being "solo" :P

1. What does your user name mean?
It's my nickname. My father, mad Star Wars fan chose to name me thus.

2. Elaborate on your user photo:
my piccie! taken by trina... sometime last year.

3. How many comments do you have?
last post, loonypages. 15.

4. What's your current relationship status?
blah.

5. What exactly are you wearing right now?
black shorts, purple sweatshirt.

6. What is your current problem?
i'm too frigging lazy!

7. What do you love most?
calcutta, pets, THE family, a few friends, food, internet, weed :P

8. What makes you most happy?
currently, seeing pyro and gin love each other to bits!!

9. Are you musically inclined?
i would like to believe that.

10. What would you do if you woke up one morning and found out you were on cocaine?
snort some more! what else?

11. If you could go back in time, and change something, what would it be?

nothing. all fuck-ups have a lesson to teach.

12. If you MUST be an animal for ONE day, what would you be?
oh god!! i wanna be soooo manyyyy!!!!

13. Ever have a near death experience?
yes. :|

14. Name an obvious quality you have?
unknown and not very apparent to most, i am very patient.

15. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
i can't get enough of you, baby! by smashmouth!

16. Are you happy today?
im smiling :)

17. Who will cut and paste this to first?
whoever will want to do this.

18. Name someone with the same birthday as you:
mark burnett

19. Do you have a secret crush on someone?
i definitely do! :P

20. Do you have a garbage disposal in your kitchen sink?
i have one underneath it.

21. Have you ever been in a fight?
who hasn't?

22. Have you ever sang in front of a large audience?
yes. too many times for comfort!

23. What's the first thing you notice about the OPPOSITE sex:
eyes, smile,...

24. Whats your biggest mistake?
none!

25. Say something totally random about you?
i loved the adventures of penelope pittstop! i want it to be aired again!!

26. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
yes. lotsa people. lotsa times. i don't get the resemblance though...

27. Are you comfortable with your height?
i could have been a wee bit taller..

28. What is the most romantic thing someone has ever done for you?
this is a hard one. i pass. perhaps due to lack of options...


29. What is your favorite smell?
wet earth, the adidas perfume, dettol.

30. What's something that really annoys you?
stupid people. people who do not get sarcasm or jokes!

31. What's something you really like?
books, music, christian bale, food.

32. Do you give random hugs and kisses?
yes. tohtally! :P

33. What's the longest you have ever stayed up?
4 a.m... not too long ago.

34. Have you ever been rushed to the emergency room?
yes. when i broke my foot. also when the doctor decided to remove my appendix.

TAG TAG

I have stolen this tag from Ad Libber's blog. 

1. What does your user name mean?
It's my name spelt backwards...

2. Elaborate on your user photo:
My photo...photoshopped

3. How many comments do you have?
Um, 5 to 7. That makes it 6.

4. What's your current relationship status?
Which relation are you referring to...I am in lots of them

5. What exactly are you wearing right now?
Um, mayurkonthi colour kurti and jeans

6. What is your current problem?
Um, lotsa work, which I somehow don't feel like doing

7. What do you love most?
Sleep, food, holidays, Internet, friends, Calcutta

8. What makes you most happy?
Meeting friends after a long time

9. Are you musically inclined?
I like music, ya...

10. What would you do if you woke up one morning and found out you were on cocaine?
Um...no idea!!! Just go back to snorting again maybe...

11. If you could go back in time, and change something, what would it be?

There was an entrance test I fucked up. I would want to give it and egt through.

12. If you MUST be an animal for ONE day, what would you be?
Dolphin

13. Ever have a near death experience?
Um, no thankfully

14. Name an obvious quality you have?
I can raise one of my eyebrow

15. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
Emoshanal Atyachar

16. Are you happy today?
No...

17. Who will cut and paste this to first?
The others on Tlog...and my blog list. Or whoever reads this and hasn't done it yet.

18. Name someone with the same birthday as you:
Sting

19. Do you have a secret crush on someone?
Abhay Deol

20. Do you have a garbage disposal in your kitchen sink?
Yeah

21. Have you ever been in a fight?
Yeah, loads of times

22. Have you ever sang in front of a large audience?
Yeah

23. What's the first thing you notice about the OPPOSITE sex:
Eyes

24. Whats your biggest mistake?
Thinking unnecessarily

25. Say something totally random about you?
I keep breaking my shoes alarmingly fast.

26. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
Yeah, Sushmita Sen...and lotsa other famous women. Dunno how.

27. Are you comfortable with your height?
Wish I was a little taller.

 
28. What is the most romantic thing someone has ever done for you?
:( Nobody even gives me V-Day gift. People do breach geographical barriers for me though.

