Fun N Frolic

Sometimes me and my friends do crazy stuff when we are in the mood
This is what we did to one of our guy friends!

Sparkling Thought

Smoke karne se ideas aate hain :o)

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Dear You,

Now that you’re leaving baroda I’m wondering how good times end. I’ve had this conversation several times with several people in the past one month. Sometimes I’ve cried, sometimes I’ve laughed over the feeling. It indeed feels like an end of an era. The long hours spent at archaeology, cracking jokes, bitching, gossiping. There’s certain amount of fixation on the past three years.

Everyone goes thru this phase and I don’t know whether I’m just making a big deal of this whole thing. But I value people around me, people who’ve shaped me, people who’ve stood by me and people with whom I’ve spent the (archaeo) rocking time with.

Times change and so do people and so do the feelings attached with them. Time erodes some memories, sometimes reinforces them. Times spent with you though have been quite a roller coaster. And you know why I say that. We’ve hit both, the rock bottom and the peak in our moments of anger and laughter. And I truly thank Time for having healed a certain patch in our friendship.

It means a lot to me when a friend goes away. There’s some kind of proportional anomaly with distance and the bond that you share with a person. Neither of us will be filthy rich in the next couple of years to have our frivolous lil’ laughter on or about other people over the phone. We may or may not find the time to write long emails that include the trivia of life. It’s a change, I am trying to get myself used to, life sucks at crossroads. One simply doesn’t know from where and when a cargo truck will hit you. Sorry for being macabre but isn’t it really like that? Or mebbe I am just being very dramatic.

So many things and so many people have changed in the years gone by. There are a couple of things I regret or feel angered at. Unfortunately there’s no second chance or an alternative. And I don’t think I have the courage to have it all rewind and correct certain situations.

That’s why I contemplate over the mistakes I’ve made. The mistakes others have made. If we could magically delete these mistakes I think I would have some more wonderful things to write here. But would it be equally thrilling to have it all perfect, all rose scented moments? There can perhaps be a hundred different answers to that but I really don’t care to find them.

You’ve had some miserable times with the two guys in baroda. The other being you know who. As much as I don’t wish to comment on the whole issue, I just want to mention that despite things having gone sore I still cherish life as it were then. Somehow, secretly I also feel it would’ve been much better if we sat together and sorted it out and I wouldn’t be writing these things right now. All three of us screwed it up equally, how much I wish we could do something about it and stay connected from wherever we are. And pigs will fly!

You know, even when I remember these things now, I still feel angry and upset. No calls before he left, like we didn’t exist, like we didn’t matter. Stubbed out like a used cigarette. And then I tell myself, LIKE I CARE! No, I really don’t care any longer and I’m not fooling anybody with that. I’ve never known what’ve been the issues with you two and the lil relationship u shared for whatever amount of time. I don’t know how special the whole thing was to the two of you, I’ve never gathered guts to tell u this but it was important for me in its own way. The same kind of feeling u shared when u came to know I was seeing her. And then we all suffered the domino effect.

Coming to think of it, I think we have more bitter memories to look back on and we’d be fooling ourselves trying to desperately find a diamond in the pile of coal. It’s all stale, bitter and sour. The three of us.

Have we been unfair to him? Well, maybe. We never came to know why he was prompted to behave the way he did. Was something terribly wrong? Did some third person or some third possibility further ruin the whole chance of sustaining our friendship?

What’s truly important to me right now is to tell you that I’ve shared the glorious phase of my life with you and you in your little way have kept pouring in laughter and challenge for me. You know, some people just like to forget the Laughter. But now that you’re leaving I really want you to have fond memories from Baroda. Let the bygones be bygones, let the bastards be bastards.

If it weren’t for the two plays, I don’t even know if I would know that you’re leaving tomorrow. Stage has been such a bond between the three of us. I still remember how nervous you got just before Tara, how painful it was for u to get slapped like that for the play. I still remember he told me that just my presence on the stage was such a reassurance for him. ‘It runs in the family’ was hilarious and I can’t think of any time spent till now which I hold so dear to myself. The rehearsals at dilkhush, the treat by Rani’s aunt and the hopeless dress rehearsal on D day. Ha ha. Glorious times which we’ll never see again.

