Comeback of sorts

Very very VERY long time, i know. i can explain. Firstly my exams were on for the past one month(yeah ONE WHOLE MONTH. DU exams are a bitch). Secondly, and this is well the real reason, i had become incapable of writing. I couldn't write anything other than mindless trash. And i didn't even feel like writing. Anyway now i feel like writing again, so let's just hope it lasts.

Exams sucked, just for the record. Drowned my sorrows in vodka, which was not that great an idea in hindsight coz i got royally drunk and my head spun for the next 5 hours. Everyone else had fun at my expense though.

The knightriders won yesterday! I am so very happy. :-D

That's all for the time being. Very disjoint and extremely short post i know. But patience, the witticisms will be back in full force. Until then, goodbye and pray for the knightriders!

P.S. - The new colour has nothing to do with my mood. The pink was getting to me, to be honest. :-p

Of politics, books and cold, harsh winds.

The weather in delhi is finally looking up. Today was gorgeous. Sunny, windy and not too cold. I'm hoping against hope that it lasts. Someone told me that the awful cold was a direct consequence of global warming. Weather conditions are becoming extreme everywhere. That's pretty evident actually, what with bombay being colder than delhi last week. Anyway, if that is the case, then we're in for one hell of the summer this year. Christ........

Nature's way of saying it's payback time, i guess.

This year the weather's really put me off, mainly because i fell ill last week and couldn't go to college, and now my attendance is so fucked up i'll probably have to attend every single bloody class this term. *frowns very hard*

The great bird flu scare came and went, yet the consumption of chicken and eggs in the bhattacharrya household(my household basically) was not affected one bit. Nothing comes between a bengali and his food, clearly. It's a little worrying, honestly. Bengalis love eating, but the extent to which they love it became clear this past one month. The bengalis comprising my family at least. Disconcerting or what.....

I haven't seen a movie in so long. Possibly becasue i haven't heard of a halfway-decent movie in quite some time. I'm wondering what Mithya would be like. Would've watched American Gangster had it not been for Denzel Washington. can't stand the guy for some reason.

Which reminds me, Clinton or Obama? I'm for Barack Obama all the way. Hillary Clinton is too much of a feminist and too Marxist for me and has serious Cummunist leanings (completely my personal opinion of course). I know she's a Democrat and her ideologies will obviously be leftist, but i think Obama is much more balanced, and truly secular, if we come down to that. Anyway, history will be made in any case.

Last week, since i was stuck in bed thanks to my fever, i did lots of reading. Read two excellent books, one by Shashi Tharoor, called 'Riot', and another by John Irving called 'A Prayer For Owen Meany'. 'Riot' is excellent; very well-written and ve-ery unsettling. The narrative is based on the killing of an American woman in the 1987 riots (a direct result of the demands made by the right extremists calling for the rebuilding of the Ram Mandir and the demolition of Babri Masjid).Using this one incident as the base, Tharoor paints a vivid picture of the social scenario and alarming unrest in the country during that time. But it's pretty relevant 20 years later also. The issues are the same, and mindsets have not changed. A darn good read.

'A prayer for Owen Meany' again questions your religious beliefs but in a completely different context. It questions the very essence of your faith, and can be quite disconcerting if you are even slightly religious. Of course, in the book the faith that is being questioned is Christianity, but it works for every religion. The book is about a boy called Owen Meany and how he has unshakable faith in certain things, some quite illogical, even though he is highly intelligent. Another very well-written and slightly disturbing book.

Okay i'm guessing i've bored you enough. I'm gonna stop jumping from one topic to another (i really digress waaay too much). In fact what i'm gonna do is i'm gonna stop talking altother and i'm gonna take off. Do i hear a sigh of relief?

Until next time, goodbye and Happy Valentine's Day. Just for the record, i'm going out with friends from college tomorrow. :-p

Howdy!

Boy, it's been an awfully long time since i last paid any attention to my poor blog. I realize that i've really missed writing, and even though i may not be terrific with words, i enjoy writing. And so, the Teenager is back, n (hopefully) she's here to stay.

