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By Kiran, August 18, 2010 9:32 pm

So there are two types of people in this world – the doers and the slackers. Sorry to disappoint the people expecting a little more philosophical basis for such generalization. But think about it, most of our generation is brimming with us slackers (and thus yours truly has given into not rejecting reality), we don’t give a shit, we don’t care about image, we don’t care about “things”, those “things” will come to us anyway, and we don’t want to do any of those “things” that even marginally border on taking an iota of responsibility. And hence we end up doing, and I say this in no less measure, a lot of nothing.

Therein starts the dilemma, what do slackers do when they are given a choice of adopting a cat or a dog. On one end, they like it when other beings (lets just say dogs for now) lick their face and shower them with sloppy kisses for doing next to nothing. On the flip side, they hate it when they are burdened with even a meager chore that they can’t write-off (say walking a dog every twice a day).

Someone once said, ‘with great powerlessness comes great irresponsibility’.  Not exactly, but what’s to stop me from assuming a double negative is not as true as a single positive. And with that powerlessness bestowed on me, I am but unequivocally inclined to say that I would prefer a cat for it embodies everything I stand for. For one, cats don’t give a shit; and while however much the rest of the world wants to marginalize such an attitude, that is eventually the holy grail of “slackerism”. With just that one shell in my shotgun, I embarked on a six-month propaganda mission to convince my “doer” wife why cats are best for the both of us. Not because I don’t like dogs, but because the slacker in me won’t allow me to be any less irresponsible than I already am. But then, by volunteering to clear the litter, I have already killed a little bit of that slacker in me. The things I have to do. If only logic had a part in them.

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By Kiran, March 3, 2010 11:13 pm

Sometimes we are happy,

Sometimes we tell ourselves to be happy,

Sometimes we believe in the future and take everything in the present in stride,

Sometimes we hate that we have become believers,

Sometimes we want to sacrifice our present for the future,

Sometimes we just want to be in the future and forget the past,

Sometimes we want to think all iz well,

Sometimes we want to think all iz in the well,

Sometimes we just need that shoulder,

Sometimes we just want to hit ourselves on that boulder,

Sometimes we need hope,

Sometimes we need pain,

Sometimes we we hate the absurdity,

Sometimes we want to embrace the futility,

Sometimes we ask for too much,

Sometimes we assume too much,

Sometimes we assume that there is meaning the implicit,

Sometimes we forget to put forth the explicit,

Sometimes we indulge ourselves in the oblivious,

Sometimes we try to escape the obvious,

Sometimes we make melodies from the mundane,

Sometimes we run away from the bane,

Sometimes we wish for simpler times,

Other times we just want to wish away the sometimes.

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By Kiran, January 18, 2010 9:48 pm

This is a post I had written two months ago, but never ended up publishing. It was supposed to be part of the wedding website which I was working on, but never got time to finish. Its a mass version of the “Our Story” page that goes on a typical wedding website. Thought it would be a good start to re-blogging.

Once was a Dude. Dude lived in his own world. Dude was unkempt. Dude was lazy. Dude was too busy marking merry with other Dudes. Also Dude was in constant denial. Dude thought no lady could stand him.

Then came Lady. Lady was perfect.Lady was opposite of Dude. Lady was exactly same as Dude. Lady worked hard. Lady did chores. Lady loved little things. Lady called relatives and friends in weekends. Lady was smart. Lady was simple. Lady was daunting.

Dude was confused. Dude did what he does best. Dude was fellow in Worldwide Association of Sporadically Toothless Entities (aka WASTE Fellow). Dude pondered. Dude didn’t want to be bothered in his merriment.

Dude finally gave up. Dude could not resist Lady. Dude was spellbound by Lady. Dude did romantic things. Dude bought flowers for Lady. Thrice. Dude sneaked off to show her around town. Dude felt at ease with Lady. Dude’s daddy already cross-examined and approved. Dude was uneasy.

Dude finally confessed love on top of tall building. Lady impressed. Dude on winning streak. Dude took Lady for fancy dinner. Dude used last of credit to buy ring for Lady. Dude got lucky break and had Lady’s attention at beach on full moon night. Dude dropped on his knees. Dude not responsible for crater. Dude proposed to Lady. Lady Happy. Dude Happy.

Lady fall in love. Lady write letter on napkin. Dude totally impressed. Dude married Lady on September 4. Lady oraganized grand reception. Dude told jokes. Lady dressed to kill. Dude killed buffet. Family Happy.

Dude getting married soon. Dude anxious. Dude not anxious. Dude is master of ceremonies. Lady heavy planning. Dude will try to follow lady. You come to dude marriage. You enjoy. Dude enjoy. We all enjoy.

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By Kiran, August 26, 2009 10:36 pm

For a change, I am happy. For a change, I look forward to the future. There are things that are about to happen; things that are life-altering, that incite some much needed optimism, that scare the hell out of me, that I actually welcome into my meager life. Lets just say, its that time of the year when I am incredibly positive and scarily anxious at the same time. Nonetheless, its an essential rite of passage and am confident that my plunge into the bay of no return will be both rewarding and rejuvenating.

For years, I needed a control variable, one that puts me in place, that gives me some inkling of a border between normal and excess, one that grounds me deep down into the chasm called reality, and now I am happy that I finally found it. And while I might have been the big bad wolf for most of my public life, I think that finally there are people that see that I have a little more to offer than goofball jokes, unneeded rants and frivolous exploits. I have lived for too long in big minutes and small victories, and now I finally get the chance to relish the small seconds and big victories.

So here’s to change. Here’s to love. Here’s to my amazing luck and incredible fortune. Cheers.

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By Kiran, July 15, 2009 11:08 pm

There are things that I do, and more significantly things that I don’t do, that often make me ponder for a purpose for the next day. Given the fragility of life and the microscopic impact that the majority of us have on this world, I concluded that it might be easy to cater to thyself rather than keep procrastinating till that to be great moment. I have always wondered how to get over the paradox that presents itself in chalking out a plan for life; if everything was planned out, then I’d end up being too busy worrying about not achieving the next goal and if nothing was planned I would get nowhere. So like most things, I am taking the middle ground, and writing a list of things I want to do this year. Yes, I too, would like to see Rome and walk the Great Wall, but no point wandering too far from reality or in over-estimating the randomness of my own mind. And with that spirit, I came up with the following twenty or so things that I would love to do before the world ends on New Years Even 2010.

Eat Dim Sum in LA’s China Town
Buy a bike, any bike
Taste a 15 year old wine
Paint an oil of canvas of a real landscape
Run 7.1 miles non-stop
Do two all-nighters and sleep one whole day
Fall hopelessly in love and write a love letter
Write an iPhone app
Try all ten of the best of LA Zagat
Watch Le Reve one more time
Play Comptin Dun Autre Ete Lapres on the piano
Watch three movies with one ticket at any multiplex
Eat at the French Laundry
Make my company website
Buy a flat screen tv
Help with at least one disaster through the red cross
Fire a shotgun
Learn at least three dance moves
Finish Edgar Allen Poe’s complete works and poems
Cook four indian dishes in one evening
See La Traviatta at the Disney Hall
Buy a George Foreman grill
Spend $1000 on a gift for a special person
Write one work-related article
Short-sell at least one stock