"There's a She-Wolf in the Closet..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

Things Indians Love: A Short Experiment in Cultural Insensitivity
(or, feel free to call me a douche for making this list)

10. Jewellery
9. Honking their horns
8. Putting coloured lights on stuff
7. Driving in the wrong lane
6. Decorating their cars (sometimes with LIVE GARDENS)
5. Mangos
4. Elephants
3. Shakira
2. Speed bumps (if speed bumps aren't available, potholes will do)

And the number one thing Indians love: giving me the neck every goddamn time we have a chicken for dinner.

P.S. I'm home. :D

Comments

[snowyofthenight.livejournal.com]

WELCOME HOME! :D I hope you had an amazing time!

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I DID! I didn't get killed by any snakes!

[erinpuff]

Hello hello hello welcome home <3333333 I have missed you!

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I've MISSED YOU TOO GOD. /attaches

You have to tell me everything. What has happened while I've been gone?

[erinpuff]

Well, I took my PhD qualifying exams this past weekend and it nearly caused me to explode, but I survived (haven't gotten the results yet, though - hopefully I'll pass!).

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, that's really exciting! If you pass do you get your PhD, then?

[erinpuff]

If I pass, then I can *start* working on my PhD; i.e. I can stay in school after this semester. Assuming I pass, I'll probably have four more years before I actually get the degree. Aaaahhhh, etc.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. Well, that's exciting anyway, though! I mean, and you only four years left! That's good!

[nowgoesquickly.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

Sounds like you had quite a trip! Glad to see you back online. <3<3<3<3

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Goooood to be back. I like getting to have ice in my drinks again. XD

So what happened while I was gone?

[nowgoesquickly.livejournal.com]

I fell in love with Alan Rickman. That's pretty much all there is to report.

(Also, I'm almost definitely coming back to LJ.)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Aha!

...there's a reason to start reading my flist again! Excellent! :D

[bewareofitalics]

Welcome back! :D

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[mmebahorel.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! (also, it isn't so much that they drive in the wrong lane, it's that the lanes are suggestions every one regards as ridiculous. There is, therefore, no right or wrong lane, just people laughing at the lines on the street. Yes?)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

(Fair enough. It's very exciting when they weave into your lane to pass someone else and stay there for quite a while.)

[tinyammmy]

Welcome home! I missed you, and hope you had a lovely time. <3

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I really did! Thank you. ♥

[eremon-lass.livejournal.com]

Yay, you're back! *glomp* Looking forward to hearing stories; if this list is anything to go by I'm sure you have some excellent ones.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I got blessed by Lakshmi in the form of an elephant! And one night our bus driver was drunk and drove us into a snake-infested swamp! It was awesome!

[azurai.livejournal.com]

I have nothing to say that is related to your post other than welcome home! And I missed you, for the whole semester that I was inexplicably not on lj *hug*
<3

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

<3333 I've missed you too!

[watchcry.livejournal.com]

WELCOME HOME! I had like two different dreams that you were back. Is that especially weird?

The one thing on this (not so culturally insensitive because you know that it's not true of all Indians there is just a tendency, and a hilarious one at that, in the broad culture of the area(s) you were in towards the things on this) list that surprised me was Shakira.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Really? XD I hope they were good dreams.

Shakira! The one guy who was taxiing us kept blasting "She Wolf", it was hilarious. The other two Western singers I consistently recognised were Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. AND I LOLED.

[watchcry.livejournal.com]

They were really nice dreams, until I woke up in a panic from the first one wondering why you hadn't been around and then remembering "Oh yeah. She was very clear about INDIA." It was then hilarious. Nice -> Panic -> Hilarious dreams.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Aww, I'm sorry to have inspired panic. Anyway, I am home safe now!

[perculious.livejournal.com]

You went to INDIA? How did I not even KNOW THIS? That's freaking awesome!

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, yeah, remember, because that's why I wasn't home to visit you over break! It was for a class, I was there for almost three weeks.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Hello again! :D I missed you.

And all cars should have live gardens. It would make them much more pleasant.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

It was pretty hilarious. I was like "...that... is a lot of ivy to be living inside one windshield."

[josiana.livejournal.com]

This seems like it could cause safety issues. But also really awesome. :D

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Okay, safety issues I don't think are a big consideration in India, given the number of cows that sleep in the middle of the highways.