The Idea-smithy

A few thoughts on alcohol…
Don’t drink and drive!!
Yes, I really do believe that! I don’t endorse rich brats mowing down pavement dwellers in their inebriation.
Okay, public service message done, I’ll proceed with my more mundane thoughts on inebriation. Every drink is unique as is every experience of drinking. For some of you who’re too smart [...]

I’m not happy. I’m just not totally completely, wildly happy.
And there’s this bad habit of picking on scabs, self-inflicted or otherwise. Oh, who am I kidding? It’s always self-inflicted.
I finally have an answer to…
Jinn zakhmon ko waqt bhar chala hai
Tum kyon unhe chede jaa rahe ho?
and it is…because it feels good to feel something, [...]

The week
What a week!
she winced
Every morning waking up with a bad headache
A foul taste in her mouth and the most unpleasant feeling of all…
That the world was just the way she had left it the previous night
Improved not a whit, insurmountable problems waiting to plague her again
No respite.
~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~
The night
Evening was a haze of cigarette smoke [...]

The thing about birthdays is that they usually start off so well and then abruptly go downhill. Often, they speed up again, which is what makes them worth celebrating. But that slump in the middle bears scrutiny. Methinx I just hate having to be a certain way or feel a certain way because ‘I’m supposed [...]

Hungover on reality….
Or high on illusion?
Life is nothing more than a visit to the bar!
What’s your poison tonight, sir?
How about a cocktail of the two?
Coming up …. one average human being on the rocks.
No, hold the ice, give it to me neat..
Impossible, the ice keeps it from exploding!

Excitement writ large on two faces
Martinis. Classic.
Smiling, he murmured
How do I make it?
Childlike glee turned cherubic disappointment
Charmed, he promised fairy godmother-like
Don’t worry, I’ll find out!
Wish I had a flowing gown to match that classy conical glass!
I’d wish I was on a romantic date but this is better!
~o~o~o~

~o~o~o~
Martinis we said, not champagne!!!
No glasses available, ma’am
he tossed
Enthusiasm [...]