Birthday Grumps and Bumps!

Well, my birthday came and went. Just like that! I wasn't even happy or sad or anything about it. I was just so totally blah on the day, it could very well have been any other day. It was sweet of Rita* and Maya* to show up late at night to wish me. Emily*, too. But I honestly wasn't feeling my birthday! Crazy right? Plus I ordinarily love birthdays! I love being more happy and getting presents, eating good food and chocolate cake but yeah, this birthday sucked ass like Raj Thackeray sucks ass all the time (literally). Could I be turning into a Paa like Emily says? I surely hope not. And I'm TWENTY-FRICKING-THREE! That is way better than twenty-shitty-four, twenty-bloody-five and yeah twenty-assholish-eight. So I just don't know why I couldn't get myself to colour my hair purple and bungee-jump from the Eiffel. I suppose it's high time I give up on Blaze. I mean, he'll never see me anyway. So what if he did, the last time when I was in Cupcake*? It was just because... well, I don't know why, really. Screw it! Plus, I'm an idiot, cuz he has a girlfriend. A girlfriend he broke up with and now is re-dating. May be I should rant in the form of stupid rhymes (as I usually do!):

Guys are stupid, guys are dicks,

They should be pounded on the head with concrete bricks.

They are denser than Raj Thackeray

And only look to lay...

Boobs and an ass will only catch their eyes

It don't matter if those bimbos are filled with lies (or lice)!

We love them, we hate them

But most of all, we crave them.

Such idiots guys are...

They don't see what is near, but focus on what is far.

I like you, I hate you

I just want to throttle you.

That sums up my literary intelligence for now. It was more of a rant than a poem to be appreciated but whatever... you're reading it so suck it!

*Names have been changed due to personal preferences of the Author.

Flight of the Cheval Noir

Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is one of my favorite festivals in the world. It's got culture, ethnicity, color and most importantly, oodles of creativity and dedication. I was so excited to be there, as I am every year that it comes around. The first pic is of a giant papier mâché bell hanging from one of the trees with hundreds of little colorful bells inside. It was truly pretty as you can tell. Next up was the awesome oil pastel painting of the Kala Ghoda on the ground, looking as though emerging from the cracks in the concrete. Wow! I was totally bowled over by the miniature version that they created of the Eiffel Tower, so pretty, so cool; magnifique. There was lots more to see and I hope to catch more of it through the week, it'd be really nice if I could. Almost all the quaint and cool stores had stalls; most exciting was the Chimp Store where I picked up a purple tote (very pleased with it). However, couldn't afford some of the jewelry; was a bit heavily priced. There was a cool store called Inspiration that was selling T-shirts that emblazoned cool art couture of the likes of Jim Morrisson, Che Gueverra etc etc. All across the frontal yard, were huge plastic-made animals in their true likeness from a giraffe to lions, tigers, a sinister looking crocodile and yes, even elephants whose eyes were truly life-like. There was more: Photo-exhibits, Colorful Bundles/sacks hanging from the trees, colorful artisans and lots of culture transpiring all over the place! I love Kala Ghoda. It's so passionate, vibrant and oozing with color!

Je t'aime Février

February is here! Truth be told, I love the month and not just because I was born in this month but just generally, it's so colorful and filled with love and peace. It sort of began a little apprehensively as on the second last day of January, my heart broke into a million pieces (Ok, may be I'm being a little too dramatic, but read on). I bought this Blush Powder and Body Scrub from Body Shop [ Total Worth - 1,011 Rs. :( ] and well, when I went to the Crossword Bookstore at O Mall, I had to leave it in the stand, you know and take a token, and the totally dumb-ass guard gave my bag to someone else because he didn't even see the number and blindly did so as her purchase-bag (He/she had a Strawberry Shower Gel worth 276 Rs.) was also a Body Shop bag!

I was really sad and angry with the stupid guard (He couldn't even answer me properly or chose not to, as to who he gave it to, how much time had passed since he gave it off to the wrong person etc etc) after that and it totally ruined my weekend! Plus whoever (Ami Rajesh Atha, according to the name on the credit bill in the bag that I got) has taken my bag is really mean...they haven't even bothered to return it. And I insisted on taking Ami's Body Shop Bag because I asked the manager at Crossword (Amit Something) for some kind of collateral, which he said he couldn't commit to, unless he received more information.

Anyway, what followed was that I did get my money back for the exact value of my purchase! I mean, it's Crossword's fault entirely. What if there was more valuable stuff in my bag? Would they behave in the same manner? They have to take responsibility! Also, I hate that rule of leaving purchases at the door, because they've been involved in stuff like this a lot of times, according to my friend, whom I narrated this to. But please guys, the lesson to be learnt from this, is please stuff your purchases in your hand-bag or wherever but don't leave them at the Token counter at any of the Crossword Outlets/Other stores in general cuz I'm betting you don't want to be as regretful as the way I felt.

I even looked up Ami Rajesh Atha on facebook and tried calling Information to get his/her whereabouts or rather his/her number but to no avail. However, I did find a girl called Ami Atha and I sent her email yesterday, she didn't revert back. Also, to my bad luck, the day I got my money back, I went to The Body Shop thinking I'll re-buy my products again only to find it closed for further repairs. Now, I'm banking on the one in Phoenix Mills to get my stuff! (Fingers Crossed)

On the positive side of things, I've been reading a lot of books, partly also due to my existing financial status that I can afford to buy books every now and then (Next on the lists are: The Queen of Babble gets hitched and Tales of Beedle the Bard). I bought quite a few books including Nancy Drew (so exciting)! The Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot was totally enjoyable, the 2 books, I read in the series were HILARIOUS and I found myself smiling and even giggling at quite a few instances in the book so I highly recommend it to my girlfriends who enjoy a good piece of Chick-Literature every now and then! :)

Lastly, I have found this cool author at my workplace: Sundari Venkatraman who writes these amazing short stories (Indian) and could very well be in the leagues of Sudha Murthy! She has six short stories so far on her page and she has a published book to her credit too, The Malhotra Bride. I'm going to get it tomorrow so I can start reading! This month is getting to be amazing. Oh yeah, and my birthday is in 11 days so I'm quite excited even though I'm pretending that I'm not. I love presents and birthday lunches/dinners.