It's been so long that detailed updates will take a horribly long time, and will be mindnumbingly boring. Therefore i shall refrain from bridging the gap, so to speak, from october to, well the present. Howver, i guess some updates are necessary, so let's get that over with.

Let's see. Exams just ended, didn't exactly ace em. Had loads of fun on new year's eve, got completely sloshed. Fest was nice, also saw Parikrama perform in polo grounds, along with Dem Clones. Diwali was nice, though did not burst crackers for the first time in 19 years. And yes, still very much in love. :-)

The weather is really getting to me now. Spring, where art thou? Where's global warming when you need it? Sigh......... I hate gloomy, non-sunny, windy days. I am in love with my heater. And the horrid weather is giving my hair a really hard time. *SOB*

Whoops, mum's calling for dinner, so i'm off. Until next time, which shall be very soon, goodbye, and do not get out of your quilt unless absolutely necessary.

P.S. - a big hello to all my readers, if they still visit this page that is. :-p

Tag

I've been too lazy (and honestly have had way too many things on my mind. *wink*) to update. And hence, a very big thank you to Arunima for tagging me. Doing a tag is so much easier than writing a post on your own. Saves me the trouble of taxing my brain too much. :-p

Anyway, without further ado, let's begin.

1. Pick out a scar you have, and explain how you got it. - This is so very sad, but i don't have any scars.

2. What does your phone look like? - It looks okay. It's black and grey and it's one of those flip-open phones. I'm indifferent honestly, coz i mainly use it for making/receiving phonecalls and messaging. All that memory's going to waste.

3. What is on the walls of your bedroom? - Nothing, actually. I hate messing up my walls.


My god, i realize this is turning out to be an extremely boring tag. I am an unbelievably boring person. Oh well, let's get this over with.


4. What is your current desktop picture? - Shahrukh Khan. Yay! :-D

5. Do you believe in gay marriage? - Yes. Not just believe in it, but wholeheartedly support it.

6. What do you want more than anything right now? - By right now if you mean this very instant, I'd like a taaall glass of hot chocolate, coz i have a cold and a bit of a headache. *smiles to herself for reasons known best to herself and a certain someone else*

7. Are your parents still together? - Yes.

8. Last person who made you cry? - I'd like to skip this question, honestly. More so because the answer wouldn't make much sense.

9. What is your favorite perfume/cologne? - J'adore by Christian Dior

10. What are you listening to? - "I don't wannna miss a thing" by Aerosmith.

11. Do you get scared of the dark? - Not really. I don't get scared too easily. But of course, Delhi roads aren't exactly comforting in the dark. Or at any time of the day, come to think of it. :-p

12. Do you like pain killers? - What kind of a question is that??? I'm indifferent, honestly.

13. Are you too shy to ask someone out? - Oh yes, you bet. I'm painfully shy.

14. If you could eat anything right now, what would it be? - A looooot of dark chocolate.....sigh......

15. Who was the last person who made you mad? - Let's see....uhhhh......ummm.... the thing is, i don't get pissed too easily. I have a very very pleasant disposition. :-D

16. Who was the last person who made you smile? - God, this is going to sound terribly cliched. My boyfriend. :-p

17. Is someone in love with you? - Yes.....sigh........*blush*

My goodness, i think that was one of my most boring posts ever. Aah well, at least it's done. You can stop yawning now.

Alright, now my turn to do some tagging. I tag Akanksha, Lemonade, Sam and Kenny. And anyone else who'd like to take it up.

Until next time, goodbye and *hmm-hmm-hmm.....* (hums "I don't wanna miss a thing" to herself).

God i really have turned into a sap.

Post-Puja Update

So yesterday was Dussehra. Which means Durga Puja got over the day before. C. R. Park gets terribly depressing after the Pujas. Empty pandals, dirty roads, lights being taken off; the place looks almost funereal. Depressing is a bit of an understatement, come to think of it.

Found it impossible to drag myself to college today, so decided to bunk. Stupid decision, in retrospect, coz i have nothing to do but mope around at home.

