one day you’re living at your parents’ place trying to sneak in at 3 am and the next you’ve got your own place in a new city but you’re home by 7 pm to watch modern family
early 20s is....weird
people around me are unemployed, employed, going to grad school to delay employment, starting tech startups, becoming influencers, reselling sneakers, making $$ in meme currency and getting married (tf)
like give me a fkn break....
asked this cab guy if i can light a cig and he said sure and i’ll have one too if you don’t mind. he played old music and talked about his life.
passed the vibe check and how
let me tell you a story - ya girl was supposed to be off to goa tonight and obviously really looking forward to it. she’s told *everyone* about it and in hindsight clearly jinxed it.
is someone at bob’s indiranagar who can tell me how crowded it is so we can plan to head somewhere else instead. yes this is the real use of my twitter.
men land ONE cute picture in two years when all their stars magically align, end up looking 8/10 and use this picture everywhere but they’re in reality a 3/10. what is this sorcery
first time at a real office and i’ve decided to look like one of the greatest venture backed founders of all time and a true role model - elizabeth holmes
spent an excessive amount of time with my extended family last week & asides from losing my brain cells, just baffled by how much conventionally accomplished people love social conditioning and are absolutely threatened and irked by people who got agency & free will of their own
can’t help but wonder how stressful it’d have been had i actually gone to grad school this year. on a student visa, in a different country, with the worst inflation and layoffs. but whoever did, stay strong friends 🫶
i really took classes on calculating beta of a stock in 5 ways and time series econometrics just to lose my money that i’d have loved to see jiggle jiggle
i love adulting
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two years ago today, i came back home for a week for a “short spring break” and since - graduated college, worked three jobs, wrote two research chapters, got into business schools, had a major character development, got three more ear piercings, and i’m still home…
last weekend i went to watch a movie alone and this guy who was by himself sat next to me. this could’ve been my romance novel story if i’d actually spoken to him.
the only man concerned about me is farooq bhaiyya at our office who always makes a cup of tea for me when he makes it for himself cuz i once mentioned i like tea😩
"we do not talk nearly enough about how if you have any desire to be respected for your intelligence as a woman, attractiveness quickly becomes something of an occupational hazard"
if someone sends you a song, do you listen to it so carefully and try to decode some cryptic message they might be sending (when in reality they could’ve just picked a random song that popped up on their playlist ‘cause of some algo) or are you okay?
watching hasan minhaj on the tv in my living room and mom walks by and goes “who’s he? you should get yourself a man like him.” and for once and only once i agree with her.
VC this VC that but which other job lets you speak with a diving instructor who has a PhD in vibration and acoustics who is now building in AI. oh and is a tattoo artist and a marine biologist?! oh man, what a morning!!
early twenties is such a funny time. you’re coming to terms with the concept of adulting, entertaining yourself with multiple talking phases, trying to figure what makes for a perfect wedding present, and realising you have a favourite stove top burner.
i have a new found empathy for people who make fitness their entire personality cause it is so freaking hard and if you’ve cracked it you better make it your entire goddamn personality
my nri cousin is visiting and we’re talking about her college life which sounds like a great coming of age movie while i have old monk memories from college
Arctic Monkeys announce their Asia Tour 2023. Tickets go on sale at the following times:
Hong Kong: Tickets on sale now
Singapore, Philippines and Thailand: 12th Dec @ 10am
Indonesia:19th Dec @ 2pm
Japan: 14th Jan @ 10am
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what i’d like: a normal meet cute at a cafe
what i get: meeting a guy who said - hey you have nice long arms, you should be an arm wrestler
it’s getting tough out here friends