Lost Highway.....

I am back again, by now loyalist of my blog would understand that my mind works on its own quirks & hence the irregularity of blog entries......but i assure that it will be a fun read when the updates come by (atleast for the one or two of you...heh!). You guys would have also figured out by now that music has been an integral part of me n more often than not you will find blog entries relating to song titles or some or the other relation to songs....though i thoroughly suck at makin up my own songs (If you didnt figure these out yet then..well...DOH!!)
This title refers to the song 'Lost Highway' by Bon Jovi. While as a band their music struck me as youthful adoloscent n even mushy (treading the thin line between rock n pop rock rather), this is perhaps one of the recent road songs or highway song that i like. The mention here is pretty much in relation to the road trip i had last month to the south. road trips are enjoyable than the train trips by a mile (i should know.....trust me on this one). but the road trips with family would be a lot less fun considering the fact that they maintain serious log books of the trip and have a schedule for everything. this song was also featured on the OST-Wild Hogs, which is again about road trips. So thats the common realtion bit.
Mine was a good trip, as far as road trips go. Beaches, hills, valleys, mist, searing heat, chilling cold......it was all there. The drive was amazing...... amazing enough to forget the worries momentarily to be lost in the moment...... the true spirit of the Lost Highway. Makes much sense....
There has been a lot thats happend during my break from the blog entries... more on those in the successive blogs.... till then I leave you with the lyrics of Lost Highway.....See if you find the sense in it.....

"Lost Highway"

In my rearview mirror

My life is getting clearer

The sunset sighs and slowly disappears

These trinkets once were treasure

Life changes like the weather

You grow up, grow old or hit the road 'round here

So I drive, watching white lines passing by

With my plastic dashboard Jesus, waiting there to greet us

Hey, hey, I finally found my way

Say goodbye to yesterday

Hit the gas there ain't no brakes on the lost highway

Yeah I'm busting loose, I'm letting go

Out on this open road

It's independence day on this lost highwayI

don't know where I'm going

But I know where I've been

Now I'm afraid of going back again

So I drive, years and miles are flying by

And waiting there to great usIs my plastic dashboard Jesus

Oh patron saint of lonely souls

To tell this boy which way to go

Guide the car, you got the keys

Farewell to mediocrity

Kicking off the cruise-control

And turning up the radio

Got just enough religion

And a half tank of gas come on, let's go

I finally found my way

Say goodbye to yesterday

Hit the gas there ain't no brakes on the lost highway

Yeah I'm busting loose, I'm letting go

Out on this open road

It's independence day on this lost highway

Home away from home..............

I have written abouit my workplace in one of my blog entries earlier before. This time I would wanna talk a few about the people who make it what it is. I have come to realize that it is the people who make the environment so very conducive for me to work in. Reason of sudden realization?.......well...its my immediate boss (One of the very few great people around.......n my self-proclaimed 'adopted mom'.......infact i have two of them at last count).......I was required to go outta town for personal reasons n my immediate boss (adopted mom #1) was so very understanding about it. She has taken off a huge portion of work from my head so that i can go without much heartburn........(got me some amazing pastries as well). She has taught me quite some valuable stuff in design n planning.......many worldly wisdom.....She has protected me n taught me quite a lot......indebted to her for that. There are still people that im learning about even after 2 years of working. But in the end of the day, it is due to them that i feel so much at peace (given my mind as volatile as can be.........). There will be more to talk on this front on the immediate future (My real mom is callin me to finish my packing n get on the road!!)......More when i return to civilization in a week......
Over n out!!

Hands Held High....

In my living room watching but I am not laughing

Cause when it gets tense I know what might happen

World is cold the bold men take action

Have to react or get blown into fractions

Ten years old it's something to see

Another kid my age drugged under a jeep

Taken and bound and found later under a tree

I wonder if he had thought the next one could be me

Do you see the soldiers they're out today

They brush the dust from bullet proof vests away

It's ironic at times like this you pray

But a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday

There's bombs in the buses, bikes, roads

Inside your market, your shops, your clothes

My dad he's got a lot of fear I know

But enough pride inside not to let that show

My brother had a book he would hold with pride

A little red cover with a broken spine

On the back, he hand-wrote a quote inside

When the rich wage war it's the poor who die

Meanwhile, the leader just talks away

Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay

And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day

both scared and angry like "what did he say?"

With hands held high into the sky so blue,

As the ocean opens up to swallow you.

These are the words from one of the best known rock bands of this generation- 'Linkin Park'. If you still think about why I have put up this song lyrics as an entry, then I suggest that you read the lines closer, once.....twice...thrice.......till it gets clear why its put here. Too much hatred in the world around, too much sadness..This Song goes out for all those who are sick of it ravaging the world

Livin In The Love Of the Common People...............

I have been wanting to write about something that has been in my head for quite some time......It isnt a song......not a movie......not something i did either. It started when i visited this site for creative concept artists (www.conceptart.org). I was browsing casually thru it and something caught my eye in the forum. It is an entry from a guy who gives good comments n crits on sketches. this time 'round it was an amazing thread for his child. the most amazing part is that the thread was a sign of silent protest / appeal for the treatment of autism. His son suffered from autism and that made him go on to do an amazing artwork which just touched my heart. an image so powerful i was stunned by it. Even more shocking was the fact that it made me realize how important parents are. This was one dad who made an appeal of sorts thru his artwork, thru something that he did very well, for the sake of his kid, something that he did for a cause be believed strongly in...... and more importantly for someone who is the world for him. This blog entry of mine is dedicated to that man, more for the act of love that he has shown, a tribute of sorts to that spirit of his. No other piece of art has moved me so much. I could have put his artwork here but that would be wrong. so i ask everyone who visits this blog by accident or otherwise to take some time and visit the url below. Trust me its well worth the effort.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90937
I will not delve deeper into that story but visit the thread for more info.........
Paul Young sang,

'cause she's living in the love of the common people,

smile's from the heart of a family man.

Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to,

Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can

and she can.

Couldnt be more true..............

The tune in my head.........

The tune has still been in my head n i agree with my friend when she said that it is somewhat applicable line to line to the both of us. Now the song has been in my head for so long that it deserved to be put in a blog entry of its own. Here it is 'Welcome to my life' by Simple Plan--

Do you ever feel like breaking down?

Do you ever feel out of place?

Like somehow you just don't belong

And no one understands you

Do you ever want to run away?

Do you lock yourself in your room?

With the radio on turned up so loud

That no one hears you screaming

No you don't know what it's like

When nothing feels alright

You don't know what it's like

To be like me

To be hurt, to feel lost

To be left out in the dark

To be kicked when you're down

To feel like you've been pushed around

To be on the edge of breaking down

And no one's there to save you

No you don't know what it's like

Welcome to my life

Do you wanna be somebody else?

Are you sick of feeling so left out?

Are you desperate to find something more

Before your life is over?

Are you stuck inside a world you hate?

Are you sick of everyone around?

With their big fake smiles and stupid lies

While deep inside you're bleeding

No you don't know what it's like

When nothing feels alright

You don't know what it's like

To be like me

To be hurt, to feel lost

To be left out in the dark

To be kicked when you're down

To feel like you've been pushed around

To be on the edge of breaking down

And no one's there to save you

No you don't know what it's like

Welcome to my life

No one ever lied straight to your face

And no one ever stabbed you in the back

You might think I'm happy

But I'm not gonna be ok

Everybody always gave you what you wanted

You never had to work

It was always there

You don't know what it's like

What it's like

To be hurt, to feel lost

To be left out in the dark

To be kicked when you're down

To feel like you've been pushed around

To be on the edge of breaking down

And no one's there to save you

No you don't know what it's like (what it's like)

To be hurt

To feel lost

To be left out in the dark

To be kicked

When you're down

To feel like you've been pushed around

To be on the edge of breaking down

And no one's there to save you

No you don't know what it's like

Welcome to my life

Welcome to my life

Welcome to my life

Eternal Chaos............

January 2008......first month (obviously of the New Year)....It is believed that whatever we do on the first day of January is more or less what we are gonna end up doing thruout the whole year...exactly why I took leave from work, stayed home n slumbered blissfully. The events of the following days made me wanna kill the person who had come up with the idea of that belief.....with utmost long lingering pain. I got a heap load of work hat had deadlines in quick succession. I would have fared better if they just stood me up before a firing squad n riddled me with bullets without even blindfolding me. Chaos reigned and this was war......and by the looks of it i was surely the only casualty in it. Thats a bit ironical since i design hospitals and stuff.
Then i met someone who was a lotta fun to be with (weird oneliners n jokes galore), but as luck would have it there was a huge mess-up of sorts. This led to an argument with someone else and things messed up further. As of now, its a chaotic place in my head. My only solace lies in the fact that i have met a gal who is so much alike me. This should be promising given the fact that i am as crazy n weird as they come (n she mentioned a song that has stuck in my head.....the proverbial tune in my head....so if any one knows how to get rid of this tune, let me know asap). Apart from the chaotic work n mind, nothing interesting has happened till now. Watch this space for more......

Back again.....Doin what I do best...

My last blog post read 16th November 2007.......that was about 3 months back. I have a good reason of why i didnt update the blog in quiet a while.......2 words-- 'No threats'... I had grown used to updating blogs after threats frm my best buddy that i easily forgot to update my blogs when she stopped threatning me (Now you know whom to blame...). On a rather serious (!!!) note, I have been busy off late and have been putting off the blog updates forever. A lot has happened since the last time i posted. One of the more obvious stuff is the New Year and ofcourse.......Christmas. Christmas saw a great party....on all 3 days--Eve, Christmas n the day after...had so much fun after a very long time. That brings me to yet another incident that happened during christmas. One of my closest friends remembered my favorite singer's B'day n you know what??.......it was on christmas day n she gave me this awesome poster of the singer.......man!! that was the most beautiful gift i recieved in a very long time.......infact i have never received a better gift till date. Precisely the reason why i take so much time to make friends......cos they always remain the core of my existence.
Like the friend that keeps threatening about blog updates....now if she didnt do that, I would probably be a lazy ass to get this far. Christmas also was a time for bonding and camaraderie with my friends....enjoyed the time we had. Gat practice went on as usual with strumming patterns n the like. I'm progressing in it n Clapton and Henrix shall soon meet their match. Now it is very obvious that a lot would have actually happened thru my hiatus which will be a lengthy read at one go. So i will be writing more about the days gone by and the present as and when i get the time and sanity to do so. So all in all, i just wanted to tell everyone who reads my blog and await updates that I'm still here alive n kickin' and im back doin what i do best (dont ask me!! I dunno....sounded cool tho)