Recently, after a very long time, I did an afternoon coffee shop chill session. Which is to say I sat with a couple of friends in a coffee shop in the afternoon, drank lots of coffee, and spoke about the state of the world. Such an arts student thing to do. Which I was (proudly), but that was years ago. The day was good... did my morning run, finished my work (just some e-mails and file downloads), then drove down to Pali Hill for a nice fish lunch, then walked over to a nearby coffee shop for some mid-afternoon coffee.
The place was fully empty and air-conditioned. Both boxes checked, the three of us found a table at the far end of the place and plonked ourselves down. I had an iced Aemericano, another friend had a latte and the third friend had an iced latte.
We spoke about the social media industry, influencers, the state of affairs in the non-profit world, the state of affairs in the film industry, the state of affairs in the brand world, the state of affairs in the stock market... everything. Was transported right back to college days when we would spend hours in the udipi place near college smoking cigarretes and drinking hot chai. Hours would just go by like minutes, and we'd spend our entire days just talking and smoking and drinking chai until midnight. So many days I've left for college at 6 am only to come back at 12 midnight, sleep, wake up at 6 and catch the 6:12 am local again. Now what's different though, is that it's been years since i quit smoking (i don't even reemember how long... maybe 5 or 6 years?) so there was no smoking, just cups of nice americano in an airconditioned cafe with chit-chat.
Also had some very nice ideas about work that we could implement at some point. I'm going to write them all down now in my trusty OneNote. OneNote is such a good invention. Been using it since I started my last job because they gave me a Windows laptop (lol) and it had OneNote preinstalled. Before that i always used Notes. It was a bit of a learning curve but goddamn, the amount of segregation and compartmentalisation that thing offers you is amazing. And it's free. Sometimes the big tech companies really do thoughtful things.
Anyway, there was also a cab strike. Which meant very little traffic on the roads. The strike was about an increased base fare for the ride hailing app drivers. It's painful to drive on Mumbai roads, so I really have major respect for anyone doing that for a living. Then again most people using these apps are middle class office goers who cannot do trains or metros for long periods of time, so the strike kind of screwed them over mainly. And if the prices do go up, again, they'll be the first ones getting screwed.
Back to the coffee place. At one point we were sitting and discussing ideas for some campaign, and it really felt like we were brainstorming after college hours on a BMM project. Haha. Back in college, i despertely wanted college to end so that i could dive into work and finally earn my own money, and now that it's been 17-odd years working and earning money, i'm thinking back on those days and how carefree we used to be.
Goddamnit I hope this is not what the onset of a mid-life crisis looks like.
So much shit is happening in the world right now. It's almost too much to take. The internet is full of talk about the epstein files. I've watched the documentary like 3 times already. I feel like a lot of this new information that just surfaced would've made the docu a more compelling watch (not that it isn't already). Maybe they should do a part 2. Actually, they definitely should. So much shit has just surfaced. So many important people are in it. Some guy also did a cool thing where he uploaded the entire first release of e-mails as a Gmail inbox and put it up on a website.
Someone put up a photo of Epstein walking on a street in Israel. But there were multiple claims that it was AI generated. What's AI and what's real nowadays is so difficult to tell.
In better news, Winter Olympics also started yesterday. We're going to keep a close eye on the developments and report as much as we can.
Lots to do this month. Valentine's Day is onnn. Lots of other days also. This blog has now become like a stream-of-consciousness diary for me where i just come and log everything that's happened or is happening or will happen. But it's nothing special. It's a blah log. Or a blog. Lol. Blolg? Ok bye, going to play Fifa 26.
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