Im just saying

My 3L friend was recently telling me how his friends are all engaged.  Combine that with all the weddings happening (or not happening) around me, and I guess marriage has been on my mind a lot.  My mom got married at 25, and had me at 26 and my sister at 28.  I don't see kids or marriage in the near future for me, and while on one hand the thought illicites some level of disappointment in my exes and past choices, I think my thoughts on the topic can best be described in the following song:

 

Haha, just kidding people.  Or am I?  God, I love Bollywood.

My favorite ghazal: Jitna humne roliya hai Bewafaa ki yaad mein

translated to the best of my ability but I definitely don't get some of the lines fully, so corrections are welcome!

*Bewafaa- someone who is untrue and/or doesn't care for you
they = gender neutral he/she

Jitna humne roliya //the amount i have cried
bewafaa* ki yaad mein //thinking of someone untrue
kash itna roya hotai //If only i had cried that much
hum khuda ki yaad mein //remembering/thinking of God*, kinda, something eternal/more permanent

ie If only I had spent my time/tears/hard work on something that would bear results (like devotion to God) instead of wasting it on someone who is not true/bewafaa

Dil khuda ghar hai lakin //I know your heart is supposed to be God's abode
hum batoi kya kara //But tell me, what should i do
bewafaa  ik baas gaya hai //my bewafaa has taken it over
is dil e baarbaad mein //much to it's[my heart's] ruin

ie I know better than to let this get to me (since your heart should be a pure place that you take care of bc it's where God resides) but I can't help it

Jis ki katir ghar rukaya //for whom i was ready to give up my home
jis ki katir jaan dey //for whom i was ready to give up my life
Meri mayaat ke wo logon //on my mayaat (when someone is on their death-bed, people come to show their respects one last time)
Aya saab ki baad mein //they came after everybody

ie I was ready to give up everything for them, but they put me last, and cared for me less than other people do.

Meri ansoon dekh kar bi //after even seeing my tears
Muskura kai chaal diya//they were able to smile
kuch asar tha ki nahin hai .//it seems like it has made no difference to them
Aab meri faryaad mein //of what I was complaining about

ie It seems now like there is no point to me saying anything bc they don't care that much about me, which is evident by the fact that they are able to smile even while I am in pain.

Cheen liya hai usne //so what if they have stolen
teri zindigi to kya huwa //your life
Fark to hota hai sadik //the difference is that is made
Yaar mein jalad mein //is only by allowing yourself to get burned

ie So what if you are going through a bad point?  Allowing yourself to get "burned" is the only way to feel the difference [ie be able to appreciate being happy] my friend.

 

  A Remix of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's rendition with a random ppt of pictures of Gods.  Doesn't really go with the lyrics, and I prefer the original to the remix, but there it is.





Some other dude singing the song, unremixed.

A friend of mine recently asked me what the point of this blog is.  But not in an accusatory way.  As in, not "this blog is pointless", but more "is there some point I was supposed to be getting?"  And while this started as random rants (my hatred of dolphins, the perfection of the ice in the ER, or IL Exams and the inappropriate thoughts I was having during them), there is also a lot of Bollywood/music randomness (like amusing Afghani rap lyrics, translations to Persian/Indian or old Bollywood songs, or how one random bhangra song seems to be taking over the world).  And while this is keeping in line with being "Bakvaas, Banter, and Random Musings", or atleast the bakvaas part of the list, maybe I'll try to come up with some random point.

There is this hilarious blog called Stuff White People Like that inspired me to make the purpose of this blog a spoof of that, like maybe what law students like.  But unfortunately, I don't think law students seem to like a lot in general, and plus, any list like that would require me spending even more time with people who routinely do things like argue about the day's Con Law class discussion right, delaying taking already-poured shots of tequilla for 20 minutes to discuss the details of affirmative action programs in MI.  

The other option I thought of was writing about places I've found and really come to love around Charlottesville.  This was an especially good idea since I LOVE exploring places, until I realized I was in Charlottesville and that would be a very short list.  In fact, here it is: The dinner menu at The Blue Moon Diner and the food and beer at Beer Run. 

So it looks like random musings it will remain.  Speaking of which, who knew the drive between DC and Cville was so scenic?  I really think I could see myself living in Culpepper.  I'm not sure what they do in Culpepper, but I assume that they need lawyers there too.  

 (http://www.auwirt.info/index.html?/hiking_kitzbuehel.html
)

OK fine, this is not Culpepper, VA.  It's a farm in the Alps.  But still, it vaguely looks like Culpepper, except replace the snowcapped Alps with the BlueRidge mountains, and replace the quaint mountain home with working farms.

 

And this is just some farm in China.  (http://travel.nantou.gov.tw/english/e_Attactions2_1.asp?view=8)