Decisions, decisions.

Ok I really need your help, because I'm completely incapable of making decisions by myself. Like five minutes back, I couldn't decide if I wanted to go to the loo or not. Because, isn't that like a life or death decision.

Ok back to business. No not my 'business'.

I've decided that its time this blog grew up a little. Its been almost two years and I'm desperate for a change. I'm gonna go for it, and get my own domain name. I would love to move to wordpress, but unfortunately lack the funds for a domain name AND monthly hosting, plus I'm scared I wont be able to design for wordpress, and that would be a big minus, because lets be honest, who really comes here for the content!

I spent two nights tearing my hair out over names. So I'm gonna ask you guys, because I'm scared my already nightmarish hair wont survive another night.

I'm still basing it on a lemon-ish theme, to keep my identity intact. I'm not willing to let go of that bit just as yet. Its just baby steps for now.

Lurkers, just click one please. I'm in dire need of opinions here. (I used the word 'dire', for heaven's sake!)

Thanks guys. Now all I need to do is weasel my dad's credit card, which is proving to be quite a task because he's one of those "I-don't-trust-the-internet-with-my-money" kinda people.

Wish me luck!

Pixelated

As if I didn't own enough blogs in the blogosphere, I had to go and get myself another one!

This is something that I have been wanting to do for a long time, but other important priorities (READ: lazing around) got in the way. So, without further ado, I give you...

Lazy Pixels

Why? Because I'm lazy and because those are pixels. If you find yourself blinking right about now, go ahead and check it out. Or you could subscribe to the RSS feed and be forever updated on the results of the endless fruitless photo sessions I have with the most insignificant little things in sight.

I can promise that the new photo blog will be updated on a more regular basis than this one is.
Because, my life? Not that happening. But, my camera pointed at various objects lying around the house? Dude, way more interested than the sordid details of my life.

woo hoo

Its at this juncture, where I wonder, how things most often than not, (TOUCH WOOD) go right for me! If I was jumping up and down and smiling so hard that I was afraid that my face was gonna crack, the last time, this time I'm completely beyond blown away..trust me..I've been blown away so far, that the world just look like a tiny blue spec to me! Like Phoebe's tattoo.
Should I just say thank you, or should I come find each your houses individually to give you a big hug?! I'm torn, I don't know what to do! If I could, I would bake each of you guys individual little cupcakes with your initials in chocolate sprinkles. But unfortunately, my paltry student allowance will not permit it.

Shit, look at me, I came here to give my Oscar-like acceptance speech but I find myself, rambling on, gibberish.

Anyway, thank you guys, from the bottom of my heart. This award is completely undeserving and I know it, but when good things happen to you, you can't help but embrace them, forget embracing them..I'm probably gonna hug this moment and hold on to it for all eternity.

Slightly unbelievable

So I get up at 1:00 pm, all groggy eyed with nightmare morning hair and the first thing I do is log onto the computer, check my mail ( one from shutterstock and one for some survey, seriously it is so pissing off not getting any readable mail) and then go log onto my faithful little google reader which also happens to be my secret lover, so sshh, don't tell anyone.

Anyway, I scan all the stuff that's there and then get to a post from ProBlogger, which announced that the nominees for the 2008 Bloggies had been selected..so I pop over there planning to go vote for the perpetually nominated Dooce like I always do, because she has made my life so much more meaningful. So as I scroll down to find her in one of the categories , my eyes skim over the rest of the nominees for all the other categories and guess what I see....like seriously..guess!!

It kinda is impossible to guess because the whole thing is kinda unbelievable!! I am nominated for Best Asian Blogger! How this happened, I cannot even begin to fathom but it still doesn't stop me from jumping up and down and from grinning so hard, that I'm scared my face is gonna crack.

Proof that I'm not making all this up even though its the most absurdly unbelievable thing in the world.

I have no clue who nominated me but whoever did, believe me, I am beyond grateful to you! It is a huge honour and I still can't digest the fact that it is what it is. I know I hardly deserve it what with my absence and all the random nonsense that I manage to put on this page.

Anyway, please vote for me if you think I deserve it, or even if you think I don't. I will be indebted to you. There's a link on top you can click on to get to the nominees page. you basically just have to choose it,and then choose all the other blogs you want to vote for (there are some great blogs on there, I'm not talking about mine) and go down, type out your email address and click submit. The site sends you a verification email with a link which you will have to check and click on. I know it seems like an awful lot to do for some random 18 year old blogger girl you don't even know, but I'm asking sweetly, aren't i? :)

So a huge thank you to those of you vote and for those of you who don't (though I'm hoping really badly that you do!) and to those of you who put up with me, through all the non existent drama that I somehow manage to create!

