Category: weekly email blast

Samit Sharma

Published April 15, 2018

Good luck, matey!         

That’s what I’ve been saying to myself. I have a test tomorrow, and I should be studying.         

I’ve gotten worse at studying. Like my procrastination beats the hell out of my ability to study. Or that’s what it has been like off late. I’ve been trying to study for my media psychology test tomorrow, and things aren’t going great. But I have all night so fingers crossed.          

In things that have been going great, there’s the fact that I’m Chief of Design for my college fest Detour. My work is gonna be digital as always. I’m pretty excited. Lots of things I wanna do. And now I can.       

Back to things that aren’t going great, there’s my smitten-ness. Not exactly not going great, just not going anywhere. Fingers crossed. Wish me luck, matey. For more reasons than one.       

And now it’s time for my trademark panic stricken last night exam prep.

Cheerio!         

Tis, mate was the Weekly Email Blast, Email 160. Happy weekend !!!

Samit Sharma

Published April 9, 2018

Wooo, matey!       

Not wooing a girl wala woo, but the cheering for your sport team woo. Woo! Because, a) IPL is back, and we don’t ever seem to get bored of cricket and more importantly, b) WrestleMania 34 is only a few hours away!       

(Also Commonwealth games XXI and NBA playoffs but eh).

I haven’t kept up with sports that much, didn’t have time to watch. But I made sure I read about them so I was never outta touch. Especially WWE. I don’t watch wrestling that much anymore but still love the sport.       

I’ll be up at 4:30am watching WrestleMania live, as is tradition. I’m on study leave till Friday, and I’ve done everything but study. I’ve watched a ton of stand up, a ton of movies. My exams begin Friday(the 13th)(~spooky~) and continue till the 20th. I’m excited.       

For the exams and for the 21st. Definitely destressing on the 21st. My exams will be over, plus I’ll be 19. Reason to celebrate. 

Cheerio!        

Tis, mate was the Weekly Email Blast, Email 159. Happy weekend !!!

Samit Sharma

Published April 2, 2018

April, matey !       

I missed my shot at pranking someone this April fools day, but April is here, woohoo. And I also almost forgot the WEB again. Hell.       

But I didn’t forget the WEB, and that’s what’s important. The WEB is 3, matey. Turned 3 years old on Thursday. I’m proud of all the 158 emails I’ve served up over the years.        

A great deal has changed since WEB 1. I went from an iPhone to an iPad to a MacBook. The people I know, hang out with and care about have changed. I’m the same person but also a different person, if that makes sense.        

I destress now, never destressed 3 years ago. (Destressed today afternoon; a little tho, not a lot). (Destressing still means something other than what you’re thinking). And also, I’m smitten! Like never before. There’s little hope but I’m hoping. Wish me luck, matey.       

I finished watching Marvelous Mrs Maisel, it’s great. I love that show, for more reasons than one. Try giving it a watch, it’s 8 episodes of awesome.

Cheerio!       

Tis, mate was the Weekly Email Blast, Email 158. Happy April!

Samit Sharma

Published March 25, 2018

Ai, matey!     

That’s not a greeting that’s Adobe illustrator. My favorite Adobe software on the adobe creative cloud. What’s your favorite software on Adobe CC?        

Is it Lightroom? Cuz Adobe Lightroom is pretty underrated. It’s better than Photoshop, trust me. I love Adobe. I never give them a penny of my money but I love Adobe anyway.       

I’ve spent a lot of this week designing. Nothing physical, all digital design. One of my core competencies. I designed things for my college, and my Curriculum Vitae. My CV was like a 7 hour edit on illustrator. Which is overkill for a one page CV but hey, I like things perfect. Mail back if you want my CV, lol.       

I never said Lol before BMM. I hated it. But I use the term often, it weird. Also involuntary. And speaking of involuntary things, there’s my smitten-ness! It’s still there, getting stronger actually. Wish me luck.       

I started watching Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Prime this week. It’s a great show, I love it. For more reasons than one.

Cheerio!     

Tis, mate was the Weekly Email Blast, Email 157. Happy weekend !!!

Samit Sharma

Published March 19, 2018

Hello matey,     

This is as late as the WEB has ever been. I’d say I was procrastinating but no, this time I almost forgot. Almost. I have good reason tho. Here me out.     

I destressed a lot last night. I was up destressing till 5 in the morning. It was fun, but made me realize a lot of things. Now before you think I’m some sort of freak, let me clear this: ‘destressing’ is a not a metaphor for what you’re thinking. Now let me clear this: I’m not an addict.

I limit myself to destressing once a week. Always with friends and very responsibly. The realization I’ve had tho, has to do with my heart.      

Whenever my heart tries to speak up, I drown it out. It has to do with my smitten-ness. I’m very smitten matey. Felt the same last night, very intensely. And now, my heart won’t shut up.     

