Any similarity to actual humans (especially if they are in your family) is amusing at best and tragic at worst. Hetal and Kapila are zimbly figments of my almost-never-fecund mind. They do not exist.

This is just my unsuccessful attempt to be funny.

we know. did anyone say they thought these girls were real?

My darling, you have NO IDEA.

My education in IMspeak continues. LOLOLOL. u b da shit, ANNA! :)

Spank you, come again

we certainly will, and we should hold u to that promise.

lolol why the f is ur dad so dum

I hope even a fictional character wouldn't take someone talking about her dad like that! Them's fightin' words!

A N N A -- you took me back to my jersey days, you made me miss my jersey days. that's some talent. =)

I still don't get the point of this group of posts.. Is it for April fools ?

whats "sexxy5@biPrinc3ss"'s ASL???

anna hook me up!

I don't think its part of larger scheme. They began when Kal Penn's courses at Penn were announced and A N N A must have thought it'd be funny to parody the group most effected by the news. Most of us vigorously agree.

"...thought it'd be funny to parody the group most effected by the news. Most of us vigorously agree."

I might vigorously agree with the stereotype and think it's hilarious, even if I am at the absolute tail-end (and in fact graduating-before-it-happens end) of the demographic...but then, i must say i don't self-identify with the stereotype.

But still, can you imagine how many of these kids will have to drop the class mid-semester because they can't write papers? I think that would be funny to hear about...

I don't think its part of (a) larger scheme.

Actually, I hope it is. And it's powerful stuff. Anna, having already written Suitable Girl, maybe you can now think about writing your own Golden Gate, with pieces in this, er, metre. Along with the humor, satire, random links and the other good stuff, I really liked the allusions in the titles. I'm still trying to precisely place the source of "Further Conversational Excursions".. my mind (and google) can't disambiguate the everyday reference and the very specific title I remember from somewhere. Any hints? :)

"martian luther king"; one of the greatest typos I've ever seen.

Most hilarious to me is that many of these kids are actually very intelligent and can pull it together when they need to. My former self totally identifies with the stereotype and my dad marvels when old friends come over looking, acting, speaking, and getting paid.. all grown up stylez.

Chachaji, I agree. Part 3 makes the subtle point that while arrogant bigots advocate for racial profiling, brown kids have parents of all political colors. Part 2 hammered in the point that Kal Penn doesn't capture the desi voice, not even of the movie he stars as Larihi's expression would suggest. Part 1 was just hilarious and I don't want to analyze it past that! But, yes, I agree... there is a larger point in the background here, several of them, I think. My point was, its not a veiled attack or political statement or something.

well it kinda doeznt count if ur ndn an republican. the 2 cancel each other out or somethingv.

OMG OMG ROTFL!!!! (turn sound up)

Anna, you are on fire. Add me to the chorus of fans begging for a novel.

I got really into IM when in high school, and used it all through college, and would use a lot of acronyms like lol, idk, wtf etc. I also used smilies / emoticons..

But students I was with (at UIC in chicago) that would use IM speak or talk like they were black could write academically when they needed to..

I still don't get the point of this group of posts.. Is it for April fools ?

Does everything need to have a point? What was the point of comment 15? Stop thinking and start reading and pass me the bong.

if u get in to brown u cant like, flunk out or watever

OMG OMG OMG somebody help me, I can't stop laughing.

Oye, Where did my Bong go?

Most hilarious to me is that many of these kids are actually very intelligent and can pull it together when they need to.

Espressa, agreed. Especially considering AP Physics over here...

sexxy5@biPrinc3ss: wait wats ur quiz on

GujuHottiee120586: faradayz law of reduction or something

how the biatch who wote that was a repubican?

ROTFLMAO....dis is gr8. Anna u r so hot n smrt. like twinkle khanna n shabana azmi rolled in2 1.

I think someone should write a whole novel in this form. It might well be the Clockwork Orange of our generation... er the next generation.

You crack me up so much, Anna.

As a part of the generation that's going to have its impressionable young minds melded by the eminent Kalpen Modi, my mind boggles when I see classmates that refer to each other as "u mai n*gga ARPIT! I gotcha dawg, we fly, we be ballin! Ain't gonna lose my coo' for dem bitches up in hurr, sonnn." suddenly revert to "And so the unknown microbe could not grow on this medium since it was comprised of cysteine. Thank you and I hope you will consider me for the Dean's Scholarship. This is why my parents immigrated here."

