Sunday, September 30, 2012

Why should you not cheat?

Why should you not cheat? There are many mind boggling questions that we face throughout life and one of them can be this. To cheat or not to cheat. Most precisely when you have the chance to cheat. Many people ask this question during slow phases of their relationship. When their significant other is not much giving heed to their needs or requirements.
There is a certain stereotype that surrounds cheaters. It goes something like this: cheaters are terrible monsters who are selfish and only care about themselves.
Here are the reasons why you shouldn't cheat:
  1. First of all, you are not a Sleazebag, and you don't want to be one too. Wasn't it simple. Remember when you used to dream about your future self. you never imagined yourself to be a sleazebag, because that's something you always hated. even though sleazebag gets girl most of the times, but you just cant stoop to that level. am i right or not.
  2. Its not worth it. Its never worth it. The thing you have with your present partner is far too much sacred and fun to be messing with. Okay i admit its not looking like much fun right now, but its still love isn't it. Remember trust once broken can never be earned back.
  3. Its just a phase and it will pass. Just hold on a little bit longer.
  4. And do you really wanna go into that dating struggle. Its a jungle out there mate. And i don't know whats your perception of jungle, but i don't think its a fun thing. That's why people use the phrase,'its a jungle out there'. Despite there being billions of people in this world, it’s hard finding people who you can open up to, and completely trust with your heart.
  5. Think about how she or he would feel. The person whose faith you will cheat will be broken beyond repair. They trust someone with their life's secret and then that someone break that trust. Maybe they never will be able to trust again. You don't want the burden of that on your conscience or do you?
  6. There are pretty good chances that you might loose your friends over this also. I know it doesn't seem possible, but believe me it would happen.
  7. Final and most important, how would you feel if your significant other did that to you. If you think deep down in your heart that you are gonna be okay with that, I don't suppose there is a reason for you to stop cheating, but i really think you would be anything but okay.
 Though we all accept that lying cheating etc all happen, but we mostly don't expect them to happen upon us. and there is a reason behind it.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Which fictional character would you rather date?



I have been reading L'assomoir from past some days and one thought that stumbled upon my mind, whenever I was reading about Gervaise was, "Man! I would love to get a piece of that." then this thought made me ponder which fictional character have always been that enticing, which characters have always demanded our love and affection. There has been a time in our lives when we all have been touched by some character and our life feels like their life. We like to pretend our life is like that character; the only difference is that our life is in 3D and comes with no dialogue sheet or screenplay.

