The Seasonales

As i walked into the room, he skillfully converted the yawn into a hearty laugh. He was watching "Everybody loves Raymond!". He took a parting shot at me as i walked towards the refrigerator. "Machaan!! THIS is comedy". When i first came to US, a little over three years now, i used to watch a lot of Friends (like the Tom Hanks character in Terminal). I used to watch the 7:00 show and catch the repeat at 11:00 too. My over-the-board enthu put off some of my luke-warm Friends fan friends. Over the years, i grew out of it, moving from one comedy to another.

In the first year, i was naive and wide-eyed (occupational hazzard of having too much beauty around you.Go Penn State!!), i used to watch Friends. Slowly, i moved towards more satirical and less saccharine Seinfeld. The edgy south park, fake news Daily show followed next. When south park originally aired, people couldn't take it apparently. Too gross. Just like the way, i feel about Drawn together? And, yet again, as life changes and new things happen, may be, someday, i will be able to assosciate with "Everybody loves Raymond" :D.

Upnext : Has Pointy really become mature? Or is he just being at his hypocritical best? Find out in The Filthy Hypocrite, upnext :))

Gone in 60 seconds

On a nice bright afternoon, i was making my way towards the department. The road looks deserted and i see a desi character walking down on the other side of the road. He gave a cursory glance in my general direction and i immediately see the wheels in motion. He is now having a tough time to avoid saying Hi!. Have you been the situation? The trademark signature of the situation is that the victim looks in random directions till he crosses the direct horizontal line connecting you two. At the line, he involuntarily looks straight ahead thus avoiding the embarassing situation of having to say Hi across the road. This nugget of social interaction gives a wealth of chances to play whatever pranks you like to play on the victim. Let me offer some suggestions

- Run toward the victim with arms and legs flailing. Panting, stop and discuss the weather.

- Call the victim, this is the right time. Watch how the reactions change :)

Ofcourse, you could sometimes be on the other end and be dishing out the same treatment to someone else. In case, the other guy is trying to implement the running act on you, your only option is to run him out. If he runs to this side, you run to the other side. This might be a little blatant but he asked for it.

A Cranky Message

My cellphone screamed silently, its tiny face suddenly illuminated as a response to the suppressed scream. I returned the call at the end of my class and a movie plan emerged from the rubble. Crank is a pretty good movie with violence and humor interspersed brilliantly. Its a different story told differently. After, the movie and dinner at a stupid indian restaurant, we were sauntering down to meet a couple of friends at another restaurant. The topics drifted towards voice mails and messages.

Until a few weeks ago, i used this idea to con people. My VM started with "Hello", a brief pause. "Helloooooo"..another pause "Hellllllllloooooooooooo"..another pregnant pause and then "Ha ha..i am not in right now, please leave me a message and i will get back to you!!". I am glad to anounce that quite a few people have been tricked. Suckers.

The same day afternoon (as the first para), subbu called me up. I picked up the call and said, "Hey, leave me a message and i will get back to you". But, ofcourse, subbu didnt buy the whole thing :). I will try it on someone else. I will have to wait for a few more rings, this time though. The goal is to create ultimate confusion of whether it is voice message or is it me!!!

My actual voice message greets, "Hey, you know what to do". In response, i got this message today.

"Umm.yeah, i am a dumbo
I don't know what to do
even, then, the question
is whether to do or not to do
but what i like to do is to do you. bye"

Out of curiosity, what does your VM say?. I heard someone had "Kaun hain be?" in a gruff say. Some might have "Yeah, tell me...".

PS: Also, check pointy's post on Voice mail

Interspersed

Every morning, i religiously check rediff.com. I feel most of the stuff they have is bS but i still read the entertainment section. Lately, they have discussions on which Don songs are better and stuff like that. I feel kishore da's song wins downright. (M)Udit sounds lame in comparison. I also had doubts of whether SRK would be able to pull-off a Don but after hearing his voice in the Main Hoon Don (Na), may be he can.

A good indication of how much other people's opinion matter to you is if you listen to raaga songs based on the number of stars it has.

Another rediff feature has been have you spotted a celebrity thing. A few weeks back, i was in Cal and there is a gult restaurant enroute work. I used to visit that place quite often and thulp. The restaurant had a very shabby look to it and the food wasn't exactly top-notch. One evening i landed up there a little late and the place was kind of stacked up with human beings. And, as i was about to leave, i see her. Trust me she doesn't no where close to what she is on screen. I was quite appalled but i did shout her name out loud :)

My brain has been leaking ideas. I had sat down to right a post on ten random things i had thought off and i notice that only one thing has remained :(

Digital Interlude

Today, on the field, one guy walks up to me and introduces himself by his town name. Introductions can get really tricky and I , for one, suck at them big time. I have never woven intricate love stories nor have I done bungy jumping. Each time I open my mouth, it is like a random statement juxtaposed with the previous one. And, you shook your head (for a variety of reasons) and have tried to give it some form of coherent semblance.

Destiny makes perfect sense to some. For them, its like a blank. When its time, you know what to fill it with. This guy has been dreaming, thinking, and penning rendezvous stories since he heard the name blog. Where any guy would be twiddling his thumbs to write even one, he churned out four harry-met-sally stories to roaring approval from the fairer sex. A tag of pure fiction firmly attached with each of these.

Allow me to introduce to you, a very apt and cute couple: Adi and Rohan :). Two pieces put together through blogspot. Possibly, for the first time ever. If you see them together, you would agree with me. That it does make a lot of sense.Err..that’s all.

PS: I would let Rohan weave the story with the finer details? Hee hee, I just wanted the honor to introduce.

On a seemingly connected note. May be it is that time of the year, i don't know.