My friends are specimens
i have alot of friends. tonnes of aquaintances, loads of go-out-and-have-fun pals, and a very select group of close friends. I want to talk about 7 particularily good friends of mine. Any half baked psychologist/psychiatrist/counseller/zoologist/pest exterminator would refer to us as "specimens". We have trouble relating to the world. probably coz the world doesn't get us. We r intense people... in a weird way. Truly fascinating at that. Let me tell you more about my friends -
Specimen #1- Has his heart in the right place, but not his brain. Tends to be idealistic with moments of brilliance - unfortunately, lack of motivation prevents him from maintaining the brillaince. Looks at life from a mildly psychotic perspective. uses cold cream in the summer.
Specimen #2- Compared to the rest of us, specimen #2 isn't much of a specimen, but for uniformity sake i will refer to him as specimen. Probably the most mentally stable of the lot. Good news, bad news, terrible news, nothing makes a dent on this dude. Maintains a gruff exterior, with moments of hostility, but has a heart of gold. Revered in friend circles. His goal in life is to get a job so that he can get married by the age of 24. Apparently his sell by date is approaching which worries him no end. Not sure what he is doing, but doesn't care - he needs a job. Wears yellow and light blue striped boxers to college when lazy.
Specimen #3- Very intellegent chap. But freakin lazy. This is the kind of dude who would drop a piece of paper on the ground and not pick it up for an entire semester. Between eating and napping, he likes to prevent others from doing work. We suspect that his circle of friends poisoned his otherwise intelligent mind. Likes to sleep with his thumb in his mouth.
Specimen #4- Shy.Odd.Supremely intelligent. Lazy as hell. Sadly, here is another close pal of mine who is affected by laziness and lack of motivation. Big time. Has an awesome mind... if only he'd stop being an idealistic day dreamer. Gets touchy if your feet are within a 5 kms radius of his bed.
Specimen #5- Ahhh. No.5 is a classic member of our clan. A very intelligent guy, he is interested in just about everything. tends to be senstive. Once again, has a heart of gold. His curious nature makes him the perfect engineer, as well the perfect astrophysicist,philosopher, computer repairman, and jobless bum. He will plaster you with questions. yet you will never get tired of this guy coz he is an amazing person. Likes to run around super excited for no apparent reason.
Speciment #6- Kind of normal guy actually. Quite down to earth. Has changed tremendously over the last few years. Likes to project image of dumbness - trying to be like "one of the guys", but below the slacker, i am dumb image lies a hard working, determined guy trying to make it big in life. Don't believe him if he says that he's gonna fail. You might be surprised. Has a haircut once a week. or something like that.
Speciment #7- A very unique character. A lady killer, his escapades with women are legendary (not a legend atleast, hehe). Tends to do stupid things and will argue vehemently about how he isn't stupid. If only his knowledge of engineering can match his knowledge of music - he wud surely be the greatest engineer alive :). Which isnt saying he is dumb - the guy is very smart and can make it big if he puts his mind to it, just lacks motivation.Always figured he would do well in business and at people related jobs, though he isnt interested he says. He is a techno junkie, and puts my knowledge of tech stuff to shame. Has the croatian, estonian, and philipino top 20 charts at the tip of his fingers. (i didn't add his "profile" when i first made this blog. felt supremely bad about it. sorry buddy. never meant it that way)
last but not least,
specimen #8- myself. I am a chubby guy who isn't chubby anymore (fat boy slim). Grad school saw to that. I, like the other loungers am a mildly psychotic, occasionally idealistic, sometimes brilliant (most times not) , good looking (yeah right), lazy guy who is still searching for what he wants to do in life (yes i have no clue). I can vascillate from comp sci to finance to anthropology to polynesian studies in a matter of 1 day. I can be creative, I can be a lab nazi, i can be an msn slave. procrastination is what i do best. Yup. thats me. I sleep with my socks on.
Specimen #1- Has his heart in the right place, but not his brain. Tends to be idealistic with moments of brilliance - unfortunately, lack of motivation prevents him from maintaining the brillaince. Looks at life from a mildly psychotic perspective. uses cold cream in the summer.
Specimen #2- Compared to the rest of us, specimen #2 isn't much of a specimen, but for uniformity sake i will refer to him as specimen. Probably the most mentally stable of the lot. Good news, bad news, terrible news, nothing makes a dent on this dude. Maintains a gruff exterior, with moments of hostility, but has a heart of gold. Revered in friend circles. His goal in life is to get a job so that he can get married by the age of 24. Apparently his sell by date is approaching which worries him no end. Not sure what he is doing, but doesn't care - he needs a job. Wears yellow and light blue striped boxers to college when lazy.
Specimen #3- Very intellegent chap. But freakin lazy. This is the kind of dude who would drop a piece of paper on the ground and not pick it up for an entire semester. Between eating and napping, he likes to prevent others from doing work. We suspect that his circle of friends poisoned his otherwise intelligent mind. Likes to sleep with his thumb in his mouth.
Specimen #4- Shy.Odd.Supremely intelligent. Lazy as hell. Sadly, here is another close pal of mine who is affected by laziness and lack of motivation. Big time. Has an awesome mind... if only he'd stop being an idealistic day dreamer. Gets touchy if your feet are within a 5 kms radius of his bed.
Specimen #5- Ahhh. No.5 is a classic member of our clan. A very intelligent guy, he is interested in just about everything. tends to be senstive. Once again, has a heart of gold. His curious nature makes him the perfect engineer, as well the perfect astrophysicist,philosopher, computer repairman, and jobless bum. He will plaster you with questions. yet you will never get tired of this guy coz he is an amazing person. Likes to run around super excited for no apparent reason.
Speciment #6- Kind of normal guy actually. Quite down to earth. Has changed tremendously over the last few years. Likes to project image of dumbness - trying to be like "one of the guys", but below the slacker, i am dumb image lies a hard working, determined guy trying to make it big in life. Don't believe him if he says that he's gonna fail. You might be surprised. Has a haircut once a week. or something like that.
Speciment #7- A very unique character. A lady killer, his escapades with women are legendary (not a legend atleast, hehe). Tends to do stupid things and will argue vehemently about how he isn't stupid. If only his knowledge of engineering can match his knowledge of music - he wud surely be the greatest engineer alive :). Which isnt saying he is dumb - the guy is very smart and can make it big if he puts his mind to it, just lacks motivation.Always figured he would do well in business and at people related jobs, though he isnt interested he says. He is a techno junkie, and puts my knowledge of tech stuff to shame. Has the croatian, estonian, and philipino top 20 charts at the tip of his fingers. (i didn't add his "profile" when i first made this blog. felt supremely bad about it. sorry buddy. never meant it that way)
last but not least,
specimen #8- myself. I am a chubby guy who isn't chubby anymore (fat boy slim). Grad school saw to that. I, like the other loungers am a mildly psychotic, occasionally idealistic, sometimes brilliant (most times not) , good looking (yeah right), lazy guy who is still searching for what he wants to do in life (yes i have no clue). I can vascillate from comp sci to finance to anthropology to polynesian studies in a matter of 1 day. I can be creative, I can be a lab nazi, i can be an msn slave. procrastination is what i do best. Yup. thats me. I sleep with my socks on.
posted by ashwin @ 5:33 AM
2 Comments:
At 9:35 PM,
Anonymous said…
Is specimen number a 5 a guy by name naveen prakash at FSU??
At 10:12 AM,
Sriramkrishnan said…
Ashwin - no prizes for guessing its Sriram - Saw this post of yours and I was wondering if you would tell me who these individuals are so I could compare with my own list of guesses :)
Sriram
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