Nagmandal was an even bigger production. More responsibilities, more tensions, more sour in its true sense. The final bow felt different, it was so different from Tara or It Runs…It felt like standing with strangers. I was happy for all of us having put up such a meticulous act but it still felt different. The happiness was mine, I quite didn’t share it with others like I did for the previous plays. We’ll not even talk about Don’t Dress For Dinner, its inconsequential and I felt utterly disgusted and jealous for not acting in the play. I swear. There’s only one thing that I have to say about Don’t Dress…you looked really pretty in that dress. In fact, my mom just asked me yesterday WHY I DON’T LIKE YOU. To convince her I had to tell her that you’re seeing somebody else. She knows you’re going tomorrow and when I told her that I think she felt a little sad about it. It’s really funny though! Ha ha…

So that’s good ol’ days revisited. Two years, mega fun and mega cold-wars. But I guess they both go hand in hand, mega fun and mega cold-wars. And perhaps that’s what makes it more special.

So here I am, signing off. June 24, 2005, bidding adieu to the craziest laughter in my friends list. I will really miss you. Actually, I will miss your laughter more. I’ve always wanted to ask, is your loud laughter a strategic publicity stunt?

I wish you the best of fortune and the best of people in times to come. Amen!

Till I see you next,
Me

PS- I didn’t talk about the whole B affair cos I think that’s a complete waste of time and space

PPS- This letter remains strictly between you and me. And I couldn’t think of a better birthday gift for you today

geo targetting!

This is this interesting email conversation between me and my school friends (!) whom i havent met in ages. we have a yahoogroup for our batch to supposedly keep in touch but we all end up sending silly forwards. but something like this on a sunday morning is definitely worth living a life for! here's my (nbs) 'rocking' conversation

gurl < gurl@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
hey frnds
i have made an orkut community for our
rocking school.. all of u join it.. thanx

nbs < nbs@yahoo.co.in > wrote:
err..
i have one question, when was our school rocking
;o)


cp < cp@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
the answer to ur question is

"OUR SCHOOL WAS, IS & WILL REMAIN ROCKIN' FOREVER IN OUR
HEARTS"
also i would like to request the moderator to kick
out anyone who talks rubbish abt school, from this
group, just like ppl of gujarat kicked out fanaa !!
So nbs, be careful next time dude ....


ds < ds@yahoo.com > wrote:
Dude CP....
I understand your feelings about the "GREAT"
school.....Wid you mate !!!!
I had terrific time there and yea those days were some
of the best we would ever have in our lives......I
think none would disagree.....
but mate dont equate nbs' statement wid aamir
khan's......i know both the statements are/were
equally controversial but please dont be like BJP and
get impatient and intolerant....India is democratic
country......FREEDOM OF SPEECH ...remember!!!
Take it easy mate.........n
nbs........remember.......baroda rather entire
gujju.......BJP land.........passionate
crowd.......watch out........lol......
Guys keep on writing......
Njoy n take care......
DS

nbs < nbs@yahoo.co.in > wrote:
I HAVE ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING TO SAY

i think SOME people from gujarat will remain people from gujarat. fanatics, fundamentalists, frogs in a well, extremists, conservative, non-democratic, followers and defensive. tch...tch...some of my own school friends getting sucked into the game? oh my gawd, i don't believe it, somebody actually brought the whole BJP threat to my one statement. INTOLERANCE aye? but well, against those number of people, i know equal number of people who negate fanaticism and fundamentalism in OUR GUJARAT. so i guess, the situation is balanced!

well, this sounds so much like amir khan defence but well humour isnt really your cup of tea isnt it cp? did u by any chance miss the smiley that was attached with the one liner eh? and yes, school was rocking for most of the time, except for the last couple of years, i have my own reasons, do you mind? and i have equal number of people who DO ADMIT THAT THOSE WEREN'T THE NICEST YEARS IN SCHOOL! so well, thats my answer. but those 'un-rocking' days are to the elements of school, not the school people. i've met some of the best people in my life in school! aah so well, even when i think a particular patch of my school days wasn't so nice, i still remain a STUDENT of the school that taught me so much. AND DEAR MODERATOR, I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO BE A PART OF THIS YAHOOGROUP! ;-)

ds, you are the luckier one i feel. away from the state, at least u've grasped the concept of freedom of speech and democracy in its true sense. HAIL AUSTRALIA! ;-) hee hee, i am jus kidding dude. i love my country as much as anybody else! and i don't say this only cos i perceive some BJP threat..ok u know wot i should really stop joking. afterall, some people do have a problem understanding jokes! and ya, ds you do sound like a good journalist in the making!

ps- how bout visiting the school one of these days? i reeaallly wanna meet some teachers...

cp < cp@yahoo.com > wrote:
Well nbs, quite a nice article, i must say.
But what to do, we r engineers and not journalists like u, so its not pssible for me to present it just like u did.

Pertaining to the humour matter, i would rather say that i forgot to put a smiley next to my threat to u. I think u took it quite seriously, ha ??

