Don't gimme red!

So it looks like a verdict of some sort is coming out of these elections. I just hope the UPA without the commies is a different beast. What I do not like is the fact that Dayanidhi Maran, A Raja and TR Baalu are all coming back to power. In order they are, Opportunistic bastard, Thieving bastard and Nepotistic bastard. Yes, I know there are worse politicians around, but these three really get on my nerves.

The vacation is going nicely so far. Although I must say at this point that I feel completely and utterly inept when it comes to handling kids. My nephew and niece (bless their heart) think I'm pretty cool. Yes, take your time to shake off the shock. And I just feel, well, old and what's worse, very "adult". I'm going to be in Hyderabad a while longer, so let's see if things change.

I met up with a senior from school on Thursday. It was fun to look back at "the way we were". And I found out that I'm not the only one disillusioned with my school. It's almost a rite of passage of some sort. It's like, "Welcome to the 11th standard. Here's the remains of your shattered beliefs" . And it's been that way for nearly every batch before and since mine. Meanwhile, the principal goes on YouTube talking about how India should lead the global economy. Seriously. I mean, get your own house in order before worrrying about the rest of the world.

Apparently the Next Big Facebook Thing is the "How well do you know me?" quiz. Really. Every day when I log in, either somebody's posted a new one, or somebody's taken another one, or there's a whole lot of commenting about how correct the "correct" answers are. Pish.

Enough negativity for today. Go out and do something positive !

All my bags are packed...

I copied "Leaving on a Jet Plane" from Vod a few days ago, and now I can't get the song out of my head. Hence the lame title. Incidentally, Vod has actually left on a jet plane. And he's actually not sure when he'll be back again. Maybe it's not such a lame title after all then.

Got back from a trip to Bangalore this morning. It's nice to get away from the city for a couple of days. It's even nicer when it's all on the Central government's expense! The catch was that I had to sit in an auditorium and listen to THREE organic chemists speak, interspersed with biopics of two physicists. It's then that you realize what a bum deal biology gets in this country. The only science that gets less focus is Math. But then again, since physics owes a great deal to math, math does get some reflected attention. So it's just bio. And I've had to listen to physicists tell me how confusing bio is and how logical physics is for the last two years. Sigh.
It wasn't half bad, though. Only one of the lectures was really bad. Most people either gave up trying to listen, or fell asleep outright. The highlight must've been the time when the third speaker made a rocket in the auditorium. Using a bubble top water can and methanol. Really.

It was a fun outing otherwise. I met pseudo and Lioness after a whole year.Lioness hasn't actually changed very much. But pseudo has, or seems to have, rather. Maybe it's because I've gotten to know her so much better over the last one year. She doesn't seem like the self-conscious, slightly inhibited girl I met last May. More like one of the select group of people I'd like to have with me in front of my fireplace. If I had a house with a fireplace, that is :)

In other news, the last two weeks have been pretty hectic. I've been volunteering in a theatre company here in Madras. There have been a spate of birthdays. soupy, estarra, pseudo and Chitra, to name a few. Oh, and mine as well. Appropriate changes have been made to the blog since.

That's all about me for now. I'm gonna return to observing and commenting for the next few posts.

Tagged

Moo tagged me, poor unsuspecting me, to come up with a soundtrack for my life. And since I was jobless (okay, studying. Same difference :P) I've come up with a list. At the end of my list are the names of people I tag. If I've tagged you and you don't have a blog, mail your list to me and I'll post it here. Here goes

Rules of the tag : Various situations are given. You have to come up with a song (or set of songs) that aptly describe the particular situation in your life.

Your Life: The Soundtrack
(Note: Ideally, it'll mostly be a mix of Tamil and English songs. But I've included English substitutes for tamil songs. To give it a more "international" flavour. After all, the blogosphere has no boundaries. Now that that's out of the way...)