29. What is your favorite smell?
Garnier fructis shampoo, 

30. What's something that really annoys you?
Too much lecturing by teachers, noise

31. What's something you really like?
Darkness, books, internet, food, sleep...I thought I answered something similar

32. Do you give random hugs and kisses?
Um, no

33. What's the longest you have ever stayed up?
Maximum, 3 am...I love my sleep...

34. Have you ever been rushed to the emergency room?
No

Tag 25!!!

Rules:
Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged.  

1. I learnt tae kwon do for about a year

2. I keep pinching/tickling people

3. I also tried learning Odissi, but left after 3 days.

4. I have, however, been learning Bharatnatyam from the last 9 years

5. I screw up auditions terribly

6. I think if one wants something terribly, one should do everything possible to achieve it

7. I love reading the back of every Mills & Boon book...they are entertainment at its best

8. I keep feeling hungry most of the time

9. I wanted to be a journalist since I was five

10. I am hardly ever content in life

11. I dropped a year in college

12. I keep wanting to be thinner all the time

13. I want to learn to play the drums

14. I am finishing college in about a month

15. I don't like sweets.

16. I keep planning to turn vegetarian, but never succeed

17. I have never been to Digha, Puri or Darjeeling

18. I want to have a library in my house someday

19. I want to go for a cropped haircut, though I don't know if I have the guts

20. I want to organize something like the Kalaghoda Festival

21. I have extremely low level of immunity...and stamina

22. I wish I could have learnt to speak Marathi in my three years in Mumbai

23. I hate shopping

24. I love watching WWE  

25. I find tags like this fairly hard to do

I tag all the people on my list...that should make 25!!!

K{no}w Me Better

First Name:- Saim

Sex:- Male

Single or Taken:- have not replied to Maria's proposal yet...so yes, it would be single as of now:D

Birthday:- 9th day of August

Siblings:- 3 sisters n a bro

Hair Color:- Natural Black:D

Shoe Size:- 7/8

Height:- 5'6"

Innie or Outie:- Mostly innie...prefer to be outie only among the chosen:)

What are you wearing right now:- Tracks, T-shirt n my attitude:D

Righty or Lefty:- Righty

Can you make a dollar in change right now:- am not parting with it even if I can *suspicious look*

Who are your closest friends:- Solitude n my shadow *intellectual answer*:D
S, S, F, M, K n R too

Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend:- Nopes...of course Maria has other plans:)

Best place to go for a date:- On a gondola in Venice

Favorite place to shop:- One which fits the pocket

Favorite kind of pants:- Comfy Jeans

Favorite Color:- Red, Black, White N Blue

Favorite Number:- Infinity {if it counts as a number i.e.}

Favorite Animal:- Tiger

Favorite Drink:- Rooh Afza

Favorite Sport:- Football

Favorite Fast Food Place:- ACS

Favorite Month:- August, January

Favorite Movie:- The Dark Knight {last year considered only}

Favorite Juice:- Mango, Lemon

Favorite Finger:- Thumb

Favorite Breakfast:- Hardly have it

Favorite Cartoon Character:- Jerry

Have you ever given anyone a bath:- Nopes

Have you ever smoked:- Yes

Have you ever bungee jumped:- In dreams, yes:)

Have you ever made yourself throw up:- Even the thought disgusts me

Have you ever gone skinny dipping:- Hell no

Have you ever eaten a Hot Dog:- Find me a place which sells it.

Have you ever put your tongue on a frozen pole:- Do I really seem that nutty type of a guy:)

Have you ever loved someone so much it made you cry:- Yes n I don't regret it.

Have you ever broken a bone:- Yep, chicken's leg pieces:D

Have you ever played "truth or dare":- Who hasn't? It's one dangerous game I tell you.

Have you ever been in a police car:- No...came close during a pro-reservation rally but no.

Have you ever been on a plane:- Only in the amusement park:)

Have you ever been in a sauna:- In Calcutta's weather...yeah ryt!

Have you ever been in a hot tub:- Mom says yes...when I was a toddler

Have you ever gone swimming in the ocean:- Yes...your eyes are no less deep than an ocean and trust me...I often drown in them.

Have you ever fallen asleep in school:- No...innumerable times in college though *grin*

Have you ever run away:- Never...as it is u can never run away coz the Earth being round you end up back in the same place:D

Have you ever broken someone's heart:- Not that I know off but then heartbreaks don't make a sound, so one can never be sure about these things.

Have you ever cried when someone died:- Yes

Have you ever cried in school:- Moist eyes...Period!!!

Have you ever fallen off your chair:- Thankfully no

Have you ever sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call:- That's how my insomnia got initiated lolz...:P

Have you ever saved emails:- starred them only

Have you ever fallen for one of your best friends:- Nopes

Have you ever made out with JUST a friend:- isn't this one real sleazy tag:P

Have you ever used someone:- Probably yes...v all do though nothing real bad.

