I am not a happy camper these days [split]

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OMGGGGGGGGGGGGG, I am laughing/crying again and now my sister is here too and she’s giggling high pitched, because – redvelvet are YOU secretly ME?

Let me tellll you about all the ruckus my accents cause. Personally, I love talking in accents at Walmart. That’s probably the best place, department stores are nice too, but they aren’t as saturated. (side note: I think I’m boycotting Walmart & Sam’s Club because of their unethical business practices, neglecting employees, etc. etc.) The craft aisles are particularly nice because here are these unsuspecting shoppers looking for crochet hooks, or buttons, or yards of charmeuse silk to make a throw pillow with, and there’s this lil’ old Indian girl talking like just finished slurping up a bowl of Pho (which is quite possible, because, regardless of my accent, I really like Pho). And then you see them staring out of their peripherals, which only encourages me more. Most of the time my sister scuttles away, leaving me high and dry. My fiance won’t put up with it all. Beechara, he says “Somehowcollide, why do you do this stuff?!” I remind him it was this was the “stuff” that he fell in love with so he better fall in line and pass me my chopsticks.

Another great opportunity to use your accent, as you’ve so cleverly mentioned redvelvet is when telemarketers call. I always pull out the dadi-ma accent. First you make them repeat the name of the person they are asking for as if you can’t hear. Once they are throughly annoyed by that, you inform them, regretfully, “Oh nooooooo, Amin no home! Nooooo. Calling later please.” And the best is if they ask you to take down the number. I’ve had many, many people hang up on me because because I kept confusing 1-800 for one and hundred.

And speaking of ebonics, how do you think Fuschia talks? My ebonics is exemplary, if I don’t say so myself. OMG, have you seen Bon Qui Qui? She’s my idol. I’m sure you have, but I’m linking you anyway, because that video is worth an encore.

And Magdelena kills Fuschia. So I’m going to go starting working on a new alter ego and she’s going to be awesome. I’m thinking Jamaican, mon.

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:omg:Wooooow, the similarities!!! Jamaican accent is fun. How about a Jamaican woman name Trudy who puts a play on the word, “Jamaican”? Like “Ja–maican me crazy, Maan (Mon)!” Get it?

Thanks for the wonderful tips on how to use my accents in stores, looking forward to try em out soon…I’m thinking the next place for me might be Joann’s fabric store! Hmm.

About telemarketers, you know what else I like to do? I pretend to be interesed in the deal and make them explain everything and go through the whole questionnaire…and then tell them in the end that I’m NOT interested. It’s a cruel cruel thing to do to lead them on like that. Last time I told a desi dish network telemarketer that I don’t have a tv because I live in a cave. He was interested in my lifestyle and wanted to know what I did for amusement in my cave without a television. SO I provided him a list of activities that don’t require technology. He laughed and wished me a good day. NOW that makes a GOOD telemarketer. I really appreciate the fact that he took out his sweet time to humor me…the other ones are too uptight and hang up too soon :snooty:

The other stunt that I like to pull is what I call, “Jacket Baby.” I came up with it myself. See my sister and I were going to watch a movie one night…when she was bugging me for some reason. SO I told her to watch out or I’ll just have to do the Jacket Baby. She was confused, so I took off my favorite hoodie jacket and held it in my arm as if it were a baby and started crooning out loud to the “baby”. Since it was in public…and a few people were around…my sister quit bugging me and immediately started treating me with the utmost flattering respect, I tell you! After all, it’s mortifying to be seen in public with an insane women cooing sweet words to a jacket! I mean, imagine if a stranger actually comes up to you to admire your “baby?”

And here’s another fun idea. Take a word in English and make it sound really fobby-desi…and say it in that manner in public. It’s best to use common words. I like to take the word “excuse me”…and then I morph it into something super gay like “Eckus----skyoooz…me” and say it like that when I “accidentally” bump into people. LOOOL!!!

What can I say? I’m a big kid. My younger sister is more prim and proper than me. My mom says she should have had her first and me last.

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Re: Im not a happy camper these days...

Have you ever done a Chinese accent in a McDonald's drive thru...?

Hee Hee...

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I waan burga wee lossa fries and haat saass. Ai-yaaa......why u don have noodles wee dim sum? Thees not haappy meal foh mee! I tell mistah Ronald Clown I not haapy heeya!

