sadness!

Sunday, August 30, 2009 9:22 PM Posted by Black Scorpion 0 comments
Very sad! I hope some one runs this story very soon!

http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/08/28/saad-khan-unilever-mindshare-accident

O the bloody norms!

Sunday, August 23, 2009 9:01 PM Posted by Black Scorpion 1 comments
Hmmm… we the women are not born to do house work. Yet why are we automatically expected to do it? If by any chance, we do not realize that it is a cue for us to move and do some work, someone (a man) would make sure to nudge us and tell us that we need to move. Even though, the someone would realize the need for work, yet they would never themselves do it, but rather sit around in the next room doing some lame thing or in the same room doing some other lame thing, yet they realize their responsibility to nudge. Even our religion doesn’t ask us to do housework. Bahrhaal… our society and its damn norms!

Untitled

Sunday, July 5, 2009 12:33 PM Posted by Black Scorpion 2 comments

Thick lashes fall on dampened tender eyes,

Breaking strings of my lover's ties,

Softness of cheek and warmth of soul,

Has such tender story been told?

Folded in love, immersed in passion,

Intricately knitted in a delicate fashion,

All the fairies, all the maids,

Serves him in his heightened delight,

While he visits the fairy lands,

Sweet moans of pleasure escapes his lips

Frightened to touch, frightened to hold,

Fear of disturbing stillness been told

Calm as the tranquil grand blue sea,

For this wonderful enchantment I feel,

My heart feels warm as darkness creeps,

As I watch my baby sleep

No regrets

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:03 PM Posted by Black Scorpion 0 comments
those sleepy eyes, and ruffled hair
for all the world, she couldn't care,
lost in trans of bygone days,
her mind is in a misty haze,
but on her lips is a twist,
that drunken feeling...
that taste of high is still inside,
she is gazing at me,
but lost by miles,
every muscle satisfied,
i can tell,
she has no regrets!

Time dilation

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:03 PM Posted by Black Scorpion 1 comments
Time dilation is the phenomenon whereby an observer finds that another's clock, which is physically identical to their own, is ticking at a slower rate as measured by their own clock. This is often interpreted as time "slowing down" for the other clock, but that is only true in the context of the observer's frame of reference.”

This is now a proven theory, proposed by the great, Sir Albert Einstein. One can find many great reads on this topic on the web. We, however, will discuss this phenomenon in more daily life relevance and the bizarre fashion it titillates us and drives us crazy.

Unless, some of us are amazing day dreamers, we are faced with this phenomenon day in and day out in our daily lives.

Every now and then.. intensity of restlessness of wait turns the ticks of clock into the water droplets crashing onto the forehead, driving us insane, like some Chinese Water Torture scene out of a horror movie.

In comparison to Einstein’s theory, we will interpret our own clock as the clock of our brain, which presumes that “this” much time has passed, while the time passed in the real clock is lesser. While Einstein gives “special relativity” as the reason for this phenomenon, we give “wait” as our reason.

Clicking of the shoes, tapping of the fingers, staring the same painting, useless page flipping of magazine… nothing helps… u glance at the clock and you shriek in your heart with a gasp, “what!!! Only 5 mins have passed, it feels like ages to me!”

This all happens while we are waiting. Wait has been one of the favorite subjects of writers and poets alike. Countless poems and plays have been written on it. One of the most interesting one of those is “waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett. Time just doesn’t seem to pass. Waiting is mostly a bad experience, because there is generally some sort of anxiety or apprehension associated with it.

Waiting for interview: how will it go?
Waiting for lover: He is so late! I hope we don’t get caught.
Waiting for office to close: Ah! I am bored.
Waiting for result: I hope I did well.
Waiting for review: I hope my boss hates me a bit less than I think he does.
Waiting for the dentist: Will it hurt?
Waiting the fast to break: Me Hungry

When we talk about waiting, waiting rooms and places is the first thing which comes to mind along with the misery of the wait. Hospitals, offices, gardens, restaurants, … they come in all shapes and sizes.

One of my favorite comedians, Jerry Seinfeld, had the following monologue on waiting and specifically waiting rooms in one of his episodes.

JERRY: Waiting room. I hate when they make you wait in the room. 'Cause it says "Waiting room." There's no chance of not waiting, 'cause they call it the waiting room, they're going to use it. They've got it. It's all set up for you to wait. And you sit there, you know, and you've got your little magazine. You pretend you're reading it, but you're really looking at the other people. You know, you're thinking about them things like "I wonder what he's got. As soon as she goes, I'm getting her magazine." And then, they finally call you and it's a very exciting moment. They finally call you, and you stand up and you kinda look around at the other people in the room. "Well, I guess I've been chosen. I'll see you all later.”

So, how to fight this whole dilemma of time dilation? Lessening the misery of wait and improving the feel of the waiting room.

Practice your cool, calm and sexy look: While under pressure and under stress, it’s the hardest thing to achieve. So the next time you wait, try and work on that.
Read a book: If you are one of those who are always complaining that you never have time to read, well.. this wait slot is that time for you.
Cross the next level: If you were never able to go above a certain difficulty level in some hand held video game, this is your big chance.
Observe people: this is a good time to awaken the psychologist inside you and observe people’s behaviors around you.
Take up writing: Like how I am doing right now.
Plan a murder: If you have been wanting to murder someone for quite some time, now is a good time to work out a plan and give a through thought to the finer details
Solve a riddle: Take along a riddle you always wanted to solve. If you feel brave enough, also ask the hottest looking girl/guy to help you do it.

If you are still unable to do any of the above mentioned things, then I would suggest, at least stop biting your nails while you wait.

Happy waiting!

Special thanks to:
Arshia Azam
Mohammad Bilal

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation

http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheExGirlfriend.htm

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd205/demolitionxzombie/Famous%20Artists/meltingclock-dali.jpg

Memory

Monday, June 29, 2009 9:29 PM Posted by Black Scorpion 0 comments

Ashes fall, as the smoke begins to thin

No shouts, no sound, no scream


But its black, empty and fragile

Stay away, stay away!!

For it will leave its color on you

all will turn black, whether it was white or red or blue


it hurts, it cuts, it bleeds, it kills!!

When the pandemonium stops

I am alone, with lamentation

Why can't I forget you!!

“People don’t care what we do, as much as we think they do”

3:56 AM Posted by Black Scorpion 0 comments
In my post title, “Be Free”, I talked about how we are all our very own prisoners. Being a prisoner myself, I felt what I wrote, needs to be taken a bit further. I have been able to achieve few things over the time, but there is much more that needs to be done.

So, what’s the worst fear that is stopping us? In my opinion, that is “letting go of the norm.”

We become so used to giving people the sort of behavior that they always expect from us that we fear that if we will diverge from our normal expected behaviors and routine, people will have a strong reaction. Sometimes, we, in our minds, build up that people around us really care what we do. People do care what we do, but not to the extent we think they do! Fine, there are few lines we dare not cross because we know it will have strong repercussions, however, many other times, there are things which affect only us, matters to only us, yet we are scared to break our norms, thinking, “what people might think?”

So, the foremost thing which we need to realize is, “People don’t care what we do, as much as we think they do”. We need to get down from our high pedestal and realize that not every action of ours is important to the rest of world as much as it is important to us. We are not that important.

So realize what’s important to you, break free and “Let go of the norm”.

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