A Calm Storm

The blog of Sholeh Samadani Munion

Awww!

This is for you, D-Rab: MICE IN TROUSERS! It is snowing here, really snowing, not just that little fluffy stuff that melts immediately. I want to make hot chocolate, start a fire in the fireplace, and if I can drag…

Teeth in a box

I actually haven’t taken a close look at them, because I have a rather queasy stomach right now and I don’t think that the doctor cleaned them very well. 4 wisdom teeth are sitting in a clear plastic box somewhere…

Teeth

After a long wait, I’m getting my wisdom teeth (all 4!) removed in 9 hours. I’m sure it will be lots of fun. It has been suggested by unnamed sources that I make them into a necklace. 😀 Therefore, I…

Survived

I ended the semester on December 10th, but didn’t find the need to write about it. I just checked my grades and I am very happy with them (yay!) so that is all there is to it. Home is good….

Too soon to freeze

(A water main near my work exploded and coated trees and power lines in ice, creating a temporary ice world.) Here This is where those fragile moments came together in a dazzled display of laughter and inside jokes. This is…

KAPOW!

Apparently I’m more of a “spontaneously funny” person. 🙂 (Thanks to Kelsey for the pic, yes that is me in the bag. Angela is next to me.) ————————- “Therefore I hope that whether you be in the east or the…

Books!

Finished in the last 48 hours: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress : A Novel, by Dai Sejie Funny in Farsi : A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America, by Firoozeh Dumas Currently Reading: Memories of Nine Years in…

Chocolate

I home at my parent’s house. I missed Feast in Chicago today for the first time in…a very very long time. I’m sad, because I also know that I’m going to miss the next Feast because I’ll be getting my…

Learning

Right now I’m learning how to be not selfish. I’m learning how to cut down on complaining. I’m learning how to study (wow, fascinating. In my senior year of university!) Well, actually I’m learning about how my brain chooses to…

I found a sunset!

(click to enlarge) (Near my house) At the hospital where I work, I type in the names of the different clinics every day. My favorite is “Nuclear Medicine”. I smile every time…I get an image of doctors blowing things up….

Sunset

I’ve started to forget the colors in a sunset. Of course I see the stereotypical gradients in my mind, likely placed there by television or National Geographic. It isn’t quite real, though. Here, the skies are cloudy or full of…

Nightmares

the threat of separation draws me in to this nightmare realm where I search calling your name there is an echo back… this scenario has happened before in a different situation in my dreams. I wait for you in the…

Emus and food

“And a third emu is currently on the loose.” –NBC 10 pm news. We’ve got some cooks in our neighborhood. Everyone contributed to make a wonderful meal the other night. (click to make it bigger) Chicken w/garlic, lime, and something…

The Weather

I am like a freaking barometer. Whenever the air pressure changes, I get headaches. Combine that with my unfulfilled caffiene addiction…today has been yucky. So my migraine is making me nauseous and dizzy. What a wonderful Friday night. 🙂 Counting…

Wisps

What happens when Sholeh is too busy to write blog entries? She blesses the world with poetry. Oct 9 This is what she is cloaked in Undermined by mystery She’s got no poker face Emotions concealed? No, openness is her…

Funny Titles!

And now I bring you…funny scientific article names: The uncertain blitzkrieg of Pleistocene megafauna (apparently the megafauna were not as sure about their attack as they should have been) Amphibian road mortality in response to nightly variations in traffic intensity…

Coconut Chicken

Another creation! Ingredients: Chicken breast (cut into pieces) onion (diced) tomato (diced) zucchini (sliced) 1/2 can coconut milk salt pepper Fry chicken in a large wok or non-stick pan with onions, salt, and pepper. When chicken is fully cooked, add…

A Prayer

O Lord, my God and my Haven in my distress! My Shield and my Shelter in my woes! My Asylum and Refuge in time of need and in my loneliness my Companion! In my anguish my Solace, and in my…

Speak!

Oh, speak with all of the words lingering in your heart, The ones that refuse to come out unless prodded. Speak and don’t be afraid of the emotions The dreams, the pain that come with speech. Just…speak, sing, shout out…

In Those Days Past

In those days past when summer was the overriding season our smiles were open the cynical twists of the mouth didn’t exist. There was no pain behind those eyes. It was the Sobes and the Guccis and the core Chicago…

Halloween!

Our house is having a Halloween Party on Friday at 8 pm. If you don’t know where we live…ask someone who does, or email me. Costumes required! (why do some people even question having to dress up for a Hallween…

Assorted nonsense

The prairie is now a nice light brown, dried up, fall color. And home is always changing…the construction out there has nearly reached a feverish pitch. “Why I love the suburbs” Reason #1: Wide open spaces & plenty of parking….

Partially Eaten Food

Goya Flan is the best stuff in the world. You can buy it at the local grocery store for about a dollar, boil 4 cups of milk, and voila! You’ve got flan. I’m such a flan…I mean, fan….obviously. (I ate…

I live here

I live where new townhomes are side by side with 100 year old rowhouses. I saw two firetrucks drive up quickly to the hot dog stand on the corner while I waited for the bus this morning. Turns out they…

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