10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life?
“Ironic” by Alanis Morissette.
11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes?
People used to think I was the top student in one. I loved Bruce Lee then.
I’ve got to stop saying things that make me sound gay.
12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?
Life sucks. Period. Whether its getting better or worse, depends on whether its better or worse now.
13. Does time really heal all wounds?
You’d think so. They’re just festering.
14. How do you handle a rainy day?
I don’t go out enough to play in the puddles. Used to ensure at least one walk in the rain when in Bombay.
15. Which is worse - losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?
Losing one’s luggage, I think. Nearly lost my laptop that way. And I hadn’t even got it then.
16. How is your relationship with your parents?
I love them, and they’ve always been there for me. I’m trying to ensure the latter is mutual.
Will you miss them when they are gone?
I currently can’t imagine life without them. Lets not go there, ok ?
17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?
At some level. Don’t always focus on everything though.
18. What is the truest thing that you know?
Life sucks, and that you shouldn’t focus on that fact.
19. What do you want your life to be like, as the future takes clearer shape?
I prefer my future to be hazy now. I want to have done so many things done at the end of it all; that I don’t know where to start. So, I barely start anything. I’ll get there eventually though.
20. Have you ever been given a second chance?
In many things, yes. Did I deserve them ? No.
21. Are you more of a giver or a taker?
I try to be a giver. Don’t think that I’ve been a success at that though.
22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart?
Open heart surgery during decisions sounds horribly risky.
If you mean, metaphorically.. no.
23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?
I wouldn’t remember. I suppress pain of any kind.
24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you?
Read above. The past is dead, as are many other things.
25. Who have you hugged today?
No one. People call the cops if you randomly hug them on the road. And ban hugging, remember ?
26. Who has done something today to show they care about you?
My mom called to ensure that I’m better from my cold.
27. Do you have a lot to learn?
Hell yeah. I don’t know where to start.
28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be?
A How to answer such questions and not seem like a selfish prick.
B Truly explore my potential.
C Get rich.
29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel?
How other people make me feel. I get that from what they say and do.
30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship?
Communication, trust, respect, love, and all the other things they talk about in relationship books. I’ve never really read them.
31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die?
A Live
B Teach
C Travel everywhere I want to go
32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing?
A One of
B them has
C Been done.
Go figure.
33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause?
I used to. Then I became a cynic.
34. What does each decade make you think of:
The 19..
20’s:Patti born.
30’s: The Great American Depression.
40’s: World Wars.
50’s: Dad is now two.
60’s:Dad’s in IIT.
70’s:Amitabh arrives.
80’s:I’m on the damn planet.
90’s:Back in India.
2000-(so far):Graduating in every way.
35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why?
The 80’s maybe ? Life was more fun as a small kid.
36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song?
“Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd.
37. If you could say any sentence to the president of the USA what would it be?
“You’re stupid.”
38. What’s your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night?
I hate TV. I usually just flip if forced to watch.
39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why?
John Silver. Loved the blob.
40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout?
RSP in school. Doesn’t get classified as either.
41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat?
Fly if alone. Boat if I don’t mind blowing all my cash on a cruise.
42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night?
It’s actually a deep fluoroscent green at all times. You just can’t see that plane of the sky. Mere mortal.
43. What does your name mean?
In Sanskrit - “Sati”-”eesh” is ‘Lord of Sati’; “eesh” being the form of ‘Husband’. It is a name of ‘Shiva’ hence, the most powerful of the Triumvirate of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space?
Oceans, anyday. I think space will probably fold back in such a way, that you’d end up there anyway.
45. Word association
Air: Breathe
Meat: Yuck
Different: Anomaly
Pink: Panther
Deserve: Nothing
White: Blazer
Elvis: Presley
Cilantro: Cyan
Heart: Break
Clash: Titans
Pulp: Fiction
46. If you could meet any person who is dead and famous who would you want it to be?
Arthur Conan Doyle.
47. What if you could meet anyone alive and famous?
Amitabh Bachchan.
48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday?
There are a few, really. Off the top of my head, Fight Club.
49. You are going to be stuck in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do?
The complete collected works of Wodehouse. And a complete set of tools to actually get out sooner.
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3. the departed is an awesome, awesome movie. inspite of a tragic twist that occurred to me when i last was at a a theatre for watching it… the movie rocked. i worship this mr. scorcese too.
