The truth is never far behind, you keep it hidden well...
I think things like our passwords can tell a lot about us.
First is the matter of the password itself. The literal meaning, the area it draws from, its connect in our lives. It can be quite telling about our moods and swings.
And then our behaviour with our passwords. People who have the same password for forever and people who change their passwords every fortnight. At the obvious rational level, this behaviour tells us about peoples varied security needs. How some people take security for granted and others may be paranoid. At a sublime level about peoples need for stability, change avoidance etc. Given that their lives may be changing at what seems to them to be an alarming pace.
There are people who are liberal with their passwords and people who would guard their passwords with a passion similar to that of the black cads. Cover the keyboard, look over their shoulder, a sight which is quite amusing. Maybe correlated with their willingness/ unwillingness to share their lives with others, or maybe a need for attention, to be drawn out.
Ok back to the word in the password. My passwords for one are normally titles of songs. Titles which mostly tell a tale. My first password and a password which stuck for a long time was ontopoftheworld. Yup that is the way I felt. From there it moved to comfortablynumb. A song I hadn't even heard. Then there were Iamabarbie girl, asmallworld, mannkilagan all of which enjoyed brief stints. And then for a longish time it has been lemontree. Why lemontree? Well the inspiration is fool's gardens single. What gets me is the upbeat tone on this otherwise mopey number. That's me for now. (Sidenote: when you read the lyrics sing along for the upbeat tone)
I'm sitting here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time, I got nothing to do
I'm hanging around, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder
I wonder how I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
Ok onto another thing . Which can again quite tell our lives, moods and swings - cellphone wallpapers.
And so telling the past six months through my motorazor.
First is the matter of the password itself. The literal meaning, the area it draws from, its connect in our lives. It can be quite telling about our moods and swings.
And then our behaviour with our passwords. People who have the same password for forever and people who change their passwords every fortnight. At the obvious rational level, this behaviour tells us about peoples varied security needs. How some people take security for granted and others may be paranoid. At a sublime level about peoples need for stability, change avoidance etc. Given that their lives may be changing at what seems to them to be an alarming pace.
There are people who are liberal with their passwords and people who would guard their passwords with a passion similar to that of the black cads. Cover the keyboard, look over their shoulder, a sight which is quite amusing. Maybe correlated with their willingness/ unwillingness to share their lives with others, or maybe a need for attention, to be drawn out.
Ok back to the word in the password. My passwords for one are normally titles of songs. Titles which mostly tell a tale. My first password and a password which stuck for a long time was ontopoftheworld. Yup that is the way I felt. From there it moved to comfortablynumb. A song I hadn't even heard. Then there were Iamabarbie girl, asmallworld, mannkilagan all of which enjoyed brief stints. And then for a longish time it has been lemontree. Why lemontree? Well the inspiration is fool's gardens single. What gets me is the upbeat tone on this otherwise mopey number. That's me for now. (Sidenote: when you read the lyrics sing along for the upbeat tone)
I'm sitting here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time, I got nothing to do
I'm hanging around, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder
I wonder how I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
Ok onto another thing . Which can again quite tell our lives, moods and swings - cellphone wallpapers.
And so telling the past six months through my motorazor.
Cool Quotient, November 05
cq
Warm Heart, December 05
wa
ImPerfect Harmony, Goa 05/06
Blissfully Bored, January 06
Switch, April 06
PS: Am so off to change my password.
PSS: It was a technological challenge for me to transfer these pictures onto my laptop. Three cheers to small victories.
posted by lemontree @ 2:18 PM
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PSS: It was a technological challenge for me to transfer these pictures onto my laptop. Three cheers to small victories.
Felt much the same the first time I managed to hook my laptop to the 'net via the cellphone -- without needing to holler for the husband :-)
A few friends have trusted me with their passwords on occasions. Passwords do tell a lot about their lives. On another note, my accounts have been hacked soooo many times. It's not like they were simple passwords or anything, and I wonder what people find so interesting about me. Anyway, i decided i needed a regular change of passwords. So, everytime i have a new crush, my passwords change :D...
What an insight! Now i'm wondering about all the passowrds i've ever had. During post grad, i even had bloodyhell! as my passowrd. Wonder what was that all about! And why!
