Hermit Spacey

      I feel it again! It is 12:01 a.m. right now

      It is astounding and at the same time amusing how the stingiest of the lot will brand you a pinchpenny. They are very generous in giving unsolicited advice on how and why and when and where to spend your money. It doesn't matter what amount of ready money you possess. All that matters is you spend it the way they think fit.        Why not! It is your money after all. You have worked hard to earn it. So they have direct right over it!       Most families are fairly economical. They don't necessarily go to bed on an half empty stomach. It is likely they have a well structured scheme at hand. Probably they will spend money only where it is essential, save up every spare penny and invest in endurable commodities. That way they lead a fairly comfortable, even lavish, life.        On the contrary, we have pinchpenny  households that religiously spend all their money buying takeouts, pricey foreign food ingredients, purchasing a high end kitchen appliance only to never use it, u

        Often we are overshadowed by a feeling of not belonging...in the moment, in the time, in the place, in the setting. We feel the urge to spread our wings and fly elsewhere, somewhere we belong. Perch someplace we feel one with the encompassing. It could be any of the many places - on a tree in a jungle, fishing by some river, salvaging pirate treasure from under the ocean, cooking dinner in a hut in the centuries gone by, discovering an ancient temple among abandoned ruins, exploring unchartered territory on an unknown island! Options galore!       The dilemma of wanting to live my life to the fullest and fearing I might be missing out on my real life has tormented me for quite some time now. What if fulfilling the duties staring me right in the eye is my true calling? What if I were put in the wrong place by mistake and I was meant for something different? The former gives a sense of compliance which didn't make any difference until I realised I could be living out someone

Year 2055: ...and then it happened. All of mankind was shook by a common enemy, too small to even be seen with the naked eye. Some claimed powerful nations were at war. Others narrated tales of greedy businessmen gone rogue. Many believed the time for humans as the dominant species was up. It was finally time for giant frogs to roam Earth.     As I sipped on my intergalactic  caffè mocha, I contemplated the restrictions we had on Earth about not having caffeine close to bedtime. Ah! What misery! Now we don't have a bedtime because we don't have a 24-hour duration schedule.       Well...fantasizing at the very least...               Back to 2020:   The government had issued advisory on social distancing. Initially, a lot of people didn't take the warnings seriously. When the number of positive cases were reported to be on the rise people began to panic. And boy oh boy did they take the warnings seriously after that! They have been loading up on hygiene products and groc

           I love Valentine's Day! No girl, it's not because I'm dating David Beckham. It's just that I enjoy all the drama and entertainment that comes with it. Also I'm quite amused at how the commercial industry has monetized the day. They even introduced a bunch of other days preceding and succeeding this day. What's even more  amusing is that people fell for the trap.       Although it could be possible that these extra days are a thing and I need to get my facts in check. For the time being I'll just pretend to be a know-it-all.       There is a category of people in steady relationships doing normal couple things. There is another category that contain their love throughout the year unleashing the tsunami on this particular day. Some only desperately look for a week long romance because they will go as far as blood sacrifices to go with the flow. Then we have the ones who go out of their way to prove how happy they are as singles, too cunning for

      We leave for our trip tomorrow. Almost everyone is excited but me. I had been dreading this night ever since the dates were confirmed and here it is. I can't remember the last time I so badly wanted to not go on a trip. I would rather stay home and do nothing. But to be thrown among people I'm not close friends with and pretending to be having a blast is a Herculean task. Especially when a person is as sullen and grumpy as me.       It is going to be a two day affair and the girls have been packing for a life changing trip to the Himalayas. Although a trip to the Himalayas calls for denouncing all material possessions by littering the place beyond imagination and gloating about it for the rest of one's life and preaching about things you read in self help books.       I just can't wait for the third day to be here. I can't wait to get back home, take a shower, waste my time surfing the internet and finally fall asleep. This is literally giving me anxiety. Bu