Diwali time....

Dont be fazed by the topic..its not a positive thing...am not being jolly...am being a complete, thorough, out-and-0ut pessimist here(kinda like Marc..)

Dont get me wrong here...i used to love diwali...back in junior school...getting up early in the morning for the customary bath(i know people will make stupid comments here)....dressing up nice with the ethnic wear....being suprised with the crackers by my parents(from the list that i chose)...gearing up with all my other tiny friends to burst cracker after cracker all the live long day....but the evenings were the best..with all those amazing lights..and the lovely colours....and somewhere in between all that the sweets...and the friends and relatives coming over....that euphoria would last a week at the least..

And now?..sheesh....my mother's influence has creeped in...suddenly i find myself too old for crackers..too sick for sweets....too annoyed to meet endless relatives....is that my innate self just surfacing after being smothered in childish living?..or is it just the way adults and "grown ups" are?....or maybe even the new trend?..to be above petty things as crackers at noon..cause if i remember right adults used to love it too...

Its more of a cascade of things that people lose interest in when they grow up......given that i'm neither here nor there on the whole adult/adolescent thing, i think i can qualify to comment on this.....

How is taking a walk in the rain so difficult now?Or watching back to back movies on TV all sunday?..or taking a midnight walk in the beach even??...ordering take out....if you are too tired to cook..dont!...why does everything have to be neat?in order?spic and span to the extent of blinding the next person who walks into the kitchen?...so what if the cat plays with your dresses?..or drinks up all the milk?..they are supposed to arent they?

Anyway..the point of the blog is....is this whole 'growing up' phase that adults cant seem to wait for us to enter, really as good as it seems?...are we forgetting to have fun?..is it something that u have noticed or experienced hands-on?..