see below post. anddd after this week's ep gilmore girls goes on hiatus. and after two more eps alias goes on hiatus. lost will probably go on hiatus sometime. i think the OC already had its weirdly placed hiatus between the 4th and 5th episodes, but they might have a winter break thing as well. alias is going to be particularly long, probably, since it's going to be winter break plus jen garner's maternity leave. ah well. i will cope.

i have decided that i will go get my guitar re-strung, grab a book with guitar chords and some songs that i would actually want to play (rather than weird russian folk songs they tried to teach us at yamaha music school) and teach myself. i hope i actually get round to it. i think the dance classes will only start in january or something, because my mom's going to india tomorrow and i certainly am not going to call gayathri aunty to -ask- for dance classes. i mean... i like dance but the thought of classes with her is slightly intimidating, although also thrilling since she does concerts and stuff fairly often and the past few times she's asked me to join them i've been too busy. and the yoga trial classes sometime next week, but we'll probably sign up somewhere to start in january because i might be going off to join the rest in india around the 20th. annual ritual of visiting india, bo-ring. but my brother's getting so bored in singapore, and india's the only place they can randomly visit without me kicking up a fuss about being left out, and anyway my mom wants to go see the grandparents so they're off tomorrow morning.

was looking forward to going shopping with my mom. particularly as i need an outfit for Prom Substitute. so i was bummed that she's going off. but she's getting her friend to take me shopping. which is... slightly weird, because though i appreciate and rely on my mom's opinion very much, i am not incapable of finding fancy togs all by me onesy. or actually, get a friend to go with. actually my dad offered to go with me, but that would have been quite close to useless :D

but my mom has funky friends and this particular one actually does some fashion design herself and she only turned thirty yesterday so she isn't a fogey (okok i know being older doesn't limit fashionability but i'm age-ist, okay?) and she throws the most amazing parties (her birthday party last night had some sort of very innovative colour code or theme or something, according to my mom) so the style quotient is definitely high. and she's very nice and has offered to help me with hair and make-up and everything... which is good because for RG prom i had my makeup done at estee lauder and i looked like a freak afterward, with foundation that was too light for my skin and LAVENDER eyeshadow. lavender is a great colour by itself but SO wrong for indian skin! all the things i should have realised there and then and told the stylist. but i was young and innocent and stupid. so this time i was planning to do the makeup myself, but it's always good to have someone who can help with the eyeliner. so i guess i'll take advantage of that.

so i cannot wait for As to get over. i will do lots of shopping and bumming and application-filling-out (that part i'd love to avoid, of course) and shopping and bumming and have i mentioned shopping?

still Thinking Hard about those True Religion Bobby jeans, which were the first jeans i have tried in years that fit me perfectly despite being a size smaller than i normally wear -- which is half the reason they were so thrillingly beautiful. but at a cool $400 a pop, i'm wondering if i should just
a) get them in the US which'll save me around $50, but then next septemberish might very well be the next time i find myself in the US, given my parents' evident non-enthusiasm for travel to relatively interesting parts of the world (what happened to egypt??? ok not that india isn't interesting but we've only been there about 4407509495 times. ok in that sense the US is probably the second-most-visited place, but it's been 3 years! or 4, or something. exceedingly long.)
b) wait for the mother to come back from india and ask her to buy me another pair of expensive jeans
c) wait for the first paycheck in my life and reward myself with designer denim. that means atleast a two-month wait, which is slightly painful.

on the other hand, i am not lacking for jeans. but when you find a pair that fits so perfectly it's stupid to pass it up, since beautifully fitting jeans are a necessity, and when you have an ass as royally-sized as mine, a rarity. plus they're a perfect dark wash, unlike my AX pair. on the third hand, i do actually have a relatively happiness-inducing amount of cash saved up so i am not gravely in need of somebody to buy me those jeans, but if i spent it all on one item i'd be inclined to buy very little else. or i'd be forced to go into the bank account if i -wanted- to buy anything else, and i hate withdrawing money because it makes me feel too extravagant and like i'm using up my life savings that i'm saving up for something more important than jeans. which... i don't know what that is, but i'm sure there are more important things than jeans, and one day i'll think of that thing and then i'll kick myself and say "damn, those TRs weren't so important after all!" actually if my parents had a say in this whole majorly important decision they'd tell me to put the cash i've saved up into the bank account, which is a very valid suggestion considering that cash only ever comes out of my bank account unless the MOE or the Parents put some in.

decisions, decisions.

on a brighter note, the house will be ALL MINE for atleast a week which means SLEEPOVERS and PARTIES. and i can finally perform that experiment to see how long i can stay asleep if no one wakes me.

yay. ok off to watch an interview with evangeline lilly and then grab some dinner.