Life's Little Updates

It's been a long time since I just "blogged away". Most of my recent attempts at blogging centered around a particular topic or theme, and naturally, most of those entries are rotting in the drafts section. You can call it a writer's block or a publisher's nightmare, but the reality is--I haven't been able to finish them and it is most likely that they won't get published anytime soon. But then again, does anyone really care to read my blog anymore? I had a circle of blog friends some time back. They'd write, I'd read and vice-versa. But most of them, just like me, have become really busy with life and they just gave up writing. I used to know some really promising writers. It's a pity now that they can't find any time for blogging.

So what's been going on with my life? 

I have a very involved social life now. Since getting married in 2009, most of my weekends are now occupied with visits to the in laws or attending some social event. I have a huge extended family. My wife has numerous uncles, aunts and a plethora of cousins. My own is not little, too. Almost every month someone has a birthday, marriage anniversary, or some other memorable event where anybody and everybody belonging to the social cohort needs to attend. These just can't be avoided. And, oh, by the way, the toughest of all are the full fledged wedding ceremonies. The cousins have started to get married, and each occasion yields 3-5 invitations on different days!

While I am not averse to enjoying these occasions, it becomes a bit painful when they fall during weekdays. To make things worse, sometimes the venues are too far away and sometimes I need to spend too much time attending them. I can't complain about an event where I have to show up in time, mingle with a lot of people, have a mouthful and return home peacefully. However, the ones where I need to actively participate, arrive long before anyone is even dressed up and stay till the last guest has left and a little bit more really bores me and wears me out. I am just not that social. 

I always prefer a quiet day at home or a lovely evening with just my wife against meeting a hell load of people in a cramped space with inadequate air conditioning. Summer in Bangladesh is getting bad to worse. The other day the temperature inside the car (before turning on the AC and after it had been parked under the open sky for an hour) was as high as 45 degrees (centigrade). Spending a significant portion of the day in a highly comfortable environment has accustomed me to disliking any hot place. 

Yes, I am talking about my office. The air conditioning works really well, and we are hardly warm--even during the winter. So any deviance from the comfort zone just irritates the hell out of me, and survival with a sane mind gets challenging.

So today I have another invitation, and it is after work. I still have an hour or two to go before getting out of work. Despite of having a heavy lunch "oh so typical" of Bangladeshi peoples, I am feeling hungry. But going out to grab a bite is not really possible right now and I don't think I will be doing that.

I have become quite regular on twitter now. I used to have a gadget added in my blog which shows my latest tweets. But unfortunately it is no longer there. When I had the gadget, I'd hardly use twitter. Actually, I totally missed the point of twitter back then. Now I use it as a weapon of mass ranting. All my rants, whines and complains against life gets dumped in twitter.

I have 583 tweets, and I am sure at least 550 of them are rants. Hehe, no, it's not that bad. But it is still worth a laugh reading all of it.

Right now I am chewing a piece of minty gum and waiting for the time to come. The time to get out of office, that is. A new album from Andrea Corr is coming up and I can't wait to hear it. I really miss the band Corrs and Andrea's first solo album hardly filled the void.

Lifelines is the upcoming CD. I hope I will be able to get it as soon as it comes out.

Ten feet high was a good album, but nothing exceptional. She tried to sing like a popstar in this album, but she should realize by now that her fans are more accustomed to listening to her voice the usual celtic arrangements of her band. Instead of violins and cellos, this album utilizes rock guitar riffs, pop drum beats and electronic sounds. While it works in a few tracks, overall the album was not great.

However, the album blue on blue by Leigh Nash was actually a great album. Leigh is relevant because both Andrea and Leigh started their solo careers after their well known bands went in to hiatus. The song kiss me is still one of my all time favorite songs by Sixpence None The Richer. 

Good news for all, Sixpence None The Richer is active again and they will soon bring out a new album. 

 

Anyway, enough of random writing for the day. Will resume some other day.