Monday, March 19, 2007

Droll, this.

It's amusing to see how most people manifest their deepest desires in the name of their email id. So we have their names with incredible adjectives that pronounce them as marvelous creatures with astounding attributes and breathtaking beauty. They are suddenly transformed into wonder women and charming chaps, with enviable elements of enthralling traits.

Also, the ones who want to make a statement, or assert their individuality. There is a basic desire in almost all humans to follow the crowd or stand out in it. So we have people desiring the fantastic and expressing them through their email ids. It comes as a bolt from the blue at times, when you've known someone for a while, and then when you read their email id, it comes as a surprise when you see them describing themselves.

Then there are the ones who use the names of their idols, who are worshipped in terms of exterior appearance (again) or some other desirable quality they happen to possess and our friend yearns for. So they are part of their email id. Wishing to live someone else's life is common, and apparent in younger years, where you copy others to feel better about yourself. But it gets deviously concealed later. The deceptive veil is cunningly worn, and most are fooled.

Suppressed aspirations surface in strange ways.

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