Ah, self-evaluation. Thinking about oneself, one's faults and strengths. That metaphoric long look in the mirror. The thing we sometimes tend to do when rain scuppers any hopes of time outside, when people aren't responding to calls or texts, or when there's a long power cut. I'm actually a big fan of the exercise (not that I do much about what I find out because everything is gone as soon as the football begins! That's something I'll come to...), but I haven't really thought of putting what I think of me in writing. This idea is from a friend (let's call him M Vijay), so here I go!
1. I am lazy. This cannot be understated. Getting me off my seat to do some work is a Herculean task (this post itself remained in the pipeline for 2 weeks!). But hey, please understand, being lazy and getting away with it takes a lot of hard work!
2. I am funny. This is more other people's view about me than my own. Good to know I make you laugh though. Next time you're feeling down or sick, you know who to turn to, I'll give you the best medicine!
3. My default mood is cheerful. I feel a bit affronted when some people ask "What are you so happy about?". Sirs and Madams, I know you have a lot to be sad about. So do I. Being sad never solved anything, so I choose to ignore the sad things, that's all.
4. I am highly optimistic, and an avid daydreamer (maybe the two are connected?). I like wise words a lot too. When my friends are drooling over steel contraptions in some automobile mag, I am normally found reading Frozen Thoughts.
5. I am nonchalant (look it up, could be your word of the day) to the point of frustration! I just find it hard to really care about most things. Grades? The very top of that list!
6. I am a professional banter merchant, a leg-puller at the top of his league. Your applause cannot be more deserved.
Likes/Hobbies
I like to write (with a keyboard more than a pen, but I don't mind either way), draw (real drawing, not engineering drawing), read (storybooks and articles, not textbooks). I loved math a lot in school, but that is slowly fading away.
Things I'm really addicted to
Football (Watching, reading and playing), Facebook, Texting and Lazing. Any combo of these things = Aki happy, Mommy angry. Her line is always the same - "You can watch the match that ends at 3 AM, you can be on Facebook till 1, will you ever study that long??" Touché, mom, touché!
Nothing good ever came out of these addictions (my sincere apologies to the umpteen friends I made through football. You are nothing but good, I assure you!), but I keep telling my mom (mentally, of course), "Be glad I'm addicted to these things and not some other stuff..."
I can analyze Fantasy Football for hours, even for the most impossible gameweeks, but I'll most likely give up some weird network analysis problem in seconds. It's just me, and I know I'm not alone ;)
That's all I will put down for now. There, a few of my illest-kept secrets, out there in the open, ready to become even more ill-kept! People closest to me will probably find not much new here. Don't worry, I've just started this blog, there is more to come!
