Last of the Mayan Years?

So, if the Mayans got this whole end of the world mapped out correctly we exactly have one year left to party it out. If you have no clue what I am talking about, and are reading this, let me firstly congratulate you on coming out of that cave after your long hiatus, and yes the world has indeed changed a lot from what you might have left it. Apart from the carnage mother nature has been dishing out (seems more like a tantrum throwing attention seeking teenager rather than what we have been calling her all along really) and the recession after round one still wants to play peek-a-boo with all of us all while taking most of the European countries in one go and threatening to conquer the whole world which makes me wonder why no one in the White House has not included it in the official Axis of Evil club. There have been a lot of deaths and a lot of anonymous people would have apparently hit it big with the prize money for assisting in fighting the aforementioned Axis of Evil candidates who not surprising went away in a very unglamorous without a whimper of a fight unlike what we had seen in Hollywood flicks with Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger (surprisingly the spell check actually has that surname in-built, at least becoming a governor sort of helped in a way didn't it?) and Sly Stallone. Yeah, would have to say you did not miss much on that front except the Russians would be returning as the bad guys in the movies which might not be all that bad if you think about it. The last but not the least and this would probably make you return to the cave again, I know I have been tempted to take that step, is that some magazine conducted a survey or more aptly lets call it a poll of the 100 Hottest women of all time, yes that did read "100 Hottest Women of All Time" and in a bizarre anti-climax, trust shattering, sad tear inducing way the result was that Jennifer Aniston ( you might know her from her screen name - Rachel) beat everyone, including super models, pop stars, heck even porn stars and even Marilyn Monroe! Yes, humankind has lost its mind and when you can't even get the hottest woman in the world of all time right, what point is there to continue this existence just for the heck of it? The Aliens probably have scouted us out and looked at our thinking and functioning and probably decided its best not to waste the time, energy or resources valuable or otherwise on a set of species who apart from having bad tastes in women, are going broke by the second and would probably start killing themselves if the internet went down for a month (Please note that this a very hypothetical statement and I am not to be held responsible for this...ever...should this situation ever arise).
So cave-man now that you know what's going on, the little information that was going on before we did this recap was that according to the Mayans the world would surely finish on the 21st of December 2012 and hardly anyone would have given it an extra thought for who reads history anyway until someone in Hollywood decided to make a movie on it and since then its all been about 2012. So, you have 12 months to enjoy this new chapter for if the world does go kaboom, you shouldn't be just left with memories of the cave and the bats and their droppings around you.

The Random Voices in the Head

So there are times when I just ramble on about nothings......and I don't mean the sweet nothings, no these are purely and utterly just a concatenation of words which fall in place and for some miracle actually are comprehensible, well to some if not everyone. The fact is there needs to be the random factor in everyone else everything falls into the pattern of predictability and normalcy prevails which although is nice and sweet if you live in a shell but then what's the point of living is the wringer. Now, if we all become a bit honest to ones self and sometimes that is a hard task as we all like to live in this self constructed illusion of a world where we label things right and wrong based on how the people around us would judge us rather than live like the way we wanted without hiding our little harmless quirks (if they are not harmless, then there is something wrong and its time to visit your local shrink.....just a reminder!) which add to our character rather than hamper it. So what if the little voice in your head says you should go ahead and do something out of the ordinary, like for example buy an electric flosser (nifty little device I tell you)  just because you got curious as to how it would work or got on a flight to a new place just because it seemed right at the moment or you could do what that heartbroken 60 year old did and went out to buy a $35,000 cake....yeah you read that right and no I didn't add those zeroes in by mistake......he really did spend that much money on a cake, which might seem totally ridiculous to us all but apparently it helped him get over the "love of his life" (going by his age, might not have been the first one, but then if he was rich and she still left him, that tells a lot but who am I to judge.....except being the guy who jots this down).

Now some of us freak out when the whole "voices in your head" thing pops up (excuse the pun...totally unintentional) and act as if they have never ever experienced it, which is as honest as saying Santa Claus does not actually exist and that Rudolf does not have an acute sinusitis problem. Its like denying the fact that the middle earth was the most boring part of the earth.....errr.......okay that was actually the truth but you get the gist, there does exist that voice in your head which makes you do things and in some cases eases you in the "not guilty" stance too but let us leave that to a totally different topic. 

So the next time you hear some rumblings in your head (make sure its not from the stomach which does have a distinct growl when it needs that thing called....FOOD!), do yourself a favour and at least hear it out as the only help that medicine is going to do for you is make your senses numb (this fact has not been researched extensively and in some people may only cause nausea but that again maybe the dodgy food you had from that takeaway joint.).

Flash Mobs - A Bollywood Initiation?

So I have to admit it, I love flash mobs - the one where a group of people starting dancing at random places all of a random that is....what were you thinking?? There's something about flash mobs that fascinates me.......its all planned but its very abrupt and if there is anything it's worth, it would be the whole good feel factor. I mean imagine a meeting place in your city, there's chaos with people just bustling around with their heads down and a mean stride and all of a sudden there is music and dancing....and the crowd just stops, the moment holds on and there's chaos but not like before and behold, the best of it has not come as yet, no, the best part is when the smile on your face appears from nowhere, at the least expected moment and your legs start moving more by instinct than your will. If you ever look at any of the videos, and there are many posted on YouTube, the one thing you would notice is that everyone seems to be having a good time whether or not they are dancing. There is a vibe so strong you can't help but feel it even while sitting in your living room watching the clip. A friend of mine after watching a clip I recently shared commented that flash mobs must have surely originated in India looking as how in every movie whenever someone starts to sing a crowd appears out of nowhere and all of sudden there's a massive group of people singing and dancing. When I read it, I could only smile as having been raised on Bollywood movies (not that my parent's didn't provide me food, one look at me would make that misconception go away!) I can surely relate to the whole experience and I have to admit sometimes while walking down a street with my music playing on the iPod, I do wonder that if I bust into a song would the people around me suddenly stop and start dancing, would they know all the dance moves I do, which might a be pretty easy ask as I couldn't really dance myself. So the next time, while walking down a street you suddenly see someone rush past you and break into a gig, grab the opportunity....shake a leg, move those hips, throw your arms but most importantly enjoy and relish the experience with a big smile! :)

 P.S: I do NOT plan on suddenly dancing while walking down the street however curious I get about others following, so that is one laugh you are surely going to lose out on, but I will make it up in other ways....I always do.