Saturday, July 19, 2008

how to choose what to blog?

I dont know if this is a common quandary for bloggers worldwide -- but of late, I've become circumspect of what to blog and what not to blog. You go through thousands of items on your mind and you kinda start weighing, is this 'blog' worthy or not - know what I mean?

I went through that 'weighing' in process on a number of items this past 2,3 weeks..

I am this big day dreamer, as people close to me can vouch for, that most of the times I am in a bath and its been more than 10 minutes, its more likely that I am lost in a thought process -- an alternate world, if you will, not of the 'kinky' variety (though I've to be honest, I do indulge sometimes..he..he..he..)..Suj has been a victim of this so much that she knows when to knock on that door :)..one of 'such' journeys that I had recently is where "Ganesh" is this quintessential bollywood hero...you know..he will not go wrong in anything..he is all grown up and stuff...so you've to assume he was a university topper and all (that's a given...c'mon)..here is 'him' playing in Wimbledon (hold your breadth..dont laugh) and he's actually fighting hard in a match against a top seed (doesn't matter who that is......kinda blurred image in the background) -- cut to next 'shot' and your consummate hero is jetsetting somewhere in Europe (Europe is exotic for people in the US now, you see) and come the evening, he is already in the 'final' round of the "World Series of Poker" in Vegas..the next thing you know I was in front of my office...god..imagine my plight now..I've to go to my dayjob..

Now tell me honestly, dont you all have some similar 'video' running in your mind everyday when you drive to your office?...

Another topic that is really close to my heart is...I want to be able to 'write' a STORY..a fiction..but not of the drab 'book' variety...more like a 'screenplay' -- you can say having couple of friends who are big into making movies, as a big influence..but even otherwise I always marvel at how people concieve small things in a movie scene..so much so that I end up observing the background, the props and the reactions of all people other than the main characters who are engaged in a conversation..so I've been scouting for ideas all around..one recent incident that had my 'antennas' up was one of my friends had this nightmarish journey where he went from SFO to Chennai ONLY to board the next flight out of Chennai back to SFO...imagine that...wont it make a good story line? I want to add 'the elements' and churn out a blockbuster...and I am not day dreaming this time....LoL