Me and Theories. More me.

Over the years. Things change. You change. 

You sort of take the best things from around the people you know to become who you are.

Sometimes you pick up the wrong things. But someone else will come along and correct those things (hopefully)

OMG, How I met your mother is getting to me! Those lines sound like what Ted would say right? :))

But hey it's original haan!

So here are some of my quirks, lessons learnt, things that I picked up: 

1. I've begun reading books right from the foreword. Even textbooks. :)

2. I have to drink a glass of water after I brush my teeth.

3. I don't believe what people close to me are saying unless I get a proof from someone else.

    Got that from Dad. Pisses Mom a lot of times. Even I get pissed. 

    But, now, I do the same thing! :|

4. I tend to talk and be nice to people who aren't that close to me.

    But, My family, my room-mates: I get pissed with.

    Reversing that. Surely!

5. I want to travel the world. But, not alone.

6. I love watching movies on HBO. Entertaining. Insightful.              Missing that now :|

7. If the reasons are compelling enough, anybody can be anybody!

    "Miss Poet" talking :D

8. I think I let people take advantage of me. 

    My premise: Everybody is good, unless proven to be wrong.

    But, over the years again, it has changed to: 

        Everybody is bad, unless they keep proving they're good.

9. I like being goofy. It's sad when people think that is all there is to me.

   Shows they don't know me. Hence, I'm not supposed to feel bad about it.

   But, I STILL feel bad.

   Which gets me to the point:

10. I am super-sensitive. I cry. A lot.

     For silly things. Can't stop. :|

That rhymes.

11. I have a theory: People are born with/over the years develop a basic underlying emotion. That is the emotion they go to by default, when they don't know how to react. 

When caught in headlights, the deer:

Jokes/Cries/Gets angry.

My friend got mad at her bf, when he fell sick (How is it his fault that he fell sick?) But then, that is her underlying emotion: Getting angry.

Another one got yelled at by a random book-seller at a stall: She started crying. That is her underlying basic emotion..

Another...etc etc etc.

Think about it. Do you know what your underlying emotion is?

Snow Day - Very random post

So it snowed like crazy here and was home, cooking most of the day. I enjoy cooking.

Watched Dhobi Ghat. I think it's not what most Indian cinema goers would want to pay and watch. I thought it was interesting, but again, was it because I am not in India that I didn't really mind watching the Mumbai streets and the emotions? Probably not. It had more to do with the emotions than anything else. You'd like it better if you don't watch it with a group of friends. And it somehow reinforced the feeling of Karma- I totally believe in it. What goes around comes around. 

Watched the Social network.  The locations were very familiar. :) Been there done that sorts. The story was very gripping. Nicely made and told. When it ended, I was like, "Heyyyy! Why did you stop?!"

It is creepy when your room-mate who's asleep talks in her sleep and your still awake listening to it. Can be embarrassing sometimes too. ;)

I told you it is random!

The Parting

My room-mate left yesterday and the room is suddenly empty. I mean when she was here it wasn't like I would speak to her all the time, but atleast her presence was felt. Now it suddenly feels like I'm all alone in this big bad world. Ok full dramatizing it only no? But no, I actually miss her..

Mmm..So before she left we were awake till 4 am..talking about ourselves, what we thought of each other, about others, love, life after this and all... Bits and parts of the conversation:

Background info: Topic was about love/husband etc. We're all single.. by_choice/otherwise.

S: Somewhere some body is made for me. I believe in destiny.
A: You have to believe, you don't have an option. :))

I felt good about the fact that she thought I was a good human being even though I can be a little rude at times. And she thought I could brighten up someone's otherwise dull day just by talking to them. :) Now, that was something!

We dropped her off to her new destination which was about an hour's drive from here. A guy she knew was kind enough to take us all and say the final good-bye. We had heard from her that the guy is super intelligent and all that. So we were kind of curious to see him. All these intelligent types are a little too careless I feel. (Based on a few other intellectual souls that I know)
So this guy picks us up and we drive off for about 10 miles before he realizes the fuel tank is almost empty. And the bad thing about this country is that you have to drive far and wide before you get to a gas station. So we headed back, all the way speculating about how many miles we would have to push the car back. Luckily for us, we reached  before we ran out of gas completely. On the way back he's trying to drive fast because the logic was to reach back before we run out of fuel. :)) I was like, the faster you go the more fuel you spend. He's like, "Oh yeah." And then slows down!

The ride this time was without any more casualties. I wouldn't know. I was sleeping. Good thing about me travelling is I can sleep wherever whenever. Bad thing is my mouth is open a lot of the times.....and if you are sitting beside me, you could be in a mess :P

We reached the destination and had a look around the Capitol building. While we were taking pics, I realized Mr. Smart_guy had forgotten to shut his car door and it was wide open on a busy road! Luckily nobody crashed into it. Then after he closes the door, I ask him if he had the keys. After I ask, he checks, and says yeah they're in my pocket! OMG what a bhulakkad!

I always thought my guy should be full intelligent sorts. Now I think he should be responsible more than anything else.

After the interesting journey, we dropped her off, pacified the crying girl, managed not to cry and headed back to the empty house.

The time in our lives can be likened to walking an empty long road. No matter how many people you meet on the road, you have to reach your destination by yourself, all alone.

PS: If you ever happen to read this, I miss you.

Sadness

Guess what? I opted out of the skit. Psch. Kinda feeling bad. I really wanted to do it. But somethings you just know won't work out in the long run... And this was one of those things...

I thought there was too much that was left to do in too less time...Leaving that aside, even after a month's practice there would be no guarantee that the skit would be performed..So thought I'd rather take part in a dance which won't take as much time and which will happen for sure.

:( Still feeling bad though..I wanted to do it.......

The Art of Acting

Gahaha. Not that I have a lot of knowledge over the topic. But I am beginning to realize it is not as easy as it seems. Portraying your emotions in front of an audience and making them feel what you are feeling is a HUGE task. Trust me.
All this gyaan I'm giving out coz I just started acting in a play/skit which is a love story. How it began and continues..Your typical love story.

The first scene required me to fall into his arms and look into his eyes like I'm in love! I mean, here is a guy you don't even know, and you have to act like he's the center of your world! So many problems I had.
First thing, it's plain embarrassing.
Second, you have to do it with more than a dozen pairs of eyes watching you!
If it were in a room with only the two of you, it is somewhat fine. But otherwise it requires a lot of effort to ignore the people around you, get the feelings of each scene right and finally, have the confidence to do it in front of a group of people.
Now I know why, in movies, they prefer less people to shoot with in intimate scenes. Or why co-stars are linked. To make it look real, you have to get comfortable with each other and if you get comfortable, it would look real! So, you have your catch-22 situation right there. :)

It's been good so far. I'm doing it to explore my limits. To see what I can and can't do. And how much I like what I do.
More later!