One liners for the bored soul
Sunday, November 27, 2005
"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy and the tallest guy in the National Basketball Association is Chinese."
-Chris Rock
"A guy know's he's in love when he loses interest in his car for a couple of days."
-Tim Allen
"A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished."
-Zsa Zsa Gabor
"I told my doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places."
-Henny Youngman
"You know why fish are so thin? They eat fish."
-Jerry Seinfeld
"A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it."
-Bob Hope
"I don't consider myself bald. I'm simply taller than my hair."
-Thom Sharp
"This is a strange country we live in. When it comes to electing a president, we get two choices. But when we have to select a Miss America, we get 50."
-Jay Leno
"I figure you have the same chance of winning lottery whether you play or not."
-Fran Lebowitz
"Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him for the entire weekend."
-Zenna Schaffer
"It's not that I'm afraid to die; I just don't want to be there when it happens."
-Woddy Allen
"I have my standards. They may be low, but I have them."
-Bette Midler
"I've been on a calender, but I've never been on time."
-Marilyn Monroe
"If God meant us to be naked, he would have made our skin fit better."
-Maureen Murphy
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it."
-Sam Levenson
"If winning isn't everything why do they keep score?"
-Vince Lombardi
Extreme Christmas lighting...anti-epilepsy helmet ON!
Additions
Friday, November 25, 2005
Some new additions to the photo gallery:
The Big Onion - Chicago
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Do not mind the title, it could very easily be misinformation. Supposedly before the wicked white man took over Chicago, it was a fertile land used for growing onions by the Indians (the Red kind). Chicago is a indian name for onion or something. I for once couldnt be bothered about looking it up, so if you care, you are more than welcome.
Alright, with that tidbit out of the way lets begin the story of my mini-vacation out of West Lafayette. An important thing to remember throughout is that I'm recollecting here, aand as far as my recollecting skills go, they can be compared with that of an amoeba. The four protagonists,Ali, Shiraz, Payal & Vivek
We left Wednesday morning, and this is how the outside of my apartment looked. I was thinking, "Wow!", but it melted soon and there not much chance in the next few days. We were supposed to leave by 11am but that didnt happen, we're Indians (the South-Asian kind). Left by 1 pm, reached outskirts of chicago by 2.30 and spent the next 2.5 hours stuck in a traffic jam. Not so much since three out of four people were contacted by Mother nature to perform their fluidly duties urgently. However sacred location to perform the ritual wasn't in sight.
Reached Hot Wok, an Indo Chinese restaurant in Shaumberg (Chicago suburb) by 5 pm (chicago time which is one hour behind lafayette). Found out the place doesnt open until 6, yippeee. Not to mention the unbearable cold and the wind to go along with it. Decided we should go to the near by cinema and get tickets for a movie show later around 7.30 when we will be done eating. Payal wanted to watch Garam Masala, Vivek had to, being her boyfriend, me and Shiraz opted for a safer and less boring Harry Potter. Got them tickets and came back to the restaurant. Had a meal which induced almost orgasmic moans from the four stuffed mouths. Seriously, living in lafayette has made me almost drool at the mention of food which does not involving burgers or pizzas, but not to take away from the delicious stuff at Hot Wok. Its to die for...
Packed leftover food and headed for the cinema. Watched movie. Got amazed by the fact that a hindi movie got over before the english movie. Somebody has to explain to me how that managed to happen with Garam Masala and Harry Potter. Got out at 10.30 pm and headed over to downtown to watch a improv comedy show. Show was okay, not improv per se, since the two comedians didnt take any suggestions from the audience but they performed a mildly amusing piece. Couldnt complain about it since we paid only 5 bucks a ticket.
Now started the fun business of looking up a budget hotel no place else but downtown. It was geting pretty late anyway. After asking many posh hotels their rates (Hilton, Grand Hyatt..dont ask why we did it..some people dont need alcohol to lose all logic) we crashed at Best Western which did very well actually. There was a plan to wake up and watch the parade on State St. at 8 am but that didnt happen (no shit!). Payal had already left at 5.30am since she had to pick her brother in law from the airport and drive with him to somewhere in Wisconsin. So that left the three guys.
Dragged ourselves out by 12 noon (because that was the checkout time), roamed around downtown, went to Devon St., which is like a Desi-town (like there are china towns) only that it isnt a town but just a street. Ate some delicious south indian stuff (dosa and sambhar wada) at a restaurant and right now I cant remember its name.
After that we headed for Navy Pier, hung around a bit took some pictures but it was way too cold to be out for any long periods of time. We debated whether to stay back another day, Black Friday (a day constituing huge sale being put up in many stores including electronics) being the reason, or go back to the dull Purdue campus. Purdue won. Im back and here I am writing this....
Some others:
Forgive my typos, I type with my left toe.
Bored
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
I was b-o-r-e-d so I made a wallpaper. I simply call it "California":
Variation 1 (my pick as of now, has a postcard feel to it):
Variation 2:
When I say bored, I mean it :)
