Weddings, Weddings, Weddings...

Lots of stuff's been going on. Minesh got hitched...God help him. Then a few days after we had a double dose of wedding anniversaries prior to love birds day.

The first was at my cousin-in-law's farm house, and I was surprised. Not surprised by the decorations, the dance floor, the dancers for Bollywood film songs, or my impromptu dancing. I was surprised be the newly built buildings because it's been only about a year or two since I was at the farm house. All of a sudden there a buildings that sell steel rods, saris and other goods. What's also surprising is that the buildings look like they've been up there since the mid-80's. There's quite a bit of dust now. It's before the monsoon, which means we're in the dry season. That dust seems to really make some buildings look a bit weathered. What they need around here is more trees and grass.

The second was much smaller, 50 people whereas the first had about 100, and was held at a resort of sorts. It was really nice, very green, lots of green ... yeah.. even the signs were green. We spent the night there, and during the festivities I was dancing like a fool again. While fun, I think I impressed quite a few aunties to go searching for a wife for me.

Yes... people are trying to get me setup, or at least make me consider getting married soon. I have a three year plan, dammit! I'm gonna try to get a place of my own by then! That's my usual response, which I deliver in a usually laughable manner. But seriously...I have a plan. More like goal, but if I say goal then they just say add another goal to my list within the three years.

The week to come

So, I've recovered pretty quickly thanks to some antibiotics and a tylenol like item. I've been hearing that the weather is still below 0 degrees windchill in Chicago. Odd as it may sound, I kinda miss it. Of course the weather here is nice, but after staying in San Jose for about 3 months I don't want to get to soft. I'm not complaining... ok maybe I am.

My friend Minesh is getting ready to get married. There's going to be some party tonight, rituals in the morning with a cocktail party tomorrow night. Finally, the main event is on the 7th. I'll make sure to charge up my camera and post pictures from the big day. From that day on, he will be a man who has confused bondage with love. When that day comes for me, please someone, make sure to remind me what the hell I'll be getting into.

Unexpected as it may seem, we have ESPN here, which happens to be tailored to the Indian audience with cricket and football (aka soccer in the States). Luckily I woke up in time to catch the last quarter of Super Bowl Xtra Large, Incomprehensibly soo... (guess that didn't work). Unluckily, a valid word as far as I care at this moment, Chicago lost. Woe is the fan that thought our offense would rock in comparison the man who has a Bears Hall of Famer's last name as his first. I actually had hopes of there being a possible two touchdown rush, but when an incompletion call happened on a 4th down with around 5 minutes left in the game, I knew I should move on. Hope went to despair to hope again, for the next year. Here's hoping we don't loose our defensive coordinator to the Cowboys, or loose any one really.

India week 1

Well, I suppose a week hasn't passed yet, but I can say that not everything has been pleasant. Couple nights ago I had a fever of 103 degrees, and after taking antibiotics and stuff I've come down to normal. My eldest cousin is a nice guy, but he's being a little pushy.

Other than that, things should pick up. Have to get ready for my friend's wedding in a couple days. All the while trying to avoid getting setup myself. I should probably take some pills to deal with malaria and such as I'll be heading out to more rural areas soon, where there may be mosquitoes. Fortunately out here in Hyderbad, I haven't seen many. I actually got sick because my nephew was coughing directly on my face several times while I held him up. Yeah, I got sick from a kid, but traveling to the other side of the world doesn't do too well on your immune system. Nor does visiting a foreign land in general help.

Where's my damn tablet!?

I unpacked and my tablet is somewhere in my house. The reason why I haven't put up my sketch yet! I'm sure I'll find it, and find out my dad put it somewhere that seemed reasonable at the time. It's not like we have a big house, but we have clutter. When I come back from India in March, I'm going to clean this place up!

So, on the side I've been catching up with my friends, getting a little drunk and the usual reminiscing of the past. Still more of that to do, not the getting drunk part that is. So if you want any gifts while I'm in India, post a comment, and I will try to accommodate.

I'm Home!

So I spent another day with my dad on Monday, and I think I had enough of hanging out with my dad. We went to Alcatraz Island, which is a National Park now, and I highly recommend it. Especially the audio tour.

I flew in on Tuesday, and just hung around the house, transferring all my Bleach fansubs from my laptop to my desktop. But now, I've already got to get ready to go to India on the 30th. In the meantime, I intend to do some catching up with people, including karate. I went to karate today, and I'm beat. Gotta work on getting rid of the fat along my sides :P

Tomorrow, I'm going to do some sketching, so be ready!

Probably should have introduced myself

Greeting and salutations. I'm Ryan. Arun and I met at UIC. We made a webcomic called Oddballs for a few months a few years ago. I just moved my website (landek.com) to GoDaddy and haven't gotten a chance to reupload Oddballs so...I can't link to it. I thought it had promise. But we were both to busy so it kinda faded away. I had some guest artists draw a few of my panels (including myself. stick figures! yikes.) but it was too hard.

ANYWAY, Arun invited me to post on his blog and so I have. Not sure if I supposed to fit a theme but that previous post was my latest "bit" that I've been mulling over in my head for a few days. There it is in the flesh. Yes I aspire to be a stand-up comedian. I've even graduated from the Second City writing program. But, alas, being a Network Administrator pays slightly more. Maybe someday.

Silly Yogurt People

Have you noticed the proliferation of yogurt-based products?

I’ve seen several ads for this product called Yo-J. Have you seen this? It’s like some sort of yogurt/orange juice hybrid?

Now I’m not one of those yippie-dippy smoothie drinking people but I can’t imagine ever having a desire to drink this product. Never in my life have I been eating yogurt and drinking orange juice and thought to my...actually, I’ve never eaten yogurt and drank OJ at the same time ever but…even if I had at some point, I can’t imagine saying, “Man. I’m really going to have to mix these together before I can continue.”

Or how about this one: Go-gurt. It’s yogurt in a squeezie tube for people who need their yogurt on the go. Seriously. How long does it take to eat a cup of yogurt? A yogurt cup is what? 2 spoonfuls….maybe 3 if you scrape the bottom and sides? Who doesn’t have time for this? I’d like to meet the person who has a job that prohibits them from spending that much time eating yogurt. Here. Watch how long it takes for me to eat a cup of yogert. Time me.

Ok. Go in the fridge here and grab my yogurt.

Over to the spoon drawer to get my spoon.

Alright. Lets open the top here……man these are hard to open……ok. There.

Scoop 1. Mmmmm…..

Scoop 2. That’s good. Man I wish I had some OJ.

*scrape* *scrape* Scoop 3….

Done!

How long was that? 30 seconds? I don’t get it.