Things I was (Am) Scared of

As a kid, I was scared of a few things, like the dark corners, snakes, and exams. And boredom. But managed to read everything I could lay my hands on, watched films (any I could) and spent time with friends (any who were ready to tolerate me) to keep the latter away. I was also scared of the mythical Count Dracula, though I saw only a film about him a lot later in life. The Hindi horror films I saw were actually funny-and the whole Ramsay family seemed to work in the horror genre films.

In the present times, I am scared of fanatics (maybe it comes from being in Delhi during the anti-Sikh riots in 1984), bores and hypocrites, in that order. Not wild boar, as in Asterix and Obelix, but Bores. Since my mega theory of Life revolves around the idea that every one of us is trying at all times to avoid boredom, I like to avoid the Bores like the plague- actually the Plague must be a lot more interesting.

Hypocrites are the people who take the Hypocritic Oath like the doctors do theirs. They say one thing, and do the other. But you can get used to them, after a while, and discount their statements by around 100%.

The other category that I am scared of is people who are Clueless. I will give you two examples-

They speak in a language not understood by all the people in the conversing group.

They like speaking on the cell phone at all waking hours (haven't checked about their sleeping behaviour) as if the Earth will stop rotating if they don't do that.

QED.

Ambitions

Many of us have ambitions. In the seventies, many had ambitions of owning a scooter or a phone at home. But this is a slightly different look at the different ambitions of different people/things-

1. A coloured shirt's ambition could be to replace 'that white shirt' in all the detergent ads.
2. A father-in-law's ambition may be to be as talked-about as the infernal mother-in-law.
3. A CEO's ambition could be to be a Don Juan-some have attempted this too, with unexpected results.
4. Dracula's ambition could be to enjoy a colourless solid food item.
5. April may want to experience how it is to be 'cool' as December.
6. A gold necklace may want to try 'necking' an ordinary gal next door, rather than 'stiff-necked' royalty.
7. A saucer (or a broom) may wish to fly, even if a witch is needed to make THAT happen.
8. An Australian may wish to be a New Zealander for a day, just to see whether the jokes about their IQ are really true.
9. An ass may want to perform so well that it gets known as a 'kickass' performer.
10. Readers may want to burn this post, but that ambition will remain just that-an ambition.