Saturday, March 20, 2010

Wall-E and Eve-ah

Technologically challenged (mind you  google and wikipedia  , or should i say basically internet(technology again)  is my lifeline in such situations ) myself had to buy a mouse for my laptop . And while  approximately a hand's length from the shop i actually rehearsed that i want to buy a mouse for my laptop , which with some deletions , sounds a bit hilarious and embarassing , at least to me and so the rehearsing  .
i did not do any  R of  R&D to buy this obviously  . So you want to buy a laptop mouse , how difficult can it get .  Find out .
So here it goes.............
Me: my line that i rehearsed
The guy : you want the PS2 one
Me : whaaat ................hmm ...... i want ... my line again.......
The guy  (only after giving me a big smile ): wait  a sec (while taking out the PS2  and the USB types)
Me : relieved to know  now ... no ok ... these two types .......now i have generally used the USB ones so now  , i thought ok the USB one ...me thinking now...... then ok asking which one is better
The guy : both are equally good ....
another guy now : take the USB one .... you want it for laptop no ?
Me : he seems to know it seems ....
       ok ...how much ... ok x ammount , how much is the warranty period or guarranty period ; trying to give 
       him the look  like  you can't  fool me types ,so what if i didn't know what ps2 means ,do you know who 
       John Galt is ?....etc etc   , (whatever you  say , when i want to say guarranty , i think
       warranty and viceversa ..... so it actually  comes out as   waggarrranty (some aunty ). and so i
       asked ....,1 year it was .
       first guy handed me what i finally bought ... the other guy ... took the money ... made the receipt and
      asked   my name .... don't even get me started on what happens when i tell people my name
So as soon as i got the much sought after device and my balance , i had to rush out  from the store ....
and  yes i forgot to take the receipt .
Did not feel like going now .... no points for guessing why .

P.S. : googled and read somewhere ... that somebody was searching for a PS2 mouse , so that  the USB ports can be kept free for other usage ..... let me go blank now .. i will be comfortable with this thing , visualising it . (watching the SECRET documentary  (based on Rhonda Byrne's book of the same name ) too many times i guess in parts of 30 mins. , i am now on the last 30 mins . )
Now i have tried very hard to be funny here , if i  failed then  blame DORK , the book by Sidin Vadukut . like i said in one previous post of mine , i get inspired and somehow  innocently  think and subsequently talk and write or try to write in the same style . Loving it till now  , the first 30 or so pages ....

And somehow i have  managed to not read the other 3 books (mentioned in some earlier post )f ully . Though i find Malcolm Gladwell pretty cute and like his casual style of writing , after a point in  BLINK  i  just doze offf.... i think too much blinking , it is .

Now one thing i ought to mention (liking how i am using this word ought ), i am in love with  WALL-E , if in a movie with robots  , your eyes can actually well up ... that was it for me ....
Romance and advanced technology (animation) - two of my  favorite things ....

Once upon a time .......not long back though ....this happened
Somebody : it works on 3 g  , you know 3g right ?
Me :   yeah .... ?????/(gravity ,google , gaming , gas ..... whats 3 ....in my mind)
Later in the day 'me' : google 3 G  technology ....
Bah ..... 3rd generation blah blah .... enough ...

I have to buy a mobile now.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

"Mouse-story" ... had a smile... then a good laugh !!
Then got confused with Malcolm-Gladwel .. some more books .. movies .. robots ... and lost the mouse in the confusion :)

But definitely enjoyed it !!

Kushal Kumar Brahma said...

Hehehehe... currently I am the one looking like a dork, who is chuckling (erm, is that a word? :S) as I read this entry seated behind my office desk. Never knew a mortal (in IT) had to go through so much struggle to get that little ol pointing device. :D

Although I did have to google search for every name (apart from WALL-e ofcourse). you mentioned in the blog entry, guess I am a general mortal (again, does that even make sense!! :S).

Sudeshna said...

@ arindam : thanks and also for the critique ....

@sunny : google is indeed such a big help .... i wil be lost without it ...
i don't know whether it is about being in IT or not ....
but some people can read maps and some reach the same spot after much effort....and fun too sometimes

Unknown said...

A terrific piece of writing..Didnt know u were so good at this Art:)Bravo..

Unknown said...

Gr8.....seems like all r in same condition as me Technologically challenged!!!!!!!

Unknown said...

hey sudeshna..after ten yrs of knowing u well..i realised today that u write well indeed...keep writing n keep ur posted..its mouse this time..let it be a cat next time!

Unknown said...

Very good presentation..lost in the middle with secret documentary and dork..but you managed to keep interest alive..and ended it nicely..well i should say this..u really have got gud potential...