I think I have officially lost it.
Infact, I am going to take a giant leap and say most of us have lost it.
Its gone.
Gone.
Poof.
Bygone.
What?
My power of conversation.Ability to actually talk with people.
Don't get me wrong.I am still able to develop strategic and syenergic networks
with people around me using my interpersonal communication skills.
But in real world.I have lost it.
I just cant get anything in my head when I have to talk with people around me.
I need toys,fancy gadgets,latest episode of the latest TV series,oldest episode
of the oldest TV series,I need a youtube video,I need my last visit to this really
chic restaurant.I am desperate for some sleazy cricket tournament to go through my
day with rest of the world.
I need annu maliks comments,shivramakrishnans commentry ( to be able to talk about
the genuine asinineness and prove mine and my conversation partners intellectual superiority )
I just need this shot of botox in my head to figure out stuff to actually sustain
human contact with well,humans in my life.
Last week I was in fits about blackberry playbook.No reason - apart from the
fact that I have a blackberry phone which is almost talked about by the whole world
- at all.Someone would have noticed it and we could have made a "meaningful" conversation
about the ultimate utility of that tool in our lives.
Now I am all pumped up about ultrabooks and that surface thingie that everyone seems
to be "trending" and "tweeting" about.And to be honest,its not like it will change my life.
Its not going to bring some dramatic change ( except for the ephemeral instance when
I peel off the plastic thingie - The best part ) and may be set dialogues it will
introduce in the script of my life ( which by now is more contrived than Kahani ghar
ghar with lots other ladies,dudes,scheming aunties,moronish uncles).
All it will boil down to is a few additional words in this unwritten book which is going to be as
original as the one by that last dude from a T-School/B-School/No School (my dad is my publisher types).
In short.
Dim,Dull and mindlessly numbing.
But it will just let you the reader/conversationalist flip through some pages of my life without
throwing it away in the thrash.
There were days when we used to actually talk with people.Infact,I experienced a few of them myself.
They happen now too,but the frequency is like fuel price drop we all so look forward to.
Nobody rants anymore.Not about question of life and 42.Its easier that way I guess.
Long live Facebook ( no matter how dumb its IPO was ) / google+ / myspace / yourspace / blahspace /blah book /bling...
Social media is here to stay.Its the only glue that we unsocial people huff.
Infact, I am going to take a giant leap and say most of us have lost it.
Its gone.
Gone.
Poof.
Bygone.
What?
My power of conversation.Ability to actually talk with people.
Don't get me wrong.I am still able to develop strategic and syenergic networks
with people around me using my interpersonal communication skills.
But in real world.I have lost it.
I just cant get anything in my head when I have to talk with people around me.
I need toys,fancy gadgets,latest episode of the latest TV series,oldest episode
of the oldest TV series,I need a youtube video,I need my last visit to this really
chic restaurant.I am desperate for some sleazy cricket tournament to go through my
day with rest of the world.
I need annu maliks comments,shivramakrishnans commentry ( to be able to talk about
the genuine asinineness and prove mine and my conversation partners intellectual superiority )
I just need this shot of botox in my head to figure out stuff to actually sustain
human contact with well,humans in my life.
Last week I was in fits about blackberry playbook.No reason - apart from the
fact that I have a blackberry phone which is almost talked about by the whole world
- at all.Someone would have noticed it and we could have made a "meaningful" conversation
about the ultimate utility of that tool in our lives.
Now I am all pumped up about ultrabooks and that surface thingie that everyone seems
to be "trending" and "tweeting" about.And to be honest,its not like it will change my life.
Its not going to bring some dramatic change ( except for the ephemeral instance when
I peel off the plastic thingie - The best part ) and may be set dialogues it will
introduce in the script of my life ( which by now is more contrived than Kahani ghar
ghar with lots other ladies,dudes,scheming aunties,moronish uncles).
All it will boil down to is a few additional words in this unwritten book which is going to be as
original as the one by that last dude from a T-School/B-School/No School (my dad is my publisher types).
In short.
Dim,Dull and mindlessly numbing.
But it will just let you the reader/conversationalist flip through some pages of my life without
throwing it away in the thrash.
There were days when we used to actually talk with people.Infact,I experienced a few of them myself.
They happen now too,but the frequency is like fuel price drop we all so look forward to.
Nobody rants anymore.Not about question of life and 42.Its easier that way I guess.
Long live Facebook ( no matter how dumb its IPO was ) / google+ / myspace / yourspace / blahspace /blah book /bling...
Social media is here to stay.Its the only glue that we unsocial people huff.
Good one Mohit. But sometimes I wonder whether this is a result of our fear of not "fitting in". Fear of whether truly speaking our mind might have a repulsive impact on others. Atleast I'm sure I've experienced that on occasions. Also I'm not sure if as a society, we're less open minded.
ReplyDeleteHi Vishi...so good to hear from you.
ReplyDeleteYa,the whole concept of "I need to blend" does contribute to losing out on the spirit of being able to say what you feel rather than "being appropriate".
But I also miss that small set of people whom I used to talk the way I actually felt ( incessant ramblings and whatever ) coz well they are busy too...busy fitting in...probably the way I am..
Hey Mohit,
ReplyDeleteYour blog's been revamped since I last visited it and must say I envy the Calvin theme you have going here !
Long time buddy.. where are you placed now?
Long time indeed :) and great to see you back.
DeleteI used an image of calvin and just changed the setting to repeat...and it came out this way...n I liked it this way...
I have started work with Procter & Gamble since july...at a location close to Delhi ( Bhiwadi )...specifically with Gillette...how everything @ ur end?