1. Ignore your surroundings and wait for the light to go green
2. Survey your fellow motorists and pass the time until the light goes green
3. Hum your favourite song
4. Make a mental note of the things you need to do as soon as you reach home

What, none of the above? Then how about the following?

1. Weave your way between the stationary vehicles while ogling at the females of the species
2. Keep honking and try to cross the intersection while motorists are still coming from one direction
3. Almost get hit by a bike coming from the aforementioned side
4. Then listen to a torrent of abuses from the said biker
5. Still try to move ahead and almost get run over by an SUV
6. And just when you feel you’ve made it, get caught by the traffic policemen

I know what I would prefer. And it doesn’t involve performing an utterly moronic and needless act trying to look cool. Sadly, that is not what a lot of boneheads on bikes would do. ‘Waiting at the traffic lights ain’t cool’, they seem to think.

Well, acting like idiots and getting caught by the cops ain’t cool either, fellas. And neither is getting your brains splattered all over the road.

My last post was on the 18th of November. That makes it 12+16=28 days between that one and this post. A lot of water has flown under the bridge between then and now.

Most of the things that could have gone wrong, gladly obeyed Murphy’s law and did go wrong. Some things that could have stayed right, didn’t. The recession is still on, making it harder to earn a living, let alone keep the job that you already have. IT companies have hit the brakes on recruitment of freshers, so I’m still jobless with only an offer letter and a provisional degree to show for 4 years of engineering. BPOs are taking full advantage of the situation and recruiting truckloads of people. After all, even in the current climate, there’s no shortage of poor souls who need assistance in turning on that new vacuum cleaner they just purchased.

The political situation in this country shows no signs of improvement. Some people can so easily fool millions of people, all at the same time. And be revered for that. Nice. I must restrain myself from discussing this any further, as I sense a steady stream of expletives about to be unleashed. In short, I’m fed up of the political system in India. It needs a complete overhaul. But what can I do? Nothing. I should have guessed.

They say – ‘Nothing is permanent except change’. Nothing’s changed here since the past few months. It feels as if I’m running around in circles. Same old, same old. Wake up, survive, go to bed. It’s all come to a point where I seem to have lost interest in a lot of things, not the least this blog. I’ve got unfinished projects, objectives and games that are crying out for my attention. But there’s only so much you can do on your computer until you just want to turn it off. For good. The less said about television, the better.

When I began this rant of mine, my mind was overflowing with things that needed to be written but now it’s empty. Not because I’ve written them all down, but because I can’t seem to remember them now!! I think I’ve become a bit senile.

Damn.

So the rant is over, I guess. But I was wondering, how many others find themselves in the same situation? I’d love to know!