Shaking the Cobwebs off thoughts that i was going to start blogging in 2009 i decided to wait for a better decade to start sharing my thoughts and let iggy pop. 2009 was a year of alot of shit. In terms of my mindset it started with dispair and uncertainty, to yesterday i tried to convince myself i was certain about the future. Noticing and thinking about so much about the amibiguity in my thoughts and feelings, starting this blog was an unambiguous decision. i read a few books last year and hope to complete a few more. One book suggested that writing was the single most important skill of the college student. No matter what major you are. I stand here both fearless and scared shitless at the same time and ill also agree with you if you say im in between. I stand discomposed in my 3rd year of college, but must say im having the time of my life. This blog is to recount the trials mishaps along with the gifts and fortunes life brings to me. You will get my truth, and my opinion.
Tea is my Destiny was inaugurated simply a funny idea.
In Danny Boyle's Award Winning work, A Young Jamal was certain that he found his love, his passion, "his destiny", "it was written". But he was the Chai getter or in Bombay slang "Chaiwalla" in a telecommunications office. His love for Latika was alive and at that point he couldnt give 20 million rupees the light of day. How that movie was captured, and the mix of emotions and reactions really present the difference between movies and real life. Fantasy and love are working hand and hand in this case.
"She is My Destiny"
Ok here is where the joke comes in. I signed up for the CSUF South Asian Basketball tournament in March of 2009 and needed a name for my team incorporating indian culture and basketball. I chose the Chaiwallas and even brought a Tea set to the tournament. We were drinking Gatorade from teacups is the measure of how passionate i am for the sport. I am a chaiwalla and Tea is my destiny.
That got me thinking
Ideas of love and stories of destiny have gotten Jamal all riled up, his escape from the past, and now my escape from the present. Sort of like the real world shielding your eyeballs from the matrix, Tea is my destiny refers to my escape to thoughts and feelings so positive and so geographical to tied up nikes on the hardwood. Tea is my Destiny is the blank pages to my love story. Pay attention to that. My love story, not neccesarily a romantic one but i want to examine the exact science of happiness. My life in my words and my opinions. its so hard to have your way in the world beyond this 13.3 inch macbook screen, but within it, ill decipher what it takes to play this game.
I once asked a young girl(who i belived was a hardcore Christian) about her beliefs. She answered that she doesnt really organize her beliefs in a certain category and she just wants to "LOVE THE HELL OUT OF PEOPLE". i thought that was incredible and it was accuratley in congruence to what i really want in life.
Lust for life can be attributed to my life and how i feel i am living it to day. Its a fast life. no doubt. I am having a great time. yes. Im in the moment. The climax was last night at work, i administered a shot of Patron in the parking lot as i was bouncin onto a party. I feel like i have alot of cleaning up to do, not right now though. Not right now. Lets talk about it though. I have an informal lust for life. I dont wanna give a girl a chance at love. I want to get away from mom and dad and become independent. my brothers are cool but i just wanted to do me. The warmth it took till the year 2010 to surface realization. My lust for life is the metric system then i gotta get out the calculator and start converting. What is love? Lets ask God. Not Nick Casavetes.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
I have alot of passions, and i can see where scriptures from the good book come into play. Im ready to share what i think with you. I feel like if my life is really worth living then i should be able to allocate a few mins from time to time to share it with the world. im here, yes it took a while. were going to cover it all. Everything.
I have to leave with a potent quotable (i love quotes).
"The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates