Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Through the looking glass - so to speak!

What a way to start my day :( Woke up to a text saying Michael
Jackson had passed away. The wording itself seems so unbelievable, I
felt as if I'd been hit by a truck!! I grew up with MJ, his music,
his voice, I loved the way he danced, the way he managed to emanate real emotion through his songs, his music seemed so uplifting at times
when I was down... I love nearly all his songs, which seem to actually
change according to my moods and moments... believing that the moon is
indeed made of green cheese is actually way more easy than the fact
that "The King of Pop" is no more...

He was just 50 =( It's kinda hard to think of MUSIC without him. Some
of the first music sheets I learnt to play were his early hits.

I'm guessing this will be the first post in most blogs today. I'm also
guessing that maybe this is actually a FAD that belongs to my
generation. Whatever he may have said and done in his life, you cannot
overide the beauty and sheer wonder of his music. The incredible
ability he had to let the music flow through his body and actually
manage to let the listeners feel it themselves. The extrodinay twists,
turns and zwinges executed in his brilliant dance acts, that never
failed to catch even my mom's attention although she pooh poohed him.
The admirable determination and self-assurance he must have had to get
to where he is (was) from small means...

We tend to take people for granted when they are alive and when they
pass away... it leaves me flabbergasted....

Rest in Peace MJ ...


**

I seem to love to make the same mistakes each time. (Come to think of
it, I remember chavie blogging on these lines, so maybe I'm not
alone...) I still have not managed to really figure out my career :(
Most jobs tend to bore me after a time, maybe the work is too NORMAL
(?), I don't learn enough new stuff, its just the same old story
everyday... I don't mind even typing letters every day if it is really
interesting to me, if only it would lead me to a new adventure... I
know I sound like a spoilt little rich kid (so shoot me, who cares? :P
) but I seriously need to get sorted out.
So, that's my resolution today ... the day "The King of Pop" ceased to exist...
I need an interesting job which involves writing, ideas, and creativity =D
Any ideas people??

**
Much like Alice through the Looking glass I guess... Speaking of
which, I'm definitely looking forward to the new movie version. I
loved the book, the magic, the story, the adventure... maybe I should
pop downa rabbit hole.. really to see Johnny Depp of course =]

**

This wedding stuff is making me neurotic. I don't seem to be getting
anything done, I keep putting it off for later, and in the end I've
spent a whole day doing nothing... maybe I should contemplate a
"moonlight rendevous" =)

**

My office browser seems to have blocked off blogger, facebook, yahoo
and a host of other sites.... I won't even TRY to START writing what I
think about this.... !! *%#$@@!!

**

Many billboards in SL tend to have weird spelling.. ha ha ... which
makes me ponder on what is really being promoted in the particular
shop. ie: Cha**'s Pasty control (Pest control), Lunch and Dina for
sale (maybe a dinasour OR a nice girl? >=] ) and the ever famous
... "Tak-away", Take-a-way", "Takaway", "Takawe".
Oh well, at least it keeps me in good spirits ....

**

My dog seems to have developed a taste for "Mangosteens" !! err...
hope the rabbit doesn't follow suit!! =]

**

I'm fed up with FB anyway. It's so boooorrringggg... Just a spot for
people who want to publicize and boast about their personal lives,
achievement, photos and so forth!!
I'm gonna miss blogging!! big time... ='(

**

How on earth can you smoke 15 cigars a hour and still be alive???

**

Has it crossed anyone's mind that we are still a nation on the verge
of collapse ... that we need to seriously think about development
after the war??? Is it just me or has everyone forgotten this???

**

" I KNOW I'M STRANGE, BUT WHAT ARE YOU? " That's what the
gal-with-an-attitude-and-black-cat on my desktop wallpaper says...

**

I ♥ this post by dontwannabe
http://dontwannabecool.blogspot.com/2008/09/are-you-sri-lankan-or-are-you-christian_29.html

I'm quite a mix in religion and culture =] and have had to listen to
all sorts of stupid stuff from people who have never in their life
practised their own religion flawlessly!! I came to hate some
religions just coz the people I knew never practised it right... I
think everything depends on how you "practise what you preach"...
Everyone to his own beliefs and NO "Holyier than Thou" stuff!! =)
After all, we all need some sort of belief in our lives, and who cares
what it is, if it works!! ACTUALLY, I think I'm quite fedup of
arguing and counter - arguing and fighting for and about religious
beliefs.... =(

**

P.S. : This post came up late as a result of the 5th point mentioned in said post. However, I do manage to read all your blogs, so do keep posting guys... and help me out of my misery :)

5 comments:

Harshi said...

That's a whole lot of randoms that has got piled up with time. =D

Yep, it's really sad about MJ and today's supposed to be his memorial ceremony. Wanna watch it at 8pm on TV, hopefully if they'd telecast it live.

About your career change, do you like creative writing, part-time?

BTW who on earth smoke 15 cigars an hour?! O_O Sounds like an ancient coal train! lol

santhoshi said...

Uhm do u smoke 15 cigars an hour?

keep posting....

The Single Couple said...

Harumi : he he =)yep, already some..what.. into creative writing, I guess =)

Janith said...

yep, what Harumi said, quite a pile-up! :D

and as I said, let's drive the admin's head into a server? ;)

and lol at the boards... there's a board I once saw that read "Shorties" instead of "Short Eats"! :D hehe

O_o Duuude weird! :D Hasn't the Kalawedda come down and asked for some too? ;)

and yeah about FB... but I dunno, maybe you have a friend who likes to show off and stuff... :) I usually remove people like that who're just full of themselves...

and about the war... I TOTALLY AGREE! now that it's been won and everybody's happy and everything else (ummm, Corruption anyone? Petrol prices? No? The fact that Dengue is killing away our people? You don't wanna hear about that either?) is being quickly swept under the carpet... and in the end everyone's suffering, from the kid held against his will in an IDP camp to the parent trying to buy groceries (at exorbitant prices) for their family... we're still hurting pretty badly...

and I couldn't agree more with you again on the "Holier than Thou" stuff... and totally agree that no matter what you say, the only way you can truly give an accurate description of your religion to the world is through your behavior and in practicing what you preach... If you say that your religion preaches something and you go and do the complete opposite... I mean, all religions basically preach goodness and peace and love... and people should just try to understand that if they truly practiced their own religion without going and arguing and acting like fanatics, they'd make the whole world a much better and saner place... :)

Anonymous said...

hey, havent seen ur blog before. it doesnt appear on kottu or does it/ ya the post may have been abit stupid. it's te heart that matters not legislation or how good u can argue ur point. ur right abotu fb. again though u can use it to promote relationships rather than urself, but if only that actually happened no. guilty as charged. tc