing) Motorola Slivr. And I know which model it is simply becos I have been asked it soooo many times not out of any love for gadgets. I know how slim it is, the pixels on the camera and the amount of space on my phone post downloads(free space)...too much information in my already overloaded brain.. and thrs a reason why I dont care too much for these figures....thats becos technology HATES me!
I mean I take pix on my phone and try to transfer onto the net...I cant do it. cos my wire thing that I got with the phone doesnt seem to wrk. I buy speakers to connect to my comp at work but apparently some port thing isnt compatible/doesnt work....I try to copy some stuff onto a flash drive (after a LOT of trial) and the damn file doesnt copy cos well...I DONTFREAKINGKNOW .... I flunked all of my computer papers in college...and even the simplest of tech like how many gb is my comp fails me......
ummm....I think I sound almost like the couple from 'Zen and the Art of...' goddam.....
Friday, April 27, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
far from the marrying mob...
what is this obsession with marriage? why is evryone I know getting married....is it because I've gotten old(????) or is it because its suddenly the 'in' thing to do?
I mean like this guy I was madlyinsanely in love with suddenly decides to get married just when my obsession was making headway..
practically everyone from my class from college and school are married already or proudly wear a 'committed' tag....
not a happy state of affairs...def not....I'm staying as far away from this entire maddness as I can....inspite of momdad's best efforts including surreptitiously putting my profile online and scanning the matrimonial section in the papers with a microscope...I'm sorry, I'm refusing to go down just yet....
I mean like this guy I was madlyinsanely in love with suddenly decides to get married just when my obsession was making headway..
practically everyone from my class from college and school are married already or proudly wear a 'committed' tag....
not a happy state of affairs...def not....I'm staying as far away from this entire maddness as I can....inspite of momdad's best efforts including surreptitiously putting my profile online and scanning the matrimonial section in the papers with a microscope...I'm sorry, I'm refusing to go down just yet....
Friday, April 20, 2007
stand at the door of what was 'ere before...
that is a line from a poem by Edna St.Vincent Millay talking about how she yearns for her childhood..standing at the door and looking back at what was knowing she will never be able to go back... well I'm not sure of the exact words but the thought stayed with me and I'm thinking of it so so much as I feel old at 25...
so many things lost. Innocence. and I'm not being dramatic when I say that... so many things like who said what and how it was said and who didn't tell me what just didn't matter to me earlier. It suddenly occupies a large portion of the inside of my head....Peace. Maybe its the job I do maybe the stress is natural for a matureworkingadult but I cant remember a day when I'm not hyperventilating, irratated or impatient. Conviction. There maybe a God in heaven but everything is NOT alright with the world and doubt if I even believe it ever will be.....
just a couple of things I wish were still in me...
is it already another weekend? time for me to start making my plans for Monday Morning and trying to sleep just a little bit longer on saturday...
so many things lost. Innocence. and I'm not being dramatic when I say that... so many things like who said what and how it was said and who didn't tell me what just didn't matter to me earlier. It suddenly occupies a large portion of the inside of my head....Peace. Maybe its the job I do maybe the stress is natural for a matureworkingadult but I cant remember a day when I'm not hyperventilating, irratated or impatient. Conviction. There maybe a God in heaven but everything is NOT alright with the world and doubt if I even believe it ever will be.....
just a couple of things I wish were still in me...
is it already another weekend? time for me to start making my plans for Monday Morning and trying to sleep just a little bit longer on saturday...
Thursday, April 19, 2007
a sudden spark of brilliance...
well ok so I use the word brilliance a lot...like when I'm playing scrabble with my mom and I say Hurry up, I have the brilliantest word to make...or I wash my hair and think it smells brilliant..whatever...
anyways, have had the most brilliantest energy today...met up with some clients at 8:30...not a breakfast meeting mind u since there was no food offered to resuscitate me (i actually got that spelling in place!) and then one more... and I'm not even half way done...whats that? social life? what?.. sorry??....
anyways, have had the most brilliantest energy today...met up with some clients at 8:30...not a breakfast meeting mind u since there was no food offered to resuscitate me (i actually got that spelling in place!) and then one more... and I'm not even half way done...whats that? social life? what?.. sorry??....
