Monday, October 4, 2010

about conforming and things

Question: why would someone pretend to be someone he is not? Why would he, who was once known for his good articulation, who could always exact words to describe his feelings and thoughts, decide to step down to simple language so that a particular group of people who read him?

Answer: He is conforming just to get accepted.

I had a particular purpose for writing this post. For past many eons, I have been doing absolutely nothing so I had nothing to blabber about. But sometime in very recent past (days have become so indistinguishable that I can’t point to any particular day. But it was yesterday or day before that, most probably), Eshan asked me read his second blog, the one he started recently. I was surprised to see that it was easy to read and not well expressed. Simple language but nothing to think about. It has always been my point that if something I read doesn’t leave me thinking it was a waste of my time. I read something, I ponder over it for days, I get absorbed in it so much that it shows in my day-to-day life. I don’t know what his point in writing that blog was. Maybe so that his college friends would read it. If this works for him and his friends appreciate it, good for him. But why tell me about it. What did he think I would have to say about it. If he knows me, and I think he does, he would have known that I wouldn’t like it. I was thinking of leaving a comment on his blog as for wasting my time. but I thought that would put his “mission of college life” in jeopardy. In juxtaposition he used to write better in 11th grade. He improved constantly as long as I have known him. Maybe his life was empty and inactive but his mind wasn’t and he was always able to express himself. vocab in daily use is rarely useful in expressing thoughts and emotions. But he used to know all this. He still does. personally i wont give up myself at all costs. i am already paying for being me. This is all I got to say here. i'll save harsh words for when we meet.

By the way, we came third in inter hotel bridge competition. I have been getting better at chess and minors are approaching and I still don’t have anything to do with my leisure time.

4 comments:

  1. Thanks For the realty check Anurag, thats exactly what i needed to hear. I have a knack of deceiving myself, and when my other blog became an instant hit i for once started thinking on lines i could never see myself going. Harshit would'd read it, Ameek liked it, leaving just you. I m glad you didnt disappoint. And i don't have a mission of collage life, its just a project, one of many.
    btw, whats with you, saving harsh words and all. What would i do if you go polite on me!!!

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  2. dude,"collage" is something else, search for its meaning. spelling is "college". me being polite, finally all those hours of therapy gave some output.

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  3. As for the question about pretending to be someone i am not- well, there are very few things i am not. One of the few perks of being non committal to one particular school of thoughts is that i am not restrained a single perspective. What you may perceive as being shallow is a plunge into new depths for me. It is a paradox that is currently my life. I am just exploring me and its exciting and terrifying at the same time. i will come out of this phase better then before, i believe; even though i am not so sure how....

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