Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Insomnia...


It has now been close to 4 months since I came to this beautiful university town called Ithaca. Tonight is the first one when it reminded me of the hill stations, I have been to in my country.
Bubbles have fascinated me since childhood. Their ephemeral yet beautiful existence, the infinitesimally small timescale that separates the glorious gossamer from oblivion has appealed to me. I often fantasize life to be comprised of a string of bubbles having an ephemeral existence, as beautifully outlined in 'Change' by Platinum.
Post dinner, I had to walk back to my laboratory to wind up a few experiments. Prior to my experimental sojourn, I wished to have my share of insomnia, tonight. Its really delectable!! Insomnia is a chain of stores which serve yummy cookies in a handful of US universities. I grabbed for myself a triple chocolate cookie. Walked out of the store and cookie in hand, I searched for a bench for the two of us - myself and the feeling (I have come to know as my more significant half). A zephyr blew, downtown was lit up, I could hear a timid "Hello" at the other end, we took our first bite into the cookie - the bubble dissolved into thin air.
Carbide

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