Dating a Star Wars fan

Warning: Requires a certain quantity of familiarity with the Star Wars 4, 5 & 6. If it’s just entirely perplexing – I hope you’ll see my point and empathize.

• Dinner dates often include McDonald’s happy meals in order to collect the Star Wars figurines.

• When you ask him to pass the salt, he closes his eyes, breathes deeply, and tries to 'force pull' it across the table.

• Don’t order food that’s too spicy. There might be a great disturbance in the Force.

• Watching the sunset is often accompanied by him humming the Imperial March.
  

• Every casual conversation has comparisons drawn to Star Wars.

• ROTJ, ROTS are commonly used abbreviations. Educate yourself.

• You are often referred to as Commander and Master and are always complimented as “Impressive. Very Impressive”

• He takes you watch the trilogies and the spin-offs and nit-picks more than George Lucas ever could.

• He takes you to Toys “R” Us to shop for his baby nephew. But, actually buys the Star Wars toys for himself.

• He opens automatic doors for you by waving his hand and claims to use the force. Well, at least chivalry isn’t dead.

• Planning long trips often have references to ‘a galaxy far, far away...’

• Let him know if you’re having an asthma attack. He might think you’re being Darth Vader.

• Every magazine you own is rolled up and used as a light saber.

• He’d love it if you wore cinnamon buns on the sides of your head

• He ends every date with “May the Force be with you.” And yeah - Don’t underestimate the Force!

• When you say “I love you”, he replies “I know”. (Harrison Ford has ruined this for me!!)

• If you don’t know the POWER of the dark side – Pretend.

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Haze

The rain falls in tender drops -
The ones that barely show
As if the clouds can't commit
To holding back or letting flow

Tulips look up in disdain
Petals in partial bloom
Judging the worth of the wait
Doubting a vision will ever loom

Will it remain an endless pause
To estimate and to assess
Will it lure a full-grown storm
Or continue to be nothingness

Oft I walk these gloomy streets
In the misty cold
Hosting suspicions
Not knowing what is to unfold

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Mummies and Blogthings

Deadlines lurk. I'm now an Egyptian Mummy i.e. I'm pressed for time!

Also a Blogthing says:

You are both very knowledgeable and creative.
You tend to be full of new ideas and potential - big potential.
Ideas like yours could change the world, if you build them.
As long as you don't stop working on your dreams, you'll get there.

So, I now need to focus these creative writings of mine towards some knowledgable reports, portfolios and business correspondence. And hope that people other than those at blogthings also notice my big potential and world-changing ideas!

Of course, amidst all the work if my pen decided to pour out a poem... I'll be right here to share it. But, these would have to be few and far-between. Also, my beta-blogger doesn't behave all the time and doesn't like me commenting on other non-beta blogs - biting a large chunk of pleasure right out of blogging!

Need to get back to working on my dreams and my sense of humor (refer egyptian mummy comment above). Let's hope I get there - wherever there might be - very soon!

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Snakes on a Plane

Snakes on a Plane: Hype over matter served with extra cheese!

*Spoiler warning* Yeah... like I could spoil it further!

The title pretty much explains the movie. Okay, we have a plane. We have snakes. How the snakes get on the plane involves an inane plot thinner than Raveena Tandon’s chiffon saree in the rain!

11 Things I learnt about Snakes (and Planes):

1. Snake-vision is green, twisted and totally wicked!! Even National Geographic never gave you this perspective!
2. Non-poisonous snakes suddenly manufacture venom when on a plane in the sky.
3. Snakes prefer traveling coach. They can’t seem to slither into first class.
4. A ménage-a-trio with a snake might sound interestingly kinky. But it might end up leaving you green and full of pustules and o yes... dead!
5. Look before you leap pee. Snakes lounge around in the toilet lavatories and your unmentionables could be snake-snack.
6. After a Chihuahua as an appetizer, pythons prefer swallowing sarcastic bald men for main-course. Can't help it if you're balding... I’d suggest working on your personality before confronting pythons.
7. The rest of the snakes believe in equal opportunity. M/F/D/V/cat/dog
8. Snakes like to coil up with the oxygen masks. Would you like some venom to go with that O₂?
9. You don’t have to worry too much about snake bites on the arm. They only cause popeye-arm-a-litis – easily taken care of by an earring and olive oil.
10. Snakes can be destroyed by gun-shot, by electrocution, by blow-torch, by fire-extinguisher and by microwave. Uttering “who’s your daddy?” hasn’t proven as effective.
11. X-box experience and a sense of humor is all you need to land a plane.

Apart from its highly educational matter (as mentioned above)... there is everything the movie-lover craves –

Romance: Samuel L. Jackson and Julianna Margulies in a steamy cockpit – discovering their common pyromaniac characteristics.

Suspense: Tracking down the multitude of anti-venoms for the rapidly dying passengers.
If only Mr. Jackson could tell the difference between greenish-blue snakes, bluish-green snakes and the ones that are colored teal, the search would’ve been so much faster!

Horror: Provided by pythons, rattle-snakes, cobras, gruesome looking dead bodies and Samuel Jackson’s kick-ass expressions.

Memorable dialogues:
“AAAAAAAHH”
“Help! Help!”
“Is he going to die?”

And of course, the mother of all dialogues –
“Enough is enough! I have had it with these ******-****in’ snakes on this ******-****in’ plane!”

Tear-jerking moments: Snake-bitten, Keith Dallas poignantly exclaims “My ass. My ass, man!”
The paramedics rushed to the scene just in time. *sigh of relief*

Thrills: Snakes attack. People scream. Repeat. Repeat again. And again.
And don’t let the so-called banal dialogues mislead you. Get the Hubble Telescope. You just might discover the thrill factor!

My $0.02:

Go with rowdy friends capable of witty comments.
Fasten your seatbelts and take off with snakes of every breed known and digitally-designed.
If the movie gets to be too much to take... don’t fret. As the air-hostess would say – Exits are to the right and left of the theatre.

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The voice is quiet

That's great!We'll get in touch with U. We'll be with K.
Is your place nearer to NYC or Philadelphia?
Have U got a mobile phone? What is the best time to contact U?
BFN

I looked forward to their visit. It had been a while since I met my aunt and uncle. I'd always relished their company and I expected the same this time.

But... I never expected the phone call or the emails that followed.

The funeral is on Monday 'cuz it'll take a while for people to get here.

A heart-attack while driving home from a party. My uncle was no more. Completely unexpected. Especially since a recent medical check-up and stress test had declared him as fit as a fiddle. He was 58.

The Clinical Director of Orthopaedics at his hospital in the UK, he had recently received his Long Service Award. He had also spent many years helping provide surgery on a voluntary basis in southern India.

I remember him as being the life of the party! Singing aloud (and asking us kids sing along), cracking jokes and making us roar with laughter. A couple of weeks before he passed he had been telling others that he had achieved all that he had wanted to and could die a happy man anytime.

The family was grief-stricken. Thoughts had remained unspoken and words had remained unsaid. All that was left to do was express gratitude for everything he was and for everything he did.

A song for every mood
And tales with humor imbued
Whether in glee or in gloom
Your presence always lit up the room

Though we now bid adieu
We never cease to think of you
Your kindness and your generosity
Your energy, laughter and repartee

Thank you for your life and all you did
Thank you for your smiles and the lives you lit
Thank you for all the happy memories
Thank you for your life; may you rest in peace

It has been 1 year. The voice is quiet - but the spirit echoes still.

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