Oh boy, a Patriarchy Post! And one that I don’t really have an answer for, that’s why it is a “thinky” post.
Continue readingThinky Post: Why Do We Hide the Names of Abuse Survivors, is It Related to “Sharam”?
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Saturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Have ADVENTURES!!!!
Happy Saturday! I should be cleaning the house and organizing the basement storage unit and generally being a good person. But instead I am going to have ADVENTURES! I have shoes to pick up at a super far outlet store, and I have a massage scheduled, and I need to do recycling. A Grand Day Out.
Continue readingWatchAlong: Either Monday, or We Just Skip This Week
I actually have a random 3 day vacation this week. Well, not random, I’ve been working a lot of extra hours to cover for co-workers so I am taking a day to make-up. Anyway, I think I am going to take a weekend to just have a break and breath, and move watchalong to Monday. Or not, if no one is free.
Continue readingSaturday WatchAlong: Should We Watch Sanak? Or Something Rani? Or Emraan-y?
My office is short staffed this week, so I’ve been a bit work-swamped. Especially since I had to take 2 and a half hours off yesterday for stupid Albie Dog’s vet visit to confirm he just had an upset tummy. Anyway, sorry! This is super last minute! And it has to be Saturday or Sunday or something, because I’m working late Friday.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Watching and Reading and Thinking and Listening to on Kangana’s Birthday?
Happy Wednesday! Ugh, Albie dog kept me up all night, and now it is still so gloomy and rainy that it’s like the sun never rose. And it’s Kangana’s birthday, everything bad at once. Oh well, the good news is that tomorrow will be better!
Continue readingDiscussion Post: Big Questions to Give Personal Opinions On!
Should that be “on which to give personal opinions”? Anyway, it’s rainy and gloomy in Chicago today, and will stay gloomy for several more days, so I thought it would be a good time for us all to get to know each other better 🙂
Continue readingShahrukh Spring: And the Winner is…..HARRY!!!! Of Course, To Celebrate, Bonus Brackets!
This may just continue morphing into new competitions and new serieses until spring is over and summer is here. Wouldn’t that be nice?
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What do you want to ask me on Rani’s Birthday???
Happy Monday!!! And Happy Rani Day!!! I am sitting in my lovely sunroom thinking that it is really too sunny. It might be time to consider blinds.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: Why I Don’t Feel Like Re-Reading “The Viscount Who Loved Me”
Weird book club post, a post about a book you may be reading but I don’t want to re-read and why I don’t want to re-read it.
Continue readingBaby Post! Can We Come Up With Morning Dance Party Songs For Every Day of the Week? Also, Can You Help Me Solve a Dog/Baby Mystery?
Saira, Filmikudhi, and Eva all got new babies this year! So exciting. And of course, I still have Albie Dog, who has many similarities with babies. Anyway, post for all the baby people out there.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: I Saw a Concert, Albie Dog Hates Me, and Heropanti 2 Trailer!
Happy Saturday! I am having a PJ day, assisted by curbside pick up and sweatpants that fit over PJs. But that’s no reason y’all can’t talk.
Continue readingI Saw Kanika Kapoor and Guru Randhawa in Concert! And I Learned 3 Things
My goodness that was a late night! The concert started late (shocker), and then ended around 11pm. I was giving my friend a ride home so I didn’t get home myself until 1am. And then, and the Upstairs People are very proud of me for this because it is so indulgent and youthful, I ordered White Castle at 1am because I was STARVING. And then I went to sleep and then I woke up and then I went to sleep again, and now here we are.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Suhaag (1979)! For Shashi! 3pm Chicago Time
Happy Shashi Day! I am supposed to be off work early on Fridays, but I had to cover for co-workers so I ended up working until just now. I am sooooooooooo happy to be off work and goofing off with y’all instead.
Continue readingBadhai Do Review (SPOILERS): Love in All Colors of the Rainbow
What a lovely movie. Literally lovely, it is full of love. Love of every kind, except the kind we normally see, between a man and a woman.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Suhaag! Tomorrow! 3pm Chicago Time! For Shashi Day!
Tomorrow is Shashi Day!!! So we have to watch a Shashi film, obviously. And Suhaag seems to be the general favorite/easiest to find. In America it’s for rent on youtube, in other places it’s free.
Continue readingBadhai Do Review (No Spoilers): An Unexpected Film
Thank you everyone for forcing me to watch this! It was lovely and warm and heartfelt, and completely unexpected. Nothing played out the way I thought it would and that was really nice.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: Bridgerton 2! The Viscount Who Loved Me. Get SEXY!
I’m not gonna read this one with you probably, I read it like 5 years ago. So y’all will remember it better than me! That will be fun. Anyway, all the books are very well-written romance novels. Meaning, actual 3 dimensional characters, fun dialogue, and smoking sex scenes. Not meaning, actual deep novel questions.
Continue readingFinal Shahrukh Contest! Harry Versus Mohan!
Oops, almost forgot! But then I remembered. And now you can all decide if troubled bad boy with a heart of gold is better than steady good boy with a heart of gold.
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Watching and Reading and Thinking and Listening to on Shashi Week?
What does it say that DCIB is generally more excited about Shashi Week than Aamir Week? Is it that we are height obsessed, or just decent faithful good husband and father obsessed?
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: SHASHI DAY!!!! One of the Greatest Days of the Year! Shashi Fans, Start Your Engines and Make Your Arguments!
Has to be Friday, because I am going to a concert on Friday, woot! Meaning I will need/want to sleep in on Saturday. But also, Friday is SHASHI DAY ITSELF. So we have to celebrate.
Continue readingNews Round-Up: Alia Versus Alia and SRK Mystery Announcement
Oh boy! Finally fun things to talk about!!! Two new Alia teasers, and SRK put out a tweet that doesn’t make sense.
Continue readingHappy Birthday Aamir! Let’s Talk Hair
I’m lazy, so this is a reposted post. But it’s a classic topic to which we can return again and again.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me on Pi Day???
Happy Monday! And Happy Pi Day!!! As is traditional, I overslept. Because Daylight Savings ended. Or started. Whichever it is.
Continue readingRadhe Shyam Review (SPOILERS): You Know the Way a 3 Year Old Tells a Story? With All the Pauses and Backtracks and Cul-De-Sacs? That’s This Movie
Here I am, trying to make this movie into some kind of logical narrative. A well-nigh impossible endeavor!
Continue readingSilly Sunday: Never Been Kissed Remake, Why Is This Not Already a Thing?
So I am listening to my crime podcasts, and I just hit two in a row where an older man grooms a teenage girl, which is CREEPY and WRONG. And it made me remember the one time rom-com makers successfully made it NOT creepy, and then think “why has this not been an Indian movie?”
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