Halloween 2010

Halloween is my favorite time of the year. When I can live by the kid inside me.
Dress-up like crazy and like a fool and that'll still be Kool! :-)

This year, though, I wanted to be a Ninja, Harry Potter, Michael Jackson, a Spartan warrior among others (including a Snake-charmer without the snake popping out the pants :-o)

Finally, I settled to this wierd looking wig-plus-hat that dint look anything like a halloween wig. But I was surprised that people still recognized me as MJ. Kool enuf.

And since it happened to be the day I was leaving St Louis, it was kinda heavy on me. I liked that my friends showed-up at CWE. CWE - Central West End, by the way, is the best place to be in St Louis during Halloween, and mostly during any night. And Coffee Cartel, unlike the Cartels of Mexico, serves only Fair-Trade Organic stuff and has amazing variety of Teas, Coffees and Ice Creams. Missing St Louis and Coffee Cartel. Missing the friends from there. Missing my neighbors and neighborhood. Missing my wifey and the silly black cat. Life is tough!

Wordplay

In the bus this morning, saw this store named 'Stop & Shop'. Just yesterday had see one of those 'Save A Lots's. This got my brains working on my brains' favorite pastime – wordplay. When I'm not busy, I'm usually busy working word combinations and finding patterns and stuff. 'The voices'. They don’t speak to me, they're just me, just about a more confused me.
Well, so there's this famous chain in India – Shoppers' Stop.
And then there is Stop & Shop.
St Louis had a lot of Shop & Save stores.
And of course, Save-A-lot.

Combining em all – Shoppers Stop & Shop & Save-A-Lot. Not bad at all…

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Wanted to add Lotto too, but thought it'ld be stretching it too much...
Shoppers Stop & Shop & Save-A-Lotto - Probably a 'thrift' store where you waste your savings playin Lottery... :D


Talking of wordplay, unscrambling is another fun thing to do. The best-known one:
Impossible says I'm Possible

Trying to find a few other, similar cases of funscrambling:
Woman is incomplete without a MAN!
During these days of hi-tech, everybody wants to be mobile. Even Immobile says I'm Mobile!
Can a LADY be IntelliGENT?
Do you still COMPUTE with a COMPUTEr?
Can't think of any more at this moment… later gators!

Have to post something... My blog isnt an orphan!!

While I know I hhave to post something to my blog, and I am not sure of what to... I figure it is best if I write what I am thinking of right now :)



Funnily, I am playing a telugu song in my jukebox...

NO! It is not a software or a hardware... its the jukebox in my Mindware :D... the invisible jukebox or junktray in everyone's minds that keeps telling you (who?) something and relaying sounds, getting memories back and all that...



I really miss those days of my college... when I learnt so much about life...

All those days of Fun and Tragedy... :-)

Of Advancement and degradation...

Of Knowing new stuff and also realizing what I knew or Believed was wrong! :)



It was when I made so many friends...

That was when I actually knew how to Make Friends, not just to Be A Friend :-)



I had all types of friends... Good Friends, Best Friends, College Friends, Local Friends... Friends who arent friends but try to be friends :-), the Book Pals specially...

And then the friends of the other gender... and the Just Friends!! :-) (this is the best part as we called in Telugu Friendini)



What times...? If I could get those times back, I would do a lot of things different from what I did then... But... I dont repent having done what I did... coz its all part of life... it was all part of learning... that made me what I am today... now... and now... (I will post a separate blog on what I think about the nouns defining the time-axis like Now, Just Now, these days, etc.)



But, now that I cant get those times back, but this Juke Box keeps playing stuff from different times (not sure if it plays stuff from the Future, as some people claim)... I pen down what is playing now(and this is different from what was playing when I started typing this post and has changed since I started this paragraph!! )...



Ananaganaga Voka Roju:

Aemma Kopama...?

Letayyindana...?


Naa Friendu Chellelni Kondaredipinchaaru...

Veedelli Vallatoti Godava Pettukocchadu...

Aa Villain Gangu Vocchi Maa Vaaanni Kotta bote... Chesaanu Pedda Fightu Kaabatte Inta Laetu...



Ohh Cheli Khaminchamannanuga...

(F) Neekidi Eevaala kotta kaadu gaa...?



Ayya Baaboi Enta Vedi?

Aem Chasete chellarutundidi?



(F) Po povoi... Chaalugaani!

(F) Overaction Taggiste Manchidi...



Sare le... Tomorrow Ila... Lateu Cheyyanante Vottu...



:-)



Must be a few mistakes here and there, as the Jukebox doesnt play copyrighted material... but anyway... and it sure doesnt play the whole song...



So this is what I have!!