My Little Litter Box

Celebrating Indian tradition, Sophia style!

2011-11-19T00:53:00.001+05:30

Hi everybody!

Just decided to share this logo which I created for Sophia College's first Indian Folk festival called "Jalsa". It's an entire week filled with folk dance, theatre, art and music. So if you can, do drop in!

Visit the Facebook page for more details and updates!--->>https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jalsa-The-Folk-Festival/280048538706897

THE LOGO! :D

The NEARLY finished POSTER! :D

~~And omg, "adult" blouse! xD~~

2011-11-17T16:37:00.001+05:30

Haha, so I'm basically turning into a zombie again. But I really don't care. Why? Because I have my tablet and an awesome new LED monitor! <3 *hugs monitor and tablet* I would hug Paintool SAI and the Internet too if I could :D

AAANNDDD WE'RE BACK TO DOODLING! :D
*drops dead into a deep slumber*

My comp is alive again!

2011-11-12T00:13:00.000+05:30

Okay, I know I've not been the most active blogger in the universe but it's not entirely my fault! For the past 2 months, my computer was dead and has been resurrected just yesterday. I have a lot of drawings and stuff I want to share but for now, I'm in a hurry, so I'll just post this work-in-progress (which I have been delaying like crazy!)

In other news, since my comp's been dead, I've been abusing my cell phone and since Wordpress has a very convenient mobile feature, I started one there too. So please do take a look at http://keedagiri.wordpress.com/ It's more journal/ rambling oriented than this one but I think I'll start uploading stuff there too.

In these past few days, I've been returning to the traditional means of watercolours, pencils and paper.
Anyhoo, I shall take your leave now and hopefully my next post will be in a few hours. :)

I should be studying right now

2011-03-03T12:28:00.002+05:30

I should seriously be studying right now considering the fact that my finals are starting on 11th March, and I have no holidays between the exams *gasp* O_o

But anyhoo, here's a product of my boredom..

Listening to: Clazziquai
Drinking: Green tea
Reading: Edgar Allan Poe stories

On another note, I made this very disgusting tasting iced tea yesterday, which had tea leaves equivalent of six cups of tea. My sister refused to drink it so I ended up drinking the whole thing! I kid you not when I say this, but I could actually feel my blood moving faster, and my eyes felt like they were about to pop out and I was well..happy? Hahahaha, I guess that's what being high must feel like.It was goood! :P

Broken Dreams, Silent Screams and Perfect Dinners

2011-02-06T13:56:00.005+05:30

Ever since she was a young girl, Julianne loved being neat and tidy. She would love the compliments and praise she got from adults. She would also enjoy how the other children were told, "Why can't you be more like Julianne?". She was the perfect child- pretty, well-mannered, good in sports, ever excelling in academics and always organised. Everyone, including herself, always thought she would go to Harvard, become a brilliant lawyer and someday, even become President of the United States. But time alas, can be cruel, and throw things at you which can make your life completely twisted.

Oldies were played on the radio everyday at 9.00pm. As Julianne finished preparing dinner, she switched on the radio. The song played ,"To everything (turn, turn, turn),There is a season (turn, turn, turn)..A time of love, a time of hate..".Listening to it made Juliane painfully nostalgic. Somehow in her house, the seasons never seemed to turn. The neighbourhood always remained its monotonous, superficially-nearly-perfect self - filled with trophy wives having ideal children and seemingly god-like husbands.

Julianne never wanted any of it. She never even imagined she could become a homemaker. But all the same, she tried her best to become perfect- she started doing 'regular mom things' (though the thought of children was still a bit far away). But her husband Michael was just never happy. He would point out every fault, every mistake. As soon as he came from work, he would start off- "Why isn't dinner ready yet?"," How did you manage to burn spaghetti?","Why aren't my clothes ready yet, you know that I have a meeting every Thursday! How can you be so careless? Women! Typical!" But for Julianne, perhaps the most painful of all was- "Why can't you learn something from Mrs.Smith? Like cooking?", "Wasn't Mrs.Thomas' dinner just perfect? You should try learning a thing or two from her!", "Why are you so difficult?". It was the first time she wasn't the perfect one, and it hurt. It hurt a lot. As if her own struggle for perfection was not good enough. But then again, to him, she was never good enough.

