Wednesday

Had a good day at work today. The draft contract from the Music Company came in. Went through all the fine print and found lots of issues and loopholes. Also sent it to a distributor contact in Mumbai to find out if it conformed to industry standards. Glad I did so cos he wrote back with valuable points.

Had an interesting conversation with boss woman’s husband over lunch. Started with the film making process and moved on to the egotistical nature of humankind and then to separatist movements the world over!
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Spent a nice evening with my sweet niece. She was complaining about the soup Mom had made so got her some rotis with butter and marmite, and some apple pudding thing with custard.

It’s so great now that she is a little older and has a better attention span, one can hold intelligent conversations with her. She made me explain the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip to her in today’s paper cos she knows it’s my favourite. She always makes me do it, though she never can understand it!

I should be spending a lot more time with her while she’s growing up.
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Also had a nice chat with C. He sent me a link to some recent photos of his. I couldn’t believe that the shy bespectacled skinny guy who sung ‘Help’ on his acoustic guitar is now this hotshot corporate guy with a silver Chrysler!

For some reason, he is fond of me, though I hardly knew him when he was in Delhi. Only met him a few times and went for that crazy trip to the North East, but that was in a huge gang. He even wrote a song inspired by something I said and sent it to me a couple of years ago. To be honest, I don’t even remember saying the thing I apparently said to him, and now I don’t even remember the song or what it was I was supposed to have said.

I have an affectionate spot for him though. Like one would for a younger brother. I’m actually proud that he is doing so well! Funny how one connects to people.
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I’m getting a little unnerved by the attention this blog is getting – the comments and emails. I know they are not a lot, judging by other blogs, but I’m afraid of playing to the gallery.

I don’t want to hide my vices or the black side of my soul. There would be no point in this blog if I did.