random observations
Had a number of meetups and events in the past few days. Combine those with various bits of work and I’ve been left with no time to blog. So, just a few random observations about events will do to keep things ticking over.
The curse of Colombo struck again with The Fluffy Pink Bunny man (SpectralCentroid, even). On Friday last, I made the stunning discovery that I knew where TFPBM worked. That discovery devastated me, because I was genuinely hoping to meet someone to whom there would be no previous connections. You know, fresh blood, fresh meat and all that jazz. Nope. Not to be. TFPBM; I knew where he worked. To make matters even worse, upon meeting him yesterday, he immediately placed me (props to him, I didn’t place him) and identified my undergrad place of study. Ick. So, not that this is a problem or anything; but TFPBM is not an unknown entity… Colombo; tis too small to blog anonymously with any degree of comfort.
Then, how about The Frogmeister? Yeah, I did know him before he started blogging, no big surprises there. Turns out the bloke went to the same school I did (for a while, anyway). Aargh. Incidentally, I may have met someone who is even more confused driving on Colombo streets than I. To be fair, what Kermit lacks in the spatial awareness department is more than compensated by exhibiting a scary threewheeler roadhog-like ability to take tight turns. Crossing over two lanes in tight traffic is trivial for an amphibian of his skillz. Considering that he was asking me (nearly 2 years away from Colombo streets) for directions and also considering that some roads are closed and I’m not exactly Google Maps when it comes to directions …. well, we did a lot more driving around Colombo than we needed to - but Kermit never went mad- frog on any three wheeler chaps who cut him off, and he even let a few people through at an intersection. Alarmingly un Sri Lankan.
Oh, and a crowd turned up for the Stiggie gig yesterday. I found the new stuff mostly meh, although the much talked of mosh pit was a laugh. Wish I hadn’t cut my hair when I saw them headbang, actually. Oh well. I still like the older Stiggie stuff, so it’s not all bad. The Monkeys were a bit more so-so, but I’ve seen too little of them to make a definitive comment. One thing that annoyed me was the patronizing patter from the Monkey-in-chief. Sonny, we don’t give a fark about your video, ok? Trust me on this one. Damn kids. Now get off my lawn.
On 19-Jun-06 at 1:33 pm,
Kermit wrote:
dude, you make me sound like the Crazy Frog i.e: dunno where he’s going, but he’s going there real fast!
but you’re right. i haven’t the faintest idea where half of colombo is…
On 20-Jun-06 at 5:45 am,
sage wrote:
no, no. he just goes mad-frog on spammers.
On 20-Jun-06 at 7:19 am,
Kermit wrote:
spammers? where? WHERE?
On 20-Jun-06 at 7:49 am,
sage wrote:
-points at the sloth-
On 20-Jun-06 at 8:04 am,
sage wrote:
ooh okay, this just in.
sloth (6/20/2006 12:24:42 PM): kermit didn’t know directions and was following me…
sloth (6/20/2006 12:24:53 PM): little did he know, that i didn’t know directions
sloth (6/20/2006 12:25:04 PM):
sloth (6/20/2006 12:25:31 PM): i was trying to shake them off, thinking they were someone else…
On 20-Jun-06 at 8:10 am,
SpectralCentroid wrote:
but.. but.. you mean that meeting was NOT special for you!.. awwww..
This is all bullshit. I think Mr. Dragon was secretly wishing till the very last second that SpectralCentroid was an extremely hot chic. Me turning up instead was a great disappointment. I’m really hurt.
Of course you couldn’t place me! I was just another obscure freshman at that time (who knew all about Mr. Genius :P)
On 20-Jun-06 at 8:11 am,
sloth wrote:
dude, I devised an AI spam sifter.
On 20-Jun-06 at 9:12 am,
sage wrote:
see how sloth cleverly uses the word ‘devised’ in this context, so as to imply he had _some_ involvement in it, but wasn’t necessarily responsible for it.
On 21-Jun-06 at 5:12 am,
Kermit wrote:
so emoticons are back in fashion, eh? no more and ?
actually slot is right. after several convolutions around Kolpetty, he miraculously ended up in front of us.
On 21-Jun-06 at 5:26 am,
Kermit wrote:
crap. i meant to say:
so emoticons are back in fashion, eh? no more < grin > and < sniker > ?
On 21-Jun-06 at 5:31 am,
Kermit wrote:
gah. i meant < snicker >
On 21-Jun-06 at 5:41 am,
sloth wrote:
slot?
On 21-Jun-06 at 7:43 am,
sage wrote:
ahahah you slot!
from what i gather anything goes now; from basic emoticons, to irc style actions, to actions in angular brackets.
random is the new black. (forgeism)
On 21-Jun-06 at 11:01 am,
sloth wrote:
why you little sag! Angular brackets? Didn’t you christen them gaffens at some point?
On 21-Jun-06 at 12:47 pm,
sage wrote:
gnaffens! no, that never caught on.
and don’t call me sag, fer cryin’ out loud. it’s just not true alright?
On 21-Jun-06 at 12:52 pm,
chickenbutt wrote:
Sag? where do you sag? and what’s not true? hey i’m missing something!
On 22-Jun-06 at 6:14 am,
sloth wrote:
oh right, gnaffens. It’s not true?! F’real? I’d have to see it to believe it. Mayhap you could show me sometime.
On 22-Jun-06 at 6:20 am,
sage wrote:
nevah!
On 22-Jun-06 at 6:22 am,
drac wrote:
Hmm, sag
e, how appropriate.gnaffens were all the rage at one point, but Wordpress unfortunately requires some escaping and entities to get it to display properly. It’s simply too much work. I prefer the *grin* notation myself.
SpectralBunnytroid: Ok, so you weren’t a chick with some severe facial hair issues? Yikes. Also, you probably knew of me because I used to hog the labs and play Starcraft with the final year chaps - no other reason for my infamy.
Kermitofrawg: I want to know when the Sloth got ahead of us, that’s all. I think we first noticed him after we did that traffic light contortion (yeah, I said turn right when I meant turn left.. that one)
On 22-Jun-06 at 6:25 am,
drac wrote:
Did Slothy just ask sage to show off her curves and angles? (err.. and gnaffens too) Woo. You go, Slothy boy. Also, as seen on IM just now…
[10:45] sloth: i inserted another dastardly comment
[10:52] drac: she’s gonna beat you up
[10:55] sloth: are you enjoying this?
[10:56] drac: greatly, o sloth
[10:56] drac: greatly
[10:56] sloth: i might enjoy the beating too
It’s all slotting in place, innit?
On 22-Jun-06 at 12:53 pm,
sage wrote:
i’m in my happy place right now, and not reading any of this. in fact, i don’t even remember commenting on this thread before. denial FTW.