blue artichoke

Well, it's over.

Blue Chocolate Challah moved out about two weeks ago to live with his girlfriend, who is also kosher. The parting of the ways was quite amicable... in fact, I won't lie, I miss living with BCC. We got along really well and the whole kosher lifestyle was not really that bad.

I think BCC misses me, too. I think that started as he was packing up the final few things, as he was excited to get together a week later to go to the movies. It was a lot of fun, but kind of odd for us not to be heading back to the same place. Sure, occasionally we'd be out someplace and he'd then go over to his girlfriend's house, but this was different; he didn't come "home" to get his car and then go over.

I've been quite blessed when it comes to roommates. Starting with my first, who was a little unbalanced, my sophomore year of college saw me rooming with Pink Margaritas the Effeminate Heterosexual... although it turned out he was, in fact, homosexual. We hung out most recently on his trip to Boston in May, and he's still as funny as ever. We got along really well in our substance-free dorm room.

The following year I roomed with White Mackerel, in the largest room on campus. Had a blast, and laughed more over the course of that school year than I ever have in my life. There was a repeat senior year, though we added Purple Spaghetti to our on-campus apartment. It was an interesting year, since by the end of it WM and PS despised each other. Over the course of those two years one would think I would have developed an aversion to pizza, such was the frequency I ate it. But no, love it still.

The next roommate was in Colorado. Blue/Green Anything Edible was a fun roommate who pushed me to get into better physical shape than I'd ever been in, which unfortunately pushed my heart to the limit requiring surgery sooner rather than later. We worked together, too, and when he quit (good call) he moved away, leaving me roommate-less. To save money (especially as I'd be out of Colorado for two months), I moved in with Yellow Guacamole.

She is the coolest, most easy-going person I've ever met. She found out she was preggers a week after I moved in, too, which made things interesting. I moved out before the baby arrived -- it wasn't mine, that was for sure.

Then my move to Boston, where I lived with Blue Chocolate Challah.

I just realized this is more of a personal journal entry than it should be... sorry. To make up for it, I'd say that this past weekend one of my best friends and his fiancee came to town. He'll eat anything, but she is a kosher vegan... well, vegan is kosher by default, so that works alright, I suppose. We went to an Indian restaurant that was absolutely incredible! Rani's in Coolidge Corner has the standard Indian food plus some really interesting dishes from other regions -- not your standard Indian restaurant in the end. The food was delicious -- it's worth a trip if you're in the Boston area and like Indian food but want something other than chicken tikka masala.

I don't have any recipes to post, I'm sorry.

Remember the Gas Crisis? It's over... but BCC took all of his plates and pots and pans and utensils, and mine are still in storage. Next week I hope to cook again. Also, I hope to clean this place.

As great a guy as BCC is, the man didn't clean. Ever, to the best of my knowledge.

All in all, I managed to be kosher (in the home) for nine months. Not too bad, and most diets don't last that long. I'm kind of proud of myself.

Getting to Know All About You: What's been your most successful or longest diet? That might be two separate answers; I fully understand a long diet not being very successful!