The Alicious tag...

Was tagged by alice to write 25 random things about myself.I already owe her some royalty with regards to her name,which I have no plans of paying :)... And add to it when on bench boredom just kills you...Thanks to this tag it helped me to while away some time. Here it is..

[Seriously I did not get any other image for "25" :P]

1. I hate watching movies. I feel it's a waste of 3hours, especially the normal commercial fare which doesn't add anything to my creative self.

2. My idea of a start-up is starting my own religion or at least an ashram

3. I am what they call a metro sexual. I don't mind folks calling me that,I take care of my hair and skin so that I don’t end up bald or wrinkled when am in late 30s. Metro sexual is better than being addressed as the wrinkled bald man :D

4. I love to get high and stoned ,but sadly my capacity has quadrupled of late and in my last binge drinking attempt even 4 large rounds of Smirnoff didn't shake or stir me. Some serious issue.

5. Am a crazy fan of govinda and I believe he is the true desi style Icon. I wore costumes of same color as he did once, and they quarantined me in college..hmph

6. BIG time narcissist. I have a two mirrors in my room, one in the workplace and even my bike's rear view mirror is focused on my face.

7. I am crazy about Rakhi Sawant,Paris hilton and Sambhavna seth..I know most of you would be cleaning your tongues after reading out these names..but..well serious issue no-2

8. There are times I get up and move to some place/room and turn blank..I totally forget the reason for going there. Trust me it's very embarrassing, especially if it's the loo at office.

9. I am totally mesmerized by people of Mongoloid origin[guess addressing them as chinky is racist,some of them said it hurts].I find them cute and adorable. I just get rooted to where I am and start ogling at girls and babies of Mongoloid origin. In fact a few times was doing that at guys too...ok ok serious issue no-3. Gosh whats this tag doing to me..making me feel like rushing to get an appointment with psychiatrist

10. I don't overtake or race ahead of lady drivers who overtake me. I find that totally amateurish and immature.

11.I love surprising myself, like doing something totally wacky once a while. Enrolling in guitar classes was one of them and not going to it regularly wasn't too surprising :)

12.I think I am the master of spoofs. I can write a spoof of any movie/book and can claim confidently that it would make people laugh.

13. I hate homophobics..I mean why do people feel threatened by what a person does in his/her bedroom. That that man/woman that that preferences. We have more dangerous people at lose in the society than homosexuals.

14. I have more break-ups than the number of fingers in my hand :D

15....Yeah 15 is the number of approximate breakups so far and counting !!!

16. I want to become famous because I wish to write an autobiography.

17. I dream to live like Rudyard Kipling.

18. I am nowhere like my blog. I mean people build an image of me after reading my blog only to surprise themselves by running into a self-indulgent, silent guy.

19. At any given point of time my mind would be thinking of 5 different things on a parallel processing mode.

20. Give me a computer with AOE and internet I would be sitting there till eternity.

21. I hate being neutral in times of a crisis. I believe in this saying "The hottest corners of hell are saved for those who are neutral in times of crisis"

22. Many[especially girls] find me rude, haughty, arrogant and high-headed...actually I like being called that :-)

23.When I am passionate about something I get overconfident about my abilities to do it. To the extent that I go on to say even if all the actors fall sick I will play every role in the play and make it a hit :)

24. I am a big time egoistic bum who is hyper sensitive[though I seldom exhibit it]. Someone doesn’t reply to my mails or doesn’t return my hi or hello. I mark them and post their name in my to-be-assassinated-soon list.

25. I never have my shoe laces tied.

If you are bored or suffering from blogger's block or want to tell something more about yourself to your blog reader's I request you to take this tag up.

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One pipty tag !!

Wogay looks like till 21st my mind will be on a strike and nothing useful or cohesive will come out, those who think when has it given useful/cohesive thoughts are to be presented with a fully paid holiday package to afghanistan!!.

Thanks to these tags this space is surviving. Was tagged by the revenrend GoST Zephy, it was about making bold all the things I had done in my short useless life. Since it was just coloring work took it up with a glee :-). Here it goes.

