So we were drunk and....

I don't know how it is but all good stories that have u rolling in the aisles hysterically with laughter always but always start with 'So I was pissed and....','So I was drunk and....', 'So we were drinking and...'; It kinda makes me wonder if we ever had lives before alcohol. I know I started drinking at around age 20 - I mean like drinking drinking [drinking 1 glass of wine between 3 girls bcoz u paid cover does not count!!]. I'm sure I must have had fun before that but you sure cannot tell now!

Last night was a prime example of this: 3 girls met up generally to catch up before one leaves for lands far away - across the kaala paani and the talk turned to [for once, not boys] but all the funny drunk stories one has encountered either through personal experience or someone u know. These are the only stories that I know of that are also never 'a friend of a friend' - u know the bad luck stories, the horror situations - those always happen to a friend of a friend where u've heard of it but u don't actually know the person.....to get back to the point, for drunk stories - either u're it or u're supporting it!!

So last night was Bring on the alcohol - demolished 2 bottles of Sula Blush Zinfandel and swapped these crazy stories, most of which we have heard before but never fail to bring a tear to the eye - for laughing like crazy. Most recent example - me sitting and whingeing to everyone - u're making funnome - and then getting vicious and telling everybody else what they do when they are drunk - bathroom stalls with married women and someone else is crying. I'm surprised I did not say '5 minish' which is a staple line of some people if they don't want to leave. One of the other girls ate chocolate, drank wine and then started hopping practice, followed by lots of moaning and pleading - go figure! One of the funniest in recent times is deciding to interuppt one couple we know and then saying in a very serious tone to be absolutely fair 'If her top is off, ur pants should be down' - and not seeing anything remotely suggestive in this statement at all. Another girl in an inebriated state decided if her boyfriend did not want to kiss her she would go find her non-lesbian friend who could definitely 'handle' her. The same one also liked to bite cheeks of said friend when high and then compare it to boti kebab since favourite food! Another girl I know decided that she could not have triplets because she had only 2 nipples so how would she feed the third child? and now she wants to have 4.......I tell u! and this is not even starting on the boy's stories which will have to have an appropriate PG-13 page to itself!

The list is endless - I want to start a blog dedicated to these stories which anyone can contribute to...and the title of that blog will be the title of this post. I know practically every single one of my acquaintance will have a story to tell!

I just saw this facebook and it's incredibly relevant also - please put up ur hand if u have done even one!!

When Girls Drink Too Much...

1. We have absolutely no idea where our purse is
2. We believe that dancing with our arms overhead and wiggling our butt while yelling "woohoo" is truly the sexiest dance move around
3. We've suddenly decided that we want to kick someone's ass and honestly believe we could do it too
4. In our last bathroom visit, we realize that we now look more like a homeless hooker than the goddess we were just four hours ago
5. We start crying and telling everyone we see that we love them sooooo much
6. We get extremely excited and jump up and down every time a new song plays because "oh my god! I love this song"
7. We've found a deeper/spiritual side to the geek sitting next to us
8. We've suddenly taken up smoking and become really good at it
9. We yell at the bartender, who we believe cheated us by giving us just lemonade but that's just because we can no longer taste the gin
10. We think we are in bed, but the pillow feels strangely like the kitchen floor (or the mop?)
11. We fail to notice that the toilet lid's down when we sit on it
12. We take our shoes off because we believe it's their fault that we're having problems walking straight.

My December

This is what the month of December looks like - very happy at being so busy!

• 1st - PG wedding ceremony
• 2nd - Friend's engagement
• 9th - BFF sister wedding; school friend 1st wedding anniversary
• 12th - BF friend budday day
• 14th - Wedding; Surprise potluck for BF's BFF
• 15th - School fried 1st wedding anniversary; catch up at Club IX
• 17th - Margarita's at Soul Fry
• 19th - BFF finally arrives
• 25th - Christmas
• 26th - Friend's sangeet
• 27th - Office Friend's Christmas party
• 28th - BFF brother wedding; Friend reception
• 30th - Friend Wedding in Kerala
• 31st - New Year's!

And this is not even counting the 4 days off immediately in Jan going to Jaipur, Agra and Delhi.
At last, finally I will be able to say I have seen the Taj Mahal!!

In other news, since Friend is going to Paris on secondment for 6 months, have option of going to France in Summer and staying for wedding as well. If Vietnam happens, then no money situation but the options for once seem like a win win situation!

How you doing?

I seem to have had a very busy life recently but I really could not tell you what I have been doing - not watched any movies, or any plays. Did manage to read 4 books tho - some of them quite interesting.

One was an Agatha Christie - 'Easy to Kill' - nice enough story about crime, drama etc. The really good one though was the Clive Cussler one - Trojan Odyssey - very interesting read because it introduced me to this thought that the Trojan war was not between the Greeks etc over Helen of Troy but was fought on the coasts of England for Tin. Apparently Homer wrote the Iliad a 1000 years later so it's a tale that was passed down from generation to generation and we all know how much can get lost in transalation. I always like books that open your mind to new perspectives - which is why I think the Da Vinci code is such a runaway success - the whole concept was so novel that it was eaten up immediately. I have not read Clive Cussler before but he seems to me to be on the lines of Alistair Maclean et all with the adventure story telling and the recurring protagonists much like Jack Higgins for that matter as well.

The other one of note was 'Leaving Eden' - about a girl's search for herself growing up without a mother to guide her - the hits and misses in her life and how painful the struggle is without someone to guide you.

The last book was 'Blood in the sky' which I think was a bit overdone. It was one of those I live in the country and I make friends with the natives and I help solve murder mysteries and I was an ex policemen and I think I ruined lives and I.. I..I..I.. so yeah you get the point!

I have also gone crazy trying to get a 3 column template for this blog. I like to put up pictures, lyrics, photo walls etc on the sides and one column on the left is not cutting it. The alignment of the posts and the side bar just dont match. So I trawled all these websites and found all these templates with the code and changed the code about a hundred times and de nada! nothing has changed - in one case the post column itself disappeared. So I'm thinking will stick with this format only coz minima stretch does not seem like an option anymore on blogger leaving me with minima where it becomes a 4 column blog with the columns on either side being like single colored pillars! If anyone can hand me a solution I would be eternally grateful!

How Well do you know me?

So.....I created this quiz on facebook - How Well do you know me? With trick answers...

To start at the very beginning, 'Supposed' BFF [After quiz one is not sure], created a quiz where she classified Noodles as a food group - now me knowing her so well had chosen Thai since Thai encompasses noodles as well - it turns out she was talking about Noodles from a Vietnamese restaurant - which means the option should have been vietnames no? no....not according to her - it's Noodles! to which my response does she want to eat Maggi? see see! my point exactly!!


So in a fit of pique, I decided to create a quiz with trick answers as well, except my answers are so tricky, only one person has crossed the first class mark [which those of us from Mumbai University will know is 60%!]. Anyhoo, not to be sidetracked, this post is supposed to be an explanation of the answers since 'some people' [read supposed best friends!] are complaining.

Q1. What is my favourite food? Ans.Pizza


Everybody knows I love Cheese and bread - so cheese toast could have been a viable choice since it was one of the options but Pav Bhaji?? this from another 'Supposed' BFF [humph!!]. Far from.... and everyone should know I'm majorly allergic to Soya so that rules out Chinese which I have never been excessively fond of!!


Q2. What brand of jeans refuses to suit me? Ans. Levi's


I keep complaining how Levi's is created for sporty bodies not curvy ones and how I only wear Lee since there is ass room in the jeans but nooo... people choose Wrangler! Tho to be fair, as pointed by out cheater in the quiz [also known as'Supposed' BFF ] , ex-favourite pair of Cord's was Levi's but bought from reject second's so does not count!


Q3. Who is the most stylish on TV? Ans. Summer Roberts from the O.C


This I think was the hardest question on the quiz along with Q9. The options given were also tought, Carrie from Sex and the City, Rachel of Friends and not even an option Betty from ugly betty. Kudos to The Charade for getting this one right so I'm thinking she really pays attention when we chat or she likes too!! which one is it? I think I like her tho coz it's just so put together and cutting edge in a yuppy way which is what I would like to dress like [one also needs the figure - which one no longer has but....]

