The Messiah

Before Religious devouts pile up and expect an account of something supernatural, let me clear the air. The messiah has nothing to do with religion. It is greater than something that unites people of the same religion. It is a phenom. It is something you all have come across. Okay okay before I loose your interest , I’ll stop with the ekta kapoor style suspense building (I don’t think it was even close to that ..but anyways).

Spot the difference between the two sentences :

You are an ass-hole.

You are an ass-hole :P

Spot the difference?? Incase you haven’t, then you need to ring up and fix up an appointment with your doctor before you go further.

For those who did notice the difference, congratulate yourself as you are members of an elite class ..NORMAL people.

Notice the difference in tones of the two statements – the first one is a matter of fact. It just states the fact that you are an ass-hole. But the second sentence says, okay I don’t really mean what I am saying , but your still an ass-hole. Now let us examine the consequences of those statements. Statement 1 will probably get u blackened eye or broken limbs, the degree of the injury largely varying on the person you tell it to. The second statement will probably get you an X-( followed by a :P. The next actual encounter might be whack in the back (can be worse if the person doesn’t have a sense of humor).

So what was the difference?? The little guy sticking out his tongue. Yes, he is the messiah. Someone who lets us get away with what we say (can be something which we sometimes actually mean). He is the new diplomatic superhero. Personally, it is my favorite emoticon (so much that I use it in every sentence). It make chatting so much easier, you don’t have to actually think twice before typing a sentence because it can always followed by a :P. The messiah makes chatting a lot easier and brings it at par with an actual interaction (not really).

‘Till the next time, keep it simple.

The Rant

Okay before I do an Isaac Mendez (Heroes) and begin penning my thoughts, thanks to all who read my blog yesterday and appreciated it. After having been fed to the brim today by mom, I thought lets chuck today’s blog. I even contemplated retirement from blogging as its best to leave when u r on the high. But then I thought about my follower(s) and decided not to disappoint them and write!!
And so here I begin.
Tomes have been written about “what a girl wants??” What is it that she is attracted to ?? What is it that turns their attention?? What is it that you can do to get her to love you?? Ironically, these articles appear in magazines that only girls read. I mean yeah guys do read it , if you can call ogling at the beauties-reading. But as far as I know, there is nothing like “What a man needs??” . Why are men taken for granted regarding this issue?? Is it because we are perceived as creatures who only want food and sex? I beg to differ.
So I thought I’ll do the honors and make a small list of things that we guys need :
1.)The remote control : An instrument that controls the gateway to the world….the world of sports. Yes we men have an obsession with competition even if it is between two countries we are pretty sure we don’t belong to.
2.)Gossip : yes yes we guys do gossip. But only about football and girls .
3.) Punching bag: Though it may sound funny, but we guys like to give out punches as much as girls like to sms. My punching bag is my sister, but before I get my face blackened,head tonsured and size 7 kolhapuri chappals garland around my neck , let me clarify, they are just soft punches.
4.) Electronic gadgets: I don’t know what it is about gadgets that men like, it is the fact that it only obeys your command ?? Maybe!!
5.) Watches: Yes, a Watch is to a man what shoes are to a woman. A shoe can harm and cause damage, a watch can tell u time . Both are pretty beneficial in today’s world so let’s not into the debate of what is worth the money.
So there you go, I could go on and on (not really) but I am beginning to feel sleepy , Damn sleep should have made the list. So now u know that men are not only about food and sex!!! *
Till tomorrow. Keep it simple.
*only applicable to male species in and around the Indian sub-continent. The prevalence of the Infidelus chromosome in male species residing on either side of the atlantic and pacific ocean makes them an exception.

The Birth

First things first, please give me a warm welcome to the world of blogging, which until recently, I thought of something that’s made a joke out of the art of writing! But with time I realized that everyone has a story to share and I have too. Well not really, some of my closes friends are writing blogs and I thought I’ll join the bandwagon. (So much for motivation to read this blog :P).

That’s the that of me deciding to get into this cut-throat “read my blog it’s the best and also please comment” world. The next obvious step was to get hold of a cracker of a name for the blog. Even though the entire world bleats “what’s in a name?” , the truth is, the more attractive the name the more clicks , more comments and more followers :P

Finalizing a name was a tough job. Took the best of 25 minutes to think of one and decide on it. “PROCRASTINATOR” it would be, because like everyone else, I think that word epitomizes me. (Also because of the fact I coined that term [citation needed] ). So all excited, I created an account and typed in the magic word even making three typos. Alas, some idiot already had already taken up that name. The I thought I’d make a few sacrifices, and the new name would be “PROCRASTINATOR269” . Please note, I didn’t try out “PROCRASTINATOR1” to “PROCRASTINATOR268” atleast not all of it.

Finally, having a name in mind for the blog I called up my girl friend and told her all about me entering the blog-world. She was so excited. And as they say “Nothing lasts forever”, that excitement lasted approximately the same time that Usain Bolt needs to run 100 metres. Because then she heard the NAME. After a few minutes of discussion and the fear of her disowning me the name u see above is the name we mutually(read : mutually) agreed upon.

So that’s how the story behind how this blog was conceived and is now sheltered in a google server somewhere in the land of inscrutability. The plan is to pen my thoughts daily, a little diary-esque. But with the mental rigours and exertion of deciding names I’ll pass today!

Please keep clicking everyday to see if I’ve posted something and also critical analysis of my writing is welcome, NOT !!!

Till then keep it simple.

PS: sorry for the rowling-ish post title.

About the author:

Born on 26^th september 1986, Rahul Shenoy is a Masters student @ North Carolina State University and is pursuing his Major in Computer Networking. Touted as a child prodigy in his younger days, Rahul turned out to be quite disappointing. His achievements till date has been merely academic in nature. His hobbies are reading, listening and the usual yada yada. Rahul dreams of writing a book in the future and is using this blog and you readers as guinea-pigs in this lab experiment.