Opening credits: Balleilakka - Sivaji the Boss (or) the Star Wars theme
Waking up: I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
Typical Day: Ambalaikkum velai, Pombalaikkum velai - Avvai Shanmugi (or) Livin' for the city - Stevie Wonder
First date: Manjal Veiyil - Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu (no substitutes)
Falling in love: Unnale Unnale (or) Some Enchanted Evening - Frank Sinatra
Love Scene: Can you feel the love tonight? - Elton John (or) Vaseegara - Minnale (That's the tamil original of Zara Zara from RHTDM )
Breaking up: Ninaipathellam nadanthuvittaal - Nenjil oru aalayam (no substitutes)
Getting back together: Baby can I hold you? - Ronan Keating (or) New York Nagaram - Sillunu oru kaadhal
Fight scene: Karka Karka - Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu (or) Beat it - Michael Jackson
Secret love: Part-time lover - Stevie Wonder
Mental breakdown: Numb - Linkin Park
Driving: I can't get no satisfaction - Rolling Stones (let's face it, most of my driving will be in city traffic)/ Raja kaiya vechha - Aboorva Sagotharargal
Learning a lesson: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly theme
Deep thought: Yesterday - the Beatles
Flashback: That's the way it is- Celine Dion
Partying: The Schumacher song - DJ Visage
Happy Dance: I like to move it - Madagascar OST
Regretting: If Tomorrow never comes - Ronan Keating
Long night alone: Show me the meaning - Backstreet Boys (I know, I know. The rest of their music is still not cool)
Closing credits: Main aisa kyun hoon - Lakshya

Now, I tag
1) Estarra. You've already made so many lists of songs on your blog. This should be a piece of cake.
2) Gaya. And the list had better not include you saying doink, glug or sip sip mein boing boing.
3) Pseudo Intellectual. This should be interesting :)
4) Soupy. Put that 5GB of music on your hard drive to good use
5)Eternal Dreamer. Assuming you still have time for this sort of thing.
6) ClunkiestAtol.
7) Anyone else who's just read this post and is feeling jobless at the moment.

Other news. My final exams start on saturday and go on till next thursday. So wish me luck. Hopefully I'll be back next month with my sense of humour still intact.

Until then, this has been ess.

Over and out.

I'm no superman

Well, the blues have been held off for now. All the tips I received after my last post were pretty useful. Thank YOU! (trying high pressure sales pitch to keep you hooked to ymitif :D)

Anyway, the quick fix was to yell randomly and incoherently in public. Ok, it wasn't incoherent. And it wasn't random. I mooed. Yes, the sound that cows make. Moo. At a person who was walking down the road minding his own business. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw him turn around and look at me. I didn't turn back to look at him, but I imagine he had a "What DID you say?" look in his eyes. *snicker

And honestly, I've never felt more alive in my life. What this means is that Gaya has found a brilliant and quick solution for depression. Something that could sink Prozac and their ilk forever. Or it means that I'm as much in need of help as she is. Your call.

The final solution was 3 hour sessions of sitcoms. How I met your mother on saturday and sunday. Scrubs on monday. I know, I know, it wasn't the most constructive thing to do (mum would've had my head. If this were the run up to the board exams, that is :D)

Point is, there's nothing that makes me feel better than comedy. Whether it's a sitcom, stand-up comedy, cartoons (and I mean the classics from the '40s and '50s), it doesn't matter. It's about being able to see the flip side, the funny side, that matters. I'm sure that applies to a sizeable number of people. Yet, for some reason there's no decent humour in Indian language television

Think about it. The closest thing we had to a sitcom in tamil was "Veetukku Veedu Looty". and they ruined that as well with "VVL-2", before finally killing it off. And I suppose those mini-series by Kovai Anuradha also count. The rest of the so-called comedy shows are just plain rubbish. (Ok, ok. I'll stop. Not going into another rant here.

I was just wondering if I should start another blog for my more "profound" wonderings. Somehow, I don't think posts like Just call me clownfish and Coolness belong in the same place. I'm not sure what I should do. What do you think? Put down your ayes and nays in the comments :)

P.S.
But I can't do this all on my own
I'm no superman
:D

Happy Birthday!

Almost forgot. Yesterday was Muthu’s birthday. Pity I wasn’t there in Madras. Bigger pity that you had to mess up how the big day began, Muthu. :P
Anyway, I know I’ve called you my sounding-board on Facebook. But you’re so much more. Have a great year ahead. God bless.
So, if you know her in real life and haven't wished her YET, this would be a good place to do it.