Last week's been excellent. Durga Puja is brilliant in any case, and this year's puja has been exceptionally nice, for more reasons than one. :-)

Last year i remember i'd had serious Durga Puja withrawal symptoms, but this year's not been so bad. N i sure as hell am not complaining.

Back to the same ol' grind from tomorrow. Heaven knows how i'll manage after 20 days of doing nothing constructive whatsoever. It really has been a wonderful month so far. :-D

Anyway, i'm off. Until next time, goodbye and Shubho Bijoya everyone!

Noserings, among other things.

Well whaddyaknow, a nose piercing DOES look nice on me. :-D

The first couple of days of the hols were mindnumbingly boring, but after that things really picked up, somehow. Obviously, i'm not complaining. Only disturbing bit is the fact that i have studied absolutely nothing so far. And less than a week of the hols are left. Screwed, big time.

Bought a new phone. Finally. Needed one badly. Ever since water got into my last phone and fucked it up, i had been using this very old Nokia 6610 which would fall apart at the drop of a hat and i'd have to reassemble it at the most inopportune moments.

Feeling extremely sleepy, in fact so much so that i'm muddling up all the keys. Thank god for small mercies like Spellcheck.

I've been sleeping way too much lately, nearly 12 hours. I woke up at 1 30 yesterday. It's worrying me a little bit. I actually had to set an alarm to wake up at 11 today. And after that, i felt sleep-deprived the whole day. I hope it's not something serious, this excessive need for sleep.

Anyway, i really can't keep my eyes open any longer, so i'm gonna stop. Until next time, goodbye and enjoy the gorgeous weather. Delhi is lovely in October.

Comfortably Numb....Not!

I want to switch off my phone, lock myself up in my room with a bunch of books and Pink Floyd for company, and not come out for about a week. Alas, easier said than done.

Going to see Loins of Punjab today. Boredom is setting in. *sob*

I want a pair of skinny jeans. On second thoughts, i need a pair of skinny jeans. Badly.

I'm wondering whether to get my nose pierced or not. Not too sure if it's gonna suit me. What i'd really like to do is get my eyebrow pierced, but the thought of the amount of pain i'll have to bear scares me like hell.

Realized, for the millionth time maybe, that i have ghastly taste in men.

Enough re-revelations for the day. I have to go get ready.

Until next time, goodbye and enjoy yourself till the next dry day which is far far away.

Boredom and Exhilaration

So my holidays have officially begun. Under normal circumstances i would be ecstatic, but such, unfortunately, is not the case this time. Didn't go to college for 4 days last week and nearly lost my mind due to sheer boredom. So much so that i actually dragged my mum to go see Dhamaal with me.

Incidentally, it is a horrible horrible movie. Please do not ever watch it, not even if you were bored out of your mind. Count the number of strands of hair on your head if you will, but do not under any circumstances go watch Dhamaal. How can people make such awful movies? Do they not go stark raving crazy while they're at it? Oh well.......

Anyway, didn't mean to digress. My point is, if i got so highly bored in four days, what's gonna happen to me during the 15-day long autumn break? The thought's worrying me already. Worst part is, i'll have to get some *shudder* studying done now. Have studied nothing so far this year, and the 1st term is already over.

Also, what with me having now joined IMS, i'll have to do a little bit of studying for that at least. Heaven knows why i've joined IMS. An MBA seemed like the logical thing to do, but now i'm not so sure. Do i really want to do an MBA? And if i do, do i have the drive needed to crack, if not CAT, some reasonably good MBA exam? Oh well, it's too late to ask these questions now. I've committed myself, and now i've got to deal with it.

About my birthday, got lots of lovely presents, including 6 grand from my parents. Rich, i am. :-D

Durga Puja's coming up! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I love Durga Puja, not just because of the food (though that is a major reason) or the meeting-up-with-friends or the staying-up-all-night-4-nights-in-a-row but just because it makes me happy. Wonderfully, inexplicably happy. I walk around with a big grin on my face for about a month before it begins. No clue why. :-D

I've wondered why it makes me feel so cheerful, but i've never been able to satisfactorily explain it. There's something about the festival that is exhilarating. Something in the air i guess. Something almost intoxicating.

