Ten forty and the art of zen

Days like today don't come and go every day. They show up at your door only once, and even though they don't ring the bell twice, they tend to last long enough to remember. It's like a melodious series of events, really. A lot like life. In a nutshell.

Today, the calendar informed me that there isn't much time for school to end. Coincidentally, it'll take just as much time for everything else to begin, as they say.
But hasn't everything already begun?

Ponder.

Brushes

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Just like in India..
By Kris Wilson.

Transmission

Well, it's a shame to be a boy.

The picture tube told me that more than fifty guys got together and assaulted a couple of women. But that's no biggie, I've read about similar incidents in the paper. It's just that there was a slight difference in the number of guys when I last read something like that. Maybe there was a different locale, too, because I don't recall anything like this happening outside a 5-star hotel.
But apart from that, it's pretty much a familiar memory, and so is police action. They feel they've read and heard enough of the same report over and over again, and it's really no biggie. It's just, you know, molestation, everyday thing, kinda.

Maybe this is why Indian families long for a male child. So that he can grow up and molest people. So that he would get a fair share of wedding gifts (read dowry). Maybe it's because there's some sort of imaginary superiority in them; that somehow scoring a goal against the home team would help.

Don't blame me, I'm not spreading hate propaganda. It's not my fault soap scripts are deep fried in this oil. I'm not responsible if 1 in 5 movies tends to showcase this. If they're lying, and social evil has completely been eliminated, then you better strap that television set to a pack of dynamite, and light the fuse.
And if they've got the truth on TV, then it sure as hell is better to be bubbly like our scooters.

Glad to have you here

Well, this world sure does know how to keep my blog alive.
Or at least Sindhu knows for sure.

So here you are, randomness straight from the lab.

1. I used to appreciate eating chicken wings. Now I don't.
2. I haven't charged my cellphone for two days. I'm going for the record.
3. This blog is no longer a 'few hundred words', it's 'a few hundred birthday wishes'. Psych.
4. My yellow shirt tells you what cool looks like when I wear it.
5. I thoroughly dislike not working fast enough, yet it took me an hour to type my thoughts out on this.
6. If you don't already know, I like coffee better than tea. If you still don't believe it, I might have to spell it out for you.
7. I've been thinking hard to write the six things you just read. This one was an easy chip.

There ya have it, folks.