Q4. Which is not one of my favourite TV shows? Ans. Desperate Housewives

My God!! BFF got this one wrong. My world is shook/shaken/ fallen apart!! She chose.. I can't say it! She chose 'Roswell' - I don't answer the phone during this one much less tell people I'll call them back! As most ppl know esp the escapist, TV watching is priority! Incidentally she got the highest score - yay!!


Q5. What Article do I never wear?


I don't even need to write the answer to this - I have not attempted to wear a watch since 1996! A certain nameless person chose underwear for this.....Grrrr!!


Q6. What is my favourite thing to do? Ans. Reading

The options here were Reading, Shopping, Sleeping and Eating. To be fair, all high up on my list of priorities! but here was the catch, I would sacrifice shopping and eating to sleep and I will be sacrifice sleeping to read esp if the book is good. Case in point Harry Potter, when book 7 came out cousin and baby were in town, no time to read during the day running after baby etc so after putting all to sleep in a very crowded house, I sat on kitchen ledge [only room in house with noone sleeping] and read the book!


Q7. What condition do I have? Ans. Kinetosis


This was a simple matter of elimination. do I have a fear of closed spaces? or open spaces? or an irrational fear of spiders? No right, so obviously I have to have kinetosis, which is a fancy term for Motion sickness - really people!!


Q8. A City I've visited that I like best. Ans Rome


I keep talking about this - I luurve Rome. The history, the culture, the people everything is just fantastic. If I had given Hong Kong and A city to live in then ok but this was really easy.


Q9. Who is my Godfather? Ans. Carl

Ok - the people who got it, got it by fluke I think since I don't really talk abt him much.I should have give who is my godmother? I think it would have improved the score of quite a few people and if you don't know this then u really don't know me at all and do we talk?

Q10. Which is my bible movie? Ans. How to marry a millionaire.


I want to BE Cher. A bible is something you follow - You can be born as clueless. I can be Cher by marrying a millionaire - thus....


So this is the logic - I think it's very sound! Now that you know all the answers go do the quiz - of course to be fair it won't count but still....knock yourself out!

A Thousand Splendid Suns

"One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs

And the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls"

This line is the basis of the book - it captures Afghanistan through it's people, it's customs, it's life. It could be also be written as the "Thousand splendid Sons that hide behind her walls" - a nation of strong men who have chosen to not move ahead with the times and remain locked in their history. In the book, a character predicts, if the Afghan's don't have a Soviet Union to fight, there is always each other. The aggression is channeled not into improving thier lot in life but making sure noone else gets ahead either - and people talk about the Indian Crab mentality!!

The book is well written but I can't help but have the feeling that I have read it somewhere before or something like it. 'The Kite Runner' was really a novel novel - a subject not breached at the time. This one though set in Afghanistan giving it character and surrounding - the story itself did not seem so unheard of. Love between friends, a mother and daughter, illegitimate children is the same across the world and not specific to Afghanistan. Kite Runner on the other end, the problem is specific to the country, to the choices Amir made. Here, it's destiny!!

Don't get me wrong - I love the way it is written, the details, the world as seen through Laila's eyes, brought up by forward thinking parents or even Mariam, brought up far away from Society. Don't get scandalised - but I don't hate Rasheed - not knowing any better. He was taught that his way is the best way, women are not meant to be seen, they have no value so to beat them is not a great sin. I do think Jalil is a pig - making the easier choices, never standing up for himself. I'm not sure if the line is true that in trouble, a man will always point the finger of blame towards a woman - but if it is, it explains why the term 'Jezebel' originated.

All in all, I liked the book, it did not stir in me the emotion that 'Kite Runner' did where I cried while reading the book in the Crossword in Ahmedabad but I did manage to finish the book in one shot from 11 - 2.30!!

What's been going on?

The perfect Margarita:
2 Parts Tequila: 1 parts Triple Sec: 2 part Margarita Mix

This is how I killed Friday night at home with friends.
Saturday night spent between the airport and Toto's.
Sunday spent tidying house, watching 'M*A*S*H' and first half of 'Don'.
Thursday night was spent in a plane back from Bangalore.
Wednesday was spent in front of the TV as was Tuesday and Monday.
Sunday included church and a walk.
The previous Saturday had B-52's, Blush Zinfandel and lots of auto's.

The week also included lots of long distance phone calls and constant texting.

Shopping of the week:

• lingerie
• bag
• belt
• kurta

Gifts received:

• The awesomest pair of red shoes ever [How I wish I had a camera phone!!]
  
• A lovely pin tuck bronze-y shirt
• a purple shirt with matching multicolored sweater [like a twin set but not twin!!]
• pink and orange OMO top

What I have learned this week that absence does not make the heart grow fonder - it makes you realise how fond your heart already is!!

Movie Mania

I have decided I am just going to chronicle my favourite movies and the movies I have to watch. The problem with me is that I like to see movies in a theatre and then when they come on TV - I cannot actively go and rent DVD's/VCD's and watch them at home - it is not the same experience!

So anway, here goes:

• Speed - All time favourite.......I can see this movie again and again and again. There is something about the bomb on the bus that I find fascinating - it may also have to do with the fact that Keanu Reeves has never looked cuter. Actually, it's funny coz I never saw the movie when it released, and to be cool in school used to write it as my favourite movie and eventually it seriously has become one of my repeat watches!
• which leads me to Clueless - this movie is my favourite coz I want to be Cher! I mean she has the clothes, she has the house, she has the bargaining skills tho I would rather have my mom than have all that but still...ok I want to be Cher with my parents!
• How to marry a millionaire - the reason to like this movie is obvious - it is every girl's handbook to life.
• Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge - the first Hindi movie that made sense to me. They lived reasonably normal lives, went on holiday, wore the clothes more than once - no excessive drama [the fight scene at the extreme end can be overlooked] so yeah the first movie for my generation
• Dil Chahta Hai - if DDLJ was the first movie for my generation, DCH embodied my generation. That was my life on screen [well I am a girl but u get what I mean], the hanging out, the holidays in Goa, the off beat career options - Its a movie that you identify with. Movies like DCH cross the bridge between Hollywood and Bollywood. At the end of the day, a movie with white people does not reflect 'me' but it is more likely than a QSQT- a movie I can never identify with.
• Notting Hill - this is a really sweet movie - it's gentle is what I would call it. An ordinary guy falls in love with a movie star but he has no idea what a movie star is - so he really likes the person. It's so hard for her to understand this coz for her as well, her persona is larger than her. A little perspective is all that is need to balance ur life - this is one thing the movie can actually teach u! Nothing seems as dramatic compared to missing a step and never being able to walk again!
• Bend it like Beckham - Futball, Shutball, Hai Rabba! This movie is just funny - it has its touching moments but overall the way of life of Indians in England is so typically depicted that the movie is hysterical.
• Sleepers - the movie makes me cry everytime. The sheer waste of childhood, the enduring friendship, the anguished love, the terrible mistake for which they paid with their lives - it's really far removed from my childhood but that makes it all the more poignant and me all the more grateful for the life I've had!
• Terminator II - Hee Hee! I know I know favourite movie! but as I always say - this is a very emotional film - I mean it teaches a robot how to cry?? how cool is that?
• I've never actually seen the movie from beginning to end is what I have realised but it definitely qualifies as one of my favourite movies for the song 'My sharona' but it is a really good movie - sometimes I think I could be Winona ryder wandering aimlessly in my life looking for direction when it's staring at me!
• 2 movies in the same genre [according to me] is 1947 Earth and Mr. and Mrs. Iyer. These are really haunting films - they seem set in Sepia tones but not - it just reflects the colors of the riots and communalism. The lack of color, the lack of thought, the lack of reason, the lack of humanity....
• I like a lot of Johnny Depp movies also - Piratesof the Caribbean, What's eating Gilbert Grape?, Benny and Joon....he generally does vague yet commercial cinema so guaranteed good watch. Here I have to mention favourit...
• 'Edward Scissorhands' - What a movie! What a thought!! It also talks about life in Middle America - where everybody wants to know what is going on but is still very accepting if the new one is white. Winona and Johnny, the style, Tim Burton makes strange cinema - I love it!
• Then there are the classics - Like Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany's
• The Mummy and The Mummy returns - these are just adventure packed, laugh a minute fun movies. The crazy ideas, the history, the mummy himself all tres cool!
• Crash - this is a slice of life movie I really like - the deep rooted prejudices, the irrational fears, the hopes and desires, the overcoming of it all - I like the sentiment of the movie

So this is pretty much the kind of cinema I like - I've been for only one international film festival in Pune where I saw really good films like Journey up the Sao francisco river [set in Brazil], Together [Chinese movie], Si J'etais Riche but having seen all these movies only once they cant really qualify as favourites. They are just theatre I appreciate which is a list of movies people should see. For eg Clueless is one of my favourites, but it does not necessarily mean you have to see it.

