Most Unplanned Story Ever

Bear and Giraffe were lost in different parts of the jungle. It was getting dark and they were both a little worried. They were beginning to hear scary, unfamiliar noises all around them, too far away for them to see the source, but close enough to be terrifying. 

As they tried to run from the howls and screeches, they (literally) bumped into each other. Each one thought he was about to be assaulted by the other, and they began to fight. Giraffe's neck got much shorter with his head being bumped hard into the trees over and over again. Bear had several wounds which had to be stitched up later.  

Each one was so intent on leaving the other as bruised and battered as possible that neither of them noticed Zombie approaching. By the time they did, it was too late. 

They had to be tranquilized indefinitely. Zombie has their brains now, and I have their bodies.

There they are.

To anyone who's wondering what on earth that was all about, I share your sentiments, because honestly, I don't know. 
I happened to draw a picture of one tiny corner of my room and thought I'd write something to go with it. Wrote that in a couple of minutes and haven't really bothered reading it through after finishing, so if you think it's lame, you're probably right.

But hey, it's still better than Twilight! 

My Very Ambitious Plan Gone *POOF*

Even that title sounds not quite right. Just another example to show that today is not my best day for new blog posting. But it's Sunday. Something has to be up, right?


Darn my whole Sunday-is-the-day-I-have-to-put-up-an-above-average-post policy! That is the reason why I don't have a good post today. Ironic, huh? (Well, at least I managed to use "ironic" in a fitting context, unlike many people I know.


Basically, I had a great idea, but I need more time to work on it. I did try, though. I started off all psyched about it and got things in (some) order.

If you can see what I've written, good for you (maybe). If you can't, good for me, I suppose. 

Then I did some more organizing:

I swear I flipped it before inserting. This is just how much my blog posts hate me today.

All of that took longer than I expected, but it was after that that things started going really wrong. Discovered I had about 40 pictures to draw even without including the less important stuff. Still annoyingly optimistic, I started making a rough plan for what would go into each picture. 


It got boring after the first eight scribbles.


Change in plan: draw a few pictures at a time, then do the outline for the next few, then draw those, and so on.

My very first drawing went horribly wonky

Stupid doors and angles and perspective and all that junk!

My second attempt at the same drawing

Slightly more progress with that one, but it also led to decreasing enthusiasm and a heightened level of frustration.

And so I ditched it (my attempt at finishing and posting something remotely remarkable by today). However, I've spent too much time thinking about it to give up completely. I'll try again later. It will be up some time next week, even if I have to do it in parts.

Okay, I'm done whining now.
Hey, save me a couple of Easter eggs, someone? 

Food

I just felt like putting up a picture of something I ate yesterday because it was so delicious. Look:

Penne in a mushroom and butter sauce with parsley and parmesan cheese sprinkled on top. For once, here's something that even my vegetarian friends can drool over.

Exactly two months since my birthday! (Yeah, even I don't know why I find that exciting) I shall find a picture of an awesome cake mom made me many years ago and put it up. 

Update: here it is - the purdyful cake she made exactly 14 years and 2 months ago

It's a photo of a photo, thus the graininess. 
My Barbie doll was broken in half and converted into a wonderful Eliza Doolittle cake. I think that was the only time the doll was of any use.

And this is what she made exactly two months ago

But hey, it tasted great!
If this is my last post, it's because mom's killed me for putting this up. If she wasn't going to kill me for putting it up, she'll probably kill me for saying she'll kill me for putting it up.
That probably didn't make sense to anyone except me, but that's okay. 

Unofficial Headache Remedies

Headaches can be horrible, and some things can make them worse. For example, you do NOT want to do any of these:

Stare at a computer screen

Your brain gets fried, and so does your computer, for no good reason.

Study

Yeah... just forget it.


Sleep

Unless you're someone with the wonderful ability to fall asleep despite a splitting headache, you're probably just going to end up thinking random thoughts and worrying about how much your head hurts, and ultimately you'll get annoyed with the world because you can't sleep and will hate your warm snuggly bed.

Listen to the wrong kinds of music

I generally like Linkin Park. I'm just saying it's the wrong kind of music to listen to when you have a headache.

Here's another example:

I only put this in because to me, Akon is ALWAYS the wrong kind of, ahem, music. *smirk*

Right, all that being said, here are some things that I've found to be quite useful in curing headaches:

Drink (water - lots of it)

 If that doesn't work, drink coffee

That didn't work? Drink some more (still talking about coffee)

Did that work? Either way, you'll have to drink more water now so you don't get dehydrated, because if you do, your headache will only get worse

Oil your head

Actually, get someone else to do it for you. It makes your head feel nice and cool. Usually the smellier the oil, the more it helps with the pain, but olive oil does it well enough too.

