I have been (shiver me timbers) tagged. In a time when (in Don LaFontaine's voice, if you will), despite the existence of a wide spectrum of communication, Canis Minor chooses to be secluded in invisibility (albeit technically); and at some point of time, has to come out of the kennel (not closet) and put the tongue out to gather some moisture (despite ambient humidity being considerably small). Being held together and tied with the morbid leash that is more than just a leash (hint: a leash is a mere fiber in the rapidly growing __ ), the silencer of the bone is dropped from his ever-so-weak jaws, and incoherent barks follow.
The dog gets warned by Jacob the Maltese Poodle (from Charles Dachshund's A Christmas Canine), that there are going to be three T.Rex skeletons that he has to dig up, that will haunt him through the holiday that it is. Here goes.
1. The T.Rex skeleton of Canine Past
Your Oldest Memories: Being dressed up like a girl-child for my first birthday. I had long hair, perfectly reddened henna on my hands, carbon black on my eyes, and was holding a powder tin in my hand. If only I had that photo with me now...
What were you doing ten years ago?: Very competitive days at school. Lots of playing football, post World Cup. Being part of an invincible triumvirate of power in class, yet being socially inept. Never having imagined where I would be now - I had plans to become a chef :-D . Waiting for the onset of puberty - I'd have to wait another couple of years :-P
So much for slurping on those extra-large tail vertebrae...
2. The T.Rex skeleton of Canine Present
Your First Thought in the Morning: (depends on timezone) Waking up to a dream about being in a redwood forest. Continuing thoughts about the history of Spain and how every city there wants to be an independent state. Hmmm, I can't wait to get my hands on maple & brown sugar Granola, with organic non-non-fat (yes, double negation!) Californian milk, fresh Guatemalan bananas and Hershey's chocolate sauce.
If you built a Time Capsule today, what would it contain?: Too much to add - since it's supposed to a "time" capsule, how about all the time that I have lived through so far? I believe that it is important for one to learn from and cherish every moment one has lived through. Reminiscing is one of the great gifts our brains have been endowed with: memory is one thing, reminiscing a much bigger thing!
Jaws not giving away that precious "wish"bone (furcula, if anatomically precise).
3. The T.Rex skeleton of Canine Future
This Year: As much of a clear roller-coaster ride this year has already been, I am counting my blessings. I will continue to do so, to the end of the year, when this lazy dog hopes to take a run and listen to his master's voice, bark at the moon with his brethren, and leave pug marks on wet sand, that will indirectly embrace the cold yet all-consuming ocean. But as Frost said, "I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep..."
What you see yourself doing 14 years from now: Oh, this was bound to happen. The question asked in an interview for which no one ever answers honestly. If it were longer than that, as the great economist Pota once said, "In the long term we are all dead". And be it coincidence, he too has posted to his blog after quite a while! In another 14 years, I see myself as a 35 year old single man, struggling to make his impact on the research world; trying to learn the native language to the obscure location he has chosen to move to; trying to teach what he is yet to learn, and continuing efforts to understand this ever-complexifying (on the outside) and ever-simplifying (to the offbeat observer) universe.
A bit of a snippet: the canine with the T.Rex skeleton of the future (no points for guessing which one is which).
Every bone that comes to the dog, gets the licking it deserves, and is then buried, to be dug out and rediscovered later. Therefore, I don't tag anyone :-P (tongue out for a reason)
The dog gets warned by Jacob the Maltese Poodle (from Charles Dachshund's A Christmas Canine), that there are going to be three T.Rex skeletons that he has to dig up, that will haunt him through the holiday that it is. Here goes.
1. The T.Rex skeleton of Canine Past
Your Oldest Memories: Being dressed up like a girl-child for my first birthday. I had long hair, perfectly reddened henna on my hands, carbon black on my eyes, and was holding a powder tin in my hand. If only I had that photo with me now...
What were you doing ten years ago?: Very competitive days at school. Lots of playing football, post World Cup. Being part of an invincible triumvirate of power in class, yet being socially inept. Never having imagined where I would be now - I had plans to become a chef :-D . Waiting for the onset of puberty - I'd have to wait another couple of years :-P
So much for slurping on those extra-large tail vertebrae...
2. The T.Rex skeleton of Canine Present
Your First Thought in the Morning: (depends on timezone) Waking up to a dream about being in a redwood forest. Continuing thoughts about the history of Spain and how every city there wants to be an independent state. Hmmm, I can't wait to get my hands on maple & brown sugar Granola, with organic non-non-fat (yes, double negation!) Californian milk, fresh Guatemalan bananas and Hershey's chocolate sauce.
If you built a Time Capsule today, what would it contain?: Too much to add - since it's supposed to a "time" capsule, how about all the time that I have lived through so far? I believe that it is important for one to learn from and cherish every moment one has lived through. Reminiscing is one of the great gifts our brains have been endowed with: memory is one thing, reminiscing a much bigger thing!
Jaws not giving away that precious "wish"bone (furcula, if anatomically precise).
3. The T.Rex skeleton of Canine Future
This Year: As much of a clear roller-coaster ride this year has already been, I am counting my blessings. I will continue to do so, to the end of the year, when this lazy dog hopes to take a run and listen to his master's voice, bark at the moon with his brethren, and leave pug marks on wet sand, that will indirectly embrace the cold yet all-consuming ocean. But as Frost said, "I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep..."
What you see yourself doing 14 years from now: Oh, this was bound to happen. The question asked in an interview for which no one ever answers honestly. If it were longer than that, as the great economist Pota once said, "In the long term we are all dead". And be it coincidence, he too has posted to his blog after quite a while! In another 14 years, I see myself as a 35 year old single man, struggling to make his impact on the research world; trying to learn the native language to the obscure location he has chosen to move to; trying to teach what he is yet to learn, and continuing efforts to understand this ever-complexifying (on the outside) and ever-simplifying (to the offbeat observer) universe.
A bit of a snippet: the canine with the T.Rex skeleton of the future (no points for guessing which one is which).
Every bone that comes to the dog, gets the licking it deserves, and is then buried, to be dug out and rediscovered later. Therefore, I don't tag anyone :-P (tongue out for a reason)
