Rumours of a weekend gone by

I spent a total of 31 hours in a three session meeting between Thursday morning and Saturday evening including a 15 hour session on Friday. As if that's not enough, I had to get up at 1 am Sunday morning after sleeping at 11pm so that I could change sleeping positions by 714 km. So pardon me for not using any euphemisms when you ask me how my weekend was. I didn't have a bloody weekend. Today I'm suffering from stretch marks. When I'm taken to the limits of biological and mental tolerance for a few days, getting back to normal schedule leaves me with that "bent forward" inertial feeling. Fortunately, this week is a two day week for me. Actually...

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Blogging on the go

While having breakfast today morning, I started thinking about the difference in writing style that is responsible for the slow pace in which my current assignment is moving. Imagine 6 people among them 3 lawyers, one chief operations officer of a bank and a financial analyst sitting round a table reviewing a 100 page document. Enter day 2 of phase 2 of drafting and I'm inspired to describe something to you. Its maroon in colour and is 3.5 feet high. It measures 1.5 feet in diameter at the top tapering to one foot at the bottom. It has several zigzag lines running from top to bottom separated by an uneven half a foot. Four bamboo sticks protrude...

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Of Exes & Whys

I almost did not publish this. I thought it was too personal. But then again, what am i afraid of? So why the heck not? And can't I always remove it? I've had two relationships in my life, both very fulfilling, and both building a special bond that subsists to the present. Now, I don't date readily, commitment to something as devious and varied as a human being requires a complex mental/psychological process for which most 'suitors' are disqualified permanently ab initio.  Unlike most people, the idea of emotional commitment is not a belated product of pubescent chemical imbalances but a premeditated concept which I have often considered...

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Angel behind ancient demon mask

One key common feature of the middle class is that they are a paycheck away from the slums. Talk about reality 101. Also explains the war dreams I've been having of late. And this in the face of recent comments from a misguided few who fell for the not-so-convincing illusion of wealth. People, we need focus, we need ambition. We grow up with fairy tale notions, even the best of us. I can still remember back in the "good old innocent naive days" when I would boldly proclaim that loans are for the weak-willed with a pompous more-disciplined-than-thou smug look of my (then more appealing) face. I've since learnt a few. I once inquired how my parents...

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At worlds end - the less profound

I blog absent epiphany. I've had cumulatively over 24 hours of sleep this weekend, hence my feeling of success. And yesterday when the world was meant to end I wenT to bed early with a glass of red wine and assortment of chocolates having proclaimed that the Lord would wake me up when it was time. The world ended yet again, and left us lesser gods with the aftertaste of disillusionment. I don't question my faith but I always wonder what can drive a man so far from logic, the answer eluding me from it's sheer simplicity. Humanity is not logical, and our decisions are rarely based on the dictates of reason but rather the urges of our mortal selves....

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The Selected Seven

I've changed the url for the blog, but I guess being here makes this statement irrelevant. Why? Coz I just realized that artcdroid.blogspot is too close to artdroid.blogspot which is owned by a "hairy asian" guy (so I was told). I promised I would not be posting today. And yet here I am. But what if I post this tomorrow? Then I won't have lied and I'll still have posted. No, seriously, this shit could be puzzling archaeologists  in the distant...

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Sankara

I've always heard about the hotel but never really bothered to go there. I don't think I have enough investment class assets to justify the opulence suggested by frequenting Sankara and it's contemporaries. That would be irresponsible and a breach of my fiduciary duty to my future self. But I've heard of it. So when a client called me yesterday asking me to attend a high profile meeting with his key business partner, I wasn't clueless about the venue. So today morning I made my way there for a breakfast meeting. Of course I confirmed from google maps how to get there and confirmed from someone who'd been there whether they have parking - not...

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Classes of men - the lost coin

Definitely not an exhaustive list: Daffodils - they are resplendent in gayness. a severe lack of masculinity, love for colour, sense of fashion, and no concerns with negative public perception of their lifestyle. They are bold. They have self esteem and are frequently choosy but they easily fall prey to basic psychological tactics. They are also emotional. Being gay is a lifestyle. The pictures they have on facebook is their 'fabulous' selves and 'hot' celebrities. Career gays - these ones are hardly colourful. They would like to be. Their chief trait is that they have found the totality of their identity and life purpose in their sexuality....

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Of a blogger's block and his random musings

So far I have lived up to the promise of doing only grammar and spell check edits to my blogs. I'm giving it to you raw and unprocessed, no pun intended. Speaking of pun, I realized yesterday that my mouth is the single most culpable organ when it comes to the reputation I am trying to get away from. I tend to find puns (mostly sexual) in anything that a particular group of friends say. Its reflex, I cant help it. So, coupled with a few known encountered with such people, they think that's what's running in my mind all the time. Anyway, I will try not to care. What to write about? I think a blogger's block may be imminent. Yes, it does happen....

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Sunday after Friday the 13th

I begun my Monday on the road. At 12 midnight I was driving back home. I had a busy Sunday. I visited a police station. I left home with the intention of watching a movie in theatre alone. I trusted someone who later turned out not to be worth the trust. I woke up at 7:30am Monday morning. I have become a mutant version of my former self. It was an interesting weekend. Saturday was ecstatic, Sunday sucked (and not gently with passion using the lips and tongue but violently with intent and using mostly the palate and the teeth), but I saved the day and broke even for the weekend. Imagine this, you meet someone at a random social gathering....

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Tax

I hate tax. I don’t think there’s anyone who loves tax. Generally people don’t like something that reduces their expenses without their explicit control. That’s what tax does……and marriage. Given the ubiquity of this emotion, I will not dwell on it. however, there’s a side dish to the vice. Annual Tax Returns. You know why I hate these in particular? For one, I can’t see what they tax so I cant put an image to the tax. The Income Tax Act is a voluminous statute. It will use too much memory space. But a tax return? Why, its just the right size for a whipping. Not only is it enough to take a whooping third of my income but you have to tease me...

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Of madness and Bond

I had an infuriating conversation.......with myself. I do that once in a while. I mentally project the subject with whom I'm to have a conversation with and talk my heart out. Today it was a friend who had betrayed me by believing a rumor and spreading it without getting me into the loop. I gave him a piece of my mind and concluded by stating that friendship is a fact, not a label. To more important matters. I'm watching James Bond Tomorrow Never Dies. Cars, gadgets, women, charm and Witt is what made a Bond movie. This new "Bond" (I don't care for his real name) doesn't have any of that. He's a tortured soul with little to offer Bond fans....

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69

Dear 6, Please stop spreading rumors about me eating 9. I hear you and 9 get up to some really weird shit. Sincerely, 7. Wow, is that a coincidence or what. The old stupid joke that 6 fears 7 because 7 ate(8-for the fairly slow ones) 9 has been taken to a new level. And what a coincidence that the 69 sex position fits (pun right there) perfectly into the whole mix. I know, I know. I'm taking it a bit too far. Y'all visit www.dearblankpleaseblank.com and enjoy some intellectual hum...

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Email Blogging

I might be resort to this to avoid having to show up on the site all the time now that I’ve made it all colourful and gay. So let me see how this works out. I have a moderate appreciation of art. Especially digital pictures that voilate the senses. Like the burning bush the guitar is not consumed by the fire that so apparently engulfs it. Thrilling. For someone with an expansive imagination, this gets you wondering. Random thought: Hibiscus. Thor...

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Freedom from reputation

Writing when angry brings out the best in me, I think. I've just realized something. The last few months I've been groping in the dark not knowing what I've been looking for. I've been busy working hard to accomplish a goal I didn't fully appreciate. All I knew is when I'd fail to accomplish it. The feeling is bad. Must be what retards feel. There it is, there it is, there it is, oops, it's gone, but wait, what was it in the first place? Drool. Thanks to a friend who just annoyed me I know what it is. Nothing like heightened emotion to give you an epiphany. I need freedom from my reputation. I've been told countless times about it, at times...

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Hard and sweaty business

Yesterday evening I was chatting with a friend of mine and voila, I randomly engaged in that very interesting physical activity which it tiring and sweaty but leaves you feeling so darn satisfied. Yes, I went to the gym. Now, I’m not overly fat although I have to admit I’m less than fit by more than a few points. Nevertheless, I don’t have this pressing need to lose weight. You’re right, what weight. But I like the idea of working out for a few reasons. Facing the challenge builds discipline. If you can keep up the habit despite your body’s protests, what else shouldn't you be able to do without your body’s express consent? It...

