#indiandating

After I returned home from visiting my future fiance, I knew things between us would move in a positive direction. However what happened next was very unexpected. I received these flowers:

From my future finance. I mentioned that my birthday was coming up, he must have done some investigating and asked my parents for the date. Here I thought I was the only one who thought things were moving in a positive direction, but apparently he did as well. For my birthday I got the amazing gift of getting these flowers delivered at work! After my birthday we decided that my future fiance would come to Arizona for New Year's. Unfortunately, my mornings were occupied, but afterwards we would venture around Tucson – I had been in town for a while but never really made an effort to explore the place. So him coming down was the perfect opportunity to have our own day to explore Tuscon. First stop was the Biosphere 2 (http://b2science.org/visitor/admission), the famous experiment that attempted to mimic the ecosystem in a closed glass facility.

This is a photograph of the Biosphere 2 from outside and though this was seen as a scientific failure, I nevertheless thought the place was really interesting! For one, we live in biosphere one (Earth) so trying to recreate a sustainable living environment is intense. If I remember correctly, the reason why Biosphere 2 is considered a failure is because the humans who were living inside had low counts of oxygen in their bodies (do not quote me on this).

Second stop on the adventure was a light lunch, followed by a return trip to have dinner with my parents. It has always been important to me that whomever I married got along very well with my Dad. The reason behind this is that has two daughters and even though he loves us I know that he really wanted a son. In the Indian culture one a daughter gets married (even engaged) the to be husband is treated like a son; therefore I wanted to make sure that my Dad would be able to communicate with whomever I married. During dinner and even afterwards I learned that both of my parents got along with my future fiance. We ended the night with going out for New Year's. I learned quickly that going out on New Year's in Tucson is nothing like going out in Southern California. For one thing, everyone in Southern California dresses to impress, while in Tucson, people go out on New Year's in jeans! Despite the freezing temperatures, the night was fun. We began our festivities with a party close to downtown Tucson. The entrance fee was overpriced and the entertainment was lacking, but we ended on a high note by going to a random bar (which was warmer) to watch the ball drop while enjoying champagne! I would have to say this was a great start to the new year!

*All photos were taken by LisaMNaik

Listen, when guys get wasted EVERYTHING we do is unattractive. We slur, we leer, we look like gross, sad apes. It’s a bad scene. Women, on the other hand, can kind of pull it off. IF and only IF you can pull yourself together and avoid ALL of the following:

1. Singing “Pour Some Sugar on Me” at the top of your lungs

This song should be called “Have Terrible Sex With Me”

2. Stumbling

Stumbling sober is cute and Tina Fey-like. Stumbling drunk is sad and Snooki-like.

3. Asking me if you’re a terrible person

Um… Kinda?

4. Saying “I need to vom” (actual vomiting not nearly as unattractive)

Honestly, I’d prefer “barf.”

5. Missing the straw

Imagine the face you’re making when it stabs you in the lip. Yeah, that one.

6. Deciding that now is a good time to try out winking for the first time

Is that…Do you have a twitch or something?

  It’s totally cool. It happens. Just try to avoid the above and you’ll come off as more or less charming.

  Blog Post by Shiva Persaud. Please send comments to hello @ Sparkzi dot com