This is gonna be a post I'm going to keep editing as and when I remember more films or decide on a new favourite!

Powered by GoodWidgets.com

This 'n' that!

U cannot imagine the life I have been having....It has been peaceful to the point of bliss!! For the first time with a lot of good luck, my targets have been achieved so stress free at work - I'm very happy [read secure+content] in my personal space so life has just settled itself out. I'm so scared while writing this coz I believe in 'nazar' but really perhaps this is just the calm after the storm - after all, my life has been crazy hectic for the last couple of years on all fronts.

I know, the new status also requires some pulling and tugging to adjust to it from all angles but I actually like the place I'm in, after years. My job profile will need to change in 6 months to keep my interest, but the place definitely makes me happy in terms of the culture and growth of the company as a whole.

In other news, I have not seen a lot of movies recently since 'people' are very hyper critical of most movies and can't sit for 2 hrs in a cinema. This is true tho - I have difficulty as well espescially in movies like 'Salaam - e - Ishq' which go on forever but I'm willing to sacrifice comfort to see a movie. I think that certain movies like 'Crash' need to be seen at home to fully absorb the nuances in the movie but cinema like ' Transformers' can't be appreciated at all unless in a massive AV conducive environment! So I need to watch 'Jab We Met', think I can skip 'Bhool Bulaiya' - I've also been lucky - shitty movies have been released like 'No Smoking', 'Laaga Chunari Mein Daag' so it's been easy to skip the weekly cineman visits. Tho I think 'Mighty heart' must happen and I know 'Superbad' will!!

I have no major plans fr the coming weekend [4 days coz of Diwali] after having spent a very chilled out previous weekend in Pune doing nothing much except for spending money shopping and eating - two of my favourite activities!! I also think my ex-flat mate now has a current 'flatmate' who she is not accepting in public but more on that later.

This post seems to be rambling in all directions but I'm loving the fact of it and the fact that I have nothing to stress on!

Excuses Excuses

Happiness is a many splendored thing - I know Ive used that very liberally but you get my drift. However the feeling is so all pervasive that it really does not leave you time or inclination for much else. Blogging requires a need to share with the universe - happiness kills that need [for me particularly]. I am so busy sharing with real live people that I can see and touch that I don't feel a particular need to share with an unknown world at large. Possibly I have not reached that stage where cyberworld is so close that it is like real live people to me.

So in my case, I cannot blog when Im unhappy coz its too personal to put on the net and I don't need to blog when I'm happy which effectively means I only blog when I'm in limbo which is also possibly why my blogging is average!!

Ultimate Bourne

So I finally saw Bourne Ultimatum last night. This has really been the most awaited movie, since it released ages ago in the states and took like 6 weeks to get here which is something one is not used to anymore since the worldwide premiere thingy started e.g. Spidey 3, Casino Royale etc. All in All, it bes quite a nice film, wraps up all the ends neatly enough. Personally, I think Matt Damon [though a hottie!!] looks too young to play Jason Bourne - I think in the books, he was slightly older. Also, I think in the second book, he gets married and has kids, and what happened to the Carlos character? As Gamous put it, in this film, there was google, and the European union [since he moves from country to country with no issue], in the book, there was no cell phones!! I don't understand what Julia Stiles was doing in the movie tho...the movie did not need a romantic interest - it's gripping enough with the story line and the constant action. [ My recommendation - don't watch it in the Dome - I saw it in a large enough theatre and still felt nauseous!!]

Next film on my agenda, is Loins of Punjab which is supposed to be hysterically funny. But let's face it, the film I'm really looking forward to is 'Om Shanti Om'.....'Main Hoon Na' ranks as one of my nice films and this one looks kitschy as well - I mean there is a song 'Dard-e-Disco'!! Analysis of which has landed us at the conclusion that the song means there is a disco of pain in his heart - go figure!!

Michaelangelo perhaps??

You could have been a famous Artist

Oil painting, sculpture, photography. No matter the medium, it's clear that an imaginative soul like yours must have been an artist in a former life. With your creativity and originality, you've got a unique approach to the world that just begs to be shared with everyone.Like the great masters who came before you, you march to the beat of your own drummer and don't follow the herd. You live life by your own rules and aren't afraid to express your ideas. Lucky for all of us, they're great ones. So, keep expressing yourself. You're sure to be legendary!

Who Were You in a Past Life?
Brought to you by Tickle

T.V. Guide

Instead of a listing along side since I have too many side bar thingy's currently, I am just going to list all my favourite TV shows here with pictures - Yay!!

1. Buffy the Vampire slayer - each generation a slayer is chosen - she is living on the Hell mouth - she is in love with the most gorgeous man alive who happens to be dead for the last 243 year - a vampire with a soul - she kicks butt with her entourage - a witch, a werewolf, a demon and a general loser!!

2. Roswell - aliens crash landed - left their spawn with super talents - who can fall in love with humans but have to mate with their own kind since they are the rulers of their universe - have enemies chasing after them and the story continues....

3. Grey's Anatomy - McDreamy, McSteamy, doctors, emergency situations, life saving options, who can resist all the drama? and mostly a soundtrack to die for, all my current favourite songs are from the show - Chasing cars, How to save a life, Breathe...possibly they my favourite coz they featuring on the show but what the hell??

4. The O.C - oh to have lives like that!! U wear fancy clothes, go to fancy shcools, have all these cute boys living next door....sob sob!! oh and ur mother sleeps with your ex boy friend, ur sister runs away from school, ur boyfriend beats up people for no reason.....wowie!


5. One Tree Hill - I only saw one season of this but seemed very exciting - half brothers living in the same town - father won't accept one - the brother wont accept the other - falling in love with each other's best friends - my god the saga continues!!

6. Friends - a group of 6 who seem to have really odd work timings, can sit and drink endless cups of coffee - seem to fall in love within the group all the time without major drama - and can you make you laugh no matter the number of times you see it!!

7. Beverly Hills 90210 - the original teen angst drama - the rest are all copies. Country hicks move to the cool zip code and change their lives around. Good friends, great clothes and the original soap is born!

8. Charmed - a show about 3 witches - the power of whom combined is the most potent force in the universe - they have an enemy called the source - the source of all evil of course!!

9. Wonder years - who did not want to adopt Fred Savage I tell you? and which boy did not have a crush on Winnie Cooper!! The original show about the 60's which deals with the war, and how terrible growing up can be!!

Must mentions:

• Angel
• Picket fences
• Baywatch
• Doogie Howser M.D.

Face it! Facebook is here!

