And I'm back. (Again)

I'm here only because writing psychology practical record for over 3 hours at a stretch gets on my nerves.

Also because I love the people (person?) who read(s) my blog and want(s) me to update.

I've been busy, see. We have 14 days of class left, half the portions left to finish, not that anything done in class ever matters, numerous tests, assignments, projects, etc. Oh, all that and the psychology practical records. Two of them. And advertising practical record. Which nobody sees the point of, but hey...if it gets me the marks, I'll write the bleeding thing.

So I saw He's Just Not That Into You twice this week. I went the first time with Megs, liked it so much that I dragged B out to watch it with me. Who enjoyed himself, despite me doing the whole "ooh! Ooh! Watch this part!" and the "ha! see? you guys suck!" thing. He put up with it, bless him.

So the movie has inspired me to write about relationships - so much that I think I'll so my culture studies research paper on relationship dynamics or something. Or, this is just another phase and will pass in about another 5 minutes.

Speaking of relationship dynamics...I find this whole dating/not-dating/in-a-relationship confusion very amusing. Sample conversation :

"So we went for dinner and had a good time."

"Oooh...you have a boyfriend!"

"Er...no...I don't. We just went on a date. Doesn't mean we're in a relationship"

"You have a boyfriend!"

"No...I'm not in a relationship. I'm just...dating!"

"Yeah, you have a boyfriend"

...and so on. Very amusing, this. I mean, what's the confusion? You go on a date. A coffee, maybe even dinner. Or a movie. That's when you spend some time with the person and see if he/she is worth getting into a relationship with. A relationship usually follows the dating, when you decide to take things to the next level and say, "Ok, I think I really like this man/woman and want to take things seriously-ish for a while and see where it goes, etc."

Make sense?

In India this whole concept of dating is...warped. You go on one date and suddenly you're in a relationship. You go on dates with other people and you're a player. I mean...hold on...if I go out for coffee with a guy and things don't work out, I'd like to go out for coffee with another guy - maybe I'll get along better with him! I am, therefore, not in a relationship with the first guy, nor am I cheating on him by going out for coffee with the second guy! What is so hard to understand there?

When I do finally start "dating", I'll let you know how it goes. However, the point is that dating and being in a relationship are two very, very different things.

So much for the rant.

And now I will go, because they haven't invented a gadget to write my psychology record for me yet. Hear that, Inventors' Guild Pvt. Ltd.? We'd like one of those. Something that writes our practical records for us.

Necessity isn't the mother of invention. Lassitude is. (Rephrased from T.G. Shenoy's lecture)

Oh and Tuesday, 24th February, is 'Sound Curry', which is an event held by Christ University Choir every year, featuring some of the funnest songs and best voices on campus. It will be held at Christ University's main auditorium and will start at 4:15 p.m. or 1615 hours. Whichever makes you want to come and watch.

Be there. It's gonna be loads of fun, I promise.

And now I will go. No, seriously.