February 2012
95 posts
Another reason to love grandma's
They don’t have Facebook, but they still remember your birthday
<3
mehndi night
Two to three days before the Gujarati wedding there is a “mehndi night” where a professional comes in and spends hours upon hours filling the bride’s hands and feet with intricate henna patterns. Woman of all ages gather to ogle the intricate process of laying the henna. During these hours the women get their own henna done. They also drink, laugh, dance, sing, gossip, rejoice,...
“There are all kinds of love in this world, but...
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
something little that made me smile
So it’s a pretty straightforward fact that I spend a large chunk of my money at thrift stores. But today was the first day that I got to pull out my Broadmor badge and get the teacher’s discount!
It was a special little feeling. Kindof like the feeling I get when I’m driving home after a long day and on my arm I see the flicker of a vagabond piece of glitter lingering from the...
“To love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as water more fit for gills than lungs; when grief weights you like your own flesh only more of it, an obesity of grief, you think, How can a...
a nurse on her day off
Me: mom, I feel like my flu is getting worse, and I legitimately can't hear out of my left ear
Mom: (looking through newspaper and listening to the tv) hmm.. when was your last period?
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going through this flu in levels
-I’m officially at the “can’t hear out of my ears, feel like a bobble head full of pressure phase”
so………. one more week?
http://indianmemoryproject.wordpress.com/
the most beautiful website I’ve ever seen
Desi grocery stores
four loko is banned in the state of Arizona, but ofcourse theres a nice big stack still for sale at India Plaza, just chillin next to the snapples in the cooling system
im pretty sure the owner missed that episode of the nightly news and consequently has no clue that he is taking part in illegal activities
makes me giggle
“I have found the paradox that if you love until it hurts, there can be nor more hurt, only more love”
-Mother Teresa
"be not inhospitable to strangers, lest they be...
bind my wandering heart to Thee
postgrad
“I don’t think you’re supposed to be teaching. I don’t know, I just don’t think thats what you’re going to do..”
-Lucia Villa
“I loved you first”
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you killed me
and just when i though it was over
you did it again
its funny when
its funny when people tell me things that i’ve said/things that i’ve done that they thought were funny and i’m like
…w8 wut, i did that?
(happens everyday)
#constantlyhumiliatingmyself
(yes i know hashtags belong on twitter, but this one was necessary)
Ok, I’ll admit that I’m kindof an infomercial junkie.
I love to watch all the little adds about knives that can cut through steel and lotions that can make you age backwards and stuff.. and I’m always tempted to pickup and call….
but today I have finally found justice
WEN HAIRCARE
let me just say that I NEVERRRRR try to advertise shit because I honestly have no reason...