Dreams...

I am a weird dreamer... My dreams range from being animated to horror and lovey-dovey to downright psychotic. Then there are these anthropomorphic dreams wherein I have regular conversations with Ole, Thimpoo and other canine and feline buddies of mine.  

Baby Muttley

 Few nights ago, my dreams went on to a whole new level altogether. I saw my brother’s furry baby Muttley sitting somber and singing “Let it go” from the movie Frozen. He had his head high up to achieve the voice range and it was an A-class performance.

 In my defense, I was neither drunk nor high and did not even hit my head anywhere. It was just another uneventful day.  Also I haven’t watched the movie ‘Frozen’ in the near past or anything. 

Muttley in his Goth days

Anyhoo, Muttley baby performed awesome and made my night... I don’t think I am forgetting this dream anytime soon. 

Big Boy Muttley

Silence...

Unlike what the English language dictates, Silence is not always golden, and silence most definitely is not a sign of agreement always. A pause can be pregnant, eerie and uncomfortable. 

Silence can be cruel if all you want to hear is a sound; does not matter what sound it is; but just a sound of anyone or anything.

It can be mournful and deafening if you know all is lost and yet you have to fight on, just for the sake of it.

On the other hand, if you accept this silence as a part of your life, as your friend, you are not lonely anymore, and then the silence becomes profound, deep and eloquent…

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Words of No Value

Once upon a time, in a land not very far away, there lived a prolific writer who was so prolific that everything she wrote made sense and was loved by millions. She had words for every situation, no matter how grave or happy the occasion was, she was ready with her quill and parchment and would scribble away to create the perfect piece of writing!

In the same village lived a voracious orator. He was so voracious that if he could, he would, move mountains with his baritone voice and eloquent speech. Ladies would swoon when he spoke and gents would be filled with impotent jealousy heaving sighs wishing if only they could speak like him. People in need of instant motivation would reach out to him and he would break into impromptu impetus sermons that would move the masses.

Everything was perfect in this not-so-far-away-land until one day the prolific writer bumped into the voracious orator in the market place. The world stood still and all the noise faded away; they looked deep into each other’s eyes and to everyone’s surprise, no words were exchanged.

The prolific writer and the voracious orator walked away from each other in profound silence as they had no words or voice to describe what they felt. Words seemed hollow and voices seemed useless because… and that’s when they realized… they had fallen in love!

Slowly the village folks started noticing that no more new stories were written or no more tenacious speeches were ever heard, they realized how love had screwed up two perfect people and ruined their art!

Not that it mattered to the prolific writer or the voracious orator, because now she wrote for him and he spoke for her and in their own little world they were pleased as punch!!!

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Rest In Peace Dear Dog!

Just read on social media that one of my FB & Twitter friends lost his best furry buddy of 14 years to death. I am so stunned that I am rendered speechless. Not that I knew the furry baby at all, I just followed her on fb & twitter, but hearing about the loss broke my heart. 

Grief fills my heart as unwanted thoughts crawl in my head and I sink in sorrow. I know everyone dies eventually, still the thoughts haunt me and I almost lose sanity thinking how would I carry on when the time comes for my babies.  

After shedding some silent tears for the fallen one, I look at my playing babies and try to push the inevitable at the back of my head and join them in the tug of war. 

Here is only hoping that crossing the rainbow bridge gives them peace and happiness that they deserve! 

When the extra weight weighs in...

Hello My dear Friends! Today I share with you an incident that happened to me sometime ago (obviously it has to be me)... As we all know I am a bit plump.. ok.. a little on the chubby side.. alright downright fat... plus weird that I am, it was very difficult for some people to grasp the fact I would get married.... Anyhoo I digress from my path...

So just before my wedding, I was asked to work out and at least look a bit in shape for the reception photos (people... what to say... they mean well.. just sound annoying)... So I was huffing and puffing and trying to lose some weight around my love handles.. (which obviously did not happen)...

So wedding happens and cut to present (flashback is over pals). Lately, while looking at old photographs and I saw one wherein I thought I looked at my slimmest best (relatively..). So I use that as my whatsaap display picture (coz you know you do not want your peers to see your double chin and nostril hair in your dp).

Within 24 hours of uploading the picture, I get a ping from some old acquaintance asking me if I was pregnant? PREGNANT???!!!??? WHY!!!!! The person said I had a glow on my face and well.. I looked extra plump in my tummy area...

Damnation!!! I was appalled!!! My work-outs did not work out for me, I felt a pit in my stomach and wanted to curl up in the fetal position and cry till I died or something..

I gathered my remaining dignity and said to this acquaintance that No I was NOT pregnant, I was merely fat... (and never had a conversation with her after that)....

PS: In my defense, I really thought I had lost some minuscule grams of weight during those days...

Celebrating Holi!!!!

With Holi just around the corner, and a long weekend smiling at us, our happiness knows no bounds! But how DO we celebrate the festival of colors??? DUH!! With colors of course!!

Today we are celebrating World Water Day wherein Twitter and FB are uploaded with words of wisdom like Save Water, and we are killing the planet and so on! However, exactly 2 days later the same twitter and facebook will be bursting with people drenched in colored waters ‘celebrating Holi’ totally forgetting the words of wisdom shared 2 days ago!

I mean who does not love colors, but is it necessary to drench ourselves in colored waters looking pink or green for the next week just to prove we had fun?

Believe me I am not the Grinch who is trying to steal Holi from the merrymakers! I am just trying to say, enjoy with dry colors and let the water be for other essential purposes like drinking and bathing and watering the plants and other food sources.  

Article initially published here;  http://itemmom.com/celebrating-holi/

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Ageless Comic book Men & Their faithful friends

Yes! I read comic books… a lot!!!!!  I’ve been reading them since I learnt how to read.  

Some of these characters seem like old best friends who were a part of my formative years. Maybe that’s why I like magic and supernatural compared to the real mundane world; or may be just that I have lost my marbles… Not sure though!

Anyhoo, I was cleaning my book box the other day and I revisited this world of my childhood comic books and I realized I still loved each character just as I did back then. Now that we have been blessed with Google, I started to read up on the characters and realized most of them are as old as our grandparents.

Tintin & Snowy

Herge` has created one of the most iconic characters of the comic book world.  On Jan 10th 1929, reporter Tintin and his favorite canine partner Snowy appeared in in the children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtieme Siecle wherein they set off on an adventure to the Soviet Union. As of today they are 87 years old and still evergreen amongst old and the young.

Asterix, Obelix & Dogmatix

This tremendous trio (along with the other characters) was born on 29th October 1959 in the French weekly magazine Pilote. In the very first issue ‘Asterix the Gaul’, the creators René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo introduced the Gaulish village folks and their arch nemesis – The Romans!!!

Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake the Magician is an all American, suave crime fighting dude who uses his magic for the good of mankind and fighting evil.  Created by Lee Falk, Mandrake went into publication on June 11, 1934 making him all of 82 this year.

Phantom, Devil & Hero

Another crime fighting costumed Hero created by Lee Falk, The Phantom debuted as a comic strip on February 17th 1936. Unlike other fictional costumed heroes, the Phantom has no superpowers and relies on his strength & intelligence to defeat his enemies. Like the Mantle of the Bat, Phantom is an idea and not just one person. The current phantom is the 21st Phantom who has dawned the skull ring and mask. He has 2 faithful friends watching his back during his crime fighting; a Wolf named Devil and a horse named Hero. All of them turned 80 in 2016 

These fictional grandpas rock hard till date!!!!!