I rang the bell for four hours after passing div 3.

MY FILM WON TEH BEST FILM FROM HAMPSHIRE AT THE FIVE COLLEGE FILM FESTIVAL

today was amazing.

bed time.

1. I'm in the media basement burning my film onto dvds but its taking a guzzillion years to do so.

2. Since this dvd is taking a guzzillion years I'm going to be late for this ingenuity award thingy that has I'm a recipient of or something and there is free food or something so yeah late for FREE food not good.

3. So after this  dvd is done burning ( Read more... )

So earlier this night I had a conversation with my mother where she quoted my father "Arre hum sher hain geedar thori hain ki dupak ke bhaag jaaye". Now the English translation of this makes the quote seem so limp dickish but the gist of it is that it takes a lot to intimidate him and since I'm sher ka baccha (the child of the lion) I'm formidable ( Read more... )

"Arpita, the problems you have right now, the worries...they are just preparatiions for bigger problems that are coming your way in the future."- Joanna (Hamphire alum, the first class of Hampshire College)

I watched Deepa Mehta's film Water today and even though the story leaves me ambivalent, I'm extremely moved by the cinematography and music. ( Read more... )

Can I say I had the best time in NYC with Brita? Yes? I had the best time in NYC with Brita. I finally watched a broadway musical -- RENT and mod 25 shall echo with its sweet sweet songs. In other news Danya is addicted to Project Runaway and I have to remind her to get season 1 back to Hampshire so I can watch the rest of the episodes ( Read more... )

Is it wrong to read blogs of people you are mere acquaintances with? For the past one hour, instead of working on my div III, I read another Kumar's online journal. She was a senior in high school, when I was a freshman. I followed her footsteps in Delhi but quit midway. I remember being 14 and noticing her in Hazrat Ganj, Lucknow's only teenage ( Read more... )

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So my first GE program for the semester:

Chocolate Fondue Night
GE House Office
8 PM
Tuesday
March 14th

Things you can dip into a fountain spurting chocolate : Strawberries, pound cake, croissant, marshmellows, bananas, gram crackers, your fingers.

You are invited.

I danced too much. My back hurts. I have memory of Maya. She is fine :)
I think I should call the emts

So I was wondering how great or bad is my life and decided to assess this by writing down the great things that have happened and the not so good things and then deciding ( Read more... )