Chain Mail Questionairre

It's 2014! But I don't think you got the memo. (Oops!) Remember how like 5 years ago chain mail was like big thing. Those questionnaires that you sent your friends so you could "get to know them better." Yeah I totally forgot about them too until this morning when this dainty little email showed up in my inbox. My response: *gasp* a chain mail (random wave of nostalgia flows through) I've got to fill this out. So now here I am (and here you are) ready to embark a journey that will tell you more about me (also you should respond with your own responses in the comments so I can know more about awesome you!!!) 

1. What time did you get up this morning? That sir is classified information. 

2. Diamonds or Pearls? Both? (the correct answer is Opal)

3. What was the last film you saw at the theater? Captain America: Winter Soldier 

4. What is your favorite TV show? I hate this question. Right now? HIMYM, Firefly, Game of Thrones, and Once Upon a Time

5. What did you have for breakfast? Pancakes and Peaches and cream

6. What is your middle name? Trick question. I don't have one

7. What is your favorite food? Brownie ice cream sundae

8. What foods do you dislike? My least favorite food in the world would be... ummm... oh god this is a hard question.... ummm... can I get back to you on this??? 

9. Would you be a pirate? I like this question. A lot, also the only answer is yes. I would be the fiercest swashbuckler to sail the seven seas. 

10. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Now this shows how long ago this chain mail is from. Umm I don't think you guys want to know the last CD I listened to. But my favorite song of the moment is "Closer, Faster" by Against the Current

11. What kind of car do you drive? N/A

12. Favorite sandwich? You know I have a weird thing about sandwiches. If you ever ask me I'll explain but I don't really have a favorite sandwich. 

13. What characteristics do you despise? Meanie buttheads=people who are ignorant, jerks, intolerant, judgmental. You know people who are just straight up meanie buttheads. 

14. What are your favorite clothes? shorts. actually socks. No I'll stick with shorts. well i don't know it depends on the weather. Do shoes count as clothes? (i don't like this question)

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it 
be? Australia (Great Barrier Reef, Ayers Rock, P Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney) 

16. What color are your eyes? brown

17. Favorite brand of clothing? the comfy brand?

18. Where would you want to retire? someplace nice. Not to hot, not too cold but just right. I wonder where Goldilocks retired? That's probably where I should go.

19. Favorite time of day? Sunset/Twilight

20. Where were you born? New Delhi, India

21. What is your favorite sport to watch? Depends... 

22. Who do you think will not send this back? Sorry but i have no faith in any of you so I don't think anyone is going to respond to this :(

23. Person you expect to send it back first? See 22

24. Pepsi or Coke? I don't really care but I usually find myself asking for Coke so maybe coke?

25. Beavers or Ducks? Ducks. Quack quack quack. 

26. Are you a morning person or night owl? Depends on what I'm doing. Goofing off=night time. Being productive=morning. 

27. Pedicure or Manicure? manicure

28. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with everyone? I'm officially a knight!!

29. What did you want to be when you were little? Haha depends on what year you were talking about, I went through many potential job choices when I was really little 

30. What is your best childhood memory? Going to the state fair. 

31. If you could eat lunch with one famous person who would it be? Assuming I'd be able to have proper conversation Cleopatra. 

32. Ever been to Africa? No.

33. Ever been toilet papering? No.

34. Been in a car accident? Almost once but other than that no. 

35. Favorite day of the week? Thursday and Friday 

36. Favorite restaurant? High Thai'd is pretty good. Although for some reason I can't really remember any other restaurant names at the moment...

37. Favorite flower? Roses, chrysanthemums, lotus

38. Favorite ice cream? Mint chocolate chip or rocky road. But if we're getting really serious Ben and Jerry's Phish Food is the greatest. 

39. Favorite fast food restaurant? Taco Bell or McDonalds (depends on what I'm craving)

40. How many times did you fail your drivers test? Once or twice depending on what you are asking. 

41. From whom did you get your last e-mail? Anonymous

42. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Walmart. For practical reasons.

43. Bedtime? Not early enough. Maybe if I got more sleepy I wouldn't be so excited all the time. 

44. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? Everyone!

45. Last person you went to dinner with? Family...

46. What are you listening to right now? "Mykonos" by Fleet Foxes

47. What is your favorite color? Purple (specific shade: amethyst), Green (specific shade: Emerald) and Red (specific shade: so according to my crayons my favorite shade is lava which makes sense, I like reds that remind me of fire)

48. How many tattoos do you have? Zero

49. Does someone have a crush on you? Well I wouldn't refer to it as a crush but yes. 

50. What's your favorite candy? Gummy worms

A post about weather

As most of you know (or at least I really hope you know) I'm from Arizona. Hot dry Arizona of the eternal summer. Yeah we don't have "seasons" we just have varying degrees of summer. There's hot summer (spring and fall), cold summer (most people refer to this as winter) and then there's I'm going to burn and die it's so freaking hot outside (summer).

