And I've arrived

No adventures yet.

• The stewardess gave me the non-spicy version of the air plane snack when she looked at me. It was potato crisps with raisins and various nuts.
• A guard and two of his airport co-workers we trying to give water to their pet bird from the cap of a water bottle.
• A welcoming sign reminding visitors to 'say no' if a stranger asks to take you to a hotel.
  

And then just a car ride home on the wrong side of the road w/ Jan at the wheel driving stick. It's a pleasant 86F in Bombay, India in contrast to the 52F in Bombay, New York (according to weather.com).

And I'm off

Well not quite yet. I'm in my seat on the plane and I'm pretty sure I am the only white girl here. :)

In other new, blogging on an android is painful.

Jan - here I come! :)

Malarone regimen starts tomorrow

After I basically self-prescribed Malarone for my trip, I've been preparing for taking it by reading up about the drug, which only gave me nightmares about it... I guess tomorrow night will show if I'll have homicidal ones.

N Step Plan

1. Lady Gaga album
2. Visa to India
3. ...
4. PROFIT!!!

j/k

1. Lady Gaga album (wasn't kidding about that one).
2. Sending application for a visa to India.
3. Busy but stress free day at work.
4. Delicious Italian dinner with perfectly sized portions and a great bottle of wine with two of my closest friends.
5. An episode of House.
6. A foot massage with lotion.
7. PROFIT!!!

Just need to hit up my doctor for some malaria pills to ensure homicidal nightmares during my trip.

YAY INDIA!!!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT :)

Bah!

Still up... 2:15AM... must mean Jan's back in India and that's sad. Firefox just crashed, so I switched to Chrome... Was a long day at work 11am - 10:30pm. And I didn't even write any of the peer reviews, though I spent a large portion of the weekend doing that so I guess I deserved a break.

K, gotta get up at 10am. Good night!

P.S. Watched the season premiere of 'How I Met Your Mother" earlier and it was *awesome*!

P.P.S. 'watched' can also be spelled 'whatched' at 2:19AM.

AAAAAHHHHH!!!!

It’s what we’ve all feared. The zombies have formed a corporation.

US Open

Sooo much fun! I got to see the end of a Djokovic match, Sharapova, Roddick, Serena and Murray.

Zombie attack

This is a three part story:

1. I woke up Saturday and the first article I read was this.

2. To keep the theme alive, in the afternoon I purchased Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

3. Nick visited me on his way back from the Motherland this weekend and we had quite a lengthy and detailed discussion regarding strategic answers to the question outlined in the form below.



I'll share the answers I've collected shortly, but for now I'm still rethinking the sidekick to match my soundtrack!

Welcome to Bollywood!

To prepare me for my upcoming visit to India, Jan took me to see a Hindi movie call "Love Aaj Kal" (which translates to "Love Now and Then"). We came to the theater for the opening night 9:30pm showing on Friday. It was sold out! So we got tickets for the following evening.

Two and a half hours of singing and dancing and romantic comedy and a prolonged scene of the dreamy main actor coming out of the shower with only a towel on is a perfect girl's night out.

And nothing makes a Sunday at work more fun than listening to the song from the movie over and over and over again:

Now I just need to learn the dance moves before I can make my trip. (Well that and get malaria pills.) According to Jan she has to do at least one jig on the way to and from work :).

3 very cool things in photos

We've had some really incredible thunderstorms and downpours in NYC. Here's a view from my office window with my plant which is thankful for being relocated to my much sunshinier office:


Here's my typical lunch. Mmm salad bar.


I got some freeze-dried mangosteens from Trader Joe's! They actually taste like dried mangosteens! Most amazing fruit ever! Can't wait until I can have fresh ones again.