Long Overdue

If you are comfortably nestled in the cushy confines of your feed reader, I suggest you get out of there and pop in here to look at my newly refurbished site!!! Aah..I'm so excited! Although I've noticed that all the color really gets to you after awhile!

Life has been great since the terror that is my college existence ended, even if it is only for a mere 25 days! The Christmas spirit is upon me and the only thing that's raining down on my parade is the rain itself. Its been pouring non stop for the past 46 hours and its seriously getting me depressed. Seriously, how on earth are you supposed to go Christmas shopping when its coming down in buckets??

FAST FORWARD 24 hours
Its 1:38 am and I'm running between two rooms trying to decorate my tree, and finish this long overdue post. This is the first time in years that I've actually put off putting up my tree. Usually I'm the one who's always bugging my mum to drag down the tree from our overflowing loft a month in advance. This year the tree's been out for quite a few weeks, but I just couldn't bring myself to perform the actual task of decorating it! Am I growing or or am I just being extremely lazy. If I am growing up, this is not the kind of person that I want to be.

FAST FORWARD 8 hours
Its 9:38 in the morning, and I feel asleep somewhere in the middle of writing this. The tree is finally decorated and is looking its usual sparkly red and gold self. I'm happy that I finally got around to doing it! God there's still so much to do, and Christmas is only four days away!!!

I hope you've noticed the new look of the site, if you've been here before. The old template though one of my favorites just sorta started suffocating me and I couldn't bring myself to post anymore, so I knew it was time for a change. This template is a a lot of more cleaner, what with the absence of a sidebar and all and I just plain love it, even though the color hurts the eye a tad. But then again what's my site without all the color is your face?!! I've always been about the color!

Anyway I've gotta run, so much work to do, so little time!! But if you have time, go read my new 'about me' page..its a whole new post in itself!!

oh happy day.... :)

Chanced upon this site a few days back called Critique My Blog...so I sent them my url in hopes that some professionals might actually do a review on it and tell me how to improve it..and guess what..they actually did do a review on it..!!! Go here to read it...but guess what..I'm actually gonna save you the trouble and post it here myself..!!

Here is a refreshingly written blog by a young lady who is 18 from India and there is no two ways about it....young blood brings a fresh and unique approach to blogging. Her blog is titled..."All Grown Up With No Place To Go", and it is a diary of thoughts and opinions written in such a way that it draws you into her life. I love a well written blog with interesting posts that are short and to the point. The blog is captivating and keeps your interest from post to post which is important to outside readers. This is exactly what this young blogger brings to the table and the blog itself is formatted brilliantly. Truly a well done creation and keep up the good work!

I'm so happy...!!!!! :) No like seriously...can you like see the excitement ooze out from the screen because I'm telling you if you look hard enough,you'll probably find it..!! :) :)

everything..!!

I'm back..!!! After a really loooooooong break,which I'm happy to say was far more productive than my usual long breaks are.Aah..so much has happened in a few days..that I'm actually wondering how I'm gonna fit it all into a single post..but because i know myself so well..i can tell u that i most probably wont even remember everything to put it all in here (note to self: see u idiot..that's why u tell yourself to post everyday).

