Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Anmrod

Quote of the day.
My life is a joke....thats why I like to share it with everyone.
(Of course, the standard disclaimer applies. You use such jokes at your own risk. Now, I am not implying that you really might want to use them. However, I have been advised by my lawyers to make statements like that. Also, they are good fun.)

Anyway, I have no idea what to blog about.

- Of late, there has been no major tragedy/trauma/drama in my life. Thus, little is there need for random philosophy. Though I don't see any looming disaster, I think I am about due for the people up in the sky to hit me on the face with a brick. You see, I am too much of a risk junkie. I have this obsessive need to stand in front of trucks just to see if I can jump off in time. I mostly end up becoming roadkill though. Its going to happen, but you will have to wait till then. Then you can be subjected to self-piteous recollections of random jackshit about myself no one else really remembers or cares about. C'est la vie. Thus is life. You go up, you go down, and in the end you haven't really gone anywhere. Time for a deliriously funny Woody Allen quote from one my favoritest movies - Annie Hall :
There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly.
- As most of my readership would have figured out my life as a subject matter in itself is quite funny. However, I have no jokes to make. I don't have anything to rant about either. There is no one I specifically hate. Actually, there are, but I prefer not to suffer from high blood pressure because they are jerks. Such rationality works really well. Irrationality also. Because they want me to be unhappy, I am going to be happy. Happy has a bunny high on long red scrunchy munchy carrots.

- Speaking of 'high', one stumbles to the subject of the spirit, and ultimately on the topic of worship to the long begone one of Messr. Patrick a.k.a St. Patrick. Auspicies are to be performed on March 17th. Though he is from a time long long ago and a land far far away, old timers say that he had a tight party going on planet earth before he was called in by big boss to open this most heavenly joint - Bacchanalia. Its actually this rather classy place run by good homie Bacchus, with the help of his cronies Jack 'On the Rocks' Daniels, Captain 'Loaded' Morgan and Jim 'High' Beam. There are also some fine ladies who keep them company, and needless to say keep the gentlemen pouring in - Margarita, Pina Colada and good old Tequila. Ah Tequila! The nasty one! Gives all and sundry a headache. Then there is also dear Mary, Virgin Mary. Being the shy types, she turned red in the face when someone called her that most embarrasing name. So, Bloody Mary she became. Salty, sweet and everything in between. And there is Bud and Miller. And Heine. And...

....coming soon to a url near you - stories of Club Baccanalia. Why do Bud and Miller keep fighting with each other? How did Tequila become such a nasty lady? What about the fine French and German gentlemen? Where do they come in?

PS : Oh yes, before I forget; someone has actually written a thesis on IIT lingo. It is here. More on this later.
PPS : Just noticed I got a post. Heh.
PPPS: Greenslaves by John Coltrane is nice. Heard the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack?

19 comments:

Kirthi said...

Good Lord!! You are going to get some pattars from some people here. Don't ask me who!
I loved the sarcasm in the 'club Baccanalia' part.

Prashanth said...

Why does it say "Feb 22nd" when its the 28th?

The risk thing.... I, too have become quite reckless these days. Supplemented with an "I-dont-care" attitude. One day I'm going to get into more trouble than I can handle...

Prashanth said...

Anmrod has to be an anagram of something. Enlighten us, oh wise master.

alraqs said...

ooo, I LOVE greensleeves!!!!...first read abt. it in a bach book, and its been a super fave ever since!...
Me thinks, if you really do want drama in your life, you gotta create drama...so, add some russian vodka to your list, and set the ball rolling ;)...

Artful Badger said...

Its Random :)...Thats all it is :)...
[kirthi] :)
[intern] You mean today is Mardi Gras? I didn't know that. Oh, thats what those undergraduates were talking about on March 1st.
[prashanth] I had started the post on Feb 22nd but got down to putting it down only today. Weirdly it always puts the date on which the post was created.
[intern] because they all have to do with degrees...
[intern] yes yes..it was the date it was created no thte date that i put it up...
[alraqs] yes greenslaves rocks..like it mucho..
bach?..never heard of that authour..who is he?
heh..its really not like I want drama in my life..just that drama always seems to want me in its life....
Russian Vodka..anyway..I am not going to be like a Culture Vulture grouch and celebrate P Day (Patricks) Day because my V day didn't really happen..
as for rolling balls..they might not gather moss but eventually you come to the wall..or obstacle and go flying up ;)..

alraqs said...

