Saturday, July 31, 2010

so i'm here!

according to my computer it's 5:55 p.m. in athens, ga.


it's almost 10:00 am here. i've gotten my morning shower and i'm wearing a sweater, jeans, socks, and sitting by the now off fireplace.  it's cold, but cozy in here.


view from the top


crazy gorgeous here.


i'm going to karekare today and will be walking along the coastline. my aunt's friend makes the best honey, so i'm hoping everything i consume today has something deliciously sweet involved.


Thursday, July 22, 2010

new zealanddddd






i'm officially leaving next thursday for new zealand.
i'll be there for two weeks, which is too short of a time.. but i'm happy for it anyway. :)



i miss my aunt.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

my dream:

alright,
so my dream last night was theeee tits.

recap:

oddly enough, in athens, ga.. i was asked to be on a show like american idol. the first day of performances was coming up and i was pumped. the day arrived and my sister and i walked up to the room, watching all the other kids take the stage bravely with cameras all around.  this girl looked at me and said "hey, i know you're a soprano too so do you want to partner up for our first performance?" i said yes, but then proceeded to ask how we're supposed to know our cue and she quickly deserted me. apparently if i didn't know i wasn't supposed to be there?

was dream rucha heartbroken?
no no.

she was just hungry.

i called up alex if he wanted to eat barberitos but got turned down for programming homework. i sat in my new apartment that had red walls and hardwood halls and fortunately my family arrived to keep me company. they too wanted barberitos.

we found a huge table to sit at even though the place was completely crowded.  after two minutes of sitting, we had three new people join our table.

john cusack, jodie foster, and kenan thompson.

"shut up rucha, that's jodie foster" was all Jaanki could say when they sat down.

i asked john about joan, about sixteen Candles, about high Fidelity.. it was amazing.

the dream didn't stop there.

my dad, craving some juice, spoke of a new hoppin' place downtown that served delicious fresh squeezed juice.
we quickly went there, and that was when emily wirt jumped into the picture.  she appeared in line with me.  this place was the coolest juice bar ever, the baristas (juicearistas?) were made up of the Netherlands soccer team.  all of them still in uniform while serving delicious fruity drinks.  she and i stared in amazement as the drinks floated around in the air like magic until they landed safely in the customers' hands.  one of the players babbled on about static electricity fans keeping the drinks afloat in the air, whatever..

there was more to the dream but none of it compared to meeting john cusack finally.

Monday, July 12, 2010

You Just Got Slapped - How I Met Your Mother (HQ)




i've been watching way too many how i met your mother/jason segel videos for the past two hours.


i need sleeeeeep.
jason segel, you don't know what you do to me.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

this is heaven to me...


rotli making process..



it is way too hard to make these perfectly round





Mom's teaching me how to make gujarati food.  I'm really excited.  I made a complete meal today under her direction.  Green beans and potato shaak (cooked and spiced vegetable dish), rotli (flat bread seen above), and rus (mango pulp).  It doesn't seem like it'll be too hard to follow up with this at the house.  Within the next few days I'll probably gain a couple more recipes under my belt. 
Between shadowing and committing to cooking mostly every meal for myself, I'll be pretty busy this semester.  I'll be happier for it though, I have a feeling.  It felt great finishing my plate off today during dinner.  


Tuesday, July 6, 2010

peach upside down cake.

best peach dessert ever. 
<3