A Me-Me and a Game

My blogger buddy Cynthia (who coincidentally celebrated her birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday Cyn… ) tagged me for a meme to write seven random facts about me. So here you go…

1. As a kid, I used to be (still am to a certain extent) a big germaphobe and would refuse to drink/eat anything from restaurants. That lasted till I went to college, hostel food made me a convert. Yeah, and now I live on restaurant food.
2. I was as thin as a person could get till I was about 21. Then I came to US and within six months went up four dress sizes without me even noticing the change. I blamed my washer for shrinking my clothes, and kept buying new stuff. Not knowing my American size (All my clothes from India were in European sizes…), I had to try out different sizes anyway, so never caught onto the change… My regular lunch used to be Coke and Cheetos and a packet of peanut M&Ms from the vending machine at work, and dinner used to be from McDonald’s (Crispy Chicken Sandwich) or Wendy’s (Spicy Chicken Sandwich) every weekday. Oh and I used to snack on French fries every day too… When I went back to India to get married, Siv was seeing me after three months and almost didn’t recognize me.
3. I am absolutely terrified of dogs, of any kind, ever since I was bitten by one when I was young. Now I know I shouldn’t run away from them, that will only provoke them more, so my defense mechanism is to bark back at the dogs, a few decibels above their own, and that really scares the bejesus out of them. Try it out next time, it works!
4. My biggest pet peeve is dinner guests trying to take over my kitchen – if you know of a better way to cut the onions, I will be more than happy to watch and learn, IN YOUR KITCHEN!!
5. I have a serious problem with gaming addiction. When the Microsoft Sidewinder force feedback wheel first came out, I played Midtown Madness for 12 hours straight and stopped only to throw up. When playing poker online was legal in WA (I mean before it was officially illegal), I used to play for hours on end, four tables at a time, till I literally fall asleep on my keyboard. When we go to Vegas (at least 3-4 times a year), I can go on playing table games for three days straight with as little as six hours of total sleep. When I buy a new cell phone game, I have to finish the whole game and unlock all the levels before I can move on with my life. That is the reason I stay away from Xbox. I am glad I took on blogging this year, I haven’t gambled this whole year.
6. I have never used a honeybucket (Porta-Potty) in my life, hoping I will never have to. I would rather let my bladder explode than go inside one of those.
7. I have attended the last baby shower of my life where the mother-to-be is not a close friend of mine. If you are after a gift, I will send you one, but don’t expect me to be there. I won’t smell cans and cans of baby food that looks like poo ever again, I am never ever going to dress another adult in a diaper made of toilet paper, and I definitely will not try and guess the perimeter of anyone’s tummy ever again. Unless of course the mom-to-be is a friend of mine. Okay, I will expand the definition of a friend to someone who has ever had a meal with me (no, other baby showers won’t count), coz if you are a friend of mine, we would have either gone out to dinner, or had been to each other’s house for dinner. If not, please don’t put my name on that invite!

I guess that is pretty random, right? More like random thoughts than random facts, but hey, it is called a Me Me after all!

With that I tag some fellow bloggers. Richa, Musical , Reena , Archana and Sheela , take it up only if you feel like, no pressure!

I will be away on vacation till next weekend. Taking my parents to San Diego, Disneyland , Las Vegas and Grand Canyon… It’s going to be a hectic trip, completely devoted to touristy stuff, not my ideal kind of vacation, but it is not about me this time…

Until then, try and guess the main ingredient in the below picture… Yes, it is edible.

Clues:

• It is a traditional Kerala recipe, but made with an American staple, readily available in stores here.
• The recipe is from another food blog.

With that I bid you adieu, for now. See you all next weekend. All my US friends, enjoy the July 4^th holiday, everyone else, just enjoy. Ciao!

Update – 05/07/07

And the winner is… Anonymous!!! . This is a chutney powder made of Beef Jerky, traditionally made with dried beef in Kerala. The recipe is from My Treasure My Pleasure. Thanks Annita for the delicious tip; I would have never thought of using Beef jerky in place of dried beef!

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