Category: Life

Life, Love

Swirling and Whirling

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After a few days of not posting anything, I am now bursting inside. Who knew blogging would be so addictive. I love that I  can vent and show off my dorky side on this blog. Life has been chugging along slowly. J and I are going to DC and Richmond this weekend so I am really excited for that. I have never been to DC and I am just dying to check out the cool museums and even the old government building. My inner anarchist is just going to have go along for the ride.

Its been a rough week emotionally and I hope DC can finally make J and I break out of our rut. We have been fighting and bickering a lot lately. Usually we get in a fight and then we make up and we are good for a while. But lately, it seems like we can’t make up, even if we try , it just ends up into another bickering contest and we just clam up. I told J this yesterday , that I know we are not going to 100% happy with one another all the time. Its just not possible and I hope I’m finally  mature enough to understand that concept. What makes me sad, is that I wish that these last few weeks before the wedding, wasn’t a low phase. Oh well, life is what it is, even though we are less than thrilled with each other at the moment, we both know we love each other and we would never trade that in for anything.

One last thing, I need to bitch about is my car. I took it in this morning expecting to get a broken axle fixed and it was going to cost me $330 , which is a lot , but the guy just called to tell me, both axles are broken and the total will be $497. Grrrrrrrr…..I am so tired of this . Why does everything have to fall apart at once.

Life, Wedding

Boys and Favors

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I know, I am blogging a lot of wedding stuff today, but I’m suddenly inspired, maybe its the coffee. Anyway, I was thinking of favors this morning and I was looking at cute tins like the ones below thinking how well these would work, when it hit me, every single I guy I know is going to think they are super lame.

I have no idea what type of favors a guy would like? I wish  I had the time and resources or even ideas on how to do gender specific favors but I am at a complete loss except for mini bottles of liquor and shot glasses.  These will not fly with J because he thinks giving people alcohol related favors will give them the impression that we are boozers. Well, they will be getting the right impression, but perhaps not the most flattering one of us.

Anyway, it struck me the other day that its a vicious cycle for males and the wedding industry. Guys don’t like weddings because they are girly and frou-frou , so they tend to not be involved in the wedding process. The wedding industry therefore creates even  less items that are appealing to guys and the cycle continues.  I think its odd that even though its 2007 we still tend to think of weddings/marriage as something thats just important to women. Why is it all about the Bride? or her day? or how she is going to be a princess? Why are there no Groomzillas proclaiming- goddamn it , its their day and if they want to wear holey shorts and a plaid shirt that was last washed in the 90s thats what they’ll wear.

My little feminist heart is bleeding for Grooms everywhere at the present. Sigh.

Life

Challenge- $100

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Challenge:
Consider this and blog your answer:

If you found a $100 bill on the sidewalk, what would you do?
a/put it in my wallet, hello new shoes!
b/Pass it by, gross, germs!
c/Give the money to charity.
d/Add it to my savings.

Pick your answer and then blog/expand on your decision

I pick (e) use it to save for a honeymoon. J and I are considering our wedding in India and little travels there as our honeymoon. But it really will be a family affair with friends and family. So , lately we have been talking about taking a typical , tropical getaway for next summer and having that be our honeymoon. Although, I don’t know if I’d be able to hold on to the $100 for that long, I’d probably use it up for wedding expenses.

Life, Wedding

Busy

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Its been rather busy the last couple of days, both at home and work , therefore the lack of posts.  The biggest development I think is that I’m finally out of my wedding apathy funk. I’m a wedding planning machine these days- making calls,sending emails, looking at quotes, making decisions.

I had a phone meeting with my photographer last week about the wedding day and she brought up some issues that  I hadn’t considered

-Lighting

– Timeline for the day

-Getting ready.

Need to get these things figured out soon.

However, I did update the wedding website with our lodging info and a break down of activities. Have also started looking more closely at favor options. I am also getting excited about my wedding present from KD. We are going on a trip to Las Vegas just the two of us! I am soooo excited.

Life

Challenge- Boredom

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I guess July is anti boredom month, so in honor of that I am posting my answers to these questions from the challenge

1. Your entire family has gone away for the weekend. The house is all yours. What are the first three things you do?

Make a Snack, Paint Toenails, Read while they are drying

2. Your bankbook is looking healthy, you have a four-day weekend ahead. What sounds good?

Depends on how healthy! If its looking really good and its an ideal world, I’d want to take a quick trip abroad, maybe fly down to the Carribean. Only a little healthy then a road trip or a camping trip closeby. If leaving town is not an option then its going to be a weekend filled with food, hanging out , going to the movies etc.
3. What do you do while waiting in the doctors office?

Read old magazines that they have, read my own book, or catch up on phone calls
4. Would you rather spend an afternoon alone in a book store, a mall, napping in the hammock?

A combination of all three but but if I had to rank them, then bookstore first, hammock second , mall third
5. You have an unexpected 48 hour stay in the hospital. You’re coherent and not in pain. How do you spend the time? Reading? Channel Surfing? Laptop surfing? Calling your friends to come visit? Ringing for a nurse every five minutes? Sleeping?

Reading, Laptop Surfing and Channel surfing. Hospitals usually get good channels
6. You have a nine hour trans-continental flight. Get excited about finishing a hot novel? Watch the in-flight movies? Become best friends with the stranger seated next to you? Take three valium and sleep the time away?

