The comeback kid

Hey all y'all

Wow. To say its been a while is a slight understatement. I kinda feel like I need to reintroduce myself to the blogging world by giving a synopsis of my life, my hopes, my dreams, but then I realized that the only 3 people who will likely be reading this know it all anyways. So whatevs!!!

It was so awesome to look back at my old posts, and reminisce about simpler times when my only worry was studying for my midterms. But now I am a graduate, and my worries are so much more complex. Now my mind is plagued with....oh wait, still just studying for my midterms. Ya. Good times. Oh well it beats the real world, am I right people? No?

Anyhoo I thought Id just pop in to let you peeps know that IM BACK BABY!!!! We'll see how long this gong show lasts.

miss me?

Wow its been a while.

Anyhoo, another year over. Cant believe Im so close to graduating (though not as close as lauren). As another exam period roles around, I find myself procrastinating as usual. Since I dont have an exam till friday (two on friday actually) I havent really felt the panic hit yet, which as you all know, isnt a good thing. You need that panic to keep you driven. But I figured, since the last couple of weeks have been HELL, academically speaking, I deserve a couple of panic free days. In the last three days of school I had two papers due, a final, a midterm, and three assignments due...none of which went very well. So while I should have been studying, trying to get me butt out of hot water, this is what Ive been doing instead:

- sleeping until ungodly hours
- watching random movies on SOD and movie channels
- reading V for Vendetta (courtesy of Ryan...extremely good by the way, Im done it now and Im sad)
- downloading all 5 seasons of X-men unlimited (the 90s cartoon- 10GB!! Its a monster)
- facebook (I knew it was a bad idea when I signed up)
- cleaning my room (yes, Im that desperate to do other things)
- finding out how old and how tall random actors/actresses are on IMDB (this one is really sad, I know)

How about y'all?

On a side note...

I was eating honey nut cheerios this morning (its a honey of an O) and on the back they were advertising this game thing where you collect these magnetic game pieces called Tengamo, and it got me thinking about all the useless fads of my past. Does anyone remember pogs? They were so popular in late-ish elementary school. I had so many pogs, and an awesome metal 'slammer' I think they were called. Its funny, I dont think I ever really knew how to play pogs properly.

back from bindia!

Ok so technically I got back like almost a week ago, but what can I say? Jet lag's a wanker. I can in all honesty say that it SUCKS to be back. India was awesome, and the trip was painfully short. I cried like someone spit in my ice cream when I had to leave. Its hard to explain...Ive only ever been there once before (when I was 8, and got the chicken pox) but as soon as I got there it felt...comfortable, almost like I was going home in a way. Maybe because I was surounded by brown people it kinda reminded me of mill woods, I dunno. But it was incredible, and seeing (basically meeting) my family there was great.

In some respects India is very westernized; they've got pizza hut (which I might add is WAY better there than here), starbucks-like coffee shops, tommy hilfiger stores, harry potter DVDs, Honda CRVs etc. and then you turn around and its like you went back in time to a completely different world. Even with all the western influences (seriously, you cant open your eyes without seeing a coke or pepsi sign) there is still so much culture. Its really something to see. Shopping in a bazaar is nothing short of madness. People really have no regard for something I really value...personal space, but you get used to it pretty fast. You kind of have to if you dont want to get run over by a family on a scooter. And I really did get used to it. I could weave my way through the streets like it was nobody's business.

Although I didnt get to see very many sights I did go to a lot of gurdwaras (sikh temples). I dont consider myself a very religious person... I dont know much about my religion at all actually, but visiting these temples (especially the Golden Temple, which is actually painted in 24 karat gold every year or two) was really something else. The Golden Temple especially is completely breathtaking, and when you see the pictures inside and read the scriptures (which are sometimes written in english) and just take a look at the intricacies of the architechture, the feeling you get is really overwhelming. One minute you're standing in this tiny, chaotic street and then you walk through the doors and see this incredibly beautiful shrine where people are filled with so much faith....trust me you dont have to be religious or even be sikh to be overwhelmed by it all.

Aaah i miss it. I miss the awesome coffee (that the salespeople serve you while you're shopping), I miss the incredible food (oh my god do I miss the food), I miss the colors and the smells (well not all the smells), and I even miss the blackouts and the beggars accosting you for money. Seriously if you ever have the chance to go to India and you're not afraid to have people severely violate your personal space, I strongly suggest you go. You wont ever forget it.

Exam stats

- Number of exams left: 1

- Number of chapters left to read for exam: 1

- Number of teachers i hate: 1 (lauren, my psych 372 prof should enter a race with your soc 300 prof to see who can win at sucking the most... I think it could be pretty close)

- Current songs keeping me sane: Soon They'll Disover- The Shins (yup, the spongebob squarepants movie song) and You Got the Style- Athlete

- Current break-time TV show: Cheers (Fraiser is so young and skinny!) and occasionally Welcome Back Kotter (ditto for John Travolta)

- Current mode of procrastination: This

- Current snack-time goodness: grapes and pot of gold chocolates (not together...though that could be interesting)

Holiday (not referring to madonna or christmukkah)

So last night I was watching some random television during my 1:30am ice-cream study break (french vanilla with chocolate syrup....thats right), and as I was flipping channels I got caught on B4U (as in bollywood for you). They were showing some trailers for new movies, and this one movie called Holiday (with some no-names, no SRK or Ash this time) really got my attention. The tagline was just so awesome:

"This holiday come fall in love.....with yourself".

Is that sheer genius or what? Gotta love the brown movies.

literary SOS

hey all y'all.

When final time rolls around, dont you find yourself spending unholy amounts of time thinking about things that have no relevance to the near future? For instance, yesterday i spent a good hour and a half looking at my schedule for next year, searching through classes, and trying to make my final exam schedule a little less horrifying....which I didnt accomplish by the way. I was also thinking about doing some reading this christmas break. Since I'll be going to India, I'll be spending a good two days in the air, so I thought some fictional companionship would be a nice alternative to staring at clouds, which is only entertaining for an hour...two at most.

So here's where you all come in. I need some suggestions. I usually judge books by their covers (you know you do too), but I find that whenever i read a book thats been suggested to me (by someone other than Oprah, who can keep her opinions to herself...Oprahs book cult I say), Im usually pretty pleased. So what Im looking for is some light reading... a book that doesnt require an english lit class to decipher its meaning. Other than that Im not too picky. So yes, any suggestions would be much appreciated!