So which characters would you like to date, would it be?
  1. Jacob Barnes: The bullfight enthusiast, mildly romantic, American reporter living in Paris after being injured in the First World War. In an alternate universe where World War never happened, Jacob would be like James bond, all the women want to be with him, and all the men want to be him. But in this universe World War did happened, and left Jacob mysteriously wounded, hence making him impotent. Like many of his friends who served in the war, he rejects most pre war values and traditions, moral, cultural, literary, and otherwise to lead a new, unencumbered life in Paris that includes plenty of booze and partying. However, he occasionally goes to churches (Roman Catholic) to pray. Jacob from 'The Sun Also Rises' one of many Hemmingway’s mildly autobiographical creation.
  2. Lady Ashley Brett: The love interest of Jacob Barnes from the same novel. Beautiful Englishwoman who lives in Paris after serving as a nurse during the war. She fancies herself a modern, independent woman who is the equal of men. She even wears her hair short and often refers to herself as "chap." She leads a very promiscuous life bedding anyone she pleases.
  3. Frederic Henry: He is an American, from ‘A Farewell to Arms’, serving as a Lieutenant in the Italian Army. Hemingway leaves no clue as to why Fred was in Italy at the beginning of the war or how long he has been serving. He commands a group of ambulances. He feels as if he has nothing to do with the war. These feelings of detachment are pushed away when Henry falls in love with Catherine and begins to realize the hostile nature of the world. In this way, Henry serves the function of a character that becomes initiated in Hemingway's philosophy of an indifferent universe and man's struggle against it.
  4. Catherine Barkley: Catherine Barkley is an English nurse serving at the Italian front. Due to the untimely death of a fiancé previous to the events of this book, Catherine has already been initiated into Hemingway's philosophy, and exemplifies the traits of the Hemingway code hero throughout the novel. She is characterized primarily by her disregard for social conventions as well as an unfaltering devotion to Henry. She is a loving, dedicated woman whose desire and capacity for a redemptive, otherworldly love makes her the inevitable victim of tragedy.
  5. Michael Corleone: This wonderful Mario Puzo's creation. Michael is the youngest son of Don Vito Corleone, now many girls would want to be with him, for obvious reasons, good looks, sharp mind, the fact that he belongs to Corleone family and he is nearly faithful too, just keep him away from thunderstorms and I guess you will be fine, if you know what I mean. Michael begins the story as a young man who has just returned from the war to an uncertain future. He does not want to follow his family's footsteps, yet he cannot ignore his feelings of commitment to them or his natural ability to take up the family mantle.
  6. Kay Adams: Michael’s wife and quite naive catholic girl. Simple loving, obedient. She strikes the kind of girl you will follow whatever you say, if the reason is good enough.
  7. Chander: The male protagonist of Dharamveer Bharti's 'Gunaho ka Devta' one of my favourite characters. Chander was a realist, he knew sacrifice, he knew devotion, he knew pain. For his qualities he was always quoted or denoted as 'Devta' or deity in the book, but his one mistake turns his life and of others related to him upside down and he became 'Gunaho ka Devta' or deity of errors.
  8. Sudha: The female counterpart of Chander, the average looking, witty, childish, short tempered sudha. Whose love was not just love it was devotion. The fact that they both don't end up together makes Sudha more interesting, because then the change in her character seen is quite heart warming and tear jerking.
  9. Lord Eddard ‘Ned’ stark: the lord of winterfell, brave, middle aged, the new hand of the king. He is a very capable person with lots of responsibilities. He is sort of tierd with life but still convinced that life is meaningful and that responsibility, loyalty and family are important. He will fight against unjust, have a noble heart, and likely to impart his wisdom got during the fight of Westros to you in random saying.
  10. Robb stark: the 14 year old bachelor, at his age prime. He is a pretty cool dude who’s loyal to his friends and believes that people “get what’s coming to them.” He is social crusader; he believes in equality for all. At the same time, he never fails to face tough decisions and move forward with his agenda. He wants what he wants and no one’s going to stop him from trying to get it. And to top all this he owns a beautiful direwolf also. The one which have not even seen in Westros from past 200 years.
  11. Jon snow: The bastard of Ned stark. Wise, fair, medium built, men of the night, dons the colour black as second skin. He is shy but not cripplingly so. He is stoic and opinionated, but only offers opinion when asked. If you want to date him, sucks for you because he took an unbreakable oath of celibacy.
  12. King Jeoffery: if you like Jeoffery, who’s basically King’s Landing’s version of Patrick Bateman, then you are seriously fucked up and maybe you liked torturing small animals as a little kid and now spend your monotonous days trolling Something Awful forums and leaving extremely racist/ sexist comments in the comment sections of YouTube videos. You are also. Sadistic, perverted cruel, and into BDSM. And I guess your favourite book is 'Fifty shades of grey'.
  13. Captain Jack Sparrow: Funny, Chronic drunk, Witty and Deceitful. These adjectives are just starting to describe his personality. Jack Sparrow is a pirate but he doesn't attack or hurt the innocent or the weak. Believe it or not, he will go out of his way to help a friend in need. Basically he is an all around good guy. Captain Jack Sparrow is inspiring because the character speaks to our innermost adventurous, independent, creative, daring sides. In the real world, we do not feel we have time to be adventurous, creative and daring. There are sheets to be made, responsibilities to keep, and a quiet, common life to live. Boring!
  14. Irene Adler: Beautiful, talented, suave, and intelligent. The only woman who outwitted the great Sherlock Holmes. To Sherlock Holmes she was always The Woman. Some readers see more than meets the eye in Irene Adler of "A Scandal in Bohemia". A native of New Jersey, she could captivate the King of Bohemia so why not a detective? Irene Adler only appears in one of Conan Doyle's dozens of stories, but Watson takes care to point out that she remains a significant character in Holmes's personal history nonetheless.  (The Irene Adler. discussed here is from Arthur Conan Rule universe. not the one of bizarre world where Rachel McAdams play Irene Adler.)
  15. Bruce Wayne: The Dark Crusader, billionaire, philanthropist, playboy. Speaks over a dozen languages. Technically, Batman, oops Bruce Wayne doesn’t have any superpowers. He does, however, have unlimited time and financial resources at his disposal. When his parents died, Bruce Wayne became a fitness freak obsessed with appearing normal. He began to live by his own moral code of vigilante justice. Bruce Wayne has the chiselled jaw line and dark features to win over many a villainous (and non-villainous) female.
  16. Tony Stark: Tony Stark is an outgoing man who enjoys drinking and gambling, all the while possessing the capacity to become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics overnight. He is a billionaire industrialist and inventor. Stark is constantly creating new technology and looking for ways to improve it. He is like Marvel’s answer to DC’s Batman.
  17. Selina Kyle: Selina Kyle or Catwoman has been taught stealth, athletics, hot-wiring, lock-picking, thieving, acrobatics and the martial arts. She excels at low- and high-tech heists and is the best cat-burglar in Gotham. Catwoman has a good affinity for cats obviously. Additionally, Selina is an effective seductress, a talent she employed to remove herself from treacherous situations.
  18. Nina Sayers: A member of a New York City ballet company, she finds herself in the lead role of the company's, more so the director's, new vision of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake." Nina, an innocent girl with a determination. However, the obsession in Black Swan is not directly linked to Nina's desire for celebrity. She doesn't necessarily want to be a dancer but rather is living out a delegated fantasy from her mother. Nina pursues a career and is increasingly haunted by the distortion of fantasy and reality. This character from Aronofsky’s the black swan is so tempting, mainly because of his direction only. Aronofsky has always been a director who gets into his characters' heads. He has always executed with perfect clarity the mental breakdowns involved in whatever obsession his leads find themselves locked to. I can talk literally hours about this movie and Nina, but I guess I have to put this article to an end. And ending it with one of Aronofsky’s character makes me feel content.