Sit (and consequently shit)

Sometimes it really does help. (I wonder how many people will look at this and go "gross" and how many people will be disappointed that I didn't draw someone sitting on the potty)

Last Resort

When all else fails, you could try bumping your head against the wall (or any other hard surface). The external pain should be strong enough to make the internal pain seem insignificant. Ta-DA!

Or, you know, you could always use burning balm (it's actually pretty awesome. Don't know why I didn't have a separate picture). Or you could just take a pill, but that's so uninteresting and mundane.

Revenge of the Cooked Crustacean

Eating crab is quite an experience. You even have special cutlery for it, but it's probably more fun to just use your hands. I'm not saying it's easy. There are several problems:

Cracking the shell

Getting teeny pieces of shell in your mouth

Making a mess

Pincer attacks

But in the end, it's worth every bit of trouble, whether you're a pro...

...or an amateur

Vegetarians look away! Oh, I should have put the warning at the beginning. Too late, you've seen it all!

The Ides of March

Ideally, this would have been up exactly one month ago. Anyway, here are some pictures I drew of Julius Caesar's assassination, inspired by The Reduced Shakespeare Company. I'd also written stuff to go with it, but I think I'll let the pictures speak on their own:

Also, hello Blogger!

My own template, finally! The quality isn't great because of the compressing and resizing, but still, MINE!

Hippocrites!

Originally published on: 10/04/2011

A friend of mine recently mis-spelled “hypocrite” as “hippocrite” and it made me think of a purple hypocritical hippopotamus. I have no reason for the choice of colour except that it just feels right. Here are some hippocrites:

Hungry hippocrite

Lazy hippocrite

Sad hippocrite

My colouring skills don’t seem to have developed over all these years. Need to start using paint again.

Also, don’t you hate it when people pronounce “hippopotamus” “hippo-pot-AM-us”? It gets on my nerves!

Inspired by my classmates...

Originally published on: 08/04/2011

She slowly grew thinner and thinner

Because she would never eat dinner

Being the skinniest

She won some lame contest

Where skeletons crowned her the winner.

All the college students rolled

In laughter at her words of gold

Wondering why she

Talked like a baby

And found she was just ten years old

Throughout the world, people would stare

At her lovely poker straight hair

But one day they caught her

And poured on it water

Her curls gave them a massive scare

She spoke with utmost wit and candour

Never did her thoughts meander

But the sad part

Is she was so smart

That no one else could understand her

A friendly informative tower

Who discreetly wields immense power,

She tells funny stories

And makes you feel at ease

But can silence all with her glower

The girl was a bit of a g(l)eek

And a highly organized freak

Always under stress

To make more progress,

Her teenage bones began to creak

Coffee, she says with a wink,

Is a very powerful drink

It makes you go wild

And scream like a child

But heightens your power to think

Her words like most deadly bees stung

Though each witty insult she flung

Was comic and clever.

They knew they would never

Need cutting tools besides her tongue.

Procrastination, thy name is... the same as mine

Originally published on: 07/04/2011

Since it’s my general tendency to procrastinate, especially before exams, I might as well put up a post about it, since it would prove I’m not procrastinating in at least one area. Also, mom’s on the phone and won’t hang up, which means I can’t get any extra info for my paper right now, so I might as well do this until the internet’s back. Ha ha, can’t wait for her to read this

On second thoughts, I have nothing (I want) to say, so I’ll do this later…

PS – I’d say this post has served its purpose in more ways than one

World Cup Final 2011 Highlights

Originally published on: 03/04/2011

WE WON!!!!!!!!!!

Even *I* am excited. In my head, I’m still doing cartwheels all over the place! I may usually shun anything cricket related, but hey, WE WON!!!!!!!!

The game was exciting to the very end, and it had some brilliant moments, even if you leave out the great performances by many of the cricketers. Here are some of my personal favourites:

The neat sixer by Dhoni that won us the World Cup!

Bhajji crying and wiping his tears with the national flag. Couldn’t help going “aww!” Mom and I were just hoping he doesn’t get into trouble for that.

By the way, I was looking for pictures of this and got many results back from the time he slapped Sreesanth and made him cry, and though I felt sorry for the kid at that point, he looked so funny crying! (I’m sadistic like that) Here are a couple of photos:

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Sangakkara’s speech – He looked so sad I felt really sorry for him, but such a beautiful, gracious speech, and such a lovely accent! I still haven’t found a link but as soon as I find one, it’s going up here.

Sehwag’s spot interview – I hardly know what he’s saying…

Dhoni’s speech (This is so classic, it actually deserves a separate post dedicated solely to it and nothing else, but it also has the Indian team with the Cup, so here)

“Jokes apart” – Wait, what were you joking about??

“Well in India that will be rude you know” – Haha, okay

“Hard luck Gautam, but I think he’s the one to blame” – Er… what?

Well, “jokes apart”, it’s nice that he’s so self-confident. And why wouldn’t he be? He helped us win the World Cup, and (at least for now) we all love him.

Update: I found Sangakkara’s speech!