Happy Saturday! My cousin is coming to visit me tonight, yaaaaaaay! So far I am washing sheets, I’ve installed the guest room a/c, and I made a nice light salad thing we can have for snacks. If I keep up this energy, I may even vacuum!
Continue readingIt’s R. Madhavan’s birthday! That is, the boy Madhavan! The one from Alai Payuthay and Manu Weds Tanu and stuff!
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! Since last I posted, I rearranged my apartment, planted hydrangeas, took a lot of long walks, finished book 1 of Ponniyin Selvan and moved well into book 2, just generally lived life. Sorry for not posting because I love you all and missed you! Not sorry for not posting because I got so much done in life-life while I was off.
Continue readingHappy Wednesday!!! This week is dragging for me, I am so excited about having a three day weekend at the end of it. Maybe I will even catch up on doing bloggy things! Or, I will sit outside in the sunshine and finish Ponniyin Selvam.
Continue readingThis is a very confusing series! I read the newest translation of Book 1, then started an older translation of Book 2 and went “wait, this doesn’t seem like it makes sense”, went back to another translation of Book 1 and found a whoooooooooooooole other part of the book! So I am calling this post “First Half” and trying to cover all my bases.
Continue readingThank you for the suggestion Angie!!! It’s been a very weird week for me, lots of work stuff and lots of weird errands (I had to take my sewing machine in to be repaired at a very strange show that is only open 6 hours a day), so a nice watchalong with the nice people sounds just about right.
Continue readingThank you Genevieve for bringing up this topic! It’s one of those things that I think we can all only speak to our own cultures and experiences. But luckily we have a big variety of cultures and experiences so this discussion should be interesting!
Continue readingHappy Monday! I was up way way too late last night partying with my Mom and now I am trying to pull myself together for Monday morning at work.
Continue readingHonestly was not thinking about my question on “what do you want to see Shahrukh play?” as a fanfic idea prompt, but now here I am! And I have so many ideas that I think I’m just gonna rattle them off.
Continue readingHappy Saturday!!! Today is the day I finally get around to taking that box of donations I put together over a month ago and dropping it off. It’s just been sitting on the floor of my closet for weeks and weeks and weeks.
Continue readingYes, it’s a thinky post! Because I have been thinking! Always dangerous, thinking about things. Might lead to self-improvement.
Continue readingHappy Wednesday!!!! I seeded my lawn about two weeks ago and the little tendrils are just coming up. Which is of course the most fragile moment, and I am so worried about them! I just want them to make it through to next week when they will be nice hardy plants.
Continue readingWoot! BOOK CLUB!!! I picked Ponniyin Selvan because I’ve almost finished the first volume, it’s very fun, the movies are great, and it’s on topic for the blog. Oh, and the English translations are pretty readily available, at least digital copies (physical you may have to ship from far away).
Continue readingHappy Monday! I had a lovely sunny productive weekend (weedwhacked the yard! Bought a strawberry plant!), and now it is cold and rainy and I want to go back to bed. But I can’t because it is Monday, blech.
Continue readingI am so so so so SO excited to share this film with you! It’s not just Shahrukh, it’s the whole crazy melodramatic plot, and the stacked cast, and EVERYTHING.
Continue readingI have nephew stories to share and I know we’ve got other baby people here who no doubt also have stories to share! I love baby stories, let’s have a nice cozy chat.
Continue readingIt’s summer! I feel like reading! More specifically, I feel like sitting on my glider in my front yard watching the clover grow and reading. And the best kind of reading is reading where we talk about it later!
Continue readingOoooo, I really really hope folks can join! I have been wanting to do this WatchAlong for ages, only pending on the dang film being available. And it’s on Prime! I’m so excited!
Continue readingOkay, ONE MORE TIME. This Sunday morning, is anyone around? And if so, what should we watch?
Continue readingHappy Wednesday! This post comes to you from a Starbucks, because we are getting our pipes fixed at the house and so will not have water for the day. So I am hiding at Starbucks.
Continue readingHAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL! My lovely fellow SRKian. Hopefully reading this post and the responses will contribute to your lovely lovely birthday.
Continue readingOh shoot, evil youtube may not let this song play. Anyway, it’s the “Kerala Manninayi” song from CIA, and I love it, and it peps me up like crazy, and makes me all ready to fight for workers’ rights.
Continue readingHappy Monday! And Happy Anushka Sharma’s Birthday! It is rainy and blechy in Chicago and I am enjoying being all cozy inside.
Continue readingHey! They changed the plot! Like, quite a bit! Mostly by cutting things out. But for those of us (me) who rely on online summaries to follow the dang thing, it was very confusing. Once I let go of what I thought was going to happen and just enjoyed what was happening, it was fine.
Continue readingI watched it! Two movies in one weekend! I am very proud of me. And this was a goooooooooooooooood movie. The plot is still crazy complicated, but the individual scenes are so lovely and powerful I could enjoy them and forget about the plot.
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