Put up or Shut up

I heard a story of a girl who picked up a bra from her dirty laundry pile and wore it. Her roommate seeing this was so disgusted that she proceeded to tell everyone she knew about it who then further broadcast the story and so on.

I have a friend who takes a bath only every other day and really doesn't give a damn about the whole lot of flak she gets about it.

Now a lot of people get completely put off by these little 'dirty' habits, but if you think about it, is it really such a big deal? I'm sure every single one of us does something or the other, that would disgust other people. We're just conscious about it and keep it well-hidden. But those that air it out, coz they don't really think its something that matters - they practically get the death sentence!

The other day I saw someone dig their nose. Out in public. I was so embarrassed for them! I remarked about it to my friend "ew I just saw her dig her nose, right out here in public! ew ew ew!", to which my friend just looked at me and said "yea so? I do it too.." At the time I mentally gagged but when I had the time to think about it, it doesn't seem so bad. I don't want people touching me with booger-y hands of course, but am I really gonna know about it? People come down with colds every other week around me. I don't stay away from them. Is this really so different?

So what if she wore a dirty bra? It's not like you're going to come in contact with it. Even if you do, go take a bath.. or don't. Everybody skips a bath once in a while. So what if its more often?

Big deal.

If we ostracised people for doing things that disgusted us, we'd lead a lonely, lonely life.

I'll take my disgusting friends any day.. :)

Perspective

Dating low-life assholes has inadvertently made me realize a lot of things.. some about myself.

I realized there's a hu-u-u-uuuuge amount of shit I am willing to put up with for someone I care for.

I realized I don't put up with said amount of shit for very long.

I realized how much I am willing to compromise for someone else's happiness.

I realized sometimes its better to deal with the hurt rather than start a shouting match.

I realized how much it sucks to be the only one giving.

I realized I shouldn't trust people blindly.

I realized sometimes people don't choose to do stupid things they know they'll regret.. sometimes it just happens.

I learned about denial, lies, rumours and self-esteem issues..

And I realized I deserve better.

Love Love Love

There's nothing quite as pathetic as one-sided love

There's nothing quite as pathetic as being in a relationship that'll never go further but staying and hoping for a miracle

There's nothing quite as pathetic as putting off the hurt, that you know you'll have to deal with sometime, that you know will magnify the longer you wait, just so you can stay happy today

There's nothing quite as pathetic as refusing to think about the inevitable end, so as to enjoy the temporary bliss

There's nothing quite as pathetic in reveling in his company for 24 straight hours and then missing him like crazy as soon as he walks out the door

There's nothing quite as pathetic as crawling back after a fight where you know you were right, but you just don't want him mad at you

There's nothing quite as pathetic as knowing you deserve better, but want him anyway

There's nothing quite as pathetic as knowing you should get out NOW, but can't coz you want to spend just a little bit longer with him

There's nothing quite as pathetic as knowing you'd fight for him, but he wouldn't

There's nothing quite as pathetic as needing him

There's nothing quite as pathetic as one-sided love.

IPL!

I wanted to put in my two cents on the IPL team logos. Personal likes and dislikes and all that..

I love the RR logo. Its clean, with lovely colors and just so classy.. But somehow, it doesn't seem right for Sports team. I mean, it could just as easily be the symbol of some Hotel chain or something..

The RC logo looks like its been picked straight out of the top of a beer-bottle-lid. It probably was too.

KKR I can't stand on principle. The colors (over which people are still oohing and aahing) are just too gaudy. And whats with that ridiculous knight/helmet?? Not like they actually come out to play wearing those things.. too bad, coz it sure would've been entertaining

DC and KXIP: Shields? really? That the best you could come up with?  c'mon! This isn't some family coat-of-arms for crying out loud..!

The MI logo is quite nice. Kudos. But the name! Indians? what, this is the only team with Indians? Indians in other teams are only fake Indians? gimme a break..

CSK are the team I support. Now the lion is a little silly, I do think. But hey, at least its not a shield..

DD have the best logo by far. Depicting a whizzing cricket ball in a nice eye-catching red, its just so apt for a Cricket team.

What's in a name.. chap 3

I have come to the opinion that one is not considered a true Tamil-ian unless one has the appropriate name to back up the claim. No, I don't mean names that end with -murthy and -krishnan and the like.. I've actually observed that names with at least 3 syllables are more preferred. There are of course names with the ordinary 2 syllables, but I believe these are viewed with suspicion.

For example:

my name: Bharati Malar - 4 syllables (double thumbs up)

my sister's name: Kundhavi - 3 syllables (pass)

my cousin: Annapoorani - 5 syllables (off the charts!)

my mommy: Geetha - 2 syllables (tsk tsk)

There are some people I know, who I honestly thought had normal names.. For the longest time, I wondered how these people got away with it. Little did I know..

Priya - actually Shanmughapriya

Indu - actually Indumathy

Viji - actually Vijiyavalli

Radha - Anuradha

and then there's my cousin who I always knew as 'Giri'. Turns out that was just a pet name! His real name - Krishna Prasad.. :|

That's part of the reason, why, when we decided our third cat was to be given a Tamil name and raised as a pukka Tamil cat (don't ask..), we picked Palaniappan.. coz you can't go wrong with five syllables.. or something like that :)