I'M REAAAALLLLY FAT!!!!

Sarees and the Veiled Rebecca

I went to the Salarjung Museum in Hyderabad recently. A place worth visiting - both Hyderabad and the Museum. The artifact that really caught my eye (and that of many others, including of course the prince Salarjung whose collection the museum is) was 'The Veiled Rebecca' by Benzoni, who is nothing short of genius, a sentiment you will understand when you see this -

copyright belongs to someone else cuz I follow rules

You see that veil covering her face, and in fact her whole body if you look at that other photo. That...is...done...in...MARBLE. The whole statue, the pleats of the skirt, the folds of the veil, the delicate see-throughness of it, the slender figure, all of it is done in marble. Which, if you think about it, is amazingly incredibly awesome!! And I won't explain why because if I have to explain that, then you might as well tie two 100 kilo rocks on your leg and jump into the pacific and try to swim to the surface cuz that's how long it'll take you to understand aesthetics. 

I thought of saris. This should be a separate post maybe. But I thought of it immediately and all of it is about women. I think a sari is the most wonderful and elegant piece of dressing ever. First of all, it's just a cloth. A long long cloth, but nevertheless, it's not stitched into a particular design or anything. And yet, what wonders can be done with it! No other piece of clothing covers so much, yet reveals so much. A sari is a tease. It clings to the female body, so that the curves are heightened but covered....it covers almost the entire body, but tantalising leaves open the mid-riff...a low cut blouse will show off the back...and a little strategic flick, and the pallu that covers the breasts over the blouse can flip off, revealing the cleavage for a tiny second before it is covered up again. 

books books everywhere, not one to read

I have to buy myself some books to read. I'm stuck with Edgar Allan Poe's 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination'. Now, while it's a great book and all, Poe can be a tiring read. I sent all of my other books home. I need to find something light and fun to read now while I laze about and wallow in filth. 

Americans are so weird about yoga n stuff

What's with Americans and all this weird 'yoga' stuff man?! "Homeopathic remedy for grief"?! You kiddin me. Why do they gotta go all weird on us. Ayurveda n yoga are perfectly normal things. So is meditation. And also, most people who do yoga, I mean really do yoga and not just say things like 'Om Sweet Om' don't really wear funny jewellery and talk about strange sounding stuff all the time. And Ayurveda is actually a proper medical practice. My Ayurvedic doctor doesn't wear peacock hairs or anything. He wears a suit n works in a freakin hospital man! Really you guys, i.e. Americans, get a life and stop getting fooled by all the fake junk that fake yogis from India try to sell you. Please tell me at least some of you have the sense to tell the difference!!! 

thoughts

So I just realized that I haven't written anything in a while. Mostly, I think it's because I'm all depressed n shit see, cuz I don't have a job n all that, and if you keep writing depressing stuff on your blog, you're just gonna get everyone depressed. I don't have any happy things to write, but I'm not unhappy.

Booze can do wonderful things for you. I wish gambling was legal in India. I'd just make a hell of a lot of money playing poker or something. That would be damn fun! But of course that isn't gonna happen.

I wonder what people write about in blogs. I mean, take me, for instance. I don't really know what I'm writing about, if I'm writing about anything at all. I wanna be a dancer. 

silly dilemmas

Once in a while I get really paranoid about internet privacy and decide not to write on my blog. But I had such a good time yesterday that I really wanna write about it. But I have that thing holding me back you know. That, "I don't want my life on the net", thing that I have. Ugh! Sucks to be me sometimes. 

so i don't fall asleep

Here's something interesting. Maybe. I don't know. I'm writing this cuz I'm sleeping. Most HR people in companies are female, except the HR directors who are male.