The year that was, 2021 edition

I've hem'd and haw'd over writing this post for a month now. The first half of the month was convincing myself I should write this even though I was rolling my eyes at most of the "Best of 2021" sprawling my feeds, and the second half was just pure procrastination. But here I am, sitting on the floor (because the laptop battery is dead and I have reasons for not wanting to move the charger for this specific spot), trying to hammer this out before it turns midnight in my time zone so that all two of you remaining readers (because I think feedburner did something which means the 3 people who read this blog only because they got email updates no longer get email updates?) can read this. So ANYWAY, here we go, drumroll...

1. What did you do in 2021 that you’d never done before?

Got three vaccination shots for the same damn thing, y'all. And took a selfie while getting a vaccination shot.



2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

One of my favourite writers says this on her blog every year, and I've adopted it as a mantra since I first read it back in 2015 - I do not make resolutions. I make plans, and I have intentions. Because the beauty of plans and intentions is that they can evolve.

So my plans are what they are every year - try and start some sort of workout regimen, make Bengali food (actually did that this year!), write more, yadda yadda yadda. We'll see what happens.


3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

YOU GUYS. I became a PISHI to the CUTEST niece in the world (not that I'm biased at all of course). Several other friends also had babies this year, and I'm excited about them too obvs, but they were all a little overshadowed in my brain by THE CUTEST NIECE IN THE WORLD.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Miraculously, despite the trauma of the summer, I somehow made it through without losing any close loved ones to Covid. In the middle of the worst peak in India though, and a year after we lost my grandmother, her last surviving sibling left us (for unrelated reasons).


5. What places did you visit?

Other than going back to India for a month over Diwali, I managed to fit in a trip to NJ (to visit a friend) and Rhode Island in August



6. What would you like to have in 2022 that you lacked in 2021?

I'd like to bring back my annual wish for teleportation. Also the end of this damn pandemic would be nice, but I have even less hope for that one than the teleportation at this point.


7. What date from 2021 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

August 7 (it was already the 8th in India, but not where I was), because SEE #3 ABOVE.



8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

You guys. Not to brag (but I maybe I will sprinkle a bit through this post), but I kind of kicked ass at work last year. And I say this as someone who usually has the worst imposter syndrome at any given time. 



9. What was your biggest failure?

I really am the worst couch potato in the world. Should that be best? That seems weird. You guys know what I mean.


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

The weight and sugar levels reached all time highs (lows? again, you know what I mean) this year, which was a direct result of #9.


11. What was the best thing you bought?

I gave in and bought a mini air fryer, and I have zero regrets. Also that flight ticket to go see my niece and take as much as I possibly could with me.



12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

My SIL and baby brother make pretty awesome parents, y'all. 



13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and/or depressed?

I would refer you back to my response from last year, please and thank you.



14. Where did most of your money go?

You know, I really wish I knew the answer to that question.



15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

MY NIECE HOW IS THIS NOT OBVIOUS BY NOW



16. What song will always remind you of 2021?

Madhubala, because I sang it to my niece every chance I got.



17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?

Happier.



18. Thinner or fatter?

Fatter.



19. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Healthy... stuff? 



20. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Spent money



21. How will you be spending Christmas?

Went over to spend it with family friends, and had a lovely home-y family Christmas



22. Did you fall in love in 2021?

My niece counts, right?



23. How many one-night stands?

Meh



24. What was your favourite TV programme?

Ted Lasso. Hacks. Mare of Eastown. Also Miracle Workers season 2 - I'm always a year behind on this show because I refuse to get whatever premium channel it's actually on, but man that's a weird and beautiful show. Oh and Staged, which just reaffirmed my love for David Tennant (and his wife).



25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

One particular coworker, yes.



26. What was the best book you read?

The thing that I did in 2021 was I read a lot more romance authors than just Nora Roberts and Lucy Parker. Still read a lot of those two, but I ended up discovering Beth O'Leary and a few others who I love. And Olivia Dade's Spoiler Alert (plus its sequel All the Feels, although it's not as great) is the funniest steamy romance in ages, especially if you're a GoT fan (that makes sense when you read the book, I promise).

