The only place where you eat sweets and still don’t get fat is books.
Me while reading ‘Out of Sheer Rage by Geoff Dyer’
Author: rrmahalle
I pick my highlighter. I put a dot where I want to end my highlight. I start highlighting from the beginning and end at that dot. I put that dot, as if, by not letting my highlight go out-of-control, I save the dignity of that sentence.
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars…”
Oscar Wilde
I eat super-cashews only.
When you freeze cashews, they become super-cashews.
Response to Dull!
Responded.
Deadlifts – 112kg.
Ohh yesss…!
Dull!
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!
Fountain Pens!
I always say, hobbies cost! I am drowning deep in the fountain pen world now. I ordered my third one. Now it will take a week or more to come. How shall I spend these days!? Leave days, how would I spend my nights now!? The excitement is gonna kill me! Leave my handwriting aside, I find my ecstasy in writing with them itself. I can’t explain those feelings!
First comes a German pen,
Where did this come from…! 😃
then comes a local ink bottle,
then comes a local bond paper,
then comes another fountain pen, this time it is from Taiwan,
then comes few more Indian ink bottles,
then comes a french paper,
then your are high in clouds while writing with all of these instruments,
and you don’t know how to control your exaltation,
and you want more,
and then,
then…
You order another, A Japanese Pen,
and the Japanese paper,
and the Japanese ink,
and then they say to you,
you are not an adult,
you are still a feisty child,
and how shall I tell them that I am,
I never grew up,
This coat I wear, this, this is only a price I pay to have my freedom.
In reality,
I am irrational,
I am still a 7 year old boy filled with chemicals,
I will ever, and forever… … …!
Let this third one come, I’ll photograph all three fountain pens and post. But first, I’ll play with them, I’ll savour them, I’ll enjoy them; and then if I felt to, I’ll click them…
Do they remember the beach when they have chosen a metropolis…!?
I wonder… … …
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…!
Pixel Home
I am so excited…! I know, even a 3 year old knows how to draw… Still, here is my attempt of drawing an amateur map of my home.
Some unhelpful details – 1😉
1. The walking track – 60m (200ft) a lap. Since previous 5 years, we have been doing a daily night walk outside our home. But in this corona situation, we have started doing it inside our compound.
2. The whites at the back – They are also vehicles. With four red beauties, we have two white lovelies too – one four wheeler, one two wheeler.
3. Water Storage tanks – The light one is 2,000lt, the dark ones are 5,000lt each. They are behemoths. We are family of thousands; our plants are our family. So those water tanks are for them. We have our water storage on the terrace.
4. My Gym – That too is on the terrace.
Note – Oops, I forgot to add two windows (also – refrigerator, and microwave and this and that – typical amateur)… 😅 I told you, my attempt… 😅 But I want to share something, a 3 year old inspired me to try this, and I am proud of that child.