I am alive. I’ll bet a lot of you folks were getting worried that I had returned to my home planet and left you earthlings alone with the curse of global warming. But I’m not that kind of person, and I’m not going to rest until I solve this Global Warming thing once and for all.
So now, the question is, why did I ever stop blogging. I feel like I owe you an explanation. In fact, I can give you several explanations, and you folks can then pick the one that you like the most! Talk about choice!
Why I Stopped Blogging: Reason #1: I got kidnapped by Drinivas, Chitradeep Chetty and Gang.
The story goes like this: I was out on my daily exercise routine (jogging) when a couple of armed kidnappers, jumped on me from the back. They tried to put a big blanket over my head to hide their identities, but I bravely fought my attackers, and managed to land them a few punches on them (using the kung-fu skills I’d learnt in a previous life). But just as I had managed to overcome my attackers, I tripped over my shoelaces, hit my head on the pavement and because unconcious. The Evil Drinivas ans Chitradeep Chetty took this oppurtunity to kidnap me and take me to their secret hideout. They proceeded to torture me by making me watch “Kingdom of the Buffaloes” documentary on Animal Planet over and over again, until the image of the Buffalo king had deeply affected my mind.
Why I Stopped Blogging: Reason #2: The Wife discovered my blog on the internet.
This story goes like this: It had been a pretty good year for my writing career. I was writing funny stories on the web about my life. The blog was getting a little popular, when The Wife accidentally discovered all the stories that I’d written about her on the internet. That day, when I got home from work, she gave me The Death Stare From Hell (TDSFH), and I was turned into a frozen rock. For those of you unfamiliar with TDSFH, it is an advanced curse that lasts about a month, during which time the victim has to perform all household duties (like making the bed and folding the washed clothes). And that’s why I couldn’t get back on the web to continue to write my blog.
Why I Stopped Blogging: Reason #3: The Internet Electrons went on strike.
Taking a cue from the Gujjars, the electrons from the internet decided to go on strike against my blog. They were protesting the unfair representation of some casts of electrons on my blog. The allegation was that the Global Warming electrons and the Exercise Electrons were getting unfair representation on the blog. The Crappy Poetry electrons were also being promoted aggressively on the blog, but the Funny Electrons and the Cartoon electrons were completely missing out on all the action on the blog. So, they went to a strike. I promise to you that I was writing articles all through the month, but the electrons refused to stick to the blog and kept jumping away to a temporary camp they had setup at the Unofficial IPL Blog. The IPL blog was harboring the refugee electrons, and so that’s where all the action shifted to.
So there you have it. Three perfectly good, normal and sane explanations as to why I wasn’t blogging for over a month. Go on and pick your favorite reason. But anyway, I’m back now, and I assure you I’ll continue to write stories here.
Thank God! You are alive and back!
Hope u enjoyed the IPL, looking forward for your comments on it and also the part 2 of the Close Encounters post!
Keep blogging!
Oh, the part 2. I’d almost forgotten about that.
adi is back, that’s all I care about!
*calls off the PK doondho andolan*
Hey I read ur blog and thought you gave up on blogging. good that u are back !
I think I will go with the second reason. That sounds more like it.
Chirdeep Chetty looks very content these days. I don’t think he knows that you have escaped from his jungle Hideout.
Good to see you back.
Nice to read your post on a Friday morning. My day started off crazy – did running (!!oh exercise!!); broke a glass in my mouth while drinking water, no power while showering and though that lotion was a shampoo (don’t try this at home)…and more
Also I hope to see stuff other than wife, exercise, Sanjay leeela bansal
More about roads, police, traffic, politics, IT dudes of Bangalore..eh?
It is nice to see you after a break, Hope we did not send you running
Thanks for reminding me of the Global Warming which I had forgotten for months now
oh damn !
How nice to see all you folks stick around even though I was off for a bit. Except you, VM.
So, you DO believe in Global Warming then.
Aditya, Glad you are back… I need your help with an unexpected problem.. er.. challenge… that has turned up.
I got up in the morning last week and saw my wife was ready to go someplace.
“Where are you going?” I asked – thinking I might have missed some appointment.
“I went for a morning walk”
This was shocking and I knew there was trouble ahead.
“Do I need to come?” I asked and that was a big mistake.
“That is all upto you” she said, in English. That was scary – my wife does not speak in english unless she was serious.
I went with her next day. It was a walk around university campus, and most guys there were senior citizens who got up early morning and had nothing else to do anyway. I was afraid to sleep that night just becoz of the thought of getting up for a walk at 5:30AM. “Tomorrow never comes” they say which is a biggest lie; it did, and I had exact same routine, same path, same wind blowing the leaves, same birdcalls as well as if it was mechanical. It rained for the next couple days and I thought that was it; but noooo, it has started again.
So now I don’t know what to do. I can’t stand anything routine and the one hour of morning sleep is too precious to waste on a morning walk; I can’t focus on work for the whole day. And although it is upto me to walk, the consequences of not going will spread all over my life. SO, how do I stop this madness and restore peace? Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Mahesh