Sunday, June 15, 2008

On Being Trigger Happy

This is an actual shrunken human head! Ewww! Grossology


The *shudder* moving theater. The so-called 4D experience was a total dud! Universal studios has a better set-up. But I really panicked when my protective handlebar came off it's cradle with the very first tilt and bump. While everyone was going "Ooooh! Aaaah! Neat!!" I was yelling "HELP!!! I don't have anything to hold on to!! Arrrgh!" instead. And for my efforts R yells from the other seat "What did you saaaay?". Me "Never freaking MIND!" :|


I'll never ask for directions to the restroom at the Ripley's again :D
Cute no?


That's the shadow of our air tram in Gatlinburg. An amazing amazing experience.


The Indian Express! Lol! But they had the balls to continue their pathetic skating attempts in spite of the crowd laughing down at them.


The food. It's always about the food :D
Enjoyed an amazing smoked sausage with everything on it!
Droolworthy!


The 2-hour Hummer drive was the highlight of our trip. We went through a forest with not a hint of a road anywhere, drove through boulders, mini-craters and even through a creek!


Err, No! Oh no! I don't know these weirdos :|
Shhhhh!Ok, ok.. sigh! Yeah we hang out together, but don't tell anyone, k? :(


Excuse me little bird! YOU are supposed to be scared of ME, not vice versa!! Hmmpfffhhh!


She makes the most AMAZING baklava, basboosa, halva and sholazad in the whole world!


It was surreal. There we were, sitting in a Persian restaurant, in the middle of southern small-town USA, watching Salman Khan dance to "Just chill" on their TV and looking out at horses in a ranch.


You Don't Mess With The Zohan!
True. It messes with your psyche instead!
The stupidest movie I've seen in recent times!
EWCK! I sat and took pictures to amuse myself.


Here's to us!

95 comments:

Admiral Fagin said...

Was missing u ...

so happy to see u back ....


:P

Phoenix speaks.... said...

fun time!! :D

Tairebabs said...

Looks like you had a really great time. The pictures made me realise I need a mini-break and fast!

Amazing Greys said...

lovely pics...
the loo one was nice. =D
but i just stared & stared (& stared) at the sausages... =(

Brat said...

The embalmed head is actually pretty cool! ;-)

AaYuShI said...

Great to see you with an update
*sigh*

I so want to be in this place.:(

Take me along next time,girfriend :)

mayz said...

ah ha sm1 enjoyed themselves...while i went house huntin in dis new city!!! mera bhi no. aayega!!! or as they used to say in mah college "sabka katega" :P

Macadamia The Nut said...

@admiral fagin
Aww! Lol!
:D

@phoenix speaks
Totally!! :D

@tairebabs
:D Yeah, its amazing how a break can help you put things into the right perspective.

Macadamia The Nut said...

@amazing greys
:D 70% of my pics, I later realised, was of food and restaurants. Damn, missed the chance you make you drool some more. hehe! :D

@brat
Take a closer look Khan. That's what you're gonna look like in some time after I'm done with you
:|

@aayushi
Definitely! Just say when ;)

@mayz
Oh? You've moved? How exciting for you!!

Pranay said...

On being just happy to see you...
:D well...atleast these pics from you....:)

sid said...

Baklava..halva..those snaps did surely make me hungry...the air tram snap was the icing. Hope you had a nice trip/break.

Sutta said...

:P

Filarial said...

Thought I would leave a nice big comment since it has been a while since I commented here-- so here you go....



Nice Big Comment....

Macadamia The Nut said...

@pranay
That's so sweet :D

@sid
Yessir. But this was on memorial weekend :D Just took me a while to post them.

@sutta
*makes a funny face*

@filarial
How funny... *yawn*
Heh heh heh! Thanks for thy Nice Big Comment. Now you can *bling bling bling* with it
:D :D

g-man said...

yay! you're back!!!

o0o i looooove shrunken heads. i so want one to hang in my room! how do i get one? and where? you don't get them in india :(

you didn't fall off did you?

awww @ the signboard :)

the food looks like something out of the 'temple of doom' movie =D

mmmmm, hummer!

and baklava, haboo wat?!?

"watching Salman Khan dance to "Just chill" on their TV" i'm sorry you had to go through that on your holiday

yay!!! nice to have ya back :) sorry for the extremely long comment tho

viswajith.k.n said...

cha...we dint make it to the air tram at gatlinburg...seems to be a wonderful experience...

Nirmal said...

hey nice snaps maca.....

which place were u???....

Vandita said...

