Doppelganger

I met my doppelganger* today, and she seems pretty cool.

We stared at each other while we were lining up to get on the bus, but finally she was the one who initiated the conversation.

DG (for doppleganger): Do you know if this bus going to DC?
Me: I think so, but who knows.
DG: I'm confused.
Me: Me too. Let's just wait and see where we end up.
DG: This might seem like a weird question, but are you Bengali? You know, we just have similar, haha, you know, beautiful! features haha...(trails off in embarrassment)
Me (smiling with reassurance): No, but we ARE pretty freakin' beautiful.
(nervous, awkward laughter ensues, strangers stare at us)
(Goddamn, why am I so awkward!?)


The conversation got subsequently less and less painful after we got over the fact that looking at one another felt like looking into a mirror. Another uncanny similarity was that we have the same names, except that hers has -iya attached to the end of hers. Maybe I am Bengali??? Maybe I was adopted and we were separated at birth like Seeta Aur Geeta**?? People always said I looked too dark to be my mother's child. Who am I?


The similarities, however, ended there (as did my identity crisis), as she is Canadian, likes science, and is significantly more fashionable than I am (which is not difficult to do). 


In other news, I made some cards!

This one is for my Gma's birthday!

This is a card I made for an old friend shaped like a red blood cell. For clarification, the card is shaped like a red blood cell, not my friend. I call it Mr. Hemo, short for Mister Hemoglobin. 

You would have thought that I would have gone crazy making valentines during the blizzard, but that did not occur to me, not even once. I even forgot that V-Day existed until I walked into CVS and noticed that part of the store looked like it had been attacked by gallons of Pepto Bismol. Maybe I'll make some valentines in March. February is a short month, not enough time. 

* After writing this post, I looked up Doppelganger on Wikipedia and found out that it is believed to be an omen of death to see one's own doppelganger. I have also been dodging falling sheets of ice all weekend. I am thoroughly freaked out.

** Seeta Aur Geeta is one of my all-time favorite movies. I love love LOVE it, because Geeta is easily the most entertaining, gorgeous, and badass female character in any movie I've seen. Check out my favorite scene here (although it is in Hindi with no subtitles, it is worth your while). Disclaimer: I do not believe in violence as a solution to any problem. But damn, revenge is sweet.