Crack(er) Six (Cheesy Words)

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For a change of matter, mood, subject and sanity perhaps, I thought I’d make a quick list of everything that has made me smile, cry, laugh, waste time and absolutely distract myself over the past few days. I mean, of course, AP Chemistry, AP Physics and college application essays work very hard to occupy my time so extremely effectively (in such a way that I want to break the clock by the end of the day). But hey, every girl needs some distractions (and perhaps every boy does too).  So six is the magic number and here  I begin (to affirm my sanity)…

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6. This Flickr Collection:

Okay so maybe I shouldn’t have started with this one because this doesn’t change the mood, it just makes it even more dreary. 1984. Four simple numbers put together to make one of the bloodiest years in Indian history. The year my sister was born. The year Their lives changed. And They live, walking history textbooks. I love the person who took the time to not just take random photographs but understand the intricate threads of a story behind each.
“Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Imbued with new meaning. Suddenly they become the bleached bones of a story.”- Arundhati Roy, God of Small Things. No, that wasn’t a little event but each step of their life is a little event that still carry the shadow of that Big Event. That One that Changed Their Lives.

This is life.

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5. Facebook:
This should really be first on the list but I don’t quite want to admit how addicted I am yet so here you go, number five. I’ve always loved facebook but even more these days for distractions’ sake. And I must say, I’ve learned quite a few more things about people.  Social networking=as close to mind reading as possible, without magicians and their magic.

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4. Harithakam:

It’s a “Malayalam Kavithajaalika.” I am generally not a big fan of English poetry, I’m truly more of a prose kind of person but I LOVE reading Malayalam kavithas. Hopefully reading these will help me improve my Malayalam (and my poetry!).

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3. Blogosphere:

My newly favorite hobby is googling random words and reading blogs that show up under those. It’s amazing how many interpretations simple words like “grass” or “mirror” can take you to. Try it yourself, some will make you smile I’m sure!

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2. Photography:

Now, I’ve liked photography for quite a while (though my camera is quite crappy and I’d die for an SLR.. well, not die butalmost..). But recently, my favorite creeper-status hobby has changed from drawing people to photographing people. In particular me. Since I rarely find models nice-enough to pose! I dress up and take pictures. I love it!! And sometimes, if I feel artsy enough, close-ups and tilts of random objects around the house. But I think my true passion is fashion photography (NOT modeling though!! haha)

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And now, time to reveal the winner of distractions, the king (ermmm Queen) of distractions/joblessness/procrastination methods…

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1. Picnik

I love love love love love love this thing! Yes, I know, I’m a bit late on this. Most teen (and pre-teen) obsession with this site started sometime last year but I always thought it to be an excessive waste of time. That is, until I tried it myself! It is purely amazement packaged in sixlettersandworldwideweb. A way to combine photography, quotes and amazing effects.. who needs an SLR anymore?

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And tahhh dahhhh!! A change in mood packaged? We all needed one. =] Happy thoughts, smiles and white chocolate perhaps… Happy November 20th!

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