World without the NET

BEGINNING 00:00 HRS ON THE 18/19TH THE WORLDWIDE WEB WILL BE OFF CYBERSPACE FOR SEVEN DAYS FOR MAJOR CONCEPTUAL, INTERSPATIAL, INTERDIMENSIONAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES. ALL SERVERS EVERYWHERE WILL SHUT DOWN, AND WILL REMAIN SO TILL 00:00 HRS 25/26TH FEBRUARY. SINCE WE WOULD BE INCORPORATING CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN QUANTUM COGNITION AND UNIFIED FIELD STUDIES INTO THE UPGRADED VERSION OF THE INTERNET ALL CYBER DEVICES REPEAT ALL DEVICES MUST REMAIN UNPLUGGED FROM POWER SOURCES, AND MUST ON NO ACCOUNT BE PLUGGED IN OR SWITCHED ON TILL 00:00 HRS 25/26TH FEBRUARY. THE EMBARGO INCLUDES ALL HAND HELD DEVICES.

FURTHER, FOR REASONS AFOREMENTIONED ALL HUMAN THOUGHT MUST REMAIN SUSPENDED DURING THE CRITICAL INTERVAL LEST NEURAL ACTIVITY INTERFERE WITH THE UPGRADATION PROCESS. VIOLATIONS COULD, NEEDLESS TO SAY, HAVE COSMIC REPERCUSSIONS, AND WOULD THEREFORE ATTRACT SEVERE PENALTIES.

YOU HAVE 72 HOURS TO SHUT DOWN BEGINNING NOW.


ADMINSTRATORS



I had stopped enjoying small things of what makes life. The net had become my world...Could not imagine life without the net....

Was it good? Bad? It did take some time to sink in. Thought it was some kind of a joke....Called up my friends, the media....all sources said it was true....

Only then the enormity of the situation hit hard....Imagining it...I could not imagine it....How was I going to survive?

As far as I could see, I had become a net addict. Sitting in front of my computer, chatting away to glory to my virtual friends. I had neglected my home, my work, almost uncaring. Who cared, anyways! Not me, not me. The virtual world had become my real world. Wake up, log on and get going the whole day till midnight....sometimes beyond! That’s what it was now.

Anyways, No need speculating over it. No doubt it will be a problem but I was not the one give in to anything. It was going to affect the whole world and I was just a tiny speck in there.

There were things to be done. Which I had been neglecting lately. But that too couldn't be done. No human thought! Did it mention, I quit thinking too? Yes...How was it possible?
But it had to be done....no matter how....but how?


The notice couldn't have come at a better time. I really needed a break. From it all.

On the eve of 00.00 hrs 18/19 Feb, I suspended all activities. Went into my room, called out my friends, family...and then just lied down on my bed. Willing away my mind to go empty.... slowly I felt my thoughts receding.... just a calmness and then nothing...nothing.... absolutely nothing...my eyes were open but my mind was blank...completely so...

For how long I do not know.... I did not care. Just a vacant mind, with no thoughts.

I never realized when I fell asleep. And did not realize that there were no dreams/nightmares either. Just sleep, mindless...
My body so light.... my mind so light...Have I ever known this state? Not till date. Will I ever again? Who knows?

And when I woke up, the world was normal. Back to its usual business....

So here I am hitting away the keys, surfing the net, chatting away to glory and back to my virtual world.

But I am thankful for its closure. That way I discovered myself..if you can call it that. Unplugged from my power sources helped me energize myself, just being with myself.....with a mind without any thoughts. It sure does wonders for our well-being. May this happen every year.


Wrote this too for a writing exercise!

Writers Block

I know exactly how it feels
but do not know how to deal
Words not coming into my mind
oh my muse, please be kind!
Let those flow, let thoughts glow
It's too long now, too slow!

SMS Poets for valentines

SMS poets are so much better
Fewer are words or letters
one line msgs to valentines
and he/she falls in line
only one protesting is the mad hatter!

HAYWIRE

Dark mystical eyes, bronzed skin.
Silk sari with shades of green,
Draping it around, she did preen.
Encircling thin golden chain
on her waist added to the sheen

Movement graceful, fluid and flowing.
Hair: dark, wavy and cascading,
Amber sunset lights flickering;
Richness of her sari, magical and reflecting;
Happiness within her bubbling and spilling.

Suddenly her joy was under attack.
Every plan of hers went awry and off track;
She slipped, almost damaging her back.
She lay on the bed, her mood so black,
Chewing her lower lip, looking at the almanac!

Complaints---(55 fiction)

“You barely have time for me.”
“Honey, I am doing this for you and our family.”
“That is what you always say.”
“But it is the truth.”
“What about me?”
“What about you?”
“Yes, what about me?”
“What do you really want?”
“I want a divorce. This house, that car. And half your bank balance.”

Normal

“Shit!” He thought. Jason was always bored with such crowds. He seldom attended these parties. But Paul, his business partner had insisted and he could not refuse. Now, Jason stood there holding a drink. He looked around and stopped short. She was so breathtakingly beautiful with long silky black hair, dark eyes, and full kissable lips. Skin so soft and silky. A body so very inviting. He felt something stirring inside him. It astonished him. Females had never interested him. Until now.

She was laughing at something Paul had said. Lilting laughter. Jason walked towards her. Looked deep into her mysterious eyes and said, “I am Jason. And you?” “Olivia,” she answered. She too had been watching him all along and was pleased that he had finally reached her. She looked over him and liked what she saw.

“Dance?” He asked.
“Yes. Paul, will you excuse us, Please?” She asked turning back towards Paul. He gave a strange look towards Jason and said, “Be my guest.”

After that, there was no looking back. Jason forgot his boredom. It was as if it never existed. They were inseparable. He had a gut feeling it was a start of something new in his life. He was confused by his own reactions. But he wanted to savour the moment. He knew people were talking about him and Olivia They knew enough about him. Why not? He had never hidden anything. He didn’t really care.

It was rather very late, when the party started to break up. Jason did not want to let her go. He kept looking at her unseeingly. Finally asked, “Would you like to go with me?” Olivia too was silent for a moment. She knew all about him. In the washroom, she had heard enough gossip. “Yes,” she answered. “Your place or mine?” He asked. “Yours.” Olivia answered.

In the lift up to his Apartment, they could not keep their hands off each other. He was pleasantly surprised. And very pleased with her body’s responses to his. Next morning, Jason woke up and stretched, smiling to himself. It had never been so good before this. Most important, he was normal. It was going to last forever. He could not have asked for more. Olivia was, after all, Oliver, a male.

Ecphrasis Haiku

sun peeping from clouds
nature looks magnificant
thoughts bleak as ever

Syllable war on Haikus

Had this interesting syllable war at one of the networks where I contribute my writings! A few haikus on that!

all this confusion
over writing a haiku
my head spins over

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so short a haiku
and so long a discussion
add to confusion

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Thus it has ended
counting syllables whole day
peace now in my dreams

Seasonal Haikus

new year ringing in
disappears the previous one
lifting my spirits

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cold wintery day
warmth of sun takes away
my thoughts of darkness

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memories of past
why come and trouble me so?
new dawn is here now

New Year Haiku

ideal resolves
impressive, admirable
bitter to swallow