What not to do when you are bored!

I was sitting in this very boring class one day and my mind drifted away. I remembered a friend who said her parents were looking for marriage alliances for her (Okay, I have many friends whose parents are on the lookout but for some reason my mind just drifted to her). Then I remembered this guy who I had imagined to be the best match for her a long time ago. I had this sudden impulse to send her a mail suggesting that guy to her. Ofcourse I did not act on the impulse but could not help imagining what could have possibly happened if I had.
All this coz I was bored in class:
I somehow fish out a couple of details about the guy and send her a mail with these details. Getting details online is not difficult. I could easily find the facebook or some-other-social-network profile. Similarly I send the girl's profile to the guy.
Both like each others' profile and tell their parents. Parents hit it off too and the wedding happens.
They have a cute kid and one day the kid very eagerly asks me "Aunty, Mom and Dad tell me it was you who brought them together. How did that happen?" and I sheepishly tell the kid "O sweetheart! You were born because I was bored one day!"
So I guess its best I listen in class!!!

End of the world

For anybody:
When twitter is unavailable for more than 5 milliseconds...
When there are no new FB notifications for more than an hour...
When gsearch cant find what you want...
When orkut keeps offering you a bad donut...
When no iphone apps seem to work...
When all chat protocols go crazy...
When the mail capacity counter in gmail stops moving up...
When the internet dies.

For researchers(aka geeks):
When twitter is unavailable for more than 5 milliseconds...

When there are no new FB notifications for more than an hour...

When gsearch cant find what you want...

When scholar does not find your recent paper...

When orkut keeps offering you a bad donut...

When no iphone apps seem to work...

When all chat protocols go crazy...

When the mail capacity counter in gmail stops moving up...

When gmaps cant find any route other than the one you know already(home to lab and back)...

When phdcomics server is down...

When the internet dies.

We are only a tad more dependent on the net :D

Silent Tears

She lies there hidden under the covers
With empty eyes waiting for the end,
Silent tears glistening down her cheek, and
Lips sending out a silent prayer for redemption

Her heart silently breaks
Her wet face is obscured
She is dying but none knew

That her silence was slowly killing her


There wasn't always silence
She had once known cheer
Laughter and mirth had once filled her life
But then she was still alive, 
But then she was more than just an existence


When her dreams shattered
She knew not that it was the end
She tried hard to hold on
To that bleak ray of hope


She struggled through many years
Hoping, hoping, still hoping
But her prayers were not answered 
And her patience wore out

Today is the end, she knows

She no longer has to smile 

When what her heart really desired 

Was to cry out loud

Today is the end, she knows
She no longer has to stay silent
When she really wants to scream and 
Open her thoughts to the world


Today is the end,
She goes away silently
To a world free from silence
To a world she belongs...