01. Bought everyone inthe bar a drink - Will do it the day Big B's bahu walks out of his house and comes to me
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree - The guava tree in my old house before shifting. Was a sentimental moment
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea - Some resort in ECR we were in tents and watching the lighting storm, in few mins the downpur drenched us
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise - After the drenching sleeping in wet dress was not a good idea
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game - If the cric matches @ Chepauk are counted
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa - May be the annanagar tower
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables - onions and bananas
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars - when we had power cuts and no generator back ups
20. Changed a baby’s diaper - My almost 2yr old nephew is what we call an urine tanker, needs a change once in an hour.
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower - I aint a karan johar fan
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment - Actually the worst possible moment worsens after this fit
27. Had a food fight - Everyday in school and college
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger - And did not pursue as she wanted her hubby n kid to come along
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can - Yes I do sing
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse (On TV)
34. Ridden a roller coaster - Kishkinta and VGP :)
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking - Thats what happens when we get drunk with champagne
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day - Eeeth was the Arabian accenth
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment - Everytime I see my pay cheque
39. Had two hard drives for your computer - Once had 4 connected and formatted the wrong one
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk - Comrades in arms
42. Had amazing friends - Not sure if they share the feelings
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love - Well movies run for 3 hours but hearbreak lasts pretty long,latesht sameera
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them - It was a pretty crowded restaurant and not much of a choice for me as well as him.
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero - I am hollowman in all my team meetings
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theatre
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business - kind of though can't call it a full fledged one
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken - still feeling lucky about that
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo - The stick ons and painted ones
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on a television news program as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on Stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten Shark - Baby shark, what they call sura puttu
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone - Do ya count my hosue during mom n dad's fights :P
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over - planning to do this in 2009
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking with the windows open - Do that even in bike
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived - And realized walking in railway tracks in not the smartest thing to do
105. Wrote articles for a large publication - Two of them, wish I was still doing that
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback - Do that often as I hate flashbacks
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol - At Marina beach
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse - Marina beach again
119. Had major surgery - root canal can't be called major naa
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period - After a walk to tirupathi
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about - About being a teetotaller :)
130. Gone back to school - And felt miserable at its current sate
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach (I stamped it accidentally! Eeeeeks!!)
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read - Don't ask me who it was
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - Felt horrible after that and did not touch meat for 3-4 months
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language - It was hilarious and awesome
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you - If lyrics is considered as art work
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair - Burgndy it was
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life - And felt happy that my blood is from the universal donors group

61.. .Hmm guess I have had an ok life!!. Left the tagging other's part as I thought it's too long a tag to be taken up with a smile :)... But have found people who can still do this with a smile, so I hereby tag Aparna, Swarna, Bhargavi and Vimmuuu. Read more!!

Thinking out loud.

Thanks to all the tags I was able to get out of a small block which I was going thru,but now with our show nearing I better not have any blocks and clogs.

Wanted to write more about the Mumbai blasts,but then there is a sudden vaccuum which envelopes me, followed by an all encompassing numbness.What is the point in venting it out in virtual world, signing petitions, calling names etc,. I find it adding on to the frustration and helplessness.Meanwhile came across this hard-hitting article by Gnani, it makes us raise more questions.

Something which my layman senses fail to grasp is the blasting of politicians. Accepted, most if not all of them are corrupt and hopelessly selfish,but then they have not jumped from the skies.They are a part of the system,so the blame is equally on the whole nation and every individual. We had a peace march where politicians were mocked and names called. Leaving alone the questions about whether there was a protest march when a fellow indian was beaten to death[by indians] just bcoz he came in search of livelihood to a different city,I still get questions,questions and more.

Mumbai[and the other 'metro' cities] has a voter turnout percentage which is pretty low compared with 'troubled' jammu and kashmir.When we don't participate in the process of selecting our rulers why hold them responsible now.It's like an atheist blaming god for the tsunami.

The oft repeated excuse is ofcourse - none of them are worth to be voted to power, why should I vote. But that too does not hold good now with 490 [though it's final implication are not known yet]. During the previously held assembly elections I had resoved to make use of this provision but was warned by friends and family about backlash from the party poll observers. After seeing quite a number of thugs around the polling booth my bravery failed and I cowered[though one of my friend's parents did do it successfully].Voted for a guy who I thought was the most educated and the best amongst the lot,as expected he lost. Felt really hopeless and had an urge to take a AK-47,go door-to-door and kill the so called elite class who did not move their ass out during election day,but sat in their couches and were watching/analysing/criticizing the results

If I did sound like painting a glorious pic of our netas,well that was not my aim. My only grouse when I saw the angry protesters was the knowledge everyone had in advance -it was a march in vain, may have given fodder for the news hungry media, may have given platform for some NGOs but whats the change that can be done with this.Though it hurts, the answer is ...Zilch

Phew!!When i started this blog I had resolved not to write about religion and politics but then looks like its not gonna leave me :)..

Also take this oppurtunity to thank Bhargavi and Vimmuuu for their sweet awards. Bhargavi for the "Proximidade" scroll .

This award is given to a blog that invests and believes in PROXIMITY – nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award

And Vimmu for a shiny little cup..The first I have got in my life,thanks dude.

Passing the awards on to Curious, Sindhu, Zephy, Verby, Kanupriya ..hmm guess all others have got them.

And have also got verby aka abhithakuchalambal's tag to do. Movie Quirks of mine, I rarely watch movies at theatre, so pretty limited list I have here.

