Requiem for Vettiness

I wrote the following 3 weeks back , but never posted it for some reason and found it in my drafts now .. Here it is in full now and even with the benefit of 3 weeks hindsight , i find it needs very little editing

"" The eve of departure is here . Months of unabashed vettiness creep to an end. Gone are the days when the only time i saw "AM" on a clock was when it was dark outside . Suddenly i will be expected to get up , rather than go to bed, in the early hours of the morning . I have been practising . Setting the alarm for previously unheard of hours like 8 am and 9 am . It doesnt help much . I can just press "snooze " 10 times , get up an hour and a half later and still be on time to accomplish all the nothing scheduled for the day . This , like so many others , will soon be a luxury i can ill afford .

i just bid my YM friends goodbye. It is not the only thing i have to give up. I can no longer waltz around with a 2 month old beard and a 6 month old haircut . Nor can i lounge in front of my computer all day . There is a marked difference between staring at a computer all day , at work , and "lounging" in front of one . i cannot stay up to watch US open , UEFA champions league , repeats of "Simpsons" , and the host of other enthralling programs late night TV manages to conjure up , in the belief that i will be able to catch up on sleep the next day . The tranquility found at 3 am when everyone is asleep is something that cannot be experienced anymore .


The only "useful" things i did over the past few months were going to the gym and reading .I never had any pressing engagements to attend to that made me unavailable for any outing/movie/basketball/treat/hanging out. I was able to dedicate hours to writing an account of the Euro trip that was able to do some semblance of justice to the trip itself . In short , the only boss of Me was Me & being the kind and benevolent boss that i am , i gave myself a few months off .


My friends could probably touch upon various other aspects of vettiness that have suddenly vanished from their lives , everything from just hanging out to watchin movies all day . All i can say is im probably goin to be adding a few things to that list in 9 weeks time . ""

Follow up :

The most important additions to that list ive discovered in the past weeks has probably been the lack of music blaring away around me for the majority of the day and the sadly diminishing role that sports is coming to have in my life .

[ Embed theme from "Requiem for a dream " here ] . When i have more free time probably . Sigh .