Monday Blues…
“I hate Mondays!” “Mondays are horrid, and I’m soooo sleepy…” “I want to kill someone!” “Why is the weekend over! Why?!!” “I don’t want to work!” “I’m going to kill someone!”… this can go on for a while. It has been since the cab ride. Mondays are bad enough, but if you want to push someone over the edge, ensure the following happens to them…
The Cab ride from hell (to office of course)
Cab pick up (ride to office, which is 25 km away!): 8:20 a.m. in an Innova (the mammoth of a car/van/SUV – I honestly don’t know which category to put it in) with bucket seats (yay!) and the AC. Basically an hour of sleeping while RATM blared on the headphones.
Today was a slightly different story. I got a text saying the cab driver has changed and that I should call him. Okay, so we get out some 25 minutes later than usual. We are picked up in that horrid car Sumo/Tavera (no bucket seats duh!) and driven around like hostages or criminals (take your pick). Rash, rash (!) and fast driving. ARGH. I couldn’t even sleep after the oops-we-almost-banged-into-another-giant-car incident. The driver also liked to chat. Idiot. He chatted and swerved and drove on, we almost got killed a couple of times and I sprained my neck. Perfect start to a Monday. Purrrr-fect.
We need more Elevators Mr CEO
We do, only for an hour or two every morning and every evening. But GAWD. Its a huge office. There are four elevators and nine floors. There are also a LOT of people working in the building. By the time I reached, there was a mob around the waiting area. It was huge and feeding on the constant supply of corporate whores! I waited for 10 minutes, with the awful laptop! and then I went back outside to smoke. I came back in to wait another 5 minutes… Oh I didn’t take the stairs. Yes, I didn’t. I am on the 5th floor and with that laptop, no way! Yay for Monday.
She. Creepy She. Freaky She.
On a normal day, I would just laugh at her. Her, hmmm, well, I need to describe her in detail for you to understand my plight here. She is new, and has taken a seat next to me. She is also very strange. She stares all the time!, she is constantly talking! – on the phone or to herself or reading out stuff she has to work on. Talk talk talk talk….! And she takes these long-ish breaks for tea, now, I know what you’re thinking… you are rolling your eyes and thinking Monday effing blues, she should be happy to get rid of the talking, sniffling (oh man! all the time! sniffle sniffle sniffle!), creepy she, but nooooo she cribs about that too. Well, to answer that eye roll, I like it when she’s away (like right now!) but her phone starts ringing! (fack! like right now! creepy creepy!) and the ring tone is the most irritating thing I’ve ever heard. It goes – ribbit ribbit, ribbit ribbit, ribbit ribbit (that’s what frogs do right?) and it keeps on getting louder! When the boyfriend calls, it goes, Are you there?, Are you there?, Are you there? And I want to throw her bag out of the window (too bad the windows don’t open! Argh. She always leaves it in her bag. Always. So, I can’t even put it on silence. BREATHE…! No phone etiquette! Talks to herself all the time! And that’s all manageable. But the staring! And Gawd! The things she says! Staring out of the corner of one’s eye is not nice. I am not some weird specimen of my race. Oh did I mention she stinks too. I cannot deal with BO. I cannot.
Misanthrope? Mysoginist?!! Monday!
Deadlines, not meeting them, and losing it completely.
Nooooooooooooooooooooo! Shit! Sorry. I forgot. It totally slipped my mind. Today! The call is today! The deliverable has to go out today? Oops. Give me 5 minutes. Shit, Fack, don’t start with your blog! Don’t! Finish the damn article. Finish it. But it’s so boring. I want to crawl under the workstation and sleep. Take some coffee. Dehydrated? Drink some water. Think. Type. Think. Type. Think. Ctrl+A and Delete. Ugh. Cab time. Cab time! Already. But I haven’t finished anything today. I haven’t. Smart. Smart Me. Ok, call minutes? You were supposed to update him, not everyone. Idiot. Cancel Send. Phew. HELP! Ok cab is about to leave! Excuse the typos and spelling mistakes. And please send me chocolates next Monday! Please. Yes, yes, 5 minutes. I’ll be there.
Monday is NOT a fun day!
Tagged…!
