Sunday, June 26, 2011

392. THE MAIL KEEPS COMING


I’m flipping through my mail and getting annoyed. First of all it keeps coming and coming, and lately I have noticed that it is multiplying like that Faberge commercial from the 1980s, where she told a friend and they told a friend and now 16 of them use the shampoo.

I don’t actually mind the bills – they are a necessity in life. I like power it helps me run very important things in my apartment like the coffee pot, hair dryer and mobile phone charger. So yes I will pay Con Edison every month on time so I don’t end up sitting in the dark. Yes to the Time Warner Cable bill – I like connecting to the worldwide internet and endless hours of Law & Order, Frasier and Will and Grace – that Karen Walker cracks me up.

It’s the catalogues that kill me. I don’t mind the ones from J. Crew, Loft or Container Store (I super want one of those tee-shirts that say "Contain Yourself"). But some of these places I have never heard of - Pure Collection, Layfayette 148 and Sundance. Actually – I have heard of Sundance. I just refuse to spend $218 on a faux jewelry unless the necklace is going to clean my apartment once a month.

Ugh.

Just when I think I cannot flip through another catalogue or take my letter opener to another envelope I spot a communication from my alma mater. It reminds me that I received an email invite to attend a lecture-reception event in a fellow alumni’s home. An Assistant Professor from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is presenting the topic of Three Different Ways That New York Might Be Under Water in a Hundred Years.

Sure, my major was architecture, but I like to urban explore and find history interesting and decide to log onto the computer and accept. It is interesting how in these sometimes ordinary and unsuspecting moments in life you are able to reset your life clock without knowing it and begin the adventure all over again.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your mail...really?

Anonymous said...

It is getting redundant for quite some time now. From mind ponderance to mail! seriously!

I was a an ardent reader for a while and 'no urge to know about your life' left for me now. Goodluck and happy writing.

God! what does that say about me, 'the urdent follower' with no life :)

101 Bad Desi Dates said...

Dear Anonymous -

Dont worry abt what is says about you or me!

I totally know what you mean about not feeling it - I have been watching General Hospital for 3 decades and every now and then I have to turn the TV off and come back to it. Totally get it! And thanks for the note, I have been off for the past 4 weeks - so OF COURSE it is reflected in my writing and perhaps these story lines are just not interesting to you right. That is cool.

Thanks for the wishes of luck and I shall keep writing!

xo,
Desi Girl

101 Bad Desi Dates said...

Dear Anonymous -

And yes, the mail - I know boring, but I cannot explain (clearly I cannot explain it well!) but as far as for my personal professional growth and aspirations - this lecture I go to is important. Esp since I almost did not go.

Not as exciting as dating - I know.

xo,
Desi Girl

Anonymous said...

Hey Desi Girl ....

Keep writing ! Your writing continues to Rock ! Ignore the folks who want ACTION in every post ... You are blogging about your life ..not a thrill-a-sentence paperback crime fiction ...

Humbly Yours ......

Geek-Guy-From-Bangalore !!

101 Bad Desi Dates said...

Dear Geek Guy from Bangalore -

Don't you worry - this story, my story, is not over yet - and even if I had no one reading - I'd keep writing bc this is for me as much as it for you.

I would like to thank you for your kind words and thoughts - your encouragement keeps me going, and at the same time perhaps the blog is not all things to all people.

And you are right - life is not action packed all the time and we all ebb and flow.

More soon - this I promise :)

xo,
Desi Girl

Sara said...

I actually just went on vacation with no blogging for a week, and it's nice to get to read several in succession. It does meander, but I like that for its setting. In a book, you'd probably need to tighten it up because it's meant to be read in a few sittings. For a story blog, it's nice to have little snapshots -- some exciting, some mundane. <3

101 Bad Desi Dates said...

Dear Sara -

Welcome back - hoping you and yours had a relaxing time.

My vacation starts tomorrow and it NOT NOT NOT coming soon enough - need a Desi Girl break from Desi life stat! :)

Thanks for your kind words and encouragement. I appreciate all the comments and glad you like it and it okay that Anonymous needs a break. Agreed a book would need focus but this a blog so it will ramble along sometimes.

More soon!

xo,
Desi Girl