And then, I watched Shadow and Bone in April (which we'll get into a LOT more in #35 below), and it got me interested in the Grishaverse. And since the fandom was generally agreed that the originally book trilogy is not that great compared to the subsequent two duologies, I went with those. Read Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom during my August vacation, and King of Scars/Rule of Wolves while in India. So much fun.



27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Two pieces of music got me through this year, and one wasn't really a discovery. At the height of India's peak last summer, I had turned to the sarod theme from Piku to calm me down (which is weird because instrumentals usually aren't my thing). A friend who had seen my tweet about this very helpfully found and shared the 28-minute looped version of this, and I'm not kidding when I say that piece got me through the summer. 

And then some time in July friend of the blog @IreneIdler sent the Taish soundtrack my way which I promptly got obsessed with too, and spent the rest of the year alternating with the Piku instrumental. 

28. What did you want and get?

A niece. Vaccinations. A promotion. Time with family and friends. Two fantastic credit card sign up bonuses. The thing about 2021 is that if you take away the pandemic of it all, it really was a fabulous year for me personally.



29. What did you want and not get?

Other than the teleportation deal? Will power maybe.



30. What was your favourite film of this year?

I finally saw (was forced into watching) Gully Boy on Diwali, and yes it is excellent. I quite loved both Shang Chi and Eternals, but haters gonna hate. Oh and The Farewell was gorgeously and funnily heartbreaking. Don't Look Up was fun too.



31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Other than a breakfast video call with the parents and a lunchtime video call with the gal pals, I interviewed for the promotion I knew I was going to get. *insert sunglass wearing emoji here*



32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

This pandemic going away and letting me actually make some plans.



33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2021?

I have decided joggers might be my thing more than leggings - at least for home and travel. Leggings will definitely be replacing trousers if I ever go back into the office.



34. What kept you sane?

Whatsapp calls



35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Hee. Aforementioned friend of the blog can commence the eye rolling now. HUGE crush was developed on Ben Barnes while watching Shadow and Bone, and since I went into that show not knowing anything about it, I was devastated by his character's arc. 

But oof, that man. This scene.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

The lack of oxygen in India, maybe? Frankly, I switched off a bit this year. Awful of me, but once Biden won in Amreeka and Didi won in Bengal, I needed the break. So I skimmed headlines, and got a bit mad from time to time, but didn't go deep into anything. UP elections are coming up, followed by the midterms, so I guess it's time to wake up a bit again.



37. Who did you miss?

Family and friends, always. Leaving is never easy, because all the time in the world is never enough time, and it feels like it gets harder every time.



38. Who was the best new person you met?

MY NIECE.



39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2021.

I am really, really dependent on the Metaverse to keep in touch with loved ones. That one day without whatsapp and instagram drove me absolutely insane.



40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

Why is this always the question I get stumped by every single year?

If ever there was a year to review...

The last time I did my annual flashback post, it was because Friend of the Blog Who Now Goes By a New Name I Cannot Remember had texted me on Jan 2 to ask me about it. 2020 was the kind of year where she texted me about it on December 12. 

In hindsight, not doing this post for 2019, which by my standards, was a very eventful year, but doing it for the batshit craziness that was 2020 seems in keeping with both the batshit craziness of 2020 and the complete erraticness of this blog in general. Ergo, drumroll...

1. What did you do in 2020 that you’d never done before?

I mean, where does one begin? Attended weddings and funerals virtually? Collected unemployment? Lived through a pandemic? Did not see anyone other than my parents for nearly two months (or was it three)? Made apple cider from scratch?


2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I honestly don't remember if I made any last year. Of the ones I make almost every year - I did cook more, and I actually did cook more Bengali food this year. Which is to say I made four Bengali dishes, one of which I was asked to make a few more times.