This is all very unlike me. I don’t know what to do when feeling feelings. Let alone of this kind. I don’t have a plan of action. I might make one. Might. Wish me luck, matey. I’m gonna need it. 

Ah crap I’m cheesy now.       

Nullis amor est medicabilis herbis.       

Tis, mate was the Weekly Email Blast, Email 156. Cheerio!

Samit Sharma

Published March 9, 2018

I’m back, matey!       

Back to Friday, that is. Homeostasis. The WEB is back to the day it belongs to. Friday, Fri-yay.        Friday still remains my favorite day of the week. Not because Fridays are super eventful but because on Friday you can look forward to the weekend.       

But that’s boring information. I’ll give you interesting information. I’ve spent most of this week listening to music. Partly because I was comparing Apple Music with Amazon prime music. I swore by Apple Music but I love Amazon music’s interface and playlists. Both solid.       

As a result of which, I’ve heard so much more new music. New rock, metal, classic rock, and even Spanish music. My library hit a 1000 songs, I’m proud. I also got back to reading non fiction. Homeostasis indeed.       

Homeostasis in all departments except one. My smitten-ness equation. There’s Greek letters in the math now. It’s weird.

Cheerio!       

Tis, mate, was the weekly email blast, email 155. Happy weekend !!!

Samit Sharma

Published March 4, 2018

Sundae, matey!       

I literally just had one. A lovely chocolate sundae. On my way back from Goa. I had a better weekend than you. I deserved a break after hell week, and I got one.       

As predicted, I was up all night on Thursday. Shooting and editing my psych movie. It was the last project for the term, the last day of hell week. After which I went on an impromptu vacation to Goa.       

Goa was fun, I got to destress. Although it was only 2 nights, it was enough for me to unwind. Goa is the best place to destress. That’s all I can tell you about my vacation.       

Also Friday was holi, which means summer is here. The academic year is gonna slow down. I wouldn’t mind that actually. I need some time away to think and do stuff.       

Lastly, my break allowed me to get a handle on my smitten-ness. It’s good to have something whirring in that department of your brain. Just have periodic checks on it, to ensure status quo.

Cheerio!       

Tis, mate was the Weekly Email Blast, Email 154. Happy weekend !!!

Samit Sharma

Published February 25, 2018

Sunday, matey!       

I prefer sundaes over Sundays but I’ll take whatever I have at this moment. I’ve been delaying the WEB a lot, that’s because projects week is here, and I’m still procrastinating.     

I submitted my video news feature on open spaces yesterday. I’ve presentations tomorrow and on Wednesday and then a movie submission on Thursday. My media psychology movie is supposed to be about the media portrayal of mental health professionals. We’re scripting today. When we’ve to submit on Thursday. BMM people love living close to the deadline.

The movie means at least a couple all nighters this week. I had an all nighter two days ago editing my news feature. I’ve gotten used to staying up all night I guess. It’s not a great thing but comes in handy when you procrastinate a lot.       

My smitten-ness has been kind of under control this week but it’s still pretty loud in my head. I heard this old Hindi song call Dooba Dooba by Silk Route and I love it. Check it out.

Cheerio!       

Tis, mate was the Weekly Email Blast, Email 153. Happy weekend !!!

Samit Sharma

Published February 18, 2018

Delayed, matey!       

I’m talking about this email. It’s delayed, same as most recent WEBs. But that’s okay, as long as they’re reaching your inbox.. I’m happy.       

This past week was a little stressful because of project submissions. Some right before the deadline wala stress, that is all. But I got to ~destress~ last night which was great. Everyone should destress at least once a month. Destressing more often is also cool but isn’t that great for health.       

(100 bucks if you can guess what destress is a metaphor for here.)       

Except for last night things have been in a lull. It’s that time of the year. When the academic year is about to end and you’re busy with academic-y things like projects. I love my projects but otherwise, things are slowing down to a meh.       

Except smitten-ness. That’s an eternal dissonance permanently living in my brain. I’d quite like it if things sped up in that department. Oh please can things please speed up.

Cheerio!       

Tis, mate was the Weekly Email Blast, Email 152. Happy weekend !!!

Samit Sharma

Published February 11, 2018

Yo, matey!       

This weekly email blast is brought to you by exhaustion, procrastination and forgetfulness. Well almost forgetfulness. Always delay but never forget, that’s my motto.

I was at another BMM fest this weekend. It was chaotic but good. Well I’ll be honest with you, it was bad. But some parts were real fun. I write this almost dozing off to sleep between the blinking cursor. Apologies if I don’t make sense.

I saw my first bollywood movie in months this week. It was good. I have to submit 5 projects over the next two weeks. Two movies among them. It’s gonna be mad chaos, and not the fun kind. I’ll be busy as hell.

Which is nice, keeps my mind off smitten-ness.

Cheerio!

Tis, mate was the weekly email blast, email 151. Happy Weekend !!!