She remembers it like it was yesterday.- the day he proposed. They had just graduated from college and had already landed their first job. His smiling face, like Adonis, his caring eyes, his soft voice- they made her heart melt, and before she knew it, she had let her life's work go down the drain. All for the sake of an uncertain, seemingly sweet future.

Two years had already gone by and her husband had changed. He had transformed into a demon- one which she could never have even imagined him to be. His words ate away a part of her everyday, and now, she just felt empty- like everything inside her was rotting away. But she had to put up with it. Her family had advised her not to get married so fast and she just couldn't let them be right. It was her pride on the line. Even if the cost was her sanity and self-esteem.

She thought her life would never change again- but it did, for the worse. It was the first time Michael's boss had come for dinner and she organised the most perfect dinner party. Everybody including Michael, loved it. But then, after dessert, while having drinks, Julianne said something she shouldn't have. She said, "If Michael was just as loving and dedicated at home." The boss had a good laugh, but you could see the hidden displeasure on Michael's face. As soon as the boss was out of sight, Michael turned from the ideal man to a monster. He started yelling, throwing magazines around and Julianne was too shocked to do anything but watch. Then, when she finally said, "Just calm down for Christ's sake!", he yelled, "Don't tell me anything!" and he hit her. It was a punch to the cheek.Luckily, it did not bruise and she decided to turn a blind eye- convincing herself it was her fault. She was out of line at that time. She told the wisest, closest friend she had, about the incident. The reply she got was- "Leave him now. If he can hit you once, he'll hit you again." But Julianne refused to believe it.Her husband may be a nagging perfectionist, but not a violent man.The punch was just an unexpected outburst, nothing more.

But then, similar incidents started occurring at intervals of two-three months. He barely even apologised and Julianne willingly took him back each time- more reluctantly than the last. She refused to tell anybody about her suffering. But how long could she survive under big sunglasses, scarves and full-sleeved shirts?

Then one night- their anniversary night- the final blow was meted out. She had planned a very romantic evening with roses and candles. She put on soft music and waited for him. But he arrived at 2.00am in the morning- drunk, with lipstick on his collar and smelling of another woman's perfume. Julianne finally lost it.

She put up with the mental torture, the physical abuse, but infidelity? That was just too much. She started yelling, throwing everything in front of her- books, a bouquet of roses, jars of cream- everything in the bedroom. She even picked up the vase. But before she could do anything, she found the vase flying to the ground and herself pinned down next to it. He was on top of her- choking her, swearing at her, punching her. She could only lie down, trying to scream as her mind went completely blank, feeling nothing but pain.

Finally, after what seemed an eternity, he got up and stormed out of the house. Julianne got herself up and sat on the bed- her body shaking and lips quivering. After regaining some of her senses, she screamed her heart out. It made her feel better.

This time there were bruises- too many of them to be forgiven. She called her friend up and told her everything. Sh moved out the same night and stayed in a room for three days- refusing to get out, reluctant to face the world. But one day, she finally decided to answer everyone's calls. She told her family about what happened. After all, she didn't have any pride anymore left to lose.

After that, she answered Michael's calls, and before he could say a word, she said, trying her best to stop her voice from shaking, "I'm taking my life back and don't you dare try coming back into it again.I don't care what anyone thinks anymore. I'm tired of caring and I'm leaving you forever." She hung up on him, proud of what she had just done.

The next day, she filed for divorce and filled out the application form for Harvard's law program. As she stood in line to submit the form, she hummed to herself, "To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn).."

For finally, the seasons were turning again.

Written for Communication Skills class. The task was to write a story based on a Gregory Crewdson photograph. The photograph I chose --->

Story by Saloni Singh

Photo (c) Gregory Crewdson

I should really be studying right now..

2010-10-02T21:32:00.000+05:30

Damn, my exams start from October 18th and I'm busy lazing around and drawing =__=

Really have to get my priorities straight, seriously...starting with..Sociology??orzorzorzzzzz..I'm dead I tell you..