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LOL! Okay, Okay, Okay...Im laughing out loud now...LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL...

Those are my favorite places to try my accents out...the drive thru! Oh and the grocery store with my sisters...lol. I get all goofy and she walks away from me embarassed like she doesnt know who I am!

I wana too dolla combo meal...you got a too dolla combo meal?

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^ Loooooooooooool. I can't believe u say that during the drive through at Mickey D's!

Timepass - November 2012
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So, I watched Tortilla Soup and Ratatouille on the free movie channels (only for 3 months). I had to compromise Alvin and the Chipmunks for Ratatouille which sucks cuz that Alvin and the Chipmunks was among my FAVORITE cartoons as a kid! Maybe next time.

Hey, Collide.......what is your name by the way? Besides Collide....or Fuschia...or Jamaican lady?

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OMG! See PSquared lives vicariously through her accents too!! And, do you reallllly do these things at the drive-thru? Even I don't have balls that big..!

And, are you ever afraid that they will taint your food?! You know like spit it in, or drop it on the ground and do a little happy dance all over your specialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun?

JACKET BABY! That is genius! I have to try this. Married women aren't supposed to do things like this are they? It is considered beneath us right? We are supposed to belong a different class, aren't we? Thankfully, I have about 40 days to be young and free and the dancing queen and only 17. (BTW, who loves ABBA? Have you seen Mamma Mia yet redvelvet?)

Why did you sacrifice Alvin? That is like - hello - what we grew up on! (I'm assuming we're basically the same age... I'm 25). Oh and my name IRL is Mina. I think you two shared yours earlier in the thread, so I will go hunt that down once I finish posting.

And what's up with these sisters that are embarrassed by our antics? PSquared, how does your fiance react? And redvelvet how are you going to break the news to a potential suitor? And OMG what if HE has an accent, and then your start mimicking it and then you live with him forever so you have to keep it up and then you stop talking like yourself and you start talking like HIM?!

Oh and PSquared dish it! I want to hear all about the bridal outfit. Not fair that you merely posted a teaser up in the wedding forums. Naughty!

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Hmmmm…a suitor with an accent eh? :hmmm: Daily exposure to accent…not bad…provided he has a nice accent, okay? While accents are fun to mimic, I feel I must share which accents start GRATING on MY NERVES reallllly quickly!

And the nominees for the potentially annoying accents award are…

  1. Southern accent…and I mean really southern. I’m talkin redneck hicksville chew on my tobacco, kick-my-dog, spit the tobacco SOUTHERN.

  2. THICK DESI…yes I admit it. While they may be fun to emulate…it can sound harsh and scary. Picture desi guy going off in supermarket…come on…admit it…you know you’re gonna betray your race…and laugh on the inside. Now if you’re on the recieving end of the yelling…you’ll want to crawl under a rock a hide!

  3. New York/Bostonian. It’s the way they say their o’s I think. You know the show, Friends? Well in a few episoded Phoebe dated a cop with a heavy New York accident…that gave him a tough quality…but was irritating.

I like African American, English, Irish, European, Latino, Jamaican, Middle Eastern, and subtle Desi accents. And chinese is fun to do as well.

Now moving on to Alvin and the Chipmunks. Yes, I betrayed them…especially Alvin, my favorite…who is tied with the chubby Simon…oh I could EAT him…and let’s not forget Simon…the brain. Man, I love em all. I looked forward to those cartoons! And since we’re around the same age, let us take the time to reminisce the cartoons that shaped our lives and made the crazy kooks we are today.

  1. Sesame Street (am I the only one whose favorite character is Oscar the Grouch? I’ve been looking for Oscar pajamas for ages)

  2. The girly cartoons: My Little Pony, Care Bears.

  3. Chipmunks, Smurfs, Garfield and Friends, Looney Tunes, Bobby’s World, Simpsons, Ghostbusters, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Flintstones, Mario Brothers, Tom and Jerry.

