Things that make me Happy..!

I am supposed to be writing an article for my department’s wall magazine. I stared at a blank screen for a long time, wrote the article, and then realized I overshot the word limit by over a 1000 words.

I can’t write anything else, and I have to put in something. This is just plain irritating.

Feeling the way I do, right now, which is really really crappy, I decided to do something that always makes me happier.

Make a list.

Things that make me happy:

1.       Sunshine.

2.       Pretty undies.

3.       The smell of rain.

4.       Popcorn at the movies.

5.       Getting ready for a party.

6.       Coffee with hot chocolate powder in it (3 tablespoons) and sugar (1 tablespoon) and a good mug that you can wrap your hands around.

7.       Cake for breakfast.

8.       Food. An endless supply of good food, whenever I want, wherever I want.

9.       Adrenaline.

10.    A gorgeous pair of high heels. 

11.    Thick, sweet smelling lotion.

12.    Woolly slippers.

13.    My mom's jewellery.

14.    A boisterous card game that results in playful shouting and cursing.

15.    Long luxurious sleep-ins and a good morning stretch.

16.    Errant smiles tossed at strangers.

17.    Curls as they crawl down a boy’s neck when his hair is getting a bit too long.

18.    Large glamorous sunglasses.

19.    Fuzzy caterpillars.

20.    The way a summer dress can make you feel.

21.    Swirly doodles.

22.    A pretty notebook with lined paper and interesting, hard covers, and with spiral binding too.

23.    Silk scarves tied around necks.

24.    Burying my toes in warm sand.

25.    Being a big sister.

26.    Anything really sour or really spicy.

27.    Visits to the hair dresser.

28.    Saying the same thing as someone else at the same time. 

29.    Change.

30.    Lavender.

31.    Looking someone deep in the eyes and trying hard not to be the first to look away.

32.    Chocolate.

33.    Precious moments captured on film. 

34.    A cosy sweatshirt.

35.    Laughing so hard your face hurts.

36.    A hot shower.

37.    No lines at a store.

38.    Getting mail.

39.    Taking a drive on a pretty road.

40.    Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.

41.    Finding the outfit you want is on sale for half price.

42.    Chocolate milkshake.

43.    A long distance phone call.

44.    Giggling.

45.    Laughing at yourself.

46.    Midnight phone calls that last for hours.

47.    Lists.

48.    Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.

49.    Laughing at an inside joke.

50.    Friends.

51.    Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.

52.    Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.

53.    Having someone play with your hair.

54.    Making chocolate chip cookies.

55.    Riding the best roller coasters over and over.

56.    Getting out of class early, even if it's only five minutes.

57.    Candles, the smell, the flicker.

58.    Storms.

59.    Scrapbook paper.

60.    Ribbons.

61.    Lace.

62.    Oshos.

63.    Dancing.

64.    Puppies.

65.    Swings.

66.    Yoga.

67.    A boy with very nice arms. And wide shoulders.

68.    Singing very loudly in public.

69.    Hopping and skipping. :p

70.    Hugs.

71.    Paycheck at the end of the month.

72.    A nice, fat book.

73.    A good massage.

74.    Turquoise.

75.    Compliments.

76.    Couples that make me go ‘aww.’

77.   Thomas Newman.

This list will keep getting updated as I think of new things. J

Time Pass

Classes these days, the few that do take place, are boring.
Philology, which goes without saying, just IS.
And Scansion is boring, because...well, I can’t do it.

My question is, why anyone would need to study either of them. No one is going to be asked to scan a passage, in any corner of the world, or discuss the Greek, Latin, French or whatever other country’s influence on the English language, unless you’re planning to teach them to unsuspecting students.

Right now, I’m trying/pretending to study, which basically means there’s a couple of Google tabs open. But all I can think about is a bunch of things I really want to do.

I want to go to New Market and shop, for ribbons, lingerie, food and clothes.

I want to be a pro at 29.

I want to go to Princep Ghat and just hang out.

I want to go sit on a beach, with my hair open, the sand under me, and feel the water lapping at my toes.

I want to ride a bike, a really fast one, and feel the wind in my face.

I want to roam around Park Street at 2am in the night.

I want to stick my head outside a car window, and leave my tongue hanging out like a dog.

I want to stop thinking about that one guy, and just figure out whether I like him or not.

I want to be tall, and have bigger feet, and to not fit into clothes from the kids section.

I want to have enough money to buy all the books I want.

And the time to read them.

I want to learn to figure skate, and to ballroom dance.

I want to climb a tree again, and sit on a branch, while I dangle my legs.

I want to stand in the rain and dance.

I want to be as pretty as Leighton Meester.

I want to eat all I want, and not worry about growing fat.

I want classmates I can talk to.

