Saturday, September 01, 2007

Kidding is serious business!!

Have you seen the Dhara advertisement where the li'l kid says, "koi mujhse pyar nahi karta main ghar chhodke ja raha hoon." and is then lured by jalebis back home. I am so in that mode, except I can't say that line to anyone/go anywhere/nobody's gonna lure me back. All because they think that at 20, I'm not a kid.
Question 1, who the hell is they? Question 2, how the hell did they decide? And question 3, why can't I be a kid any more?

So you and you and they and all of they's friends can please go to hell, because the kiddo mode I'm living in for the last 2 hours is bound to stay some more. I LIKE being a kid. I LOVE being silly. What's anybody's problem in that?
Why can't you people see me happy? See I'm happy, [shows you a thumb], do what you want to do. (And I'm happy and I'm ranting, which proves you can rant when you are not sad. QED. Yey!)

The point is, the bade log of these world are all jerks. They just lovvvvvve complicating simple things and then complainign how tough life is. They can't answer a single question kids ask properly and completely (no aukat only!!) and still say they are the ones who know more stuff. Kids are good, they fight, but in that love now, slap after five minutes and kick throw bang boom cry complain smile again at ten. Adults fight stretchign stuff so long that nobody can possibly remember what the dispute was, and all they keep to themselves is big biggg words like discomfort and selfishness and adjustment and small biggg words like ego and sin. Huh!

Everything is actually so confusing...a few days back I was telling a friend.." So, your gf did this thing wrong, and though it hurt you then you can easily understand it was a small unintentional mistake and you already claim you'd forgive her if she comes to you and apologises. Right? So, tell me, why this if. If you can forgive her then, why wait or her to come and SAY sorry before forgiving her in your heart. Why stay bitter? Why prick a hole in both your hearts? Don't you even love her this much that you can forgive her without her actually physically asking for it?" And he was looking at me as if I just taught him rocket science!!! Double huh!!

Mujhe nahi rehna is bekar duniya mein aise....
People just invent reasons to be sad. You're "supposed" to grow up and act sane. Why the hell? You know what, if you wanna act all adult, then please go ahead and act adult by pampering me and jhelofying my excitements and tears and moods etc etc in that truly adult sort of way and derive the adultish post-pampering satisfaction out of it.
I'm cool with that. Instead, what you'd do is lecture me how I'm supposed to become as 'sensible' and 'sophisticated' and 'mature' as you!!!! Triple huh!!!

Just let me be ok. Kids are cuto ( kiddos are cuto-er). And everybody else is really really gandu.

And remember, it's ok if you don't understand me/like me/love me/like to pamper me/can't jhelofy me, it's OK. just lemme be. Lemme be silly because I like it. Just dont take stuff to heart. Just dont make me guilty.
Just dont make me cry. ForI've noone to lovingly wipe the tears.
Hope *you* got the point, honey!

Cheers to stupidity!! :D

:) :) :)

30 comments:

vibhav said...

'They' is 'I' I guess, but I really liked this post.

Sam said...

Nice post... liked the way you've put it up!!! and I do agree with you.. why can't they let us be!!

Anonymous said...

you sulk definitely like a kid, and i hope you have reatined the innocence with which a kid(do) easily forgives the world if she is indulged a little (like those jalebis in the ad :) )........more chocolates anyone :)

Unapologetic Confessions said...

"The child is the father of the man..." Boundless joy when one discovers this truth of Wordsworth...
I have been there and seen it all and know that indeed we need to the child in heart always.. Nice post.. feels good venting your rants, doesn't it... Yes am a new visitor to your blog.. a few miniutes ago through Orkut... when time permits do visit mine too and leave behind your "childish" rantings too... ;)

Rakesh said...

We all have a child in our self..
The only think is that peopl are busy immitating others and wants to behave as our society say but they dont know the reason..Thats the foolish thing..
And bcoz of this, they forgetto follow their dreams, their wishes and thier innocence.
Nice words dear.
Be what you are, people will always be there to point whatever you do.

Phoenix said...

[vibhav]
Then you go to hell...hmph!!!
Or atleast shut up and listen to me ;)

[sam]
Because they r all sadists
This world belongs to sadists

Phoenix said...

