09.13.07
Early morning dreams …..
Its 8.45 in the morning here in San Diego. September 13th. It has been a somewhat strange morning. I slept well for a change last night. A solid 7 hours of sleep. Woke up to some strange dreams. Cannot remember experiencing anything like that before. Multiple dreams overlapping and I had to be in every one. I remember even trying to explain to the characters that I have to be somewhere else right now.
Anyhow, woke up somewhat confused and couldn’t make sense of it. I didn’t write the dreams down ’cause I didn’t feel like it. Had to get to the lab at 7.00 AM to induce the bacteria. Showered and shaved.
Got out of the apartment. The sun was rising and was low. Everything was bright. I mean – everything. I was rushing to the lab but for some reason I couldn’t get those dreams out of my head. It was a strange situation – a strange morning – Everything was bright but nothing was clear. I wonder if other people ever had experiences like these …..
09.06.07
Lazy days in the lab
There are days like today when I just can’t seem to do anything. Days like these, I wish I was sipping chai and reading a book. I wouldn’t want to be out in a lawn or anything. A comfortable couch will just work fine ’cause that way I can take naps.
Laziness must be ‘inertia’ for me. Its almost as if laziness is my native state and any work that I have to do would require me to waste energy.
Maybe I should brew myself a cup of tea now ……
09.01.07
Shakespeare versus Movie quotes
My first post. Not my first time writing, though. Written a few scientific papers but thats a story for another day. Lately have been reading a few blogs on the web. Not the politics-based ones but general ones which give a glimpse into someone else’s mind.
I will describe myself in a later post – what I do, why I do what I do etc. When I am in the mood to do so.
Alright. Now about the title of my post. I figured since the first step is always the most difficult, I will start with something that I am very comfortable with – Movies. (Science was also a possibility but since I just finished with my day here which was full of experiments, I don’t want to talk about it for now).
Thinking about movies and dialogs. I remember having conversations with my grandfather a few years back. He would always quote some famous author (Dickens, Shakespeare, Hardy and so on) when he wanted to make a point. Clearly this required a good memory about the book which would in turn, mean that he had read that book with great care. I don’t claim to be a voracious reader but I do have the habit of reaching for a book instead of the remote. However, I really cannot quote these books. When I feel like making a point in a conversation, the only things that come to my head are movie dialogs. It could be any movie, independent of language, culture, national or regional origin.
I don’t know the reason for this. Its not that I don’t read the books carefully. I remember the names of characters from books and what happened to them. Perhaps its the generation that I belong too. A generation that is sandwiched between the ‘Shakespeare’ folks and the ‘how r u? i m doing gr8′ kids. A generation that knew Vijay’s pain when he lay dying in the temple. A generation that said Yippee Kayay with John Mclane. A generation that wished Jai wouldn’t have to die near the bridge. A generation that couldn’t understand how Aida could be so attached to her piano ……
No answer to the question and …….. the juice just ran out, so I will stop here.
G
P.S. The book I am reading right now is – Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.