Jeez realize that the previous lines sounded awfully cliched so i'm gonna stop now.

Until next time, goodbye, and if you're in DU, enjoy your holidays, and if you're not well then, bad luck my friend. :-p

P.S. - This is my 75th post. Platinum jubilee did someone say? *champagne bottles are popped and confetti is showered from the skies*

Of Vodka Shots and Lots Of Firsts

*sheepish grin*

Had an excellent birthday.

Yes, seriously. :-D

Let's see. The day started off on a wonderful note. The macro test went off without a glitch, thanks to Isha. Love her. :-)

Did not attend the IMS class. For reasons which will become clear in a while.

Wore a white and pink floral skirt.

GOT DRUNK (for the first time ever). Woohoooooo! :-p

Anisha and I share our birthdays. So we took everyone out for lunch. Went to cafe 100, and were told that we'd have to wait for 40 minutes. Headed to Berco's, where we were told that we'd have to wait for 45 minutes. Felt extremely pissed and settled for Pizza Hut. Where Anisha had a showdown with one of the waiters. I have to admit, the guy was EXTREMELY rude. We wanted to walk out but had nowhere else to go so we swallowed our indignance (and pride) and kept sitting.

(incidentally, anisha and i coincidentally ended up wearing the same same top. heard cracks about how the birthday girls had dressed up the same way and had to explain about a million times to about a million different people how it wasn't planned, that it was just a coincidence)

Interestingly, the gang got us lots of goodies from Wengers, instead of the usual cake, which was really nice. So we cut a doughnut, while everyone sang happy birthday for us. :-)

And that's when things got interesting. After we were done with lunch, we all headed to Castle Nine to actually celebrate turning 19.

We were given the ol' couple's lounge, much to the chagrin of all the couples, coz the regular seating area was full. Spoiled a lot of cosy dates, that's for sure. There's not much you can do with a roudy bunch of college kids on a sugar (and soon to be alcohol) high all around.

I, who have never consumed any alcohol in the true sense (unless sips from dad and half a peg with lots of Pepsi counts) ordered two vodka shots at the very onset. Downed the first one, felt perfectly fine, and hence proceeded to gulp down the second one too.

Bad idea, in retrospect. Immediate effect, slight nausea. Which knocked some sense into me, and i decided to stop, at least for a while. Did not puke, thankfully.

Sat sipping at a highly diluted glass of vodka, feeling extremely happy and at peace with the world. Did happen to notice that i was talking more and a little louder than usual, but didn't let that bother me too much.

There's a very thin line separating joie de vivre and insanity (or drunkenness, for that matter), as i happened to find out. The next 15 minutes is slightly hazy. All i remember is laughing like a maniac for no evident reason, and talking A LOT. Everyone else had a lovely time, laughing at my expense, and (this is the worst bit) making videos of me making a fool of myself! Wonderful friends i have, i tell you.

At some point i remember asking the bartender to do tricks for me, in honour of it being my birthday.

Apparently i was the only one who got drunk drunk, seeing how i was the only one drinking for the first time.

Awfully awfully embarrassing, but loads of fun as well. :-D

Managed to sober up, thank heavens. Girija said i was in no position to go home alone. No telling what i might do. :-p

So she offered to drop me home halfway. That did not work out, coz it started pouring after a while. First time in 19 years it ever rained on my birthday. So i went to her place (after being warned to not do anything stupid. she could not take home a drunk girl) and dad picked me up from there.

Reached home, soaking wet and feeling terribly ill. Mum popped a thermometer in my mouth, and as you will have it, i was running a temperature of a hundred and three.

Testimony to the *ahem* wild birthday i had maybe? :-p


[ Added later - Forgot to mention, did do an impromptu dance in front of Castle Nine after leaving. :-p]

Ain't birthdays just brilliant?

Well my birthday week's got off to a flying start. Wasn't feeling too well last night, mum checked my temperature and as you will have it, i had fever. Didn't go to college today, got bored to the high heavens and cribbed nonstop.

