Friday, 8 June 2012

Reader, I'm still here

First of all, I'm sorry. I've abandoned my blog because I've been busy stalking videos of One Direction with school work and such. 

Finally, though, I've found time to update my blog, to say hello Reader, thank you for sticking around, even when I haven't.

Also, I got a Twitter. No biggie. I won't attain internet fame and gazillionjillion followers anytime soon. While creating my account, I kept thinking Really Anna, really? Hence my username. You can follow me and stalk my little (less than 140 characters) tweets and share with me some of your quirks. I'll follow back. Obsessively.

I'm still in the process of figuring how to use it, but, I'd rather follow you before following people I actually know, gasp, in real life.

And while, you're at it, follow me on Pinterest as well.


Reader, I hope you are well. Don't forget to be awesome!

Saturday, 10 March 2012

Raindrops and Roses

And Reader, lastly, here you go, a threequel. A list of my favourite things. Besides all the things Julie Andrews mentioned; here are a few additions.

1. Tea cups
Whether they have in tea in them or not, I can't explain it I just love looking at tea cups. Maybe this ridiculous fondness for tea cups has unexplored psychological bearings or maybe it just stems from being charmed by that singing chipped tea cup in Beauty and The Beast. All I know is they make me happy.


2. Train Journeys
Train journeys are peaceful and calming. I did have one bad experience in a train when I was six that should inhibit me from liking them as much, but I don't. Nothing beats watching the sun rise or set on the horizon through a train window. Or pretending you're in a melancholic scene in a bad Bollywood movie. 

3. Illustrations in Children's books
I think as a kid it was the illustrations in books that made me want to read them. Especially in those Enid Blyton books. Don't you wish sometimes that the Harry Potter books also had illustrations? No? Just me?

4. Rom-Coms 
I'm a sucker for Romantic Comedies. They are so predictable and mushy and gooey. But they know exactly how to please an audience.

5. Aeroplane trails in the sky.
They make me happy. 'Nuff said. And I plan to get proposed with an air plane trail in the sky saying "Will you marry me?". 

Hey, a girl can dream right? Right.

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Words have power

And here you go, a sequel to my dare to blog regularly, in which I am going to list out my favourite words in no particular order. 

1. Serendipity
A "happy accident" or "pleasant surprise"; specifically, the accident of finding something good or useful without looking for it. 
Love the movie. Love the word.

2. Candid
Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion.
Sounds like candy. And it is a lot less intimidating to say than words like "blunt" or "frank".

3. Deliquescent
The property of a substance that inclines it to absorb moisture from the atmosphere and dissolve.
This word made high school chemistry bearable for me.

4. Plush
Luxurious. Or a fabric of silk, rayon, cotton, or other material, having a thick deep pile.
Saying this word just fills my mouth with awesome. Say "Plush" out loud five times. There, don't you feel better?

5. Lackadaisical 
Lacking spirit or liveliness.
Although, the use of this word is almost justified by my life, I still love it. 

I love words like a cat loves to sleep. I love words that sound nice. Words that have a nice ring to it. I love to write words. I love to say words. I love to type words. As such, my social life includes reading dictionaries to improve my vocabulary (Crap, this is on the internet). Oh whatever. Don't be a hater; yes, reading dictionaries in my spare time, may seem ludicrous and preposterous, but words like "perfidiousness" and "sesquipedaliando help in baffling naive people. 

If you love words as much as I do you will enjoy this site. Savethewords.org is a charmingly geeky website where you can adopt words that once led significant lives but now lie abandoned and alone.