Sunday, August 22, 2010

It was a nice day. If I were asleep by now, then nice day woulda stayed nice, but anyway.
The reason I like Rachel Roddy’s food blog: not just for the enthusiasm with which writes about food but also because of the peace that seems to run through the life she talks about. Of fresh fruits, asides about relatives, love of parents, a beautiful country she is still in love with, being far from one’s port of origin but with the ties intact. The quiet in her life, the absence of cutthroatness.
My day was nice because: I swept the floors and scrubbed them. Both our maid and cook have made their disappearing acts. The maid has actually quit. My dog is shedding her coat, so fistfuls of her hair came up while sweeping. It was particularly satisfying to get rid of those. And the swabbing, well, very tiring, but it feels good to know you are doing home stuff: takes away some of the guilt, and it is very relaxing, the mechanical rhythm lets you focus your thoughts. Then I bathed my dog.
She is all shiny now.
Part of the reason I could do so much work (that is a lot of work compared to what I usually do) at a stretch is probably because I was a little high on half an anti-allergic medicine that I’d taken for the cold. I couldn’t really hold too many thoughts together to torture myself.
I ate well. And then the slight discord of gift hunting for boyfriend’s friend, sister-in-law and the needless eating at CCD. But then back home again to dog and mom. Long sleep with dog, though I was a little sticky with sweat. Woke up at 10pm to tea, felt so comfortable that I washed some dishes.
Watched Australia: it isn’t a good movie, alas. Went down to give dogs their dinner, remembering and feeling terrible not to have given mean dog her medicine. Came back, took a bath and watched Godfather II while I ate. I liked the film, the silences are soothing.
Since then, I have been on the computer, not being of much use, really, apart from writing a DVD and looking up some stuff.
I plan to give the dog her med tomorrow and do some washing.

I also rather like Chandrabindu.
Well, it’s 4am now. I will have a glass of water and go to sleep.
The larger issues remain undiscussed.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

needless eating at CCD boley kichhu hoy na, I think. shob kicchuri dorkar acche.

I agree with your observation that the silences in Godfather II are soothing.

At a loss for a blogger handle said...

Na, ekhetrey dorkar chhilo na, neither of us. It was indulging a bit of a bad habit, really.

And I like the Godfather theme very much. Brings back half-remembered days from chhotobela.

Rapid I Movement said...

I ate well.

That seems to be about the only thing around here that's done ``well''.

Chondril-er lyrics-gulo puro gola.

And yes, prescription-medicine induced highs are particularly enjoyable. Aamar jokhon shoulder dislocate hoyechilo, aamai morphine diyechilo. Puro Lucy in the Sky dekhchilum. Pata-pNukey orum high paini kokhono.

And btw, why don't you allow anonymous comments. Please do.

At a loss for a blogger handle said...

@RIM, kolkatay esho, merey chhatu kore debo.. anonymous comments! ar tumi moteo pata phokoni. joto dhop.
yes, chandril er lyrics amar o khub bhalo legechhe.

Madhura said...

Tomar jonnyo chinta hoy
tumi toh preity zinta noy...

shona boddo beshi jholmolao
lift-e otho ektola-o...

chokkhe esho (something) hok
bokkhe esho ninde hok

~Geetgobindo (My current Chandrabindu phavreets)

At a loss for a blogger handle said...

i like this very much too. kintu is it really bokkhe esho, ninde hok? anyway, tomar shohor amar moteo pochhondo noy.

Madhura said...

sorry.
ota holo giye:

chokkhe esho ondho hok
kokkhe esho ninde hok
bokkhe esho geet gobindo boliya

tomar jonnyo chinta hoy
tumi toh preity zinta noy
tupur-tapur
karina kapoor cheshta
tobu, tumi-i amar cpm
tumi-i amar atm
tumi-i amar series prem-er shesh ta

Also,

motei 'amar' shohor noy. baje gal diyo na. kintu oneeek oneeek kichhu hoi. ekla thakar pokkhe ideal! :D