Of Procrastination, Blasphemy, Dares and Shopping

I've been feeling real lazy lately, so much so that blogging actually seems like a chore (okay sacrilege, blasphemy n all that but i don't really care). Anyway, i've been feeling a little guilty about that, so i'm gonna write a reeeaaaaal long entry today (or i'll try real hard at least). And since i don't really have anything to write about in particular, it's gonna be long-winded, boring, disjoint ramblings. So you've been warned.

My uncle's wedding is coming up in july. So people at home have been shopping like there's no tomorrow. I never thought i'd say this, but i'm a little sick of shopping now. I flatly refused to accompany mum today for what must be the millionth shopping trip in the last couple of weeks.

I really enjoyed the first 3-4 days of shopping, mainly because all my stuff was bought then. :-p
I bought 3 saris, beeaaaauuuutiful all of them. And yes i'll spare you, i'm not gonna describe them in minute detail, though i'm extremely tempted to do so. Tell you what, i'll describe them in a footnote, so you have the option of not having to read it. I also bought a lovely pair of very delicate sandals, and gave a salwar kurta for stitching. So basically i have lots of very pretty new clothes AND a new pair of shoes. :-D

What actually made me nearly lose my mind was the marathon jewellery shopping that happened yesterday. We left home at 12 noon and came back at 8 in the night! 8 frikkin hours! Dad was sick by the end of it, i started cribbing at about 3 o' clock (which resulted in mum asking dad to buy me something. Now i'm the proud owner of a very pretty pair of star shaped gold earrings. They're tiny and extremely classy), and mum had a lovely time all through.

Another thing which i thought i'd never say (what do you know, it's been a week of revelations), but i'm quite sick of going out everyday. I haven't been home a single day (well except for today) ever since i got back from Ooty. If it's not shopping, it's meeting up with friends, watching movies, eating out and well just hanging out in general. And now i'm heartily sick of the whole thing. I'm gonna stick around at home for a few days. Sleep, read, listen to music. Cut down my talking-on-the-phone too. I have to admit, i've been yakking on the phone waaaaaaaaaay too much lately. One of the very few times i agree with mum.

Oh incidentally, The Kiterunner in a brillaint book, and right up there with my other favorites. I'm gonna buy Khaled Hussaini's new book now. The man writes wonderfully.

These days i have nothing new to read, except some old Archies that i dug up, so i'm rereading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy again. And rediscovering Douglas Adams' sheer comic genius. Though i still like P.G. Wodehouse better anyday, but Adams comes a close second.

While we're on the topic of books, i wanted to ask, how's Kafka? I've never read anything by him, but i've heard he's supposed to be pretty good.

Anyway, right now (and for the next 48 hours) my profile name on orkut is "Why do girls suck?". Wondering why? Well it's a dare. Wondering why that particular name? That's too long a story, and i'll tell you guys about it in some other post.

Wondering why i'm so stupid to have actually accepted an inane dare like that? Well the person who dared me agreed to keep a name which i'd come up with if only i kept this one as mine. And it was a little bit of a win-win situation for me, coz he'd already kept two (quite unflattering)names which i'd come up with without making me do anything. Presently he's known as "Deep down, sex scares the shit out of me!". :-p

I can go on longer, but i feel like reading H2G2, so i'm gonna stop (heaving a sigh of relief aren't you?) and I'm gonna let you continue doing whatever you were doing prior to coming to my blog.

Until next time, goodbye, and remember, the solution to all your problems is 42.

Footnote : You really thought i'd forget about the footnote? Hah, wishful thinking. Alright, so the sari i'm going to wear on the wedding is a kora silk. It's deep pink in colour, and it's sort of got two pink shades. The border and the 'aanchal' have delicate gold work on them.
The reception sari is a black kanjeevaram. It's a very light kanjeevaram, almost sheer. And it's got maroon and gold work on the border and the "aanchal', and very light maroon designing on the whole body, few and far apart. Let's just say it's one of the most beautiful saris i've ever seen. It's absolutely gorgeous.
Okay, coming to the third one, it's meant for a function which bengalis have in the afternoon, a couple of days after the wedding, called 'boubhaat'. It's a purple cotton sari, very simple, and very pretty. :-)

All in all, i'm very happy with all the saris. :-D

(I'm not gonna describe the salwar kurta (not yet at least), coz i don't feel like right now.)