Now let's talk about what my birthday's going to be like, shall we?

Let's see, i have a bloody macro test that day (incidentally i have attended about 4 macro classes in the whole term; it's like god's subtle way of telling me something). Two of my closest friends won't be in town. Aaand my IMS classes begin that day. Bet the day's gonna be oodles of fun.

Bit of a contrast to last year's birthday.

You must've guessed by now that i'm not at my chirpiest best. Not least because of the fact that my head is pounding right now and my nose is all blocked. And that i'm bored.

For the past one week I've been trying to work up the courage to talk to this cute guy who travels by my bus. One reason that i haven't been able to do it so far is the fear that he might be a first year student. But i have to admit, the major reason is sheer timidity. I happen to be painfully shy. :-p

Anyway, i'm off. Until next time, goodbye, and have a wonderful week ahead. Mine's going to be just dandy.

P.S. - My birthday's on the 21st of September, just for the record.

P.P.S. - Guess an explanation for the deleted story is warranted. Pretty simple explanation. Had put it up mainly as a sort of joke at a friend's expense. And had used some, let's say, politically incorrect names for the characters. The friend wasn't too happy about the whole thing, and hence i took it off. Might put it up again using different names.

Tall Tales

Lots of things happening but no time to update. Lots of firsts in the past couple of weeks. Will mention those in another post, am running short of time.

Oh and an announcements of sorts. Collected Short Stories will be revived, albeit only temporarily. For the uninitiated, those are 'anecdotes' so to speak picked up from my own life. :-p

You might wanna take a look at the following.

Story 1 : the one with the same phones
story 3: the one where i screw up!! (only read the 2nd story, not the first one)
Story 4 : the one where i'm 'his love' (not too interesting, but it holds a soft spot in my heart. :-p)
Story 5 : The one with the offer of friendship (hilarious. DO read it. DO!!)
Story 6 : The one where the ironies of life are revealed. (extremely long. read it only if you have a lot of time on your hands)

Not much of a post, and i apologise for that. I promise the next post will more than make up for it (or so i hope at least. Lol)

Anyway, i'm off for now, got some studying to do (which in most probability will not happen as i will either fall asleep or find the newspaper WAY more engrossing). Until next time, goodbye, and happy reading my stories.

Shooting The Breeze

Realize i've been blogging very infrequently of late, and feel slightly guilty about that. So here i am, struggling through another entry, even though i have nothing of any significance to say. But seeing how i have a pretty decent knack for bullshitting, i'm gonna struggle some more.

Been running out of my macro class every single time after giving attendance for the past fortnight. The fact that we have two doors helps matters greatly. Gave me a real adrenalin rush the first 4-5 times (yes, i had never run out of a class before....i can hear you snigger. :-x), but now, frankly, it's getting to be a bit of a drag. Tried running out of micro today, but the professor's a real jerk, kept looking up every 5 minutes. Idiot.

The lousy weather is really getting me down. Travelling to college these days is such a major hassle anyway, i can't deal with that along with crummy weather. *sob*

I've got a spanking new bright pink 4 GB ipod! Yippieeeeee. :-D

Best part? My brother's never gonna borrow it, seeing how it's pink. Double yippieeeeeeeee.

My birthday's coming up in less than a month. Triple......you catch my drift. Just that, despite the crummy weather, i've been in a pretty good mood lately. Let's hope it lasts. Coming back to my birthday, for the uninitiated, it's on the 21st of September, and i happen to share it with a very good friend of mine. So we'll celebrate together, and it will be So. Much. Fun. :-)

Last year as a teenager. Better make the most of it. *sigh*

Guess what i've kept as my display name on orkut at present. Keep in mind the facts that Chak De India has recently been released, and that i'm inordinately fond of one particular actor.

Shahrukh is sooooooo yummy! Self explanatory. :-p

Also, I've realized there's more (so much more.....lol) to The Doors than just 'Roadhouse Blues' and Jim Morrison. Brilliant band, brilliant music and absolutely brilliant lyrics (courtesy Morrison; he wrote most of their songs). You might wanna listen to some of their stuff, especially their first album (self-titled).

