Random thoughts and bla bla bla

Today I was treated to a splurge in the bookstore,greed gets the better of me when i see books so i search,read,check price and generally loose myself in them.The trip to the bookstore was a reminder of how fragile life is.Last month on this day I was in a different and difficult world.This month a lot of healing has taken place thanks to books.They are my escape route to a world of shared experiences across oceans,cultures and ages.So I came back with a bag load of books to escape into.
On the way,we stop at a place to pick up dvds.The husband is an avid movie buff and the mother a tv serial junkie,me I am a book worm so we are all in our own worlds.However this blog is not about us,its about my little sojourn into the world of other people.While waiting for the husband to choose his movies,I sat in the car to watch the world go by.Five people caught my attention.They were friends for sure,two girls(looked like they were in college but then again they may have been young working women,nowadays the lines are so blurred one is no longer able to slot people)and three men(young and for me that means in the late twenties or early thirties).They were all next to a mid size car(which translates into...."they have the money and earning power").It was pretty obvious that one of them was a couple(the personal space between them was too little and much backslapping and hugging going on)the other two were on the way to becoming one and the third was a real bored our of his skull chap who for some reason had to put up with all this.What was real interesting was that the girl who was part of confirmed couple,was the most relaxed.She was the centre of all the fun.It looked like all of them were there for her.The other interesting observation was that despite having a lot of common interest and constant talking,what really was holding them together was the sms messages and their mobile phones.The mobile phone was being passed around amidst much mirth,the sms messages were enjoyed and all the evening was revolving around the phone.,I wondered if they were sending messages to each other or what.Think back to my own world those many years ago(this group reminder me so much of our gang when we were all finding our own equations).We hung around at the sterling club,watching others play tennis or swim while having great conversations.We had our own bikes and couldn't dream of cars but in the end it all boiled down to physical and mental vibes and never mind the technology or so I believe.Well the husband was back and there ended my observation if human behaviour.All too soon we are back home and like Goldilocks we are in our respective beds one watching a movie laughing his head off,one immersed in a soap opera that's guaranteed to take her blood pressure up and me dying for a cup of tea and a good read so have to end all this bla bla now.

Pen vs gabbing

Finally Ive hit a century,no I haven't joined the Indian cricket team nor has anyone been kind enough to bid for me...alas...the point is that this is my 100th post so I ought to feel rather proud of myself.Blogging took a back seat this week.Working from home means discipline and considering I don't have any,I jump from one task to the other getting somethings done.Some order in chaos.
Today I made a discovery,actually I confirmed a truth.In my long years of slogging in a sales job,chances were that a lot of people didn't want to see me because it invariably meant that I made them spend money,but my journalist friends were treated very differently.People courted them,returned calls(in my case the phones would be switched off but we learn to get them)and actually were nice and talkative with them.Wondered how it would feel to be on the other side.So I reinvented myself as a rookie writer(note I don't call myself a journalist).In the short time that I have dealt with real people(as opposed to stories from my head) I have had them call me back,tell me how nice it was talking to me and the whole nine yards.Talk of publicity and everyone is a sucker for it.Its interesting and fun for the moment but contrary to popular belief it does involve a lot of work,it needs careful handling of quotes and such like,oh well guess it all boils down to trial and error but its fun and interesting.