I think so frequently that other people live better, more interesting, consequently more fuller lives than I do. I see albums titled 'monkey truffle', profiles titled 'Blue apple in a bowl of moon-custard'. And then I think.. Sigh. Is it just me or do people just take random words and swirl them around in a bowl of water like paint?
I dont have anything against them, at all. I truly appreciate their inane, insane creativity. And then the pictures! Oh Lord!! The innumerable number of mad photos and each with their unique crazy caption. What happened to lame old cheesy smiles and corny poses anyway? And captions that start with 'L-R:' ?
I feel old and crusty. Like I am a generation older than all these cracked brains. And the worst part is I dont know whether to believe that these people with their weird pics, captions, profile names, etc are weird in real life as well.. Cos well most of these people are acquaintances or childhood friends who I hardly remember.
Do they yell and scream at restaurants with other people staring at their table cos of the loud dirty jokes and laughs? Did they take a sporadic trip on a train not knowing where their destination was but ended going to the zoo? Did they ever eat over 13 things in a chaat place for under 200 rupees and then spend the rest of the evening laughing at funny lingerie, high on food? Do they get so totally drunk that they lie down on the beach with the water and the sand passing over their faces (almost)? Do they put their entire torso out of a bus window just because its raining and they havent got rained on in a long time? Did they ever convince everyone that spring rolls were the only thing worth eating in the canteen and subsequently order fifty spring rolls just for their table? Do they giggle and dirty-talk and bite each other's arms just to prove to everyone else that they just might be in love even when they know they arent? Do they spend hours on a cool cloudy night talking about the universe or eating biriyani on the porch while its raining on their feet? Do they spend time and money on a stray puppy that has such a nasty festering wound on its ass that its tail almost falls off? Did they ever have to search the kitchen in the middle of the night for the refridgerator key that kept them ten cms away from a midnight snack? Do they cry like babies when they just arent allowed to get into the pool just because they're a lil drunk and its time to go? Or do they much much weirder things?
I have hardly any pictures of all the crazy moments in my life (both mine and my friends'- We were too busy doing those things than worrying abt getting a camera!!) But I sure wish I did.
I dont have anything against them, at all. I truly appreciate their inane, insane creativity. And then the pictures! Oh Lord!! The innumerable number of mad photos and each with their unique crazy caption. What happened to lame old cheesy smiles and corny poses anyway? And captions that start with 'L-R:' ?
I feel old and crusty. Like I am a generation older than all these cracked brains. And the worst part is I dont know whether to believe that these people with their weird pics, captions, profile names, etc are weird in real life as well.. Cos well most of these people are acquaintances or childhood friends who I hardly remember.
Do they yell and scream at restaurants with other people staring at their table cos of the loud dirty jokes and laughs? Did they take a sporadic trip on a train not knowing where their destination was but ended going to the zoo? Did they ever eat over 13 things in a chaat place for under 200 rupees and then spend the rest of the evening laughing at funny lingerie, high on food? Do they get so totally drunk that they lie down on the beach with the water and the sand passing over their faces (almost)? Do they put their entire torso out of a bus window just because its raining and they havent got rained on in a long time? Did they ever convince everyone that spring rolls were the only thing worth eating in the canteen and subsequently order fifty spring rolls just for their table? Do they giggle and dirty-talk and bite each other's arms just to prove to everyone else that they just might be in love even when they know they arent? Do they spend hours on a cool cloudy night talking about the universe or eating biriyani on the porch while its raining on their feet? Do they spend time and money on a stray puppy that has such a nasty festering wound on its ass that its tail almost falls off? Did they ever have to search the kitchen in the middle of the night for the refridgerator key that kept them ten cms away from a midnight snack? Do they cry like babies when they just arent allowed to get into the pool just because they're a lil drunk and its time to go? Or do they much much weirder things?
I have hardly any pictures of all the crazy moments in my life (both mine and my friends'- We were too busy doing those things than worrying abt getting a camera!!) But I sure wish I did.
2 comments:
Photographs are for people who have a tendency to forget. Don't get me wrong, I love having a moment captured, but I think, it's the impression the actual thing leaves on your soul, that matters.
Don't worry, be happy!
SG.
I agree with sthupit girl. Like some wise man asked rhetorically - If you are busy recording the moment on a camera, are you really in the moment?
Also, everybody else will always lead a more interesting life. Or have you forgotten that the grass is always greener on the other side.
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