bollywood joint inside...
2:14am...it's the calm before the tournament...i'm sitting here contemplating whether or not to clean up the pile of random papers & journals in my room (which has quickly developed into it's own creature & personality) or just go to sleep. we'll see what happens. tomorrow will consist of more cleaning/preparing for the 'small euchre get-together' which i'm sure will end up developing into something completely different.
earlier this evening beth, damon, and i went to see the movie 'inside man' starring denzel washington and directed by spike lee (and also featuring an ensemble cast of christopher plummer, jodie foster, willem dafoe, and clive owen). i must say that i was quite impressed with the movie; it was very well done and the suspense & twists worked very well. although the movie was great (i would rate it a high **** out of five) one of the big things that caught my attention was the opening and closing song...it took me several seconds to figure it out, but it's actually Indian music! it was a really cool song, and at the end of the movie the first thing damon said to me was "you're going to go and download this song aren't you?" well of course he was right, and it didn't take me long to track it down. the song is called: "Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint" (featuring Panjabi MC) by Sapna Awasthi & Sukwinder Singh. even if you're not into Indian music (which i have only recently started to get into depending on what you truly consider to be Indian music) i highly recommend it.
i was able to find the original track on limewire, but the exact track from the movie could only be downloaded along with the entire soundtrack from iTunes...of course given about 2/3 of my music collection is soundtracks, i had no problems justifying getting the whole thing although it was primarily for this track. i'll probably add it to the playlist for the 'small get together'.
on to the bullets:
- speaking of Indian stuff; what could be better than having indian food on a given day??? how about having it TWICE in the same day! i don't think this has happened since i have last been home, which was (sadly quite a while ago) back during Christmas break. anyway, i was able to hit up both of my favorite Indian places in A2 in the same day, Raja Rani's and Madras Masala. for lunch, andrea, brenda, and i were successful in loading up on chai as well, but that is another story (we're planning on eventually leaving with large containers of it for individual resale). at madras masala i was able to try a new variation on my favorite food of all time, idli and sambar, by trying 'chilly idli' which was basically my favorite food, only MUCH hotter (the spicier the better for me)! anyway, good times. even have left overs which should last me for a bit. i haven't had any indian food since my mom brought up some in january; sheila told me she would cook for me, but unfortunately she's at washington state and it doesn't seem like she'll be visiting any time soon. punk.
may as well take this opportunity to include a pic of Amrita Rao (from Main Hoon Na, probably my favorite hindi movie, or at least a close tie with Hum Tum)
- my parents are learning how to play euchre; at least this is the news i received earlier this evening. i told my dad if he could make it up to our place by tomorrow evening they could get in on the tournament. right. but it's still an entertaining idea, and this essentially leaves sarah as the only person left in our family who doesn't know how to play. seema suggested this would make for an entertaining activity on the upcoming family vacation (yeah, seriously) to Florida this summer. we'll see how all of that pans out.
- washington lost to UConn today...i don't even know why i watch basketball anymore, but i suppose at least michigan is doing well in the NIT. freaking A i actually got into the game and wanted UW to win. ah well. speaking of washington, i'm thinking a trip to seattle may be in order in the near future...my aunts up there base entire day's worth of food planning on my hunger levels, so it works out quite well. oh, and i can visit the river that basically got me started into aquatic ecology back when i was 3...
- i'm using technology to force me to run...thanks to the same site that constantly taunts my sunglasses addiction, i will soon have a new running watch (mine just died on me last week) which not only keeps the time (i hate to run without knowing at least a general pace in order to gauge my distance, etc) but also has a built in speedometer AND odometer! yeah, so no more wondering about how fast or how far...that and since it has some sort of tiny device that goes on one's shoe to measure this, i feel like i'm slowly turning into some sort of robot (i'd choose to be grimlock of the dinobots). anyway, soon i will have no choice but to run and get good use out of the watch...either that or i'll just be able to better measure how fast i walk to class and how far it is from the SNRE building to the parking structure. oh well.