And now i'm feeling inexplicably sleepy, so i'm gonna cut the crap.

Until next time (which shall be very soon, hopefully), goodbye and go watch Chak De!

P.S. - To get you started off on The Doors, here's the link to the video of the first Doors' song i ever heard. Not 'Light My Fire', just for the record. Do take a look.

Wind of Change

Funny how things change behind your back without you finding out until it's too late. And funny how you think you're perfectly okay with the idea of change, but then you realize that you're not, and that change scares the shit out of you.

And funny how you never seem to learn that some things just can't be helped.

I never realized it, but my life's followed a pretty steady path so far. I've lived in the same city all my life, same house even. I've never changed schools, was in the same school for 13 years. Still hang out with pretty much the same set of friends, people i've know for quite a few years (except for my college friends of course, seeing how i've only been in college for about a year). Like the same actor i've liked ever since i was inducted into the world of movies. My favorite cuisine's been the same for the past 15 years. (Shahrukh Khan and Chinese respectively, just for the record).

I guess that's made me a little too complacent. And a little sensitive to change. Better start getting used to it.

Anyway, i'm done cribbing. so i'm gonna take off. Will go have my 6th Snickers of the day (there really shouldn't be so much chocolate in the fridge, especially when you're not exactly in the best of moods).

Until next time, good bye, and a belated Happy Independence Day to everyone (i'm gonna spare everyone and not talk about how it's lost it's relevance in today's times).

Tag!

So i finally get down to doing a looooooong overdue tag. Both Jahanbi and Arunima had tagged me, that too about a month and a half back, so i better get down to it.


5 of my favorite characters from books.

1. Holden Caulfied from 'The Catcher in the Rye'. My favorite-est character ever. The way he was completely messed up in his head, the compulsive lying, the crazy swearing, the (so-called) teenage angst, i love everything about him. At the risk of sounding cliched, in all of us there's a little bit of Holden Caulfied. :-p

2. Arthur Dent from 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. Yeah i know most people prefer Ford Prefect, coz he's funnier and wittier and cooler, but Arthur is just such a sweetheart. I feel so sorry for him, the way his life keeps getting fucked up as soon as some semblance of order is established. And he's such a naive, helpless thing.

3. Atticus Finch, from 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Self-explanatory.

4. Rhett Butler, from 'Gone With the Wind'. Though i didn't thing the book was anything extraordinary, i loved Rhett's character. He was so suave, so hot. ;-)

5. Hamlet from, well, Hamlet. Even though he's full of faults, his intensity is extremely appealing. And the fact that he might be slightly mad makes him highly interesting.

Alright, i know that the tag only calls for 5, but i can't help but include a sixth character.

6. Scout, from 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Yes i know, 2 characters from the same book. I like the book THAT much. She's a brilliant kid. Perceptive, smart, witty. That's the kid i always wanted to be. :-p

Alright, now that's done. My turn to do some tagging. I tag Aditya, Diya, J and Sahaj.

Goodbye all!

Random Ramblings

So, wedding's over. Lots of fun n all that. Will spare you the boring details ( details of family gatherings and weddings and festivals, however fun you might have had, are highly boring for people who weren't there). Uncle and his wife have gone to Bali for 16 days(!!!!!!!) for their honeymoon, where they'll be staying in a private villa with its own private swimming pool.

I want to get married too!

Well not really, i just want to stay in a private villa with a swimming pool.

*imagines herself frolicking about in the sun with a drink in one hand, feels ridiculously pleased*

Alright, back to real life.

Results out. Did pretty decently. :-D

Got a new hairdo. Looked terrific the day i got it. Looks nothing but messy now.

Very sleepy right now. Am taking off.

Until next time, goodbye and please tell me you didn't queue up at 6:30 in the morning to buy HP.

Spreading the Joy

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy college has finally reopened! :-D

And i'm feeling too lazy to write a longish post, so i'm gonna pass this time round.

Uncle's getting married this weekend so double yay!

I'm happy.