[catalyst]
dont worry forgive to maine sab ko kar diya...i m generous nice lil baby :P
thanks for the chocolates but tum mere daant kharab karoge kya :P
Gandi baat!!!

[unapologetic confessions]
Thanks, and thanks for visiting. Rants are always fun!

[rakesh]
Thats the thing..when ppl grow up they start doing things a certain way because they think thats THE way to do it, without ever knowing why.
Silly!

Pravin said...

You can always act like a little kid if you want to. It's easier being a kid and not worrying about stuff.

Though sometimes you got to act grown up around kids so that they look up to you for help and guidance.

Anonymous said...

the world heaves a sigh of relief with that information :P
gener......the idea is disarmingly endearing ;)
offer withdrawn out of genuine concern :) my apologies...

Phoenix said...

[pravin]
It's like you can, but you may not. Thats the unwritten rule of the world. Obligations suck man!

[catalyst]
You love pulling my leg, dont you? :)

vibhav said...

Thank God! Because you know...what I meant can make you still angrier...:P I meant...they is 'I', that is 'You'. That is, we ourselves grow old and stop us from being kids. Alright, I'll run now!

But the reason I want to make you angry is because I am deeply hurt by this post of yours. The way you refer to being a kid and being silly in close proximity at various places in your post has hurt my sensibilities to the highest extent possible. Kids ain't silly, they just got a different style, that's all, kidding is serious business.

vibhav, the Kid

:P (Hope I haven't been too silly!)

Anonymous said...

sigh.......i really meant it, every word of it :)

Vik said...

Serious post. Too serious. Really, kidding, ah even kidding, is serious business. Being a kid doesn't seem to be easy for you any longer. Still, you have many alter-egoes: So cheers! For, they don't talk of tears. Lately the Kid in you sound saddest of them all.

Phoenix said...

[vibhav]
Oh no! "I" dont. "They" tell me to. "They" tell me I should tell myself. Age has no relation with this at all. Neither with innocence nor with wisdom. Only, maybe, with rigidity.

//Kids ain't silly, they just got a different style, that's all, kidding is serious business.

Finally!
somebody got the point of the post. You see, the adjective silly is primarily from the reference frame of 'they'. That is how 'they' take it. I take it perfectly seriously and infact it takes me a lot of hardwork too.

Waise, you're a Wannabe! :P



[catalyst]
Oh really?!? I'm so sorry! Nobody ever told me that the cause for the absence of relief from this world is that everyone thought I hadn't forgiven them!
Thanks yar!!


[vik]
See there's only one thing thats easy, and thats being myself. The convoluted weird moody manyfaceted myself. The problem is this thing that comes naturally, like staying a kid, is opposed by too many external factors that wear me down like friction and dont let me be myself. that makes me frustrated, angry, abd finally, sad.
But let the sadness stay disguised behind the words. That's how I like it best.
That's how my gunda-alterego likes it best too, so you know, you BETTER! ;)

Shantanu said...

Good post!
Yeah I too am convinced that the child in us never dies, it is somewhere there, but we are too busy to give attention to him / her.

It might come out sometimes in front of our near and dear ones (Mom, Dad, Sister, wife....)

anyways happy kidding!

Tapasya said...

I just loved this post! And that is precisely what I want a few ppl to know!

Oracle said...

Kids are getting smarter these days and they find the adult world foolish or perhaps they make adults feel foolish and hence the reaction from the bada log is as you mentioned.
another blogger said as an adult one should answer all the whys that kids throw at us. Instead of telling them the birds and the bees story.
Now how should one react to the following
an NRI mother in her effort to get her 5 year old excited about indian festivals bought him new ethnic clothes , when he asked as t why should he should wear those, she said that they brought good vibes on such occasions. He then said - how come you don't buy me new underwear also ,isn't that supposed to be new too!!! kids - they are serious business hah

Sahil said...

Cheers! Point taken.

radiohead said...

