i have four assignments to hand in by the first week of june. two will be painless, one will be moderately painful, and one may require nurofen (or herron blue if i'm in a patriotic mood). hmmm. this weekend i might buy a bike - mark's enthusiastic cycling has inspired me to try this idea of 'excercise' for myself. he's still alive, so it can't be that dangerous. as research for one of my assignments, i have to get some bollywood dvd's from the local shop, so that should be a barrel of laughs. might be time to stock up on indian groceries, too, and maybe some cd's... i always end up mega impulse buying when i go to those shops. if the shopkeeper is an older indian person, i never know whether to speak in hindi when i'm there just in case they aren't actually indian, so i always end up speaking english but with an indian accent (even though i'm not even from india), and all my sentences are either incomplete, or grammatically incorrect. and yes, sometimes i might even do the patentend indian head wobble, but i swear it's (scarily) involuntary. it's like an out of body experience - i even smell different when i come out. that's because every indian shop (in the world, i'm sure) is so packed with spices that you practically absorb them the minute you step in.