My dilemma

The scenario , a bunch of people with lowered income in a cafeteria well re known for serving cold breakfast. The TV is screaming in the background , with some horrid news repeating itself over and over again .

B : Did you know the world is going to end in 2012?

ME : Hmmmm , really ? How does it end ?

R: Not quite sure about that , but that's what they say .Well, at least we would not have to come to work !! (A satisfied smile on her face)

B : As long as we all evaporate , I think I am okay .I mean no body is going to miss us if we all die right ?

ME: Are you absolutely certain about this ???

Now if you were living in blissfully happy oblivion , like I was , read this :)

Doomsday

I wonder , why they make prophecies without sound proof , now if it was absolutely certain that the world was going to end , I would be okay , really !! I mean I would take all of my dad's money , go to Europe and ball the next two years away . . . But if the world doesn't end in the stipulated time , I am going to have a very annoyed dad .

And that is my dilemma . One of the voices in my head (lets call it sanity ) says,in a very incredulous voice - "the world is not going to end ,that is rubbish !!!!"
And another very shrill voice ( I am going to call her boolahoowoo ), says ,"But what if it does ? and what if I never get to live the European dream , lets borrow from the mafia and buy a palace in Venice , an orchard in Switz , a shopping mall in Paris and a mountain in the Himalayas . . ."

Help me out here , will ya ?? Please !! . . .

Catch a dream or two

I see the world through a colored glass
Distorted at many spots
As I storm through time,
I see a plentiful of unfinished plots

I see ,a few broken dreams and a few waiting to come true,
And new ones that break out at dawn,
At dusk , I find myself searching for a shooting star ,
In hopes of catching a dream or two .

Ouch , the bump . . .

Pre-historic Bump :


They get bumps too :
(please click on the image to enlarge)


Bumps from another world :




Prompted by :Sunday Scribblings

On Strike !!!!

News Flash : Pilots call off strike after seeing a certain fantasy girl's pay check ! - Today was pay day , and apparently , my salary makes people feel really good about themselves .

Inspired by IIT professors and airline pilots , I followed their suite . I have been on strike for the past 2 weeks , the only problem is no one noticed , Typical isn't it ??


(My first cartoon :) . .hopefully it will get better soon, click on the image to enlarge)

Like I mentioned in my super power post, Maybe I could use my invisibility for the greater good !!. . . Anyway , now that my salary has driven me into depression , I have to finish my fourth choco-chip muffin (the muffin comes after a couple of chocolate truffle's , and I have a bag of candies waiting for me) . The world can wait !!

Why be you , when being someone else can be so much fun :D

Being me rocks !! I was in an hour long bus journey , stuck in traffic , amidst the honks and the gentle drizzle , It was like a lullaby to me , so I hugged my hand bag (Learnt it the hard way , when in an Indian public transport , you hug ur stuff if you want them to remain yours) and dozed off for a bit . But apparently , the prying auntie sitting next to me was very very bored !! So here is how the conversation went for the rest of ride . . . PA - Prying auntie , PM- Poor me .

PA - Argh , I hate this traffic . I went to this . . . .Blah blah blah blah

PM - big fat smile , mmmmm yeaaah

PA - Are you a Malayali ??

PM - mmmm , yes . (I always thought Malayalam sounds a lot like Tamil anyway , so why not ?)

PA - What do you do ?

PM - I am practicing law , criminal law(I have no clue where that came from , considering I would definitely faint if I saw a real criminal , its a wierd profession to choose even for pretense)

PA - Oh , that is nice , so are you finished with your course .

PM - Yes , I am practising under Mr.Ramakrishanan Nayar (I am not quite sure if someone by that name does exist) , he is a leading lawyer defence lawyer

PA - hmmm hmmmm , so are you the only child?

PM - No , I have 5 brothers . three elder and 2 younger (Well I always did want a brother :D )

PA - (With a worried expression , probably about the horrible family planning in our country ) Nice nice , I have two kids , they are about your age , they never listen to me . . . .

PM - Ummmm , yeeaahh . .

Long pause - I called up a couple of friends , and not one picked up their phone in my time of dire need . My best friend made her little cousin pick up , and in the urgency to make conversation I asked - "How is school coming along l'il fella??. ." He got completely annoyed with the above sentence and said "I am in Uni now and I am definitely not little I am close to 6 feet now " (They grow up so fast dont they ?) . . .how was i supposed to know , the last time i met him , he was a wee fella in 9th or 10th grade ! Since that conversation was a complete failure , i kept the phone before I put my foot in my mouth again , turned at mrs. PA and gave her my - 'please-dont-hurt-me' smile. But she went on , anyway . .

