lets see how u like that...

now, i may be more of a cat person, but i really do LIKE dogs. they're great, even if they do smell. the whole unconditional affection thing is awesome. and they're almost always amusing to have around. Our dog at least; my cutie cutie taffy, who died about two years ago now; was a totally brilliant dog and a complete joy to have around.
BUT
if the idiot who lives two houses down from us doesn't figure out how to keep his bloody dogs from howling and fighting all night long i CAN NOT answer for my actions! what the HELL! how does he sleep through that racket!!

its driving me nuts. really. don't be surprised if you find out one of these days that i no longer post coz I've been taken away to the nut house.
At least I'll be able to sleep if I'm in a nice quite white room. and the padding may actually be comfortable... hmm... the lack of sleep thing is actually making me start to wonder if getting locked up would be that bad. but then, I'm sure the other inmates would be pretty noisy.
ok, i think outside life is on-the-whole preferable! at least out here i can get my hands on brownies.

LOL... i just read over everything i typed up there. and i have to say, if I ran a nut house, I think i'd be seriously considering me as a candidate.

so let me explain a little.
We have a neighbour with three dogs. Two are street dogs that they rescued, and one is a lab. Now I'm not really sure what the whole arrangement is with these, but i think the street ones aren't allowed into the house to sleep. One has some weird problems and dysfunctionality issues from before it got rescued, and now 'Blacky' barks and howls about EVERYTHING (including getting fed apparently - really! that's what the owner told my sis!).

The second street dog is an escape artiste. 'Stripey' manages to scale their compound wall, and then runs about getting into fights with the other street dogs in our colony. and into the colony garbage bin. and into other people’s houses every night.
and somehow, SOMEHOW, she always manages to have all the scuffles she has on a nightly basis, right. outside. my. window! or at least, that's how it sounds.
in fact I can hear her right now. snorfaling away, running and panting and growling and jumping and generally making a bloody nuisance of herself.

And lastly, the lab, who i think wants to be in on all the nonsense that the other two get into, is locked in the house with the peoples every night. and with the peoples is not where 'Banjo' wants to be! oh no... the peoples are all sleeping! that's not exciting at all! so what does he do? well. for the last week or so (maybe the owners are out of town?) Banjo (or at least I assume its him. it sounds like him) has been complaining every night.
right at about 2 am, as i'm about to fall into the kind of sleep where a Harley revving by my head would not wake me, that dratted lab starts up. "ooouuooh uuoohaaa hooohooohooaaa!"
seriously.
its not even like a wolfie, respectable, dignified type howl! he sounds like a 5 year old telling mommy about how the other kids wont let him play.
the first couple of times he started in on the howling it was funny (which may have been because he did it during the day), but i just can't take it anymore!

I have to be up tomorrow at 6am (and that's a story for later) but here i am, unable to sleep, coz my idiot freaking neighbour is apparently as deaf as an ninety year old man who was in an artillery unit during the second world war - or is such a sucky person, that he goes on holiday and doesn't leave someone behind to take care of his dogs during the night.

so bah, humbug to him!
and if he doesn't figure out how to shut his dogs up, I'm gonna go over there one of these nights with an air horn, break into his house, shove it up against his ear and press the button.

Screaming for Ice Cream

God it’s hot…

If this weather keeps up, I’ll be well on my way to getting fat! What people say about fast food chains is soo true! Ok… that wasn’t as random a leap as it might have sounded. Although maybe it didn’t sound as random as I thought it did.

Well whatever.

Back to the point (and my apologies for the side trip into scattyness), every afternoon for the last month or so I’ve started to crave ice cream. Must be a combination of the weather and my general weakness where all things chocolate are concerned.

And the enabler in this sudden obsession? Well… the great golden arches have moved in next door. They opened sometimes late last year, but it was pretty cold then, and since I really can’t stand anything but the fries when it comes to eating there, it wasn’t such a big deal.

Till now.

Because, I LOVE, love, love, love the McSwirl. And there’s nothing better then yummy ice cream in a lovely thick layer of solid chocolate on a hot afternoon.

Sadly I cannot find a picture... to help make you crave one too! :) So let me just assure you... its Yummy! And kind of like magic... into the sauce goes the ice cream (how does it not melt???) out it comes again... and then bam! Choco-sauce to crunchy-munchy chocolate, right before your eyes.

*sigh*

And dang… coz now I want one.

But I shall resist… which is very hard to do! And takes me back to the first few lines of this post…

Step Aside Murphy

Everyone knows how Murphy's Law works.

You'll be totally jobless at work the entire week, and you have absolutely nothing better to do, since your social life is resembling the Sahara... and that's ok, if a little boring…

But…

The one day that you want to leave early? Well, that's the day when you're totally jobless till 5pm, and then all of a sudden, like magic, you're overloaded with work. And before you know it its 8 O'clock and all your friends are going "where the heck ARE you!!? This DJ is so awesome!" or "Happy Hour ends in 5 minutes!" or whatever it was you were planning to do.

But Murphy hasn't got a thing on Karma.