Last movie seen in a theatre:
Black & White. Big Mistake. BIG. And whoever says it’s a good movie… please don’t say it to me (I might bite your head off).
What book are you reading?
Love in the time of Cholera, Marquez
Four Blondes (just finished), Candace Bushnell (Its Fun!)
Favourite board game:
Monopoly, Snakes & Ladders in train journeys! :P
Favourite magazine:
I have been known to not read any magazine cover-to-cover… I like flipping through Fashion magazines and Bollywood trash! I also get very upset about my ridiculous cocoon like (unaware!) existence and pick up anniversary or New year issues of India Today and Outlook and all…
Favourite smells:
Vanilla beans! Duh! Gili mitti (mooch mooch!), Soft dew on leaves/grass, Raat ki rani and the gorgeous fragrance of Nargis (Narcissus)… him too!
The kitchen… Spices… Cooking…
In Perfumes – Davidoff Coolwater, Elizabeth Arden Provocative and Green Tea, and Kenneth Cole Reaction… I also love BodyShop! Just the way the store smells ;)
Favourite sound:
Maa’s voice (when she’s not yelling at me!), the sound of cooking (the sshhhh sound onions make!), the waves on full moon (high tide) nights, the sound of nightfall.
Oooh very important – Home by Dreamtheater.
Worst feeling in the world:
Being far away from home (family and friends), lonely and unwell… you feel like disappearing into nothingness!
What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?
Where am I? Oh…. ok, 5 more minutes of lazy time… please!
Favourite fast food place:
Fried greasy food served within 5 mins. Anywhere! Anytime! Haha!
Future child’s name:
:-|
Finish this statement, “If I had a lot of money I’d…”
Read and write and open this gorgeous place in the hills or the beach (maybe both…)… I will travel and all that jazz…
Do you drive fast?
I don’t… drive.
Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
Are you serious?
Storms – Cool or Scary?
Very cool. Very erotic. Very JD with smoke…and the man.
Do you eat the stems on broccoli?
Hehe, yes I do. Good source of iron.
If you could dye your hair any colour, what would be your choice?
Very very black, with tints of blue.
Name all the different cities/towns you have lived in:
Delhi, Kolkata, Cuttack, Delhi, Adelaide, Sydney, Delhi (Mumbai – junior school summer vacation home)
Favourite sports to watch:
Depends on my mood… Have to watch Cricket, like tennis sometimes, and Basketball too… don’t follow anything anymore…
One nice thing about the person who sent this to you:
Two people sent it to me -
Crowley – likes rock n roll :) and is a Dilli-waala!
Chandni – is from the capital ;) Also, she told me we might be similar… now could there be anything better than that? (I am self obsessed and scarily in love with myself!)
What’s under your bed?
A big box with all things amazing…
Would you like to be born as yourself again?
Sure. After all I am fabulous! (can I be a little taller please!)
Morning person or night owl?
Night owl for sure.
Over easy or sunny side up?
Sunny side up.
Favourite place to relax:
As I am exceptionally moody, this can range from one of my friends’ places to my own bed to Nahargadh fort to HauzKhas… Wherever I am at ease, and there are not too many people. I HATE crowds, and have a pressing need for space.
Favourite pie:
Blueberry!
Favourite ice cream flavour:
Chocolate gold ribbon at Baskin Robbins with the toffee sauce!, and
Chocolate mousse ice cream at Chokola!!
You pass this tag to –
Asif Bhai, Aaki, Bumbling Chandni, Gary Bary, Mayo, Slopintheocean, Skeeter… and TS and Renovatio if you please.
Of all the people you tagged this to, who’s most likely to respond first?
Whoever is as bored as I am right now (I am at work you see…)
A clipping, from 1835, about India.