PA - So what is your caste ?

PM - (My caste? What if she is all against tam-brahms and wants to kill them all in cold blood , and I am from kerala remember - so I made one up) . I am a cholagiri Nair .

PA - Are your folks , looking for an alliance for you ?

PM - (This caught me completely off guard , I mean the lady just met me for crying out loud ) Ah well you see , cholagiri nairs are very rare ,do tell me if you know any ! (Considering we are the only 'imaginary' cholagiri nairs , I was completely honest :P)

PA - Oh ok , I will keep a look out for - "cholagiri nair" - is that what you said?. . By the way my daughter is planning to learn for law too , will you give her some career counselling

PM -( I was going to jump off the window now , but i managed a smile and barely said )- "sure"

PA - Ok here is my number, just message when you are free , I will ask her to give you a call .

(I dutifully noted down the number)

Just when I realized lying was putting too much pressure on my brain , I generally tell people the complete truth , just to save myself the effort of cooking up a lie , The bus conductor called out - "##############" . ..

Thats my stop I said and jumped off the bus , boy was it good to be me again !!

Superpowers Unleashed !

I have been having an urge to turn into a cartoon character lately . And while contemplating on who to turn into , I realized it would be a waste of all the transformation effort, if i did not get superpowers .

Here is a list of super powers I would need .

Invisibility
I got this one covered . It is this power that got me into thinking of turning into a super hero. However , I do have to master its timing(I never turn invisible when I get myself into a scrape or do something utterly foolish)

Anti gravity mechanism
It would be an embarrassment to be a super hero and not fly ! This is a definite must have

Redefine hero wardrobe
If i am a super hero I will have to redefine super hero fashion , there is no way I would wear cat woman , or super man's or spider man's clothes - argghh !! (There is so much work and (work out) to do !! )

Change sizes
Working out , hitting the gym , and keeping away from candy is going to be very very difficult, considering I get all the above mentioned super powers ,I might as well bargain for another one.And when giant sized , I could pick some people up by their collar , using just two fingers ,and watch their faces contrite in fear (don't you worry , those who read this blog , and comment (and tell me its super duper nice) are safe).

Home planet
Instead of being bitten by a spider or charmed by cats or having to roam around clad in black , I choose to be from another planet (inspired by super man) - right now its Zokawokawoo {home planet subject to change in accordance with my mood}- According to a story I made up for my little nephew , Zokawokawoo is The Dream Planet , not far away from our galaxy - milky rivers , cookie boats , lollipop oars , wafered streets , candied houses , ice creamed mountains and mint trees .(Way better than Krypton , don't u think?)

Survival in any environment or ecosystem
If I am going to travel in space (Zokawokawoo is in another galaxy remember?) , I would like to make 'friendly alien visits' - (I would be the alien - yay!!) to other planets and moons maybe asteroids too . A space suit isn't exactly my idea of the perfect super hero costume , I should be able co-exist with alien life forms in my natural form (Does this sentence even make sense?) .

Time Travel
If its not asking for too much , I would like the power to turn black holes into worm holes and go right through it . If the physics Nobel laureates got their physics right (and if I got what ever they tried to say right)I could save the universe in different time periods too :D


I would also like the other mundane and taken-for-granted powers all super hero's have - sing , dance , kung fu , karate , jump like mr.hulk, have fleeting speed and evade bullets (like in matrix and tamil movies), yada yada yada - you get the picture don't you ?

Now all I have to do is wait for the Zokawokawooian's to come here and declare to the Universe that I am the heir to their planet's throne , and I get the afore mentioned super powers . I sure hope they have non-candy sturdy , light & fast space ships .

Fantasy party

The rules are:
- you can invite anyone, living or dead
- you have a table that seats eight, but as you are one, you can invite seven people
- you have to explain why you'd invite them

And for bonus points:
- what would you serve them for dinner?

Prompted by : Sunday Scribblings

If I had all the money in the world , and if I did not spend it all buying myself linen and chocolates and tickets around the globe , i might , just might throw out a big fat fancy party , (the rules say 7 - but i do live in an over-populated country , and in my fantasy party I really shouldn't be bothered with a list :D)

On a muddy beach , lit by the full moon
The air filled with a tide's tune

Soft fluffy cushions to rest your head
And a robotic arm to hold your bread

Jamun's and jelabi's ,Pizza's and pie's
Think of a taste , and you would be fed

Little crazy frogs , singing melodies close to your heart
Kiss them , and they would turn into prince's NOT

Dance to their tune , and wear your happiest smile
I invite you , because I like to be by your side