Random Ravings

I have lived the last seven days of life in small bursts. Akin to ripples in a pond formed as a result of a stone being thrown in, the ripples subsiding and a long wait for still another stone. While life was more or less stagnant, the ripples created quite a hulchul, maybe for a lifetime...

In between all those boring moments- another of those marriages where you are supposed to go, smile, say polite hi's, hellos and thank yous and where you aren't supposed to be enjoying unless you are dead drunk; visiting all those relatives of yours; listening to the non stop chatter of some of your aunts (waiting for a pause in the monologue to slip a word, if necessary, or just nodding your head while perusing a magazine), i discovered the ripples.

One of the ripples was in the form of a 3rd grade Quiz which I attended on my friend's insistence. My mind was already on the plans for the evening after the prelims (being quite sure that we won't qualify), i was surprised when the quizmaster called the Born Idiots to the stage (no points for guessing- that was our team name!). The next three hours were drawn long by that hopeless guy and I predictably, performing in ripples- giving a brilliant answer and confusing my partner for the next one. And we missed out on some big bucks too...

There were other little ripples too like the evening i got dead drunk and was quite unsteady returning home. That resulted in a conscious decision to try and decrease alcohol consumption (that means 'mere blog ka ab bhagwaan hi malik hai'. sometimes i used to write really good pieces when drunk). So, its 6 days and counting...

There were still other ripples that are too private to share on a public site but those ripples are the ones that will probably travel the furthest. How far, i don't know. i'll have to see. And wait.

I just read a great quotation somewhere "If you can't do great things, try doing small things in a great way". Well, i hope these ripples accumulate and cause some real benefit to my life...