Being Optimistic

2010 is finally here!

It's brought splendor and cheer! (to an extent)

I have a job

I still don't know anyone named Bob

I still have my battered phone of the past 3 years

And yeah, I don't prefer alcoholic beers.

The guy I thought never saw me...

Finally did notice me....EEEEEEEEEE!

For the first time, I watched porn

In all the years since I've been born.
I re-lived my friendship with Minila

Yeah, I still have no preference for Fila.

I've lost some weight

But my hair has started falling, so nothing great.

I made loads of new friends!

And picked up on the latest trends.

I saw newer Horror Flicks

I traveled in a fewer ricks

I cut my hair twice

In my office, there are mice!

I learnt Fine Art

To Dubai, Ali had to depart

My memory fails me

That I cannot see...

I shall end

Before my head starts to bend

I loved 2009

Even if it were the year of the Swine!

Space

How can I just be?
Without letting you affect me...

You're in my thoughts and my senses
It's something you can envision without lenses.

I wish we were like Lizzie and Luke
But ah, that wish might as well just be ordinary puke.

I wish you were with me even whilst you're taken
My heart, for you I've gladly forsaken

I long for our souls to meet
Just as our signs have bleat

That you are mine
And I, thine

But I guess it's all wishful thinking...
This ship slowly is sinking.

Bastard

You're a MOFO
I wish you were a zombie
So I could slay your bad-ass to the ground

Situations better than running in to the OP:

• Being eaten by zombies
• OP turning in to a zombie and then I can slay OP's bad-ass (which'll make killing OP sane)!
• Being best friends with someone like CT again
• Telling Blaze that I like him
• Eating foie gras (Ew! I hope never)
• Banging my head on the wall

An Ode to Liberacci*

He'll never see me the way he sees her
Because to him, I shall always be a blur.
He will never know how much I care
Or know that from the shadows, I stare.

He's so cute and sweet and kind
I overlook his flaws because I think he's divine.
They say it in the stars...
That I'm his Venus and he, my Mars

I really want to be with him
Without him, my senses are dim
I wish he were mine
It would all be so fine!

Gosh, how I want him so!
Can't he tell that I'm not a ho?

Why, oh, why can't he see?

That we are truly meant to be.

But alas, he's with another
And I'll have to settle to be an ordinary other.
'Cuz I like him and he loves her

There really would be no future.

What remains for me to do
Even if it'll make me blue
I'll have to leave him be
And end this story.

New Moon: Glimpses of the Eclipse [Review]

Post the release of the Twilight Saga last year, its massively publicized sequel, New Moon, finally hits theatres in India and without any further ado, here’s presenting New Moon!
Movie: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Michael Welch, Anna Kendrick, Michael Sheen
Director: Chris Weitz


NM begins on a very promising note as it sparks the air high with drama and thrill. It doesn’t disappoint but like all books that are adapted into movies, there are some miniscule changes in the storyline here and there. As NM commences, we see Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) dreaming of Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) only to have it slowly turn in to a nightmare when she realizes that she’s only growing older while Edward remains forever seventeen as an immortal vampire. Anyway, it’s Bella’s eighteenth birthday and even as she hates celebrations, she can’t escape them for long when Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene) throws her a birthday dinner at the Cullen’s residence.

What transpires at the dinner is a minor accident that leaves Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) charging for a taste of Bella’s blood. This painfully reminds Edward that Bella can never be safe as a human being around his kind and to protect her from further danger, he and his family leave the town of Forks. His closing words to Bella are that she shouldn’t do anything reckless.As the days fly in to months, Bella’s spirit starts withering away. As Bella moves on, she seeks solace in reckless living because she feels it brings fragments of Edward back to her.

The movie gets definitely more interesting for readers and non-readers of the Twilight Series alike as soon as the buff Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) hits the screen! An old friend of Bella’s, Jacob is the only person she draws herself to because he makes her happy and manages to inject some life back in to her. From here on, the movie takes an exciting turn as there is much of a revelation of Jacob’s character and other instances in the movie that you’ll have to watch out for!

Another mention is the sunny friendship between Jacob and Bella that keeps audiences happy while Edward isn’t around. Even if you’re not a fan of Twilight, this is still a great movie to watch with your girlfriends (lots of eye-candy for the ladies!) and even so, the movie is made in a suitable taste that doesn’t confuse a non-reader because you still will be gripped to the end. The only question by the readers would be the fact that why much of Eclipse (the third book in the Twilight Series) has been added and induced in to NM’s storyline. While all the actors have done a commendable job in the movie, the soundtrack matches the dark, brooding tone of the movie and nonetheless makes sure that it lingers in your mind long-after. All in all, not a bad reason to bust your wallet for this flick!
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P.S. You can read my review (the very same) on www.blah.burrp.com as Tina! That's cuz for Blah, we write under different alter-egos, for eg, Tina writes about movies, Suzanne handles fashion etc. And every article written by Tina isn't mine but do leave your comments on New Moon! I'm so excited that I finally got to watch it!