Mann aka Bubbles' new post
she asked me to drop the link to everyone on her blogroll

--xh-- said...

aaragh.. teh stakes... why do u hv to make me drool :P and teh sweets...
the humemr drive... do u hv more pics of that? would love to see that... an amazing piece of machine, the Hummer...

pics thells that u had an amazing time.. :)

mayz said...

exciting??? this is d 5th city in d last 14 mnths...
jamshedpur -> delhi (3 mnths) -> chennai (3 mnths) -> delhi (3 mnths)-> hyderabad (4 mnths)-> delhi (1 mnth) -> n now finally bangalore!!!!

Keshi said...

I missed ya Maca!

Nice new post :) great pics! Good to know u had massive FUN.

Keshi.

Deepti said...

wow ... looks like someone had a blast .. while flu blasted me :)

Safari Al said...

Shruken head!!! WayCool!!!

Sayani said...

hey there i guess u had a blastic time :p

enjoyed the pics ....

take care

Beauty and the BEast said...

looks like you had loads of fun out there!!

I love the restroom board.. think it was awesomely innovative :)

rantravereflect said...

yipppppppeeeeeeeeeeee :)
all tat looked gross n engrossing at the same time macky..

tat guy there looked like peanut- jeff dunham's puppet.. who i think is very cute btw ;)sooo when teh handle came off, did ya newly 'acquired' "member" n the nut fall off too????
rolllllllllllllllllllllllingggggggggggggggggg otflmao.. geeeeeeee :)

the john the jane.... now was tat a direct insult?? :( ya know ma name is jane :(:(:(:(
heee but if ya visited me, n peed, i'd 've gotten to see ya privates..
agreed, i'mthe grossest woman of teh century!!!

n i'm NOT lesb: my bf wud freak out if he saw my comments on ya blog ;);)

smoked sausage--> wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, i'm not gonna get pervy nemore girl,, but i'm sure it was ssmokin hot.. now i'm hungry.. slurpppppp..

n chica, the scary bird.. it was scare'CROW' worthy!! ;););)

indian express-- buhahhahhahahaah--> tat was a reall good one :) (n the pic too)

love ya macky the monkey!!!!!!!(ryte now i won't mention 'nut' cos it brings to mind lot of unwanted things ;);))
p.s.: shit, but didn't i just mention 'nut'?
n didn't i jus mention it yet again...

man, i'm dumb..
n woman, ya're not!

rantravereflect said...

yipppppppeeeeeeeeeeee :)
all tat looked gross n engrossing at the same time macky..

tat guy there looked like peanut- jeff dunham's puppet.. who i think is very cute btw ;)sooo when teh handle came off, did ya newly 'acquired' "member" n the nut fall off too????
rolllllllllllllllllllllllingggggggggggggggggg otflmao.. geeeeeeee :)

the john the jane.... now was tat a direct insult?? :( ya know ma name is jane :(:(:(:(
heee but if ya visited me, n peed, i'd 've gotten to see ya privates..
agreed, i'mthe grossest woman of teh century!!!

n i'm NOT lesb: my bf wud freak out if he saw my comments on ya blog ;);)

smoked sausage--> wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, i'm not gonna get pervy nemore girl,, but i'm sure it was ssmokin hot.. now i'm hungry.. slurpppppp..

n chica, the scary bird.. it was scare'CROW' worthy!! ;););)

indian express-- buhahhahhahahaah--> tat was a reall good one :) (n the pic too)

love ya macky the monkey!!!!!!!(ryte now i won't mention 'nut' cos it brings to mind lot of unwanted things ;);))
p.s.: shit, but didn't i just mention 'nut'?
n didn't i jus mention it yet again...

man, i'm dumb..
n woman, ya're not!

vanilla sky said...

awesome snaps !

baklava, basboosa, halva and sholazad--enlighten me on these parts of speech :(

Alok said...

:)

Would I be exaggerating when I say I enjoyed your journey?

Naah!

Red Phoenix said...

Gatlinburg.... :o u were close to my place.. Abt 4:30 hrs by drive :D

Macadamia The Nut said...

@g-man
No no! I'm Mac!
:|
Ok, PJ.. so what? :D
I'll fed ex you some heads soon.. not to worry :D There are some people I have to go hunt down first. Hehe!

The food.. sigh! I didn't post the rest because I didn't want to reinforce the theory that I'm a glutton :D.. Baklava etc etc are desserts

And you had to go spoil it all with a "sorry" didn't you? Hpfffhhh!
;)

@viswajith.k.n.
Oh? You were there too? For the last long weekend?

@nirmal
Most were taken in Gatlinburg :D

Macadamia The Nut said...

@vandita
Thank you for letting me know

@--xh--
I've some videos. I'll upload them soon and send you the link, what say?

@mayz
Oooh!! That's ... FUN! :D I'd have enjoyed it ;)

Macadamia The Nut said...

@keshi
Keshiiiiiiiii!! :D
I missed me too. Heh heh heh.
P.S. Most of the pics were from last month's trip. Remember I told you I was taking off?

@deepti
How are you feeling now laydee?

