Hello hello dear friends. Today on the blog, we have a very special guest—one that’s been shining down on us (sometimes a little too intensely) for billions of years. That’s right, the ultimate celestial celebrity, the giver of life, the master of all things bright and blazing –
the Sun!.
Let’s go…
Me: Hola old friend, good morning!
Sun: Goooood day, good day! Haven’t seen you around many mornings of late.
Me: Yeah well, the children have grown up, no tiffins to be packed, no bus stop rush, where’s the hurry?
Sun: Tch tch tch.. lazy lazy! I like my routine. Always up, always shining always watching the drama unfold around me.
Me: Drama? What drama?
Heh heh your tiny earth brain wouldn’t begin to understand the cosmic soap opera up here. First there’s Mercury zooming around me like an overexcited puppy, always way too close. Shudders! Then there’s Saturn always twirling, ‘Oooh!!! Look at my rings! Look how I spin!’ And Jupiter’s another show-off, ‘Check out my storms.’ Is that even something to be proud of? Now, if you were Venus — hot and sparkly — maybe. But I’m still the hottest one around! Hah!
Me: So who’s your favourite?
Sun: Fishing eh! For compliments, are we? Fine, I’ll admit it I like your Earth best. I do like its hues but most of all it’s for you tiny earthlings. Dim creatures but most entertaining, I tell you. Running around, making new messes every single day. Hilarious!
Me: Yeah, you do seem to enjoy yourself at our expense—cranking up the heat, watching us squirm. That must be very funny indeed. How about some compassion? People are dying, you know.
Sun: Oh sure, blame me. This is like telling a girl to lose her glamour because men can’t handle it. I should turn it down, because you can’t stop cutting trees? No sir, not happening! I’m not dimming my glitter.
Me: That’s a bit bleak. Cruel, even. Don’t you think?
Sun: Cruel? Nope. I do my job. I rise and I shine. And then I rise and shine in another part of your world. I never ‘set’. I just am.
Me: Doesn’t it get exhausting?
Sun: Nah! Not for me. It’s you guys who need breaks, you need your day and night, you need weekdays and weekends and then you complain about Monday Blues. I just am here, everyday. Best way to beat your Monday blues I say – no holidays at all!
Me: Yikes, no thank you. We love our weekends.
Sun: Well then stop complaining. Honestly, I haven’t seen a more contrary lot. You say I’m ‘too much’ but you keep popping Vitamin D pills. You burn things for energy when I literally send free power to you every day. Just catch it already! You can’t even decide whether I’m good or evil. Make up your minds! Dim! The lot of you.
Me: Okay okay. Let’s talk of something else. How does it feel to be the centre of the universe?
Sun: Sure it’s a lot of pressure. Might be exhausting for some but hey I’m used to it. And I love the attention!
Me: Do you ever get tired?
Sun: Tired? Ha! Do you ever get tired of breathing? I’ve been burning for 4.6 billion years, and I’ve got another 5 billion to go.
Me: Ever wish you could take a break? A little vacation?
Sun: Oh, you’d like that, wouldn’t you? One day without me and bam—your world’s a frozen rock. No plants, no food, no toddler videos. You’d be begging me to come back before lunchtime. Be careful what you wish for.
Me: Uh oh the skies are turning red. Time for you to go.
Sun: You mean time for you to go. Rude, I say. Rotating off in the middle of a conversation. Buh-bye then, take care. Don’t burn out before I do! Heh!! heh!!
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If you enjoyed this interview you might like to check out the ones we did on our other blog with the great poet, playwright William Shakespeare here and an earlier one with Obelix of the Asterix comics fame here.
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I feel attacked by that vit D comment all that free vit D floating around and yet I need to take a tablet every day. We humans are weird. Enjoyed this peppy convo with the sun.
I’ve taken those tablets too. It’s ironical, right?
I enjoyed reading this interview with the sun very much. I would have written more in my comment but what to do… I have been rising before the sun for 3 days in a row now (given that it is Wednesday today) and have been fairly or unfairly busy – physically on Monday and mentally on Tuesday that today I have no energy. I wish to run the fan at speed 5 (because the sun has been shining a bit too much intensely these days), pull over the chaadar and snooze off. Sad thing my brain doesn’t run on solar energy.
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That’s a thought – running brains on solar energy. if only it were possible.
What a hilarious interview! I have to agree with the Sun—we really don’t give him enough credit for his nonstop brightening. But this interview definitely lit me up more than a 45-degree-Celsius scorching day! Loved it, Tulika!
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Aw thank you. It’s touching 42 here too, that when Pune is supposed to have a moderate climate. It’s unbeleivable.
Haha, I loved it Tulika. The sun shines, always. It’s true that! I keep telling my daughter we are all children of the sun and I wouldn’t be surprised if he has responded just like my dad would. Cheekier as always.
Loved your take on us.
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Thanks Jayanthi. We really are children of the sun.
Hilarious! I loved this interview with the sun, and with his glamorous-joker vibe!
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Thanks Shinjini.