May 15, 2013
I point fingers at TMP for Mindy dating only white people so far, but my track record is not much better. Even my celebrity crushes. Le sigh.
Alexis: let me know if you are free this weekend so we can skype. I will try to find a private place
Me: WOOT indeedio
Alexis: so I can spaz out with you over skype
Me: hey i dont mind public spaces as long as all y'all's eye candy strolls by once in a while
Alexis: nothing like spazzing out with friends across the cyber distance
Me: OMG so true
Alexis: LMAO
Me: i wouve you! i miss you!
Alexis: love you
Alexis: and don't let the stress get to you - you can dooo eeeeet!
Me: come visit me already
Me: or find me some RDJ-Chris Messina-Nathan Fillion hybrid to marry me and bring me to the States :D
Alexis: I will work on that
Me: I am not above being a MILF homemaker any more
Alexis: both!
Alexis: visit you and that mouth watering hybrid male speciman for you
Me: WOOT
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May 8, 2013
I wasn't kidding when I said, "my besties are enablers"
Lavanya: http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/reasons-robert-downey-jr-is-the-greatest-man-who-ever-liv
Me: OMG Stop enabling my procrastination proclivities!! :D
Lavanya: :p
Me: Too late. Now I am down the RDJ-on-Buzzeed wormhole.
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May 7, 2013
"Don’t fool yourself. English isn’t inherently superior, or easier to learn, or more sonically pleasing. Its international usage comes from forceful assimilation and legacy of colonialistic injection. It isn’t a deed that one should take pride in."

—

my uncle left this comment on his friend’s Facebook status, a white British man who was bragging about how easy it is to be a native English speaker when trekking to different nations. (via maarnayeri)

This is what I always think, everytime someone compliments me on my English. The last time, I wanted to point out that knowing English or random world trivia alone does not make me “sophisticated”; it only means that I can communicate with you in a language common to us both. There are many others who may not speak English; that does not make them ‘primitive’/’backward’/’inferior’.

(via ethiopienne)

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April 26, 2013
This is essentially my monologue to my bestie, not 2 mins ago. I need sleep.
Me: Well, I am done with my deadline submission for today - think I will catch a few zzz's before waking up all over again for class at 9.
Me: BTW, I am watching The Mindy Project now - I love it, and I want to marry Chris Messina.
Me: In fact, [redacted] is an exact ringer for that actor (character: Danny Castellano). Looks, voice and all. Even the jerk aspect. BUT ESPECIALLY THAT VOICE.
Me: ugh
Me: I am going to bed before I start fantasising about both of them or something.
Me: But it does give me hope: there are more than one of these out there in the world. Now, to hopefully grab one before I descend into crazy-lonely cat-lady spinsterhood.
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April 23, 2013
What happens when I meet white people sometimes
Canadian faculty member: Your English is so good!!
Canadian MSW student: Thank god your English is so good - it makes our job so much easier.
Canadian BSW student: Were you raised elsewhere? And probably went to an American school or something? Coz your language skills are so good! (Well, actually I was raised elsewhere but in an Indian school (?), so half-guilty as charged?)
Canadian faculty member: (durnig a discussion of identity) We have this Canadian novelist called Michael Ondaatje, he was born in Sri Lanka, but he wrote this really famous novel...
Me: Yes, 'The English Patient'.
Canadian faculty member: WOW! You know that??
Me: It was also an Oscar-winning movie of 1999. Was it 1999? I am not sure, but definitely before the 2000s. (turned out to be 1997)
Canadian BSW student: You know so many things!
Canadian faculty member: (after I used the analog of Quebec's English vs. French issue to simplify the issue of Tamizh vs. Hindi agitations in the 60's and its ripples even today) Oh my god!! You are so sophisticated! How do you even know that??? Many Canadians in Canada know this!
Me: ... (after biting my tongue to respond with, "I read indiscriminately. You should try it sometime.")
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April 6, 2013
Random bitching session = SUCCESS
Me: I removed her from my list. Her tagline made it inevitable.
Meera: Seriously, I always thought she was fucked-up in some ways. I mean, I still remember her use of "polity" in normal canteen conversation. I was like, "wow, you must really like being in an academic setting, but this IS A CANTEEN."
Me: See, I didn't mind that as much as I did the reverse racism.I'm sorry - I get that you hate what's been done in the past. How does propagating hate towards others right wrongs, tho?
Meera: Her bit towards identifying with the marginalized? How elitist of her.
Me: *snort*
Meera: It's funny she hates on white people given how fair she is... I mean, she's fairer than me!! And I'm pretty white!!!
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March 28, 2013
Birthday Gifts - Part I
Me: That's what you should do - send me some bacon!
Alexis: Oh my god, it could be bacon and a sex toy!!
Me: OH NO!
Alexis: The person at the Customs Office would probably explode from all the illegality! HAHA
Me: They would say, "You unclean whore!! LITERALLY!"
Alexis: BACON AND A SEX TOY??? And I should send it with a shirtless Ryan Gosling. "Hey girl, here's your ticket to hell right here. And it's a fun ride!!"
Me: ROFL
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March 20, 2013
I need to stop dancing around (or that piano is gonna show any moment now)
Sharan: so basically I am gonna come see u ...
Me: YAY!!
Sharan: I want to see kerala
Me: Really?
Me: OMG YES
Sharan: totally
Me: DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT
Sharan: how is the weather in October
Me: I am so happy!
Sharan: no sorry august
Me: IT IS AWESOME SAUCE
Me: uh, hmm - might be rainy but still lush greenery everywhere BUT IT IS STILL AWESOME AND I WILL CARRY YOUR UMBRELLA EVERYWHERE
Sharan: hahahha, yeah right
Me: I will cook you fish biryani then
Sharan: u better
Me: bwahaha
Sharan: and that deep fried buritto thjng
Me: hahah the bomb! You mean, "soundarya-pattils"
Sharan: yeah and get real FAT
Me: :D nah we have a tiny-ass gym in my building - you can go run it off while i do free weights
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March 19, 2013
Conspiracy!

My mother in a phone conversation with my brother:

“People are getting crueler and crueler” (in the very next breath) “All these of rape and violence against women are coming up now because someone needs India to look bad” “What is happening with this world??” (I had explained the Steubenville case earlier today) “I don’t understand what the psychology of these sort of people are!”

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March 9, 2013
unconsumption: gardensinunexpectedplaces: legentis: craigslist houseshare ad: “i have a garden growing in my shower so you have to use eco-friendly hair products. you will see worms and other insects, and you will occasionally see a spider too but they all help out the ecosystem.” ok. I’m all for using graywater to water plants. (Green) thumbs up for this!  Maybe pair it with this moss bathmat?!  Makes me think of showers that are designed to conserve water by reusing gray water. So, could you see yourself using a garden-in-a-shower?  After my Skype chat with Alexis early this morning/late last night about “just wanting a fucking garden” or rather help with actually starting one for real for my birthday, this seems rather coinky-dink :D

unconsumption:

gardensinunexpectedplaces:

legentis:

craigslist houseshare ad: “i have a garden growing in my shower so you have to use eco-friendly hair products. you will see worms and other insects, and you will occasionally see a spider too but they all help out the ecosystem.”

ok.

I’m all for using graywater to water plants. (Green) thumbs up for this! 

Maybe pair it with this moss bathmat?! 

Makes me think of showers that are designed to conserve water by reusing gray water.

So, could you see yourself using a garden-in-a-shower? 

After my Skype chat with Alexis early this morning/late last night about “just wanting a fucking garden” or rather help with actually starting one for real for my birthday, this seems rather coinky-dink :D

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