J.Lo's new video

Jennifer Lopez-I'm Into You

This came out two weeks ago. She looks INCREDIBLE for being a forty-something year old mother of twins. Ahhhh. Why does this 19 year old without any children look so much worse?! Summer means time to work out!

Mango Season

Mangoes are still plenty in Kerala. My grandmother skins a few mangoes everyday and the entire family feasts . I eat a mango a day, sometimes twice a day :) These mangoes cannot be compared to the ones available in American grocery stores. Indian mangoes are an explosion of sweetness and you just can't stop eatinggggg. So very delicious :)

India

There are a lot things I love and hate about India. It's a strange relationship that requires constant re-evaluation in order to maintain the delicate balance between good and bad.

Things I HATE about India: 

The mega creepers who stare at you in the streets, pollution, nasty humidity that makes you feel like you're drowning in your own sweat, and lack of freedom (at least for girls).

Things I LOVE about the motherland:

FOOD FOOD FOOD! 

Seeing family after sooo long. I miss them.

And just BEING there. It's a nice change from sterile America.  Yeah the streets are dirty etc. but the people there are SO different. I definitely encounter very interesting people in the streets. It's enlightening to talk to people from radically different backgrounds.

I'll be there on Saturday! I'll miss you DFW <3

Finals

Almost done with my sophomore year! One more final to go and I'll be freeee.

Life advice from William James

"Whistling to keep up courage is no mere figure of speech. On the other hand, sit all day in a moping posture, sigh, and reply to everything with a dismal voice, and your melancholy lingers. There is no more valuable precept in moral education than this, as all who have experience know: if we wish to conquer emotional tendencies in ourselves, we must assiduously, and in the first instance, cold-bloodedly, go through the outward movements of those contrary dispositions we prefer to cultivate. Smooth the brow, brighten the eye, contract the dorsal rather than the ventral aspect of the frame, and speak in a major key, pass the genial compliment, and your heart must be frigid indeed if it does not gradually thaw."

Good info to keep in mind when you're down :)

$100,000 leggings

So Beyonce wore these Balenciaga gold-plated $100,000 leggings for her BET performance in 2007.
I don't know why MSN's WonderWall decided to feature this news in their current weekly news wrap-up. I guess it went under-reported at the time? As much as I love Beyonce, this is pretty outrageous.

Dead Stars

This is how a star dies; death is suddenly wonderful