Ok..where do i start,where do i start...Saturday,the 3rd of march..a fairly boring day..spent some time with a friend who i hadn't seen in a while and went with her and another friend for coffee cause she wanted me to meet her flame of week (please don't be surprised..!! ) so we met up at mocha (which by the way is 'so yesterday' in chennai..!) and ended up not meeting the guy...anyway thats besides the point..after sitting around for sometime..i was getting pretty antsy and wanted to leave..to which my friends conveniently decided that they were coming back home with me...so we get home picking up two other friends on the way..which had me thinking why there were 5 of us going to my house randomly on a Saturday evening... and i say "randomly" because none of my friends ever land up at my house cause its so far out...so where was i..oh ya..so we walk up the stairs and i ring the doorbell expecting my mother to answer...which she did..but when i walked in..i was greeted by the biggest scream of "suprise" that i had ever heard,to which i retaliated with 10 non stop minutes of screeching at the top of my lungs(I'm not kidding..I seriously screeched....and..screeched...and screeches...and finally took a big breath and started screeching all over again..!!!)It was absolutely awesome..my cousin and my mum put together the whole thing..they invited all my friends from school and college (and N who came even though he was in the middle of his boards :) )..which was really cool cause they had never met each other before and it was the first time that my college friends were coming over...and wait that's not the whole thing..my cousin being the most amazingly sweet person that she is put together this movie for me with pictures right from when i was 1 to now..with cute little captions and awesome music..and in addition to that she made these little cards which she gave to all my friends for them to write something for me on them..i mean how lucky am i..?!! I have the best set of family and friends a girl could ever ask for..!!! This is my third suprise party in 2 years(everybody loves me ;)[kidding..!])Thank you so much Ma ad M..u guys seriously made my 18th birthday a day that i'll never be able to forget (even if i wanted to..! ;) )....and to think a few days before my birthday..i was thinking about what i was going to post on my birthday and i thought that i had the title all planned out..."birthday blues" i thought would be apt since i had the day all cut out to be extremely boring with nothing to do other than to turn the big one eight,but i was waaay off on that one...!!! Come to think of it..that morning i was sitting with my mum in the car and i was telling her about how it didn't feel like my birthday was 2 days away (for those who dont know..my birthady was on the 5th but the surprise was on the 3rd)..little did i know know what was being planned..!!

Sunday night i was back at my aunt's house and i cut a pizza instead of a cake (cause I'm off chocolates,sweets aerated drinks and snacks, which are basically all of my weaknesses..for lent) and i poped open my first bottle of Rosé which was absolutely delicious plus i got slightly tipsy on some absinthe..it was a day for drinking or rather a day of initiation into the getting drunk phase of my life... Just for the record I wasn't drunk that night..and i don't think I'll ever be...(am i talking too soon..??) So that night was fun..took off on the Monday which was the actual date of my birthday because i don't think anyone should be made to do work on their birthday...!!

This week has been pretty darn hectic..!! Our darling professors decided to give us copious amounts of work to keep us busy for all eternity!!!! I feel like I'm missing out on something....oh ya..how could i forget..the new look..do you guys like it...I redid the banner and made all the sidebar banners myself (thank you very much) and basically did all the coding for the sidebar...I seriously want to learn how to make templates from square 1 to square whichever number it has to be till you get the template to look its best...Its quite interesting trying to put everything together....(please forgive my randomness..its almost 6 in the morning).Here's a pic of the old template...i cant bear to see it go without leaving at least a picture of it...

By the way..did i mention that i wa really sad to see the "glass of heaven" go..it seriously became a part of me...

A friend of mine from the real world has started a blog..she is one of the two people who know about my blog.. plus she's a really cool person who writes really well so make sure u guys check out her 'Memories of Ice'..!!!

So thats everything i have to say..or rather everything i remember..cause my eyes lids are almost all the way down..so until next time.......

p.s:started this post on the 5th..hence the date...(see how lazy i am..i couldn't even finish a post..!!)

its time for a new me....*sad face*

I'm pretty pissed right now...a tad too many people know about this blog and that kinda scares me..too many people in my family that is...so I think its time for a change.(and we all know how much I love change now,don't we..???!!!) I cant leave this the way it is..I started this blog as a place to vent..and if not to vent...a secret place where i could put everything that i didn't want to tell anyone else..my hopes,my dreams,my fears,my deepest darkest feelings...(ok ok..lets not get ahead of ourselves...lol...none of my secrets are either deep or dark so I actually dont have anything to worry about..but still i cant help but feel very very irritated and not to mention that feeling you feel when your privacy is invaded..sorry cant think up of any better words to describe my emotions right now...I'm too pissed off,remember..??) Anyway...I'm turning 18 on Monday and i guess its a good time for a change...but the thing is..i just started getting into the feel of this template..and i worked sooo hard on it...*whining* and i don't have the heart to let go of it..but well..what has to be done,has to be done i guess..anyway...starting next week (hopefully..if i stop being lazy that is) my blog will have a whole new look..new name..new everything..Im wondering if i should change my name too..I guess my effort to be completely and totally anonymous was in vain...hopefully my next attempt at anonymity runs its course of at least 10 years (ya right,like that going to happen..??!!) Anyway..cant hurt to try,can it....

Any suggestions for the new 'me'...???

green and pink flowers...m gonna miss you.. :(

In case anyone was wondering if I had gotten fed up of my old template..I'd like you to know that I SO DID NOT..it was one of my favorite templates in the template world..and believe me I've seen ALOT of the template world..!!