I cannot, for the life of me, figure that out. I feel like I'm missing some kind of Gen X Desi gene.

Speaking of Kal... "The Namesake" finally opened in flyover country this weekend.
I enjoyed the movie... perhaps the oddest and most distracting thing in it was how much Modi reminded me of a young Nicholas Cage. I certainly wasn't expecting that...

Debbie Schlussel needs to be arrested for being a dumb ditzy blonde.

oo i share me bday wit gujjuhottie so saggi..yea yea represent..ohh big ups for me man kal penn in rise 'a taj..wurd up machi!

Speaking of Kal... "The Namesake" finally opened in flyover country this weekend.

Debbie Schlussel needs to be arrested for being a dumb ditzy blonde.

Why all this hating on Brown? Are you all still bitter that you didn't get in? Or jealous that Brown students are smart AND cool?

Why all this hating on Brown? Are you all still bitter that you didn't get in? Or jealous that Brown students are smart AND cool?

One hopes that this is an attempt at more "humor", lest you make Brown alums seem clue-free-- that would be unfortunate. Some of our best friends went to Brown. Hell, some of our best friends ARE brown.

great another IM bullshit post.

great another IM bullshit post.

Awww, thanks! I think it's FUN. Now I'm going to make sure to write another one just like it, just for you.

Who is "ONE"? Do you mean you? Clue-free? Does Alicia Silverstone own the rights to Clueless? Maybe I'm a slow reader.
I agree with Mira. These jokes aren't very creative-- and perhaps Anna is a bit too obsessed with poking fun at this most wanted Ivy. Projection anyone? Hell, I got a perfect on my SAT and they still rejected my ass.

I agree with Mira.

Of course you do. You ARE Mira. We ban people who switch handles mid-thread in order to agree with themselves, because that is lame AND dishonest. So stop it, please.

Besides, someone who scored perfectly on their SATs should have more profound things to be offended by than a "humor" post on SM. Ponder something lofty and stick with ONE handle-- you've been warned.

lollll...a jolly good show Anna..more please!

this is the best part:

sexxy5@biPrinc3ss: o rt. sorry….well it kinda doeznt count if ur ndn an republican. the 2 cancel each other out or somethingv. so ur dads fine. not a perv.

GujuHottiee120586: ohhhhh…that makes total sense. i think it also helps that hes a gynoecologist.

sexxy5@biPrinc3ss: bc he sees so much ass he doesnt want any?

GujuHottiee120586: NO!!! I jus was goin to say hes real busy!!!! EEEEEWWWW. U SIC FREAKK

sexxy5@biPrinc3ss: lmao

oh god my side hurts now! :D

Oh man, this is only helping my procrastination :P.

sexxy5@biPrinc3ss: but evryone there is so OLD

GujuHottiee120586: thats kinda why i like it. its sophsticated and worldley

That kills me.

I find the junction between the old and the young to be a very interesting place. If you spend all your time surrounded by people of the same generation and same mindset, you end up with a narrow take. I talk to a lot of the younger generation just because I find them amusing. My little sister actually just got into UPenn and we had a similar conversation about Kal Penn - complete with purposely misspelled words, superfluous z's, and pop politics references. Quite funny to find this popping up on SM. It's also hilarious to read through some of these comments and see how hard it must be for some people to really comprehend the mentality of brown kids these days. Is it really that easy to forget what it was like being a kid? Their experiences aren't the same as ours were, but their mindset is the same - it's wide open and will soak up whatever the present day influences are. Not all of their influences will be "sophsticated and worldley."

What's kind of shocking is how accurately Anna has blueprinted the desi youth dynamic here. I frequent a few of the less enlightened sites that target desi youth and this is spot on with the kind of exchanges I read there. Totally unexpected that she could so accurately duplicate it.

lolz.

Kal Penn for Oscar, DJ Rekha for Grammy and now ANNA for the Thurber Prize!! SM and its army of fifteen or so loyal commenters has it all figured out. Long live Brown mediocrity, specially in the eyes of non-Browns.

Any similarity to actual humans (especially if they are in your family) is amusing at best and tragic at worst.

Haha. The disclaimer is just as funny as the conversation.