  4. Ninja Turtles (my favorites were Donatello and Raphael).

  5. Remember the theme song to Captain Planet? “Captain Planet, he’s a hero. Gonna take pollution down to Zero.”

You know, I feel they don’t make cartoons as good as they used to. Collide, I hate to break it to you…but if we’ve made it this far with our BIG KID personalities…i see little hope in it going away. Besides, I’ve seen married couples our age doing silly childish stuff and it just keeps the spark alive and lightens things up. Don’t worry, you’re okay! Besides, we’re bright enough for the most part to KNOW who we can trust and expose our goofy sides to. The ones who are missing out are seriously deprived in my opinion. My younger sister is more of a grown up than I am. My mom thinks she should have had my sister first and me last. But I make her laugh best, so it’s all good. Her life would be dreadfully boring without me :snooty:

Movies…let’s see…so I tried watching **Becoming Jane **during the same time as Ratatouille…and…well…the RAT won. I mean come on, it’s a rat who can cook! The irony of a filthy feared rodent serving human meals is just too hilarious to ignore!
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Becoming Jane **is about Jane Austen and her love affair with this dude who I think was a lawyer. And you know what Psquared and Collide…Jane’s aunt was pressuring her to marry her son, in other words, her cousin!!! But Jane ran away with the lawyer who tried to get permission from his uncle to marry her…but the Uncle refused. And the lawyer told Jane that he couldn’t leave his family for her. Are you guys thinking what I’m thinking? THAT"S RIGHT…Jane’s life was a fricking DESI DRAMA. I think if she was alive today and around our age…she’d be posting about her life on GUPSHUP.

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No need to hunt posts. I'm Aisha. And Psquared is Reha.

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You hit the accents-to-abhor spot on, Aisha! (and thanks for providing me with the name cheat sheet, I forgot to go back and look!) I like the husky Northeast accent, but it bugs me when it gets high and nasal-y. Also annoying are the actual African accents (like from the continent). What do you think of Russian accents? Or Dutch? I haven't had enough exposure to decide either way.

So as FUN as the male chipmunks were, umm, weren't the girls soooooooooooo much cooler? And honestly girls, I was totally Britney. And Alvin was in love with me, naturally. And omg, Eleanor still makes my heart melt! Okay, I change my mind! I am Eleanor and I am going to marry Theodore and I know you would think we'd rule the country, but no, we're just going to be happy and fat. And eat yummy foods and be so darn cute. But, hey, check out this interesting tid bit via Wikipedia:
The Chipettes are a fictional group of anthropomorphic chipmunk singers first appearing on the cartoon series Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1983. In this cartoon and related materials, the Chipettes served as female counterparts to the title characters around which the series was based. As the series progressed, the Chipettes became featured characters in their own right, starring in several episodes in which their male counterparts did not appear. The title of the show was changed from Alvin and the Chipmunks to simply The Chipmunks in 1988 to reflect this reality.

First of all, how cool to be anthropomorphic! Sounds like a sophomore level humanities class! Secondly, The Chipmunks? They changed the name? How come I never got the memo?!

  1. Sesame Street. Honestly, never liked it. Something about puppets and marionettes still makes me feel weird. And I feel like they catch lint really easily.

  2. Girly cartoons ROCK! But I liked mine a little more edgy, anyone watch Beverly Hills Teen? They had a POOL in their LIMO! And Noozles! Okay Noozles but it was ahead of its time! Before anime and Sailor Moonish stuff ever hit the scene we were watching the Japanese Noozles! The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that the theme song was sung by Japanese men...

  3. All good choices. All epic. All progressive for their time. Bobby's World was awesome, but btw, what do you think of that Midwestern accent? And Reha, do you have one?

  4. TMNT. I know I loved it as a youth, but I have a hard time connecting with it as an adult. IDK why? What did you think of the movie?

  5. CP! Awesome. I love when there's a force! Like crime fighting takes a squadron, suckers! For instance, I was OBSESSED with season one of Power Rangers.

So what's with the influx of Austen inspired movies (and her books for that matter)? And why are they all over your digital TV guide Aisha? It must be a sign. You should get to work on that book you've been dreaming of. I know two awesome girls that can be your muses and copy edit your work. And LOL about her posting on GS! She would also get epic advice in the Life 1 forums. And okay, but is it just me, or do you sometimes have a hard time reading when people write in urdu. I usually skip it and curse myself for being such an urdu amateur. I also hope that its not something juicy! In which case if it is, I am cursing the poster for being such an english amateur :-P

I HAVE to get to bed, I have a flight to catch in the morning. I am doing some last minute wedding stuff for the next week so I plan on being kinda MIA, but we'll see if I am able to stay away long enough to constitute as "missing in action."