I want to be able to write as well as my friends.

I want to stop feeling so goddamned lonely all the time.

I have exams in two weeks.

I will go study now.

Jailhouse Rock...Not

“The warden threw a party in the county jail.

The prison band was there and they began to wail.

The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing.

You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing.

Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.

Everybody in the whole cell block 

Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.”

                                       -Elvis Presley

                                        'Jailhouse Rock'

I love my college. I really do.

We aren’t groped at in search of bombs.

*I’m sorry, but my jeans were really tight, so I’m pretty sure you could see there was nothing in there.

You didn’t have to put your hands everywhere. Airport security could learn a thing or two from you guys.*

My chocolates stay w/ me.

My friends are allowed to keep their deodorants. 

Stuff is sold at MRP rates.

We’re allowed to smoke on campus.

Hell, they sell cigarettes in our canteen.

We can also drink and smoke up.

When boys that make gravy do their thing, we know how to react.

Especially when they looked as hot as they did.

We have better eye candy.

We have the best goggies on campus, w/ competition from my other pseudo college.

I love them too.

P.S. No offence to the Jailed ones though.

I love them a lot.

Leave

"All this time I was wasting
Hoping you would come around
I've been giving out chances every time
And all you do is let me down.

And it's taken me this long
Baby but I figured you out
And you're thinking we'll be fine again
But not this time around."


I wish you'd leave.
Stop calling.
Stop texting.
Stop talking.


Be either the friend.
Or the lover.
Or maybe, even both.


Just make up your mind.
And tell me what you want.
Or better yet, tell yourself what you want.


"You had me falling for you honey
And it never would've gone away, no
You used to shine so bright
But I watched all of it fade."



I'll live.
And so will you.
We'll both be cowards, but who cares..?
We'll find other people, but it won't be the same.


"But you don't have to call anymore
I won't pick up the phone
This is the last straw
Don't wanna hurt anymore.

And you can tell me that you're sorry
But I don't believe you baby
Like I did before
You're not sorry."


And maybe this time, you'll ask me before somebody else does.

Not Your Average Dictionary

Just something I found online..makes for a very fun read..albeit very random..


BIRTH, n: The first, messiest and dirtiest of all disasters
BOY, n: A noise with dirt on it; learns to make machine-gun sounds before saying 'mama' or 'papa'
BUG, n: Problems found in computer programs when the programmers are distracted by Jumbo Jacks
BUGS, pl. n: Small living things that small living boys throw on small living girls
CAT,n: A lap warmer with a built-in buzzer
CHILDREN, pl. n: Those short people running around your house
COMMAND, v: Something little boys and girls will ignore until their lemon meringue pie is threatened
DAY, n: A period of twenty four hours, normally spent picking up plastic army men
DIET, n: The penalty for exceeding the feed limit
ETIQUETTE, n: The little things we do that we don't want to do
EXPERIENCE, n: what will cause a person to make new mistakes instead of the same old ones
FAIRY TALE, n: A horror story that will prepare the kids for the newspapers
FOOTBALL, n: The thing on the television that causes the man to abstain from being able to assess his full surroundings; it's like a game of nuclear warfare, pro football is, there aren't any winner, only survivors
FROGS, pl. n: Those things that get into your clothing, croak and make you wonder if your husband has a serious case of gas
GIRL, n: A squadron of pink ribbons; will learn to say 'gimme' almost automatically
HAMSTERS, n: The things that operate the squeaking running-wheels at night
HUSBAND, n: The sac of skin on your couch that doesn't move except to find the remote
HOPE, n: The feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't going to last very long
HOSPITAL BED, n: Something you will continue to visit weekly if your child thinks he's superman and you have a ceiling fan
IDIOT, n: See husband
INTELLIGENCE, n: Looking inside the oven for plastic toys before turning it on
KISS, v: The act of which will stop words from becoming sound once it has become superfluous
MARRIAGE, n: The act of which is committed by two people; when a man has a certain level of weirdness, and a woman has a certain level of weirdness that matches up with his weirdness, they combine these two levels of weirdness in a forever binding weirdness for the rest of their lives
MIDDLE AGE, n: When your age begins to show around your waistline
PAIN, n: What the cat feels when it is caught in the vacuum tubing
RESPONSIBILITY, n: A burden that will continue to haunt you even when your children should be out of your house by now
REVENGE, n: Giving your neighbor's kid a drum
SEX, n: The most fun you can have without laughing.
SPOUSE, n: Someone who'll stand by you through all the trouble you wouldn't have had if you'd stayed single.
SWEATER, n: A garment worn by a child when the mother is feeling chilly
TRUTH, n: What your child demands to be switched for a quarter by the 'Truth-Fairy' with a mouth filled with cotton balls