One Hundred
My blog reached 100 posts! :)
So here's adding another landmark - Another blog: http://letsurvive.blogspot.com/
(no, no, this one stays too!)
Work
Sometimes hangs over the head like a little dagger.. balanced in the air.. not moving much..
Yet I feel weirdly peaceful somehow..
There IS work.
Minima
Aaahhhh... so much cleaner!
My eyes feel so peaceful. hmm.. nice template.
Wanted: More Earth Hours
Have been looking at pictures of Earth Hour (28th March, 8:30 - 9:30 pm) and it is quite scary to see the amount of electricity we have been using. We are actually pushing the earth to its final limits, after which the entire system is going to topple over... and it is going to happen very soon.
Anyway, it is nice to see that more people have participated this year, as the fear becomes more and more real; we all know that the next big climate catastrophe will happen in our own lifetimes, so we cannot push the thought any further into the unconscious.
Climate change is one problem that effects every country, without exception. There are no borders here. We cannot afford to be selfish or pass on the responsibility to more developed countries. I once heard two colleagues talking about environment standards being imposed on factories etc in our countries by buyers in US and Europe, and their discussion was about "Why should we? Now that they have become developed after causing so much harm to nature, why should we slow down our development?".
But I think, can we really afford to be this selfish? Who cares who did the harm? After all, it is ALL of us, without exception who will be effected by this. So why not do something, anything, however small, at an individual level? Who cares what others are doing, why can't we lead by example?
How was your day?
Was inspired. Brought a (yet another) sketchbook and pens.
Will be forced to draw I hope.
Stayed up and talked.
Will work on puns.
Have to take more pictures.
What to do now?
Maybe i should write more... or put up more stuff... you know.. like some people have like an online diary or a photo diary on their blog.. a post everyday....
don't you feel sometimes that you are wasting away your life (ok fine.. "life" was a little too much, but ok, wasting away a LOT of time that has been gifted to you) doing NOTHING?!!
not like blogging more often is going to make my life "more fulfilled" but lets give it a shot.
so what should be the post of today?
Hah! just did!
:) :)
hmm...
Uurghh
Don't you have one of those days when you wake up in the morning just knowing that you're going to have a bad day...?
Mini blogs
Facebook status messages are like mini blogs. Micro-mini blogs rather. They tell you in one sentence what's going on....
I started thinking about future status messages almost a month in advance... Some of them were..
Shivani is "away from the land of the hissing s'es"
Shivani is "not going to be Ugly Betty in the Devil wears Prada anymore"
My favourite is this one... "... so long and thanks for all the fish"
I still prefer blogging though.. Facebook status messages are good enough for the transient phases like these.... Who knows, I might just end up going back. Hmmm...
Anyway, when you've got more to write, you should write.. Huh!
Note to myself: Should stop saving drafts and start posting instead.
I need a thought recorder. I can't write all the time and I can't write when the moment has gone. I don't feel like.
Hmmm...
Volunteering
Saw this notice about volunteering... wondering why is it that people volunteer?
Is it because they can so closely relate to the ones they are helping... they have a lot in common, probably common experiences, situations etc...
Is it out of some guilt of earning too much which brings about an awareness of the inequality around?
Is it because of the need to do something worthwhile, being aware of our own meaningless existence?
Is it because we need a hobby or something more than everyday life and this may seem fulfilling?
Is it because the society has made us this way in a struggle to move closer to equality?
Planning to volunteer at a Classical Music Concert this weekend :)
When everything seems fine, everything else seems fine.
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Nicknames given between 1983 and 2003
puttu
Nicknames given between 2003 and 2006
shivi
Nicknames given between 2006 and 2008
shiv
shiva
shibbo
stevehoney, stevie
tivani, tiv
bartan
hmmm.... looking forward to the trip... :)
We're all just memories......