Anyway, wow, Mumbai can get really hot in October..the humidity, it kills :O

Anyhoo, here's another little thingy I was doing..practising drawing and perspective with my tablet in SAI (seriously Easy Paintool SAI is utterly pure awesomeness. May the Gods shower a thousand blessings on its creators! <3 ~~Although I'd really appreciate it if they'd introduce a CMYK mode (@w@)~~ )

And oh yeah, I had my second driving lesson today, courtesy of my brother (>3<)
I ACTUALLY REMEMBERED ALL THAT I HAD LEARNED THE LAST TIME!!
_{I'm so proud of myself!}

And also, my brother said that I drive pretty well, it's just that I should really stop loving the accelerator so much before I get someone killed...and he still keeps telling me, "IT'S NOT NFS!!!!"...basically I'm fairly good, just that I'm reckless :P
Besides nearly driving the car into some iron bars and a gutter, it was all pretty good. I learned quite a bit on turning and stuff . And nobody even got a horrendous heart attack! Yay!! :3

Listening to- Wo Qui Non Coin (Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack)

Dude, too much stress..

2010-09-29T21:06:00.000+05:30

Damn, there is just TOO much going on right now! There's the Ayodhya Verdict tomorrow (and if you don't know about it, look it up because it's a LONG story) and besides that I have my stupid Hindi test tomorrow and I have a stupid Bhojpuri novel ~~which I barely understand~~ for syllabus plus some totally random poems. Urgh... anyways, just to kind of lift the mood, here's a random sketch-

And I don't f***ing care that the anatomy is all screwed up and that it's butt-ugly, but it was just a stupid experiment in PS CS2 anyways. By the way, it's one of the first sketches I drew with my tablet. :D

Listening to- Break your heart by Taio Cruz (Wtf is wrong with me?? O_O)

I waste time way too much...

2010-09-26T12:43:00.000+05:30

Just another work in progress...actually just a sketch that I wanted to paint for practice..about 2 hours I guess...Haha, I guess I'll go back to my stupid Hindi/Bhojpuri novel for now...

EXAMS FROM OCTOBER 18th and I'm doing THIS!!! Damn, I waste too much time! (-__-)

Listening to: The Ramones
Reading: Bangangi Mukt Hai by Viveki Rai (stupid bhojpuri novel)

WOOOT!! My first crazy driving lesson!!

2010-09-20T14:06:00.002+05:30

I had such a great day yesterday that I'm actually at a loss for words!

Well, yesterday night, I went to see all the Ganpati mandaps in Mumbai city, from 12.00am to 3.30am, with my cousins. And one of my cousins, is just sooo cool that he actually offered to teach me how to drive since it was 3-something in the morning and the road was nearly empty.

And so, I drove a car for the first time in my life yesterday.

My brother is so cool, he actually told me to take the car upto 3rd gear, while my other brother just looked at the driving controls in horror. Initially, I couldn't get the thing to move since I kept releasing the clutch to early, but when I got the hang of it (well, a bare minimum anyways), I litterally put the pedal to the floor and took the car at a speed of 55 km/hr, while in my previous attempts that night, I mantained a speed of 40km/hr. But seriously, even though it was at 55km/hr, it didn't feel that fast to me, though my brothers got *multiple* heart attacks due to it :P.

I thought, I'd never even be able to get the car to move since I have by far, one of the worst cases of bad hand-eye coordinaion on the face of this planet. To actually manage to change gears, and drive the car on an empty highway- kind- o-f a- road was a huge feat for me. And I couldn't be happier!! I was madly euphoric, like some lunatic on a drug! :D

Haha, my other cousin (who was in the backseat) was acting like a weird measure of how good I was driving and the my driving, in the order of his reactions was- ok..ok...slowly...slowly..slowly!..SLOWLY!!...slow down or you'll hit into those trees...SLOW DOWN PLEASE!!...OMG, WE"RE GONNA DIE!!!...STOP TAKING SUCH WEIRD TURNS, DRIVE STRAIGHT...OMG WE'RE GONNA DIE AND WE'RE NOT EVEN MARRIED YET!! (referring to my cousin and himself, and I was like "Wth, I'm not married either, what about me??" Although, i am only college student and seriously, I don't care)....yes, slow down...OMFG, get your foot OFF the ACCELERATOR!! BRAKE! BRAAAAKE!!!..yes, slow...slow....perrrfect end.(yes, like in "purrr")...*sigh of relief that the nightmare is over*. I told him, "Dude, what will you do when you will have to teach YOUR teenage kids how to drive??" After that, he just went into a weird shock and sometime later, started singing weird songs to himself, like some insane asylum patient.

