ABOUT ME
This was 2005:
The things I like.
I like the way the whole world smells after a heavy rain and I like the way the sun reflects off of a rain puddle. That feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you finally meet someone after a long time and that other feeling, the one you can only say in French, which makes you feel as if this moment has happened before. I adore the way puppies play with themselves and the way their mothers gently grab them by the scruff of their necks. The Catcher in the Rye. The feeling of completion that you get after you’ve just finished a good book. The soft strumming of a guitar played by one who knows what he’s doing. The smell of pinecones. The taste of strong coffee and chocolate, not the very sweet kind. The feeling of soft skin against the tips of your fingers, that make you feel like you’re touching velvet. Short hair on girls, long hair on guys. A nickname given and spoken lovingly. The way people’s eyes light up when they talk about someone they love. Spiders. To Kill a Mockingbird. Rainfall. Days when you can just sit beneath the covers and drink something hot. Lost in Translation.
The things I don’t.
The smell of sweat and frying fish. I don’t like it when people are self-centered and think only of themselves. I more than dislike people who try to fake their way through life, I hate them. The way music has been turned into something that you just dance to, instead of being an expression of yourself. I don’t like the way people go through life thinking only of money and pleasures. Books about war. Change. Unrequited love. Fat women in skimpy clothes. Skinny women in skimpy clothes. Babies who cry all the time. Children whose only purpose in life is to destroy everything in their sight. The numbness in your fingers after they have been in the cold too long. Big crowds. Tobacco and the people who chew them, only to spit them out disgustingly. Mucus. People who think they’re better than you at everything, even life. People who stab you in the back. Open-mouthed gum chewing. Frayed friendships.
This was 2008:
The things i like.
Chris Marker. Sociology. A sunny day with powdery snow on the ground. Nostalgia. Long hair. Hands with long fingers and fine nails. People who are free with themselves. Free will. The Velvet Underground. Music music music. Cinematography. Wishes. Camus’s The Stranger. Calvin and Hobbes. Edward Gorey and Albrecht Durer. People whose style comes from the Salvation Army. Bob Dylan. Poetry and the people who read them. Intelligent people with original thoughts. Movies and music videos. Marijuana. Derrida, Appadurai, Pavlov, Fredric Jameson. Arundhati Roy. Satyajit Ray. Gus Van Sant. Love.
The things i don’t.
Complacent ignorance. The Bush Administration. Imperialism, capitalism and globalization. The United Nations. Jingoism. Wilco. People who have enough but pretend like they don’t. De ja vu. People with a bloated sense of self. Shellfish including but not limited to oysters and clams. Prawn and shrimp too. Period novels. People who laugh at you to hurt you. Bullies. Hurting others, mostly unintentionally. When you realise you don’t love someone. When you realise that time has passed. When you realise that things have changed. People who refuse to accept that their poetry is shitty. Overdone innuendos. Hypocritical preaching. Religious fundamentalists. Religion. Robinson Crusoe. People who don’t think. Love.
This is 2010:
I am a liar.
(think about this statement)
My name is Pranaya SJB Rana. I am from Kathmandu, Nepal, though am currently in my second year at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. I study literature, creative writing, film and philosophy.
I am a graduate of St Xavier’s School (Godavari and Jawalakhel) and Rato Bangala School. Before coming to the US, I worked as a reporter for the Nepali Times (link) and a feature writer for WAVE Magazine (link). A search on their respective websites should yield an ample amount of my work.
I am currently editor for VENT (link), a web-based magazine.
I like to read. Albert Camus, Haruki Murakami and Kurt Vonnegut are among my favorite writers. I like to watch films, Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker and Satyajit Ray are among my favorite filmmakers. I like to stand behind my words, much in the tradition of Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn and Arundhati Roy.
Find me on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pranaya.rana
Email me at pranaya (dot) rana (at) gmail (dot) com
i like unrequited love.
i think i’ve told you already.
maybe it was after you posted this on fb.
hmmm..
tara tara
July 22, 2009 at 9:41 AM
….I don’t like the way people go through life thinking only of money and pleasures.
People who think they’re better than you at everything, even life…..
and everything else.
This could be a frighteningly accurate account of my list too, except, I love babies, even when they’re crying.
Myself
September 26, 2009 at 12:32 AM
beautifully written!
zinta
October 13, 2009 at 2:38 PM
thank you.
thinkinink
October 13, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I must say…..I fell in love wid ur ideas n writeups…..wil b chasin u around…..for further more…
fel in lov
April 12, 2010 at 2:22 AM
thank you. chase me around all you want.
Pranaya
April 12, 2010 at 9:22 AM
i remember reading the one in 2005, one of our first assignments for lang. and i remember your lumpy huge letters on lined paper
clearwaterbarefeet
June 18, 2010 at 10:31 PM
Nice to read the above “About me”…There is indeed a nice growth in some five years….The views and words are arranged so perfectly that it creates an impression…about what were you, your growth and what are you right now…
Impressive
S
July 7, 2010 at 1:29 AM
thanks.
Pranaya
July 7, 2010 at 6:01 PM
you’ve got your-self another follower. I wish i cud write like you do!
Y
September 28, 2010 at 1:21 PM
shucks.
i thought we’d get along famously (at least as semi-anonymous blog buddies) but then you say you don’t like wilco.
shame! ; )
nepaliketi
March 28, 2011 at 5:05 AM
this is the only wilco i like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhm27uXG6bg
Pranaya
March 28, 2011 at 10:10 AM
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seguro online
April 1, 2011 at 5:40 AM
Hi there,
I have just sat for my SLC and while waiting for the result, I have started a blog. Please do take a few minutes to visit my blog at http://krantikarki.wordpress.com.
I am also rolling out short stories in my blog like you although I take forever to write one.
Can we please exchange our links in our blogrolls?
Thank You
Chitij Karki
Chitij Karki
May 18, 2011 at 9:24 AM
I wonder how you are in real life… if I meet you as a person.
raingirl
July 6, 2011 at 3:46 PM
come say hi sometime.
Pranaya
July 7, 2011 at 5:14 AM