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Walking In.

It’s been quite some time since I walked the gates of college, out… never to step into it again (yes, unless to finish off the backlogs(!)); but as things are in life, I’ve to go daily to drop off my brother who is now in the first sem of EE there.

Line Break.

Unfinished posts, drafted and undrafted ones in the mind-canvas speak of the hate or hateful regret of my life of 4 years (in college, spell that in silence!). Except for a handful of goodness, even with me quoting myself as “an eternal optimist” on online profiles and such, my college-life was really bad.

Walking Out.

I walked into college with the hope of a really productive 4 years (yes! Like everyone else in their own way, perhaps!); I thought I’d write as much as I want, the way I want it, even through boring static classhours. Ofcourse that didn’t happen. Save for some blog posts that made to the blog(s) and random slices of creative junk (aka crappy poetry) it never took off. To argue with the point: “Look at the Others.” They did other things, like study! I didn’t do that either. It didn’t really matter. I can’t recollect what dumb foresight went through my hazy mind then. I don’t know if I still carry the good creative luggage from school (the best days) today as I try to look back and call me a “moron” again.

Of confusions and conflicting thoughts

People have advices for you everytime you meet them. I made a list: a list of people I don’t like (or to be euphemistic so that if you made yourself to the list, you won’t feel bad (why would you? This is my list, you always can go and make yours!) Just in case, you’re one in the 8, I won’t take names.

Aftereffects: …Of Life and People

The List of People I like Less.

(Not in any particular order of priority, this is just a numbered list)

1. People who have nothing to say. Oh, just for the record, when I have nothing to say I hate myself too. Everybody does.
2. People who think they can’t be creative. If a wreak like me can write/do stuff, you too can! (Free advice: sit up, take a pen and “start scribbling” – to misquote Microsoft)
3. People with rehearsed jokes. There’s nothing like a bad joke told badly. If you’re not living the moment, what life is then! Go someplace else where people would actually not-act amused. There. There’s your free good-karma-moment to go with the free advice from above.
4. People who don’t have a dream. People, come on, the spark is everything, if you’ve lost it, you’re done. Anyway, keep digging!
5. People who aren’t crazy. People who have a set rule for everything on this planet, everyday of their life. People who have a set rule for approaching a problem. I’d a friend-in-delusion (!) who thinks his set works universally.
6. People who won’t smile. This irritates me somewhat more than the others in this terrible (sic) list. Even when the joke is good, their smile-muscles won’t flinch the slightest . Why? Yes, I understand that you and me have our sensibilities at different places, but…
7. People who aren’t open to new things. People who see the Rosebowl tagline and think it’s not them that the TV-people are talking about. Not you, yes.
8. People who’re finicky about unwanted details (I’ve touched upon this in an old post of mine, but this is worth a mention again). People who don’t know when to stop. People who pour more than what the cup can hold when a half-fill looks way good.

1. I don’t read much, contrary to the popular belief. I’m a slow reader. The last book I remember reading was Alchemist; and that was like a year or so back.
2. I suck at grammar and spellings, sometimes. I’m not without my times, when I fall short of words. I used to think, I’d some learning disorder.
3. I was an average scorer in English at school. I never, had “content”, save “style”, teacher used to tell me.
4. Everybody in my childhood thought I’d grow up to be a Scientist or somebody. I used to be called, when something went wrong around the house.
5. I never knew how to use a mobile phone, until like a few months before I laid hands on my w810i. I was scared to use someone else’s phone, thinking that I’d press some button and make the thing run wild.
6. I was the naughtiest kid in the block, in my kidhood. I used to pee from windows. I used to stone visitors who came to our house for no particular reason.
7. I love cartoons. The favorites include: Jetsons, Scooby Doo, Dexter’s Lab, Popeye etc.
8. I used to do decent sketches myself. I was asked to teach drawing by a then egghead in class, longago.
9. I used to have a good handwriting, till I was in 10th. Teacher used to get my notes to dictate notes to other class pupils. There were students who envied, my handwriting!
10. I’m a what you’d call a bibliophile. I love to collect books. I like to buy books which I really like. I don’t like old books much. I like the smell of new books. I like the smell of old books as well. But, I like new books more. I don’t like dog-earring my books. I like to keep them in perfect shape even after I read them.