Social Media is addictive

Maybe holidays without any internet are good. Maybe they stop you from being totally addicted to social media. Because otherwise this comic is quite like me (right down to the MacBook Pros!)

I am at a social media detox clinic- also identifiable as 'a holiday in Goa'.

Maybe all I'm trying to do is find the light at the end of the tunnel. Heck, I still miss blogging.

Cheers,

Note: This post was scheduled. I am not really here.

Crazy day!

Today a very hectic day. Mom & me had so much of work (okay, I lied, she did most of it, though I helped out too!)

Anyway, by the time Dad got out of the airport it was past 1AM. Then there was all the catching up, & of course my shiny new MacBook Pro-

I still have to figure it out a little more but overall, I can summarize the experience to say that it is just so amazing! The backlit keyboard, SuperDrive (CD/DVD drive), display & just about everything else is brilliant. I feel really really lucky. So thanks Dad & Mom, thanks soooooo much!!!
Oh & there's sad news too- I am leaving for Goa today afternoon. I will be taking my MBP along, but overall I might not have much internet access! :(
So this is my last actual post, though I may schedule a couple of posts just so this blog doesn't seem to empty, but keep in mind, I am not here. And I sure will miss you guys a lot. And again thanks for reading. As I am going on a journey, I thought I have to properly bid farewell to you guys. I will be back.

love always,

Not just another year

Wheeeee....
Guess what day it is! It's my birthday!
And not just another birthday, today I turned 18! I could tell you all kinds of stuff that now I can get married, vote, etc; but you know all that already don't you?
Just because I am now a legal adult doesn't mean anything has to change, does it?

Photo Credit: xkcd Webcomic

Still, I can't believe it... how did the years fly by? How?

Anyway, I was just having an IM conversation with a friend & she suggested I listen to this song- Happy Birthday to Me by The Vandals (Warning: Explicit Lyrics)

You can only technically listen to it on your own birthday... that's what makes it so cool.
Anyway, I'm off.


Ciao,

Photographic Insanity

As a kid, my parents took a lot of photographs of me, & of everything in general as my dad was kinda into photography (he was big into it before he married, but started to lose interest later. Just another hobby!)

I got really interested in photography somewhere during the third quarter of 2009, after we had returned from our May vacation to Bangkok. I took pictures then with my Canon point-and-shoot.

Many people remarked that they were a lot of photos. But to me, they were not enough. Ever since I've taken to photography, I keep thinking that I have got to take pictures all the time, especially when we're holidaying. Then I think of latest Bangkok holiday, & our vacation to Kuala Lumpur some years ago & our vacation to Orlando when I was nine. I even went to the extent of declaring to Mom that those were 'wasted holidays' as we took a lot of pictures, but they were not enough. And then they were the dreams. Around a week ago, I had an extremely strange dream- I dreamt that we had gone on a holiday to Kovalam, & I had forgotten to carry any of my beach clothes or bikinis & that I was devastated! I woke up & knew it was just a dream. I thought it was a one-off thing & tried to forget about it. Then last night, I had another dream, this time I'm going on a 'picnic' to a national park (ridiculous, I know) & on the way there I realize I haven't carried a camera. Forget my dSLR, I haven't even carried my point-and-shoot! Both dreams seem to suggest I have been seized by a panic (subconsciously) that makes me worry that I'm forgetting something. I told this to mom, who had a hearty laugh, then declared that I have a good life & she wonders why I am causing problems in my own life.

I think the only hypothetical answer would be that I'm slowly turning insane. Damn.

I also decided that since my mind put me into this, my mind will get me out. So I figured that I should attempt project 365. For the uninitiated, project 365 is where you post one picture every day for a whole year. And obviously, the picture has to have been taken the same day. I would love to start that right away, & the fact that I'm holidaying in two 'exotic' Indian locations would provide absolutely great material. The problem? I'm not gonna be having regular internet access :(

I know that there are those little data card thingies that let you access the internet no matter where you are (in the country) but I've checked them out & they're highly uneconomical. And my parents have already purchased a MacBook Pro for me, I cannot expect them to pay for this.

All this is kinda making me think it would be so much better if I wasn't so interested in obsessed with taking photos in the first place.

xo

Watching old Xena episodes can BREAK your heart

Why did it have to end like this? WHY?

As you people already know, I spend a lot of my time these days watching old Xena episodes. I couldn't think of a more enjoyable way to pass the time.

But I just watched the 'Friend in Need' episodes again. (Those two episodes are the series finale.)

This must be just the fourth time I'm watching them (as compared to all the other episodes which I've seen multiple times.)

Though I used to watch Xena during it's original run in India (that was a year or so behind the run in the US), I had somehow never caught the finale. So I got hold of the series. I still remember the first time I saw 'Friend in Need'. It was around 2 years ago. My parents were in Goa, & I was alone at home. I hadn't read spoilers anywhere, so I had no clue what was gonna happen. I was horrified. I felt as if I had been hit by a truck. I cried for hours. 

Every time I watch it, I think the pain will be less than it was the last time. But it never is. I still cry for over an hour, & it still hurts so much. Sometimes it even sounds silly to me, & I tell myself, For God's Sake! It's just a TV Series!

And next year it's gonna be an entire decade since it ended! Let it go Magali...

But my heart doesn't want to listen. That show just meant so much to me. Through the series finale, I know exactly how it feels to have your heart broken. There's a physical ache in your chest, it's not just romanticized talk. It really didn't deserve to end like that.

I had a very weird dream, not more than a week ago. In it I saw mom & me watching an advertising on TV about how Xena was coming back for two more seasons, 7 & 8, & in the dream I'm asking mom how that could happen as both main actresses are considerably older now. I awoke from the dream feeling completely exhilarated, only to realize it was just a dream. *sigh*

We Xena fans know that there was once a Xena movie in development, but it never did work out. We also know that Lucy Lawless said she would love to reprise her role for the film. (She said that just three months ago!) We also know that Rob Tapert said that (one of the executive producer of Xena: warrior princess & Lucy Lawless' husband) said that there was no chance for a Xena movie- at least not with Lucy & Renee. He thinks that there could probably be a Xena movie in ten or twenty years, but it would obviously be with different people (like the Charlie's Angels films based on the TV show.) Still, even if a film does happen years later, I will go & watch it. The special effect will probably be amazing, everything will be glossier, but I don't think it will capture the magic of the original. I don't think anything ever will.

Love,

Yesterday

Yesterday was fun... It started with a delicious lunch consisting of coastal cuisine at a cosy little restaurant with a couple of family friends. (noticed the alliterations?) Don't remember when I last ate that much!

This was followed by yet another visit to the bookstore, mainly for the benefit of the lunch host, who was visiting from overseas & wanted to pick up a few books. Yet, I couldn't resist.

Anyway, the book shopping was followed by some great outdoor photography.

And now, a gratuitous picture of me from that day.

Me with my Canon EOS 1000D.
Taken by mommy dearest with my Nokia 7210 cell phone camera. 

Ahh, these are happy days. I fished out a cross-stitch picture, unfinished since May 2009, & I hope to complete it over the summer.

Oh & I almost forgot to mention, dad should be back on my birthday! (keyword being should. *touches wood*)

xo