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Author Archives: Geetanjali
FOSS.IN/2009
BE THERE!
Writing Blog
My poetry/other creative writing will be put up here : http://geetanjalic.wordpress.com
I’ve written some new poems over the past couple of months, so do check them out. Feedback would be appreciated !
I will continue to post regularly about my highly exciting life on Squibble, not to worry!
Stop telling me things!
You know I just realized.. Because we are all so ”connected” and living in age where information disseminates so quickly, and so fast, it’s difficult to hang on to life’s ‘SURPRISE!’ moments anymore. Case in point is the way the movie business has changed, I think. I’m doing everything in my power to stay away from stills/videos/blah related to the New Moon movie but it’s just so difficult! I have Perez Hilton tempting me with photographs from the sets, but I truly honestly don’t want to know anything! This is almost as bad as when a mean classmate once told me the ending of the fourth Harry Potter book because, well, she was nasty.
And now, because I’m following Imran Khan on Twitter, I’m going to get regular updates about his new film with Sonam Kapoor. So what, now to protect myself, I guess I have to disconnect from the world!
The Fine Print
As part of our end semester practical for our Print paper in college, we had to divide the class into three groups and each bring out an issue of a newspaper which has traditionally been called ‘The Fine Print’, and has 8 pages.
For starters, it was like we were thrown into the deep end. We had to find sponsors, decide what articles to write, decide who played what role, find a printer, negotiate a deal – and we had barely a month and a half to do this. We also knew that we had end semester exams looming ahead of us, and so we were resolved to finish a majority of the work before then.
And so, we began. Each group consisted of 10 people, and we decided to start off by looking at who to target the paper at. Almost all of us agreed that we’d want to target the under 25 crowd, consisting of college kids, young professionals who are just starting out. We steered clear of targeting just the college crowd, because that would be a limiting factor when it came to distribution later on. Then came the matter of who would write what, and what other roles had to played. People volunteered to be editors, to be in charge of layout and design. We all wanted to write, so everybody played that role.
The next step was to plan out what pages we wanted to include. Based on this, my group came up with the following :
- The Front Page
- Reviews
- In the City
- Life
- Fitness and Games
- Campus
- Fun Page
- Back Page
Let me just say here, that there were a LOT of changes before we finally decided on which pages we wanted. There were some amazing article ideas that had to be scrapped because we felt that they didn’t ‘fit’ on any page! Anyway, after deciding what articles would go on what page, the writing began.
I was one of three editors, and though I might have lost my mind at a couple of points, my team kept me on track! All of us were adamant that we wanted this paper to stay interesting at all points, and I think we managed that 
The people who handled the layout and getting of sponsors did an excellent job and at the end of the day, I think we pretty much kicked ass!
We aim to distribute the paper in the city once we find restaurants/shops/people who wouldn’t mind keeping some copies for people to pick up, so once we find those, I will update this post with more information.
Also on behalf of the team I’d like to thank our sponsors : Paul and Menzel Design Studio, Koshy’s, Emerald Isle Hotel and Resort, Party Mania Store.
Weeds
A lot of people have cut themselves out of my life lately. In the beginning, it hurt. But I didn’t have to think ‘oh no, what did I do?’ nor am I trying to say they were wrong to do so. I’m saying that it happened, and I did see it coming.
I realised that the reason people are someplace today is because they weeded their lives when they needed to. Cut the bitter choking ones out when they got too much to handle.
There’s something to be said about trust and loyalty and being ‘a good friend’. And those kinds do exist, the ones that will laugh with you when you’re desperatley trying to mug dates at 1 am.
But the ones that will not catch you when you fall, that will flee at the first sight of rebellion, there’s nothing to be said about that.
I believe in differences, in being there for someone who wants to think in their own way. If we were meant to be the same, we’d be Borgs now, wouldn’t we?
Trying.
A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don’t know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I’d have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you’re wrong? What if you’re making a mistake you can’t undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can’t pretend we hadn’t been told. We’ve all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today’s possibility under tomorrow’s rug until we can’t anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.
- Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy
Quarter life crisis
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I’ll be right beside you dear
Grey’s Anatomy has got me listening to a bunch of songs I used to listen to a hundred times a day. Run by Snow Patrol is one of them. It’s probably one of the most amazing songs ever.
When did life get here? I’m nineteen. My get-to-be-emo days are almost over. My little cousins are not so little anymore. One told me the other day that she likes Taylor Lautner without his shirt on, and another other one has just developed her first crush on a classmate.
Sigh.
I may not be as dark and twisty as before, love age can do that to you. But that doesn’t mean I don’t miss it. The dark and twisty period, it can be defining. Holed up in your room, with heartbreak songs in the background as you begin to pack away another unfinished chapter of love. Chocolate wrappers spread on the floor, and a romance novel lying spine up on the bed.
And then one day, you wake up, and you realize you’re halfway through college.
Bits
Just finished reading One Night With A Prince by Sabrina Jeffries. Yes, a trashy romance novel. Yes, the kind I love. Yes, the one I stayed up till 4 am to read.
Changed the look of the blog again, I felt the other was a bit too dark. Speaking of dark, I discovered that there’s Season 5 of Grey’s Anatomy on Zee Cafe (2 Episodes back-to-back). Couple this with Season 4 playing on Star World.. I am going to get a sizeable dose of dark and twisty Meredith and oh-so-dreamy Derek every week hopefully!
Gossip Girl Season 3. Oh Chuck. But why does Dan look so slimy!?
I am quite amused with this whole business of the Congress offering ‘opinions’ on Shashi Tharoor’s tweeting business, but a bit disturbed. Isn’t that usually the role played by another major political party in the country?
Eh?
The end of another semester is nearing, so that means getting back assignments and test papers. As I look through my answers, I realize that I can’t recall ever having put those particular words there.
I’m a stranger to my own work!
(I could have put this on Twitter, but I feel I am neglecting my poor blog)
PS : It’s raining, gorgeous weather I’d say, if only I didn’t have to go out and catch two buses to college now.