Last year at around this time - a little earlier in the year perhaps- I had blogged about how orkut was the new obsession amongst my friends - it was in effect a new avenue of communication that had opened up that was not as personal as a phone call or an email...so it let you keep in touch with the more random people amongst your circle of acquaintances/extended friends etc.
This year, THE social networking site is facebook and I know this for a fact coz my extremely Internet unfriendly best friend is actually on the site and working it thrice a week. I have to agree tho - the site totally rocks - I think it's ok for the staying in touch bit [Orkut is better for the sheer simplicity of the platform..] but there are the various 'applications' you can add which are like just fun. It has the original pacman game [Now I wanna go play that!!], it has this weird funda of zombies/vampires/werewolves [since I'm so Buffy obsessed - I love these!!] where you get to bite people and 'turn' them and the more people you turn, the higher you go in the levels [please note, I am currently a Bishop in the house of Zombie - I willingly add people to my friend's list thinking of them as potential minions in my army......muahahahahahah(**evil laugh**type thingy - sowwy)!!].
In addition to these, there are the quizzes which are ok, the superlatives and nicknames apps which I just love....case in point....I just[ as I type] nicknamed Best friend Bad girl - go ask her why!! Superlatives has these crazy options like person most likely to turn to Wikipedia to answer life's questions and I know a person like that - go figure!! For some reason tho, everyone seems to have nominated me to have a blonde moment....I mean really now! I just can't figure out why?? ;-)!!
Let me not forget to mention the poke pro/superpoke/xme options where people can throw sheep at each other [this is definitely for the kiwi population on facebook - ask R & R, they can tell you!!], bite, hug, kiss etc. My personal options is to defenestrate someone [Don't know what that means - wiki it!!] However I have also been l33t haxxored - when I figure that one out - will let you know!! It's cute and there are variations of it like fight club where you get to do only nasty things - so basically my point of the whole thing is that Fb is 'funner' since it has more interactions possible which make it really addictive. I mean for God's sake, while I'm blogging, I'm logged on!!

Random musings

I've not posted in a bit - mainly coz I've been too busy with life!! So I've been thinking [yes, I do that as well]...... I never prescribed to the theory that people write when they are unhappy or unfulfilled but it seems to be true for me also - when I had less to do or I was not so occupied, I wrote a lot more. Nowadays, I'm happy where I am so there is less need to vent or find an outlet for the energy. It's not like I'm doing anything different - I've seen a couple of movies, read a book [actually in the middle of it], hung out with people but nothing has motivated me to pour my heart out. The thing is...the movies were good - Transformers, Simpsons and Chak De, hanging out was fun also - new people espescially but I have not had that urge to share with the world at large. I seem to be happy sharing it at that moment itself and not need to publicise my opinion to anyone who wants to listen.
This worries me in a way - it means that my life is bigger than my writing! For a lot of people [authors mainly one would suppose..], writing is their life - nothing supersedes that. So again, I don't have a driving passion in life, other than life itself! I don't need to do anything to the exclusion of all else........ even work does not define me. This is scary because it's passion that crosses the line for you from mediocre to brilliant in anything you do. If I lack that passion, how will I ever fulfill what I can? and what's scarier is obviously I don't want to.....
Not that I think that being happy is not enough - it's more than!! I think it's important to have friends, enjoy life, marriage, kids - the works but I think in today's world, you need more definition than that - you need to have your own driving force - your " I need to do this to exist" bit which is seperate from "I need this person to exist" because at the end of the day if all else ceases, you will still have yourself and your "drive" to continue......

Spider Pig Spider pig

This is, by far, the only bloggable thing I've done all week, if you don't count working!! So finally, the weekend after, everyone has seen the movie, I go for it with a mega Simpson's fan who got all the political satire [anyone who knows me, knows I don't get satire or politics so I think that left me out of most of the jokes!!] But anyways....I was quite happy with the mufee. It was very funny and it definitely made you laugh but I have a couple of questions....

1. Why did Grampa have that vision in church?
2. Why was the Bono type boy there?
3. Who is Russ Cargill in real life?
4. Tom Hanks was in the movie....why?

Other than these minor issues, I found the following really funny:

• Spider pig Spider pig - does whatever a spider pig does [which is what practically anybody who saw the movie or went near it is singing]
  
• Beginning of movie, the itchy and scratchy show with the whole nuclear missile thingy
• Homer Simpson asking the audience why would you pay money to watch a cartoon movie that comes free on television at home
• Maggie Simpson always
• Bart Simpson and his blackboard punishment - will not illegally download this movie
• Arnie gets paid to lead not read

Other than this, went to the Lemon Grass at Pheonix which is tres nice since it's AC'ed. Fell sick :-( with the viral spiral again which kinda ruined the weekend in a way but hopefully will go see Transformers today and all will be well with life again!

So many things - so little time!

I've just going to list all the stuff that has happened...not in exact chronological order!

• I got lasik surgery done on Saturday
• I was no longer blind by Sunday
• To make up for the loss of glasses, I went shopping [bought 2 tops, green & cream and a pair of shoes, pink & brown in the same shoes]
• Went to Club IX on Sunday where the waiters outnumbered us 6:1, I'm serious and I remember those days when one could not get a waiter to serve you for hours
• Revisited Harmony thrice a week and still wasted food
• Finalised weekend plans for Goa with the Manali Gang and Holiday plans with R
• Met A & K at Toto's where I drank a small glass of wine which was equal to the price of a whole pitcher
• for the first time ever, I tried to tell my dad something [I normally let my mom do this job] and he cut me off b4 I began
• I think I made someone write again
• Went to Toto's on Thursday and got my best friend back
• and I defined a new space in my life - semi semi thing thing!!

The thing is the old saying is true - when it rains, it pours! I'm kinda finding it hard to balance my life the way I want it- normally I have the least stress on priorities since I can weigh up everything but in some cases I'm learning, one cannot rely on the past and one needs to look at the future. I hope it gets easier with time since I like the life that I had but I want the life I can see!

Ride the wave!!

This is the first penguin movie I've seen - considering that they currently seem to be 'The' animals to make films on currently. 'Happy Feet', Penguins - a love story [voiced by Amitabh Bachchan - if you please!!].....all part of this niche genre. On the whole I was quite happy with the film - cute story - nicely done but what I found happiest is the thought that if you gotta do something, you gotta have fun doing it - don't do it for the prestige, don't do it because you gotta!! The ending song is the New Radical's "You get what you give - the music in you" - and this is really what the film is about - that you have the music in you - you have the rhythm, the beat, everything - you just have to go with your own music.

Lyrics I like from the song in random order:
But when the night is falling
And you cannot find the light
If you feel your dream is dying
Hold tight
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give
Four a.m. we ran the miracle mile
We're flat broke
But hey we do it in style
The bad rich
God's flying in for your trial
But when the night is falling
And you cannot find a friend
You feel your tree is breaking
Just bend
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
The world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give
This whole damn world can fall apart
You'll be ok follow your heart
You're in harms way I'm right behind
Now say you're mine
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
The world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give
Don't let go
I feel the music in you
Fly high
What's real can't die
You only get what you give
You're gonna get what you give
Just don't be afraid to leave!!

Zodiac - sign not to watch!

So I saw this movie.....Zodiac which was based on the real case files of a serial killer in of course Amrica from the late 60's to the early 80's - the film starred "dreamy eyed" Jake Gyllenhall [as described by MSN Entertainment] and Robert Downey Jr [the same drug addicted one - very nice actor tho] and I would love to tell you why the film was made but I can't. My problem also is that the film is 2 1/2 hrs long - for an English film going nowhere, that's crazy!! Most people know I can't sit still for more than 30 seconds at a time.....during Salaam - E - Ishq - practically a 4 hr movie [I liked it tho], I started fidgeting after 3 hrs and shook the entire row along with me - Friend had to physically restrain me from creating semi-earthquake catastrophe!! Anyway, back to movie.....it started with people getting shot and carried on from there with no purpose. I mean, the case was never solved, a journalist got obsessed with it, got divorced coz of it, another journalist was driven to drink, it ruined a cop's life, and the man who supposedly did it was a pedophile, and liked publicity and so wrote cipher's with the 'Zodiac' alphabet [some vague medieval code - only interesting information in the whole movie], claimed responsibilities for murder's he apparently did not commit, stole his name and symbol from a watch brand.....Ok now it seems like I'm wandering but the movie is the same...there is no definite conclusion so I cannot figure out why they made it and that too, why they made it so long?? There is this episode of friends where Monica makes friend's with the woman who stole her wallet who does all sorts of crazy things coz she claims she lost 2 hrs of her life watching 'Dead Poet's society' [which I feel is quite a sweet movie by the way] - I currently feel the same!

Reality bites!!

