The Best Friend Survey : Valentine's Edition.
For best friends, by best friends.

1) What does Valentine's Day mean to you?
since i'm still filing my taxes as "single" - valentine's doesn't mean much to me at all. it seems like a couples-only deal y'know. but it is a sweet way to give your friends cheesey things and/or commiserate with them about how stupid this day is. if i had an awesome relationship though, this day might be exciting. until then, everyone will know i care with a power-ranger valentine. and since i'm lazy and didn't get any valentines - i may just blow everyone a kiss.

2) Who do you think Cupid really is?
ok seriously, let's think about this. does anyone else think it's weird that love and war are commonly used to relate to each other? people go hunting with guns and bows and arrows to dominate and end-the-life-of another living creature - either for self-preservation or just for fun. oh wait, i just described a situation that many people find themselves in, in their love lives. ha, silly me. you are either hunted or the hunter. and i think cupid is a blind, drunk, pansy. why is he using arrows in the first place? ok, i need to stop now. i see there's still more questions to answer. =)

3) What do you wish could happen on this day?
i'd LOVE to win the lottery. that money could keep me nice and warm. or, it'd be awesome for like, a random hot guy to smile at me at work or something. enough to send me to cheezdom, and i'd roll back to my desk because i had instantly morphed into a cheese log.

4) Who is your best friend?
Mital Patellllllll..... aka Mystal, Mitalben Laden, Mitz, Meeti, Patallion Stallion, Moodle, Metal, "Mital in the Middle but she got much Back! wa-pshht!!!" and the white people call her Mit Pit.

5) What do you love about them?
uh, everything. she's one of the only people in my life to see me at my worst and helped bring me to my best. she's always strong and mature - though she cries like a little girl once in a while, often. i love listening to her and hearing words come out of her mouth, most of which i never imagine coming out of her mouth. i think that's it - she can be fun anytime anywhere, full of surprises - and keeps the drama at bay with me.


6) What's the funniest thing they do or say?
again, EVERYTHING. well, except for our mindbending heartwrenching serious talks - well - we even laugh through those too. ok, the funniest thing was said in college - in response to, "hey mital, do you masturbate?" and she raises her eyebrows, busts out the indian hand-motions, and says, "Who Doesn't?!"

7) What's one of their quirky habits?
i love how when i start singing a song, she starts singing along too - but 90% of the time, she doesn't know the song or the words, so she either echoes the little part i sang, or completely adds some new words to it and makes it her "own" song. it cracks me up, every single time. but it's cool too when she does know what i'm singing and we're nerds and sing it together. that's happened more often lately, since i've been listening to that darn justin timbersmack.

8) How much time do you spend with this person?
well, since she lives in dallas, i haven't gotten to spend much time with her. but we talk on the phone at least 5 days out of the week. 3 out of 5 times it's over an hour long. maybe i'm exaggerating, but that has actually happened at least 2 weeks in a row.

9) What is your best memory with this person?
there's so many it's hard to choose. i'm gonna say going to Disneyworld was amazing. i'm glad i got to experience the happiest place in the world with my best friend.

10) How long have you been friends?
i met her during Buff Branding - and that was August of 2000. so this coming August, it will be 7 years. oooooo! that calls fo a CELEBRAYSHIONE!

11) What was your first impression?
We were at college orientation, and the girl that was in the Commuter's class with me said, hey, come meet my buff branding group. and we walk up to a giant group of kids, and that girl walks straight up to a short indian girl - and my mouth drops open and i'm like,"Are you Indian? cuz I'M PAKISTANI!" lol, it was so friggin cheesey. i knew i wanted to be friends with her the second i met her, and i felt like maybe college wasn't going to be so bad. she was open, and friendly, smiled and shook my hand - everything they want you to be like in speech class. she listened to me and i made her laugh, so i was glad. i knew we were going to be friends the moment we met.

12) Describe your best friend's best dance moves.
oh em gee. mital. can. break. it. down. i mean, i keep some contractor's phone numbers in my phone cuz the last time we went out, she tore the roof off, and the clubowners got mad and wanted it rebuilt. i dunno how she moves it, but i fo daim sho can't move it like her. i know, because i try, and i fail, miserably. and that's just for booty music. i took her raving with me a few times. it's not her thing, but she would dance and get into it. the last jungle party we went to in lubbock, she just started moving and made up her own moves, and they were RAD! i was totally impressed. she's a total blast to go anywhere with.

13) Who do you think would be your best friend's perfect man?
Definitely a Christian man. someone with a strong heart and faith that runs deep, and keeps God first in his life. he would have a strong prayerlife - as he would have to be strong enough to pray over her and their children, and be a family man who loves his Bible. he should be smart, and know how to handle money. he would have to be sweet, and make her laugh. gosh, he's a goner if he can't make her laugh. he'd have to make her feel good about herself, and encourage her - and perhaps they'd both share a love for missions and traveling. he has to love her the way he loves himself.

14) If your best friend could be a candy heart, what would it say?
Everyone Loves Me
(what? everyone does... lol *jab jab)

so here it is my dear friend - you warmed my heart by asking me to be your valentine, so i thought we'd be cheesey and do this. you understand me on so many different levels, and ya never judge me. no one on this earth can take the space you have in my heart.
i love you. Happy Valentine's Day girlie!
Read her survey.

I went to the chiropracter for the very first time in my life this morning. she's a peppy, sweet, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, ex-cheerleader. we laughed through the entire session.

hey mom, me and mital, we changed the words of Fergalicious to "Desi-licious".
it's like, i make the daal HOT-HOT
Ganesh my witness - (and there's an elephant noise in the background)

who is Ganesh?

the elephant-headed one - the blue elephant.

which one have monkey-head and all the arms?

mom! you can't go around saying they have monkey-headed gods!
and i think it's shiva. yes, shiva is blue with all the arms.
...one time, i saw shiva in one of my dreams when i was in college.

oh, what did he say?
Clean your room?