Sorry for being thick, but I don't understand the connection between Sunny Leone and Brown University, nor if the haterade for white Republicans is meant to be ironic. Either way, Hetal and Kapila for guest bloggers!

Kal Penn for Oscar, DJ Rekha for Grammy and now ANNA for the Thurber Prize!! SM and its army of fifteen or so loyal commenters has it all figured out. Long live Brown mediocrity, specially in the eyes of non-Browns.

Sarcasm is hard.. Let's go trolling..

Hahaha hypocritical oath...people who promise to save lives when they know they can't do it in reality with all the insurance crap and expenses.

I honestly love these posts of yours, and I'm 18, basically that person in the convo COULD be me. Keep it up!

When are we going to get to read the "I just saw my first ding-a-ling" conversation?

God, I just realized how pathetic it was to wonder when 2 fictional indian girls are going to have a conversation about doing it! I declare that the most desperate thought of the year!

Im going to go cry in a corner now.

This is getting boring.

And that too coming from someone who is in mid-30s?

Or has Sepia doing some market research - and found that majority of site visitors are ABD (South Asian American) teens - hence the degradation to suit the "target audience"?

iFOB, stop being so mean

iFOB you have a super cool name. I think sepia mutiny's target audience should be college students and young professionals who are ABCDs.

I guess that FOBs don't read stuff like this..

iFOB you have a super cool name. I think sepia mutiny's target audience should be college students and young professionals who are ABCDs. I guess that FOBs don't read stuff like this..

Sir ji, I am a village idiot from Sakuti Danda. Sakuti Danda is a small village near Meerut and Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, Indya. I came to Amrika two months ago, and sometimes I try to read Sepia Mutiny because my bery, bery beautiful girlfriend, Bambi told me to practice reading and writing angrezi.

I am neither a college student, nor a young professional, nor ABD (vhat is this ABD?). I do not know SMS. Therefore, I am not the target audience. I will tell this to Bambi when she returns from her exotic dance club shift. Maybe, we both will read and ? boink together. They have a very simple target audience - horney, horney.

Sadar Pranam. Sir ji, tell me if I and Bambi can of some seva to you.

There is a proverb: The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

There is a proverb: The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

Someone's been reading Train to Pakistan...

This Dog sniffs out mediocrity. The smug SM caravan crawls in circles.

girl, you so crazy

Here's some quotes from Debbie's review of 300..

''of interest to the video-gamer slacker dummies for whom this dumbed-down movie was really produced''

''cheap, bizarre porn chic for the dumbed-down male late teen lumpen movie-going-tariat to which the movie panders''

"Prepare for Glory," should have been, "Prepare for Gory."
''Ditto for all the naked men's rear-views. There's so much of that, it's as if some of this movie was made to appeal to a gathering backstage at an Elton John concert''

Priceless!!!

How come the republicans have all the hotties with a wicked sense of humor, while all the democrats can throw up is the same old tired hag with the funny alabama accent?

Debbie almost sounded human in her review of the Namesake (until she careened into that hysterical tangent on Muslim immigrants). I still can't decide if her psychosis is hilarious or just sad.

She's a grown, supposedly educated, person who goes out of her way to make sure her readers know that Kal Penn is really a swarthy forner by printing his full, real name. She really raises the bar for troglodytes and reading her for any length of time will make you feel as if you're living in Hannibal Lechter's asylum.

Proceed with caution!

The first one was difficult; the second one was easier. As for this one, I read it in quick time from top to bottom AND understood everything. My education is complete.

I cannot, for the life of me, figure that out. I feel like I'm missing some kind of Gen X Desi gene.

AmericanBornContemplativeDesi, I think these guys are definitely Gen Y. It's my impression that Gen X was more polarized (either really white or really ghetto). Whereas it seems more of Gen Y is like the characters presented here than not. Then again, what do I know, I don't have any younger siblings to provide insight...

Speaking of Kal... "The Namesake" finally opened in flyover country this weekend. I enjoyed the movie... perhaps the oddest and most distracting thing in it was how much Modi reminded me of a young Nicholas Cage. I certainly wasn't expecting that...

If Nicholas Cage could go from Valley Girl to an Oscar, who knows what Kumar is capable of! :)

look, i love your comments and all Anna but SM and your blog need to remain distinct. Flame me all you want, that's my honest 2 cents.