~ Richard Bach..wrote Illusions, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Bridge Across Forever etc..some philosophy, I just love his writing style, really personal and easy going..
~ Greensleves is also set to Celtic instrumentation..sounds ethereal almost, but the jazz is great too...I dont know when and where it came out first..
~ Nothing wrong with your rolling ball going up and away flying...the 'sets you free' symbolism :)..

Primalsoup said...

There is no one I specifically hate. Actually, there are, but I prefer not to suffer from high blood pressure because they are jerks. Such rationality works really well. Irrationality also. Because they want me to be unhappy, I am going to be happy. Happy has a bunny high on long red scrunchy munchy carrots.
Deep! Very deep! :)

Prashanth said...

I read Jonathan Livingstone Seagull aaaages ago. I think I've also read Illusions, is that the one about the Mechanic-Aviator-Prophet-Miracle worker guy?

But yes, I did like Bach. I ought to read Bridge Across Forever, I've heard about it before.

Prashanth said...

The "thesis on IIT lingo" link you've given requires a UIUC account you dumbo >:P

Prashanth said...

Can't believe I missed the Random Anagram, I must have been really zonked at the time I read it :)

You have the right to kick me (once, and not too hard) the next time we meet...

Artful Badger said...

[alraqs] Hmm..I have heard of Jonathan Livingston Seagel but I haven't read it..
Oh I haven't read that version of Greenslaves..I have heard the John Coltrane version..enchanting...
Yes, the ball can go very high and fly away..but I need to get very high for that ;)..Ok I just had to crack that joke..
Yeah, its all about managing yourself..the more carefully you manage your life..the better it is..
[primal] :)
[prashanth] hmmm
yes, i will remember that...
there is a good chance you might meet me in 2 weeks..hemant is thinking of going to psu to visit brandy for spring break..so i might also be going along..
[intern] look at the top of my first comment..:)

alraqs said...

prashanth--
Yeah Illusions is about the messiah dude, its talks about the 'Messiah's Handbook'. I liked Bridge Across Forever, but not as much as his others, it seemed to drag a bit in places..

ramani--
like I said, the jazz version is cool too..They're just such diff. mediums almost that its interesting to hear.
Yeah, managing is a plus, but too much planning and too much managing leads to blah-ness and lack of spontaneity, which is also necessary, I think :D. Sometimes not having tommorrow planned out to the T makes you live today a little more full-ly. (there, thats two words I made up in this comment :))

Unknown said...

aaah look who is here.
now that i have found you. will over later and read all that you crap.
cheers,
kripa shankar

Artful Badger said...

[alraqs] oh yes thats true. but then you should be around for tomorrow. i think you kinda need things laid out but not so neatly that it becomes boring..
[intern] oh not lost..i dont know what to blog about..kind of not feeling like blogging...its a cycylic thing..after a couple of weeks the tempo will pick hopefully..
oh yes..and also saw that brokeback mountain has won quite a bit..capote didn't seem to take much..or did it?
[kripashankar] hallo! how are you? yes, i am waiting for you to read all my 'crap' :)..

Anonymous said...

Oh yes, before I forget; someone has actually written a thesis on IIT lingo

someone? hmmn.. btw if an 'a' is removed from your ID, you would be armani! (not that I want a Nobel prize for this discovery)

~Pavan

Prashanth said...

We had a prof in IIT named A.R.Mani. No prizes for guessing his email ID.

Artful Badger said...

Its the first Woody Allen movie I saw..I loved it..its pure Woody Allen without any glitches...
His other movies are also good..but not as sharp as this..

Artful Badger said...

Oh yes. I am Georgio Armani's distant relative. But, he refuses to lend me any of his clothes.
Another anagram - Marina.

Prashanth said...

I'll be away on the weekend of the 26th, but otherwise I should be free during that week. Looking forward to seeing you!