BLAH

　
I am drunk(Ola! Harshad,Potty, Pranay and Vaid...)........To be precise...i have imbibed some alcohol...Though i had never thought about it before this...now...i am sure that i want to write something while i am in this condition or state...whatever you wish to call it...First of all, let me describe this state to you..Those that have been there (here ?) and done this...reminisce ...and the rest .....Well... i will describe it as accurately as i can without making a fool of myself !! First of all, i am completely in control of all my actions...I am of course feeling a bit light headed..and happier than normal..(a fact which some friends of mine believe to be impossible..) In fact, i feel more in control of myself than normal for the simple reason that i feel obligated to prove my high capacity to imbibe alcohol(a parameter very foolishly and illogically assumed to be a sign of manliness) not just to others but also to myself.....I also am in the habit of giving my more irrational feelings (such as love.....actually...only love !!) more of a free hand while my consciousness roams about .... stumbling and rambling merrily ! While there are many people who regard the capacity to drink large amounts of alcohol as a great virtue...there are also the people who consider it a sign of great weakness, if not a sin......Others relent somewhat and consider smoking and further drugs as sins....
I personally,was a staunch believer in teetotalism before i went to college...I maintained from my tasting of alcohol that it was a highly disgusting and definitely non potable beverage and that i would continue to drink the likes of coca cola till death...College set in and the lifestyle there caught up to me, as it does to everyone....My opinion of alcohol was that it was good...if it were ingested in reasonable quantities... As long as one did not lose control completely...the feeling of moondust and teddy bears (!!)was....just great... i also discovered that i could hold my drink really well....due to both genetic and environmental influences (wink !!(:-P))Then finally one day....i bit off too much more than i could chew and.....as is logical ..... puked... The loss of control was too scary for me.....and i gave up alcohol....
This is the 3rd time i have drunk since that day...the first time being 3 months after the day of my bheesma vrath....(!)And i realised that i had lost the taste ....i had stopped liking (or rather hating less than liking the high !!) the taste of alcohol....
But these personal and senti things left aside (i was just rattling out facts to gain back my sense of balance and control...so i would be able to write more than gibberish.. !!) let us get to the crux of the issue.....A friend of mine chided me for smoking as i did (barely...) sometimes when i was drunk (which shall be hereforth defined as having imbibed alcohol.....)Later when i gave up alcohol completely he said that what i was doing was nonsense and that this was too extreme a measure to take...Why i wonder...Both affect a person's health in the long term and due to their containing addictive substances...both could destroy a person's life...Agreed ciggarettes are more addictive than alcohol...but then is not the cutting out of both these mind altering substances a good thing..in fact the best thing to do...So i should drink and be merry but a ciggarette now and then is bad ....Isn't that rather hypocritical ??
Speaking of hypocrites, what about vegetarians...they cry out about animals and how we kill them to satisfy our own carnal natures....well then isn't killing mute, dumb plants even worse...And if the indignant reply to this would be (as it often is, and i have asked a lot of people !)that since i can't hear them, i don't feel bad....then my reply would be..." Then Sir...the fact is that i don't feel bad when i eat animals "....(of course, as compared to that delicious succulent breast-piece of lamb !!)...
Well...as the more rigid puritans would believe (and....of course as any person who has done 'shieat' (as the african americans would say !!!!!! lol)...will tell you that it is our greatest pleasure to behave , in our 'drunken stupor' as we would be expected to behave by our prissy acquaintances ! (sorry guys !!)) one is in a pedagogical mood when intoxicated...that is highly eager to preach about life and other highly significant things....So....once again... confirming your belief...i will proceed....
　
I believe that one should live life as if one had nothing to lose. Voice your opinions out loud...
At worst, If you are wrong, you will realise it and will also have had the satisfaction of having expressed your opinion. Life is too short to be unhappy long... so laugh often.... if it seems as if everything is going wrong ...... remmeber every valley is spanned by mountains on both sides and that the descent must stop somewhere....What doesn't kill you can always make you stronger provided you are willing to learn from it.... The rough translation of a cheesy line from a bollywood movie that i nevertheless like says "Laugh and be merry, cause who knows, tomorrow may never come..."...
Today's cynical world often mocks optimists, considering them to be hypocrites who just smile because it's socially more acceptable....Bull Crap i say...Firstly...the world has become highly pessimist and cynical...secondly...there aren't too many things that really warrant that glum look....Smile when you are happy and when in doubt think about the good times...those to come and those that have passed....and grin like an inebrieated babboon (Let 'em wonder!!)And thirdly...'SOUR GRAPES'.... Just because you have nothing to smile about doesn't mean that everyone who's smiling's just putting it on....
Also...the troubles that most people commit suicide over...Money and Love.... are two of the most trivial things that could ever be....Money....A common means of exchange for goods.... Work hard and the money problems will get fixed.....As for love....it is a wonderful feeling...but in the end there is no one more important than you.... "There is nothing to live for.. " Why ! That's rubbish....live for yourself, even if everything in the world is destroyed ... Suicide is just a great bloody middle finger to oneself.....
Thus endeth my 'Fundae' of life...Those that find them cheesy and optimistic....well i'll just ask them if they can give me another set of rules, so to speak, by which they have lived their life and never had even one dull or depressed moment....Cause i haven't ....so there ....!!
PS: Thus, I continue my tradition of writing postscripts...
PPS:Forgive the i's.... i have no office suite...
PPPS: In accordance with the 'fact' that we drunks are senti..i present to you....'Blah'...
PPPPS: Actually we also take the opportunity to do stuff we've always wanted to and felt scared of people's reactions, because now.... it's all attributed to the effect of alcohol...

PPPPPS: Cheers !!