Happy Birthday, Drew!

Meanwhile OMGWTF, America?

I mean, I wish we could figure that these might be interesting technologies to develop without it being All About War, but still amazing. Some of the new "smart" armors being developed are fascinating too.

Also random, the people at my dinner table on Monday night decided I look (or sound? or something) like Pam from "The Office".

This is very much of the good.

So I'm e-mailing a potential future wife tonight.

good luck, potential future husband!

So I'm e-mailing a potential future wife tonight.

Oh, as usual, dear. Good luck.

So I'm e-mailing a potential future wife tonight.

Random thought: introduce your mother to the final episode of Buffy, and then explain to her your open-minded policy on polygamy.

The subject line is "What's your sign?" and other unimportant questions.

Is anyone around who wants to take a look at what I've got?

Is anyone around who wants to take a look at what I've got?

In theory, at least.

Hey, [potential future wife]. I'm Sunil.

*shakes virtual hand*

I have no idea what you know about me. All I know about you is that you're an accountant, so I hope to change that.

Hm, so this is already the lamest e-mail known to man, so I guess it's all uphill from here.

How about I tell you some things you should know about me, and you do the same? About yourself, not me. Fair exchange?

1. As should be evident by now, I like making jokes. I think the world is a strange and wondrous place that should not be taken entirely seriously. I really enjoy making people laugh.

2. I love stories. TV, movies, books, comics, stories in any form. I consume media like nobody's business. Right now, I'm in the middle of watching *Deadwood* and reading *Y: The Last Man*. If you've seen my biodata, I think there's a big long list of stuff. Multiple lists, to my recollection.

3. As such, this is me:

http://xkcd.com/307/

4. I think the serial comma should always, always, always be used.

5. I really, really, really love my friends. I'm lucky to know some incredible, awesome, incredibly awesome people. I may know too many people, in fact, because some of them end up knowing each other behind my back.

Not like THAT. Geez.

6. Sometimes, I just like to take a walk and listen to music, to be outside in the world with people but without the pressure of social interaction, just me and the sidewalk and my music.

7. One of my favorite literary techniques is the use of an unreliable narrator:

http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001195.html

8. It occurs to me that since you don't know anything about me, you don't know how any of my text is supposed to come across. You can't hear my voice; you don't know the tone. I don't know you, so I don't know how you'll react to any of this. I'm just trying to be myself, and I hope that's good enough, because it's the only person I know how to be. I hope something in here makes an impression, and I wonder what kinds of things you'll tell me about yourself in return.

9. I am just as confused about and scared of this whole process our parents are putting us through as you are.

10. I have a bionic shoulder.



That last one may not be true.

All I know about you is that you're an accountant, so I hope to change that.

You hope to make her not be an accountant?