1. I wanna watch the movie from the beginiing,right from the first films division reel they play[it's not more done though] till last line of the credits rolling out.I curse my friends due to whom I may end up missing the first few scenes,even if it is seconds.
2. I can watch movie with anyone,I mean no restrictions in going out to movies with met-a-few-secs bfore pals.I feel watching movie and later discussing about it makes us get closer and well acuqainted.
3. I have an OCD with regards to leak points in movie halls.I hate to use them unless until the situation is explosive :P
4. Love to watch the movies of big stars and the kinda frenzy the fans go once the hero comes on stage.I get goosebumps and used to wish someday I will be a hero like that :)
5. Used to re-enact the scenes of some average/mediocre[let's leave the names now] stars at home in front of mirror.
6. Hate couples who make out in movie halls,not that I am jealous just that I feel it is sick.

That's all so far....This looks like a 4 in 1 post :)..not too sure about my time till 21st december, so thought of getting everything done.

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Quote...unquote...

So I have some 4-5 tags which are pending. As of now going ahead with the bossy girl's tag of listing out quotes which I have come across. It's the easiest task for me as I keep changing the quotes in my official email singnature on a weekly basis, to impress ...well..you-know-who :P

Here they come.
[1] From the movie Matrix- Agent Smith: I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet, you are a plague, and we are the cure.

[2] From Braveheart - I will tell you of William Wallace. Historians will call me a liar, but history is written by those who've hanged heroes.

[3] From Dirty Harry
Harry : Well, when an adult male is chasing a female with intent to commit rape, I shoot the bastard. That's my policy.
Mayor : Intent? How did you establish that?
Harry : When a man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher's knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross!

Yikes...I did sound like a movie freak.Sadly most of my real life lines too are very much movie inspired :).. trying some quotes which are not filmy.
[4] Those who wish to sing,always find a song

[5]Peace isn't merely the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice.

And this was one which I loved a lot "For me the Internet is just yet another way of being rejected by women"...and the second best was "In god we trust...others we virus scan". Sindhu has really got me started now.Trying my best to stop the flow of quotes :)

Anyone who wishes to take this up are welcome.

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Qwirky Tag..

So here is my first tag on this new blog...Tagged by Abarna,yup the lady blog rolled as
abar-p o'er here. Firstly I had a tough time to find the meaning of the word Quirky, thanks
to google I found it. Going into this tag, I have to list 6 quirky[strange,odd,bizarre]
qualities of me.

1. I am a chronic liar[CL].I mean if you havent got a hang of how chronic it is from my previous
post. Let me explain,if someone wakes me up in the sleep and asks me where I was the last
weekend I am capable of making up a bluff and tell it out convincingly.I dont remember one
person to whom I haven't bluffed :)

More folks realized this is quirky during my recent UG class reunion. Met an ugandan
classmate who sat near me. During good ol' days the poor soul once asked the name of a
classmate and me being the CL told it is rajinikanth,so by the end of the year thanks to me
he had met amitabh bachan,kamalhassan,mamooty,hrithik and even karishma n urmila in the
boys college.Now, after 8 years in India he had realized who they were :). Trying to curtail
the CL,but then I am having fun :P

2.I have these weird wishes about my future wife. I dream of this shy,coy bharatia
naari[yeah typical MCP] who draws a da vinci painting with her feet and is
capable of laughing for my PJs even if she is hearing them for the 127th time. Infact I did
put this up as expected qualities in shaadi.com and my sis suggested I rather put the
expectations with my snap in ebay.com as it had more prospective bidders.

3.I take the cream in cream biscuits and discard the biscuits. Started this habit when I
was 4 or so and it has stuck to me.Interestingly my 2year old nephew has got the same
problem but with a reversal.He eats the biscuits and discards the cream.So my sis opens the
cream biscuit packet only when we both are around.

4.I can't have tablets without chocolates.Another childhood idiosyncrasy, should blame my
mom. I can't have tablets without having a sweet or chocolate to munch in after I swallow
the tab. I tried to get over it but i simply cant.

5.My dressing sense.It has been branded as quirky by most of them.Well you can't blame
someone who has Govinda as his style icon.I find it pretty normal when I buy a yellow pant
or a fluorescent bermuda.Some call it gawdy but I call it desi :).So next time you find
someone choosing the gawdiest color of dresses or ice cream in baskin n robbins..greet me!

6.I am too jovial.It IS quirky bcoz I am jovial even in serious se serious situations.
Situations which are given tragic violin strings in movie re-recordings somehow are funny
to me.I can put a long post on that.An example:Sis gets diagnosed with blood sugar during
maternity, everyone at home are worried and the typical violin stringing moment. I come in
and they explain the situation, my reaction "wow so we are gonna have a sweet baby".
Misplaced sense of humor I say..

I would like to tag: Sindhu, Prasad, Arpita, Swattalk, Zephy

..And anyone who does'nt mind taking it up :)

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