This post (at least the title!) is inspired from the fact that I am totally in love with this song I am listening to right now (Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy) and that the following topic was the one discussed over lunch with my friends yesterday….so read on..!


There were these little weird habits that I had when I was a kid…and what I found out from that discussions yesterday was that everyone had their share of these thingies :D
(But apparently I was a tad bit too weird and hence the winner :)

I remember that that when I had to wear flowers on my 5 inch long hair, I was so particular that it should be worn in a particular fashion. The gajra had to be longer that my own hair, and I should be able to see it. (rolling my eyes) So it has to be pinned right in the front hanging down from my head blocking out half my vision! I won’t be caught dead looking like that now. And when it was a rose, it had to be a high pony tail with the flower sticking out of my head like some kind of a lightning conductor. Shudder! Thank god I don’t wear flowers any more

Those were days without cable television. DD was THE entertainer! (it sounds ridiculous now…in fact more of a paradox). The weekly dose of movies were the ones played during the weekend. I never used to miss even the regional language feature films they played on Sunday afternoons. God knows I have watched Bengali, Malyalam, Telugu, Assamese, Oriya (guess even Bhojpuri) movies; without understanding a single word! The worst part was that I used to try and speak like the people in those movies for the entire evening…yikes! Imagine a 10 year old running around the house, trying to pull off a Malayalam/Bengali accent without knowing a bit of that language. I am only grateful that my parents did not fling me out of the second floor window. Phew!

My school used to get over in the afternoon so I was home for lunch. But my friends won’t be back until evening. So until evening it was upto me alone to keep myself occupied. Mind you these were when I was in my fourth and fifth standard. And those were days I worshipped Madonna (guess no different on that now!). So I used to take this old cassette of hers (Extended hits…I still got that one :D ) play it nice and loud…take an empty pearl pet bottle, use that as a mic and dance (read jump) around the house trying to lip synch. My mother did not give it much thought, in fact that kind of took care of the mess until one day when I fell off my stage (er…that was the sofa) and almost hit the center table. After that Madonna paatu ketta pearl pet-alaye vizhum :( Guess that's the reason they shifted me to those schools with the 'normal' timings the following year onwards!

Give me one of those white Natraj erasers…brand new ones preferred. Infact the eraser just had to be nice and white and smell a little bit good. And I’ll bite it off! The eraser doesn’t necessarily have to be mine and that landed me into a lot of trouble for encroaching other’s property. I had this serious ‘problem’ for a long time…in fact well into my higher secondary. Aiyoo shivane!

This one takes the cake and I am red faced everytime I have to admit this. In my early teens I had a monster crush on (gag me!) Salman Khan!!!!....uggggggghhhhh!
I can’t think what levels of insanity I had reached when I was an adoloscnet…listening to boy bands, even had a couple of posters of those girlie guys in my room. But this!!!...Salman Khan. Aaarrrgghhh! What on earth can force one to do such a thing in life?!
Okie that's it from me for now....I can only say so much without wanting to kill myself...Ppl if you have the nerve now...share yours :P

Posted by Sat at 5:24 PM
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12 Comments:

Waiting for Gils to post a comment... I have promised him to allow him post the first comment... So this comment is only trials :)
All reals starts when Gils comments :)

By  Anonymous, at 9:01 PM, October 31, 2006  

aniyayam...akramam....post panitu ipdi oru statement veraya...kk..........tooooomuch :)

By  Anonymous, at 3:20 PM, November 01, 2006  

oh..neengalaum Natraj rubber "fan"a :) same blud...wearing epolettes on my shirt was a dream...it was a part of the costume of "super seniors" (read XI and XII std students) in my school...i was eagerly waiting for wearing one on my shirt..but pity..had to changed school before i cud actually wear one..ipo kooda chennai pona enga school pora makkalam paatha poramaya irukum :)
one yucky stuff...in my school, writing with pen came in effect only frm 3rd or 4th i guess.....athu varaikum pencil thaan....athuvum ink pen thaan..no ballpoint as u wont have control over ur handwriting(some crap!!)...lunchla...ezhutha theriyama ink penla ezhuthi..kaila fulla inkoda...spoonla saapdama athey kaiyoda lunch saapta sugam(??!!)....hmmm..ipo nenacha kumatuthu...still :) spiderman was my fav cartoon in schooldays..athuvum DDla sunday afternoon poduvan...with tht title song "spiderman..spiderman..does everythin a spider can.." it goes something like tht..atha paathutu kaila kayatha katikitu...paidlenthu gudichu...enakonum adipadala...pakathu veetu maamku kaal udanju poachu...heheh...i was an obese kid...mukkal quintal weight mela vizhunthum lighta leg fractureoda esc aaitar...

