While the entire world has gotten over Potter mania and the subsequent lack of it,I am a late and hesistant beginner.Everybody who has read the book,recommend it vehemently.Juvenile.Fanatics.
From my past history,I had a preset notion that I would not be able to get too far with this book.I just cannot sit through animated movies and my appetite for comic strips and the witches and the gnomes is alarmingly low.I can never ever watch Superman,Spiderman or the Matrix s of the world to save my life.I understand Calvin and Hobbes with high level of difficulty.Men flying around defying gravity just about elicits a yawn.Maybe they have some scientific way to attribute this to brain mapping or something more complicated.I bet they have a term for it.
I did think Shrek was quite cute though.But I do recollect being in a pink mood and demanding a romantic candy-floss movie and Shrek was what my roomie had to offer.Perspective.
I had given reading a big break over the years,once the college humdrum was a thing of the past and the corporate life took over.
Suddenly I had time on hand.It was time to go back to my books.I drew up a list.In fact I drew a list of all things I wanted to do before I die.I have this weird side to me.I attribute it to being 25.I can scare myself by just saying out the number aloud.
I wanted to know what the fuss around Harry Potter was all about.It induced mass hysteria.And I still do not know if Mr.Potter eventually died.
I have not progressed beyond the first 50 in pages the last 2 months.Infact I had even forgotten about it until I chanced upon it again this morning.I am stumped.There must be an explanation.Guess I fall woefully short in the imagination front.Well,not really.
When I look back I do think my choice of books and the ones I have thoroughly enjoyed fall in a definite pattern.I like real people,real emotions.Drama.
I intend to give myself another chance with Harry Potter though.Here goes.
PS:I have already misplaced it,and it does not particularly upset me.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
The Perfect Guy-A Mirage
Trust me,25 is not a good milestone to be at,more so if you are a girl(...tsk tsk woman..on the threshold of the beginning of a stage where singledom could be called spinsterhood) and single and think prince charming is an illusion like Bigfoot or a once in a lifetime occurence like the Haley's comet.The next appearance is scheduled for sometime after 2050.Good riddance.
I have reached a stage where I would rather get hooked cause its really hard and traumatising to explain my single status.
So,do you even want to get hooked ??...Is not even the point of contention...er,but..I think..er...Shut up.
Time for relevant questions.What is the type of guy you would like to get hooked up with??
Er,no clue...(romanticism is something that put me to sleep in the only Mills and Boon book I read).....(It dint take me too long to figure that tall,dark and handsome are mutually exclusive)..(..the brainy ones are probably doing something adventurous like encircling the earth,so that was never on my demand list..)
No Clue..Thats not even a possibility.What is wrong with the existing guys(prospective suitors...well,not really..but planting a idea in a male's ill-logical neurons dint really kill anybody,rt??)..
(..regaining composure..)..ahem..ahem..if the sparks had to fly they would have like ..er..(Somewhere at the back of my head I did know that sitting through Dil To Pagal Hai just might help me save my ass someday..)
It din't.
(..shucks,should have quoted the exact lines,Ek Dhuje ke Vaaste...kahin na kahin koi mere liye bana hai..come to think of it if they had tried to sell the movie as a horror flick it might have worked...)
Dont lose Focus.
Sparks???Are you mad.Be practical(..damn).There's nothing like Mr.perfect(..damn,I dont exactly kid myself.).
(..Dont ever hang out with married people and with those who cant make up their mind..)
(..Then there are those people on the threshold of marriage who still cant give up on beer and football .Memory flashes,tribal fixation,haunted corridors.Obnoxious titter.)
Er,I never wanted one.
Shut Up
(...damn)
PS:Travails at breakfast table in the company of the Devil and the Illegal Immigrant.
Verdict:There are some games you never win.
I have reached a stage where I would rather get hooked cause its really hard and traumatising to explain my single status.
So,do you even want to get hooked ??...Is not even the point of contention...er,but..I think..er...Shut up.
Time for relevant questions.What is the type of guy you would like to get hooked up with??
Er,no clue...(romanticism is something that put me to sleep in the only Mills and Boon book I read).....(It dint take me too long to figure that tall,dark and handsome are mutually exclusive)..(..the brainy ones are probably doing something adventurous like encircling the earth,so that was never on my demand list..)
No Clue..Thats not even a possibility.What is wrong with the existing guys(prospective suitors...well,not really..but planting a idea in a male's ill-logical neurons dint really kill anybody,rt??)..
(..regaining composure..)..ahem..ahem..if the sparks had to fly they would have like ..er..(Somewhere at the back of my head I did know that sitting through Dil To Pagal Hai just might help me save my ass someday..)
It din't.
(..shucks,should have quoted the exact lines,Ek Dhuje ke Vaaste...kahin na kahin koi mere liye bana hai..come to think of it if they had tried to sell the movie as a horror flick it might have worked...)
Dont lose Focus.
Sparks???Are you mad.Be practical(..damn).There's nothing like Mr.perfect(..damn,I dont exactly kid myself.).
(..Dont ever hang out with married people and with those who cant make up their mind..)
(..Then there are those people on the threshold of marriage who still cant give up on beer and football .Memory flashes,tribal fixation,haunted corridors.Obnoxious titter.)
Er,I never wanted one.
Shut Up
(...damn)
PS:Travails at breakfast table in the company of the Devil and the Illegal Immigrant.
Verdict:There are some games you never win.
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