I had the most relaxing day in a long while ( Read more... )

I picked up this book before the 5-hour flight thinking - "oh, a biblical story, perfect to put me to sleep". But it wasn't until the plane touched the ground at San Francisco that I could put this book down. Excellent characterization, beautiful story telling ( Read more... )

update#1: the coldest temperature I've ever been in, as of today: 0 F (brrr..)

my sleigh ride is waiting for me ..

smores and hot cocoa for laters ..

update#2: number of US states I've been to, as of today: 33 (yippee!)

At the local hookah joint, smokediceman decides to try the exotic sounding "tamer hindi (sweet and sour fruit)". It's listed under "fruit juices and smoothies", so I ask the pitt-student-by-day waitress what it's made of. "Of tamer hindi!" she exclaims and then seeing the blank looks adds "it's a pulpy thing, comes in blocks ( Read more... )

best bit about winter: watching perfectly formed white snowflakes fall and coat everything white.

worst bit about winter: spending hypothermic 15 mins every morning scraping the said snow off the car.

Well, yeah, I don't care if you think this blog is getting repetitive - this is _my_ freakin blog and today tops yesterday as the weirdest weather _I_ have seen :D ( Read more... )

This has been a weird day for Pittsburgh weather ( Read more... )

All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I've been for a walk
On a winter's day

I'd be safe and warm
If I was in L.A.
California dreamin'
On such a winter's day

All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I've been for a walk
On a winter's day

If I didn't tell her
I could leave today
California dreamin'
On such a winter's day

Went to a Superbowl Sunday party for the first time*. I think it was fun - what with the yelling and junk food - though I still don't "get" the game for nuts :D

*says something doesn't it? this is the fourth year since I got into the country and only now am trying out the essential "american" experiences. so much for being a travel freak.

A memory for those days, when I'm feeling down:


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