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I am not particularly gifted at designing. Neither do I know how to mix concealer so that it perfectly complements my skin tone. Therefore, designing my blog so that it was mildly appealing took me three weeks. My Twitter page wasn't much easier.

Why must everything be customized? Why can't it already be made, and then I get to choose from the array of options? How do I know what is best? Why are there so many fonts? Is this the "making it easy for the consumer" bit that marketers love harping on about?

I have a hard time deciding what to eat. Different color combinations are way beyond my decision-making abilities. Hopefully someone will notice how bad I am at this and customize my stuff for me. And while you're at it, tell me what to get for lunch.

This is from her blog, "indexed."
It's titled, "Who Can Take Care of Everything?"
Thank goodness someone still has a sense of humor.

Starting a blog is terrifically scary. Well, at least for me. I'm one of those writers that doesn't want to be read. So, one day I decided to be brave and chronicle my life in New York City. I can't claim to know it more than anybody else, but I can claim that I have a unique perspective - that of the middle class, single Indian girl. I should probably begin by saying how I got here.

I came to NY in 2006 because as my father put it, I had made a mess of my life. Unfortunately, he was right. When I left high school, I had "potential." It pretty much went downhill from there. I was indifferent to college, cutting classes and never studying. After I was finally done, I found myself wondering what to make of my life. My parents were sick of my dithering and decided to send me to NY, where my sister lived. So I gave my GRE's, got into a college, applied for the dreaded visa and flew to NY.

A lot has happened since then. I graduated from college (again) and found work at a prestigious PR agency. I guess I did alright. I haven't been back to India since I left. I miss it dreadfully, but I'm used to belonging to two worlds. This is my attempt to make sense of them both.