My mother borrowed a book from my grandfather once removed, a book of short stories by O.V. Vijayan. I'm in my "comfortable with familiarity" phase, so I haven't begun reading it, besides my mother is still reading it. But there are these bookmarks in the book featuring a quote by Aldous Huxley, which when grossly misquoted comes out to something like, After silence, music is what comes closest to expressing the inexpressible.
So there is music, and there are songs that alter life as I know it when I listen to them. I recently started watching House, but I knew its theme song from before, Teardrop by Massive Attack, which once featured as number one on a list of top makeout songs. (Stop judging me. Give a kid enough free Internet and that kid will know pretty much everything Wikipedia has to offer.).
So yeah. Teardrop. Massively sexy beat. Perhaps it's my Biology fetish or just the distortion in the track, but there is something very basic about the bass/drums/synth beat/whatever. I mean, um, of course it's basic, it's the heartbeat. It's classified as trip-hop and I understand completely.
I bought clothes today. Suddenly shopping has become far less laborious than it used to be. Even though I still stand by my ideal of Chennai-ites having blind cross-dressing monkeys as personal stylists, I've discovered that clothes that aren't as disgusting are in fact, available here. Plus, I finally fit into a size label Small, which my mum discovered and almost did a jig for, because her kid just went from Size - "Maternity Clothes in France" to Size - Small. (Please do not ask about the France thing. It is a deeply scarring and tumultuous story from my past. No really.) Anyway so we bought clothes. I feel happy. Pasta for dinner. And I downloaded "Whip It" and there's a tub of ice-cream. I have a feeling tonight's going to be a gute gute nacht.
All that gluten and ice cream will take you right back to France in the family way.
ReplyDeleteI'm not asking but my curiosity has, understandably, been aroused.
Shalmi,thanks for doing what I was considering but was also unsure of.
ReplyDeleteAND. A very goobie post. Your past few posts have been eminently read-and-love.
House is the SHIZNIT. And the best part is, he doesn't go all gooey and lame and loveable after 3 or four seasons (like Temperance in Bones, and other shows I stopped watching due to the lack of a plausible plotline). The third season is kind of crap, though.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing you're watching House. Major step up from HIMYM at least.
ReplyDelete@Shalmi, I appreciate your, er, support. But I only get good food once in about two months so the family way is sort of impossible. That and the lack of sperm in the vicinity, I guess.
ReplyDelete@Anushka, you know as well as I do that I'll end up blogging about it soon enough. I'm fairly sure you've seen that shirt too. :-/
@Poe, Hello. :) And I've only just started the first season so I'm in my openmouthed gazing at screen phase. Chase's accent is so cute. And I want to be Cuddy so badly! :P
@PoM, HIMYM is on hiatus till 22nd April. And I couldn't find Big Bang Season Three, and now House has me hooked. Disease unto itself.
Huxley will always pull you out of your deliriums and throw you into newer, fancier ones that are still yours.
ReplyDeleteThe freak out was unitentional.
ReplyDeleteAnd no you don't know me.
You're just a very fun person.
I agree with Poe. But I still like Bones. Despite the sappyness
@Medha, I realised that Huxley is so epic after reading this book on cloning which glorified Brave New World so much. He's crazy.
ReplyDeleteCRAZY.
AWESOME.
@Rum Bum, it would've been nicer if I DID know you. But hello. Again.
And hello Medha. I feel like a celebrity and all.