I did something like this before. I deleted my account from every social networking site in an impulsive decision and I have not bothered to venture into that again. I find it extremely boring now. And today, I deleted all my fiction writing accounts. Reason? I am not liking what I write. Being at home for a week gave me a lot of time to retrospect. (Retrospect = find faults and mistakes and realize how idiotic one is being :-) Basically its being honest with oneself) So now I am not going to post in any website anymore. I am a little partial to my fanfiction.net account so I am going to keep that for a while I guess.
In last four days, I have visited five different specialists for various reasons: Migraine, skin, dental, eyes, ENT :-) I have started to mess up with my medication because of the quantity that I have to ingest.
I remember a quote from Criminal Minds, Season 1: "Everyone is medicated".
Ah, well, my migraine tablets have reduced my headaches but has made my insomnia return back with a vengeance. The best part is, I am not tired nor my eyes are puffy for the lack of sleep. I am actually quite active (hyper, even) and feel refreshed after only two hours of sleep. Its good in a way, actually. I am catching up with my reading and my office work too and I rarely have anything pending for the coming weeks.
I am waiting till the other shoe drops. :-)
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My latest fad/obsession is fan fiction; both reading them and writing them. No matter how crappy the story is, I would still read them. Some are so irritating and annoying that I feel like leaving dirty flaming comments which would be lengthier than the original story itself. I know that am not a great writer, but for me being in character is the most important thing. If you deviate from the character, I see little point in calling it "fan fiction". I have seen authors' in fan-world giving lots of excuses/reasoning behind their character's behavior along the lines of "its my story" and "anything is possible" or "character development". Its not that I hate those kind of fictions but I fail to connect with them. But then again, its just me; an obsessive freak about characterization, thats all.
I like the way Smita Jain writes; be it her blogs or her book(s). Her posts are like a ramble, a conversation shared with a friend. I enjoy reading her posts and read them regularly.
I am back in the world of writing blogs on a daily basis since I am convinced that no one really visits my blog. :-)
Here is a parting thought. Today my colleague, who happens to be a German, told me that he ran a search on my name and didn't find any references except LinkedIn connections. He was surprised that I was not a part of any mailing archive or any technical groups. I told him I used my alias everywhere and he was pretty surprised about it. He didn't see a point in using an alias in a technical forum. But I for one, see no need to use my real name.
With the invasion of social networking and other websites, anonymity is becoming a luxury.
Thats all for today!
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