Weapons Of Mass Distraction!

I am telling you. The universe is against me. It is slowly, but steadily and meticulously creating situations to place me in, so that I NEVER do well! Like it wasn’t bad enough just with cell phones, blogs, email, and general daydreams… I now have a whole new problem to deal with. This is an SMS conversation between Supreya and I, on the way home from the Biology exam.

Me: Sup! Did you know American Idol is starting on the 17th??
Sup: Really? I knew it was starting. I didn’t know when though. Cool!
Me: Yea…! Great. Another thing to distract us… But yay!
Sup: Ah we can work around it. And there is this new show Heroes. Kinda like x-men… supposed to be really good. We HAVE to watch that!
Me: Yea? Ok…!
Sup: And KBC with Shahrukh!
Me: OMG yea!!! That HAS to be seen! And oh oh… our F.R.I.E.N.D.S marathon! Forget boards! Let’s just watch TV all life long!
Sup: Ha ha. Yeah!! I know. Who gives when there are so many other important things in life that actually matter! =s
Meg: Yea totally! We have GOT to show this conversation to Ms. Padma. Or… we could choose life!!

I want to watch them all! But I don’t want to fail! Ah. Dilemma. See? I’m telling you. The universe is against me.

Confused by Ambition

I have two months left of school before exams and entrance tests and applications start – and I don’t have a clue what I want!

Well, that’s not entirely true.

I know that I want:
--> Biochemistry, computational chemistry, pure chemistry, pharmaceuticals, literature, advertising or media arts. Just don’t ask me to choose!
--> To be in a safe city, where I can go out without fear of murder
--> Make friends who aren’t dumb
--> Have a hostel with a clean loo
--> To keep dance a part of my life
--> To sing, write, debate
--> To able to try new things! I know that I want to be somewhere that I can later tell people I was, and not have the reaction “Where…??”

Yup. I know exactly what I want. I want the American education system, in Singapore city, with family close by, Bangalore-ian friends around the corner, Nrityagram down the street, endless time to sing, dance, debate, write… a subject I love, with teacher’s like Ms. Padma teaching everything…! I want to do everything, everywhere…and do well without trying. Is that so hard?

Oh yea. I also want world peace, a maxed chemistry paper, and a mansion made of emeralds on Mars with my personal French chef, Pierre Gaston. Fruitcake, anyone?

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)