Procrastination 101

The procrastination has taken a new height when I realized that I totally forgot to write a post when the blog hit counter crossed one lakh. I should have thrown a party or something like that. I usually do that kind of shit, more often than I realize that. But worry not, it is not a big deal, I mean the counter not the party. I might as well do something altogether, make some changes, perhaps or I could go undrground. I have been thinking of starting from scratch. But I know it is an impossible thing to do to say the least. *Sigh* Whom ate we kidding ? After nearly 5 years of writing what could be termed as sheer awesomeness, I mean exactly the opposite posts and over half of the hits by God knows what, spam, url hopping and a thousand tweets , I nearly crossed the one lakh page views. Oh, I forgot to mention another half was contributed by yours faithfully. 

So, I have changed my hangout spot for a brief moment, not as much as changed per say, but lets' rather stick to checking out a new spot. This time I am trying the McDonald's just because I saw a 'Free WiFi' sign outside the shop. So, I enter the shop, connect to my phone. Voila, it got connected. But don't get too jumpy, there was no data transfer, as usual. I mean why do they even put up the sign outside just to lure people and then they find out it was a bogus one. Wait, they have the router. And I  had no problem paying for the WiFi, so as soon as I  opened my laptop to connect to the internet which get diverted to the McDonald's website for internet access. Turns out there is an IP conflict. Umm, I thought that IP was supposed to be unique for each machine. But it could also be because of so many people trying to access the wifi. That IP conflict error was for the Free access. I rather preferred to pay for the wifi and use it. So, I give my contact details and all that stuff which again lands up with the same error IP conflict. So, I figured out that I can't this free WiFi, no matter what, even if I had paid for it. So, the only option was to connect to my phone. I change my phone from GSM mode to 3G mode, hoping to get faster access. And I usually keep in the GSM mode to restrict the draining of the battery for no apparent reason. I switch on the packet data and also the portable WiFi hotspot and sit back till it gets connected. It takes some time to connect and then more time to connect to the internet. Phew! Finally. *Opens browser*. Doesn't even send the request from my browser. *Searched something in the phone on Google* Same thing happened again - You device is not connected to the internet. Oh, snap! This 3G was supposed to be faster, not barring me from using the internet. I switch back to 2G and though it is connected to the internet, it takes more time to load a page than Internet Explorer. Yeah, that slow. 

The other day, which means yesterday I was at my regular coffee shop ordered the same thing which I have been ordering for the past few months, sat at one of my regular places and as usual trying to write something. But if truth be told, I was busy flaunting my new headphone which I got just yesterday. It is double the size of my head, literally and more over that wire is double my height, again literally.But that was an unusual time to do that - flauntingsince there were no one at that hour of the day ( or is it called night). And moreover the people who came were in couples. Yeah, there was no one to get give a shitand be impressed. It was just me, admiring myself in the mirror. After sitting there for nearly two hours, I decided to get going. Then I realized that I didn't complete the coffee. I was so engrossed in writing  flaunting,that I forgot to complete my coffee and by then it was cold coffee. I know I am an coffee addict, but not a fan of cold coffee. No Sir. I decided to let it be, because I already packed everything and stood up to leave. And sitting back to complete that cold coffeewould not be so cool. Wait, at that time there was no one else in the coffee shop. Umm, but that guy in the mirror would definitely give a cold stare. 

So, let me bring you upto speed about what has been happening in with me so far. We went to a friend's sister's marriage. Then, later my cousin sister got married at the end of the last month. My brother couldn't attend it due to some exams. Then on SivaRatri, we went to one of my friend's place around 3 hours from the outskirts of Bangalore ( add two more hours for the traffic inside Bangalore) to some exhibition, or what do we call a Mela exactly ? It was good, as we were able to enjoy for some time. Then dinner at my friend's home cooked by herself for the first time.Yeah, we were kind of the lab rats there. But to be fair, it wasn't that bad after all. Then a day before yesterday, we went to  our project team lead's marriage. Phew! So many marriages these days. But I am fine as long as I spend some money for the traveling and the gift, greet them, eat something and come back.  But at my cousin's marriage almost everyone was pointing towards me telling, " You are next". I smile, but cursed them inside. Marriage, that topic has been sitting in my drafts for way too long time. It's time to dust it, brush it and publish it for good. May be then they will stop telling me that "You are next". 

P.S. : This was supposed to be posted yesterday. But, like I said 'Procrastination'  has gone to a new level. And yesterday night, I came to a shocking new development, which is supposed to be next post. But let's see, where this 'procrastination' thing leads me to. 

- AK [19/365]