While the entire time, I just laughed like a maniac and continued to drive like one as well. My brother (who was with me in front, teaching me how to drive) had to keep telling me, "Slow down, this isn't Need For Speed (NFS- video game)...for the last time this is NOT NFS!!!"

But my brother told me I was actually a better first time driver/learner than most of the people he taught. And yipee, he's actually offered to teach me how to drive on Saturday nights!! Hopefully, we'll stick to that, and I'll have more interesting stories to ramble about next time!

Till then, peace! :D

Urgh..

2010-09-19T13:07:00.000+05:30

Ok, so I know I'm not the best person to keep people updated (in fact, I'm one of the worst) Oh well... a lot of stuff happened in these many months. For one, I took the great decision of not going to art college and decided to pursue Humanities instead but hey, I actually LIKE Economics and Sociology. And I've also got a new tablet, to be specific- the Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch and I really couldn't be any happier! 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity and large drawing are love <3.

Well, I've actually turned my Communication Skills notebook into a kind of a journal because our teacher makes us do free writing for the first ten minutes in class and it's seriously not funny how much I ramble in those ten minutes. Maybe I'll put up some of the entries on this blog sometime when I'm not lazy/ill/busy/dead in general. Anyways, most of my entries are about sleep deprivation, to-do-lists, caffiene withdrawal and ranting about various stuff that peeves me to no end. Besides that, college is pretty cool. Very, very different from school that's for sure! ( ´ ▽ ` )

My college building (i.e the Humanities building) is a heritage building and is about a hundred years old. It's very awe-inspiring and was made by the British officers. It was originally a mansion and was even a palace for two Maharajas! (ﾟ0ﾟ)

I could go on rambling away to glory, but I think I'll continue some other time..

Anyhoo here are some things I've been working on recently :D

And oh by the way, Easy Paint tool SAI is (<3 x infinity)

Okies, I guess I'll go back to work now.. college is kinda killing me with a ll the tests, assignments, submissions, projects..urgh..and I think I'm getting a cold /fever *double urgh* （￣へ￣）

Epic week

2010-01-07T00:19:00.001+05:30

Wow, I just had one of the most epic/retarded/fun Christmas holidays!!
My cousins, uncle and aunts came over, and it was so much fun!

My cousins and I totally ODed on South Park.

We also went to watch Avatar after which we bugged people at the mall by hogging the elevator for 20 minutes. We would press all the buttons and then press the "close" button whenever we reached the next floor.

Then we went to a bookshop and read all these weird erotica books like "The Sheriff's Daughter" and "Hard to Hold" ~~(this one was REALLY graphic!)~~ We took turns to read it and blocked the whole pathway while people stared at us in shock because of our demonic laughter and of course, the book covers ;P. It was soo funny! We blocked the narrow pathway and took turns to read them! (lol, I just corrupted my brothers' minds even more! :D )

We did random stuff like listening to dumb songs, and staying up till 2 am (even 3:30 am, twice! )Our topics of conversation varied from Boys' schools (specifically, my bros' schools) to Star Wars.

We played a lot of video games on my brothers' Nintendo Wii. Lol, you should have seen the epic virtual boxing game between my cousin (one of the sisters) and me. Imagine 2 totally clueless noobs moving around making strange punching gestures for 20 min while laughing like retards.

And we'd laugh the whole day! (my jaws actually hurt now!)

Well, my sisters from Delhi left soon, but we still had a good time with the 3 of us left! I listened to all these new songs and this really funny one by Pitbull called "Room Service". We were laughing our asses off and rapping it at the same time! (and even though my Austalian cousins are guys, they are totally cool, and love to talk about reatrded and random topics. )

Now that they're gone, I feel really weird, because now it's back to being the only kid in the house. D':

Winter holiday!!

2009-12-24T09:59:00.000+05:30

Finally, after days of painful exams, my winter holidays have begun!

Good lord, it's such a pain to even try and get out of bed in the morning -__-

Oh man, finals are in two months....orzzzz.....still have sooo much stuff left to do :'(

By the way, my mom just got the Wacom Intuos 3 at work along with new Corel software, and so....I am in LOVE (OwO)!!! I want to use that tablet so bad, it's not even funny! (Pressure sensitivity is <3!)My mom said that she can't bring it home and neither can I have one of my own until my finals are over.