Peter,

Thanks for giving me a chance to respond to others by replying to your comment. This isn't aimed at you entirely.

look, i love your comments and all Anna but SM and your blog need to remain distinct.

I don't think this is out of place here. It's entirely about desis. You don't have to like every single post we put up and we're not obligated to please every one of you, 100% of the time, mostly b/c that would be impossible. Others are amused by H and K. Shouldn't they have a chance to read this? To each their own, right? :)

Flame me all you want, that's my honest 2 cents.

I had no desire to flambe you until I read that. I hate when people close their comments to me with "Ban me/delete me/flame me all you want" or better yet "Ooooh, I know I'm going to get attacked by your mindless minions now b/c I dared say something critical about you". Yes, you who write and think that. You are so brave, defiant, righteous and cool. You said something vaguely negative about someone you've never met on a blog's comment thread. Go you. Bleh.

I know this is off topic (sorry, Hetal and Kapila) but does anyone else find it odd that Kal Penn thinks the outcome of his role on 24 will be for people watching the show to support an end to profiling? My impression of that episode is that it reinforces profiling, suggesting that even the innocent-seeming Muslim teenager next door is a potential terrorist. Is Kal Penn really that dumb? Or am I missing something here?

I don't think dumb is the appropriate term.. I don't think it's possible for a good actor to be dumb.. Stupid maybe but not dumb..

Best part of her review: This is the story of immigrants of every ethnic group which comes to America (except Muslims (mostly Arabs), who've chosen not to assimilate and to become separatists in our nation, demanding that we assimilate to them and their mores).

Best part, indeed.

I don't think dumb is the appropriate term.. I don't think it's possible for a good actor to be dumb.. Stupid maybe but not dumb..

o rly?

YA RLY :D

It's my impression that Gen X was more polarized (either really white or really ghetto).

Whoa, why don't we avoid the use of the word "ghetto" as a stand-in for "black" please. It's a weak suburban habit that desis really need to ditch. If you're afraid to say "black", what you're saying is probably really f*&ked up to begin with, so maybe a moment of self-editing is in order.

and I think this is definitely a young Gen Y or even younger (what is that, Generation Z?) thing. I'm 25, and most people my age still try to appear somewhat literate online. However, I know people just two or three years younger than me, and it's a different story with them.

In conclusion: youth is wasted on the young. Thanks.

I had no desire to flambe you until I read that. I hate when people close their comments to me with "Ban me/delete me/flame me all you want" or better yet "Ooooh, I know I'm going to get attacked by your mindless minions now b/c I dared say something critical about you". Yes, you who write and think that. You are so brave, defiant, righteous and cool. You said something vaguely negative about someone you've never met on a blog's comment thread. Go you. Bleh.

That's exactly what happened to Mishi? In response to Ennis Comment #117 in Post #2 (in an effort to consolidate comments), it is not immediately logical that the characters' ethnicities are dictated by their interest in Kal Penn or their geographic proximity to Penn as these factors are not limited to Gujaratis. Although I was not offended by the posts and don't believe the author is racist, I find it odd that any critical inquiry would be immediately dismissed on the grounds that dissenters can't stomach anything other than "syrupy sweet jalebi" (the second such jalebi reference from what I recall). If a non-malayalee similarly parodied malus, wouldn't Anna read it discerningly (especially if she did not know the author) - even should she ultimately find it enjoyable?

I also don't quite understand why H & M warranted a third post, not because my understanding is a requisite for sepia postings or because Post #3 could be a blatant affront to any sensitivites that were raised by Post #2 or because you are obligated to please everyone 100% of the time, but simply because it is redundant.

I also don't quite understand why H & M warranted a third post,

Hetal and Kapila didn't "get a third post", but Kal Penn did.

Btw, it's H + K, not H + M, but I don't blame you for having shopping on the brain. ;)

I also don't quite understand why H & M warranted a third post, not because my understanding is a requisite for sepia postings or because Post #3 could be a blatant affront to any sensitivites that were raised by Post #2 or because you are obligated to please everyone 100% of the time, but simply because it is redundant.