Have you ever felt the universe shift under your feet?
My life turned upside down - in the space of a week
What I took for granted, may no longer exist,
what I should not recognize, I can no longer resist.
The more restless I get, The more tied up I feel
the clarity I seek, is hiding under a lilting spiel
how longwill I try to hold on to today dream's
when tomorrow I know, nothing will be as it seems?

Are we on the same page???

Hehehehehe......I think the funda of being on the same page is very entertaining - it lends itself to description/exaggeration so well.

1. "We are on the same page" is the actual phrase which means everyone has the same understanding of the plot and is at the same point in the plot
2. "We are not on the same page" - means we are in the same plot but in different points
3. "Not only are we not on the same page, we are in different books" - different plots also could be in same category/genre
4. "Different books not in the same library also" - vastly different plots from completely different genres
5. "On the same page but exiting the book" - heading to pt.4

Things u did not need to know!

What Kind of Drink Are You?
	You are a Cosmopolitan. You are quiet and content. You don't stand out too much, but you don't mind and don't care what people think of you. You don't need everything to be perfect, as long as you get what matters. Sure, you may be 'girly' and you may not be the smartest, craziest or most refined, but you really like yourself, and that's fine by you.
Find Your Character @ BrainFall.com

5 Friends every chick needs!

There are these whole lists of articles on the list of the 5 friends every chick needs - some of those listed have 10 friends......some of the titles are personal shopper, sister in a suit, the comedian, the wild child. I know I have my posse of people I turn to in a crisis and they all fulfill different roles - not so specific as a personal shopper but general shoulders to cry on types.

1. The sister of my heart - I'm an only child but I have a best friend who understands me completely - she knows I just need to vent and I don't need to be told what to do - and even if she does, she knows if I don't like it, I'm just gonna ignore it!! so yeah, but she is the first person I turn to even if she lives across 3 oceans and 2 continents! I think what she fulfills is the need that I will still be loved after the crisis - I'm not a bad person since she is there for me forever!

2. The strategist - Her husband finds this entertaining since she has never followed strategy herself but she gives me the guidelines to solutions - its like she tells me this is what needs to be done - whether we do it or not is irrelevant but this is the way to go ahead. This is extremely helpful for guy issues since guy minds are unfathomable to me - inspite of having more guy friends than girl friends at times!

3. The distant observer - this is someone (different person each time, mostly) who is quite removed from the issue at hand but since part of your daily life has a keen understanding of you and your perspective and thus can dole out pearls of wisdom that is quite appealing to you.

4. The I don't feel for you girl - she just listens and laughs at the situation which is not all that entertaining for you but it reminds you it's not the end of the world and worse can happen! [this is also often the role played by sister of the heart but she is forgiven for this]! When this happens, I get reminded of the scene in Notting Hill where Julia Roberts is hyperventilating about being caught by the paparazzi and Hugh Grant is like my best friend fell down steps and can't walk anymore - Perspective is what is needed for catastrophe!

5. The clueless friend - this is sometimes the most crucial one, when all is lost just call and go out with someone who has no idea of whats up, letting you avoid the problems in your life. This friend will rib you about some idiotic issue of many years past, letting you feel that oh god! you were as foolish then so nothing much has changed!!

I think if it were not the roles kind of defined over here, I would never survive through anything. My parents are the most important but all these give me the daily balance necessary to survive through life!!

These are the links to 2 of the lists - articles off the net!
1. 10 friends every girl needs
2. 5 friends every girl needs

Prereqs - Not!!

A lot of people have been posting on the qualities/prereqs for a boyfriend - with these really detailed lists - handholding techniques, movie watching preferences, book reading habits, clothes wearing style etc. I have also elucidated on my list - refer spaces for same. However, what my list says and what I do are completely seperate species - firstly one of the things on the list is good looking [arm candy]- last 2 people me focused on not really in that category - I mean current gamous boy is still acceptable (*pliss to be noting esp @ mallumadness, gamous boy is term for crush) but previous is just not in the vicinity of good looking! Also always thought intelligent/intellectual was a must - the last 3 definitely do not meet that requirement - some of them were just slow!!! Dressing sense is another area people are critical of - I mean as long they are not not wearing clothes a la Salman Khan or marginally better all the primary colors like Govinda, is it really such an issue? exactly last one wore the same clothes every week - I think he had a day coded pattern or something! and as for my primary criteria which would be rich - not even close!
Everybody I know swears that I have the worst taste in men in the planet - it's really an unanimous decision - there is no point in me having a list.....instead of must have, I'm going to try for a must not have!!

Boyfriend type person must not :

1. Be married
2. Have existing girlfriend
3. Be slow
4. Own any vehicle that has less than 4 wheels
5. Speak any language other than english as main communication language
6. Be boring!!

I'm sure people reading this will have loads to add so please feel free!! and @ Brian, this cannot be connected to AFC or MCC!!

Death becomes me!

I now officially know what the phrase 'Dying of embarrasment' means!! It means you will just burn up with shame!!

These are a few of my favourite things!!

I've had a very good weekend extended to Monday - mainly coz I read the 7th and last in the series of Harry Potter - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I saw a really funny movie! Please note from here on if you've not read the Harry Potter please discontinue reading...

So I was fairly pleased with the book on the whole with the twists and turns that occured. The ending kinda sucked in my opinion because according to me Harry won on a technicality - I mean Expelliarmus is not exactly a spell to win a battle on! I don't care if that's his trademark as mentioned in the book. I mean Draco used it on Dumbledore - Harry used it on Draco and lo and behold he is the true owner of the Elder wand!! Such a technicality!! and of course the epilogue is really well written...but I'm not sure if it was necessary??

Other than that, this whole love angle and dying for the good of the world is a straight lift from the bible!! this is Jesus incarnate - maybe coz I'm catholic and a fan of all the code in Da Vinci but this is really a copy of the sentiment in the New Testament. Da Vinci code has this bit about how all fairy tales etc tell the story of Mary Magdalene but I'm slowly coming to believe that humans like to hear the same story again and again - that one person will save them from doom.

I was super thrilled with the Snape angle and I believed I've voiced the opinion earlier about disbelief in Snape and how Neville would surely play a bigger role and he definitely lived upto his destiny.

I was also upset about the fact that J.K Rowling used the word 'Bastard' in describing people in the book - at the end of the day - it is a children's novel and it leaves a bad taste in the mouth. I noticed it this time - I'm not sure whether it has occured before and this is why I think she has started writing with her adult audience in mind as well.

I'm still a huge fan of the Potter series since the imagination is just fantastic - Some argue that Lord of the Rings is as big a fantasy but LOTR is much darker in a lot of way and frankly I just don't get the whole World War association everyone keeps on about though that series is definitely written for people above the age of 12.

yesterday - I saw a really funny movie after ages - Wild Hogs - of course it did help that I was a bottle of beer down and that too half bottoms up - I always find alcohol helps take a film over the line from mediocre to good but in this case - I dont think the booze had a big role to play. The movie is about 4 middle aged men wanting to be big bad bikers - and they lead really normal middle of the road american lives. The movie tries to have touching scenes but mainly lands up with hysterical situations which are just funny! and the cast is nothing to sneeze at - Tim Allen, William H. Macy, Martin Lawrence and the main man - John Travolta. Ray Liotta and Marisa Tomei also make an appearance. The star cast is big in my opinion but the noise level on the movie was real low. Maybe this is the kind of movie that does well through word of mouth alone - maybe viral marketing is what was used!!

There was an article in the Time Asia magazine recently on John Travolta and his career graph. For every hit, he has a flop and he is still a bankable star in Hollywood. I think bcoz his hit movies become cult films - Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Look Who's talking, Pulp Fiction, Face-off and now the one coming up Hair Spray - where he plays a woman. Something to look forward to!!

Happy Birthday Mama!!

My mother turned 60 yesterday and in her true style, she celebrated this milestone as well - with friends and family who had flown across the world to be with her on this day. My mom is someone who thinks each event in life needs to be celebrated with the appropriate pomp and splendour - I think this is to give each event its due importance. She is the one who insists I need to have a 'birthday' party every year even in years when I'm sick at the very thought - due to imagined crises or horror at the thought of being so old[quarter of a century?? I'm like ready to kick the bucket!!]. I only hope that when I'm her age, I have the same things to show for my life - my mother has never held a 'corporate' job [not that I want to - life makes me!] to her chagrin but when I think what she does hold - I want the same things.

