Hey guys, I am back again. What? You don’t remember me? How can you forget a cute little creature like me? I am Pricky, the cactus. Its been almost a year since my last gyan and I am excited to see that you all are still alive. To be honest, I am excited for everything. It is in my soul. If you would spell out the word P-R-I-C-K-Y, you would hear E-X-C-I-T-E-M-E-N-T. But it looks like your mantras like ‘Go Corona, Corona Go’ are working, or is it my lecture about hope that is keeping you alive?
Anyways, since you are alive let’s talk some sense. Ha ha, just kidding. You should never take me seriously. I am a little plant who just have feelings. How can I talk sense with brainy people like you all? A lot of things have changed since last year. I can see that my master is less afraid now. He doesn’t wear mask all the time and sanitize the veggies. He has promoted greetings from the post of wireless handshakes to physical hugs. But what is important to me is that he has stopped taking those Vitamin C pills for building immunity. All I can say that he is less stupid now. Fear makes you stupid and do stupid things. Though less stupid, he is still an Idiot!
Oh C’mon! You know the difference between stupid and idiot. Stupidity is doing senseless things knowing that they are senseless. A person develops it due to circumstances. But idiocy is natural. Doing senseless things without being aware of them is Prickypedia’s definition of idiocy, and my master is prime example of being an Idiot. My destiny has decided to put an extraordinary smart creature like me with idiots having high IQ. But I’m relieved now as my master has left for Kolkata, and I am with my aunt now. I am happy, as she is much cooler. Let me tell you a story from my childhood. Back then, I had a friend. His name was Marijuana. We both were Chuddy Buddies. Yeah, Dalai Bro too. You guys have a very sharp memory. So, I and Marijuana used to chill around in the hot bleaching heat of the desert. But one day my clan members caught me with him, and told me that he was a bad company. I insisted to play with him, so they got angry and finally sent me away in a little pot. I had never met him through all these years. However, my aunt had brought some dried body parts of my old friend, rolled it into a paper and smoked it. When the smoke reached my little nostrils, I could smell his old striking fragrance. It was indeed him. I could also have figured that out through the scene, which I saw after half an hour of the incident. She could not stop laughing. He had always been the class clown, always making people laugh. He had not changed even a little bit.
Ok guys. It is time to drop the atom bomb now. I am engaged. I fell in love with a pink rose and proposed to her. Guess what? She said yes. I am going to be married on April 1st. Remember that date? Right! I got you again. How can you forget that I am an attention whore and I can do anything for it! Ok let me tell the truth. Pinky promise, I am going to tell only the truth now. I have a crush. No, I am in love. No, I am her best friend. Oh guys, I am so confused. She is so pretty and I can’t stop thinking about her. Her name is Tulip. She is from Netherlands. Yes, your brother has gone international now. Her violet complexion doesn’t let me sleep these days. She is everything I had ever dreamt of. I want her slim, tender and flexible stems to be wrapped around my body and then I would …… Naughty! You people might have visualized the wildest of thoughts. Keep calm humans! I am a plant. I don’t need to get naked for love like you all. And I’m already naked by the way. So I just want to romance with her, kiss her sexy neck and get lost in her hypnotizing fragrance. Yes, I have become Romeo-Pricky now.
Anyways, Romeo reminded me of Shakespeare. He once said, What’s in a name? I strongly believe that he made this line deliberately for me. My name literally has Prick in it. But guys believe me, I am a very well-mannered person. I am Keanu Reeves in terms of manners. But these serious keywords like well-behaved, civilized, mannered etcetera, etcetera are only formed by you and so do their definitions. Prickypedia doesn’t have space for these words. And when I boasted earlier about my mannerism, I didn’t consider your views on this matter. I am smart and young enough to make my own opinions. You humans put up well-ironed expensive suits and call yourselves civilized. Trust me you look fancy not civilized. Does following rules make you civilized, or behaving in a sophisticated way make you one? I guess they do not. People who make rules might go against themselves someday but people like me do not. We have only one rule; breaking the rules, and we do it by all heart. Therefore, I leave it onto your conscience to decide who is civil and well behaved.
What should we talk about now? Politics? Nah. You know that already sucks. Now some of you hypersensitive people might put some comments for being such an irresponsible person. You would blame me for barking on social media and doing nothing in real life. Hain na? See, Prickypedia says that politics is the study of policies, and as I said earlier, I do not care about them. I prefer leaders over politicians. I prefer humans over pigs. Oopsy, what I have said? I fear that I might land up in jail. Sorry politicians, I was lying. Touché! Okay I might have exaggerated a bit but you got what I was trying to say right? Although I am not a comedian, but still I am afraid that my jokes would drive me to danger someday.
Career? You don’t want me to get started on this topic? Fine I will start then. I am a prick, what to do. So what do you think career is? I mean, I have heard so many people saying that they would try to focus on it, but I don’t think it is what they mean. A good observant, which I am by the way, would say what they really mean is to focus on their jobs. But, are jobs your career, or you want something more? I cannot tell you that. You have to accept the fact yourself. You know the truth because you might have questioned yourself earlier and got the answer too. It is time to accept the answer now. If you are looking up to me for some support, let me tell you straight that I have no idea about this whole thing. I am a stupid cactus who thinks spending his life with Tulip would be his career. Wait, why cannot it be one?
Some people think that love and career are two different paths. They think that they have to choose one. It is not like that. You can choose love and still follow your career, and I do not mean job. Love nourishes your dreams like sunlight and water nourish plants. It helps you get closer to yourself and helps you figure out the thing you truly desire. And the other path, again your dreams and not your career, leads you only towards love. So it is not about choosing which path among the available. It is about finding the right path. And I am sure you will find love and dreams on that path. Do not get upset, if you will not find them early. Have patience. I know you have so much because you waited for almost a year to hear Pricky’s lecture.