Each post dealt with a different reader-submitted news story about Kal Penn; first, that he would be teaching at Penn, second-that he gatecrashed an event at the New York Public Library and finally, that someone conservative had some...interesting things to say about the first item on this list. These are all stories we would have covered anyway, why not do something a little different, even if a few of you don't care for it. 55Fridays, another recurring type of sm post with related/different subject matter would also be redundant, under your criteria.

find it odd that any critical inquiry would be immediately dismissed on the grounds that dissenters can't stomach anything other than "syrupy sweet jalebi" (the second such jalebi reference from what I recall).

Please. Don't.

Haven't jalebis suffered enough? Ask yourself why jalebis are being singled out for this treatment. Aren't gulab jamuns also "syrupy sweet"?

We at the Jalebi Liberation Front (JLF, not to be confused with the Liberation Front of Jalebi) are not take such jokes lightly. You'd be well-advised to restrict yourself to ladoos from now on. A word is sufficient for the wise.

sincerely,

Mr Kobayashi
spokesman, JLA (military wing of the JLF)

I'm 25, and most people my age still try to appear somewhat literate online. However, I know people just two or three years younger than me, and it's a different story with them.

It's my impression that Gen X was more polarized (either really white or really ghetto).

and I think this is definitely a young Gen Y or even younger (what is that, Generation Z?) thing. I'm 25, and most people my age still try to appear somewhat literate online. However, I know people just two or three years younger than me, and it's a different story with them.

i think generation y ends with the high school class of 2000 are much younger then the y-ers are (now in their midtwenties like you). And yea, i'm not quite sure what Zen meant about Generation X being either "really white or really ghetto" cause while it surely existed at the time, I'm not sure polarization along race lines was really a stereotype of Gen. X-ers.

H&K! pardon my slip, it could have been her Madgesty on my mind
http://perezhilton.com/topics/madonna/

Kobayashi Saab,
JLA Zindabad! Jai Jai Jalebi!

This is the story of immigrants of every ethnic group which comes to America (except Muslims (mostly Arabs), who've chosen not to assimilate and to become separatists in our nation, demanding that we assimilate to them and their mores).

How stupid !! Gen. John Abizaid is lebanese Arab. Is he a separatist?? LOL

Thanks for starting my week off with a laugh! I've sent your series of posts to my friends/fam...they've loved it!

i think generation y ends with the high school class of 2000 are much younger then the y-ers are (now in their midtwenties like you).

er, i meant the kids in the post are much younger then the y-er's are now (now in their midtwenties like you.)

AggieG said:

How come the republicans have all the hotties with a wicked sense of humor, while all the democrats can throw up is the same old tired hag with the funny alabama accent?

What's with all this talk about, right winger's having all the hot pundit's?

Being considered a "hot" ring wing commentator is like being the skinnest person at fat camp or the tallest midget in the world.

but i don't get it...what if you are technically by tamasha's standards in the gen Y category but your parents brought you up like the kids in the gen X category...cuz i definitely grew up in the MTV generation...and i grew up on atari, pacman, and nintendo...okay maybe supernintendo too...but seriously...I DON'T WANNA BE GEN Y :( *sniffles*...lol :P

Aditi

but i don't get it...what if you are technically by tamasha's standards in the gen Y category but your parents brought you up like the kids in the gen X category..

I understand your sentiment - Gen X has a certain cachet while Gen Y sounds like a generation of younger siblings you try to keep your friends away from. Fear not - Wikipedia will save us all! 1985 is their cut off for the X'ers. Do you make the cut?

Personally I love H & K and I'm very glad they've come to liven up the bunker with their conversation. I hope they stay a while. For those who don't like them -- hey, you don't have to read them. This isn't a newspaper with assigned beats and an in-house style manual. This is a blog, where people write. As a professional writer I love experimenting with different voices and I'm glad my sista ANNA is doing that. Those of us who write for a living usually have to work in multiple voices anyway.

Is "ndn" truly the AIM vernacular for Indian? Has anyone actually used or seen this used in a bonafide AIM conversation? Not questioning or anything, it seems reasonable, but just sheer curiosity here.

Is "ndn" truly the AIM vernacular for Indian?

I've seen it incorporated in to screen names, i.e. NdNkUtie1083999 or NDNprincezzz.

By the way, if you are 25 (ahem), you are in the last year of Generation X (1961-1981), so you are, therefore, "safe"(ish).