One of my friends suffers from a terrible case of instant karma. She just Can Not lie and call in sick at work.

It never fails.

If she says she has the flu and can’t go in one day, she’ll be running a fever by that evening.

She tried to be smart about it yesterday and called in and told her boss that she had food poisoning, because hey, who can get food poisoning out of the blue and with no warning?

Well apparently she can.

I’ve always thought that Karma would make a pretty cool superhero.

Think about it, karma is essentially justice. Or to quote wiki “Karma is the law of moral causation” I’ve always held more of a belief in the theosophical idea of Karma, which is essentially a theory of inevitable consequence.

So a Karma superhero just makes sense.

Bad guys rob a bank, but as they speed off in their getaway car, Karma pops out of nowhere. And BAM! Next thing you know the getaway car is upside-down in a ring of extremely confused looking cops.

Sorry Boys!

Yes, yes, I do know he looks like superman. What did you expect me to do? Draw him!?

But forget about that… don’t you think it’s a good idea?

Oh, btw… if anyone from DC or Marvel happens to read this… it’s MY concept! I know you’re hurting for ideas right now (don’t try to deny it… I’ve seen the new batgirl comics!), but I still will sue.

Cotton Wool

that's what I feel like my head's stuffed with.

today has been so mind numbingly boring! I've not done a single constructive thing!
and mainly, what I've thought about all day is what to buy a friend of mine for her birthday. which is this sunday.
And i totally forgot about that till she called yesterday to invite me over to her party.
We've been friends since we were four! i suck :P
Of course, this is only the first time i have EVER forgotten her birthday. and she always forgets mine... but that is really not an excuse!
anyway. anyone who knows me is well aware of the fact that i totally suck at keeping dates in my head.
Which kinda makes me wonder why i took history during my A levels... hmmmmm.... not so bright.

Anyway. What to gift?
December is always the worst month because of that one single question.
There are all the Christmas presents to worry about.
And more then just family etc, there's also the dumb secret santa at work thing. Which puts u in the non-enviable position of having to find a weeks worth of small presents for someone you don't even know all that well! (There are really only so many items of stationary that are gift-able to one person you know...)
and then i have two close friends with birthdays... and weirdly, they're two of the hardest women to shop for that i have EVER known!

So i guess we all know what I'm going to spend my Saturday morning doing. and yes, i do know that going gift hunting the day before a party is kinda last minute. but its not like i have a choice.

Resurrection

Sheesh! Its been almost an entire year since I last posted! Where has the time gone??

Ok… I don’t think I can maintain this like a live journal. And considering all I pretty much do is work … :P imagine how boring THAT would get to read!

Woke up at an hour which sane humans should not have to see (8:30am). Got ready. Came to work. Worked and worked and worked. Ate lunch – it sucked/it was awesome. Worked and worked and worked. Left work. It was dark. Fought with a wretched auto driver about whether or not it’s more his problem or mine that I live in the boonies but still don’t want to pay him Rs150 when the actual rate is Rs.50. Got home. Ate dinner. Watched TV. Read some of my current book. Slept.

Haha… 360 days of that. Oh man… my life is pathetic :P

Anyway… as I was saying, wont have the time, patience or will to live if I post that stuff… so lets find something else to talk about.
Just not now. Coz its back to working and working for me.

meme... from Anjali

hehe... saw this on anjali's blog, looked like fun. weirdly enough, many are similair! also i'm bored and cant sleep... so here goes:

8 Fictional Characters You'd Love To Hang Out With:
1. Anne Shirley
2. Max (from Darkangel)
3. Willow
4. Nathan Scott (from One Tree Hill)
5. Lestat (although that would probably be really scary)
6. Death (the Pratchett version)
7. Nanny Ogg
8. Lara Croft

7 Celebrities You'd Invite To Dinner:
1. Joss Whedon
2. Terry Pratchett
3. Oprah Winfrey
4. James Herriet (as anjali said, post-humously… )
5. Bono
6. Alex Band
7. Gerald Durral (again post-humously. More’s the pity)

6 Things On Your Desk:
don’t have a desk… so the closest thing to that, my low cupboard …
1. a comb
2. a pen stand (with pens)
3. headphones
4. a calendar
5. my cell phone (but that’s only temporary)
6. my printer

5 Places You'd Like To Visit:
1. Australia/New Zealand
2. The Isle of Skye
3. the moon
4. ancient Mesopotamia
5. Paris

4 Things You Probably Don't Know About Me:
1. I used to talk to the wind
2. I make faces at myself in the mirror sometimes to cheer myself up
3. I once started crying coz a praying mantis landed on my bare knee (I HATE those things! They give my the creeps)
4. I have never slapped anyone.

3 Things You Wish You Had Right Now:
1. Thief (I love this game. And my comp is so game deprived at the moment)
2. chocolate
3. an ipod nano

2 Names You Wish Were Your Own:
none i can think of. I like my name just fine…

Day Of The Week You Love The Most:
Sunday. Coz that’s the only day I don’t have college.

All female planet.