I think this is strange .. but ..
'main jab bhi yahan ata hun .. tum chillati hui hi milti ho' .. haha

well .. to some extent it rite .. bt actually d problem is tht evryone looks at thingsfrm their perspective .. no one tries to get into ur shoes n think it tht way .. otherwise its nt strange tht thy wont understnd wht hapiness u find in this craziness ..

but thn .. u need no permission to b wht u want to b . .since ur old enuf now :P .. FOUR HUH .. hehe

live up d way u want kiddo ..
but live happy fr sure
rather m a dukhi atma these dyz .. :D

cheese

desperado said...

wid all that people have said all i say is
Cheers to you!!!...may these happy mood rantings continue :)...ur gud at philo why d hell r u wasting time in engg :D

complicating simple things and then complaining how tough life is
......we all do that once while..maybe u too

Phoenix said...

[shantanu]
That busy-ness, and more than that the justification we give to it truly sucks. It's ok to be a kid.

[tapasya]
the world wd be a better place if everyone remembered

[oracle]
It's not the kids' problem they are getting smarter. Adults are adults only if they r smart enough to handle kids. Bade log are just scared of responsibility because they cant do it.

The kids question was both innocent and valid. the thing is, its vey hard to be "simple" which is wat kids can be

Phoenix said...

[sahil]
:D

[anuj]
tp tumhari timing mein fight hai, meri nahi :P

main to mast hoon
but tu dukhi aatma kyon ho?? :O

[desperado]
What am i doing in engg...whiling away time till i do smthng useful :P

iit is a good place to grow

yeah of crse i do it too at times. ppl learn best from their own mistakes

seraphicgirl1986 said...

"excatly" thats one word i have for this post.
good going!

radiohead said...

are nothin specific ..
aise hi bol raha hun ..

desperado said...

iit is a good place to grow
...with number of blogs by iit'ians i am beginning to love reading...it sure seems like one :)

stay happy

Anonymous said...

WOOHOO!! Someone at last!!!!!!

You are so so so much like me Phoen! I LOVE unleashing the kid in me without caring a nickel about what the people think abt me!! I dunno why (and especially in IITD, because it's generally full of initially underconfident NERDS) people feel that one should be a vodka-swigging, bike-riding, studies-hating, staying-up-till-four-in-the-morning-for-no-reason-at-all sort of an ass****. When once for example during studying for a major (of a subject I particularly hated), I started coming in too much enthu while explaining it to a friend. The girl next to me was AGHAST why I was doing that. Acc to her, I must always be bored, flabbergasted and tired whenever I encounter studies. OK what the hell, I'm a nerd!! You got a problem she-sheep-in-disguise????

I have childish dreams and am not afraid to chase them however "impractical" they may be. A person with a child inside him is not a foolish ignorant simpleton. People around me do view me as weak, talentless, un-politically correct and several other BLAHS which I don't care about! I won't stop haunting the last dark part of the insti library searching for classic novels which I might abandon after twenty pages. Neither put in ridiculous amounts of effort for something I like...I get passionate about stuff quickly, much like a child and don't whine my ass off like adults do about how boring IIT life is, how cruel the CGPA system is, how blah blah blah blah...!!! I travel in a sweaty twice a day, have the added responsibility of tutoring my bro frequently, must sleep early, live under the constant watch of my parents...and I DONT THINK I HATE MY LIFE, MR SERIOUS NOBODY!!!

Gosh, if you were around here, I woulda given you a bone-breaking hug. A pure, childish, complete hug...let's DO meet on thursday, OK??

You aren't ranty or silly (I mean, look up there!!)..you are just on the right path...GO GO GO GIRL!!!!

conufsed said...

"...And everybody else is really really GANDU..."
:|
:D
Only a kiddo can carry it off!

Phoenix said...

[poison coated elixir]
:D

[anuj]
hmmm

[desperado]
true. :)

[akshay]
For the 100th time, you are a vry cute kid :)

[vibhor]
:D
Yey!!! Good gandu :)

Rohit Agarwal said...

probably tht's why ppl resort to drinking... other than hitting a high, drinking grants the drinker the liberty to relive his childhood moments and get away in the end by saying "sorry, i was drunk"...

Raja said...

Who the fuck says you're not a kid? you're as kid as anyone can be (whatever that means).