:P hehe...

ok, so this was a link i came across on my google individual page..
http://people.howstuffworks.com/kissing1.htm

i tittered my way through the entire article. some of my thoughts about the article. (i read with the very pure aim of intellectual curiosity - wanted to see how intellectually stimulating an article howstuffworks would make out of this)

* the whole discussion about whether kissing is a learned or an instinctive behaviour pattern is very, very interesting. of course, it extends to other concepts - laughing and crying for instance. how about the fact that in my cpr class they taught me that if someone is grabbing their throat, that's the international gesture of choking? its amazing that some reflexes (learned or not) or responses are the same across most of humanity - says a lot about a lot of things.

* indians teaching the greeks about kissing. yay! :P i have always felt that indians are underrated and given less importance than they deserve. indians rule and that's the long and short of it!! :P (ofcourse i think the kama sutra is a little too intense... but i know that's a matter of personal preference... besides, i have never read the book, only watched the movie... and boy was that an interesting experience!)

* kissing being a private activity in some cultures. i remember when i was little, if i saw the hero & heroine of an indian movie hug (the conservative in me wants to use the prudish embrace... but i am not as much of a prude anymore... embracing hippiedom etc.:P) i'd have to walk out of the room if my parents were watching the movie with me. and this is a non-handsy, non-hotsy sort of hug that i am talking about!! and when i was little, indian movies did not depict any kissing whatsoever! (with a few exceptions - aamir khan and juhi chawla in QSQT) these days, hindi movies are very debonair in what they depict and i am not so much shocked at the actual activity that is being depicted on the screen so much as just that fact that it is!

* oxytocin - wow! someone i recently met told me that his sister was given oxytocin to induce labour! it makes sense to me now- it helps develop feelings of affection and attachment. exactly what a mum to be needs! sometimes nature absolutely amazes me! its really nice how things fit and work together, like the fibonacci sequence and flower cores... also, its kind of scary to think that kissing someone is something that even your body participates in! (don't be a smart ass and look at the obvious participation of the body - its that you are suppose to like the person at a very basic and primitive level - chemically even!!)

* cooties... herpes mouth ulcers... ewwwwwww ewwwwwwwwwww ewwwwwwwwwwwwww
:P that's why i refuse to even share food/drink with people coooooooooooooooootiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss eeew!
*giggle*

* the advertisment for the lip balm on the pages... lol... does it get any funnier than that?!?!?!?!

of late my sense of humour has reduced to that of a blithering 12 year old's! i've been laughing at the stupidest stuff... like right now, i can't type for shaking with laughter at the seriousness of the article!! (and the topic.. :P its funny! :P)

i'm doing ok now... life is coming under control.. slowly. what is to come will come - i will make sure that i have seven hours of sleep on me to face it. :-D