@safari al
I can make you look like that. Interested?
:D

Macadamia The Nut said...

@sayani
Yes ma'am :D

@beauty and the beast
Yeps.. the trip was way cool. :D

@rantravereflect
LOL! Babe, I read your comment this morning and was laughing SO hard that I nearly woke up people. heh heh!

My 'nuts' didn't fall off thankyouverymuch. Hehe! They're here to stay ;)

Ah, so you're Jane? I admit, it does throw up a lot of .. interesting(?)... possibilities. LOL! I can't believe we're having this conversation. Let's mail this to your dude and give him a heart attack ;)

And you dumb? Hah! yeah and Paris Hilton is a geek.
(Dunno why I keep pulling that hapless chick into my conversations)

Macadamia The Nut said...

@vanilla sky
Thankoo thankoo thankoo! :D
P.S. Those are Persian desserts.. YUMMILICIOUS ones! Sighhhhh!

@alok
You better not be ;-) Thanks

Macadamia The Nut said...

@red phoenix
Actually from my place it's just over 3 hours to KY. hehe

Safari Al said...

Yeah, at the rate you are sucking out the patience out of me, it shouldn't be too long before I can become like that.

AnGeliC dEmOn- said...

Tomorrow.

Will that do :)

The Whisperer said...

Too bad it wasn't a HUMMEE!!! =P Then the holes and bumps on the road would be the ones to suffer... lol .. hehe

Macadamia The Nut said...

@safari al
Oh ho? :D

@angelic demon
Lol! Sounds good

@the whisperer
You porco! Yeah PORCO! :D I had to edit
:D

Akshay said...

Restroom at the Ripley's... thats my fav pic here!!

K.C. said...

Loved the pictures and the tour. Fun going along for the ride. Such a great blog. The food made me so deliriously hungry. Your descriptions were hilarious as well... Kayce

durjoy datta said...

Super pics!

mayz said...

really??? house huntin every 3 mnths?? enjoyed it...ahhhh no wonder dey call u d nut :P

comfortably numb said...

Excuse me little bird! YOU are supposed to be scared of ME, not vice versa!! Hmmpfffhhh! ....lol!!!
tht got me in splits...thnx

AnGeliC dEmOn- said...

Maca,

I can't access the new blog you've made :(

Keshi said...

yes I know. And it seems like u had serious fun :) wish I was there too!

Keshi.

Girl With Big Eyes said...

I am part of the 'Indian Express' and nope, I don't mind the stupid laughter.

Nice pics and looks like you had a neat adventure trip!

The Whisperer said...

I deserve PORCO... but just for now =P

g-man said...

naw, its just that i tend to ramble incoherently when i'm drunk :|

o0o me likey pj!!! :D

n.b. yours truly is a glutton too. fortunately yours truly doesn't ever gain weight tho :)

Gonecase said...

Great great pics..total fun :)

Ankur said...

wow!!!

wow!!!

tat hummer was amazing :D

and the direction board in ripleys ;)
have seen tat and horse both before!!! :P :P

and u click awesome!!! :)
and sounds like u really had an amazing time!!! :)

Cheers!!!

Ria said...

hey wow!tht was some trip u had. Really liked the way u hav put the pics making it so visual. :) Cheers gurl!

Safari Al said...

That wasn't clever enough?

:)

Macadamia The Nut said...

@akshay
Mine too :D

@k.c.
Thank yooo :D

@durjoy datta
Hey, long time..

Macadamia The Nut said...

@mayz
Why not? :D At least life wont be mundane ;)

@comfortably numb
:D Thanks :D

@angelic demon
Err, that's only for Me, Myself and Macadamia's eyes :D

Macadamia The Nut said...

@keshi
I did, I did! But coming back spoilt everything. BLEARGH!

@girl with big eyes
LOL!!! You're braver than me then. I did it too, but I was lucky no one laughed then :D
Thanks, yeah it was great.. sigh!

@the whisperer
Hmmpffh! That you do.. I got a heart attack! :D But 'sokay.. I'll get back to porquinho now :D
lol!

Macadamia The Nut said...

@g-man
Lol!! Lucky thing! Eat eat eat! Sigh! Life's so beautifood!

@gonecase
Thanks! :D

@ankur
Tell me about it man! It was SUCH a cool experience.. you should try it sometime :D

@ria
Thanks girlfriend ;-)

Macadamia The Nut said...

@safari al
:D It was itwasitwas twitwas
:D

Solitaire said...

WOW! Seems like you had an awesome time!!

You have been tagged. Check WARM FUZZIES out!

viswajith.k.n said...

Not this long weekend...but when we had gone to Smokies a yr back! stayed at a cabin near Gatlinburg...:)

Macadamia The Nut said...