Has anyone seen that really creepy movie set in the future where there are no men? The whole planet is run by women, and babies are developed not born. But there’s no war or anything bad like that, coz women are just soo much smarter and less aggressive then men…
Well. Let me just say two words. What crap!
Okaaay… so maybe we aren’t as hopped up on aggression and territorial instincts as guys. And yeah, I’m pretty sure that a world run by women would be better then the one we have right now. Considering – lets face it, and not to be horrid and sexist or anything – men are just plain dumb half the time.
Women don’t have pissing contests. We definitely didn’t come up with the idea of trying to squeeze the other guys hand harder. Or road rage. And then there’s the fact that statistically, women usually account for only about 15% of all violent crime.

Still, better doesn’t mean perfect.
Women are dumb too. We get emotional, have cat fights, act bitchy, and nag! Not exactly conducive to absolute peace and harmony. What’s more, and all u guys don’t get swelled heads over this – but giving credit where credit is due, without guys, life would be just plain boring! Men are a constant source of entertainment.
On a grand scale; they came up with football! And basketball, rugby, American football, hocky, extreme sports, action movies… the list is ENDLESS! No women is nuts enough to have thought this stuff up. Although, once they were invented many are more then happy to play.
But, lets be absolutely frank. One of the ONLY reasons any of us is willing to watch, is if there’s some pulchritude involved. No way would I watch a complete rugby game if the guys weren’t so hot.
Which is just plain weird now that I think about it. Why do women find it interesting to see guys compete? So maybe these games are relatively more sophisticated ways of doing that then actually dukeing it out… but that’s all they really are! It’s all about who’s top dog. And we LOVE it!

I guess it all comes down to instincts. Men like to fight. And women like guys to prove they’re the toughest. But it’s a lot more complicated these days then it was for the average cave man.
Most of us hate it when guys do that obvious, male posturing thing. U know what I’m talking about…
Where they eye each other up, and try to make them selves look stronger, bigger, tougher. There voices get all deep. And they shake hands in that macho idiot manner, one pump, up and down, squeezing just as hard as they can... slaves to testosterone.
And it really ticks me off when guys do that stupid possession act they all seem to learn at birth. This women is mine! I Tarzan!! Me big ape!!!!
But I’d probably be just as ticked if he didn’t do anything at all! If I’m with a guy, even if he’s just a friend, I want to know I can depend on him to take care of me. Which doesn’t mean I actually want him to take care of me... but if I should need taking care of, he has to be capable of it.

Being able to handle yourself in a fight is important, but being able to avoid the fight entirely is a much more valuable ability. Making sure other guys realise she’s taken while still letting her know u respect her independence is a fine line to walk… guys don’t have an easy time of it. And yet they constantly try. It’s amusing.
we need guys around. they add balance and provide distractions. it would be impossible to have female friends if u didn't also have male ones. who would u turn to when u actually want a solution to a problem and not just sympathy? and guys make much better shoulders to cry on... women get tired of other women after a while...

There’s no doubt about it... A world with no guys may not be as violent, but it sure wouldn’t be much fun either.

Weird friends

Maybe that’s a little inaccurate… acquaintances then.
I have weird acquaintances! He he… not that that sentence sounds exactly normal!

Anyway.

This last week has been fairly strange. First, college has started. But not really. We have no faculty, or course work … or ANYTHING! So basically,
we were told that we might as well only start coming from the 29th. Which is when the new kiddies start.

Other then that. These guys from Mtv showed up at college the other day. They have this youth programme where they have a topic and kids from specific colleges in Blr, Bbay and Delhi discuss it. Supposed to be giving us a ‘voice’, but since they discuss totally bogus stuff, and don’t actually do anything… I think it’s a BIG waste of time! But one of my daft friends put my name on the list and I got short listed. Augh.
So now I have to go. The shoot is on the 24th, and they’ll air it 2 weeks later. Guess it may be interesting from a purely technical standpoint. One can hope… :)

On a more interesting front! I took my first piano class this week!! :D the kid, Shyna, is the cutest little thing. Only four… but she wants to learn. Which is good. I think it’ll be fun to teach her! I need to go and get some stick on stars and things. At her age I’m really going to have to work to keep her interested. Good fun :)
Half an hour on Thursdays… something to look forwards too. And the cash will be a bonus! He he he… plan to teach about four kids, already have them, but need to confirm timings and things. Don’t want more, doubt I could handle it… won’t have the time. Once college actually starts that is…

Okie… gtg to bed now. Feeling pretty exhausted. Not too well mainly. Hate this weather. Changes too often. Makes everyone ill… also I have to be in college tomorrow because the producer for that show from Mtv is probably coming to give us a briefing. Sigh… maybe if I just bunk out they wont expect me to show on the day of the shoot and so I wont have to… but I’m too much of a good girl for that. Damn it! He he… but seriously, no way would I bunk out now that I’m on that list… just not ethical. Create problems for them too… and what if I want to get a job at Mtv at some point? Not that that’s likely… but still. No sense burning bridges. Right? Right.