I don't know why I write this

A small write-up written during the initial days of Covid lockup

First, let me introduce myself (or what I could give out as public info). I’m a teen whose life would be as great as any other teenager in the world (confusing, that is). I’m not crazy over any namby-pamby girly stuff like-you know-what though I’m a girl. I’m neither a huge fan of cartoon serials nor a movie buff. However I do love junk food. Give me an ice-cream any day and I’ll finish it clean in seconds (P.S. I prefer chocolate flavor if you please) I do average in my studies but I really hate my second language. (Please don’t tell my Hindi teacher!) The language is so confusing (No offense to Hindi speakers) that I really wish it could be replaced by Greek mythology classes or something like that.

Oh! And speaking of Greek mythology, I forgot to say a very crucial point about myself. I’m a bibliophile. In other words, I just love books. No, scratch that out. I’m head over heels with fictional books. I’m a Potterhead (a Harry Potter fan) and a Demigod (a Percy Jackson fan). My list of other books-to-read consists of the Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins), Trials of Apollo, Magnus Chase, Kane Chronicles (all 3 by Rick Riordan), 39 clues series, Maze runner (James Dashner), Inkheart trilogy (Cornelia Funke)..... Well you get the idea, don’t you?

I could write another 5 pages on the books I want to read but we’ll stop here for your sake, alright? Now you might ask me why I’m writing this. Heck, I don’t know! Don’t look at me like that. Its lockdown isn’t it? It’s magnificently boring. I even lost track of how many days I’ve been stuck here like Rapunzel in that dark creepy tower (Why are you laughing? I am seriously not expecting any prince to rescue me from this lockdown by the way) without any hardcopy books. My father has promised me that I could read all the books I want (in PDF format of course. Duh! ) provided I write an article or do something productive. So here I am sitting with a pen, bleeding out words on the paper. I asked myself why anyone would want to read a teen’s article?

Fortunately for myself, I have an answer. What are you, my dear friend (or uncle/aunty) going to do during this lockdown? Probably a routine that goes like this: Get up at 10:00 (AM not PM), brush your teeth, eat, take a bath (or do you have to really bathe?), French fries, read, take care of annoying kids / siblings, French fries, Instagram, YouTube, French fries, WhatsApp, eat and French fries. OK, I was just adding French fries to see if you were paying any attention. Besides I’m hungry. Geez, now I know how Ares (Greek God of War) felt when he was held captive by the twin giants in a huge jar. But at least we have food, internet privileges, books, etc. I think we should consider ourselves lucky and thank our gods for the books-. Sorry, got distracted, where was I? Yeah, for uh, the stuff we have. Oh! I forgot to add the most important thing to that list: Duct tape! With a roll of duct tape, you can fix almost anything. And talking about fixing, I still have to fix that light bulb in the attic….. G2g!