self pity

[cryptic_panda]

due to impending exams ,my non-academic reading has been reduced to loo reading.i am in want of chocolate doughnuts and sympathetic pats on the head.

and i want to know why stars are given boring names like SDF-667 and hurricanes are named Ivan and Katrina

and now i must dive into urine

Comments

[colbynicole]

although I find the powdered donuts much more gratifying, i do feel your pain and will def. give you empathetic (rather than sympathetic, due to the fact that my school just started and i don't even have time to go to the "loo" much less read there) patts on the head.

[august_showers]

Well, new planets are named "Xena" and you just know that someone involved in that decision was a huge fan of the TV show. *eyeroll*

I think all hurricanes were named after women till the 80s or something because of some misogynist Australian expert guy. Anyway, they're easier to remember if they have names. I mean, "Look out, SS-763 is coming" just doesn't have the same ring to it. :P

Btw, you must read "City of Djinns" by William Dalrymple whenever you get time. It's a travel book about Delhi, slightly dated (was published in '93) but really well-written and a fun read. And you can tell your dad that's it's historical and non-fiction. :)

[silvermoonstone]

And you can tell him that Kavita influenced both of us to read it, and you can prove his kavita-is-evil-influential-black magic performing-witch theory ;)

[august_showers]

But... but... wouldn't this make me a good influence? You read good non-fiction, fathers happy, me less hated. Good thing all around.