Received this in an email today, well, I forwarded it to as many Indians as possible, as per the instruction in the email… now here it is. I am not sure of the authenticity of the clipping but I found it very interesting, considering our dealings with a lot of people with Colonial Hangovers or Identity Crisis; and now the Americanization/McDonaldization of our youth/society. It is something that gets you thinking. Must be real, for, they did manage to do just that, destroy the backbone of the country’s education system. Of course we were turned into Brown Sahibs to serve the White Man. But then, history is subjective and relative, and he was doing his job. Don’t we all? All in all, leave your comments, I’m sure you will all have some reaction or something to say…
Old
I am officially old. My skin feels old. My face looks tired easily. My eyes are losing that spark (apparently, I had sparkly twinkling eyes). I am not as idealistic as I used to be. Hell, I am not even as I stubborn as I used to be. I like peace now. I like relaxing and reading and getting enough sleep. You know why? Because, I AM OLD. I used to manage a week without sleep – a WEEK! I used to survive on power naps! Ugh, I used to be fit and my hair didn’t fall, and I didn’t even oil it! I need hair oiling. I need peace. I need to start doing yoga. My knee is eroding. My back is, well, my back is still fucked, since like forever! I am suddenly not averse to the idea of settling down one day (thank God the idea of having kids still makes me want to throw up).
I need sleep now. I need to pay bills, I need to pay ALL MY BILLS. I need to spend on everything I want. Yuck. I need to figure our what next! I need to figure out where to next!? Why ME?! WHY?!! I need sleep, or I will walk around like an inefficient half brained zombie! Really! It happened. It was unbelievable in office today. So, I had a completely messed up system cause of my nine days of leave, so I couldn’t sleep at all last night and by the time I felt sleepy it was time to go to work. And work was not good. No sir, no way! It ranged from attempts to keep my eyes open to contemplating Mr Bean like behaviour (match sticks to keep eyes open!). It consisted of drinking copious amounts of coffee and tea to stay up and water to not feel dehydrated. It also meant a gazillion cigarette breaks, but guess what? Our office is non-smoking now. ARGH. So, we have to go to the ground floor and stand in the sun to smoke. Well, we do it anyway, it’s just 37 degrees C right now. Just 37. We will only give up if it goes above 47. *FAINTS*
*Gets up and cries for forgiveness, begs the cosmos to let her stay young and irresponsible*
The cosmos rolls over and goes back to sleep.
Updates…
So, I’ve eaten this huge chunk of chocolate, which should have been used to make brownies or mousse, but well I do these things. Also, I’m going to smoke another incredible Gold Flake… and I am going to type out some updates…! Here goes…
- I turned 24 on April 15, 2008. GAH! Almost stabs herself with fork, almost.
- I got a Surprise Birthday Party! :P
- I was tired and drunk and screaming when they called me to cut the cake. I noticed something awesome on my birthday cake instead of candles. A lit cigarette. So, I pulled it out of the cake and started smoking it, oh chocolate flavoured cigarette butt! ;) Then they started singing Happy Birthday and I had to cut the cake and feed it to my gorgeous, lovely friends!
- Maya has started dressing up. Yes, yes, she looks adorable, but why dress up! She has to be my baby forever right? GAH! She has moved out too.
- Ugly Duckling is in love. HEAD OVER HEELS, mushyyy love.
- I got a haircut I love…! Finally!
- My gifts, oh my gifts need another post! I got amazing gifts! I have been adequately Body-Shop-ed! Also, I got an entire Vanilla collection from Fab India. I got a kurta, a kurti, a duppatta! I got enough stationery to light up my face! (Yes, I love stationery, okay, I’m material girl!) A lovely silver ink pen and a notebook for my thoughts! Ohhhh and some White Musk and Davidoff! Yayyy!
- I also make killer chocolate chip chunk cookies (with white and dark chocolate chunks!)
- I churned out two batches of brownies! Purrr-fect.
- I experimented with white chocolate and made this amazing White Chocolate Vanilla Mousse! Yes, I am quite amazing.
- I had 9 days leave! And I did NOTHING. I saw movies, don’t even ask which ones as its all a blur! I slept and I ate and I drank!
- I still make lethal caprioschkas!
- Did I mention my dressing table is FULL of things!!!!!!! And a vase of Purple and White flowers…!
- I also received white and blue carnations! Yes blue! They were beautiful! And red carnations with yellow roses :)
- I love nahargadh fort in Jaipur… and guess what Asif bhai gave me! I got this lovely black & white, framed photograph of Nahargadh (of course he clicked it, of course he’s good!)
- I love the term slut years! I love it! It makes life so much easier while discussing sexual exploits of friends!
Okay enough… Sleep time… Work tomorrow! GAH!