@solitaire
:|
If I tag anyone else I'm as good as dead
:|
But thy tag shall be done soon lady :D

@viswajith.k.n.
Oh same pinch! For the cabin I mean..

viswajith.k.n said...

ROFL!!!

Macadamia The Nut said...

@viswajith.k.n
Eh? Whaaa?

viswajith.k.n said...

reminded me of some funny incidents with my friends some time back...thats y accidentally typed that out!

Arvind said...

Again, I'm more amazed, not at your ability to actually go through the entire vacation experience, infused with the minute doses of tranquil, mayhem, bizarre reality, exotic & unpronounceable names of food..
But, at your attempt to single-handedly reply to every single comment on this page, with complete attention to every single detail, notwithstanding the fact that I assume you have nothing useful to do all day long (and if you actually did have something to do, you would be my biggest role model in the history of all role models!)

I expect to see an equally long (if not equally boring), reply of gratitude for my efforts to not make any friggin' sense..

Peace!
- A

Safari Al said...

Muahhahahha: finally the nutty seal of approval.

Macadamia The Nut said...

@viswajith.k.n.
Ah, ze peechure haz beecom klear

@arvind
Oh wow! Finally, someone who gets amazed easily! Nice chu meet cha :D

Yea, you are SO right :( I'm just a bored 75 year old housewife who has nothing better to do the whole day than to knit mittens for her great grandkids and blog when she's bored of knitting. Sigh...
Hehe! Pigggggggg!

So, what's this pet peeve you have about me replying to all the comments I get?
DO you think I should perhaps ignore some of them or maybe write "I'm not gonna reply to your comments you loosers". Hah! You wish! :D I love interacting with them so come over and sample the grapes, They're not all sour you know. heh heh heh


@safari al
Approval? :O Boy you didn't get it did you? :D nevermind..

Ankur said...

how u doin??

looks like u r super busy these days!!! :D

;)

Cheerss!!!

Macadamia The Nut said...

@ankur
Lol! Someone says I'm jobless and now you ask if I'm busy. Heh heh. Yeah dude.. the past few weeks have been weird. But I'm 'back' now ;) Wassup with you?

Swapna said...

hello......lovely pix....am glad u had a lovely time :)

Macadamia The Nut said...

@swapna
Thanksssss!
Long time! :D

Ankur said...

Jobless...hmmmm!!!!
:P

nice to hear that u r back... were u busy with work or just having fun ;)
heheh

nothing much with me...

Macadamia The Nut said...

@ankur
:D Ummmm, not exactly. I has some issues that had to be dealt with. The n there was the running around for college admission.. normal crazy crap :D

Ankur said...

kewl... colelge .. which one, u still studyin!!! ;)

Safari Al said...

Sarcastic, aren't we?

:)

viswajith.k.n said...

y zat fake accent? :P as u wud have known from my blog I am not a big fan of it!

Macadamia The Nut said...

@viswajith.k.n.
That's exactly why :D

viswajith.k.n said...

u naughty gal...someday i ll have my revenge! :P

Macadamia The Nut said...

@viswajith.k.n.
Lol! Ok, truce. :D
You're too nice to spar with.

geet said...

hehehe i was there on last long weekend 26th may ?... lovely it was. remember i had put up a post on it :)

nice pics ..especially the last one :D. i need a tatooooooooooooooooooooo

Macadamia The Nut said...

@geet
You were????? Omg! Same here!! I was there the whole three days! Small world huh? :D

~Moo-lah Buz!nezzz~ said...

Ooooh!.seems you had quite a blast.PArdon my ignorance,But where are these pics???

Devesh said...

I really like the direction to the restroom at Ripley's one :)

Jolna said...

Hey are u there?

Pri said...

heyy cool pics...and as usual i liked the captions more :D

flyingstars said...

WoW...some very beautiful captured shots...simply love them!

Macadamia The Nut said...

@moo-lah buz!nezzz
Umm, some pics were taken in Gatlinburg, some in Nashville and some in Franklin (TN) :)

@devesh
I loved it the minute I saw it :))

@jols
Ummm...we need to devise a better 'alarm system', no?

Macadamia The Nut said...

@pri
Thanks SO much Pri

@flyingstars
THANK you!! :)

Mystique Wanderer said...

i like these free tour kind of blogs...it comes in top place...right next to being at these places in person...especially if they are well written and well pictured... :)

Macadamia The Nut said...

@mystique wanderer
There's this Neil person's blog I visit, just to drool... Sigh! Over his travel pics I mean :D

Scribbler said...

Picture Perfect Moments

keep it rollin;)

Macadamia The Nut said...

@scribbler
Thanks man :)

Madhuri said...

VERY NICE ... Especially loved the "Indian Express" ... Cant wait to find a skating rink and do dat :D :D!!

Macadamia The Nut said...

@madhuri
My first time was in a gang of equally hopelessly klutzy pals.
;-)