By  Anonymous, at 3:21 PM, November 01, 2006  

huh..comment posta vida perusa poache :D

By  Anonymous, at 3:22 PM, November 01, 2006  

Now that Gils has commented I can comment now :)
I too used to watch all kinda crap movies that came on DD. Whether I understand or not I used to watch without fail. The Telugu movies on Saturday morning and then the regional movies on Sunday afternoon. The news for the hearing impaired on Sunday and then of course the Tamil movie on Sunday evening :)
I used to love the erasers which used to come in different shapes like bottle, corn, apple etc... I think I should be having all those in my study even now. :) These were only collectibles, never used them.
Gils, Neenga than phasht comment... naan verum oppuku chappani than poten :)

By  Anonymous, at 9:26 PM, November 01, 2006  

adada....ennadhu idhu chinna pulla thanama irukku./...naa first nee first-nu
grow up guys :P
Gils;
aaha...u too spidey fan...i was crazy about spidey...enga irundalum odi vanduruven...aana it should never have been made into a movie...keduthutaanga!...and indha ink kaiyoda saapadu saapidrathu....ellarum pannadhu undu...adhuvum thayir satham saapidum podhu paakanume....aaaha!
KK;
Collectibles-a?...idhu nalla idea-va irukke....but enakku othu varadhu...few months/years back...edho rasna-ko edhuku indha kadalai maari oru rubber kadaikume...en thambi eduthu vachirunthaan...avan kitta vambu valakura pervazhinu andha rubber-ayum kadichitten....aiyo...amma kitta vaangina thittu plua kuttu!
phew!

By  Sat, at 11:14 AM, November 02, 2006  

Halo..first comment poata butterscotch icecream treat tharanaumngarathu...hehehe...WRITTEN RULE...adukaga thaan competitionakum :D..idhu start pani vachathu naatamai syam...puliyodarai parcel if u put first comment in his posts... :D

few months back...rubber kadichiteengala..inummmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaa.....kk me too all for collectibles..BIG FUN bubble gum kelvi patrupeenganu ninakren...athula 1000runs 100 wickets collect panni kuduthathuku cricket diary enalamo kduthan..i still have quite a few of them left..stamps...OMG...i was ferociusly guarded when it came to stamps...its something of a treasure even now :) reminds me of all the WARS i fought over them :)

By  Anonymous, at 3:20 PM, November 02, 2006  

Gils, You too collected big fun??? wow! kewl... I too collected big fun, pepsi & 7Up bottle moodi...all kinda things... I too used to collect Stamps and Coins... I remember all the fight for who has the best stamp and reason for judging a stamp to be best n all... :D
Sat, ippovume eraser'a kadichiteengala??? heheheh bore adicha natraj rubber'a blade vechu slice slice'a vetta pudikkum :)

By  Anonymous, at 1:11 AM, November 03, 2006  

bore adicha slice slice-a vetuveengala....edhu englees padangala kaatra serial killer rangeku solreenga
hahaha....indha stamps, bubble gum stickers colelct panra alavu porumai illanalum coins collect panni irukke....i stopped it a few years back...mostly the one in our own currency, the ones that were issued to commemorate certain occasions

By  Sat, at 10:12 AM, November 06, 2006  

hey...this is not done!
i ended my psot with share ur wierdness note...uzhunga confess pannidunga!
illana tag panniduve :P
wierdness is in the air now....the other day RJ rohit barker was asking bangaloreans what's the wierdest smell they have loved...i'd say money :D
fresh, new currency notes...wow!

By  Sat, at 2:09 PM, November 06, 2006  

//what's the wierdest smell they have loved...i'd say money :D
//
hhahha....this reminds me of a dialgoue in u've got mail..
Tomhanks: "Dad...wats this sofa made of.."
"Money...its money son..."
:D)
KKvoda rubber vetting habit keta udaney enaku serial killer thaan nyabgam vanthuchi :D)

By  Anonymous, at 7:37 PM, November 06, 2006  

Ada paavigala... rendu perum yenna serial killer aakiteengala :)

By  Anonymous, at 10:43 PM, November 06, 2006  

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