2fargon<\/a>, who sent me a shipment of oh-god-they-are-mindblowing comics. Frank Miller’s Sin City:The Babe Wore Red, and Sin City: The Big Fat Kill. Thirty one issues of Garth Ennis’ Hitman. Batman\/Spawn and Spawn\/Batman. ( something I have been waiting to read since 1994 ) The computer courtesy my juniors Sam ( who sold me his machine ) and Vandi who undertook the mindbogglingly complex task of smuggling it out of the NIT Warangal premises and delivering it to moi. TA plus shipping\/handling charges for the aforementioned task borne by you-know-who.<\/p>\nSub-question: Define “smuggling it out”. <\/i>
\nAns: According to the Hallowed Taskmasters of our fair Institution, a student owning a computer has to pay an annual amount of Rs 500 to register his\/her PC with the college authorities. The exact reasons behind this rule is not known. What is known, though, is that – (a) inspite of the rule being added, computers keep getting stolen from the College branch offices. (b) Getting a gate-pass for one’s pass involves a long and complicated process which can be summed up in three words – “redefining red tape”.<\/p>\n
How do you top a perfect Monday? <\/i>
\nAns: Bunk office on Tuesday. Stay and read comics. Discover midway that the headache that started off as a mild annoyance has taken on epic proportions….chill out and spend the rest of the day in bed. <\/p>\n
What do you do when you’re lying in bed? <\/i>
\nAns: Read. (screw the headache) Listen to ARR, The Grateful Dead, Hootie and the Blowfish, My Dying Bride, Type O Negative. (screw the headache) Lather, rinse, repeat. (screw the headache) Play half-Life all over again from the beginning. (screw the headache)<\/p>\n
So what happens next? <\/i>
\nAns: The headache screws me.<\/p>\n
How about Wednesday?<\/i>
\nAns: I can’t open my eyes without wincing. I can’t move my freakin legs without my back aching. I can’t move my freakin hands without my back aching. I can’t move my freakin ears…waitaminit, I can’t move my ears anyway. Always wished I could. Anyway, I decide not to move.<\/p>\n
I wasn’t asking about your freakin body goddamnit. I was asking you about Wednesday.<\/i>
\nAns: Yeah, I watched (or rather, listened to ) Vandi burning 100 cds at a go. Tried hard not to laugh at the agonizing sight of him deciding which<\/i> ones to write and which ones to skip. <\/p>\n
The speed of the cd-writer?<\/i>
\nAns: 48X write speed. 16-X rewrite speed. Amit’s writer. *Sighhhhhhhhhh!*<\/p>\n
You had a freakin 48X cd-writer in your house and you slept<\/i> the whole time????<\/i>
\nAns: Ummm, not exactly. Felt much better by afternoon, went to Psasi<\/b>‘s place and swipped whatever cds I had to write. Marathon-Mega-Friggodelastic-Burn session followed!!!!<\/p>\n
The poor guy! I heard you made him miss a meeting….how can you be so<\/i> mean??? <\/i>
\nAns: Ummmm…practice.<\/p>\n
How about the induction thingie you were telling me about? <\/i>
\nAns: Eh heh heh heh. Shhhh, it’s a secret. Both Vasu<\/b> and Psasi<\/b> have been made honorary members of the Frank Miller Admiration Society. Haven’t told them about the admission fees though. <\/p>\n
Any confessions to make? <\/i>
\nAns: Yeah, I think I am becoming an click-refresh-on-lj-friends-page-junkie. I think I am starting to enjoy cleaning up my room and trashing it the same night. I know<\/i> I am spending too much money on things, just because there is a 20% discount tag attached to them.<\/p>\n
Define “things”.<\/i>
\nAns: The usual. No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom<\/b> and Safri Duo’s Episode II <\/b> being two prime examples. Also Mike Oldfield’s Guitars<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Aren’t you ashamed of yourself? <\/i>
\nBwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-HA!!!!! Oink oink.<\/p>\n
Anything strange you did?<\/i>
\nAns: Woke up early, real<\/i> early on a holiday! Sat down in front of the computer and watched a movie<\/i>!!!!! Then sat down in front of the computer and watched another<\/i> movie. Had three square meals everyday throughout the week.<\/p>\n
Hmmm, what about work? <\/i>
\nExcuse me, I think I smell something burning.<\/p>\n
No, seriously. <\/i>
\nAns: Welllllll, I completed whatever I was supposed to do, but four days late. NObody’s complaining though. Seems the build failed anyway. (chuckle chuckle)<\/p>\n
What’s the moral of the whole shebang???<\/i>
\nAns: Hey, wait, twenty questions over. I get to ask you a question now….<\/p>\n
Yeah, ok….<\/i>
\nWanna play some Unreal?
\nEh heh heh heh<\/i><\/p>\n
Moral: Playing Unreal is preferable to answering questions about morals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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