Grumpy Monday! I got super fancy coffee delivered in an attempt to cheer myself up which made me start thinking about the whole coffee experience.
Continue readingYou know how you find someone you like, and then you are inspired/obsessed with watching every film they have ever been in? Share your stories! Who was it, when was it, why did you get tired and stop?
Continue readingI can’t think of any! So many cute shoulder length cuts, so many lovely long natural hair looks, but what about actual above the ears short hair on women? Is there anything good?
Continue readingI just have so much to say about internet dialogue! And the Gunjan Saxena debate that I am listening to second hand thanks to y’all has given me a new thing to think about. Also, once again, NO POLITICS. We have been doing fabulously with productive conversations about communication and internet culture without political specifics, let’s keep that up!
Continue readingUPDATE: This post has been up for 3 hours, and no one has commented. I feel this is a bad sign for our collective ability to be happy. I’m having a moderately hard day today. We didn’t watch Midsomer last night, and I think it has become a vital part of maintaining the careful mental health balance of the household, so now all 3 of us are feeling rumpled. Plus there’s thunderstorms, so the dog is unhappy. I’d go for a walk to get out of the stressful atmosphere, but of course I CAN’T GET OUT OF BED. Anyway, time to count our blessings in a simple effective technique for happiness!
Continue readingThis is going to be a tricky discussion to start. My Dad just sent me a link to a fascinating story in the New York Times about a twitter hoaxster, and it played into a concern I have had for a while about how anonymous social media internet sources are used again and again as though they are unquestionable truth told to you by a friend. Oh, and remember, NO POLITICS. But I am very interested in social politics, if that makes sense? If you want to talk about gender issues or race issues, totally here for you. Just nothing related to specific political parties and how they use the internet.
Continue readingI loooooooove sitcoms. Not to make me think and understand the world and blah blah blah, but to make me laugh while I am eating soup on the couch in front of the TV after a long day at work. You know, the ones you watch over and over again and get excited when you turn on the TV at the hotel and catch a rerun you haven’t seen in a while.
Continue readingI guess also music album/stage show. Anything you think about obsessively, talk about excessively, and so on and so forth, until you are over it all of a sudden and it becomes this nice nostalgic piece of your past.
Continue readingOh boy! A good post for me to write while I am feeling like a bit of a Grumpy Gus. If I try really hard, I might be able to come up with 3 directors I truly dislike. Maybe even 4!
Read moreI can’t believe we haven’t had this post before! It’s, like, film geek discussion 101! Oh well, better late than never.
Continue readingNot a 101, I am not qualified to write a 101. This is me basically just sharing my personal history with learning about modern urban Indian marriage practices from people I know and things I have seen and read, and then you can share your own experiences and ask questions of each other and hopefully just talk and learn from each other.
Continue readingBlah blah, world is logical, superstitions are pointless, we should all just trust to intellect and planning. But does anyone really believe that? NO! You can do all the research and planning you want, but if you don’t eat the right food at one minute after midnight on New Years, your house will burn down. FACT.
Continue readingAgain, there is a basic assumption that readers of DCIB share an interest in relationship dramas, romance, and clothing. With that in mind, I feel we can probably recommend non-Indian (and Indian if you have one you love) historical drama TV shows.
Continue readingIf you are like me, you are craving something to mark time, a big long running challenge that has multiple steps and will eventually be completed. Building a deck, painting your room, organizing your books, something like that. So I thought, let’s share/brag! Tell the DCIB community about your accomplishments, and maybe someone here will go “oh, that’s a great idea, I should do that too”.
Continue readingI love local news! The wacky “human interest” stories are the ones that are the most fun to talk about and think about and just generally make the world a happier friendly warmer place. And my Dad just forwarded me a follow up on one of the All Time Great Chicago local news stories. I will share it with you, and then you can share your stories with me!
Continue readingThe heat wave rolls on here, and I am about to go spend 2 weeks at our family’s lake house, which is lovely but unairconditioned. So, let’s share tips about how we all deal with the heat in non-airconditioned ways! In a desperate effort to keep Margaret alive as she lives like they did in Olden Times for 2 weeks!
Continue readingI’m just going to assume that Yash Raj Studios is a brand almost all of us love. You know, in the way where you see the logo and just smile. But what else? I’m curious! Let’s share stories!
Continue readingAs I carried Albie Dog in to the bedroom with me last night, my parents and I started talking about where their dogs slept when they were little. Surprisingly, everyone had different answers.
Continue readingThis is a universal experience, right? Or at least a universal American experience (we do love our cars!)? The weather is warm and sunny, you get out your car, you roll down the windows, you blast music and just drive. And my question is, what music do you listen to?
Continue readingContinuing our “unrelated to Indian film but just fun community chat” discussion series, let’s talk about activities!
Continue readingAnother fun DCIB community post! Let’s all share the foods we’ve been trying and how our diet has changed.
Continue readingMovie or stage! No rules! It was Mother’s Day yesterday so I was thinking about my Mom and her love for musicals that she passed down to us, and all the non-Indian musicals I loved.
Continue readingAnonymous asked this question about parents in general, but I am making it just mothers for mothers day.
Continue readingNot masks! Let’s take it as a given that those of us who sew have made dozens of boring repetitive masks. But what fun stuff have we done? Knitting, cross-stitch, watercolor, or just sidewalk chalk and signs for windows? I want to know about any of it!
Continue readingObviously closely Indian film related, right? Oh whatever, it’s Friday. I just want to relax and have fun after this emotional week.
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