Austin Halloween

"You're too hot to be a nerd", she said, with a grin on her face. The you, in question, being yours truly. At 1:00 a.m. at night, in the middle of a semi-crowded sidewalk, I was told this independently by two different ladies within a span of about 2 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present to you the hottest wannabe nerd: me!!! :)

It all began at about 12:00 midnight on Saturday night, when I was debating over whether to stay at home and study for my midterm exam on Monday or whether I should go out and see what the Austin halloween looks like. After some deliberation, the devil took over ;) and I was on my way. My room-mate was draped like Santa Claus and he promised me, "You think you are done with the cultural shocks, right? Wait till you see tonight". And I went there all prepared to get shocked.

And a shock it was, indeed! Imagine the most bizzare costume party ever: guys were dressed as anything from an outlandish Martian with a 4-foot dick hanging out or as a character straight out of the Marvel comic-books. Girls were dressed mostly like the ones you see in fancy movies: some with bizzarely skimpy outfits, some like Lady Draculas (with the oozing blood from the teeth and all) and a few were in pretty gowns and all. But the real fun was happening beyond the dresses. You could pretty much go up to a group of guys/gals and ask for a photo with them. And my oh my the poses they were ready to strike. My friend 'Santa' was a popular figure: "Hey Santa I need a million dollars for Christmas" or "Hey Santa, can I have a new car?" were common. And oh, email me if you want to know some of the 'other' requests ;) Santa, of course, obliged everyone and promised them all that! And in return, lets just say he came home with a bounty of pictures that would've made any guy proud any day :)

I had jumped into some of them (gatecrashed in, so to say), standing on the sides and leaning in to get into the frame. Some of them I sent home. My bro went ballistic after looking at them. Dad warned me, don't go overboard. I had to spend some time telling everybody back home that I wasn't going overboard and knew where to stand and what distance to keep. For obvious reasons, they cannot be posted here :)

Anyway, Santa was going around getting himself clicked and also getting me in some of them as his helper or as Agent Smith from the Matrix (yeah that was the closest to anything I resembled if you allow an error margin of 80% :). The guys who we met somehow automatically assumed that I was Santa's bodyguard or the bouncer with Santa. Man, it felt so good to be told that I had the physique, the attitude, and the mean bad boy look --- and that too by guys! But the best was in store for me when I was introduced as the nerd who stays with Santa to the girls. Two of them said, with a grin on their faces, "You look TOO hot to be a nerd!!"

My oh my didn't that jolt my ego... :D Yeah I know it was halloween and I know that they might have been drunk and I also know that they weren't looking too attractive either with the oozing blood from the faces and the jutting vampire teeth. But, 'B'-'U'-'T' but, they said it. And it is a double booster, because I know that I am not a nerd (I feel it as a great compliment when I am called one) and neither am I hot or anything. But well, moments of joy... of fun when you know that nothing is meant: the guy standing next to you dressed as a giant dick will perhaps walk into a board meeting as a high executive the next morning... that exactly is the fun! And I have been having a blast of a time giving my friends a nice shock with the pictures. Many don't read this blog... so don't tell them! For all you know, I am the hottest wannabe nerd around! :D