Hmm… Its been like a million years since i typed anything in here. Half of those million years, I didnt have a computer. My hard disc crashed. Poor thing. The other half a million years, I was too lazy to post. But why this post after all these million years? Part of the reason is that I attended four classes today. I’m now kind of very regular in attending classes. Prbly something to do with dad’s reluctance to support me for longer than four years at IIT. And I dont really fancy studying(?) with my own hard earned money (sic). That kind of explains why i’m attending classes…. so that I have a realistic chance of passing out of this place in a year’s time. And whenever I attend classes, I can think of a thousand things more interesting than the lessons being taught. so today i sat four hours in the class wasting away few of the most important minutes of my life half trying not to sleep and half trying to think of something more interesting than building dams on rivers. Suddenly, blogging seemed more interesting. Thereby, my return to blogging.

People around me have a difficulty taking me seriously. Whenever anyone sees me say something with a straight face, they somehow assume I’m joking and I find it difficult to handle. You would too, if you go up to a girl and with a very woebegone expression say that you flunked in a test and the girl bursts out with a spurt of giggling and laughing. This happens. people around me have a difficulty taking me seriously. The benevolent soul within me is always trying to find new ways to look sophisticated enough so that people take me seriously atleast when I want them to. I tried wearing shoes with two inch thick soles to appear taller and hence…er.. sophisticated. didnt work. I tried wearing full sleeved quasi formal clothes rather than my regular multi colored tee shirts . even this didnt work. I even tried carrying a stern look around, telling very few jokes, just nodding at a good joke instead of a hearty laugh and a hundred other things. none of them worked.

Then I remembered the story of Abraham lincoln and a little girl and hit upon the idea of growing a beard in order to look sophisticated. I asked a few people if they believed having a beard would make one look sophisticated. Some agreed.A few said they would wait and see. One girl said I would look like a rogue and one guy started growing a beard. I decided to give it a try.

Here is how a beard transformed Lincoln.

And here is the letter that made Lincoln President.

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Hon A B Lincoln…

Dear Sir

My father was just home from the fair and brought home your picture and Mr. Hamlin’s. I am a little girl only 11 years old, but want you should be President of the United States very much so I hope you wont think me very bold to write to such a great man as you are. Have you any little girls about as large as I am if so give them my love and tell her to write to me if you cannot answer this letter. I have got 4 brother’s and part of them will vote for you any way and if you let your whiskers grow I will try and get the rest of them to vote for you you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin. All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husband’s to vote for you and then you would be President. My father is going to vote for you and if I was a man I would vote for you to but I will try to get every one to vote for you that I can I think that rail fence around your picture makes it look very pretty I have got a little baby sister she is nine weeks old and is just as cunning as can be. When you direct your letter direct to Grace Bedell Westfield Chatauque County New York

I must not write any more answer this letter right off Good bye

Grace Bedell

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And so i decided to give my beard a chance to try and look sophisticated. This is still in the experimental stage, so results are not fully reliable as of now.

A few of my observations during the course of the experiments with my beard…

1. People tend to notice me more.
2. People tend to talk to me more than before. Though the questions generally hover around questions of my health.
3. No noticeable change in the levels of sophistication as of now ( but I refuse to give up just yet.)
4. I tend to do exceedingly well in mock CATs written with a beard. ( AIMCAT 609 and 611( had a beard) fetched me all india ranks of 25 and 37 respectively. AIMCAT 610 when I was clean shaven fetched me an all india rank of 553!!! )

My experiments will continue till I’m bored of beards or till I find a better way of looking sophisticated. Suggestions invited and will be duly acknowledged.