Hey everyone! I'm Kavitha, and I'm a first-year at the University of Chicago, a pre-med biology major. When I'm not studying, I play the flute, watch movies, read, and lead a boring but generally safe life (during the day, anyway...).
About me:
I like to listen to music (Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Madonna), play tennis (my season stats were 10-2 ... oops, I mean, 0-2), and enrich my mind. I collect quotes (visit my quotes page.), and I love comic strips, especially Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, and FoxTrot. And I love the TV show Friends - yay for Ross and Rachel!
Books I Like:
1984 - George Orwell
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Midsummer Night's Dream - Shakespeare
Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Pigs in Heaven - Barbara Kingsolver
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Beloved - Toni Morisson
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
The Blues Brothers
Gattaca
Good Will Hunting
Almost Famous
The Wedding Singer
Shrek
Rain Man
A Few Good Men
Mulan
Bend It Like Beckham
Monsoon Wedding
Legally Blonde
O
Tommy Boy
And just to make you smile:
Librarian: Please be quiet. The people next to you can't read.
Boy: What a shame! I've been reading since I was six.
Funny Things
Are you child of the 80s? I am:You Are a Child of the 80's If...
Snap bracelets were always getting you in trouble at school.
You played with "My Little Ponies".
You've ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club, or Sweet Valley High.
You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".
You remember the New Kids On The Block.
You wanted to be on Star Search.
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before he had plastic surgery.
You wore one of those T-shirt rings or a scrunchi on one side of your shirt during your youth.
You had puff-painted or tye-dyed your own shirt at least once.
Cabbage Patch Kids!
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off"
You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power, and He-Man canceled.
You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours, back when they were new episodes.
You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
You even wore flourescent-neon clothing...
You could breakdance, or wished you could.
You remember M.C. Hammer, before he was a preacher.
You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
You can recite the theme to Duck tales
You own any cassettes.
You owned a pair of L.A. Gear, Keds, or Converse tennis shoes.
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunch box.
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
Gummy Bears, Transformers, You can't do that on Television, Looney Toons, KIDS Incorporated, Captain Kangaroo, Jem, Double Dare, and Hey Dude are familiar to you.
You ever had a Swatch Watch or a Doonie and Burke
You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the "Care Bear Stare".
You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos. (you know it! ;)
You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
You spent hours in the basement building and re-building Lego cities
Do Polly Pockets or Popples ring a bell?
Big wheels and bicycles with streamers were the way to go.
With your playschool record player you sang back up to Debbie Gibson.
"Party like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!!
You stayed up all night listening to Teddy Rupskin
Can we say Trapper Keeper?
Can you tell you how to get to Sesame Street?
You wanted to be on the GLADIATORS!!!
You owned an Indiana Jones hat
You loved your pink jeans, black stretch pants and big loop earrings.
You wanted to pick a lock with a toothbrush just like MacGyver.
You wanted to travel through time on Quantum Leap
You've actually used an Apple IIe
You remember when roller blades were the new thing
You learned how to spell "mouse" from the Mickey Mouse Club theme song.
You used to wear bright pink slip-ons and jelly shoes
You were scared of the Gremlins
You remember when Ren and Stimpy was a new show
Your parents wouldn't let you watch The Simpsons because it was inappropriate.
The Wonder Years was a part of your daily lifestyle
You had Hotwheel races down your street during the block party
You remember when MTV was all about Rock Hard videos and BIG hair (first aired in 1981!!!)
Pee Wee's Play House... Rainbow Brite... Fanny Packs (need I say more...:)
You can remember when you're "Kid Sister, Kid Sister" seemed so tall...
You kept your hot pink lipstick in a caboodle?
You still remember how many trolls you had.
"Heroes in a half shell" means anything to you (TURTLE POWER).
Everything was rad, totally awesome, and tubular!!!
You remember when the original Nintendo was the best $100 you could spend?
You remember when there was no Barney (and the world was a better place for it)
You remember when the Ghost Busters were the ones to "call".
You remember a time before the internet.
“Muppet (muppet, muppet, muppet) Babies!!!!"
You had a sticker book.
If you can identify with at least half of these, you are a child of the 80's!! Send this to everyone who would appreciate going back to this era. You can't forget my buddy and pogo balls or skip it... the list goes on and on! Add to the list if you want, but make sure to keep it going on
Thank God for nerdy pick-up lines:
Top Ten Worst Pick Up Lines at MIT
10)Do you really think I'm as sexy as Mr. Spock?