I want to travel to soooooooo many places! Inshallah I will be able to. I need to gather my thoughts about China (I also visited Hong Kong and Macau). Cuisine and food are very important to me, so I want to make sure I am as factual as possible. I have a friend who has been living in NYC for the past year, she eats out for almost every meal and NYC has amazing variety. I LOVE to hear about what she has eaten for any given meal... She thinks its strange that I have a food fetish!

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Collide,

I speak urdu fairly well, but I'll be honest, I tend to skip the urdu written posts too, LOL! And I think the reason is because our brain, when it sees western alphabet letters, automatically likes to process it as English. But as soon as we realize that it's Urudu and NOT English.....it's like u have switch modes and it requires more effort.

I don't know about the book writing, Mina. I wrote an adorable story for kids, for which I've received MashaAllah a very positive response from several people. One of them is my talented editor/writer friend, whose opinion I trust. Well, this is what happened. I told a teacher friend of mine that I had written a story and dreamed of getting it published. This teacher insisted that I go see the president of the book fair club of a MAJOR PUBLISHING COMPANY. Don't wanna say what it was. I told this friend that I had my research and found that this company is currently not accepting unsolicited manuscripts. In other words, its not accepting stories written by non-established author NOBODIES like myself. But my friend kept on insisting and pressuring that I go see this guy and get his feedback about my story before I spend money making copies, buying stamps, and mailing my story off to various companies.

So, I gave into her and she offered to go with me. The president was very nice. He gave us free books written by kids that they had published. And while we looked through those, he LOOKED/READ my story.

These are the comments he had to say: He said it was funny and that kids would enjoy reading it. But he felt I needed to condense it and simplify some of the verbiage. I didn't feel like condensing it cuz at the time I thought it was perfect. But surprisingly he never said that I should take it to another publishing company in that case. Instead he said that if I don't feel like changing it at all, then I should consider self publishing it instead.

He talked to me and asked me questions about reading. I don't know why he was impressed with me. But he offered me a freelance writing job.......because I told him that at the time i lost my teaching job due to budget cuts. So, I'm assuming that he must like me, otherwise he wouldn't offer me a job so easily like that. He told me he'd have someone call me regarding the job......BUT it never happened. So after waiting, I called to find out about the job. And was told by his secretary that he had checked about the position and found that due to the sucky economy and budget limits, his company currently has no job openings.

Oh and I forgot to tell u, he had kept my story and told me he would show it to an editor and mail it back to me. Well, he didn't show my story to an editor. Instead he showed it to the Executive Director of the Publishing branch of his company. This woman is someone who knows if a book is going to be marketable or nor. So, I guess he wanted to know if my story would even SELL before wasting time with editing. And that makes sense. I mean if your story isn't gonna sell with the masses, then why bother writing or fixing it.

After several weeks, I recieved typed feedback from the Executive director of Publishing who had sent the president of book fairs feedback regarding my story in the form of email. She said that 1) the concept of story was clever
2) the format has proven popular with their general audience 3) The writing is solid 4) The writing is humorous.

The changes she suggested were that I shorten the length and simplify some verbiage. Although she never made any corrections in my story and never mentioned how long (word count) the story should be, or even what words I should simplify. So, I was on my own and fixed my story by myself.

Now, here's the issue. At the very end of her feedback, she said I definitely had the potential to get published. So I had been confused for the longest time and wondered if this meant that this meant whether the same publishing company would be interested in me RESENDING my story REVISED to them........or whether they thought I'd have the "potential" to get it published (NOT BY THEM) but by ANOTHER publishing company.

Well, there's a guppy named Guru who has gotten his book published and I sent him a private message asking him the above question. And I didn't tell him my story, but now it doesn't seem to matter as much. Guru said that a publishing company can PRAISE you all they want.........BUT if they never requested you to RESEND your work.......then that's their way of saying they DONT WANNA SEE IT! He said publishing companies are fairly obvious about their interest and don't want you to keep u guessing or have u bugging them if they don't find ur work appealing enough to make them any profit. So, I'm kinda discouraged about that right now. I guess much praise doesn't mean you'll receive a publishing contract.

