climbing out of teenage (personal)

i've long passed the age of raving about how cute celebs are.....or fancying them :P

but there's something about john mayer that can never get me bored
dunno if it's his voice... or the way he plays his guitar...

your body is a wonderland - one of my all time favourite songs from the time it was released, 4-5 yrs back.
the music is easy, lyrics are cute and light ----''so you wanna play with me, huh ?'' kinda thing.

it reminds me of a crush i had on a cute guy from college french class, sometime in the second half of my 12th grade..a childish crush..useless attraction, which was reciprocated, but didnt get me anywhere ! and this song is the one i listened to at that time..which got me into some of my best moods, and now it brings back some of the sweetest memories.

as sally from coupling says, if you have to remember a song that relates to some good part of your life and you'll remember it all the way through, it better be good.

some good, childish memories associated with songs i've heard in that period of my teenage ....
9th grade -

i lay my love on you, somebody needs you, soledad, puzzle of my heart
truly madly deeply, i knew i loved you, affirmation, santa monica - savage garden
reminds me of akshata teaching me a few words in french like 'hi', the f word, and i love you'...and how to write a love letter to mark !!!

10th grade -

whats your flava-craig david; complicated-avril lavigne
reminds me of the school christmas concert, and the arabic dance we did. and how my class teacher commented on me in that damned short blouse..'my dear, your equator is exposed' and ranjani and i burst into a unstoppable laughter for the next half hour...till the dance started

11th grade -

rendezvous-craig david (the monsoons of 11th grade)
it reminds me of alliance francais classes, and smita ma'am...one of my best teachers, who taught me french at alliance...and all the nonsense that natasha and i used to talk, driving smita crazy in every class.

latter half of 11th grade -

romeo and juliet - dire straits
i've a very funny memory associated with this lovely song - it's about a very sweet, nerdy guy friend who liked me, but we didnt go out, cuz i couldnt recipocate

baya baya, sambadiago - safri duo

every breath you take - the police
my junior college memories with all the fun that i had with sanaea and manali bunking lectures, running away from lecturers, spending hours doing tasteless coffees at ccd, and waiting for samosas at gk

hotel california - eagles
a few stupid seniors of mine, who were behind my life for an intro, in junior coll.. i dont understand the concept of an intro. what intro ? what the *##@ ??

so yesterday - hilary duff
the singing auditions of our junior college festival, for which sanaea and i practised this song. and to our disappoinment, the semi finals judge turned out to be
lilavati better known as log b****
lila baby, who taught us to read log tables and had crush on maths prof burgundy dude @ the age of 50. whoever said marriage is a bar to have new crushes :P
lila....who hated sanaea for doing a proxy, and hated me for being her friend
oh lila...where art thou ?
ok listen.. we made up stories on how lila emits harmful radiation wherever she walks. those things seemed too funny, then. it got us laughing. then it got her angry. then it got us thrown out of class.

also associated with this song, is this memory an annoying senior ''insect'' from jun college- salim, who was a bigtime stalker and i did about anything to avoid him. so..when he tried his flirting net with sanaea, that too an hour before an important exam when san and i were studying together at coll, she slapped his hand and pinched him, and i swear he never dared to talk to her after that)
AND raj sandwichwala alias the college-toilet-user, and how annoying he was. and how sannu would starve for lunch but never eat his sandwiches...
memories of our occasional loose-motions, and this time the credit goes to : Dabeliwala.
potato-man was remarkable too ;)

rapture - IIO one of the songs played at the first college social i'd attended @ fire'n'ice with sanaea, manali and rajashri...about how we changed clothes at her maasi's place after college...rina maasi who was kind enough to make us large yummy cold coffees every time

learning to fly - pink floyd memories of kihim beach....trip with archu, jay, nazi and shrini. maybe there was someone else too. or was it someTHING ?

coming back to life - pink floyd memories of this superhot indian-german guy named nikhil...i saw him at techfest 2004, iit-b...he saw me..i looked into his deep,green eyes and then we both got lost
and then i heard this song for the first time in my zizu's room

wind of change - scorpions
like a stone - audio slave (i like the song)


12th grade

sultans of swing, tunnel of love, your latest trick, walk of life - dire straits (reminds me of my 12th grade tuts)

your body is a wonderland - john mayer i've told you what this songs means to me :)

rock the party - bombay rockers>
reminds me of abhishek, the craziest person on earth, my lab partner, and anybody who knows me well, definitely knows about this guy.
he was a mad chap, who mugged amazingly well, almost always topped the class, whom i ragged endlessly throughout the year, but he always helped me. even when i beat him up in the chemistry lab for peeping into my journal slyly. patil sir loved to drag him by his ears. i remember the hurry that he always was in, and it always seemed to me as though he wanted to race me with the experiments. and the child that i've always been, i was game for that race anytime

i used to scare him off with hot capillary tubes, threaten to pour H2S solution on his hands..thats the only way i kept him away.
and he is by far,the craziest person i've met. people think i was the least lucky person to have such a partner, but nothing was as entertaining as this guy's goofups

>turn me on - kevin little it reminds me of a crazy whacko, who thought he was a big dude, but wasnt, but a bigtime casanova who sent me flirtaceous smses all day, for a few months, and stopped when he knew he wasnt getting anywhere.


sanaea made my 11th and 12th grades unforgettable. with our stupid, childish fights every now and then, we've grown through to be great friends and i'm comfortable sharing anything and everything with her now ;)

13th grade

this year is kind of over now....and it has been the loveliest year of my life so far.......
ironically, it's been the loneliest year too...there are lows about that :( there are lots of songs that i have to list. but none actually remind me of anything right now. it's all too early to get 'reminded'.
only to mention that there are a few good people who have made this year lovely. and i just hope they never leave me !

-aarthi

Your Body is a Wonderland

we've got the afternoon
you've got this room for two
one thing I've left to do
discover me discovering you

one mile to every inch of
your skin like porcelain
one pair of candy lips
and your bubblegum tongue

cause if you want love
we'll make it
swim in a deep sea
of blankets
take all your big plans
and break 'em
this is bound to be awhile

your body is a wonderland
your body is a wonder I'll use my hands
your body is a wonderland

something about the way the hair falls in your face
I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillow case
you tell me where to go though I might leave to find it
I'll never let your head hit the bed without my hand behind it

if you want love
we'll make it
swim in a deep sea
of blankets
take all your big plans
and break 'em
this is bound to be awhile

Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder I'll use my hands

damn, baby
you frustrate me
I know you're mine all mine all mine
but you look so good it hurts sometimes

your body is a wonderland
your body is a wonder I'll use my hands
your body is a wonderland