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
reportedly not a sober canine...
this is the content of an actual story on a leading english news channel...while this is funny...(not sober? what are sources saying he has been drinking???) the larger issue is definitely definitely not...
what gives humans the rights to behave as if they are any better (mind you not better off) but better behaviour-wise than some of the animals? animals world over are over-worked, under fed, beaten, traumatised, tortured, mutilated and when one of them decides to give as good as it gets, we bay for their blood?....
the way it is being handled in bangalore is barbaric....even healthy dogs with pups are being killed... in cold blood...protests are on, nothing though seems to be getting done about it....
where do you start? the issue of animal cruelty extends to far more issues...pet dogs that are continuously changed, bullocks being over loaded and beaten, horses that are so thin their bones are sticking out...where do you start? is starting a shelter for traumitised animals a workable solution? conducting workshops/ classes in schools and colleges about animal cruelty (use of leather/turning vegetarian) workable solutions?....where DOES one start? what DO you do?
what gives humans the rights to behave as if they are any better (mind you not better off) but better behaviour-wise than some of the animals? animals world over are over-worked, under fed, beaten, traumatised, tortured, mutilated and when one of them decides to give as good as it gets, we bay for their blood?....
the way it is being handled in bangalore is barbaric....even healthy dogs with pups are being killed... in cold blood...protests are on, nothing though seems to be getting done about it....
where do you start? the issue of animal cruelty extends to far more issues...pet dogs that are continuously changed, bullocks being over loaded and beaten, horses that are so thin their bones are sticking out...where do you start? is starting a shelter for traumitised animals a workable solution? conducting workshops/ classes in schools and colleges about animal cruelty (use of leather/turning vegetarian) workable solutions?....where DOES one start? what DO you do?
Sunday, April 15, 2007
its gonna be a manic monday
well i haven't posted since the 9th which was Monday and today is Monday again...which means it's been a crazy week...and promises to be so till the rest of the month atleast....no wonder the title of my last post...
this is the annual results season of cos which is like exam time for me...all i hve time for is wake up rush to work have the craziestf***ingday go back home irratated-hatingtheworld-readytodie and do the same routine all over again the next day....ok now im cribbing...
my horoscope for today says that I am about to hve a major change in my line of work....i hope tats for the better...wouldnt mind the job of all those travel reporters on discovery travel and living...but then again i dont believe in horoscopes.....
this is the annual results season of cos which is like exam time for me...all i hve time for is wake up rush to work have the craziestf***ingday go back home irratated-hatingtheworld-readytodie and do the same routine all over again the next day....ok now im cribbing...
my horoscope for today says that I am about to hve a major change in my line of work....i hope tats for the better...wouldnt mind the job of all those travel reporters on discovery travel and living...but then again i dont believe in horoscopes.....
Monday, April 9, 2007
i want to kwiii
its been the worst of all weeks...and im just begining it...i thnk im sleep walking and work is pouring out of my ears....hate it hate it hate it!!!!!
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
the age of exhibitionism...
i dont get it..this urge to put everything on the net...including parts of your own body...
was surfing the net the other day and came across what I thought was a innocent looking blog...about a girl talking about her day..blah blah blah..was quiet funny till i scrolled down and saw...well her pricey assests smack bang in the middle of an otherwise interesting blog....
this is kinda a follow up on my earlier post actually... the urge to share something, anything with nameless, faceless strangers....why would i be interested in seeing say someones ass online?...beats me completely....
another thing i am rather curious in knowing...what are these ppls families doing? if i was putting up some filth on the net say 6 yrs ago...(lets admit it most of these ppl are between 16-30) im sure as hell my parents would have found out...and that would have been a story in itself... if i found something 'inappropriate' online about someone i knew...even if it was a friend i would be concerned enough to do something about it...and i do think one can make a fairly good judement in terms of what is 'appropriate' and what is 'inappropriate'...
sigh...kids these days....
was surfing the net the other day and came across what I thought was a innocent looking blog...about a girl talking about her day..blah blah blah..was quiet funny till i scrolled down and saw...well her pricey assests smack bang in the middle of an otherwise interesting blog....
this is kinda a follow up on my earlier post actually... the urge to share something, anything with nameless, faceless strangers....why would i be interested in seeing say someones ass online?...beats me completely....
another thing i am rather curious in knowing...what are these ppls families doing? if i was putting up some filth on the net say 6 yrs ago...(lets admit it most of these ppl are between 16-30) im sure as hell my parents would have found out...and that would have been a story in itself... if i found something 'inappropriate' online about someone i knew...even if it was a friend i would be concerned enough to do something about it...and i do think one can make a fairly good judement in terms of what is 'appropriate' and what is 'inappropriate'...
sigh...kids these days....
