Mr. Lova Lova

Ishq

My favourite movie as a kid was Ishq, with all four of my favourite actors at that time: Juhi Chawla, Aamir Khan, Kajol, and Ajay Devgan.
I always wanted Kajol and Aamir to get married (not fall in love, because that idea was preposterous to me at the time), but it was Ajay and Kajol who ended up doing the nuptials, in real life.

I still really adore this movie.
OH AND I SAW BANARAS YESTERDAY. Actually, it bored me a little bit, but it was still enjoyable. Urmila is not the best actress though. I still like her though, especially in Tehzeeb (I think that was how to spell it, but I could be wrong.)

Oh, and I restarted my twitter thing. I got one like a year ago and used it like once or twice. I'm going to start writing stuff on twitter to see if it is as fun in long run as people like to say.
What's really weird is that I have 4 followers AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. It's kind of creepy, but they haven't actually talked to me on it so I guess it's okay. My stuff isn't really all that interesting on there.
But you should still check it out!

VANI'S TWITTER.

ciao bella

incredibox

most entertaining website goes to the namesake of this post: incredibox

beautiful brilliance.

je l'adore.

(going to cedar point next week. super stoked.)

felix partzzzzz (venting)

peaches

my sister is such a liar, i can't stand it.
and now i'm at fault for something i didn't do because i suck at telling the truth because i smile too much. because because because.

so now i'm going to let my anger out by doing a ton of Health and blasting music dans my basement.

run run run run run run

we are scientists and lightspeed champion @ the blind pig tomorrow!

i think i am going! i am going to listen to lightspeed champion now so I can see if I like him/her/them while i run run run.

speaking of which, i really need to make an itunes playlist for that, so i don't have to skip all the songs that i always skip over.

and i saw the movie girl, interrupted and ANGELINA JOLIE WAS REALLY GOOD. I don't really like her all that much, but I did in this movie. Lisa lisa lisa. Ryder was coool, too.

who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

<3

vani

pap smear

crystal castles

i'm still upset the freaks & geeks is forever gone. but not too much..... i kinda want to buy the dvd, but is it really worth it? eh, probs not.

my mom is in my basement. i want to go swing too; i can hear it squeaking.

i have re-started my super strict exercise regime.

crystal castles new album is wondrous. currently, baptism is my favourite.
speaking of which, katie? i don't know if you actually read this, but do you still want me to burn you a copy of crystal castles?

oh, and my grandmother is coming to umreeka. :)

now, i shall go read lolita downstairs.

tchao,
vani

finished? why?

i just finished freaks and geeks.

why does nick like disco now? NO. NOT COOL, NICK. NOT COOL. i don't even like your girlfriend.

is daniel now a geek? can freaks become geeks? can geeks become freaks?

i never liked cindy. i liked maureen better. did the geeks just stop being friends with her? why?

why is daniel so attractive? his character reminds me of james dean. actually the actor who plays him (i think he plays something in spiderman, by the way) reminds me of james dean.

why isn't kim in the opening credits? she's such an integral part of the show.

did i ever tell you about the time bill made out with vickie?

millie's dog was huge! how did they think that they hit a squirrel?

WHY DIDN'T PEOPLE WATCH THIS SHOW WHEN IT PREMIERED?

only eighteen episodes?!

New favourite T.V. show: Freaks and Geeks

Question: Why do all the actually good T.V. shows get cancelled, after not even being able to complete ONE season, while shows like Secret Life and America's Got Talent have multiple seasons?

Thank you, IFC, for airing Freaks and Geeks and getting me hooked.

Hey You

Pony Pony Run Run

I NEED MORE NABOKOV IN MY LIFE.

I NEED MORE BROKEN BELL SONGS IN MY ITUNES.

I NEED MORE DIET SODA IN MY REFRIGERATOR.

I NEED MORE ORDER IN MY ROOM.

Well Joel Stein...

The Indian community is showing outrage to your satirical piece, My Own Private India.
I, on the other hand, laugh. I am slightly offended, but not to the same extent as the Indians who have labeled you a racist. I didn't feel like you were targeting Indians as a whole, I felt like you were targeting Indians who live in Edison, New Jersey.
Almost every Indian family who live in the United States, I can definitively assure you readers, know about this quaint little town known as Edison, in New Jersey. Almost every Gujurati family, I would assume, have some family member, family friend, or acquaintance who resides there. But, I am no fan of this town. I have a large disdain for this Edison, stemming from the fact that it is chockfull of Indians.

You were not trying to be edgy with your humor, because that would be exactly the opposite of what a TIME writer should be doing. They don't want to offend anyone with racist articles, of course.

It also seems as if you were insulting Hinduism with your statement: In retrospect, I question just how good our schools were if "dot heads" was the best racist insult we could come up with for a group of people whose gods have multiple arms and an elephant nose.. But it was misinterpreted by the readers. He wasn't insulting Hinduism at all! In fact, he was insulting racists.

Many were also extremely offended by this following quote:

For a while, we assumed all Indians were geniuses. Then, in the 1980s, the doctors and engineers brought over their merchant cousins, and we were no longer so sure about the genius thing. In the 1990s, the not-as-brilliant merchants brought their even-less-bright cousins, and we started to understand why India is so damn poor.

However, just because it is offensive doesn't make it less true. It's a very valid point.

And you weren't missing the Edison that you had before the Indian immigrants arrived; that was not what you were nostalgic about, so it seemed to me. You were nostalgic about the Edison in which there were these Indian immigrants, and because of that the better restaurants and friends.

So dear Joel Stein, it is apparent that your piece has been misunderstood, and your humor went over their heads. But, it does ring true.