Read the hot novels and watch all the inflight movies. I usually don’t like to talk to strangers on long flights. Also I don’t really sleep very well on planes.
7. You have a seven hour layover in Chicago O’Hare Airport. Do you wear down your cellphone battery calling friends? Read a book? People watch? Shop every store in the airport? Take a taxi and see the city?

Read and people watch.
8. What do you do when your bored stiff?

Play Scrabble w/ J , watch SVU, go on a walk, or scrapbook, and of course read
9. Work first, play later? OR Play while you can, the work will still be there when you get home?

A mix of both, but leaning more on the Play while you can when it comes to household chores, work first when I’m at my job.
10. List three times that you are easily bored.

Sunday afternoons, when i just feel antsy, The monday night of a 3 day weekend, At J’s science parties where I feel like I don’t know anyone and I don’t care enough to get to know the people.
 

Food and Drinks, Friends, Life

Southern Fried Chicken

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I have had fried chicken before at restaurants, buffets, diners, KFC but I had home made fried chicken for the first time this sunday.  My friend F who is a total southern girl fried chicken and brought it over for the our weekly sunday potluck and it was unlike anything I have tasted before. I am not even a fan of fried chicken but this was delicious, crispy w/out being greasy, flavorful even on the inside, it was delicious. I guess there is something to be said for home cooked food. We also had fish tostadas, pasta salad, carrot slaw, caviar, seafood salad and my contribution Rasmalai(which I messed up). I love our weekly gathering of food and friends.

Friends, Life

Angsty Depressed Music

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…..PARTY. Thats right! Sat night, J and I hosted a party at our apt. and we called it our Depressing music party. Everyone had to  bring 2-3 of their most depressing, angs inducing songs to share and they would be judged by everyone. It was a really fun time, ironic , I know for a depressing music party. It was depressing music made less depressing b/c we were among friends. And most importantly, I felt it gave us all a better insight into each others personalities. We also had yummy Seviche Tostadas (courtesy of Y.) and lots of booze. Of course we all go ridiculously drunk and nobody left till 4 in the morning.

 J and I  also made prizes for the winners, which was tic tacs in pill bottles to resemble sleeping pills and we tied it up t o mini bottles of whisky. I’ll post a pic as soon as I upload it, it looked very cute and morbid at the same time. I also got to keep one, because I won second place in the competition, i guess all my years of angst was building up to this moment. Ha!

My two entries were:

Elliot Smith- Fond Farewell

Beck- Lost Cause

I was so busy having a good time and being a host that i forgot to take pics, but I think my friend SVS did take some, so as soon as he makes them available, I will post them. Overall, it was a fantastic night and even J who gets very nervous about hosting events had to admit that things went off w/out a glitch.

Family, Life

Auntie

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I just got news this morning that I’m going to become an aunt again. My fave cousin, my hero, my older bro, my pal in late night partying is going to have a baby. I am so excited for him and his wife, that I can barely restrain myself from flying down to Australia right now. I am also excited b/c this will be the first Dasgupta born in a long time 🙂 My other two nephews have different last names.

 Also, on the topic of nephews, I really hope I get a little niece this time. I absolutely adore my two nephews but they are both such “typical” boys. I  have been lucky to be a cool aunt to them b/c I can discuss Star Wars, Spiderman, Light Sabers, cars, Darth Vader, Camping and other boy stuff, but I want to be a cool aunt to a girl too so that I can teach her to play dress up and give her my old dolls and play house, and tea parties with her. Also then I will have an excuse to buy those cute little dresses. (Little boys do not like cute outfits as presents…shhhh….don’t tell anyone). And when she gets older, I’m totally going to give her cool vintage tees and funky jewelry that i’ve collected. Sigh!

Anyway, I’m off to ponder the joys of being an auntie some more.

Food and Drinks, Friends, Funny, Life

Ode to 7Eleven

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Okay, its not really an ode, but in honor of it being 7/11 today I thought I’d post about how much I love Seven Eleven. Right now, there is no seven eleven in my life because they don’t have seven eleven in the south. They have Circle K and I suppose its close to seven eleven, but i aske where’s the green and the orange? Its just not the same.  My favorite seven eleven memories are of course of the slurpee . Walking over to seven eleven on a hot summer day to get the diet coke slurpee…yum.  Or even having a debate about if the seven eleven at the bottom of Big Cottonwood canyon is the busiest 7 Eleven in the country. I still don’t believe it but if think it is , you are not alone, I went to high school with several people who thought that.

Another of my 7 eleven memories is of the one on Main street, Logan, where MB and I would stop by every friday evening to get  their syrupy sweet frozen coffees. This was our friday night ritual after which we would either drive down to SLC or go out and party. Those coffee drinks gave us just the right amount of caffeine boost. I remember we would often show up at a friend’s house giggly and acting stupid and people would think we were already drunk, but it was just the caffeine.

Anyway, maybe the next place J and I move to will have 7 elevens and I’ll make some more memories, but till then Thanks for the Slurpees and the good times 7 eleven. You were a huge part of my adolescent landscape.

Funny, Life

Pillow Talk

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N: (to J) I like white meat better

J: Yeah, thats why you are with me

N: Well, you like Dark meat

J:Yup thats why I’m with you

N: Well then if you are white meat and I am dark meat, I guess together we are a Thanksgiving Turkey.

J: You are the weirdest girl I know.

* Saturday morning conversation in bed*