Blog Early, and Blog Often

I've heard it said that one should blog everyday, whether or not you feel you have something to write about.

That's what started to today's posting, so if I ramble a bit, you'll have to forgive me.

I was in a local paper here for my henna! It's this week edition of The Dekalb Champion, so if you're in the area, go to a Kroger and read it while you can! (and to my bro, who's reading- yes, I have a hard copy to send to mom and dad) The reporter came over during a henna party last week, and it looks like he got almost all his facts right. You know he's impressed people when my henna friends on a community board say it was a great article, rather than picking it apart for inaccuracies.


Last night I went to a friend's place and she got to watch her first Bollywood movie :D It was kinda nice to geek out in a different way to share my love of their movie music and actors. And of course, we had Indian food. The only downside to this is I got to bed near midnight, and I had to be up this morning.

Soooo I set my alarm for 7am. It is a Huuuuuuuuge bummer and almost contrary to the very laws of nature to set an alarm for a day you're not required to work on. But there's a free seminar I signed up to go to today, on healthy relationships. It's supposed to be from 8:30 to 5, but I'll probably end up leaving early. I have a 2 hour henna party to do tonight for 20-30 teenagers at a Sweet 16 party. That starts at 8, and I want to be able to come home and get everything together and relax a little bit before heading back out.

Yesterday at school was interesting. After surviving a full moon the day before, Friday the kids were wired but not quite as much. It was crazy hat day, the kids all got to wear a hat and bring in a dollar. Winners in each grade level for the craziest hat got a gift card to a local ice cream vendor. Add to that the fact that a boy brought his dog for show and tell. Now, let me say it wasn't a surprise. I was ok with it, and the mom had asked to bring the dog. And she and the dog left to visit the sister's classroom- it wasn't like the dog stayed all day. Then there were the two Pakistani boys that were dressed alike- black leather jackets and pants (or faux leather, no idea which) and black T-shirts with a hindi superhero on it, named Krrish.

So that afternoon, as they're resting, I google information on Krrish, and the movie trailers look really interesting. Afterschool I actually go and buy the dvd from an Indo-Pak video store, and watch most of it at home. Now, as you may or may not know, Bollywood movies are 3 hours long, have musical numbers, and usually a love story combined with a healthy dose of unwavering love and devotion to your mother. An hour and a half into the movie, he FINALLY becomes the superhero Krrish. Because- you guessed it, they had to tell the romance story first. This is actually a second movie, the first movie was about this character's father, a mentally disabled man who received superhuman abilities/smarts from an alien, only to end up exploited by evil men. The actor, Hrithik Roshan is positively dreamy. Don't ask me how to say his first name, I don't know. I liked him better in Doom 2 though, because he smiled wayyy less than he does in these movies (he also played the dad in the first movie). I think the smiling is sposed to convey that he's pure of heart, but it makes me think his brains are addled. Maybe he climbed one to many mountains and flew through one too many trees. I haven't finished the movie yet, but I'm hoping there is more butt-kicking action to come.

Okay, time for makeup and coffee. Have a great day.

Edited to add: I finished the movie. The last 40 minutes is fantastic for butt-kicking. There's also some very comic-book like fight scenes against ninjas. Too graphic, imo for me to show at school to the kids, but I can see why the boys go ga-ga over him.