So here I am a jobless, with a story I've revised but haven't sent anywhere, and a single spinster! Praying and hoping things will get better in all these areas.

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^ I did like the Chipettes. Enjoyed the episodes even more when they joined forces with Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. I agree, I liked Britney and Eleanor, the chubby cute one. Although I like Jeannette for keeping them grounded how Simon does. Did NOT know the Chipettes were actually a music group! WOW......that's interesting and strange. I wonder what the inspiration for the chipmunks were. I liked TMNT as a cartoon.....cannot get into them as an adult either! Weird isn't it. You think you'd never outgrow things that were a huge part of childhood......but yet u do. Fun to look back anyways. Hmmm, I prefer dutch accent to russian. School where I taught at had a dutch media center lady and her accent was mild and pleasant. When I think Russian, i picture huge masucline woman (kinda like a dominatrix) named Olga or Nadja or Nicola who can break bricks simply slamming her forehead against them! She has two jobs. She's a professional hitwoman by night. And her day job is...........Kindergarten teacher!!! Think Miss Trunchbull from Roald Dahl's book, Matilda.

I think I have a food fetish. I must becuause I watch the food network even when I don't cook any of the recipes they show. And often times I like to google pictures of food. How's the Nutella coming along? If you're anything like me, you'll finish the jar in a matter of weeks. But I'm good at not buying another in a long time, cuz I find it addictive. I've read that chocolate is addictive particularly for women because during PMS or bodies lack magnesium....so we crave chocolate because it contains magnesium and also because during that time our seratonin levels are low, so chocolate boosts that up and prevents us from totally crashing. But I feel nuts contain an addictive substance as well. So does Chinese food! You ever wake up in the middle of the night while everyone's asleep to eat leftover Chinese food? For some reason, it tastes even better at that hour. And this may sound weird, but here goes. I have a pizza eating ritual. You see, I LOVE tomato sauce.....I think it's a fetish. So I will pick the cheese of the top and eat it and then eat the rest of the pizza with just the sauce on it. Also, i like to eat pizza with my hands on the day it's delivered. And on the subsequent days.......I like to eat it with a fork. I think it tastes better with a fork after the first day. Yes, I'm a weirdo. But then one of my students told me she does the same thing. It's weird how you think you're the only one in the world....only to find you're not as freaky or unique as you think you are, LOL.

mErA nAsEEb
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I just love reading this thread! You guys are fantastic!

My favorite accents are: Chinese (my friends have done these numerous times in a drive thru and always get a laugh out of the people at Mickey Ds). I love speaking Ebonics with my friends...we are ghetto-fabulous and we know it. Desi accents are hilarious and never fail make me laugh. I do them all the time at the grocers...Ill call my sister across the aisles all fobby like and she comes running over SHUSHING me! Oh the way I torture that poor child, lol.

Cartoons...TMNT! X-MEN rocked because I had a humungo crush on Wolverine and never missed an episode of them. Loved Care Bears, Smurfs and The Chipminks! You know, we have a ritual...every year we go to see the lights in downtown Chicago and play the Chipmunks Christmas song when we're there the whole time. Its just too cute and my favorites were always Britany and Alvin. I just wanted those two to get married already!

I would loooooooooove to travel. My ideal destinations would be France, Italy, Greece, Brazil and Spain. Paris, the city of lights is also supposed to be the most romantic in the world...that would be soooooo amazing. I want to go to the Louvre and take a million pictures but not sure if thats allowed in there, heard it wasnt. At the end of each trip, I would be about 30 lbs heavier though! Paris would be a dream and the amount of shopping I would do might scare him so I plan on Fed-Exing everything home. Bloomwood style so its too late for me to return things once they're home. Kwim?

RV, I woudnt back down yet. You have a talent for writing and anyone can see that plain as day...make it happen! I know you can, you've got a lot of spunk in you. It takes a while for anyone to break into a writing career but once you're in...you're in. Have you tried writing for magazines or newspapers? You've got a great captivating style...you would do well. I would read you! :)

As for the wierd eating habits...let me tell you. I eat pizza with a fork and my family thinks Im crazy. I like eating cold pizza the next morning and Chinese/Thai food the next day is DELICIOUS! Why? How come its so much better the next day? Ive always wondered that. Leftovers are awesome...Im going to have some now. And guess what? I went and got some Nutella!!!!!!!!!!!!! That stuff is just YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And its going straight to my butt!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL.

