The first time he saw her, let's call her Unattainable Awesomeness, was on a computer screen while surfing Facebook on his office's secured internet connection with his boss's access code .He was supposed to be verifying a 1000 line SQL code but that's another matter.
If you are thinking that he had the mentality of one of those desperate teens who treat social networking sites for voyeuristic pleasures, you are wrong. Well, not completely. He was simply 'Single and unable to mingle'. But after all, social networking sites are for networking and it wasn't as if she was in the friend list of a mutual friend's mutual friend. If you really want to blame someone, blame the Facebook coders, they suggested her name in 'People You Might Know'. He didn't know her but curiosity isn't a crime. Isn't that what institutions of higher learning aim to encourage? Let's just refer to him as the Curious Kid (everybody likes to feel young).
Curious Kid looks forward to seeing Unattainable Awesomeness in the near future (okay, you are gravitating towards calling him desperate, I don't blame you). However, a curious thing had been happening with Curious Kid; with the feline-shaped halo resting on his head, suddenly women started having similar sentiments for him that Rickshaw-walas have for Mithun Da, reverence and admiration. Shocked and stupefied, Curious Kid asks out the first woman that gives him any hopes of romantic bliss; that they are as incompatible as Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati is a late realization and the relation has the same longevity as Chinese-made products is beside the point but we are digressing; the story is about Curious Kid and Unattainable Awesomeness after all.
In the midst of this tumultuous phase, Curious Kids lands at the institution of higher learning. The first time he sees the living, breathing Unattainable Awesomeness, is when she is accompanied by an elderly lady, probably her mother, who could have intimidated even Shahrukh Khan if he laid an eye on her ward. Curious Kid, though desperate to strike a conversation decides to keep his distance for the time being; in his head, he categorizes it as the 'Playing Hard to Get' strategy.
Although this strategy was supposed to be short-term, for various unmentionable reasons (e.g lack of having balls) this becomes a mid-term strategy. In the meantime, Unattainable Awesomeness becomes, well, Unattainable Awesomeness for the majority. Curious Kid decides he needs to make a move sooner or later and then one fine day he decides to initiate conversation.
There weren't any violins, breeze or falling leaves as she approached him, rather he felt the way a tailender does when Shoaib Akhtar is about to bowl a 100 mph bouncer from a 40 yard run-up. He did, what he had to do, he ducked (categorized under the strategy 'Live to Fight another Day'). Repeated attempts led to similar results: a temporary bouts of laryngitis with immediate recovery until the next time. Until one day, Curious Kid realized he had the panacea all along, madira and mobile. With immense gratitude to His Holiness Vijay Mallya and the Zoozoos, he conquered his fears (FO Mountain Dew!) and thus began his dalliance with destiny. However, Unattainable Awesomeness had generated the same amount of interest as Facebook's potential IPO on Wall Street had and Curious Kid had to fight for his place like a first timer in a Mumbai Local train. With numerous hedge funds vying for the limited public shares, it was time for the strategy to reevaluated.
Curious Kid decides to retreat (categorized as 'Cut Your Losses) and focuses on other important aspects of life (e.g drinking, partying, more drinking). Unattainable Awesomeness heads her own way. They bump into each other once in a while and have occasional conversations.
5 years down the line, Curious Kid is still curious about Unattainable Awesomeness. What was she like? What did she like? What made her laugh? What used to upset her? What did she want to be? And that wishful thinking that perhaps sometimes she feels the same.
If you are thinking that he had the mentality of one of those desperate teens who treat social networking sites for voyeuristic pleasures, you are wrong. Well, not completely. He was simply 'Single and unable to mingle'. But after all, social networking sites are for networking and it wasn't as if she was in the friend list of a mutual friend's mutual friend. If you really want to blame someone, blame the Facebook coders, they suggested her name in 'People You Might Know'. He didn't know her but curiosity isn't a crime. Isn't that what institutions of higher learning aim to encourage? Let's just refer to him as the Curious Kid (everybody likes to feel young).
Curious Kid looks forward to seeing Unattainable Awesomeness in the near future (okay, you are gravitating towards calling him desperate, I don't blame you). However, a curious thing had been happening with Curious Kid; with the feline-shaped halo resting on his head, suddenly women started having similar sentiments for him that Rickshaw-walas have for Mithun Da, reverence and admiration. Shocked and stupefied, Curious Kid asks out the first woman that gives him any hopes of romantic bliss; that they are as incompatible as Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati is a late realization and the relation has the same longevity as Chinese-made products is beside the point but we are digressing; the story is about Curious Kid and Unattainable Awesomeness after all.
In the midst of this tumultuous phase, Curious Kids lands at the institution of higher learning. The first time he sees the living, breathing Unattainable Awesomeness, is when she is accompanied by an elderly lady, probably her mother, who could have intimidated even Shahrukh Khan if he laid an eye on her ward. Curious Kid, though desperate to strike a conversation decides to keep his distance for the time being; in his head, he categorizes it as the 'Playing Hard to Get' strategy.
Although this strategy was supposed to be short-term, for various unmentionable reasons (e.g lack of having balls) this becomes a mid-term strategy. In the meantime, Unattainable Awesomeness becomes, well, Unattainable Awesomeness for the majority. Curious Kid decides he needs to make a move sooner or later and then one fine day he decides to initiate conversation.
There weren't any violins, breeze or falling leaves as she approached him, rather he felt the way a tailender does when Shoaib Akhtar is about to bowl a 100 mph bouncer from a 40 yard run-up. He did, what he had to do, he ducked (categorized under the strategy 'Live to Fight another Day'). Repeated attempts led to similar results: a temporary bouts of laryngitis with immediate recovery until the next time. Until one day, Curious Kid realized he had the panacea all along, madira and mobile. With immense gratitude to His Holiness Vijay Mallya and the Zoozoos, he conquered his fears (FO Mountain Dew!) and thus began his dalliance with destiny. However, Unattainable Awesomeness had generated the same amount of interest as Facebook's potential IPO on Wall Street had and Curious Kid had to fight for his place like a first timer in a Mumbai Local train. With numerous hedge funds vying for the limited public shares, it was time for the strategy to reevaluated.
Curious Kid decides to retreat (categorized as 'Cut Your Losses) and focuses on other important aspects of life (e.g drinking, partying, more drinking). Unattainable Awesomeness heads her own way. They bump into each other once in a while and have occasional conversations.
5 years down the line, Curious Kid is still curious about Unattainable Awesomeness. What was she like? What did she like? What made her laugh? What used to upset her? What did she want to be? And that wishful thinking that perhaps sometimes she feels the same.