Technically I wrote about the same amount I did in 2019, but most of it was on yet another blog I started, meant to be more journal-ly, and which (shocker) I didn't follow through with after less then two months.


3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Nope.


4. Did anyone close to you die?

Yes. 


5. What places did you visit?

LOL. 

An overnight work trip to NYC. Then in March, the Doha and Delhi airports, two days in Kolkata, and then ten months in Gurugram.



6. What would you like to have in 2021 that you lacked in 2020?

Umm. 



7. What date from 2020 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

The week of March 7-13 March is pretty well etched in my brain, since it's when both the world and things in my life began to explode. As is May 25.

November 7 was pretty memorable too.


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Getting through ten months of living with my parents without them killing me for being a brat.



9. What was your biggest failure?

Turning into a brat once it was clear I was back in my parents' home for the foreseeable future.



10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Well I had a bad fever as soon as I landed in India which led to me being quarantined for a week just in case it was anything more than just a fever. 

And then I burned my arm the day after the US elections, which was fun too.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Listen, most of my purchases this year have been clothes so that I had things to wear beyond the ten days' worth of clothes I had brought with me.


12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

Allow me to be cheesy here and say all the frontline workers across the world who are goddamn heroes. And I absolutely include all delivery folks in that category.


13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and/or depressed?

I mean, I'm so sick of the two political parties that are currently governing the two countries I call home that my answer to this question almost never changes.


14. Where did most of your money go?

Well, I was furloughed for six months this year, so it's more a question of not having much money to begin with.


15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

The original agenda for my March visit was pretty damn exciting, none of which happened obvs.



16. What song will always remind you of 2020?

I can't think of anything.



17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?

I honestly don't know. It's been a tough year, but it could have been so much worse. So neither, really, I think.

Whenever I have felt like things are getting too much, I've almost immediately also felt a tremendous amount of guilt. So many others had had it so much worse that whining about the relatively minor annoyances has made me just feel guilty.

18. Thinner or fatter?

Thinner. Turns out having ghar ka khana regularly, made from scratch instead of from canned or frozen goods, is good for you?



19. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Improved my mind. Written.



20. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Bickered. Been a brat.



21. How will you be spending Christmas?

I spent it wearing red nail polish and my Christmas earrings, sulking because I couldn't do any of my usual Christmas food and drink traditions, and drinking spiced apple cider that I made from scratch.



22. Did you fall in love in 2020?

We were in a freaking pandemic, you guys.



23. How many one-night stands?

See #22 above.



24. What was your favourite TV programme?

Technically I watched most of Schitt's Creek in 2019, but I didn't do this post last year, and I watched Season 6 in 2020, so I'm going to include this. 

Both seasons of Dead to Me were fantastic, as was Criminal (UK). I also finally got around to watching Made in Heaven, and absolutely loved it. 

Avenue 5 and Season 1 of Miracle Workers were also really funny.



25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

You know, surprisingly, I don't think so.


26. What was the best book you read?

I think I read, like, five books that weren't Nora Roberts or Lucy Parker or the Bridgerton books which were sent to me the day after Christmas and which I spent the last week of the year going through (and liked more than the show, even though the show was hilariously delicious).

AnyWAY, among those five books were the first two books by Gytha Lodge, which I raced through in less than a week, and ended up pre-ordering the third book due out this year as well.



27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Somehow, I had only ever seen one video from the A R Rahman concert that Berklee College put on in 2014. The entire playlist was discovered somewhere at the beginning of lockdown, and I spent more than a month constantly playing it on loop.



28. What did you want and get?

Usually, my mental answer to #29 is more time in India, more time with family. That certainly happened in 2020!



29. What did you want and not get?

I dunno, freedom of movement?



30. What was your favourite film of this year?

The one good thing about 2020 is that I actually watched movies that weren't MCU releases. And so there were a lot of favourites. 

Just Mercy.