My wedding planning is coming along swiftly now. I booked my banquet hall for June 28th and now we've got to book the Mehndi place as well. Im going to send samples of the cards I like to his brother today to see if he can get those done for me asap becuz they need to be sent out. Im so stressed but at the same time oddly calm...like 2 different people almost. One day Im spazzing and the next day, Im okay. lol. Im going to finalize menu this weekend and make sure that is being managed by someone.

SHC and RV my wedding dress is being designed by me. Im doing everything from scratch and kind of nervous but Ive already paid for it so what is done is done! My lehnga is light on the bottom but the material is pure silk jamawar which is good with thread work and a small 2 inch kaam border on the bottom. Its got a spray of crystals and diamontes and pearls all over. Quality over quantity! My shirt is long and opens up like an asian tunic on the bottom. Its got four inches of kaam on either side of the buttons running down the middle and small motifs all over it. The dupatta is chiffon jamawar and has four inches of kaam consisting of embroidery, crystals, kutdana and diamontes on all four borders. It took me a while to get it right because my MIL sounds like she didnt lke it at all. But Ive made up my mind about one thing...Im not going to pile on loads of kaam on my wedding outfit just to make it look heavy and not pretty. I wont be happy wearing it if that happens. My mom was upset that Im not loading it on and said Im going to look like a guest but thats because she wants me to wear a regular lehnga with an 8 inch border. Thats too much for me and I cant do anything with it once the wedding is over. Kwim? So, I did what I wanted and sent my measurements off with the designer. Its done and she left today to start it.

I think Im going to get up and see what I can do with myself today...be productive and all. lol

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^^^^^^^^ Thank God!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally I find someone who agrees with the the beauty of simplicity!!!!!!!!!!! I think it's awesome that you're making your own wedding dress. And when you're ready and comfortable, post pictures. To actually make it and design it yourself, that's quite a feat......and very very memorable! I totally agree with simplicity, Reha.

My mom is like your mom.....she believes the MORE KAAM....the MORE BETTER!!!!
Me, on the other hand, I have ALWAYS (you have no idea!) BELIEVED......that the Bride should NEVER get LOST in her wedding dress. You are supposed to be wearing the dress........the dress ISN'T SUPPOSED to wear you. Have you ever seen a bride, that is decked out in TONS of jewelry, a super heavy dupata, and is sporting an outfit where it seems embroidery threw up all over her? And the dress is so overpowering that you can't see the bride in it. And aesthetically speaking, our eyes naturally like to concentrate on a few distinct designs and patterns.......when there is too much going on.....your eyes roam everywhere because there is a lack of aesthetic visual focus. And your design with the jamawar and crystals sounds lovely!

I think in our culture, some women feel that more kaam means......more show. Balance is what makes it more attractive. For example, I have a small face. Just the other day, my mom said she suspects my face has hasn't grown since I was a baby. She's like, "I don't get it. People age and their faces get bigger and wider, and yours gets smaller." I guess my face is pulling a Benjamin Button scenario. But I love that my face is small, because it makes me look several years younger than my age. Somebody like me might not be able to pull off a teeka and jhoomar. I think jhoomars are lovely, but it would look overcrowded on me. I love nose rings too, but i might have to forsake that as well. It's all about what YOU KNOW looks right on you......contrary to what others think. Sometimes less is more.

And u know what I've noticed? In my experience, I can wear the MOST FANCIEST outfit, but if i don't like it, I won't look good in it. When I wear something I personally like, I** feel more confident,** and then I get more compliments. So, design your dress the way you want. Don't forget that you'll also be wearing makeup and jewelry....and these two things help accessorize the complete look ALONG **with the **kaam on the clothes.

Is it your first time eating Nutella? That stuff is sinfully good. Spread it on bananas and french bread. And it's nice to know you're a fellow pizza forker. I wonder if Collide does the fork as well.

