(old unpublished posts 3)I admire and super-like people who....

- do nice things without expecting anything in return

- really listen without interupting

- talk softly

-are genuinely sad when things go badly for others

- can be uninhibited anywhere ( think making cuckoo noises in forum food court or singing the hokey pokey in the elevator)

- that are there for me even when they aren't physically there.

-say things straight out instead of hinting

-don't need the spotlight all the time

-can appreciate Vadivelu comedy as well as Wodehouse

-see the appeal of a rainy day

-dont mind being dopey when the occasion calls for it

-enjoy feeding the ducks at the park, playing with stray puppies, smiling at unsmiling passers by and dont pretend otherwise.

-dont mask their enthusiasm for silly stuff..like cotton candy and fake basketball

Amma, Appa, Sandy, Snup, Mil, Rats... big fat hug!!

Bye, Bangalore

The visa's arrived, most of the shopping's done, all the arrangements are in place, my room's in the process of being cleaned out (and resembles a burglary-site) and the sight of the huge black suitcases on my bed and floor are setting off these happy-apprehensive-sad waves in my stomach! I'm leaving Monday... this is probably it.. the point where I cross into the complete independence and resposibilities that go with being an adult. And as I formally grow up, it seems only right that I acknowledge all the folk that made my journey thus far worth it! So here goes..
Amma.. Thanks for being there, no matter what. For lifting me when i was down and grounding me when I started to be an ass.. For the security of knowing I'll always be able to laugh or cry to you and not have to explain. and for never ever letting me doubt my worth.
Appa.. Thank you..for being my rock. For never pressuring me. For backing me no matter what. For spoiling me rotten..and never giving up on me..even when I was being a self absorbed jerk.. For giving me everything I needed before I realised I needed it.. for being you!
Sandy.. For being friend, sister, confidante, shoulder to cry on and the bestest funnest ever company whenever I needed!
Kannan and Anand.. for being the ferpect 'gang mates'
The rest of the family.. For all the lurv!
Gerry.. For all the odd, even and aww times..
Ani, Rats, Mil, Friya and Vibs.. For being there even when you're not.. y'know..
Ravi n Goobe- for the same thing, only much much longer
Ini, Bin, Flo n Nit.. For a special brand of fun..
For everyone else that deserves mention but hasn't been on account of my laziness..

PS.. no..I'm not dying..and neither are any of these folks.. just a bizzare need for drama and sentiment!

Late night times on a telephone line..

I just got a verbal skinning from my mum for waking up mid afternoon… and I was brilliant enough to point out that I'd gone to bed only at 4am.. which only earned me another lecture (' what on earth were you doing?! Can you not accomplish that during the day when most human beings do?'). And the answer to both those questions, although I didn't give it then, is NO! because I was having one of my 4 hour long conversations with a friend.
So every once in a while I resolve to keep my conversations short and not at night, but it's just irresistible. Somehow it's just so much easier to talk at night…maybe sleep makes people garrulous… a few new year eves ago, I'd decided to start the new year in the best possible way-sleeping, but my friend N called…at that point in time I barely knew her..but we ended up having this bizarre conversation- about everything from mutual acquaintances and favourite music to flying elephants (seriously! We were discussing the possibility of generating that kind of lift!) and the class nerd's butt (grimace! Let's not go there!)..I didn't usher in 2005 in happy dreams as I' anticipated but on Jan 1st I had a new ol' pal! Let's hear it for late night conversations!