My
blogging cycle works like this: An idea occupies my mind, I get obsessed with
the idea, pour it out in my blog and then torture dozens of my poor friends to
read it and forcefully make them say it is good. Then laziness prevails for few
months before the cycle begins all over again.
Today was one such day when the
cycle should have begun. I had a couple of ideas in mind that I had to write
about when I, fatefully, asked my bro for his opinion. He came up with the idea of
me, not him, writing stories/posts on my blog and publishing it as a
collection. His logic was if Chetan Bhagat and Amish can do it, why can’t I? I
am also a Tech+MBA. But I am more of an analyst than a creative thinker, for
which my bro came up with the catchphrase of the day,” If you dont
try, you will never know what you are capable of”. Then began a deeply
intellectual conversation that would put Raghuram Rajan and Albert Einstein to
shame.
So what follows is an initial
list of what all one can write in a blog.
The “Awwww.. How Romantic” Type:
This series would have stories
like “How I almost fell in love”. This is especially for people like who never
fell in love but would somehow try to exaggerate every flirt of his into a
looonngg and romantic love story, like the day a girl asked me if she had lost
weight and I told her the truth. There can also be stories like “Why I never
fell in love”, but this is for those guys who have been dumped by more than
half a dozen girls. The focus should be on showing that you are above petty
things like love, that you are more focused on your career or that girls are
stupid.
The “Fail!!
Fail!!.” Series
These posts can have titles
something like “Falling in Love is no easy business” which is especially for
those people who have always been ready to fall in love but no girl even
registered his existence or every girl considered him a brotherly friend. This
would be primarily because of getting tongue-struck in front of girls or the
inability to stop talking the truth. Another post can be “Be a man and start
crying” which is for those souls who pour out their feelings on blog because no
one listens to them. Being drunk is a prerequisite for this. There is a breed
of shameless men who just don’t realize the “Fail!! Fail!!” moment and carry on
life as always. This can be titled, “Fallen down..no sand in moustache”. You
need to be proud of your moustache to completely appreciate the title.
For
people who are screwed/insulted/failed/embarrassed in whatever they do, there
is a special idea which can be named, “Hit me above the belt, please”.
The “appo, naan than out aa?” series: Roughly
translates to “I am screwed, my friends are not“
This
is especially for MBAs who use none of what they studied in their work (“MBA is
empty business”) or imagine they actually apply their learning (“6 reasons why
you need to do an MBA”). There is also a very small breed of MBAs who work in
factories wearing uniforms and are jealous of everyone else. This is for them-“Uniformed
MBA in a techie world”. One common thing among all these is that these people
realize that their friends without MBA have achieved more than them.
The “Go
crazy.. Write a Blog” series:
Finally
there is this type of post that one can write called the “Go Crazy.. Write a
Blog” where you write shit about nothing and waste a few mins of everyone’s
life reading it, like I just did.
Well,
my brother had to go shopping, else I would have written a book on a 100 more
ideas.
Any
praises (hopeless scenario) or any brickbats for this blog post are reserved
exclusively for my bro.
