Of I 'heart' my valentine, blood-red martinis, and cuddly teddy bears that say "It's never too late to love you"

The only good thing about Valentines day for me, is the amazing music of the 80s that plays every evening on the radio all of this week!

Happy Val's day everybody! Hugs, kisses, and all things mushy! :D

Random Thoughts

1. The pocket change I found last weekend in my old pair of jeans made me grin. Made me beam with a nice warm glow knowing how it landed there.

2. Sometimes I feel that I need emails with a subject line that goes “A Woman is Special” to keep reminding me that I need to be a lot more warm, loving, feminine, and passionate in this Godforsaken world run by men! And constantly keep reminding me that we’re the blessed sex of the two.

3. How the laughter of a child, free of deceit, can shine our worlds brighter than the sun on a gloomy night.

4. The “Corrections and Clarifications” column on the newspaper seems to occupy more and more column-space by the day!

5. America has woken up to accept what they call the “unacceptable”. A surprisingly larger part of the population seems to lose trust on someone that has an impressive political lineage and leans to the comfort promised by Barack Obama! I guess time will tell us the rest. But if the question was “Who is more electable?” I think I’d say that it still is Clinton. Whoever it is, hopefully it’s a Democrat!

6. Life is as beautiful as I want to make it.

7. God I miss my shishta! * sigh *

8. Sometimes, when I stare blankly ahead and drive down without a focus, goal, or destination; that’s when I find myself in the most mystifying places of all times that I’ve failed to notice all along. :)

9. It disturbs me to know that Time is an annoying devil that just won’t wait for anyone. And when it starts to play its disgusting game, you’re not left with much choice by to play by its rules. It’s Vile!

10. My earliest memories of Madras; waking up with the sweet aroma of filter coffee, skipping and hopping along the side streets not caring a damn about the flying skirts showing off the dirty knees, watering the saplings on the side-walks, playing hide-n-seek around trees. But sadly all that remains now is how we crib about the traffic in the city! Let alone watering the saplings in the side-walks. There ARE no side-walks in the first place! It’s the sad state of Madras…

11. Websites such as Thesaurus.com and Dictionary.com have gradually, and almost completely, replaced the sweet-pungent smell and yellowing crinkly papers of the hand -held dictionary.

12. A walk in the park is a breath of fresh air through my dirty veins.

Ain't that the truth?

Neither do I know why I'm doing, what I'm doing!

Tag or Questionnaire!?!

Alrite, now I've been tagged by Rims here a long while ago. I can't figure if this is a meme or a questionnaire but here it is nonetheless.

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Yep. It’s a prayer/hymn for the Sun God I think.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Last night. I’m not a cry baby and most of them that know me well will vouch for that. It’s just my way of distressing.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Very much! What with a lot of using the computer these days, my handwriting is still intact!

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Not much of a choice here; am a vegetarian; actually an eggatarian! :D

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? No

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Absolutely!!! Wouldn’t you?

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? That’s what everyone says. Some even say I’m cold, and rude, and mean. And my mum says that ALL THE TIME! Although I’m not sarcastic with her, but she knows I am with everyone else. But I can’t seem to care anymore. I’m too old to change myself. Besides, I think being the other way round it would be too unrealistic of me!

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes, and right now it hurts soo bad I can’t swallow food. Boo hoo!

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Who wouldn’t?

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Chocolate frosted sugar bombs! :D I have no idea how that tastes, but remember Calvin & Hobbes? That’s his favourite cereal, and with a name like that, I can’t see why not.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Why complicate things huh? ;-)

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I’m only as strong as I appear to be. Underneath, I’m terribly weak! I know a lot of my friends won’t agree, but it is the truth. Seriously!!!

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? I’ve stopped eating ice creams for over a year now. Actually, I’ve lost my sweet tooth. But if I wanted to, it’d probably be a chocolate flavour.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? EVERYTHING! This must sound crazy, but I only need a second to see everything from how tall they are, their eyes, what they’re wearing, how they walk, and sometimes what they’re thinking right that minute! :D

15. RED OR PINK? Put them together. A vintage orange?

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF? I hate my guts! I don’t even know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Right now? My shishta! She’s away from the city. * sniff * *sniff *

18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? What kinda questionnaire is this? :-/

19. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? I drank horlicks!!!

20. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Linkin Park - Numb.

21. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? This is a strange question! Like my friend says “Depends what my mama and papa crayons are.”

22. FAVORITE SMELLS? Curve Crush, Chanel, and the smell of sand from the first rain.

23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Mom.

24. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Tennis and Basketball.

25. HAIR COLOR? Black

26. EYE COLOR? Brown

27. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Is this the part where I should stop answering questions and just post a picture of me instead? Wouldn’t it make it easier?

28. FAVORITE FOOD? Anything that my mum makes! I’ve learnt to appreciate it when I started making my own lunches!

29. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Neither. Thrillers actually.

30. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? The Oceans series.

31. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Now this is getting irritating!

32. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer anytime. I know there are disadvantages. But the way I see it, absolutely nothing can make me chirpy like the sun does!

33. HUGS OR KISSES? BOTH!!! Bring ‘em on! ;-)

34. FAVORITE DESSERT? No favs.

35. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Jane Austen - Emma.

36. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Or a touchpad?

37. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? I didn't.

38. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Silence? Now that’s one sound I can’t make. In the very least, I can hear it!?!

39. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Rolling Stones any day.

40. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? To the USA on business.

41. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I can pretend. Go figure that out.

42. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Madras, India

Phew! That was one long meme. I’m not gonna force anyone into taking this, but I know that Mush will enjoy doing this and since Supernova has been talking about her vacation since she got back, I'm gonna let her take a break from it for one post! :) AND I can count on Idah here to come up with something funny for most of them questions. So, take ‘em people.

Fools in love!

Today I spent 1000 bucks in books and it’s only the beginning of the New Year yet! By the time the next three quarters toil their way through 2008, I’d have already spent more than enough of my earnings on books! Hee hee. Anyway, cutting to the present; two of them are Jane Austen classics; Emma and Pride and Prejudice. I’ve already seen the movie Pride and Prejudice, but this time I want laugh, I want to cry, I want to feel English, I want to be stupidly romantic, I want to experience the battle of the sexes, and I want to be able to comprehend how Elizabeth felt when Charlotte said “We are all fools in love!”

Aaah! Austen must really have lived each one of those heroines’ lives to have written with such colorful and powerful emotions; the morals, the relationships, the gracefulness, the pride, the intense romance, the sorrow, the anxiety, the pain, the revenge, the endearing strength of the women, the violent thrill of falling in and out of love! A whirlwind of emotions in one book. Who wouldn't love it?

So that’s that! I’ve planned my first best book for this year. Once I’m done with these two, I’ll let you in on the other two books that I’ve bought. Until later then!