Bareilly ki Barfi (I know, I know, but I just hadn't gotten around to it)

Chintu ka Birthday. Axone. House Arrest. Choked. Raat Akeli Hain. Gunjan Saxena.

Soul.

But I think Ludo and Cargo were really my top two of the year.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I spent it in quarantine, in my old bedroom, getting to see no one other than my poor dad who had to put up with my whininess.



32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Not getting furloughed. Being able to drive, even if I wasn't going anywhere.



33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2020?

Go to myntra.com --> find cheapest items that fit my criteria and can be returned if they don't fit --> buy



34. What kept you sane?

Knowing that if anything did happen to my family through this pandemic, I was here, with them.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Huge crush was developed on Varun Grover in early 2020. Pretty sure some friends muted my texts because of this.



36. What political issue stirred you the most?

December 2019/Spring of 2020 was spent fuming over the CAA in India. Summer and fall were spent obsessing over the US elections.



37. Who did you miss?

I was with the people I'm usually missing =)



38. Who was the best new person you met?

Did I even meet anyone new?



39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2020.

I think this year really clarified the people who are important to me, and who I'm important to. Keeping in touch during a pandemic does that, I think

I've really, really gotten used to living alone.

All I really need in life is a couch, Wifi, and an Android device.



40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

Is there a song that can sum up 2020?

On 2018: the year in review

I woke up on January 2 to a text from Friend of the Blog**, @mayavie, asking if we are doing, and I quote, "the 2018 round up blog post or what?" It's taken me a week, but it looks like we are.

Let me just begin by saying 2018 was a very strange year, even by strange year standards. It oscillated between being fantastic and awful in ways that truly did make my head spin at times. The highs were among the best times of my life, some of the lows came close to being among the worst.

I was complaining about the oscillation to my father one day, some months ago, and he laughingly said maybe I needed the lows to balance out the highs. Maybe I did, but not to this extent.

I didn't write last year. I tried, at least for the first 2-3 months of the year, but after that, just stopped. My drafts section is currently half a dozen barely started ramblings, and for some of them, I can't even remember what the point was supposed to be. And that to me, feels stranger than a lot of other things, because in the past, being upset has usually been a trigger to write. I still think some of my best posts have been when I have been completely worked up and hammered out a furious tirade. But this year, barring one or two occasions, I couldn't find the energy to vent on this blog. Partially because, I think, I wasn't angry as much as just... upset. But still.

But this annual round up is warranted, I think. If nothing else, it gives me the chance to reflect. So, here we go.


1. What did you do in 2018 that you’d never done before?

Visited three new countries.

Developed allergies to things I have been fine with all my life.

Oh, and I got my Green Card.


2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I did not keep either of the goals I listed in last year's round up. Ideally, this year, I would like to double down on both of them. I'd also like to start eating healthier, and cook more.


3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

I feel like someone did, but for the life of me I can't remember who.


4. Did anyone close to you die?

No one close to me, no.


