Why 2010 was awesome
(Actually 2010 was the second (2000, you still top THAT chart!) suck-iest year of my 21 years as a major part of the year was spent weeping into pillows, but yeah, flippancy is an art only few truly appreciate.)
1) I didn’t have any major exam this year (I mean only my Graduation) and so was able to NOT be chained to the desk 6 months at a time. However this implies that I had to spend more time in the place where dreams go to die … ie my office… er… soo… (Why is number one on my list!!)
2) My darling nephew got cuter and cuter and has started to recognize me and even points to me when asked “Favorite maushi kuthe aahe?” (Where’s your favorite aunt? No, really! ).. Of course this could also have something to do with me grinning stupidly at him and pointing at self. Repeatedly.
3) Turned 21! Legally allowed to drink. And only legally! Hmpf!
4) Saw “The Accidental Husband” …This by itself may not be worthy enough to be on any list. But I stared at Jeffrey Dean Morgan on a I-don’t-know-how-many-inches-but-its-a-huge-LCD. Jeffrey Dean Morgan. In a sherwani. Need I say more?!
5) Got heart broken. (Blown to smithereens, more like it!) Now this is pretty high up on a list that is supposed to be about awesome things. Why, you ask. It’s like this, after many long and deep reflections about this, I realized that as saddening as events were, I get to re-write my love story. The slate has been wiped clean! Like Kathleen Kelly says “….But there is the dream of someone else” (Name that movie!)
6) Bridget Jones’s Diary (and the sequel). Had seen the movie, but just read the book. Only two things to say British humor and Mark Darcy, Mark Darcy, Mark Darcy, MARK DARCY!!! (Ok, that was five!)
7) Got my nose pierced. Loved it at the time, but then, now when I look at it, mostly I wonder what possessed me to do it! Like when you a get a super-short haircut on a whim.
8) NO typhoid this year!
9) Flirting is MUCH more fun when there is NO guilt attached what-so-ever!
10) Got closer to family.
11) Best friendships… through super lame guys and MARRIAGE PROPOSALS!! Hahaha !
12) Mumbai didn’t get any terror attacks. (Touchwood!)
13) Cut out a LOT of bullshit from life. Point blank.
14) A whole year of weekends that were just so intellectually charged! Yumminess!
15) Realize that I too can fake smiles. I used to abhor forced smiles and prided myself on a rather transparent nature of dealing with people. But have lately realized that I too can fake it ! Haha!
16) The awesome-est part of 2010 is that … it is FINALLY over! May God Bless us all! see this - eM feels the same way .. and so do these awesome ladies at Jezebel!