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The Philosophy of a Weekend

For the first time since I started blogging again, I took a few days off. Inadvertently. The weekend just caught up with me like one of those cyclic redundancy errors of the diskette era. I always wonder if there is some underlying psychology behind what makes my weekends. Well, technically, of course there is. But can I ever know it. Should I make a case study of one? In some ways this weekend was typical, characterized by the relaxing indiscipline of indulging in certain activities while yearning for other. Those I engaged in being sleeping, watching tv and visiting friends, while those I yearned for being hitting the road in German technology,...

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Lets talk about sex

Ok, not really, but I got your attention, didn’t I? And a perfect excuse to upload a pic. Now that I have your attention, the saying is that success is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration but I think I differ on the percentages. My reason is simply. Success does seem to have a correlation with hard work but does not clearly guarantee results, and neither can it boast to be an essential ingredient. I see impoverished lean people on the streets...

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Tactful humility

So am in this meeting, right? We've arrived late and the client starts going on and on about how we and the other advisor in the room are not taking it seriously. As in he's getting really worked up. Ok? And here are the two reactions I observed from the two culprits. The other advisor gives excuses and takes this hard stand saying he's not at fault. Come to think of it, this is how kids do it too. This aggravates the client further and his voice has become shaky. I call it embarrassing anger, you know, that one you know you're making an ass out of yourself but you don't care coz venting it feels just so damn sweet - kinda like taking a stubborn...

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Immortality

I’m currently reading Ramses the Great by Anne Rice. She’s a favourite author, in the top ranks with Colleen McCullough, she of the “First Man in Rome” fame. In this novel she deviates from her vampire/witches chronicles but predictably, the concept of the immortal still permeates this book. The book centers around Ramses, once and always famed mighty pharaoh of Egypt, who gained the secret of immortality. Entombed of his own will for 2000 years he is revived by an archeologist who defies the curse on his “tomb”. I love paradoxes and this book has plenty. The first thing he sees in the process of being revived is the murder of an innocent. An...

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Conspiracy

Lordy. Today I was crippled for two hours. First, I'm running low on fuel, two traffic builds up as people rush to fuel stations. It takes me a blistering hour to cover a journey that takes ten to fifteen minutes. Then I can't fuel coz.....well, that's where all the traffic is headed. Then I get home and no lights, and I'm out of credit. Then the ATM decides I should save and not spend by denying me my dues. I go back home to deal with my misery and my phone is running out of charge. I turn to the long-battery-life "Ippy" and it's at 25% - two and a half hours worth. So I decide to continue reading my current novel - Ramses, the Damned by...

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Blogs?

Wikipedia says a blog (a blend of the term web log) is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Blogger.com says A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world. ..... whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules. The point of all these definitions is that no one should question whats in a blog........unless...

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Familiarity breeds contempt

How true. Yes, that's the totality of this post. The saying, and a confirmation of my belief in its truth. Random thought? Not so random today. People need to stop having serious expectatio...

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Random musings

Today I'm feeling melancholic. Why? Maybe it's abba, Michael Jackson and Elton John's fault. Humans are by nature social beings. We can't stand being alone. And it's a tall order at times since we can be alone even in a crowd. The desire to associate, and be associated with is not quenched my mere physical proximity. I used to be better at this. I used to watch movies all alone and get lost in my thoughts of a world not anything like this, and even in that world I'd be alone. Alone but respected, admired and loved. Can't do that anymore. Always itching for company. Crap. Crap crappity crap. On a less sad note, I started this sentence not...

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Judges without verdict

One day I'll write a post without the words 'I' or 'me'. But not today. Me I'll write about something else. Having said that, bad english grates me. Especially when it flaws good looks. If you look like rail track kill then I won't notice those errors. Flogging a dead horse? Ok, that's cruel. But seriously, it's a multistage process. First, looks. Then, posture, dressing and mannerisms followed by speech patterns and apparent intelligence. And it's a knockout type session. Please note, I do not subscribe to the school of thought that people should only opine on topics which they have absolute command of. I think the concept of fair opinion...

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Online diaries cum blogs

Thanks to my browser randomly crashing, I've lost a three paragraph post. Let me see if I can remember what I was on about. First, something about not making this an online diary followed by a recap of the things I did yesterday and an oops about having just made this into a diary of a not so interesting personality. I mean, so I had a great wine evening, so some young but legal ones came to entertain us with not so traditional (actualy rather swaggerific) dance. So I got into bed at 6. Right about here came the oops. Moving on to the more substantial observation. Social media has brought out innate human traits. I think this is what the...

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