 So living in a place like this most of my life I missed out on some really cool weather phenomenons like snow, tornadoes, hurricanes, and even just frequent rain (like the fact that there are different types of rainstorms is so weird, I've only grown up with summer monsoons). Sure Arizona has it's weird weather phenomenon like haboobs (I'm pretty sure some of the people reading probably think I just made that word up so here's a picture to prove that it's a thing [also it's just basically a giant sandstorm that pretty much coats the entire city, think Dust Bowl]), but past that we don't have anything remotely close to what you would call normal weather. Unless I guess if you call cacti weather those are pretty normal around here. Or tumbleweeds!

You know everyone insults Cleveland and talks about how ghetto it is and what not. But when it comes down to it it's not that bad of a place, I guess it's just a matter of perspective. Sure there's the unpredictable weather but you just conquer that by making it a game. Am I dressed right for the day or will I regret this outfit 5 minutes after I leave the door? If you managed to dress yourself nicely reward yourself for being awesome. If you had instant regrets, reward yourself anyways because you're still awesome just not so good at deciding clothes. But I mean seriously even though the weather is unpredictable at least there is some variation in weather instead of the same constant thing for 12 months in a row!


Also the sky actually falls in Cleveland (no chicken little, the sky isn't literally falling I'm talking about the rain or snow, something more commonly known as precipitation). Like it's so magical watching the snow fall from the sky, especially at night when the stars are out. Like it's so mesmerizing how peacefully it falls even when the wind is gusting all around it. Also actual snowflakes really exist. My friends can attest to this as I have dragged many of them outdoors to show them the snow flakes. Also there's more than just heavy rain. There's the misty kind of rain, thunderstorm rain, light showers, light drizzle, shower, drizzle, sprinkle, you get the picture.
Also rain has different temperatures too there's hot rain and cold not just the awkward water's too cold but it's too hot outside the rain temperature. Also OMG!!! There's actually puddles that you can jump in! The water doesn't just mostly evaporate as it falls. Puddle jumping is one of the best Olympic sports out there (even if it isn't an Olympic Sport yet, when it will be one it will be the best). Like okay I don't like the idea of getting wet on a rainy day, but puddle jumping is one of the absolute best feelings in the world. With every puddle you feel like a carefree 5 year old for those 5 seconds of your life and it's the absolute best.

And the ultimate best part about Cleveland is that there are actual seasons. It's not just a continuation of summer, there's fall, there's winter, there's a brief period of spring, and then there's summer. Like this whole topic of seasons is not a myth, they actually exist. For anyone outside of Arizona (maybe even me) the whole concept of seasons is so magical because it's amazing how the plants change and react to the change in temperature. The colors of leaves actually do change and then they do eventually fall off only to regrow in the the spring. It's so amazing to witness this phenomenon first hand. Also making leaf piles and having leaf fights is the best thing to do in the fall.

A new place called home

Home is where the heart's at.

I've heard this statement casually tossed around so many times but until now I never realized how true it is. You can't just build a house and call it home. A home is a place where you feel safe and loved because that's where your friends and family is at. Humans are naturally social animals, we need social interaction to survive in this world and home provides us with a place for that. Home is where your social bubble is and the best part is your home is constantly expanding. Sure I call my place in Arizona home, but I have more homes than just that. When I'm visiting family in India, that is also my home and the newest collections to my homes is Cleveland (well not all of Cleveland, mostly just Case). At Case I have people that I love with all of my heart and people that I can talk to with just about anything. At Case I felt like I was part of something bigger. Life didn't revolve just around me (well at least not all the time) but it was an intricate balance of different friend circles. It was odd the way things worked you'd be a fringe person to one circle but the core of another yet some people at the core of one friend circle would be fringe friends of another core person's other circle. Basically it was an overlap of networks that would get confusing really fast if you thought about it for longer than necessary.

Ignore the words at the bottom I was to lazy to crop the image but yeah I guess exploring possibilities is something Case kids are good at (whatever that means). Also I was really tempted to crop out the big silver ugly but it's a part of Case so whateves I guess. Also it's really hard to find a good picture of campus. 
Basically what I'm saying is this past year I found a new home. A place that has unpredictable weather and randomness of architecture, but is also wonderful in that it is full of people who love me, interesting places, and an opportunity at every doorstep. Until now I hadn't realized how important being at Case was for me. It was more than an opportunity to make friends, I had the chance to make connections with people I otherwise would have never imagined talking to. I made friends everywhere. Sure some were just in namesake but others go much deeper than that.

I just wanted to mention how I really love this picture because yeah the freshmen dorms aren't the prettiest thing in the world but in this photo life at Case seems so relaxed (and cold, but relaxed) and I just don't know how to explain how it makes me feel in words but it's a nice feeling. Also there's a couple in the photo so bonus points for romance? (cause you know romantic pictures always make you feel so warm and mushy inside because romance is just an alien from space that is slowly vaporizing your brain cause it can)

If you're reading this, regardless of whether you are from Case or from Arizona I want to thank you for being such a great friend to me and I also want to yell at you because it's probably you're fault I'm feeling homesick. Seriously though stop being such an awesome person so I can momentarily stop thinking about home.