holidays

Halloween weekend was great!
John threw a party, and the theme was "Dead Harry Potter Characters".... yesss.
I went as Bellatrix Lestrange. Teasing my hair made the whole look. Everyone's costumes were really creative... they kind of had to be because of limited resources/clothing options. Dobby, Dumbledore/Quirrell, Potter, Trelawny, and even a golden snitch!
There was butterbeer (that we had brewed ourselves!), polyjuice potion, and Merope Gaunt brought some love potions to share (ie: mystery drinks in covered bottles: lemon juice, tobasco, hazelnut white russian)-- "Sometimes love is sour, sometimes love is mildly intoxicating."
Nearly Headless Nick was there and started a cake fight, because thats all that Indian "cake" is good for. (it tastes like a brillo pad made from sugar).

This Friday is Diwali (deepavali).
I wore a sari today that I had gotten for the holiday...
HOW DO THESE WOMEN DO IT EVERY DAY? oh my goodness. It is sooo much fabric! 6 meters worth, actually! It is nice, but I feel like at any second its just all going to fall apart.
My host mom wouldn't let me cycle in it this morning. She drove me to school. I would have won SO many points on Tamil Trail... sigh.
My host dad took pictures of me this morning and said he would send them to Baba and say how they're marrying me off.... I told him, sure, if you want him to show up at your doorstep within 36 hours. hehehe.

Ok, back to work. I have to start writing my paper today... I don't exactly know where to start. Our rough drafts are due in one week, and the final due two days after that. GAH. wish me luck!