Monday, April 2, 2007
New Kid on the Blog
well this should have ideally been my first post but I just had so many thngs to say yesterday that I forgot to say Hi!
very new to this...not because I'm tech un-savvy ( ok ok I am but not that much) but because I honestly didnt see the point of putting my life+thoughts out on the net for the whole world to see....the idea just didn't appeal to me initially....
Till that is I came across this article in some paper about this guy who charges some 10,000 bucks to write biographies of ordinary ppls...you and me ppls...his justification....everybody has a story to tell and somebody somewhere is interested in the stories you tell.... 'You have to maintain a record of who you are...doesnt make sense for humans to live and die like animals'....I thnk is what he said....dont quite like him being so dismissive about animals but I thought ..yeah what he says makes a LOT of sense....besides I can do it 10,000 bucks cheaper :O....
So, will there maybe no 'Hang on, let us get the popcorn' stuff here... its just gnna be me...sarcastic, cynical, confused
very new to this...not because I'm tech un-savvy ( ok ok I am but not that much) but because I honestly didnt see the point of putting my life+thoughts out on the net for the whole world to see....the idea just didn't appeal to me initially....
Till that is I came across this article in some paper about this guy who charges some 10,000 bucks to write biographies of ordinary ppls...you and me ppls...his justification....everybody has a story to tell and somebody somewhere is interested in the stories you tell.... 'You have to maintain a record of who you are...doesnt make sense for humans to live and die like animals'....I thnk is what he said....dont quite like him being so dismissive about animals but I thought ..yeah what he says makes a LOT of sense....besides I can do it 10,000 bucks cheaper :O....
So, will there maybe no 'Hang on, let us get the popcorn' stuff here... its just gnna be me...sarcastic, cynical, confused
feeling dsylexic
Ok I may have writer lady in my name, but I am sooo bad at spelling...and I kid you not....
I teach school drop outs at a nearby govt school once a week...and I teach them English. Simple right? Ought to be. Atleast my intentions intially were....till I tried to remember the spelling of say...license. Which is the one with a 'C' and which is the one with a 'S'? I DONT FREAKING REMEMBER! and the thing with spellings is that it just sneaks up on me...I go prepared with one lesson and the next thing I know we have gone on to something else, and then some horrible spelling thing sneaks up on me and I put on my confused umm-we'll-come-back-to-this-later look....
And did I mention that I write for a living? Yup, I'm a journalist supposed to make a living out of my words...actually, wait..is it journalist or journolist?....spell check, spell check!
I teach school drop outs at a nearby govt school once a week...and I teach them English. Simple right? Ought to be. Atleast my intentions intially were....till I tried to remember the spelling of say...license. Which is the one with a 'C' and which is the one with a 'S'? I DONT FREAKING REMEMBER! and the thing with spellings is that it just sneaks up on me...I go prepared with one lesson and the next thing I know we have gone on to something else, and then some horrible spelling thing sneaks up on me and I put on my confused umm-we'll-come-back-to-this-later look....
And did I mention that I write for a living? Yup, I'm a journalist supposed to make a living out of my words...actually, wait..is it journalist or journolist?....spell check, spell check!
What if I wrote something intellectual?....
What are the chances that if I did write something that someone did want to say copy/ use without my knowledge....what do I do?
The reason I'm asking : Y! India has published some stuff off someones blog without crediting her for it...she along with some of her blogger friends went as far as marking Mar 5 or something as 'Protest Plagarism' Day...what did she get in return? zilch....or atleast a hastily posted 'We're real sorry but v real careful normally about this kind of thing'...which was removed after a while is what i understand.... scary...or atleast it would be if it was something that was dear to me....
So I set out to do my own little 'investigating'...found out all about licenses and stuff...which is v confusing...app most blogs come with an in-built license which you are supposed to verify at the time of signing up...umm...after all that reading, I still dont know whether I'm copy right protected or not....and theres vvvv little knowledge of this..atleast in India....what DO you do?
The reason I'm asking : Y! India has published some stuff off someones blog without crediting her for it...she along with some of her blogger friends went as far as marking Mar 5 or something as 'Protest Plagarism' Day...what did she get in return? zilch....or atleast a hastily posted 'We're real sorry but v real careful normally about this kind of thing'...which was removed after a while is what i understand.... scary...or atleast it would be if it was something that was dear to me....
So I set out to do my own little 'investigating'...found out all about licenses and stuff...which is v confusing...app most blogs come with an in-built license which you are supposed to verify at the time of signing up...umm...after all that reading, I still dont know whether I'm copy right protected or not....and theres vvvv little knowledge of this..atleast in India....what DO you do?