Have you ever been cheated on:- No

What is your good luck charm:- Belief In my Allah.

What is the best song you have ever heard:- Kahin to hogi (last year considered only)

What is the stupiddest thing you have ever done:- Too many...cannot rate stupidity.

What's your room like:- Messy...things strewn about...out of place...essentially normal:D

What is the last thing you said:- Abusing myself for picking up this monstrous tag:P

What is beside you:- Cell, Wallet, Wristwatch, Earphones, Belt, Handkerchief, Visiting card of a doctor and a pen.

What is the last thing you ate:- Daal chawal n meat.

What shampoo do you use:- Head n Shoulders

What is the best thing that happened to you in the past year:- Got hooked to blogging.

What is the worst thing that happened to you in the past year:- Graduated...had to leave college:(

Have you had chicken pox:- Yes

Have you had a sore throat:- Who hasnt experienced this "great" event.

Have you had stitches:- Nah...even stitches don't help with broken hearts.

Have you had a broken nose:- No...did gift a bruised nose to someone though:D

Do you believe in love at first site:- Depends on the object of sighting:P

Do you like picnics:- Immensely

Do you like school:- Still not over it *sigh*

Would you eat a live hamster for $1,000,000:- I'd rather rob a bank

What people would you want with you if stuck on an island:- Maria Sharapova *naughty wink*

Who was the last person that called you:- F...all the bloody way from France

Who was the last person you slow-danced with:- A...niece

What makes you laugh the most:- Intelligent humor...Bheja Fry variety

What makes you smile:- Sudden shower, Sunset, Smile on an asleep baby's face, Romantic numbers, smiling faces

Who is the last person you yelled at:- Don't even remember

Who is the last person who broke your heart:- How many times do you think is it healthy to have your heart broken...one insensitive git who made this tag

Who is the last person who told you that they loved you:- It does not need telling

Who is your loudest friend:- S when he is in that sort of a mood

Do you like filling these out:- Getting cheeky, are we!

Do you wear glasses or contacts:- Attitude

Do you like yourself:- Just about...yes

Do you get along with your family:- With my immediate family...yes
With my extended family...hardly

Have you stolen anything over $50:- How much does Maria's heart cost *lopsided grin*

Are you obsessive:- Only about Manchester United

Are you compulsive:- Sometimes

Are you anorexic:- No

Are you suicidal:- The way this tag is going I'll soon be turning one

Are you schizophrenic:- I do show signs *chuckles wholeheartedly*

Do you have a crush:- Yes

If so, does he/she know:- Told u na...Maria's proposed:D

Have you truly told him/her how you feel, face to face:- Didn't need to...she proposed first:D

What is so great about him/her:- What's not

Coffee or Tea:- Coffee

Oldest/Middle/Youngest/Only Child:- Youngest *naughtiest, most pampered too:)*

Indoor/Outdoor:- Mostly Outdoors

How many people are you sending this:- The max that I can muster *share agony is my funda of life*

What are you listening to right now:- "Arziyaan"- the brand new song from Dilli 6

What did you do yesterday:- Slept, Ate, Taught, Watched TV, Browsed, Filled up a form, Hung out, etc etc

Where do you want to get married:- You are so blissfully assuming that I do want to get married...lolz:P

What would you change if you could change something about yourself:- Lazy attitude:D

Are you a good driver:- Only when it comes to driving people crazy.

Are you a good singer:- Absolutely

What do you dream about:- Bliss and happiness.

Looking Back

#1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Graduated...started working...started blogging...started smoking...shifted to a new place...got hooked onto Holly classics...also many other random in-the-moment, off-the-cuff stuff which is too trivial to be mentioned or remembered.

#2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions for last year and did you make new ones for this year?
No resolutions...coz I hate to break promises, esp ones made to oneself:P

#3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.

#4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes...grandfather.

#5. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
12th/13th of April (college farewell which started on the morn of the 12th and finished on the morn of the 13th)...24th of Sep (started first job)

#6. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Existing through it.

#7. What was your biggest failure?
Not living through it.

#8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Minor skirmishes did visit.

#9. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Family...friends...new friends...mostly,everyone's.

#10. Whose behavior left you appalled or depressed?
Appalled---Some acquaintances @ S's sister's wedding nite.
Depressed---T.K @ various points throughout the year.

#11. Where did most of your money go?
Movies @ plexes, foodies @ restos:D

#12. What did you get really, really really excited about?
Blogging.

#13. What song will always remind you of 2008?
"I'm really gonna miss this place, I'm gonna miss my college days" n "Beete hue lamhon ki kasak saath to hogi"

#14. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
The pursuit of happyness is a never ending search.

