I took the ''what book are you test'' and here is what:

You're Pale Fire!

by Vladimir Nabokov

You're really into poetry and the interpretation thereof. Along the
road of life, you have had several identity crises which make it very unclear who you
are, let alone how to interpret poetry. You probably came from a foreign country, but
then again you seem foreign to everyone in ways unrelated to immigration. Most people
think you're quite funny, but maybe you're just sick. Talking to you ends up being much
like playing a round of the popular board game Clue.


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I've know him over three weeks now and a lot has happened since. The families have met, twice, once in either territory to discuss the ''alliance''. Things seem to be working out. They also seem to have the inevitable ups and downs nevertheless. I guess you can't really get rid of certain things no matter how much you try to filter out variables that make up your situations. I guess I was hoping to have almost all of my expectations met since I had the liberating option of going the democratic arranged marriage way! Like I've mentioned already, its a lot like going to the supermarket. You have a list of what you want, you go through your options- the manufacturing house, the price, quality, reliability, manufacturing date, expiry date, the appeal factor, value factor... its endless. And with you calling the shots, perfection, you assume, must simply be taken for granted. You think that is your reward for not having wasted time in inordinately painful and disappointing affairs of the heart. It however really isn't so! What a bummer, eh?!

Not quite. I've been lucky, or so I'd like to believe while standing here at the threshold of an entirely new life. I've always relished the company of men, and believe me you when I say I've tried to trudge the ''falling in love'' path. But for whatever reasons, or for the want of none, none of them ever worked out in my favour. Now, I am glad they didn't.

Jay has his share of quirkiness, but who doesn't. I think it's all about trying to pick one with the least annoying eccentricities. In time, you might even begin to enjoy some of them. Jay's is a well nourished obsession with movies. He views them as the most potent form of expression and the best educative tool. I've never seen anyone decode and analyze and the entire DNA of a movie. He talks about them all the time, even when I am not listening. Our conversations have for the most part been only through the phone. I have met him only twice, both times while in the presence of our families. But when I heard his voice the first time, I knew this was it.  A week later, when I laid eyes on him, I couldn't be surer. I was everything he wasn't. He was everything I wasn't. Together, I knew, we'd be everything. Almost.

His loves: films and books, the more obscure the better, jazz, blues, literature, transcendental philosophies, conversations that lead to intellectual masturbations and enlightened ejaculations...

My loves: Animals, multiplicity, travel, a book here, a book there, world music, country, reggae, fantasizing, writing every now and then, kids, coffee, long drives and conversations...

Our commonalities: None. None what so ever! Except perhaps the passion in our hearts for what we believe in. The object of our respective passions differs, but the respect for the feeling is what brought us together. And will keep us together. In Jay's own words, '' I think we'd complement each other just right... me the quiet contemplative...you the spirited seeker...with love and respect I think that it would go a long way.'' I couldn't agree more. Two years down the line, I'd know more about movies, he'd know more about animal welfare and we'd both be happy as hell!

I must definitely suck at blogging! I havent been posting anything offlate... and I feel terrible about it. More so because there is so much that has been happening! I guess I am so overwhelmed I dont know what of all those thing I must write about...I've got news for you... It is only a matter of time before I will have to forefeit my position as an active member of the single's club anywhere! Roughly translated that means I am getting hitched. I am still swooning over the prospect! Its definitely something I didn't see coming. But I guess thats what makes it all the more exciting!

here is a brief history of events chronologically presented. This way you guys'll get to know how this whole arranged marriage thinggy works in this part of the world!

15 march - some dude finds my profile (yes yes! my mother did that to me...its one of the things about me that i am not too proud off! and was hoping would go undiscussed)...anyway, this dude finds it interesting and writes to mom about it....to be honest he seemed floored! imagine that!!! me flooring a guy (and not by striking him down with a dagger as i had always imagined it!)  I was too bz foolin around with my cousin n a cool dude uncle to bother abt such distractions so mom wrote back to this guy telin him it'd be a good idea for me and him to get in touch, get to know eachother and decide where things'd go.  

16 march - I decide to scoot off to kerala with my cousin...flightz are all fully booked... so I tried various combinations of buses... found one finally that would take me close to where i wanted to get. Vijay (the dude) calls mom in the nite...she tells him i am off in a bus somewhere headed towards trissur...and gave him my aunt's number...  

17 march -  he calls n talks to my aunt n tells her he would call to talk to me later.

17 march (later) - the dude calls..we speak for a lil over half hour...i lied abt having to go to the temple with my aunt coz i dint want to indulge in extended conversations with him right away n hung up.

18 march - he calls again and we speak for an hour. his folks later call up saying they'd like to visit us. My folks n i are stunned to our bones...too fast toooooooooooo faaaaaaaaaaast says my brain...so we told them that...also we hadnt had time to discuss the issue at lenght with dad. so we decide to meet first or second week of april after dad is back.  

19 march - dad calls...he thinks if we were gonna yap like that chances of likeability were high...n he dint want them doused when we met much later in april and figured for some reason that it mite not work...so my folks call them up n suggest we meet earlier....they say how abt the follwing sunday (25th)  

20 march - i leave for munnar  

21st march - he calls in the eve to find out abt my trip  

22 march - he calls....he yaps....i tell him we are meetin on 25th so shut up (a lot more tactfully of course!)... i dun wanna get pally over the phone....so i start makin a list of things to ask him ( i think by this time i started feeling comfortable with the whole idea and the guy---just a guess)

25 march - he comes over with mom dad sis in law n niece. spoke for abt 2 hours...seemed quite interesting...n honest n sincere n ....u get it rite....  

25 march - they call after they get home n say this is it from their side....   n we said well...strange co incidence...this seems to be it from our side too....but everything else will be decided after my pops is back....so now looks like this is the guy......the guy! jeez! its wierd...but thats what it is....!!! soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo folks! whaddya think???????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh btw bit of basic stats on him:

Responds to Vijay Menon ( I call him Jay)...will turn 29 this july, stands 5 ft 10 tall, is a techie who moved over to sales coz he thought that was a lot more fun. Is the younger of two brothers. Seems to be very sensitive and accomodating. Is obsessed about movies- the more obscurer the merrier he thinks. Loves travelling, books, music, movies, conversations.... a bit too intense at times I think. But I am okay with that- I'll allow him moments of indulgence :) just like he will allow me mine :)