As much as I was known for laughing with my mouth closed in the early stages of my life, I am well known for laughing out loud, literally, now. My brother mocks me that I laugh like the devil (the full throat sound thing) but my niece and nephew always find my laugh as a reason to laugh loud and giggle ;). So there goes my worst and best critics. And when we three friends get together in Bangalore, well, all hell breaks loose and someone noticing us from far away might think of us as asylum cases, because all three of us laugh so loudly and we would never care. But yesterday while watching the கடல் movie in the theater, only myself and the so called calmer friend (who does start the joke...but has the ability to laugh silently or have a plain face after telling it) laughed so much that we nearly pissed off the guys sitting on either side of us. The movie was so terrible (except for some brilliance in some places) that we sat there mocking it and laughing on our own much to the chagrin of the people nearby. The 'big' old man sitting on the side of my friend just gave up hope after some time. But the other guy sitting beside me, almost went to the extent of not being anywhere remotely near me..so as to say that he almost sat on his friend or at least on the arm rest dividing him and his friend. I never thought I frightened anyone like that with my laugh. But yesterday I did that too :).. Yippeee!!!
If we had our other friend also then it would have been much more fun.
At times I do feel a little bit odd to be the only one who does laugh loud, but that is something I had started doing some long time back as a conscious decision because I had this habit of closing my mouth with a cloth while laughing. When you really feel like laughing whole heartily that kind of habit is very annoying. But I did that for a long time. And later I really felt that I had had enough of my silent laughing. So I had to really make it a very very conscious thing to not do that and break that mold. Now even though it is annoying (to others) I hardly feel the need to curb it. It feels very relaxing. And come on, after all these years, I think I have earned the right to laugh as I please haven't I ;)
One quote which relates to me in this aspect from a book I read:
“And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
If we had our other friend also then it would have been much more fun.
At times I do feel a little bit odd to be the only one who does laugh loud, but that is something I had started doing some long time back as a conscious decision because I had this habit of closing my mouth with a cloth while laughing. When you really feel like laughing whole heartily that kind of habit is very annoying. But I did that for a long time. And later I really felt that I had had enough of my silent laughing. So I had to really make it a very very conscious thing to not do that and break that mold. Now even though it is annoying (to others) I hardly feel the need to curb it. It feels very relaxing. And come on, after all these years, I think I have earned the right to laugh as I please haven't I ;)
One quote which relates to me in this aspect from a book I read:
“And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
