Obsessions and Christmas and Over-priced Textbooks.

Since I'm on break, I'm on Imgur all the time. And I feel like I missed out on something, some tiny little detail. Selfies! And I was like waiittttt, when did Imgur become Facebook, or Instagram? All these pretty girls with pretty eyes and pretty hair and pretty makeup and I've just been sitting here in my PJs all day long. Merry Christmas? Heh.

My obsession with Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Divergent and Game of Thrones is getting slightly out of hand. No wait, make that a little more than slightly out of hand. I cried through Mockingjay, because I knew what was going to happen, since I have managed to read the entire series multiple times in the past year or so. I have also finished each season of Game of Thrones in a day each. Of course, that doesn't count the books. And agh I can't wait for the Divergent movie to come out! My obsession with books has increased tenfold since I got a new Kindle. I hunt for names of books and put them on my Kindle. I then proceed to read them like I have never read a book before.

Although I prefer to think that I took my obsession to a completely different level when I was gifted a $50 Amazon gift card! Imagine all the hunger games pins and deathly hallows charms and Ravenclaw Scarf and GoT mini-statues I could buy!! So I started shopping and I managed to find a ton of stuff I could get, including the second and the third Harry Potter hardcover with the American illustration. Then I go to my winter class. The textbook is a whopping $180. Me being me, I refuse to spend that kind of money to buy a textbook. I looked for it in the school library. Nope. I looked for it in the inter-library borrowing system thing. Nope. Internet. Nope. Amazon, yes. The Kindle edition cost 50 dollars and 33 cents, to be precise, to RENT, which makes buying the actual book a completely different matter. Clearly, Pearson is not aware of the concept that college students are supposed to be broke. Well neither are all those companies that make college apparel, since the cheapest Rutgers hoodie I can find is $35. But really though, I ended up spending all that money on the e-book rental. Such is my life.

All I wanted for Christmas was a mockingjay pin, a deathly hallows necklace, a mockingjay + deathly hallows decal, the second and the third Harry Potter books, a mini Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen, A Lord Voldemort tank top, a golden snitch necklace, a couple of boxes of Bertie Bott's every flavour jelly beans, a Ravenclaw scarf, a deathly hallows, snitch and owl leather bracelet, but nope, not you.

Also the Red Wedding episode was HORRIBLE. But I know what happens after that. Ehahahaha! But I am going to be nice and not spoil it! But I was on an ebook roll today and I found some amazing books. Although since the time I got the Kindle (Which is not even an entire month), I have managed to pick up the most depressing books ever, even if they were extremely well written and I loved them. I finished the books and felt sad! That's like every Game of Thrones Episode ever. Just putting it out there that Rains of Castamere is the best thing ever right now.

I am still accepting Christmas Gifts. Just saying.

My super late Thanksgiving appreciation post

I am not someone who appreciates people around her enough. I am as bad at giving out compliments as I am at dealing with compliments given to me. But it's Thanksgiving, and I currently reside in a country which celebrates this festival with food, family and an insane amount of shopping. You can't help but get into the holiday spirit.
Although this is super late, I am thankful for my parents. My parents are pretty darn awesome, sending me this far and letting me study what I want and sending me food all the time! If it wasn't for them , I wouldn't be here. Duh. Also my sister, I have been fighting with her some 22 years now, but only I get to do that and that doesn't make her any less awesome.
And I am thankful for sugar and caffeine. Two things that keep me going during finals week.Along with my roommate. We nag each other to study, which is a very effective study strategy. Also my friends, you know who you are, for being complete idiots, just like me.
I am thankful for being born a girl, in a family where I was never told I couldn't do it because I was a girl. I am thankful for having the culture and traditions I grew up with. Where do you think my awesome Kathiawadi accent comes from? Which has me pronouncing Africa in a real funny way, but I like it! It is a reminder of where I come from, who I am, and where will I go back to. Never ever forget where you come from.
I am also thankful for the amazing people I have met at Rutgers, the people I have worked with and am working with. My Rutgers experience wouldn't have been the same without all of you!
I am definitely not thankful I have to give a ton of finals in the next couple of weeks. But you gotta do what you gotta do, which unfortunately includes exams and papers.

I am also super super thankful for the new kindle! This should help me get started on the 100 or so books on my to-read list.