Sleepy Update

It’s been a while since I jotted down anything here… 68 days, in fact, and while that’s not a record, it is quite substantial. And my last post didn’t actually have anything to do with me (ahem.) So that brings the time differential to… a very excellent sounding 123 days since my last post with any real content (which might be a record… Hmm)! Let’s see… what has happened in all that time?

Long while ago

I had another motorcycle accident! Eeeentiiirely my fault this time around. Well, almost entirely my fault (is that correct?). You see, I was going through this nice round-about at Poojappura Jn. when the bike toppled over. Just ‘la ‘dat. Sure, I might have been going just a little too fast, and I might have been juuust a little too aggressive with the cornering angle, but in my defence, I’ve taken that corner at much scarier speeds and angles before – n’ more than a few times at that. Guess I stretched my luck a little too thin this time around – and of course, there’s the reason for the almost in the entirely – my bike ain’t what it used to be, it’s been in quite a lot of crashes and they’ve taken a toll on its handling.

There was another guy with me this time – first for an ‘accident’. Nothing happened to him, except for a tiny scratch on the palm. I, on the other hand, got my knee torn – which consequently had to be stitched up. I was stuck at home with a near useless leg for almost 2 weeks, during which period, the thought “have-to-go-to-the-bathroom” was exceedingly mortifying. As an aftermath, I’ve partially lost sensation on the skin around my knee, and the nerve endings seem to have been juggled around by the incompetent (?) doctor who closed the thing up. If I touch the part where the skin got torn, I get a not-so-nice tingling sensation in my numb areas. Intriguing and slightly disturbing at the same time…

Right after my leg healed (somewhat), Dishaa happened.

Let’s put it this way: I wasn’t looking forward to it. Having had an insider’s view of how things were coming along, I didn’t have much hope. I wasn’t in charge of anything, having had my fill of… umm… being in charge of things in the last iteration of the same. However, being the geek that I am, I helped out the guys with the gaming event.  After a very shaky start, it actually went pretty well. I didn’t see any of the other off-stage events, partly, because I was stuck guarding my computer at the gaming location, but mainly, because I couldn’t give less of a damn. <shrug> I was, however, there for the Cultural ‘Nite. I wanted to see (and scorn) the performance of some northie practically unheard-of guy (and his band) for whom the organizing committee had dedicated around one n’ a half lakh rupees. To my utter surprise, it turned out that the guy was actually really good! I video-d the whole thing, and its up at my YouTube page! Here’s a link to a playlist!

Sometime in-between

Holi happened. At college. Video evidence to the carnage that occurred can been viewed, once again, at my YouTube page. Here’s a convenient playlist for the lazy people.

Recently

I’ve discovered that gaming online is actually possible these days – and I don’t mean simple not-so-delay-dependant ones, I mean the real hardcore stuff! I’ve been playing Left 4 Dead and Counter-Strike: Source regularly for the past month – the latter almost exclusively for the past 2 weeks, mainly because L4D has started becoming stale. L4D is a ton of fun, possibly the best online co-operative game ever created, but with only four (official) maps, you get tired of running through the same places over and over again (even with the AI Director, which mixes things up for a different experience each time). When everybodys’ networks are fine, lag is almost non-existent. ^_^

There was another get-together at school. Was kinda fun. Pics up at my picasaweb. Header image is a shot of the Indoor Stadium that is fiiinally finished (or so it seems).

Oh, and College Days are over. My S8 university exams begin in 3 days, and as usual, I’m not looking forward to it. Wish me luck.

It’s 4.50 AM right now. I think I’ll head to bed. Yes. I’ll do that.

Restless

It’s a feeling of not having done something. Like there’s something obvious that I should know, but do not, and it’s nagging.

Distract myself and get it over with. It’s bullshit anyway.

Been to an auto expo today… called the ‘Autobahn’ after the speed-limit-less (no more, it seems) expressways of Germany. I don’t know what they hoped to convey with the name, but suffice to say that it didn’t dawn on me when I was at the event. There were a few interesting vehicles there… a rather fat-looking Hayabusa, a run-down-lookin’ 1998 sport-modded BMW M3… and um… oh wait, that was it. Sigh… and of course there were quite a few farting RX-100s and the accompanying cocker spaniels who seemed to be oblivious to the amazing racket their machines made. Sure, their front wheels were up in the air a lot of the time, but if you’ve seen one pass, you’ve seen em’ all… And there were a LOT of these passes. Enough to make someone feel it’s just another day of college…

…which it wasn’t…

since I actually participated in an event called the ‘Slow Race’. Predictably, I did not win, though I did make sure that I didn’t get disqualified…

…which was satisfying in itself.

I smell something really nice cooking downstairs… Let’s go investigate.

Headgear

A post every few days anyway.

I finally got around to buying a new helmet today.

Vishnu says it looks pretty wicked along with the glasses. It’s pretty tight, unlike my last one. And it quite frankly looks a good lot better too, so that’s definitely an improvement. I’ve yet to start studying for the series exams, but I’m not overly worried, except about Maths, that is. And I don’t even have the time table yet. Typical, some might say.

India / Bangladesh match going on right now. India 63 runs in 22 overs. I feel like screaming with joy already… sigh…

Wheelie

Hundreds of guys and girls milling around… everybody looks excited (sort of) and the music is starting to roll…

How boring. Seems like it’s gonna turn out like it always does. Well, maybe not…

I popped the first wheelie of my life on my Unicorn. It wasn’t as hard as I’d thought it would be. Just a lot of throttle plus snapping the clutch.

Slightly scary, especially when the wheel points upwards, but not overly so since it doesn’t last that long. It is addictive nonetheles. I can’t wait for my next go.

It was in the grounds on the side of the Nishagandhi venue (where the Nirvaan event was taking place) that I got a chance to try it out. Here’s a photo of me in the middle of a wheelie.

Me Wheelie Me Uni

Oh, and in an interesting turn of events, I participated in a rather wacky event called ‘Junkyard Wars’, which basically required the three of us (Jacob, Jinto, and mua) to create the tallest structure possible within 20 minutes using newspapers, straws (the drinking kind), cellotape, and pins. Our 10 feet tall entry, with it’s rather ingenious design (more like Jacob and Jinto’s… they’d made a similar design and almost won last year) wiped away the competition.

Needless to say, I didn’t stick around for the prize distribution.

Photos are at my flickr. Go check it out if you’re in the mood. Ta ta.