Talking Talking

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Phew! That was horrible. Now let me start right away, otherwise WordPress will decide to self destruct! 

Today, I write about 25 Random Things about Me. I’ve seen a lot of people doing it, so I decided to give it a try myself. And mind you, this is a tested technique for self inspection. I got to know a lot about myself when I did this. So, here we go:

1. Myself? Eccentric! I might come across the most eccentric of the lot. You cannot really predict me, because I don’t let people know fully about me. Perhaps this post is a step in the right direction (or perhaps not!).

2. I crack horrible PJs, so horrible that people literally run away from me when I’m doing that. I can skew control to make it kaun troll and cunt roll. I can insert bolo tara-rara inside taare zameen par. The rest cannot be written here. Its a family blog.

3. I’m a complete foodie. Give me food at midnight, I’ll have it. Make me eat eight paranthas, I’ll have them. Tell me to eat samosas after I finish up my tiffin, I’ll do that. Tell me to eat karela for a fortnight, I’ll not complain. I can eat ghiya, tori and tinda too. And I can even finish up half a kg of gajar and still have an appetite for Masala Dosa. You get the point! 

4. Call me an OCD — Obsessive Compulsive Downloader. Ever since I got this MTNL Triband in late December, I have downloaded about 50GB of data, and that too at 256Kbps. I have a lot of patience when it comes to downloading. Movies, Music, Software — You name it, I have it!

5. I feel guilty for absurd reasons. Even the smallest lie can send gushes of guilt into me. And that makes me a bad liar! When I was going through a rough patch, the very first advice that I got was to keep calm, and stop feeling guilty. Seriously, feeling guilty is like having a dementor around — all your good feelings get sucked out!

6. I’m searching for that special someone. I’ve had *real* crushes on *only* two girls in the nineteen years of my existence. In the first case, I was dumb enough to let go of the opportunity. In the second, she was dumb enough!

The fact remains that I am still single, and ready to mingle. Couple it with #7 below, and you’ll know why! However, if you are a female, and find yourself in the same situation as mine, contact me! We’ll live happily ever after! 

7. I’m a perfectionist, though not to an extent that I require my towels to hang at an angle of 75 degrees with the horizontal! However, I do like to keep my Physics file as neat as possible — which is a herculean task in itself! My handwriting is bad, and I cannot draw a straight line even by using a ruler. You can imagine my plight! Similarly, I don’t admit any song in my music library until I have tagged it properly. And I have a fetish for round figures. When I open my eyes at 5:52 in the morning, I wait till 6:00 before I get out of the bed. In my wallet, you’ll always find Rs. 500, not Rs. 517 (in the morning, when I leave for college, that is!)

8. I like to write programs, and I’m paranoid about how they look on screen. At this point of time, I’ve learned to write only the console applications in C++. So I’m a great fan of gotoxy() and system(“cls”) and iomanip.h and things like that. If you know C++, you get the point.

9. I’m intelligent, but lazy. I love my sleep. Period. No matter how easy the day has been, I feel tired at 10PM. I just have to hit the bed at that time. Also, I feel lazy when I have to do something substantial. Like reading such a big post. Like sitting down and doing something for an hour. Its not that I cannot do work. Its just that I’ve come to despise it. And that does make it frustrating at times.

10. I like to keep fond memories. And I love to remember them on a lazy afternoon (yeah… you read #9, isn’t it? ). The first time I went to school? The first time I made tea? The moment when I was the happiest? My first crush? My group of friends and the situations in which we used to find themselves in? Bunking classes in school just for fun? Oh I remember them all!

11. I love my school. There are people who tell me that I haven’t really passed out of school – that I’m still wandering in the corridors of Mira Model. Because I know that its the school that has really made me what I am (of course, with more than generous helping from my mother!). Its because of it, that I’m able to think clearly – that I have come to value friendships – that I have understood the notion of togetherness – that … well, the list goes on! While in school I discovered that I had a passion for writing. Somebody in school suggested that I should start a blog. I heard my calling for computers while still in school – as early as in the sixth standard!

12. I don’t really like new people. I feel shy in going up and talking to them. Somebody has to come to me and start a conversation. But when the ice gets broken, hell breaks loose! Remember #2? 

13. I want you to be a conformist, and agree with things I say. I think there is an unwritten rule somewhere, which my friends have come to understand. They have realized that I’m too stubborn for their efforts! And part of it also connects with the #12 above. I feel shy in trying out something new. But when change is inevitable, I fight and fight – until everybody conforms!

14. I can’t stand bootlickers. It makes me disconnect with someone who does that. I know I’m not very unique in this regard, isn’t it? And yes, I’ve written about it before.

15. I’m dreadfully punctual. Tell me to come at 5 ‘o’ clock, and I’ll be there at 4:50. Everyday, I’m the first person in my batch to reach the college (and many a times, the first student to enter the college too!). In an age when its fashionable to be late, I tread the opposite path – with no mis-happenings whatsoever! No seriously, I like to be on time, even when being a little late is acceptable.

16. I can’t pose for the camera, so don’t ask me to do that! I have hundreds of pictures that I’ve clicked on my phone, and I can be seen in just a handful of them. My flagship picture, which I use in my social networking accounts, is a cutout from a group photograph. When I gather enough courage to actually pose, my eyes start to flicker, and I lose focus. I can’t bear the fact that somebody from behind the lens is looking at me! 

17. I don’t dance, and I don’t play. I usually say that its been nineteen years since I’ve danced, or I’ve played a sport. These singing, dancing and playing is just not for me. I can live without them happily, much to the plight of some of my friends.

18. I like to collect pens. At one point of time, I had about 250 pens in various shapes and sizes. I wanted to keep them forever, but mom made me throw away the useless ones, which nearly constituted the entire collection! I have a special affinity for Bittoo’s Fountain Pens – I still have some of them.

19. I like to read a lot, especially these days. I go to college early in the morning, in a bus – time in which is spent reading. These days I’m reading Dr. Harivanshrai Bachchan’s Kya Bhuloon Kya Yaad Karoon. In 2009, I’ve read Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace, Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Mr. Quinn, Carolyn Hart’s Death in Lover’s Lane, and tried to read Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers. 

20. Internet amazes me. So it does to many of you. I don’t think I need to say anything here! Not only the internet, but the technology that goes into making it is amazing. When I say that I want to learn PHP, CSS, Javascript, AJAX…. You get the idea.

21. I’m a morning person. Point to #9, and this becomes logical. When I go to bed early, it must be evident that I get up early. And that makes me a morning person. I know that most of you happily remain awake through the night. This makes me different from you, isn’t it? 

22. I like to go on my own way, and I don’t care if somebody treads with me or not. When I have to go, I go. When I have to do something, I do it. I don’t (and can’t) wait for others.

23. TV? Naah.. PC? Yeah! Make me sit half an hour in front of TV, I’ll start cursing you. Make me sit whole day in front of my PC, and thou shalt be my best friend. TV is full of bullshit.

24. You can call me honest, though not dreadfully so! I don’t lie just like that. Make me see a reason, and I shall do it. Don’t make me see a reason, and I won’t do it! Its as simple as that!

25. I love to walk. Alone. I’ve had experience of walking more than a dozen kilometers in one go – with nobody with my side. Its not that I’m so unpopular – just because I crave for some loneliness. (Its a bloody little thing to crave, I know – but that’s how it is!)

Well, if you actually read through the post, thank you! I know it is expected, because I don’t write such long posts everytime. How did you like it? Very much? Or did it bore you to death with all that blabbering? Do let me know.