Coming to the aamir khan issue, i would say that talkin about democracy and freedom of speech, if u have the right to call a class of people from gujarat as "fanatics, fundamentalists, frogs in a well, extremists, conservative, non-democratic, followers and defensive", then dont u think those people have the right to take their stand on what they feel right. Just because BJP has taken the initiative, it does not mean that there ain't any common men out there in support of BJP's stand. Just picture this : u wrote about our bhs as "UN-ROCKING" and suppose u were an outsider from some other school, just imagine what huge amount of criticism (maybe threats too ... lol ) u would have got from some of us.

There r a lot of people out there in our state for whom the dam is like a dream and a new lifeline. However its really dissapointing that the whole issue is being dragged shamelessly into dirty politics (for god's sake, banning FANAA isn't the solution), but we must also give a thought to the sentiments of people who r hurt by aamir's statements.

Anyways it was nice discussing such topics amid our own school buddies inspite of not being together.All thanks to this group !!

moderator < moderator@yahoo.com > wrote:
hi everyone,

Wel am the moderator but one thing i`l say is i wil not use any of my power on any of my school buddies..... if any one wants to leave he or she has the right to do but nobody wil be denied a place in this group except he or she is not of bhs..... and hey we are here to have fun and share ideas and be in contact. so i hope this effort does not have any negative effects.... i hope people would understand that and forget everything...

nd < nd@yahoo.com > wrote:
hey guys i guess there is enough debate already on the matter of whether our school is rocking or not... so i thought y not create a poll and let everyone
have a say... so do vote in. u see ds, democracy and voting
rights.

rwamdoweahd!!

Buzo tells me wot i write on this blog doesnt make sense, buzo doesnt know wot i am trying to say

but m here for some mindless jabbering. sometime, i'd like to not make sense and sometime i absolutely don't want to try to say something

i am just here
thats it

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I Swear!

The other day, she got down from a rick as we reached DAs place in mumbai. forgive AA, she can get lil forgetful sometimes. like this time she forgot her bag in the rick and bid bye bye to all her clothes and half her money (surprisingly, AA is capable of chosing what she needs to be upset bout. This time she whines about losing a Levi's). She expresses her discomfort obviously thru lots of swear words but she has this peculiar way, this time, to stamp her foot on the ground and an eclectic mix of tears and laughter (humour in disguise!). While in the 'daaamn' situation, this other friend JE goes up to DAs place and opens the door. 'Daamn' she almost bumps into an almost naked DAs guy friend in the room. Though we were told that we don't need to know the details of what happened, i really couldn't stop grinning when we were formally introduced to DAs friend. i really bit my tongue goddamn!

Since then, at least AA has been uttering fuck fuck consistently. in fact, she reveals her insight into the subject of swearing while walking back home after lunch, "Hey, life would be so difficult if there were no swear words." Everybody looks at her, a cutting smile on them. (later she admits she stole the line from Calvin).

But hey, don't swear words really make life easier. i mean, later the same day, II who's just shifted to Delhi messages me from her new number. she, obviously, has many concerns in a new city but her major concern is that, "Nobody even utters the fuck word over here!"

I mean, wooowww. JE, the very next day called her boy friend a 'fucking asshole' (is that tautology or oxymoron?).

Nobody has not heard the song 'sutta.' one of those rare days when i was eating lunch with my just-out-of-X brother, i suddenly hear some humming of the song. Have i been hearing it too often or wot? well no goddamn, that's your brother who's humming the song. i look at him and all i have to say is, "hmmm..."

II's mother the day must have read her messages that involved a lot of fuck words and this particular message that II and i regularly share in our times of happiness or misery:

Sex & Drugs and Rock & Rave
Letz get smashed & misbehave
On speed & weed & wine & cheese
Letz get fucked & talk to trees
Life's a trip & then u die
So Fuck 'em all & letz get high.

Obviously, mothers reading such messages isn't a very good idea. especially mothers of daughters who are shifting to delhi. so II's mommy thinks its a nice idea to part with some gyan. mommy sits with her and says 'do you use the word fuck?'. II is still recovering from the fact that her mother actually uttered the word fuck. II's expression has some problem. that's why she went filmy in describing the aftermath: "mujhe laga ki abhi dharti phat jaye aur main andar chali jao." that's her mom's equivalent of saying, "Fuck sunne se pehle mere kaan kyun nai phat gaye" or "Hey bhagwan, kya tune mujhe fuck sunne ke liye zinda rakha?"

lets not deviate from the topic. in my sundry moods i often listen to rock. limp bizkit type rock. and voila there also. if you're also eager to explore some macabre swearing, why dontcha click on the title 'I Swear'

now dont fuckin judge me on the fuckin content of this script, will ya!