Yeah, I've got to say, I remember this characterization of Gen X and I just think it's way off. I think that people born between the late 70s and the early-early 80s (maybe '77-'83), especially desi folks, are pretty clearly distinct from those born earlier. And given the rapid pace of pop and globalized culture, 20 years has now become far too long to define a generation. 6 years, 10 if you really stretch it.

Interesting, I remember back in the day of BBS's, people used to put all sorts of weird capitalizations to words, to make them sound more underground, the most popular turning "wares" into "WaReZ" We started this sh*t before it became hip.

We, the uNdErgRnd hackRz are to popular AIM culture, what black people are to popular American culture.

I understand your sentiment - Gen X has a certain cachet while Gen Y sounds like a generation of younger siblings you try to keep your friends away from. Fear not - Wikipedia will save us all! 1985 is their cut off for the X'ers. Do you make the cut?

i've always heard that somewhere along 1978 being the younger X-er. But I've had this conversation before and never get to the bottom of the cut off dates for generations. i'm 25 and always considered myself an older gen-y, but apparently according to wiki, i have much to be informed about cause i've never heard of Generation XY Cusp, the Boomerant Generation, or the iGeneration. Perhaps one day I'll get around to actually reading Coupland and figure it out.

Anna, this was absolutely hilarious! It took me awhile to dive in..I was a bit turned off by all the IMspeak, but as I got into it, I found episodes 1, 2, 3 to be hilarious. =) Well done!

And no need to always defend yourself in the face of those who dont' find your humor appealing. There will always be those who don't "get it"...doesn't make them rude or bad, just makes this place more diverse. Roll with the punches...when you put your work out there, you gotta expect the good with the bad.

Then what gen am I? I'm still in high school.. and oh yeah, ndn is totally used everywhere. screen-names mostly. I hate it though, its like azn, and it makes you sound ghetto. But, of course, if that's your intent go ahead.

um, no. not only do they exist, they're much, much worse than this. the real-life equivalents would never name-check as many non-Bollywood desi cultural figures, nor reference sociological ideas, nor mention Sepia Mutiny. Ever. visualize high school. that's right, they exist.

Coincidence how when I read this I was reading about Faraday's Law of Reduction. I have a feeling if I discussed Sepia Mutiny with one of my friends she would also say it made her feel "worldley"

Wait...so those IM posts weren't real...?

um, no. not only do they exist, they're much, much worse than this. the real-life equivalents would never name-check as many non-Bollywood desi cultural figures, nor reference sociological ideas, nor mention Sepia Mutiny. Ever. visualize high school. that's right, they exist.

I guess the author tried to be as dumb as she can, but just couldn't help some intelligent commentary seeping out. And I've figured it out, Anna, these posts are like the Sanjay Malakar of Sepia mutiny: engaging, polarizing, confusion as to why they're still there, but yet, cannot look away. In any event, everyone has an opinion.

People,
I can see that the girls are calling each other "ho" at times. I am curious to know if it is OK for their guy friends to be calling them that. I know that if I called any of my female friends "ho", I'd get kicked where it hurts. Am I officially an Uncle moving around with Aunties?
Curiously yours,

Am I officially an Uncle moving around with Aunties?

People, I can see that the girls are calling each other "ho" at times. I am curious to know if it is OK for their guy friends to be calling them that. I know that if I called any of my female friends "ho", I'd get kicked where it hurts. Am I officially an Uncle moving around with Aunties? Curiously yours,

Nope. Ditzy don't mean dumb, and as ditzy as these girls are, calling each other "ho", they usually wouldn't take it from some dude. Guys will call them "hoes" and "bitches" plenty, only, behind their backs, else they'll get dropkicked in the face (by the girls themselves, or the boyfriends/male posse).

"Man, I ain't tryin' ta call no hoe no bitch"
-DJay, from Hustle and Flow

'People, I can see that the girls are calling each other "ho" at times. I am curious to know if it is OK for their guy friends to be calling them that. I know that if I called any of my female friends "ho", I'd get kicked where it hurts'

What Shruti said, plus, I think it's kinda like using the term 'Nigga' as one of endearment. My sisters and I call each other hooka all the time too. My kids called me 'mah Nigga' for a minute, until I objected. That and Shorty. I ain't yo shorty, unless you got me like dat.

I'm jes sayin.

Shruti and Coach,
Thanks very much for your responses. "Mah Nigga" :D

Kurma,
I couldn't agree with you more. That’s why I exfoliate:)