By the way, what the hell is going on these days? First, my right ear swelled with pus. For three days, I was in severe pain. When it healed, my left ear went haywire, that gave me hard time for three days. When both are healed, now my right eye has swelled.
My father said that it must have been an infection because of the Diwali cleaning. If it is, enough now. Go away my impurities. He he.
I have a wide smile on my face right now. A wide smile with a dimple. Have you ever noticed that your eyebrows respond to your smile too? A wide smile of an 8 year old I have right now.
I read my first Ray Bradbury short story… B-)
No, I am not gonna eat this cake in one go. I’ll have it bite by bite, one story before sleeping, every night…
Today I deep cleaned all my fountain pens. It was a beautiful experience. My advice to young children – don’t meditate, get a fountain pen! 😌 Why? Everything with fountain pens is so amazing! Everyone who is in the fountain pen world already know the basic maintenance, but for me, it was the first time.
I disassembled all my fountain pens in the morning, slowly. I flushed them out with water. I let them all soak in water for 2-3 hours. I let them dry out. And just now, I reassembled them and filled them with different different inks, cleanly, neatly. The whole process is slow and relaxing.
There is something beyond explanation with fountain pens.
I say again, don’t meditate, get a fountain pen! But beware, it is a rabbit hole, and we all know that rabbit holes have no end…
Every time I watch a TV Series or a Movie, I imagine, if I become a character of this TV show or Movie, which character would I want to be? Here I want to type a list of some of the TV shows & Movies and their respective characters I would like to be.
Please note that this list is gonna be a persistent ever updating list.
I’ve ordered a gaming racing wheel…! 😃 Yesss…! 😃
I remember, when I was in eleventh std, I went to a mall, shopper’s stop, at Pune; and there, the security guard did not let me play on the demo gaming wheel, even though it was meant as a demo wheel. This is stupid. I may have looked like a peasant (which I looked like at that time 😉), he had no rights not to let me play. Hello unknown security guard, ‘You are forgiven…’ 😁
And I have ordered a racing wheel. And I want to listen a beautiful song. Somebody do play Frank Sinatra – Come fly with me, come fly away… … …
Responded.
Deadlifts – 112kg.
Ohh yesss…!
Do you get eerie feelings sometimes; feelings where you feel dull, restless, and on your toes afraid of something? I am having these feelings since previous few days. I tried to analyze it. Three possible reasons may be:
One, I am waking up daily at 3.30am since previous week. May be because of this changed routine. I am gonna go back to my old timings. Some things should not be forced. Also, I am way more productive in my old routine.
Two, may be my nightmares of the past. They are appearing loudly and vividly these days. Along with the nightmares, I am having so many lucid dreams too. Lucid dreams in which I have multiple Deja-vus.
Three, may be this gloomy weather change. Rainy season is beautiful, I love it, but this transition period always holds an eerie vibe. I find them eerie. This thing, may be.
Or it may all be three together; I am not sure.
What do I do when this happens? I take a break. I take a break from workout, reading, and routine – even though all of them give me most energy!
How shall I express? I am in the middle of my second John Steinbeck novel, The Grapes of Wrath. I am on page 98. How shall I express? That writing is omniscient!
Imagine you have a glass of clear water. You drop a droplet of a lovely ink in it. For some time, that droplet does nothing, and then slowly but surely, it disperses in the whole glass.
Reading John Steinbeck is like that whole orchestra of that beautiful ink droplet and water.
Even though I tried to explain, my words are fickle to express. Because reading John Steinbeck is way more than it…!
Some things are very powerful in this world. Certainly, Books are. And if you want to experience that, East of Eden by John Steinbeck is a must read. God, that book shakes you and leaves you stunned…!
And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.
John Steinbeck, East of Eden
I had the same feeling when I had read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Course changes (strengthens) because of some books.