#15. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Being happy definitely...writing stuff, reading stuff, watching movies as well.....and yes studying as well:D

#16. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Having expectations... and lazing around.

#17. How did you spend Christmas?
Sick in bed.

#18. Did you fall in love in 2008?
Yes...No...Maybe *clueless*

#19. How many one night stands?
Zilch.

#20. What was your favorite TV programme?
Comedy Circus.

#21. What was the best book you read?
The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini.

#22. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Shehzad Roy.

#23. What did you want and get?
A new place...better internet connection.

#24. What did you want and not get?
Hazaaron khwahishein aisi ke har khwahish pe dum nikle
Bahut nikle mere armaan magar phir bhi kam nikle

#25. What was your favorite film of the year?
The Dark Knight...Oye Lucky Lucky Oye...Kung Fu Panda

#26. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
Nothing specific....woke up...lazed around...replied to wishes...became a 23 year old.

#27. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Brushing up my skills.

#28. What kept you sane?
Belief in the saying "what has to happen will happen"

#29. Who was the worst new person you met?
An alter ego which I had hoped did not exist in me.

#30. Who was the best new person you met?
R.M, S.G, P.K, S.H, S.S, M.P, A.C, S.L

#31. One valuable lesson you learned in 2008?
He has a plan set for everyone.

#32. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?
"Phoolon ki tarah dil mein basaye hue rakhna
Yaadon ke charaaghon ko jalaaye hue rakhna
Lamba hai safar is mein kahin raat to hogi
Khwabon hi mein ho chahe mulaqaat to hogi"

the number 8

my first one for 2009!

8 T.V. Shows I watch:
1. south park
2. coupling
3. little britain
4. the jamie oliver cooking thingie
5. the amazing race
6. growing up wild
7. fear factor
8. californication

8 Favorite Restaurants:

1. tung fong
2. peter cat
3. one step up
4. blue nile (pune)
5. touche (pune)
6. mangio
7. oh calcutta
8. arsalan

8 Things that happened today:

1. i lamented about scratched cornea
2. i beat pyro up for chasing gin around the house
3. lamented some more
4. smoked up with rishi and sohini
5. went, had momos with sohini
6. started downloading slumdog millionaire
7. completed half a picture i had been pencilling for t
8. rolled up yet another joint


8 Things I look forward to:

1. my eye healing and me regaining sight.
2. getting my tattoo completed
3. getting a job
4. getting my guitar back
5. the delhi trip
6. watching slumdog millionaire
7. pyro being perfectly potty trained
8. a year that ain't too depressing

8 Things I wish for:

1. a life devoid of complications
2. no more vclumsy accidents
3. less of procrastination
4. a job i will enjoy doing
5. enthusiasm to attend college regularly
6. peace. of mind.
7. goin vroom vroooooom vrooooooom on v's new bike.
8. the initiative to go get my camera repaired!

8 People I Tag:

lameass. i tag no1!!!

TAG...WITH A FEW CHANGES

1.What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Ice-skated, chopped and consumed weed, took on a job, talked to people I would never have, gone on a ferry ride in Calcutta, watched 2 movies back to back in the same theatre...um, loads of other things actually...

2.Did you keep your new years resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Never made any, nor will this year

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
um, no

4. Did anyone close to you die?
thankfully, none

5. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
July 12

6. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

7. What was your biggest failure?
Being terribly rude to people at times

8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
A few minor ones

9. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Um, aamina...dee

10. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
initials : r.k.m.c

11. Where did most of your money go?
Food, books, travel

12. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Vacations

13. What song will always remind you of 2008?

14. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
happier

15. What do you wish you'd done more of?
getting rid of people, slapping a few of them, writing, dancing, travelling

16. What do you wish you'd done less of?
feeling stressed

17. How did you spend Christmas?
Shopping, sightseeing and attending wedding

18. Did you fall in love in 2008?
YEAH

19. How many one night stands?
Um, none

20. What was your favourite TV programme?
south park

21. What was the best book you read?
Bone, The WHite Tiger

22. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Leonard Cohen...better late than never

23. What did you want and get?
Um, new lodgings, pen drive, parent's health, distinction...love

24. What did you want and not get?
I haven't kept count

25. What was your favourite film of this year?
Rock on, Oye Lucky..., Wall-e,

26. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Twenty-two. Shopped, ate, drank and made merry...o, yes, and also stabbed a friend

27. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Better time at college

34. What kept you sane?
Determination (corny, eh?)

35. Who was the worst new person you met?
Um, can't exactly remember

36. Who was the best new person you met?
Dee, Rishi, Poo...

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
Life goes on...good things keep happening, even when you are sure they wont...

48. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy