Monday, 21 March 2011

So it begins

I know.....I know. I'm late and have procrastinated endlessly in starting this blog. Someone smarter in my position would have made the most of his fan following and started a blog a long time ago. But in my defense, I was waiting. Waiting for replies from papers and websites. Unfortunately, some didn't reply back, some did but didn't have space for me, and for some I'm still waiting. As it's said "it's in the pipeline". 

But why should I starve the readers, hence the blog. These are interesting times and weird things have been happening around me, probably the best time to write about my life. The good thing about a blog is that, just like Navjyot Singh Siddhu's mouth I can go rampant without any reins on me. I can say things like fuck, bullshit and son of a cockroach without being edited out with no word limit and no deadline to submit an article. I can take names, and I can call people names. I can write whenever I want and not necessarily on a Monday. I can post photos of models waiting in long audition lines or of them making out backstage. The only bad thing, I won't be paid, and I was so used to being paid to write, writing for free was something which didn't come naturally. (another reason for the delay in starting this blog)


I'm surprised how easy it is to blog these days. Years ago in 2005, when I first started my blog all the formatting had to be done in html, and now everything is as simple as the next click. I remember having spent so much time in the formatting of my blog, figuring out html codes that by the end I barely wrote anything. 


It's been 79 days since I've written anything apart form the odd mail and my name on the audition placard, so my brain and my hands are not moving as fast as they used to. A couple of days of regular blogging and I should be back to writing like my regular self. The amount of work I did in in these 79 days, I probably didn't do as much in the 8 months before that. The amount of money I earned, was the most I've ever till now. Thanks to one big commercial, which saw me shooting on the 31st Dec, 1 and 2nd Jan. Though the cheques are yet to come in, and I really hope they do soon. 

More tomorrow. Ciao. 

13 comments:

Jinal said...

finalllyyyyyyyyyy.....back from hibernation yohooo.....I am so happy :D
reconnecting again after so many days...errrr months feels nice :)

potterfanatic said...

:D -- Thats for getting to read your writing again after "79" days...
Looking forward to more blogs.

PS: Please a give us hint to the big commercial.

Aayushi Mehta said...

Yaayyy! Welcome back, dude! I for one hadn't read as much of you as I would have liked to, having discovered you just sometime before you stopped writing for HT. So this is great. Looking forward to reading this blog.
And congratulations on earning like never before :)

Dhwani said...

and finally we get to see you!! :D :D :D
do you know how nice it feels to see your writings once again??
and when are you telling me what commercial that was...???

vjs said...

LL you can monetize your blog . Great to have you back and yes you can write more freely !
If your friends share your blog on FB then soon your readership would exceed that of HT in Mumbai !

Unknown said...

so good to see you... finally!!!

what commercial? break the suspense!

Anonymous said...

The Best part about the Blog was
1) You
2) U getting money
3) U saying More tomorrow. :D
That is good!

Abhiman said...

Hi Lo'lad. Its very good to read your experiences once again.

Seriously : Have you given scriptwriting a shot ?

Thanks.

Abhiman said...

BTW, I'm Abhishek Diwvedi D from FaceBook.

BookchatterNik said...

Hey great to c u back !! I didnt know abt ur blog till late !! U shud definitely inform ur other followers on facebook ! Nyways Looking forward to more insights N more news abt ur big breaks !!! ;) ;)

Dimple kalani said...

hi dear its a relife to see(read)u back...seriously looking forward to read some kick ass stuff,like i used to in the beginning of ur column.my best wishes always with u.b regular and dont make a dissapearing act...love always,

Niyati Joshi said...

Lokhandwala Lad!!!
It is SO awesome to finally be able to read you again! Honestly, I subscribed to HT because you were writing in Cafe and then you just stopped! Not fair!
This is indeed a pleasure but it'll only be so if you do write regularly (No pressure :P)

You seriously do write amazingly well and I actually just had one request:
isn't it better if you just revealed yourself (I really don't want to keep wondering who you are with everything that you write about) and I'm guessing there's no contract-vontract restricting you, right?

Please please please write more (again no pressure :P)! Looking forward to a kickass blog and amazing reading times!!

Cheers!

Unknown said...

stiillllllll waiting for ur next blog!:'(