If my mother is not in the house/gone on holiday, my father cannot entertain himself - I have fun counting the number of times he walks up and down my house looking for occupation. My mother is the only one who can make him sit in one place for 15 minutes at a time - Trust me this is an accomplishment!! I can only pray that after 33 years of marriage, my husband cannot sit without me around!

I cannot go out in public without her checking my clothes - my mother has to validate all my clothing purchase decisions. If I really need advice - not just opinions - my mother is who I will turn to. If we fight [ which we do...trust me...she keeps a clean house and I inherited a messy gene from my da], neither of us can last a week without talking to each other. Again,I can only pray that if and when I have a daughter, I will be her best friend as well.

My mother is the youngest of 3 sisters and she was born much later - 6 yrs after the 2nd. For them also, my mother is a pillar - support, decisions etc. For her neice/my cousin, my mother is a combination of elder sister/crazy friend rolled into one. For my grandparents, she was a joy - often quoting the reason for her nature as 'the child born on the sabbath day is bonnie and bright and good and gay'!

My mom has a friend who says my mother did something very good in her last life that she landed in clover in this life - I think I did something better apparently - I got her as my mother!

P.S. I just know I was perfect in my last life - I got my mother, my father is the best person I know, my family adores me and I have fantastic friends!! just waiting for Prince Charming on the white horse to carry me off into the sunset....but then again, as I always say, I get travel sick!

Mother tongue: ___________

You know - I feel like posting but I really can't say what I'm feeling which makes posting seem irrelevant! So decided this post would be about language - specifically words which we use or make up in our daily lives which so completely do not make sense. The latest in this long line is 'Gamous' - B & I were talking about people who are monogamous/polygamous and she decided I should not talk since I need to get 'gamous' first!! Now put in context, you get the connotation - however I forgot the context and told friend whilst talking about a boy that I wanted to get gamous with him - Friend is like what!!!??? so explained what I meant and she got it [I think]! A word she uses is coolio - which according to her means extremely cool - to me it is a used to be rapper!! Firm where I work has boy who calls all females chicklit - to me & C, that's literature written by a female for a female!! My mother tells me to 'shut my face' all the time - I mean did I skip the window pane part of anatomy?? I actually had a whole list of stuff that we do or say that really means nothing - classic example - take a chill pill or my personal bugbear - chillax - I mean really what does That mean?? no matter how many times people explain to me it's a combination of chill and relax - I just don't get the coolness quotient in that verb!! While I was typing this, I was simultaneously doing a quiz on facebook [I'm kinda figuring it out slowly] and the question was which hip hop word was added to the Merriam Webster dictionary - my choices (a) fo'wizzle (b) hyphy (c) crunk (d) don't remember.....the answer Crunk - what could that mean?? really please let me know if you know!! Beyonce got the word "bootylicious" added to the dictionary as well but that one is easy to understand.....unlike the latest rapper on the block T-Pain who will buy you a 'drank' - now is this called that (a) because he drank it (b) he pays for it after you drank it (c) is it 2/3/x numbers of drinks put together so that you drank and then you become a skank!! It's quite a nice song though tho the video is really at a different pace than the song in my opinion and I swear in some places he looks like he is doing the bhangra!! I think another way we develop words is either we anglicise hindi or we indianise english - Maro'ing' line!! oh! since I'm asking for explanations - please tell me how did the word 'batting' come to mean flirting wit/hitting on ppl - I'm still not clear as to the exact meaning also!! If I continue in this vein, I will be asking for reasons till kingdom come so I'm just going to take my sleepy pills and say good night!!
I also read this random piece of information that english has a neuter gender since for some 300 odd years French was the official language of England so it was kept alive by the common people who just decided to do away with complicated tenses and genders! coolio!!

Khalid Mohammed....step aside!!

I saw "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" yesterday - like everyone else on the internet I'm going to share my opinion of the movie!! It was by far the most boring book of the series - nothing really happened - and the high light of the movie apparently is Dolores Umbridge so there was really nothing in the book! The book is more like a stop gap - tho if I remember correctly in the 6th one - Voldemort does not make an appearance and it's really a history lesson about Tom Riddle. Anyway was quite happy with the movie since it really kept all the essential elements - it did twist the storyline a bit e.g the person who told on Dumbledore's Army is actually Cho Chang's friend - and she has the word Sneak formed across her face in pustules i think for telling since the document they signed [which they showed in the movie by the way] was charmed!! On the whole I was quite pleased with the whole thing - I suppose was happier since had re read the book early in May so remembered quite a few of the things! but the thing is that in this movie, Daniel Radcliffe according to me is already looking older than his character and HP is going to be 18 in the final one which is a good 4 years away so DR is like going to be like ancient! Another thing is the whole Neville Longbottom twist in the tale which could have been specified since I'm hoping there is something more to that angle in the story since he really has lost a lot to Voldemort as well as HP. Can't wait for "Deathly Hallows" on Saturday coz then the suspense is over - Who/What is RAB??!
I also wanted to know if they going to make Shopaholic movies - now that would be fun!! even if they combine 2-3 books into one - it could be quite entertaining!! [Charade: any thoughts on this one??] Since they are finally making a 'Sex and the city' movie!

The day before that had been for P's birthday - we did dinner in Spice Tree and then went to drink at Vertigo. Did not realise at Spice tree that entire area was P's party so ended up ignoring quite a few people - by mistake! Anyway had nice fun time, met loads of people and made fun of half of them - always a good thing!

Looking forward to this week since cousin and baby arrive finally - going to be seeing baby after February - and the first time entire family [mostly] will be together since baby born!! however work wise.... boss is back after a week's break so will wreak havoc playing catch up since everyone knows - when the cat is away, the mice will play!!

I told you - I'm not a Taurus!!

Results of a Tickle test:

The thing is I'm not really big on astrology - zodiac or the hindu style. I was told I was Taurus so I went along for the ride, given that I'm really bull headed!! but was quite gobsmacked [I really like this word] when I read the result below. Some of it I'm skeptical about... highlighted in bold [ Italics is what I like but not sure about]!

The planets are very complex. Maybe your astrologer will disagree, and maybe a few tendencies will vary, but overall you're an AQUARIUS. As an air sign, you're a great communicator and an independent thinker. Besides which, you've got an incredibly popular side -- people can't resist that inviting personality and your altruistic ways. You are ambitious and creative, but you also have a tendency to be inflexible when it comes to your views. Although you may be a great and giving friend, you tend to shy away from romantic relationships. Your sign -- the water-bearer -- indicates that you give off a special energy that others receive as a gift. You are definitely a people person, and you want everyone to be happy. You also have an analytical edge that comes out in your progressive thinking. In addition to all of these redeeming qualities, you are most commonly known for being the friendliest sign in the zodiac.

Famous Aquarians:

Mikhail Baryshnikov
Charles Darwin
Christian Dior
Paul Newman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

To comment or not to comment?? - that is the question

I have discovered my tactlessness or unthinkingness in what I'm saying is applicable to my blog commenting also. Twice, I have put down what I think are perfectly innocent comments on blogs that I like and read regularly - and have practically created like the cold war era on the internet.

First: I read friend's blog which was faintly philosophical and to which person had commented about how the style did not suit him - so I commented that I liked it and in response to the above comment [which I did not write actually], I said philosophical is ok as long as people don't go on and on about it. However friend reacted badly and said that is how he feels to which I had to further explain myself which resulted in around 7-8 comments to no purpose bcoz I can't seem to phrase myself properly or attribute retorts to correct people [ since it's not nice to be randomly rude to guest on other people's blogs!!]

Second: I reached this blog site through work colleague and found it extremely funny since constantly doing movie reviews etc - music also but I find the movie bits relevant! anyway today, for some reason saw pics of furniture, with descriptors and prices! basically stuff for sale!! so totally blown away by this concept - commented that had never seen that before - stuff for sale in a blog and being too lazy to sign in, chose anonymous option! got immediate annoyed response: @ anonymous, it is not stuff for sale only. So....I went back and checked post and it was stuff for sale so asked how is it not?? apparently, the blog is not about stuff for sale, it has other options and only that post was. So ended up apologising again for a comment that was nt intended to be rude or deprecating.