I'm Okay

Don't have too much time at the moment, just wanted to let everyone know i'm perfectly fine now. The birds are singing and the sky is blue everything is alright with the world and all that jazz. :-p

A combination of frustration and pms i'm guessing, which lasted for a day. Thanks for the concern. :-)

Oh and for the record, i watched Harry Potter first day first show. I've never done that for any movie before, and i'm not even that big a fan! More on that later.

Until next time, goodbye and yay monsoon is finally here! :-D

Rant

I'm bored and annoyed and irritable and hungry.

Go on then, piss me off. I dare you.

I Hear You

I seem to have got some pretty bad feedback about the new *ahem* template, and okay, maybe it's a tad mismatched. :-p

But hey i happen to really like it! And i was so frikkin bored with the old one i desperately wanted a new template. And in my opinion, pink and blue looks pretty nice. So there!

No wait, i have a better idea. How about you guys (the public, effectively. lol) come up with the colour combination for my template? Oooh boy, this is gonna be fun. Okay here's what the general idea is. You guys come up with a two-colour combination, and i promise to put up all of them, one by one. Deal?

And whichever looks the best stays for good (unless all of them look crappy. which means i revert back to the original pink-blue template).

College reopens in about ten days. Wedding's coming up in about fifteen. Life's gonna get busy real soon. And i'm not talking about fuck-i-wish-i-could-just-die busy, but yay-life's-looking-good busy. :-D

Aaaaand, my driving lessons have begun. After months of procrastination and getting up late and not being in town and just being plain lazy, they have FINALLY begun. Today was my first day, and all i can say is, DRIVING'S IN MY BLOOD. :-p

Okay let's not go that far. Let's just say that I had an absolutely terrific time. Driving is So. Much. Fun.

Well that's about it for now. Life's been running on first gear (hah! car-speak. :-p) for a while so my posts have become a little jaded. Need to liven them up....

Anyway i'm off, this delectable chocolate tart is calling out to me.

Until next time, goodbye and enjoy the fleeting good weather.

On a Rainy Day

My kid brother narrated to me, what he called, a non-veg joke for the very first time a few days ago. Now you may have read about my brother in a previous post of mine. If you haven't, go take a look here. And even if you have, you might as well take a look still, just for basic background info.

Here's how the conversation went, more or less.

Deep (that's my brother, for the uninitiated) - Didi, wanna hear a joke?

Me - Sure, go ahead.

Deep - Well, i gotta warn you, it's got explikit language.

Me (a little worried, but trying not to show it) - Deep it's not explikit, it's explicit. You pronounce it like an 'S'.

Deep - Aah okay. Well anyway, you wanna hear it?

Me (a little reluctantly) - Yeah okay. Go on.

And then, as you will have it, he proceeds to tell me an extremely silly joke with, yes, a lot of profanities, thankfully in English (i have no idea what i would've done if he'd told me one with Hindi swear words). I will spare you the joke.

I force out a weak giggle, which unfortunately encourages him, coz then he asks me if i'd like to hear another one.

I decline the offer, using the dire need to make a call right then as an excuse (rather weak i know, but i was clutching at straws).

Whew, i find it slightly hard to hold a conversation with Deep these days without discovering something new about him (as well as myself for that matter. for instance, the fact that swear words could make me cringe. that was new)

Anyway, i saw Ocean's Thirteen today. Pretty nice movie, much better than Twelve. Brad Pitt looks a little jaded (but then i never liked him much anyway. always preferred Tom Cruise). George Clooney is hot as ever. And Al Pacino is fabulous. Worth a watch.

Am reading A Hundred Years of Solitude at present (along with H2G2 of course). Heavy, but very entertaining reading. My first book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Now i realize what the hype about him is all about.

Wonderful weather today. After catching the movie we drove around for a while. It was really nice. Delhi looks so pretty when it rains.

I'm all talked (or shall we say typed) out now so i'm gonna stop.

Until next time, goodbye and yes they do get the diamonds (hah ruined Ocean's Thirteen for you. :-p).


[ Added Later - Forgive me for the lame title. I'm not at my wittiest best right now. :-D ]