Mr. Bunbury

An introduction to Mr. Bunbury to the less literate people; in the play 'The Importance of Being Ernest' by Oscar Wilde, he is an invalid friend of Algernon who haves an extraordinary bad health and conveniently gets sicks and require Algernon's company when the latter have some business to be avoided. Not surprising considering the facts that Mr. Bunbury did not exist in real life and merely an invention by Algernon.

Also in the play, Algernon defines Bunburyist as people who had made up a fictional character of their care so that they can easily get out of a commitment or responsibilities. It is a type of con.

I am a master of Bunburyist myself, trained by the days i answered the home phone when some trivial person wants to talk to my mom, who happens to be a master Bunburyist herself and my mentor in the art. At first detailed back-story was needed to be briefed but over time, i learned to made something up as i go without really needing any preparation.

Artful dodging especially by mere conversation have been a fascination for me. The reason why i like watching lawyer shows and why i think i am more suited in being a lawyer than what i am set to be now. Throwing smoke screens with words, buying time before some real substance and strategy materialize.

i noticed that i developed a manner of conversation which are somewhat vague and ambiguous and which are open to the the interpretation of others without committing to one or the other. in most cases the opponent would assume that i actually agree with him/her. but it is a double edged sword, especially during some oral test cause i cant seem to get straight to the point(it does not applies to an interview where character and communication skill are tested instead of key points).

For the later part of this post, i would further simplify the use of Bunbury as a verb to describe avoiding responsibilities and commitment in a device to tell my story today.

I have been Bunburying the whole day and as i typed the letters of this post i was supposed to be studying for exam, even more so because i made a mano-a-mano battle out of it. if i do lose(which would be my own laziness fault) the eardrums of mine and the approximate in radius 10m will vibrates profusely causing enough heat to cause physical damage, severe pain and the lost of their elasticity thus our hearing.

before this post was in motion, i was just finished reading the play aforementioned earlier. subsequently, literature become a subject of a skype conversation which were the actual immediate incident before this blog post.

the love for literature is disregarded during college. i do reads some literature now n then but there is no intellectual discussion about the subject afterwards. It is such a shame for my critics, interpretation and thoughts which are plentiful to remain unheard.

Certain other obligations like studies etc and a number of variable and trivial distractions limits the time to actually read. i have to Bunbury through a 3 act play. (please ignore the fact that if i did not Bunbury for the distractions i would have finished the whole anthology).

in high school i am always excited for english period especially if the teacher is teaching literature for the day. i would contribute the most in those discussion. we miss those days thus the idea for a book club transpires. where we would commit(to one book) and have deep meaningful conversation(about the book).

in an alternate reality, i am an English major student in one of the Ivy League, most probably in same lectures as Emma Watson, lying on the parks ground reading my assignment when someone approaches....