Anyway...i came across this template and thought that it was beyond adorable..!! And felt that it was time for a change..I mean I'm sure I've made the most of that template than i possibly could have..it will be back on when I'm bored of this one though..(that line was just to console me..cause I'm sorta sad that its gone) That template was one which i had found after looking and looking and looking until I found one that i absolutely loved..! Anyway..this post is a little tribute to it(no,m not weird..i just really really liked my old template) Zoot,is this awesome woman whose blog is one thing that i have to stop by everyday and read cause no day of mine is complete without a dose of zootiness...so if your not reading her blog...u should..!! shit where was I....oh ya right..so Zoot designed the old template ,so if you want a super cool template,run along to her site and go get yourself a cool new template...just don't get my old one...(why...?? because its mine...trust me..I'm not being selfish.its just that when i get fed up of this..I'll probably go back to that one...so basically..DON'T GET THAT ONE..cause i will hunt you down and...blah,blah,blah...I'm in a slightly mad mood as usual in case you hadn't noticed..lol)

Alot of tweaking had to be done to this template here...i know the changes aren't great..but I am proud that I'm getting pretty nifty at this whole template thing..been wanting to learn how to design some (at least i think i can...I'm sure I have some aesthetics..being a design student and all ) but html is too damn complicated..so if anyone who comes across this post has any clue about designed templates..help me out..please..atleast send me a link or something if your too lazy to tell me yourself..lol...anyway...still got a few more hours of tweaking to get this thing to how i actually want it to look like...so will put up a snap when its done (even though u'll will probably see it on the site anyway)...aahhh...better get to it..or else its gonna take me a whole night...another night which I dont want to loose to sleeplessness...seriously..lately I've become a big time insomniac...its highly wierd because i could never stay up when i was younger to study and all the other crap that your supposed to do when your in the 10th and the 12th grade..!! Why the hell do i keep losing track of what I'm talkin about..pissing off,i say...(i know whats going on in that head of yours right now...weird,weird,weird..belive me..i know..u don't have to tell me)....so until i get this template just right...bubh-bye..!!!!

happy,happy,happy

I've got music on my blog..!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously..how cool is that..???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm slightly hyper..hell,who am i kidding..I'm pretty much at the peak of my hyperness...!!! The songs that are on it now are my current favs...I hope to keep changing them from time to time but since i know myself and the amount of laziness that I'll have to forgo to actually sit and make the changes will probably put me off doing it for quite a while I'm sure...so listen to them and get used to them cause they're gonna be there for a long long time..and I'm sure that you will fall in love with them just as i have......

Life's being pretty good to me right now...college is crappy as usual..but everything else is perfect :) :) :) :) I find that i cant stop smiling..especially when I'm on my bike..which is the worst..cause these random people keep giving me these weird looks..forget about the smiling..when I'm singing..its 10 times worse..!! Why would I sing when I'm riding,you may ask...I guess its because it makes me feel good..like I have this sense of freedom and like i have the power to do anything in the world (I'm a little dramatic today,forgive me ) and moreover i guess i do it because I LIKE TO and because I WANT TO..!!

And while I'm all happy,if there's anyone out there who's sad...here's a lil something to cheer you up...( Just imagine me on my bike singing it at the top of my voice...lol)

"The sun'll come out tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on 'til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love ya
Tomorrow!
You're always
A day
A way!"

Oh..and did i mention..when you imagine me singing it while on the bike..also image all the random people on the road laughing at me...I swear that it'll make the entire thing funnier and totally brighten up your day : ) :) :)

i know I'm greedy...!!!

Call it greed,call it gluttony or just call it plain "Lemon's eyes are bigger than her stomach" (as my mum has always said)....i went and got a blog on wordpress..!!!! i already know that i cant handle two blogs..and now I've gone and gotten myself a third..i seriously could not help it..the temptation was just too overwhelming..!!!!Guess that's because I've done all that I've wanted to do with this blog (except for the cursor thing ) and now i cant help but want MORE...!!! m still trying to figure out wordpress..hope i get to figure out all the intricacies that are there to figure out..not that I'm a master at blogger or anything...but you know what I'm talking about right..???

my new template...!!!!!!!

God...isn't it the coolest..???? Found it by chance on this site...absolutely love the banner and the footer..they are so incredibly cute and extremly cool at the same time..!!! Took off college today...and did nothing but laze..god..m gonna have to watch myself..cant seem to get off my ass nowadays..!! anyway..nothing else to say...