5. What places did you visit?

Ah, the fun one, and honestly, what gave me the highs of this year. Let's do this by month, shall we? And let's have a little drumroll first:
January - New York, for work
February - Zilch, because I was ramping up for March
March - Chicago, for work; NEW ZEALAND, very much NOT for work; and then Ohio, but really Kentucky, for work again; and then technically I guess Germany was also in March because I went over Easter weekend
April - Milwaukee and Chicago, this time to prove my love for one of the gal pals given that it was 27 C/80 F where I live, and below freezing where she was visiting family (#notbitteratall); back to school for my five year reunion for B-school
May - Jacksonville, FL, for work; New York, again, for work; Chicago, over Memorial Day weekend, because the mother was visiting me to help with my meltdown over my allergies, and the brother got sent to Chicago for a project, and we ended up having a lovely little weekend despite everything
June - Weekend trip to Bozeman, MT, to drive to Yellowstone and Grand Teton, which means I knocked Wyoming off my list as well; Philadelphia and Wilmington, DE, for work. Which means I knocked FOUR new states in less than a week, which is something that excited me tremendously
July - Prague, Santorini, and Greece - two new countries for me, and a trip that for the second time in the year truly made me feel blessed to have the life I do, if I was the kind of person who ever felt blessed. On my return, Tucson, AZ, for work, but since this was my fifth new state of the year, I went in early and spent the weekend driving around. And then Jacksonville, FL, again, for work.
August - Charleston, SC, for work. But while this wasn't a new state, it was a new city for me, and one that had been on my list for a while, so again, I decided to stay back for the weekend this time, and explore.
September - The brother was sent to Amreeka for another project, this time to the Bay Area. So I went to visit him one weekend, and fitted in a friend's housewarming, and dinner with yet another friend. So much socializing from me - who'da thunk.
October - I had planned a day trip to Houston for a visa interview, but then headed to Charlotte where meetings had got tacked on for the day after, all while a tropical storm and/or hurricane was expected through these places, so that was a fun week. One trip back to New York for work, and then another to LA for work.
November - India, for Diwali, where I went to Kolkata after two years, and then home for the rest of the trip.
December - S came to stay with me for ten days over the holidays, and we did one weekend trip to San Antonio, and a road trip to Louisiana, which included, but is not limited to: a tour of the Tabasco factory, a couple of days in New Orleans, a speeding ticket, running out of gas and having to call AAA in the middle of nowhere, multiple hotel mishaps, and lots of fried chicken and Bloody Maries***.


6. What would you like to have in 2019 that you lacked in 2018?

Less oscillation.


7. What date from 2018 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

February 14
March 11 and 12 - my birthday, and the next day; See #31 below
The May trip to New York, while a patch test to detect allergies was all over my back
July 7 - the day I stood in front of the Acropolis in Athens
November 5-9 - the mother's birthday, Chhoti Diwali, Diwali, and Bhai phonta - all spent with my entire family, at home, after seven long years


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Other than the amount of travel I got in? The green card, I guess. Only time in my life I've had reason to be grateful to the mother being stubborn and refusing to go back to India to give birth to me.
Professionally, while this year sucked in many, many ways, we also had a biggish product launch in July that I had led, lived and breathed for the previous 18 months. And while I may not feel like I got the credit I deserved for the launch, I was and am incredibly proud of that product.


9. What was your biggest failure?

Not finding a new job. I was tempted to say the same as last year, but that's not entirely accurate, since I did get out of my limbo somewhat, albeit not enough.


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Yes.
Exhibit A: May
Exhibit B: July


11. What was the best thing you bought?

My Instant Pot. Also the Ello camper's mug that I seem to have become an unpaid brand ambassador for over the past week.


12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

My parents, for listening to me whine about the year, rolling their eyes about my whining, but being there through it all.
All the women who have come forward this year, with stories of harassment, abuse, and trauma. The women who have named names, and just been so very brave.


13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and/or depressed?

Have you seen the news this year?


14. Where did most of your money go?

On travel, which is not a terrible way to spend money, but would have been nice if I had realised just how frickin' expensive New Zealand is. Also on electronics that we shall not talk about.


15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

The three big trips.


16. What song will always remind you of 2018?

I don't think there is one, unless I should rattle off a bunch of Coke Studio songs simply by virtue of how many times I listened to them this year.


17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?

Neither, honestly. Just... low. Which I suppose means sadder. But I don't feel that's fair, because there were good things that happened in 2018. So I don't know. I'm just going to stop rambling now, and say... neither.


18. Thinner or fatter?

Fatter.


19. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Cooked. Said no to people. Looked for a job.


20. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Literally the same thing as last year - sat on the couch.


21. How will you be spending Christmas?

Spent it exchanging gifts with S, went out to have pani puri so I could inaugurate the gol gappa themed t-shirt she gifted me, and then having chicken pot pie for dinner. Chicken pot pie from a ready-to-eat meals store/restaurant here is my go-to meal for any Thanksgiving and Christmas that I am staying in, and as it now turns out, S's favourite thing for NYE as well.


