Rain!!!!

It has been raining a lot recently, and by 'a lot' I mean A FREAKIN' LOT. Of course its not a hurricane or cyclone, just a normal tropical rain sorta thing, but it seems like its intent on breaking all the records out here. Almost all this week I got my socks soaked wet whenever I ventured out, and this tiny-weeny river which flows near my house is overflowing its banks nowadays.


There is not much to say about rain now, except that its just keeps raining all the time. Boy, I though we had got autumn already. Anyway, look what happened to the newspaper today, when it got left unattended on the porch for almost thirty minutes in morning today :-

Sweeeeet

Viola

This picture is my favorite among all I ever made.Just look at her face, its so pretty. Boy, I just love her!! I have christened her Viola, taken from Shakespeare play Twelfth Night. There is quite a funny story behind this picture too. It was May 21st of this year, the day Pirates of Caribbean 4 was released. Now, as everyone will be aware there were lots of cute mermaids in that movie. Well, when I got home that day, my mind was kinda filled with swimming mermaids. And I thought that it will be rather cool to have them out on paper (to keep them with me, you know, silly thoughts lol). So I just drew one, and blimey, it was a good job indeed ;)

Geez, now I can sort of "imagine" how those sailors must have felt upon seeing a mermaid lol.

If only Viola was real!!!!!! :D

Safe Hacking

This is another one of MIT's blog, Snively this time. Here he talks about hacking ethics of MIT, or more precisely, how to practice safe hacking. I really like all these codes, though Snively intended to write these as a set of rules for the hacking community (a much cooler name for pranksters) at MIT, I find that these rules can be used for day to day life as well, when you feel an urge to do some pranky-sorta things.

• Be subtle. Don't leave evidence that you were there.
• Always leave things as you found them, or better.
• Leave no permanent damage, both during hacks and while hacking.
• Don't steal anything. If you must borrow something, always return it-- perhaps even leave a note saying when it will be returned.
• Brute force is the last resort of the incompetent. (This one is clearly my favorite ;) )
• Don't drink and hack. Enough said.
• Don't drop things (without a ground crew).
• Don't hack alone.
• Above all, exercise common sense.

Degrees of Squalor!

Blimey, I have been going through an old MIT Blog by Sam right now, where he talks about Degrees of Squalor! Apparently, the amount of squalor you live in can be measured on a four-point scale, which is something like this :-

• First Degree Squalor:- You are getting behind in tasks that you would normally manage, like laundry and dishes. You are not the tidy person you once were. Little piles are starting to emerge and your disorganization is starting to affect your life and inconvenience you. Things are just starting to get out of hand and become unmanageable. A sign of first degree squalor could be that you might be embarrassed for other people to see your mess...but you would still let them in the house.
• Second Degree Squalor:- Now things are really starting to get out of hand. Signs that you have reached second degree would include losing the use of normal household items like your bed, table, television or telephone, because the piles have expanded to cover the items up. You start to develop new methods of moving around your house, as normal movement is impeded by your piles of stuff. You might start making excuses to discourage people from entering your house.
• Third Degree Squalor:- At this stage, you have all the above, plus you have rotting food and animal faeces and/or urine in the house, and this is the rule not the exception. You cannot cope with the growing mess. Essential household repairs may not be done, because you are too afraid to let a tradesperson see your house. Just the thought of someone seeing your mess causes you great stress.
• Fourth Degree Squalor:- At fourth degree squalor, you have all of the above, plus you have human faeces and/or urine in your house that is not in the toilet. (lol!!!!)

Clearly, after reading all this, I was sort of compelled to determine in what degree of squalor I actually live in. Let's see, I usually get behind in tasks (sleeping, and others) I once used to do earlier on time, my bookshelf usually remains highly messy, so does my bed and and I sometimes I don't want new people to see what condition my room is in. So I fit in a lettle lesser than First-Degree. Well, I can say that I live in a squalor of approximately 0.96542 Degree. Hmm, that's not much ;)

For those out here who fall among the higher degree, I quote these two lines (not mine, of course) for your comfort :-

• You are not the only person to have reached this degree of squalor. Other people have been where you are...and have came back.
• You deserve better!