Tagged

by the rai boy (blog at <http://karan.nomadlife.org>):

(i was all excited that i hadn't been tagged yet, but the universe works in funny ways so of course i got tagged. and bloggers got to be nice to other bloggers... it's one of the rules. so here goes.)

i am thinking about...
home

i said...
"i'll see you when i see you"/"hasta luego"/"see you soon" to everyone i could remember to say it to; to the rest i said "bye!" and instantly wanted to take it back (karan johar, i blame you)

i want to...
break free (sorry, couldn't resist. it's the result of too much queen during my formative years). ok, let's make that "invent a cure for snoring -- and snore moments."

i wish...
i could have my cake and eat it too (if you don't get it, text ian and ask.)

i miss...
my old apartment. pick(s)@flick(r):
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlfish1303/224410494/>>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlfish1303/224409776/>>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlfish1303/224408928/>>
(also, lying on bed head on shoulder staring at ceiling)
and doing the sudoku

i hear...
the sound of the rain on wood, tar, metal. it's so comforting!

i wonder...
what the future will dish out next

i regret...
stressing myself out excessively

i am...
sleepy (but i'll sleep when i'm dead)
type A
multifaceted

i sing...
frou frou, bryan adams, the corrs, and diva songs (whitney, mariah, lauryn et al, holla!) -- mostly in my head though

i cry...
as much as i want. and it feels good. and don't you tell me not to.

i am not always...
impenetrable, inscrutable, complex, unbending, heartless, or incorrigible. i am also not always perfect, but i try to ignore that ineluctable fact.

i write...
fluidly but sporadically. there will however be much more writing in the near future. personal statements, here i come.

i need...
constant reassurance
more 50 cent words (leave me a comment with a fancypants english word and its meaning :))
less sugar
to be better at chess

i should try...
to let it drop. (but i can never let it drop.)
oh, and to stay in touch more.

i finish...
everything and get an A.

i will not tag anyone because i don't believe in torture.

At Risk Of Seeming Like A Brat

the first thing i thought when i took this quiz at b3co.com was that i need to travel more

someone take me on a romantic vacation to... greece? italy? brazil? turkey? australia? anywhere there's a metro will do, people!!

JFK-LHR-BOM

From			To		Distance		Time
	JFK (40°38'23"N 73°46'44"W)		LHR (51°28'39"N 00°27'41"W)		5554 km		7:30
	LHR (51°28'39"N 00°27'41"W)		BOM (19°05'19"N 72°52'05"E)		7221 km		9:45

2 segment path: 12775 km
17 hours, 15 minutes

plus the almost-month of lagtime in between.

[pick@flick(r): <http://www.flickr.com/photos/girlfish1303/210248347/>]

thank goodness for, at long long last, knowing.

***

update, thursday, august 17, 2006:
flying business class. through delhi. it'll take an hour longer, but hopefully it'll be mildly more comfortable.

thank god for frequent flyer miles (kilometres?)

A Tiny Little Wee Portion Of The Doctoring The English

my response to bombay addict's contest:

(Imagined response by a man to a shaadi.com posting.)

Hellow sweet Ms. Preeti,

Myself called as Raju, my pleasher to meet u. I am reading ur ad on the shaadi.com and getting very exited. U are matching all my martial needs. Also many other sweet pretty girls are not answering the my mails so I am having high hopes in your situation as I am only wanting girls of good background and pure culture only. Also on top of that ur good looks are very sweet and beautiful. Ur the wheatish complection is very nice nad sweet.

I am now wanting to make the frandship with u and soon after be making u my first and only wife as per proper Hindu customs and good Indian culture, and also I am hoping to be having many children soon soon. Myself MBA pass, having good features and decent family, vegetarian 54 170 carrier oriented. And nowadays so many girls are wanting such boys of more better quality no? I sure u will like me.

So following that please to be reverting at ur earliest convenience Preeti. My esteemed fly will be waiting impatiently to meet u. My email id is shahrukh_lower_420@hotmail.com. Please Preeti u are my last hope u must write back or I will suicide maa kasam I'm telling u now only for once and all I cant sleep in the night I am spending very much time in deep sadeness and wanting good wife and good life. So please respond.

Regards
Raju

(this post was not inspired by: a. my own sketchtastic online encounters with indian men purporting to be my raj; b. mangled letters to agony aunt columns in leading bombay newspapers; c. men named raju with whom i was supposed to go on blind dates. oh, no. not at all. i wouldn't poke fun at those things/people online. never ever. *giggle*)