About meeting the mean Patrol Boy and trying to be friends with him

[anupma]

Nineteen is a selfish age and finds one’s cares tightly circumscribed. I felt endlessly powerful and endlessly optimistic; my pockets were empty but my head was full of things I wanted to say and my heart was full of stories I wanted to tell. I felt I had been made to do those things. How conceited does that sound? A lot or a little? Either way I

Comments

Hey,

[hotchocolate29]

Cool post, you really made me think: time *sigh*, wish I had more of it, hope the patrol boy gives me some more time too ... and GOOD LUCK with your dreams(where would be be without them!)

Re: Hey,

[anupma]

True that. Life is all about dreaming and then trying to make those dreams come true. And a person as good with words as you are has to be a dreamer, I reckon.

[psasidhar]

I am going to Peru and HongKong, before the Patrol Boy decides to pay a visit to my neighborhood.

[anupma]

You, dear friend, are living your dreams right now. I am *so* impressed by your recent travels that words fail me. I have always wanted to do something like that. Anyhoo, a little birdy (who cannot stop buying books) told me that you were in Delhi before you left for the US. :( Not nice.

[psasidhar]

Do you still use your Yahoo account? I just sent an email.

[anupma]

Wow! You have my OLD-OLD yahoo id. Na, have not used it since late 2003. Just goes to prove how long we have known each other on LJ.

Am replying to gmail mail.

[shri]

Love the post. Goes straight into my memories.

I have already met the Patrol Boy, and yet, I love to dream, irrespective of whether those dreams come true or not. :)

[anupma]

Thankee sai. :)

And yeah, that's the spirit. Patrol Boy is in for some surprizes, methinks.

[smriti]

patrol boy
_boy_? methinks it's a whole army.. he seems to be everywhere at once sometimes ;)

here's another take that showed up on my friends page yesterday.

[anupma]

Heh. Whole army, she says.

Neat poem. However, my problem is not of feeling old but of seeing time pass by. :|

[smriti]

However, my problem
True...but we did say a _different_ take we dids :-)

[zbg97]

Well, you should realize that some people have an easier time accomplishing those sorts of things than others, whether it's from good fortune (wealthy family) or bad fortune (family member dies and the person inherits) or any number of things in between.

Regardless of other people's progress, though, I still say you can kick Patrol Boy's *ss. =)

[anupma]

Simply eloquent. You put the thought so well in such simple words.

My point is that as time passes by I do not see myself doing much about my dreams. Just dreaming won't help. Which brings me to another point, can I have your gtalk/msn/whatnot ID? Someone who works in a bookshop seems to be THE person I should be talking to. :)

[zbg97]

As long as you're logged in, you can visit my info. page and see my Yahoo IM username and my AIM username. =)