Tuesday, May 02, 2006
wheeeee...TORTE
y'all will be pleased to know that i am out of my oh-im-so-old-i-should-die funk...and now...as a result of my mid-teen crisis...i have red hair...say it with me everybody..oi vey.needless to say my very easily scandalised extended family was just that....SCANDALIZED BEYOND ALL REASON....some auntles actually swooned...not with a sudden surge of love....but with utter disbelief that one of their own could have committed such a sin...(for those of you unaccquainted with the rules of being the perfect punjabi girl...here are the basic guidelines...
- must be quiet...seen and not heard...
- respect elders even though they criticize everything...from your unconditioned hair...to your lack of culinary skills...
- be the filial daughter...scrub off all aunties' and uncles' warts and suspect abnormal growths without so much as a whimper...if you recoil...you will be deemed an ingrate and will forever be subjected to reproachful "oh-how-could-you?" stares...)there you have it...the basics of being the proverbial apple of the family's eye...
not that i would ever consent to being the apple,orange..or durian of anyone eye....so therefore here i am...the red sheep of the family...
i wonder what they'd do if they knew my original plan was to get a tattoo....hmm...
no time like the present to find out...BAhahahahahaha...
p.s.-es...
- despite the overwhelming urge to test the limits of my family's tolerance of my "madness"..i dont really think im gonna go get a tattoo...cos...my pain threshold is very low...i flinch at the thought of having my knee scraped...i avoid tarred roads when wearing shorts...i stay away from rough textured walls...you get the idea...
- my dad said that i can live on the balcony if i get a tattoo...he's gonna get a ladder -step installed just in case i carry out my "crazy teenage antics"...
- oi vey....
- photos of the swooning and close ups of hair and potential tattoo designs to follow...
- those quote..unquotes.. are actual excerpts from the lenghty speeches..*coughnagginglecturescough* lovingly bestowed upon me by my esteemed elders..
- see...i my best with the respect thing...
the fairytaler at 11:16 PM