The Ultra-Adventures of a Painfully Normal Girl

As I sit here and type, the savory bouquet from the herbed and roasting chicken is unceasingly wafting across my olfactory senses. My world revolves around food. My latest listography contains those smell associated with food that speak to my soul. It is in no particular order... they are all equally amazing.

- Sesame oil
- Fresh rosemary in all its earthy, woodsy glory
- Truffle oil
- Dark chocolate as it is being melted into heavy cream to create ganache. The aroma builds exponentially until it bursts into a crescendo of rich, decadent extravagance.
- Bread dough
- Onions and garlic sauteing in butter
- Hot tea (green, white, herbal, mint, jasmine...)

Other random smells not associated with food:
- Roses... as cliche as that may be
- Freesia
- Freshly washed sheets
- Orange blossoms from a roadside orchard
- Vintage cars
- Leather
- Mahgony
- Old books

Feel free to comment and add your own smells!

So I have taken a bit of a break from running. Pain-free runs left so much promise only to be dashed by some pain where the cyst is located. Since it happened while running and since it is on my MCL, I decided to not push this one.

In the meantime, I was inspired while watching Top Gear in all of their "ambitious yet rubbish" gloriousness. I will take this pause in running to write about another passion, and hence the following is a list of my top cars.

1. Subaru WRX STI... I do so love my car
2. Fiat 500 Abarth SS... you can keep your mini coopers
3. Ariel Atom... open-wheeled awesomeness
3. Porsche GT3
4. Ferrari 458 Italia... because it sounds so damn pretty and has some power to match
5. Reliant Robin... because it is absolutely ridiculous

And for all you who are screaming what about the American cars:
1. Ford Fiesta... of course, it would be to strip it down and turn it into a proper rally car
2. Ford F-150 SVT Raptor... if I had to pick a truck