The good news is that my parents have promised to get me almost any graphic tablet I want if I get them above 95% in the finals!! ~~Wait a minute, that's not exactly good news. No wait, it is! (I shouldn't lower my self esteem that much!)~~

I CAN DO IT! BELIEVEEE IIIITT!!!*gets shot after firm resolve*

So much to do..so little time...

2009-12-01T13:30:00.004+05:30

Sheesh! I wish there were 28 hours in a day! I have so much stuff to do!!

1. A2 size still lifes ( 20 of them!) by Dec15 2009
2. Maths prep for exams starting in December and finals in March ~~(12th grade math is loathesome)~~
3. If time, enter in various contests.
4. Start studying! This is my last year of high school! >_<

By the way here's a WIP of the thing whose inking I posted as well. This sucks a bit less than that did ^^"

Here's the finished piece!--->>http://blackblood212.deviantart.com/art/A-Night-of-Miracles-145132851

( A very sucky) WIP of inking

2009-11-08T13:09:00.000+05:30

Doumeki x Watanuki

2009-10-10T18:55:00.001+05:30

Feeling: *ahuhuhuhuhu*
Reading: xxxHolic doujinshi/fanfics
Listening to: Honey and Clover OP

By the way, I'm a Doumeki x Watanuki shipper as well ;D. It comes equal tomy Haine x Badou fandom. I love this series and this couple the most out of all the CLAMP mangas! ~~(except for Legal DRug maybe)~~ Just a little sketch made in the wee hours of the night ~~when everybody is sleeping, and I was too lazy to draw details.~~
~~Although not sure whether it's Haruka or Shizuka in this one D:~~ The finished piece is here--->> xxxHolic: Dream

I believe that Doumeki (Shizuka) and Watanuki are meant for each other :3
I mean it's like KuroFai, it's kinda obvious and very much hinted at, but since it's CLAMP they'll never confirm. (T^T)

Oh yeah, I'm writing down a lot of ideas right now for a fanfic ( and potential doujinshi plot ) for DouWata. Nothing explicit. Just light, sweet BL. (>w<)

I really want to be able to write it in such a way that it would look like a part of the xxxHolic series.

Hoping for the best right now. Hope I'll have time to do it in between all my homework assignments.

\( >O<)/ DOUWATA FOREVERRRR!!! \(>O< )/

(- w -)"

2009-10-08T19:52:00.000+05:30

Listening to: The Show by Lenka
Reading: Mathematics
Mood: Lazy ( -__-)

Hurhurhur, daydreaming about weird things today (especially about bishies!) I'm currently suffering from a certain manga withdrawal. ~~Haven't read BL for a month now!~~ By the way, I'm a total Haine x Badou fan *w00t*. Urhg, I hate not being able to order the DOGS artbook and Uzausa's doujinshi (T_T).

Haven't sat down and completed anything. Even now, I'm just posting sad little sketches *here's one of them* (- __ -)" I love winter school uniforms. *being totally random*

Badou is one of my favourite muses! ~~Chain smoking gunners with eyepatches and silky long hair are just <3.~~.(= w =)

Someday I will travel around the world, attend anime conventions and buy loads of artbooks, manga, and doujinshi!! *firm resolve*

Right now, just tense about college..(= A =)

Omg, I actually cried during a movie!

2009-10-04T13:18:00.000+05:30

I watched "P.S I Love You" with my mom yesterday and OMG we both cried throughout almost the whole movie. It was a really sweet movie! Really recommend it if you don't mind crying, and are a sucker for sweet, tragic romances with a deep story.

This is the first time that I have ever cried in a romance movie. In this, a young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.More about it here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431308/

This was one of the parts where I cried the most. (T__T)
Here, she finds out about how he loved her at first sight and how he loved everything about her.

This movie was not just about a tragic romance but also portrays how family and friends support one another during tough times. It also shows a touching mother-daughter relationship where they come closer through their individual loneliness and tragedies.

Really good movie. Hillary Swank's acting was very, very good. Double thumbs up from me!

_{Seriously been a long time since I cried so much during a movie. The last time was 3 years ago when I watched "My Brother Nikhil"}

Pandas on my iPod

2009-10-03T12:17:00.004+05:30

My iPod! Aren't cute and random things just <3? ( >w< )

Listening to : Good Charlotte

O__o

2009-10-02T13:57:00.000+05:30

Hmmm..never thought I would out of all people get myself a blog. Well, let's explore a bit first. (=w=)