On person(al) finances

ßε: yo!

µß : wod doin'?

ßε: checking mails.

µß : and females?

ßε: not yet. what abt u?

µß : checking finances.

ßε: cool

µß : tagging transactions.. keeping tabs of where my meagre income's going

ßε: so? plenty of cash left in the bank eh? that'll help u net lotsa chicks!

µß : naah.. women come expensive - running in deficit.

ßε: come to think of it - there appears to be a direct correlation between the two.

µß: Between income and cash in the account? More money, more cash. Ain't that obvious?

ßε: Nope. Between income and no. of females in the account.

µß: More money, more women. More women, less money. Less money, fewer women. Sounds more like convoluted correlation.

On 'action' films

µß: seen '500 days of summer'?

ßε: nope .. old movie?

µß: nopes.. new one. released a few weeks ago.

ßε: hmmm...who's in it?

µß: as always! is it ever abt the storyline?

ßε: ok ok..what's in it?

µß: right.. now that is difficult. nothing in it for you to watch, but should train you a little on how to make the Bus Stop count -an engliss story told the bollywood way. replete with songs, desi cliches and all.

ßε: wonderful !! who's the director? karan johar?

µß: mark webb

ßε: wt*?

µß: know him?

ßε: nope. hence the wt*

ßε: any sizzl... is it good?

µß: the hotness is covered in desi wrappings.

ßε: oh! so they get straight down to the action eh? cool!

µß: remember the 80s movies in India?

ßε: yeah..?

µß: flowers swaying, legs playing under the blankets. censorship mode.

ßε: damn! gotta try that sometime.

µß: at your own risk.

On plain and smuldering hotness

µß: follow 'how I met your mother'?

ßε: cobie smulders..... she's hot!

µß: yeah. think so too.

ßε: now that's the kind i'm talkin abt!!

she's not plain hot.. she's smuldering smoldering hot.

µß: who's on ur hot list? the megan gale kind?

ßε: Megan gale/fox are teepee. but cobie is ....

µß: say it.

ßε: not going to.

µß:I know u want to.

ßε: no.

µß: u know u want to, too. let it out. lose control

ßε: cobie is beautiful!

µß: self-censorship. neat.

ßε: has that series ended?

µß: nopes. still on - he just might find his lady love this season.

ßε: i only managed to watch a few episodes :(

µß: hated it?

ßε: no. lost track of the series but cobie stayed with me (sigh)... and that bugger NPH ruined it for me. Was too distracted to figure out what it was abt. Would just wait for CS to cobie on ...er..appear on screen.

µß: not surprised. but NPH?

ßε: doogie howser- isn't he too in that series?

µß: who's doogie howser?

ßε: neil patrik harris

µß: oh! that guy. apparently he's down ur alley.

ßε: and why may i ask??

µß: heard ppl say he leans towards men.

ßε: in real life???????

µß: yeah

ßε: good for him. does cobie?

µß: towards men, yeah.

ßε: just imagine if ..oh! forget it!

µß: too late. i already did.

ßε: now THAT would be something!

µß: chee chee.

On reformations

µß decides to 'straight'en out his speech.

- ßε

µß: am turning a new leaf le.

now on, wonly clean talks.

ßε: yeah, right.

On research

Another one of those conversation that ßε managed to veer off towards predicted terrains.
- µß

ßε: its a totally diff ball game is it not - research?

µß: it is le, in some ways.. you keep working on something.

it may click and yield results or lead to a dead end.

and you need to be motivated enough to pick urself up and start all over again on a new subject.

ßε: sort of like wooing a gal.

µß: sort of like that.

On nightmares.

Trademark ßε sign-off.

- µß

ßε: gnite le.

dont dream abt me.

µß: will try not to.

On casting ouches

One of the 'loves' that µß and I share is comics - both are avid Batman fans (for the uninitiated, this is a comic character who dresses up in a weird scary costume and scares the p*ss outta muggers, robbers, drug-peddlers, smugglers, children, kryptonians, speedsters etc). µß and I discuss the Batman movie franchise.

- ßε

ßε: and while on the topic, michelle pfieffer was a grt catwoman too

the only kirik was she had blonde hair in the movie.

µß: movies deviate from comics a fair bit anyway le. catwoman's a brunette in the books, a short-haired one, for most part.

ßε: but thats ok

some cinematic license is fine

as long as u dont dress up Clooney in a batsuit

for god's sake!

might as well cast Shakti Kapoor* as batman.

(*Indian film actor(?) - ßε)

On beauty and beholders

A little fill-in for the comically challenged readers. JL is short for the Justice League, a team of self-proclaimed superheroes that guard the earth against intergalactic supervillians and mortal megalomaniacs alike - has the Man of Steel, the Dark Knight, a Green Lantern and the Fastest Man Alive on its rollcall, not to mention the glamour-quotient, the Amazonian warrior princess - Wonder Woman, referred to in briefs brief as WW.

-µß

ßε: btw, that JL movie with the b-grade cast seems to be on track.

µß: what's the line-up? any good?

ßε: first timers all

but the WW lady is hot though.

µß: who plays her?

ßε: don't recall her name..

i only remember her...

...well, face lets say

me: the face was all you remembered?

ßε: that was one thing

but she also has ...waitamin : megan gale!!

-thats the name.she does look the part..

hope she can act it too.

µß: megan's not hot, imho.

ßε: fox or gale?

µß: gale

ßε: and fox?

µß: who's megan fox?

ßε: !!!!!!!!!!

i give up.

On proverbial jumps into proverbial ditches.

ßε learns one of our common friends is planning to get hitched! The wickets begin to tumble.

- µß

ßε: guy's jumping around to get hooked up. i guess there's news coming our way.

µß: not anytime soon, by the version I heard.

apparently, his folks want him to, for starters, learn to ride a bike before he's allowed to ride anyone/anything else.

ßε: and I'm sure he doesn't share that idea.

µß: going by his skills on wheels, we won't know anytime soon.

PS: Update. The friend in question is still on the hunt.

On questions and redundancy

High school reunion contd. ßε went with the hope of being reunioned reunited with some old loves. But for a lone exception, all hopes were, sadly, crushed. Catch-ups with other mates..

-µß

µß: met any old faces from the past?

ßε: remember Scooter, from high school?

µß: the law guy? yeah.

ßε: he's turned into a harley.

µß: harley quinn* or harley davidson?

ßε: dude nearly broke my hand during a handshake. which one do you think I am talking about?

*Psychotic Lady Love of an equally pyschotic fictional character, popular as the Joker. Yes. The One.

On playing God

In the aftermath (?) of a high school reunion.

µß: how did the reunion go?

ßε: good le. will send u a few snaps.

µß: bless you

with a better job, a good female wife, admit in a good univ, and all that.

ßε: in that order???

µß: ur pick. how would u want it?

ßε: the order needs tweaking

µß: reverse the order?

ßε: that'd be cool

µß: bless u with that, then.

On sloppiness

ßε's interests in ornithology run deep, and had has a somewhat strong reputation of pursuing his interests subtly and unobserved. A small blot on an otherwise unblemished record.

-µß

µß: what was it this time? the gal at the train station thing?

ßε: hoon

µß: yet another denial?

ßε: not at all..i stare at girls all the time

just wanted to know when this moron caught me at it.

On priorities in life.

βε: hey microbe!! busy?

μβ: Hi le. was abt to leave for the restroom, but I guess that can wait.

βε: ..

βε has left the conversation.