Third incident also: Was shouted at for revealing friend's identity while leaving comment on her blog.

Lesson from life: I must not leave comments on blogs.

Maybe if I write this 100 times on the blackboard, it will be more effective.

1. I must not leave comments on blogs
2. I must not leave comments on blogs
3. I must not leave comments on blogs......

This is me....then

My life last year at this time is like from a different decade - the place I worked, the people I hung out with, my weekly routine - everything has changed!! Luckily my parents and house are still the same - thank God!! Last year, I worked in an office which was minimum 45 minutes away from home, where I sat everyday till 8, post which I went drinking - to Harmony (90%), Sports Bar (5%) and Ambience (5%) with loads of different people but 2 constants [A + K] like the 3 musketeers [as u can see from this picture - sometimes very happy musketeers....this is from the fateful day when 4 people demolished 7 pitchers in 3 hrs!!]

Now, I work 15 minutes away from home, go out drinking to Soul Fry (only) and that too only once a week. But life does not change that much.....I still hang out with only single people, I still stress about my job, I still buy clothes every week and now my new obsession instead of Orkut is Facebook - mainly because I don't understand how to use it!! Remind me at some time to complain about how Facebook is not fun since orkut stalking is not possible!!

My fear in all of this: - other people move on......I seem to be stuck in my life. I love it here, it's fun but am I missing out on something else? Obviously other people see areas lacking which is how their life changes - am I blinded to the obvious? or maybe it's a 'latent' need which will attack me later. I've always been a let the mountain come to Muhammad type. But at some level, it worries me that my equals from the year before are now multiplications/additions of who they used to be.

Sleeping Beauty??

This as most people know is one of my favourite activities and I'm famous for pulling 14-16 hour sleeping session - the way other people party or drink - this is my specialty.

Once my roommate and I in Pune pulled an extreme marathon session [for us also] - We went to sleep at 12 since we had a guest lecture at 10 - she woke up at 1030, spoke to me, we contemplated going and said chuck it, she made breakfast and went back to sleep, I arose at 1130 and repeated above procedure. Finally we woke up at 530 and went straight to a movie and pub.

The point of this post is that last night, I pulled similar stunt, After having met S for dinner, told B that she could come stay the night post her date. We ended up at the same joint [much to their chagrin - but really u cannot usurp our adda as ur date spot] where she threw chutney at me. Anway I left half hr earlier than her, went home, arranged the water, cleared the beds, put my phone on loud so I would hear it and then promptly collapsed into an inanimate vegetable so that I missed 6 calls on my phone!!

this morning, woke up full of remorse for the margaritas that I drank when realised B was missing!! so feeling even more remorseful, have spent better half of morning calling people to figure out where she went - time tht could have been utilised getting to work on time!!

Pets

"Every woman should have 4 pets in her life – a mink in her cupboard, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed and a jackass to pay for everything"
Paris Hilton – socialite, singer, actress, jailbird

I never thought I would be in agreement with Paris Hilton about anything - I mean her life could not be further removed from mine to the extent that I say "that's cool" while she drawls "That's hawt"!! But this one statement is definitely true.

So long - Farewell

Age is catching up with me - I'm experiencing the signs. The last three times I've drunk a good amount of alcohol and I'm not talking like bottles, but like say 3 drinks,I have suffered the most drastic consequences the next day. When I'm drinking I'm fine but the morning after...... my head is swimming, slight pounding occurs, bouts of nausea occur - functionality to an extent ceases. This is post water consumption by the litres and insisting on food going in and still the symptoms persist - I personally think it's my body telling me Enough! 9 years we've been subjected to this torture, now behave yourself. I used to be like a tank: 7-8 drinks and good going [of course past this limit and there is no explaining myself but still....].

Yesterday was a very good day - P and I discovered this new place Vertigo, which is quite nice, different from our regular Soul Fry [where we landed up in any case later]. Anyway Vertigo used to be D'Nosh and is quite posh - one of P's colleagues/friends tried to organise an office party there and tentatively suggested playing Hindi music to which she received the caustic reply - It's my pub and I only play 80's!! which suits us just fine - really good music also - songs we have not heard for ages since Club IX started playing vague things like Rakatak - I mean is that really a song??? So back to Vertigo, their margaritas not so good but food good and ambience also - will try different alcohol next time. Then we moved on to 'adda', where we 'bumped' into friends. Since Soul Fry DOES good margaritas, we felt compelled to drink [truth be told, we only went for the margaritas!!] and so ordered a couple more. All in all, good night!!

Done!!

I've had one of my active weeks - time has really flown - in fact I thought I was talking to people 4 days ago and apparently it was 7 days ago - I did not even realise three days had gone by!!

1. Went to Bangalore - had 5 meetings
2. Had 3 relevant meetings in Bombay
3. Went to Infiniti Mall and Atria in the same day - for people who know me, know I hate moving out at all so 2 places in one day - Whoo hoo!
4. Went to CCD( Bandstand), Soul Fry, Club IX, and Amore (Carter Rd) on Saturday night
5. Went to the parlour
6. Watched Grey's Anatomy

Was very happy since had fun, was productive and shared secrets with my mom that were easier than I thought it would be - of course somewhat edited secrets but still.....

Migration

I'm moving here for the second time - hopefully this time since I actually started exploring the options and I found the options for the various list - quite happy with it and think will actually stay here now.

Will start my new blog with some relevant posts from the old one - kind of like a semi introduction.
so here goes:

June 19

Wanted: Prince Charming

I've had one of those days when in the morning - everything went wrong - work wise! and u end up thinking 'Why did I not do that secretarial course - 9 baje aao, 6 baje niklo?'. I've decided the best solution to get out of this rut is to get married - that way I will sit at home and my most stressful question will be what color should I paint my nails today??

So I'm looking for Prince Charming whose criteria I shall list below:

1. Rich - for obvious reasons.....no point getting married if I have to still work
2. Tall - this is so I can have tall kids.....everyone knows I'm barely off the ground so if I co-produce with someone short, my kids will be dwarves
3. Good looking - for my own fun
4. Entertaining - I have the attention span the size of an ant....he needs to be able to keep it - my mother says I need a clown since obvious I want someone to juggle for me!!
5. Nice - this is missable....if I had to drop one of the criteria, ths would be it! Hey I'm nice enough for everybody
6. Intelligent - this is a prerequisite tho definitions of intelligence are different - mine is more of a smart, knows how to talk, street savvy kind of person definitely not intellectual tho, more personality driven perhaps

However the problem with this list is that noone ever meets it! and tho I know this list in theory, in practice I have the worst taste in the universe [ attested to by a variety of people!] so I will stop this post and go back to work!!

May 26

What do I do?

Today I had to explain what I do and I must admit it sounds really cool...there are some perks to working with the entertainment industry [ok - forget the fact office is next to my house - additional bonus!!], it's that one gets to talk about cool stuff for a living. Artist Management, Media, Customisation, customerisation - these are all terms that one learnt in the marketing text book [Philip Kotler Zindabad, May Al Ries and Jack Trout live long as well] and you actually get to use them in daily existence!! I don't think the work is all that glamorous - it's the perks that make the job worthwhile!! Music launches, kaan awards, movie premieres, free stuff...yay the list goes on!!

Went to Eleven Echoes in Juhu today - yes was finally dragged to the distant suburb and in turn dragged townie there but both of us have vowed never again - the positive points just dont out weigh the distance tho 11 echoes is really pretty!!

Actually wanted to see Shootout at Lokhandwala - the movie - based on true rumours [ok that is the whole title] but decided friday night is drinking night instead so will see movie tomorrow since have to haul ass out of bed early in any case since for some reason decided will work on a saturday as well - DUH is me!! and to top it all off, I have to go to Gwalior Tank to some random place for Still shots or stock shots or something along those lines - if someone can please elaborate what exactly I'm looking for - I will be forever grateful [ indebted is a better word, do u think??]!! anyhow someone please tell me how to get there and then what to do once I'm there!! I will be forever 'indebted'!!

