On lists and Preferences
This list thing is doing the rounds on the'sphere. There are lists of blogs one read, wish lists, lovelists, hatelists etc etc. I thought of not missing the bus, so I did what writers of my type do most, copy. I started thinking about what list do I make. And so I began a rather painful journey of listing :
- List of foods i like. Clear winner was Dal Fry at #1, but what came at #2. Three contenders bitterly fighting for that spot. Would it be Coconut Rice or Paav Bhaji or BisibeleBath? Okay, so i went to writing #3 (procastrination being an embedded skill in my system), but then again the same. Would Veg Pulao be at #3, then I thought of Idiappam and that was also luringly delicious.
Nah!! this list was not doing me any good, so let me try someother list.
- List of movies I like. Again, Godfather clinched the top spot, but #2? Donno!! First blood was as easily good as The Patriot as was the Gladiator. I really like Pirates of the Caribbean PI too, but could i place it at the second position?
Hmmm...lot of work for my nonexistant brain, i am gonna skip the object (Boy! was that easy)
- List of books that I Like : Since i am not a bookworm, this was a little more easy. #1 was Papillon, #2 was da Vinci Code #3 was well, mmm, donno. I couldnt sort among Grisham, Sheldon, et al. (I told you i dont read so much)
This list will look pretty much meaningless waste of time.
- List of things I wish for : when i asked myself, the answers came in just as fast when we ask a restaurant waiter about the menu. There were so many and so forceful, i couldnt even decide which was #1. Was it a full expense paid getaway to the caribbean or would it be a genie who would give me anything that i want. Would be a ferrari or a porsche. If wishes were horses....
The best part of this list was that i just closed my eyes and it just kept coming, good relaxation but not addressing the issue at hand, lemme see , is there anything else?
- List of things i hate about people most : Well, this was relatively easy. #1 was when people on cellphones try to tell the guy at the other end that they were in an elevator and since the network was bad, it just wouldnt get thru. I get pretty irritated when people do that. Man, either u finish the call and get in or tell them you will call back and get in. Here too, i had trouble at #2. Was it the habit of picking their noses in public that irritated me the most or biting their fingernails as if they were watching a Hitchcock movie. Dont know, couldnt say : Both seemed equally disgusting.
My absolute failure at arriving at any meaningful list just compounded my envy of all those who could put theirs and hence I scrapped the entire project. Never again shall i make a list of anything. I shall take it as it comes. But when someone asks me whether i will have coffee or tea, (or add a coke to the offering to make it more complex), i will have to take the call. What will that be based on? my mood at that time or my preference of one over the other? Maybe i am like this: diorganised and pretty disoriented. But one thing i noticed in this entire process was that things that were at #1 were pretty much undisputed, what came at the next positions was a matter of contention. So it is with life. What comes first has no competition, and prioritisation according to me starts from #2 onwards.
- List of foods i like. Clear winner was Dal Fry at #1, but what came at #2. Three contenders bitterly fighting for that spot. Would it be Coconut Rice or Paav Bhaji or BisibeleBath? Okay, so i went to writing #3 (procastrination being an embedded skill in my system), but then again the same. Would Veg Pulao be at #3, then I thought of Idiappam and that was also luringly delicious.
Nah!! this list was not doing me any good, so let me try someother list.
- List of movies I like. Again, Godfather clinched the top spot, but #2? Donno!! First blood was as easily good as The Patriot as was the Gladiator. I really like Pirates of the Caribbean PI too, but could i place it at the second position?
Hmmm...lot of work for my nonexistant brain, i am gonna skip the object (Boy! was that easy)
- List of books that I Like : Since i am not a bookworm, this was a little more easy. #1 was Papillon, #2 was da Vinci Code #3 was well, mmm, donno. I couldnt sort among Grisham, Sheldon, et al. (I told you i dont read so much)
This list will look pretty much meaningless waste of time.
- List of things I wish for : when i asked myself, the answers came in just as fast when we ask a restaurant waiter about the menu. There were so many and so forceful, i couldnt even decide which was #1. Was it a full expense paid getaway to the caribbean or would it be a genie who would give me anything that i want. Would be a ferrari or a porsche. If wishes were horses....
The best part of this list was that i just closed my eyes and it just kept coming, good relaxation but not addressing the issue at hand, lemme see , is there anything else?
- List of things i hate about people most : Well, this was relatively easy. #1 was when people on cellphones try to tell the guy at the other end that they were in an elevator and since the network was bad, it just wouldnt get thru. I get pretty irritated when people do that. Man, either u finish the call and get in or tell them you will call back and get in. Here too, i had trouble at #2. Was it the habit of picking their noses in public that irritated me the most or biting their fingernails as if they were watching a Hitchcock movie. Dont know, couldnt say : Both seemed equally disgusting.
My absolute failure at arriving at any meaningful list just compounded my envy of all those who could put theirs and hence I scrapped the entire project. Never again shall i make a list of anything. I shall take it as it comes. But when someone asks me whether i will have coffee or tea, (or add a coke to the offering to make it more complex), i will have to take the call. What will that be based on? my mood at that time or my preference of one over the other? Maybe i am like this: diorganised and pretty disoriented. But one thing i noticed in this entire process was that things that were at #1 were pretty much undisputed, what came at the next positions was a matter of contention. So it is with life. What comes first has no competition, and prioritisation according to me starts from #2 onwards.
posted by Appu at 5:33 PM
6 Comments:
A great way to get to know what u dont like...
Well atleast this list generated the epiphany for you.
I am learning from yu man...Well list of things can only be made by people who dont have any work to do..[like me]...once we r too occupied,who cares...let it come and we will see....if choices were easy economist were jobless....
Milli: So now you know. :)
GS: Yes, sometimes self reflection is the most hilarious thing in my life.
Rishi: that was a tangent, but yes u r rite.
Sometimes when put to the spot it gets really hard to come out with a list.Impromptu I am sure you would have a long list of everything.
EU: Bingo.
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