By the way, in related developments, i'm in Delhi for 3 weeks :D
Nice. Passwords do tell a lot, sometimes I do wish that I knew the passwords that a few people used. Hmmm.
I love the song, Lemontree... especially the line which goes, 'Nothing ever happens'! :)
I find people's online names interesting, too.
so true!
my oldest account...hotmail has the name my oldest friend's baby...who's yet to be born though!
another is a dish my mom cooks best.
yet another is my dog's name.
...all the things i miss.
oh and not to forget, my office mail password... it's YUCK.
:)
nm.
sue: :) and there was no husband around here to holler or otherwise so there was a lot of "i need these for work , NOW" bullshiting with colleagues
seashells: crushes and passwords . dont remind me of that. those i the ones i carefully avoided mentioning here!
vij: "bloodyhell"- awesome. call when u r here and hopefully we will meet up at probably chocola!
primal: and sometimes i try and guess other peoples passwords hoping to find a clue about me there. but nothing ever happens ... ;)
goldenibb: me too. they are like an identity we give ourselves , which is not constrained by any worldly truths
nm: hon, i am curious and jealous of oldest friend unborn baby. the rest is fine.
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True n very interesting insight....never gave it any thought untill now -i have had the same pass word for the longest time and same for all purposes....whenever the comp asks you after a certain time to change it oh god i hate it and usually only change the numerics......Also cellphones mine usually last as long as they are not completely broken.......
Came here via Vij's. Love the Imperfect harmony shot from Goa:)
rock: hey long time both in the virtual and real world. welcome back! and i somehow would have guessed your having the same password ;)
shilpa: i love that shot too. its on route from bombay to goa in the general compartment. why is another story . btw welcome to my space
well observed, my dear lemon. passwords and user names - so teling!
although i once had "dixiechicks" as a password. ask me to name one song they've sung, or any country song for that matter, and you'll draw a blank. maybe it has a deeper sub conscious sort of meaning...
nice pics. i liked blissfully bored for some reason. tried to read the words. picked up "pizza hut" there somewhere. what were you reading?
truly... passwrds do spk a lot abt da present of da person or wteva is on their minds...
mine is related 2 my guy n hv added "cheats" 2 it.. coz i think dt he is cheating on me.. lol
My passwords arise out of the moment I am changing passwords, so I don't give it much thought. Like once, when I was changing passwords, that song by Uncle Kracker was playing. So it was FollowMe for the longest time. Then one of my psychopath serial killer boyfriends (now ex) got hold of it (how? I told him, simp that I am). So I changed it. I try not to be predictable. And since I have about five different conversations going on at the same time on different cylinders, it's not too difficult.
pink: dixiechicks hehehehehe. that book there is "one night @ call center by chetan bhagat" a 4 hour easy read which i stretched over some 2 weeks but never mind
preyanca: i cant agree more with you on the passwords. that one word seems to be a private dairy almost:). btw welcome to my space
jenn: hey! the coolest thing me thinks is that even when we dont give them (passwords) so much thought , they any which way tell a story
heheh.. thank u... for considering me being honest and upfront on my blog... well... i m very candid even in real life. mostly, in your face types...
i do turn double faced as well at times, coz , dude, i m human 2....
but mostly
i stick 2 being just myself and honest...
and this has brought me amazing rewards like my love... from seven seas across...
read my blog for more details... lol
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Very interesting points brought up about passwords. I realized that some of the passwords you mentioned were about 'you', describing a state of mind you are in at that moment or in that phase. All of my passwords are about people in my life. What a great thought to think about on a sunday afternoon...
preyanca: cheers to the honesty that you allow yourself :)
pink: came, saw and loved!
sines: interesting. self centric vs others. btw thanks for coming by and commenting on a post which seems to be too old already ;)
Long time since you posted?
you don't post something new in the next 12 hours and you're going to have a very bored, very strong punjabi woman to wrestle off your neck!!!!
the threat of violence is clearly not working with you.
ok, if you don't post something in the next 24 hours, i will stop visiting your blog forever!!!!!
now get down to it.
hey pink. come back. please. pretty please.
This was such an interesting read. Ive never thought of people's passwords, or really even my own before. I keep it simple, always have, and it is the name I would give to my son...if ever I have one.
willowtree: hey welcome to my space. haven't come across another tree on the net before :)
so son's name, interesting and you have me guessing .
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