Mlimerick Time

I knew a girl
She was pretty stiff
My friend asked me for her address
Instead we smoked a spliff

Music listened to while writing this post - Sound of Silence - DJ Apt. 102
Mood - Tired but pushing the awareness

Dedicated to the presence of Dry Poison in the house

Security with some fashion attached

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/fashion/19taser.html

Will wonders never cease ... next we will have security systems with Power Puff Girl themes on them.

Flashback Post

Thursday, July 19th 2007

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iTunes Library Random Choice - Daft Punk - One More Time 

Whenever I hear the tune that was randomly chosen for me by iTunes today I get reminded of good times over the year 99 when I first went to college and the ensuing madness and partying that was coupled with graduation 4 years later. Just had to post this ... enjoy college cause once your out its not as fun even if you party everyday .... 

Music - Daft Punk - One More Time

Mood - Friday Fever 

Growing Up V1.0 Reflection

Its been a while since I have done some reflection and I guess now is a good time as any. There have been some major changes in my life going from age 17 to 26.

1. Friends - I don't really know when or where it happened but after coming back to India I have reduced the radius of the circle of friends I have. I chalk it down to a few things that I can probably blame the drinking culture in India on but mostly on the fact that with the work I do I hardly meet any new people and that is something that I constantly try and work towards with any means given to me.

2. Tolerance - This is one thing that I believe I have managed to get down pat with the 9 years that have passed since me being 17. These days, I think before I do anything and the tolerance factor is much higher. I used to be quick to react but now I think and see if there is a way to just let things go and for the most part I do.

I know this is a short post but there is much more that I have not really reflected on completely and I will add them to this. Its that time of the decade spent where I need to do some introspection and see the things that need fixing. Who knows whether they will get fixed or not?

Music Listened to while writing this blog - RHCP - Around the World

Mood - Totally Pissed Off and Tired

Blood and Cigarettes

I am bought back to consciousness by the sounds of the crazy madman screaming fifteen stories above my head. I slowly reach into my coat pocket and pull out a packet of Marlboro Reds. 

"Ahh, comfort at last" 

The smoke fills my lungs immediately and I get that rush most smokers get when they haven't smoked in a long time. The mere fact that the smoke is giving me a pleasant high indicates the beginning of the healing process. Regeneration is anything short of pleasan....Fuck!!! Now he's taunting me by throwing bricks off the top floor around the trash I am comfortably resting in. All I need is another ten minutes to get back to full health and its back to business as usual. I can now hold the cigarette with the firm grip I started the day out with. I once read that smoking doesn't promote proper skin grafting and that it can cause abnormalities. I am guessing doctors haven't seen what I can do and in some ways I pray they never do. 

He's screaming again. Something about taking care of the flock and how I was never good at it. The cigarette is done and I am back on my feet. I open the front door of the building and walk in. Fifteen flights of stairs to climb and a repeat of everything that has just happened. The autumn breeze blows on my back and gives me a slight chill because the jacket I was wearing is now torn all over. 

Killing your father is never easy.

Taken from The Chronicles of J.Belmonte - Book Four

Music while writing this blog - Things I've Done - Linkin' Park

Mood - Friday Blues

Mlimericks (continued)

Its been a while so here is one that we came up with this weekend past, which was eventful. Drunk people, a blown tire, a half-drunk girl who tried some funny things lol (get your mind out of the gutter) and a birthday.

I knew a girl

She was real old

I knew a girl

She was real old

I got between her legs

And all I found was mold

Disgusting I know...

Music listened to with this post - Morningwood - Babysitter

Mood - Half Full Happy

The Wonderful Verification Process

7:00 AM - I drag my arse out of bed and open the windows to let some of the mildly polutted air into my room.

8:00 AM - Put on my iPod and go about my reading work

9:00 AM - Get my clothes ironed and proceed to have a shower

10:00 AM - Get out the door and proceed to work

11:00 AM - Fill out an online application for the reset of my password for On-line banking with ICICI and this is where the chain of chronologically neat events stops.

The question to be asked while reading this blog post is " What is something that no one else knows about me that only I could know?"

I asked myself this question as I was filling out a form to get my internet banking password reset today. There were a series of questions that anyone could obtain with a little casual questioning and I wonder why banks have really not caught onto this. Let's examine some of the ridiculous questions we are asked : 

1. Whats your mother's maiden name? Gee I don't know but maybe my dad, brother, sister, grandmother, uncle, aunt, granddad, all the friends shes known over the years and someone know wants to reset my password for me could answer.

2. Whats your Date of Birth? With all the orkutting, myspacing, facebooking and gosh even googling we do I, our date of birth is the most insecure question to put on this form.

3. Account Number? Slightly harder to obtain but not the hardest still.

4. Email address? Who writes letters anymore. Need I say more?

5. Residential Address? All it takes is a day out where I live and I am sure you can get it from anyone on the road for 10 Rs or even for free (Yes, being polite gets you a lot of information).

6. Mobile Number? God, this one is so trivial that its inclusion in a safe form is pointless

So, the final verdict is that banks should allow you to just devise questions yourself and that should be it. Imagine if I had a question like "What did I have to close the night for my 19th birthday?". Now thats security and doesn't require me to wait a whole fucking week for my PIN to be reset. Till the next time ... Hello.

Music Listened to while writing this blog - Piece of My Heart - Faith Hill (Cover)

Phrase of the moment - More Than Meets The Eye

Movie on the Horizon - Transformers (The Movie)