InshaAllah something good will happen with my story. I'm praying for it. Thanks for the encouragement:)

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PSquared, here is a pic of a pink chiffon jamawar outfit with embroidery. It’s not a bridal dress, but I think it’s pretty. You can’t see the bottom of it. I like the jewelry of the model. And you know what? If you make some alterations and just drape an embroidered dupata over her head and place an embroidered lehnga below…she would look like a bride!
http://www.bargello.com/images/products/women/794.jpg

Oh and PS and Collide…since you ladies are getting married…I felt it my humble duty as a singleton…to WARN you both in advance from sporting the bridal look shown in the link below. You both shall thank me. And PSquared, if it helps, show your mom this look…and maybe she’ll agree with your idea of going simpler on the bridal wear :wink: I admire your courage, it’s tough to stand up to a mother-in-law. Show ur mother-in-law this picture.

http://mynation.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/ddaughter.jpg

I feel bad for the girl above…I wonder if it was her idea to go all out like that? One can can’t help but wonder if that is a deliberate attempt at showing off. Hmmm…maybe it’s not an attempt?

Iqtibas
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Singer Erykah Badu named her newborn daughter Twitty. Don't they realize that when little Twitty grows up and starts going to school.......the kids are gonna call her a "TWIT" every time she does something stupid? And I'm sure in high school the mean **y girls will whisper among themselves, *"Oh look, here comes the TWIT." Why why why don't parents think before inflicting the horror of such names on their innocent children?

(Redvelvet SMACKS forehead on behalf of innocent Twitty)

But on a lighter note......I think the word twit is funny. I mean it's a fancy old-fashioned British word for a stupid person. It's fun to use. I think from now on, I'm going to call people a twit when the occasion calls for it. You know what else is a funny word from the 90's? DWEEB!!!!!!!! Haven't heard the word DWEEB in a long time. It just sounds funny. I think it's time to bring** DWEEB** back into style. It must be miserable dwelling in OBLIVION, that place which is suspended in time and located in the middle of nowhere, .......where slang words go to DIE.

I used to teach language arts. SO, I love assigning my students interesting journal topics...and for the most part they enjoy writing them. Well, one day I told my students that they were to go around for ONE WEEK and use OLD SLANG words in a natural fashion, persistently, and with pride. Yep, ladies that's RIGHT. I told my students to go around and use slang words from back in the day that are so UNCOOL **nowadays such as: **GROOVY, KOWABUNGA, RADICAL, SWELL, DAB-NAB IT, GOLLY GUMDROPS! (the last one being super gay).

Some of these words can only be pulled off by Michaelangelo the Ninja turtle. Most humans ever surfer dudes should steer clear from em.

So the object of this assignment was for my students to observe the reactions their family members and peers had when they were slapped in the face with slang from the past. They were to notice whether a weekly persistent use of these words encouraged peers to bring them back into to fashion........OR if the words did nothing but earn them the strong disgust and disapproval of their peers and loved ones. It was a social experiment. The reactions were than recorded in a one paragraph journal entry. Needless to say, the kids enjoyed it, and I found it Hilarious!

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^ oh I forgot......she could also be called TWEETY BIRD....the more cuter and favorable alternative to TWIT.

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Re: Im not a happy camper these days...

I love this thread, everytime one of you responds I feel like I am connecting with good friends. Its not often that you get to know someone so intimately, it takes years to learn about some of the stuff that you guys have shared (your likes, dislikes, aspirations, and sincere thoughts and feelings). And I am astounded by how much I can relate to you!

I have to go, I have a wedding cake tasting (yum!) I wish I could write back 'cause I'm bursting with stuff I want to say. But I'll be thinking of you and your dedication to tasty food as I eat delicious slices of cake.

Have a wonderful day :-)

Aamnay Saamnay: Ehsan Uncle!!
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^ DITTO!

Wedding cake????? Tasting??????? That should be sole reason to get hitched. Go chocolate Collide!!!!!!!!!! Have chocolate somewhere in ur cake, YUM. Why do desi aunties and uncles (majority of em) hate chocolate? Is it cuz it's sweet? Do they think their loves fair/tan complexions will turn FORBIDDENLY DARK cuz of the chocoalte? DO they think it's made of mud? HMMMM. Taste away and have fun!