9)I think the electricity between you and me is throwing off the experiment.
8)I like your Maxwell's Equations t-shirt. I'd like it even better on my bedroom floor.
7)I'll see what I can do about your grade. (TA's only)
6)You know what they say about the size of man's calculator.
5)I make excellent use of my hard drive.
4)I hear the junior physics laboratory is gorgeous by moonlight.
3)I always carry protection--You never know when a pen might leak.
2)Hey baby, what's your sine?
1)I don't need your number, I'll just finger you later.
Here's a little intellectual humor for all you chemistry buffs:
Boyle's Law in Regards to Hell
This was an "Actual Question" given on a University of Washington chemistry midterm: "Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with proof." Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant. The top student, however, wrote the following:
"First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for temperature and the pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added. This gives two possibilities: 1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose. 2. Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms Therese Banyan during my Freshman year, "That it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in that area, then (2) cannot be true, and so Hell is exothermic."
These Are a Few of My Favorite Links
Dave Barry Quotes.
Dave Barry is very, very funny. Kinda like me.
Greatest Films.
This site provides many lists of great movies, inluding the top 100 movies ever made and Academy Award winners.
People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
The PETA organization speaks out against animal cruelty. There are many ways you can help: avoid wearing animal products and attending functions that exploits animals (circuses), support companies that don't test on animals, boycott companies that do, and consider a vegetarian lifestyle.
Funny Forwards.
Who doesn't like a funny e-mail or two?
Great Books.
I'm a HUGE supporter of the Great Books curriculum. Check it out.
Stanford Medical School.
In the fall of 2006, I hope to be here.
J.Crew.
Gap.
American Eagle.
My favorite places to shop.
Indian Names.
I'm Indian, and though I don't like Indian food too much, I do love Indian names.
News of the Weird.
Some people are really weird. Read real news articles about the stupid things they do.
Big Tymers Lyrics: Still Fly.
The funnest song ever (except for maybe "Wayne Gretzky" by Goldfinger).
My Favorite Scene from Anne of Green Gables.
AAAGHHHH!! I obsessively love you, Gilbert Blythe! I love you, I love you, I love you! I want to be your wife, even though you're only a character in a book and not a real person. I can't live without you! Marry ME, not her!
Cosmo.
Trashy? Yes. Dirty? Yes. Crazy? Yes. Entertaining? Oh Yes.
Winston's Ultimate Dachshund Links.
Dachshunds are UNDOUBTEDLY the cutest dogs ever. It's a known scientific fact.
VH1's One Hundred Greatest.
Very cool site to check out if you're sick of the junk on pop radio nowadays.
The University of Chicago.
I go to school here, the place where "fun comes to die," and I love it. Yay for UofC!!
Quotes
And now for some words of wisdom:“Whoa-whoa, that-that was just a theory! There’s a lot of theories that didn’t pan out. The lone gunman. Communism. Geometry.”
- Joey from "Friends"
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
- Calvin from "Calvin and Hobbes"
“Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'is life a multiple choice test or is ita true or false test?' Then a voice comes to me out of the dark, and says, 'We hate to tell you this, but life is a thousand word essay.'"
- Charlie Brown from "Peanuts"
"Mr. Madison. What you've just said....is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
- Billy Madison
Homer: Oh, and how is "education" supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and I forgot how to drive?
Marge: That's because you were drunk!
“How do you know that my dimwitted inexperience isn't merely a subtle form of manipulation, used to lower people's expectations, thereby enhancing my ability to effectively manuever within any given situation?”
– Dewey, Scream 2
Like quotes? Visit my amazing quotes page.
Yes, Kavitha is an interesting name. Read what the Kabalarian Philosophy home had to say about it:
Your first name of Kavitha has given you a very friendly, likeable nature, and you could excel in artistic, dramatic, and musical expression. With this name, you desire the finer things in life, but you do not always have the resolve and vitality to put forth the effort necessary to fulfil your desires. Your emotional feelings are easily aroused and you will always be involved in other people's problems as a result of your overly sympathetic nature. You have many disappointments as a result of extending a helping hand to others in need, and then not receiving any acknowledgement or reciprocation for your generosity. After each experience, you have to guard against feelings of despondency and self-pity. You have lofty goals and high ideals, but must incorporate more practicality, system, and concentration in order to materialize them.
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Last updated on March 29, 2003 at 9:42 P.M. EST.
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