- less than one month until SEINFELD!!! my gosh i need to get a heck of a lot of work done!
ok that's all for now, hope you all had a good week...the insanity is just about to get started here at The Tank! <:><
me and some friends at the tennessee aquarium
earlier this evening beth, damon, and i went to see the movie 'inside man' starring denzel washington and directed by spike lee (and also featuring an ensemble cast of christopher plummer, jodie foster, willem dafoe, and clive owen). i must say that i was quite impressed with the movie; it was very well done and the suspense & twists worked very well. although the movie was great (i would rate it a high **** out of five) one of the big things that caught my attention was the opening and closing song...it took me several seconds to figure it out, but it's actually Indian music! it was a really cool song, and at the end of the movie the first thing damon said to me was "you're going to go and download this song aren't you?" well of course he was right, and it didn't take me long to track it down. the song is called: "Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint" (featuring Panjabi MC) by Sapna Awasthi & Sukwinder Singh. even if you're not into Indian music (which i have only recently started to get into depending on what you truly consider to be Indian music) i highly recommend it.i was able to find the original track on limewire, but the exact track from the movie could only be downloaded along with the entire soundtrack from iTunes...of course given about 2/3 of my music collection is soundtracks, i had no problems justifying getting the whole thing although it was primarily for this track. i'll probably add it to the playlist for the 'small get together'.
on to the bullets:
- speaking of Indian stuff; what could be better than having indian food on a given day??? how about having it TWICE in the same day! i don't think this has happened since i have last been home, which was (sadly quite a while ago) back during Christmas break. anyway, i was able to hit up both of my favorite Indian places in A2 in the same day, Raja Rani's and Madras Masala. for lunch, andrea, brenda, and i were successful in loading up on chai as well, but that is another story (we're planning on eventually leaving with large containers of it for individual resale). at madras masala i was able to try a new variation on my favorite food of all time, idli and sambar, by trying 'chilly idli' which was basically my favorite food, only MUCH hotter (the spicier the better for me)! anyway, good times. even have left overs which should last me for a bit. i haven't had any indian food since my mom brought up some in january; sheila told me she would cook for me, but unfortunately she's at washington state and it doesn't seem like she'll be visiting any time soon. punk.
may as well take this opportunity to include a pic of Amrita Rao (from Main Hoon Na, probably my favorite hindi movie, or at least a close tie with Hum Tum)
- my parents are learning how to play euchre; at least this is the news i received earlier this evening. i told my dad if he could make it up to our place by tomorrow evening they could get in on the tournament. right. but it's still an entertaining idea, and this essentially leaves sarah as the only person left in our family who doesn't know how to play. seema suggested this would make for an entertaining activity on the upcoming family vacation (yeah, seriously) to Florida this summer. we'll see how all of that pans out.
- washington lost to UConn today...i don't even know why i watch basketball anymore, but i suppose at least michigan is doing well in the NIT. freaking A i actually got into the game and wanted UW to win. ah well. speaking of washington, i'm thinking a trip to seattle may be in order in the near future...my aunts up there base entire day's worth of food planning on my hunger levels, so it works out quite well. oh, and i can visit the river that basically got me started into aquatic ecology back when i was 3...
- i'm using technology to force me to run...thanks to the same site that constantly taunts my sunglasses addiction, i will soon have a new running watch (mine just died on me last week) which not only keeps the time (i hate to run without knowing at least a general pace in order to gauge my distance, etc) but also has a built in speedometer AND odometer! yeah, so no more wondering about how fast or how far...that and since it has some sort of tiny device that goes on one's shoe to measure this, i feel like i'm slowly turning into some sort of robot (i'd choose to be grimlock of the dinobots). anyway, soon i will have no choice but to run and get good use out of the watch...either that or i'll just be able to better measure how fast i walk to class and how far it is from the SNRE building to the parking structure. oh well.
- less than one month until SEINFELD!!! my gosh i need to get a heck of a lot of work done!
ok that's all for now, hope you all had a good week...the insanity is just about to get started here at The Tank! <:><
random pic:
me and some friends at the tennessee aquarium
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