Since going to work tomorrow, must sleep at reasonable hour which implies now but since not sleepy will continue posting for one's own pleasure! Finished reading Shadow lines by Amitav Ghosh yesterday - highly recommended by literary minded friends....I like the book but I'm not raving about it if you know what I mean - It gave me a sense of unfinishment [ ok ok I create words] - I think what I mean is unfulfilled but its more like the story did not cleanly end for me - unfulfilled is definitely present but it left me feeling unfinished - maybe it's one of those books you need to read again and then a lot of things become clearer with a second comprehension. Hmmmm that is possibly not going to make sense to anybody but in my own mind I understand [ I think]. I had tried reading Glass Palace by the same author a couple of years earlier but could not get through the first couple of pages but in spite of that ploughed through this since was promised good reading [note to myself: literary friends are literary for a reason]. Literary friend + Magazine editor as opposed to literary friend + monkey porn editor [seperate posting for this story & praying she never read this], anyway literary friend + mag editor swears by Salman Rushdie and her favourite book is Midnight's Children - another book that I could not get through the first couple of pages so just goes to show that one's man passion is another one's poison [ not sure if that is the phrase, if not please correct me!!]. Going to start reading Equal Music by Vikram Seth which my father says is the best written book in English - I should check whether he means Indian authors best or like Compared to Shakespeare Best - hmmmm??? Actually going to go start reading only.....

May 17

Random ramblings!!

I was never part of this philosophy that school friends are the best friends - Ive added so many from each walk of life but there is nothing like someone who has know you all your life and loves u still....I just met some of my oldest school friends - known them at least 15 years and its so comfortable. This is not to say we've always been super comfortable - we've had months when each has not talked to at least one member and in a group of 8 -12 thts a lot of permutations & combinations!! but we've come out of it and now we sit and laugh and think 'we did that?'.

Today I met 3 of my gang of '12 apostles' from college - this is what my mom used to call them since we used to be 12 girls to seat for dinner/lunch/transport etc!! And tho we did not reminisce about old times, it's like you can do anything no matter how badly behaved and everyone is like aaah - never mind - we love her anyways!! pls note - I was only eating all the food on the table before anyone's imagination runs wild! I was like super starved and kept grabbing food off the plate before anyone else could even get to it!!

Another thing is today was the third day in a row of drinking and my system cannot handle it anymore - sheer revolt is happening - this is also because of the shady vodka from yesterday - but today my body was like retching and sweating and punishing me in the worst way possible - blocking me up!! but I was nice to it and drank a lot of water so finally opened up! not things anyone needs to know but still....Whatever happened to the good old days when we partied 5 days a week and drank for 7? running around drinking vodka with glucon D for lack of better options - when did age catch up with me and hw did I not notice???

I love the people in this new office - they are just fun and open and thre is very little politics [ not that there was a lot of politics in Radio] but still.....everyone is super helpful and noone is out to do you in [I like the way that sentence sounds!]. It's just crazy working in an office where the MD sits behind you and is super charged and knows everyone's name tho I've heard he has some really 'severe' bad moods - these are all new office terms - 'severe', 'sorted' and 'vicious' [hint from helpful ex employee]!! my boss needs to texturise everything which means give it depth.....u learn new things everyday and in this office I'm like the oldest of the young generation!!

Ive been reading this blog called the compulsive confessor and I swear its compelling reading! she just rants about her regular life and u're like me wants me wants!! I think its supposed to be one of the group blogs where different people post things - there is one specific whining page!! it's quite strange the things people put on the web nowadays - you can really spend the entire day with other's people thoughts and expressions. Its not like uve never met them and you are not likely to either but u know them in a way you might not know other people who you interact with on a physical basis daily!!

Ok - I think this entry is going nowhere so going to finish now - these are really random musing but just felt like writing so...

January 16

I will survive!!

Where do I begin?? I've had major upheavals and changes in my life in the last couple of months - S shouted at me...never had that happen before...been changed from retail to corporate with a new boss and lastly but definitely not leastly my leave is in question...something which I have been planning for the last 2 yrs is suddenly unsanctioned even though it's within all company limits....gaaah!! I have a whole new list of clients - none of which I understand, none of which I can control....but the leave issue really sucks! Have not been able to establish equation with new boss - good or bad to just inform him of decision and chuck it all....best option comes from father who says quit job - go on holiday and come back to find less stressful job...sounds like a plan!!

I seem to have entered a vicious cycle where I say I want something and act like I want it and when I get it I'm really unhappy and unhappy in a heart being squeezed kind of way - I think that's the worst kind of way....not that Ive ever seen any other kind of way but people always talk of their heart breaking....mine feels like its being squeezed and I can't breathe! I seem to make this decisions based on other people's wants - I know it's wrong in theory but having someone else say it to me makes me upset and I decided I wnt to change it and then when the change happens I run around trying to unchange it until the next opinion upsets me again be it a book also and then again but the changes always have an effect so it's like a million little changes which will eventually make the one big change....and now I think I'm rambling so will stop this tirade...I think so tired that not understanding myself or my life anymore which is the biggest change.

I've always had a semblance of control on where things are going but in the last year...it just seems to have gone haywire - I think Ive complained before....I also have to blog about the numerous weddings I have attended in the last month and the non stop activity which made me feel popular for a bit!!

October 14

Change Change Change!!

It's quite creepy but when I met the palmist and tarot reader in June, they both predicted lots of change for me in October which both advised me not to fight but accept with open arms since the changes would eventually be positive. My current dilemma is what is open arms? should I just lie down and accept the changes or should I actively champion the changes? For anyone who knows me, I generally choose the path of least resistance, I really need to be forced into taking a decision that could change my life - If I want to do something, you cannot change my mind but If I'm ambivalent then I cannot make that decision and these days in my life, the greatest emotion seems to be apathy. I am not actively trying to make decisions tho I know I need to....

October 26

Harakiri!!

I think the change everyone was talking about was a change in me - I've realised who I used to be when I was younger and who I am now are completely different people in some ways - I think my overall personality has remained the same but some traits have definitely changed. I've never been very aggro but nowadays even simple confrontations seem to be traumatic - I think mainly because I'm not the ones instigating them.....and nowadays I realise I really need a reason before I draw sword and enter battle.....if I cannot see an end result, why start a battle that is already over? but that never used to be the case, If I felt slighted or wronged, I just charged and the end result was always good - unexpected maybe....but good. Sometimes the battles nowadays feel like Harakiri to me.......I think when I was younger self inflicted torture was the only torture I went through so maybe it was ok.....but now as a trying to be grown up, it seems such a waste to self flagellate when there is always a ready whip around the corner.

Now Random para's from previous blogs that are relevant in explaining where I'm coming from:

September 02

Life carries on!

U know so much stuff happens and then if you don't document that minute it all just slips away - and that's my problem just now - I think my life is slipping away!!Working leaves you no time for deep relationships and the ones you have nurtured are now also tortured since there is lack of contact - be it physical or mental...physical because you never meet and mental because everyone is so tied up in their own 'seperate' lives now that it's hard to connect the same way as when we led the same lives and were on the same page!!

After I wrote the last blog, I met a friend who echoed my sentiments about life slipping away and I wondered if everyone is facing the same problems, how are we supposed to have productive lives with happy relationships when we have no idea where these things are? I always thought, at this age [ which seemed very far away to me then - age 25], I would have this jetsetting career with arm candy fiance and generally be very put together - instead reality is that I'm still crazy by nature, I'm not really sure which direction I want my career to take [ this has basic assumption tht I have choice which may not be true at rate I'm going], and there is no fiance, arm candy, eye candy or otherwise. I'm not sure which pains the most - since everyone's career looks to me in the same boat - but a lot of people I know are getting married and voluntarily at that, I'm not counting arranged/social constraints but people genuinely in love and I really want to know how do they know that? Is is just me whose life seems to be out of my control and I'm going with the flow or is it a phenomenon with people in general and the people getting married are the anomalies?

I think this will give everyone an idea of whre I'm coming from - as and when I have relevant posts to link , will do so.