22. Did you fall in love in 2018?

No. Ain't got no time for that.


23. How many one-night stands?

My answer hasn't changed from last year.


24. What was your favourite TV programme?

I actually stopped watching TV very much this year. I think there was a two month period when I didn't switch on my TV at all, which by my standards is just strange on another level altogether. But I finally watched all two seasons of The Crown, finished the last season of Broadchurch, and thoroughly enjoyed the second season of What the Folks, which is a web series on YouTube all of you should be watching.


25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

No one new that I can think of. My hatred for a specific coworker may have intensified further, due to said coworker being a complete and utter douchebag.


26. What was the best book you read?

I read literally nothing other than Nora Roberts this year, and I have decided to stop feeling guilty about this. I don't like it, but I think it's time to stop pretending I am a reader, and accept the fact that I suffer from Tsundoku, which is a word I learned recently from the blog of someone I am very glad has started blogging more regularly off late.


27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

I really didn't listen to anything other than Coke Studio Pakistan this year.


28. What did you want and get?

Travel.


29. What did you want and not get?

A new job. An allergy that wouldn't have impacted my life the way this one did. Couldn't I have been allergic to, I dunno, alligator meat instead of shellfish?


30. What was your favourite film of this year?

I enjoyed all the MCU movies this year, although I need April 2019 to get here fast. I also thoroughly enjoyed Netflix's two romcoms - To All The Boys I've loved Before, and Set it Up.
Also, from Bollywood, Raazi, Stree and Andhadhun were all fantastic.
I had complicated thoughts about Crazy Rich Asians and Veere di Wedding, but got around to writing about only one of them.


31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

First of all, I declared two days of it-is-my-birthday this year, because we were in New Zealand, and let's face it, the next day was when most of my friends were wishing me anyway.
The day itself was spent winery hopping, and the next day was spent in Hobbiton. And it was FABULOUS.
I turned a year older than last year, thank you for asking.


32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

It's hard to name one thing this year, you guys, it really is.


33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2018?

I doubled down on the notion that if something I found is working for me, I will buy it in every colour available. This is especially true of, but not limited to, shoes and tops.


34. What kept you sane?

My family and friends. One of the best things about this year was that way more loved ones from back home came to visit Amreeka. One of the gal pals visited her family, the brother got sent on projects twice, S came to stay with me, and of course, the mother, when I needed her. And the reunion this year also gave a lot of feels.
Given how worked up I also was about politics this year, all the podcasts I listen to also helped.


35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

This answer has also not changed from last year. Seth Meyers is one of two men in American television I still hold out hope for, and will be crushed if this has to change.
But I will add to it by saying, I started following a lot of desi comedians who I actually enjoy and don't just follow for twitter jokes, both in India and the US - Kunal Kamra, Hari Kondabolu, Hasan Minhaj, and Kiran Deol - who admittedly I know of only via the Hysteria podcast, which is fantastic and something I did not realise I needed before it started.


36. What political issue stirred you the most?

What didn't?
The Parkland shooting happened on February 14, and I heard about it after getting home from what was already a very traumatic day for me. But what gave me hope over the months that followed was the way those kids, those survivors, responded. I went to a March for Our Lives march this year, and came away thinking the kids will be alright, because they've got this.
The 2018 mid-term elections were also something that I was following closely. I didn't get involved the way I would have liked, for a variety of reasons, but I was following. And that is something I also need to introspect on at some time.


37. Who did you miss?

It's always friends and family, but one of the good things about this year was that I did get more of them than I have in recent years.


38. Who was the best new person you met?

I didn't really meet too many new people this year. It's hard enough being social with people I like; I don't expand my social circle very often.


39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2018.

Reach out.


40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

I honestly can't think of anything.


** I am doubling down on this phrase as well, yes.
*** What is the plural of Bloody Mary? Bloody Maries? Bloody Marys? I don't like the drink, people, I don't know what the plural is.