So I know I’ve been a bit of a jerk since I’ve not been writing much these days on my FB notes or blog. In the case of my FB notes, you know I have poorly substituted my original works with those little quiz like things people put on their usual FB notes. Yes yes I’m totally at fault for this. I’ve just not been myself lately you know?
Hmm so let me start up with the updates. The cook at our place went nuts. By nuts I mean crazy. She’s only been here for about two months. Turns out she had been sick earlier. It was quite a spectacle albeit a little scary. But I wasn’t too phased since I’m slightly crazy myself, although I do not strip and run around naked like she did. In any case, she was taken to the famous Angoda Asylum where she is now under professional care. I’m happy for her, because she is a nice lady and she should get her sanity back. I was worried that my family may have shipped me along with her to Angoda, but fortunately I have been overlooked.
Madness aside, I got FL Studio 8, a nice little software used to make music… and like my earlier days of musicness, I spend time making random loops and beats… This particular version has a voice recording capability so I tried my hand at some freestyle rapping which was hilarious… and will be up on youtube soon enough. The problem with the recording is that the output kinda bleeds into the input, which is a bit of a hassle. I’m working on fixing it but as far as I see, the fault is with the ASIO4ALL drivers that I installed. Hmm….
Anyway back to the main point of this note: I have decided to name this week my personal “JUNK RIDDANCE” week, where I shall be getting rid of large amounts of junk. I’ve already given out most of my toys to random kids and will be doing the same to my little plastic dinosaurs which I found yesterday.
And the sheer amount of junk I have collected is insane! It ranges from random pieces of metal, to rocks, bones (including a shin bone of a buffalo and jaws of a shark), to various little brass trinkets and ancient motherboards. I shall be getting rid of all these things during this week.
If any of you want my ancient motherboards and 386, 486 and Celeron processor, please let me know. I hope they are in working condition. You can just take ‘em. I’m not selling anything.
I also found some of my old books… that I just don’t read anymore. I plan to donate these to a local library or to the IIT library if they take books on philosophy etc.
So if any of you need any old stuff, check with me. I just may have it. I will be putting up a list of stuff I plan to give out soon (once I have everything listed out).
Need to live a simple life. There’re just too many things to take care of and it’s just not worth it sometimes. Sometimes you just need to throw away all that junk, including the junk in your head. And that is the hardest bit.
Wishing all of you peace and sanity,
Prageeth
It appeared that the will of my peers finally coincided with my own. I was not thinking of having a blog, but after much encouragement and numerous suggestions, I thought the usual “Ah what the hell? Let’s do it!” and sprung into action.
Now I find myself wordless, for my writing mind is supressed by excitement. What will this blog lead to? Where will my ideas go into? What new thoughstreams shall be put down in this blog? How will it influence others? How will it manifest in the physical world?
As I ponder at this, I realise that the consequences of our actions are not neccesarily our fault, as there are so many other factors at play. Relief.
Those of you who know me will know now that I blog. Those of you who wished to see me blog will now be satisfied. Those of you who did not will be displeased. And those of you who do not care would merely search for other interesting things on the web. Am I stating the obvious here? Yes. For it is neccesary sometimes, or just plain fun to do so.
What does one expect in this blog? There shall be ramblings, philosophical musings, poetry, some short stories, reviews and opinions. Let us not think in a box or try to establish a Genre to this blog. Let it be free flowing, much like Bruce Lee’s concept of being like water:
”Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.” – Bruce Lee
And with those words of wisdom I shall now take your leave.
Expect more later.
With love and (for some) mild annoyance,
Prageeth Thoradeniya
