an AD MAD world this be, matey!

Everyone has a dream job! Everybody wants to be somebody when they are nobody!...No that's not right, some even dream about having that perfect job after getting a job!...the dream just sorta lives on! its just keeps bubbling inside, waiting for that one chance to burst out!...that chance can be anything, you know...an opportunity...retirement...'fire'ment...recession and all! I want to be a cheese maker, you know! Zamorano.... Bleu de Gex... Castellano... Creme Fraiche... Fontainebleu.... these are what i wanna make! It is kinda practical!...and somewhat challenging too!...But people don't picture me as a wanna be cheese monger!...No!...People from my school wanted me to be a doctor...people from my workspace want me to be silent....people from my college want me to be dead...and people from my society think i should be in advertising. Hmm..i asked them, why?...they said I've a messed up mind...maybe i could get more bucks for its bang!..but then how is it different from what we do everyday?!..yes!...you cant prove me wrong here...We've all been in advertising all our lives....and we've all been successful, most of the times!...I'll give you my example then...in reverse chronological order....First meeting with my PM...Advertising!...had to show him a trailer of my, ahem, GENIUS!...first meeting with my neighbor....Advertising!...had to put across that I'm not someone, you go with, to a bar!...First meeting with the estate agent...Advertising!...had to show him that i can not afford the rent so that the douche would bring it down!....First meeting with the one, the other one, the third one and the perfect one....Advertising!...had to prove that I'm not a jock, not a jackass, not a snob and not a dingus, respectively!...First meeting with the chief warden...Advertising!...Had to show that, yes i did need to keep my laptop with me!...First meeting with the best buddy....advertising!...had to show her that even though i pretend to listen when other's are talking, but when she's saying something i really listen...or i try to!...First meeting with the principal...Advertising!...had to get him to not shove me in with the special wing kiddies!...First meeting with grandpa!...Advertising!...had to promote myself as a 'better product' than my cousins!...and this is what I'm guessing, first meeting with my dad...again Advertising!...had to 'show him' that i was in fact a boy and that how "Shikha" shouldn't quite be my name!....and now my first ad!...when i met my mom....had to show that i was worth the 8 hour labour!..umm...so there you go then!...we're all into show-business!!...some of us just haven't realized it yet!...but don't worry if you haven't...would drive you to the brinks of being paranoid!...just look at what this has done to me!...

Anand