Just another “Oh,Snap” moment I experienced,exactly a week ago ! My PC snapped! For the very first time in my 12 years of windows usage..!! <clap clap> 
Is there any way to get rid of the BSOD.Oh yeah.I was googling & found the perfect solution,that some creative genius discovered.Well..All discussed below..
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Well..I was unsure on whether to publish this* or not.. After seeing the heart-warming comments I received at the contest entry page..I thought “Might as well hit the Publish buttton” And by this* I meant my 55 fiction.
55 Fiction is a form of microfiction that refers to the works of fiction limited to a maximum of fifty-five words.And this piece of fiction was written for TheColorsMagazine contest.Well Anyway,without further ado,Presenting….<DrumRoll>
DRAMA BACKSTAGE.
“I’m done. Meet ya backstage”, Eric quickly whispered. She flitted as though led by hypnotism.
He pecked at her cheek
“You missed!”
Flirty conversation… Making out… All was quiet but for the suspiring noise.
“THIS IS A RUDDY UNIVERSITY ,NOT YOUR BEDROOMS!!”
Naturally panicking Eric said “Somebody call the ambulance. I’m on with the Heimlich maneuver”
Check out all of the entries here (they are all damn good).
P.S: I’ve written another 55fiction based on personal experience.Read on. =P It maybe shabby,but its still my baby! 
WANTED : DEAD & ALIVE.
Something was fishy about tonight’s tranquility..
Briana slipped into her nightgown .
He lay low, ready to pounce anytime.
Lights turned out!
Gulping the lump in her throat she slid under-covers…Her mobile glimmered as she received that last goodnight .
That was his cue he pounced on her .
Shrieking, she jumped out ,“Frigging moth!”
Note: I have mottephobia ..Not that I’m the extreme case..But I read this piece of English literature when I was 15,and since then get reminded that Moths are souls of the dead waiting to Pass through Purgatory…(dead souls,yet alive : Incase you didn’t get the title) <shuddering> So that is one reason I freak out whenever I see one.
Enough 55 fiction for a post.Hope to brew some real good ones,with time!I know I’m getting there 
This one’s strictly a personal post lying in my drafts for sometime now! Few months back, I attended a free self-analysis workshop(some boring stuff), arranged by one of the local NGOs.Every attendee was questioned about, their unforgettable moment in their life so far. Please note that all of us were barely in our mid 20s… Nobody has achieved any thing great, other than being the coolies of the silicon valley of india, serving Fortune 500 biggies and some of us with a job offer,but no call so far!
Ok let me not deviate…for the most unforgettable moment…few samples for you:
The moment I got my job in campus interview….. (fair enough !!)
When I came first in school in +2 ( ekka andipatti la neenga first vantha enna last vantha enna…
When my parents got married…( :O Beats me )
I thought for a while…(Thought bubbles:Mebbe..The Day when my lil bro’s leg got trodden over by a bus & I was flitting around my parents asking whether I can donate blood,skin… (or) That awesome summer camp I went to once.. Kinda like the Camp ROck stuff,with all the singing & dancing \m/ Well atleast that’s a good memory) I could not come up with a single specific day that is unforgettable. I told the audience that my 4-years of college life are unforgettable in my life 
. In fact it’s true with most of us and you would agree on this with me.
On an ironic note, I was unfortunate to finish my engineering in the stipulated 4 years…there are much more fortunate souls, who enjoyed full 6 years with all the privileges of a college student.
So when somebody utters the word college, what comes to your mind ??
lemme list down my personal favorites …the list is exhaustive! FYI,I graduated from a not-so-typical** #1 govt-affiliated college from south tamilnadu
Incase you can comprehend the title
a) you are a killer cryptographer \m/ (or)
b) you are one among the millions who use twitter!
I dedicate to this “twspecial twost” to many of my not-so-twitsavvy pals who I think should use Twitter ,which is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now.Well..This is just a nice way of saying “I’m fed up of explaining twitter on our private chats”,with all due respect my dear friends
To begin with.. Twitter is analogous to almost all social networks – facebook,flickr,youtube,digg et al.,. Simply put, its a place to shout out what’s on your mind,what you think of the state-of-affairs,what’s going on in your life,what you’re eating at the moment (@having),what you are reading,an interesting weblink you just clicked,what song you’re listening to,whether is laundry day or if you are bungee jumping or parasailing …. Guess you get the point!
The thing that makes twitter unique is the 140 character limit imposed on every tweet(your message) that you send.
>>Dufus : This is my first tweet.Its supposed to be interesting. link
08:30 PM Sep 13th from web
If someone (Simp) finds your tweet useful (incase you send out an interesting link/ info ) they can “retweet” (RT) yours.
>>Simp : RT @Dufus : This is my first tweet.Its supposed to be interesting. link
08:35 PM Sep 13th from Twhirl in reply to Dufus
On your public timeline(wat u see after u login) you see all the tweets sent by the people who you follow(friends / your fellow tweeps).
In case you wanna answer to one of ur friends you simply hit the reply button & type the reply.
>>Simp: @Dufus Wow that was damn interesting!
08:537PM Sep 13th from Twhirl in reply to Dufus
This implies that only dufus gets to see the message,simp sent (and those who follow both dufus & you-your mutual friends) Using @ helps people who are mentioned to keep track of tweets where they’re mentioned!Its good to mention ppl using their handles(twitter names) when referencing them in tweets.
>>Dufus: Hello @nitwit @macho @nerdy Come over to my house party #tweetdown
09:35 PM Sep 13th from Tweetdeck
However this is visible to all your friends(if there’s even a space /any character(s) before the @ )
Coming to the # tag…This is used in the searching of tweets containing the word after the #. Simply put..you can track all the proceedings of a meet from ALL users(not only ur friends) if they don’t fail to include the # tag in their every tweet regarding the meet/watsoever!
Incase you wanna say something more personal..Use the direct message option,None but the receiver will know.
Here’s a compilation of answers to #whatistwitter ?, by some of the @people I know on the best microblogging service
The red jots – my best effort to highlight some of the features.
And my answer to this #whatistwitter is this :- Its a repository of information..since you share everything here,which makes it my shared notes,newsfeeds,foxmarks,public chat,poll daddy..More than all this its a place for like minded individuals to network,find friends & reach wide.
Twitter is not only popular among business people,moms,IT pros,bloggers,..But also among many many celebrities…Some of those who I follow are ShashiTharoor,Chetan_Bhagat,mileycyrus,bdutt..! It is quite an excellent way to interact with people who you normally can’t imagine having a conversation with..Although it isn’t normal for all celebs to reply to all tweets directed to them…there ARE celebs who reply sometimes \m/Watch this amazing slideshow …
The socially active peeps would’ve been aware of the social meltdown last night.Serious Twitter Outage Ongoing, Denial Of Service Attack that took a toll on nearly 45 million tweeple(twitter+people)
Even the largest sites still have occasional outages.Yahoo suffered 15 minutes of system wide downtime the day before, & we’re yet to know from them what went wrong..Facebook seemed down too..probably because all of the twitter traffic got redirected there (WHat am I & ppl like me? The Social Snoopers or jus the one’s who get excited/vexed at such downtimes) You gotta experience such stuff cos they’re like the eclipse that we get to witness like once in a lifetime #farfetched alright,I know
ANyway..All this meltdown are causes for more jabber on the social N/w which is fun for most of the jobless tweeps and not-so-fun for the other kind..whoever they be.(My aunt says everyone on twitter is jobless..else why would they want the whole world to know what they’re upto..Neva mind ..Its just Gen Gap I tell them)
Well It was time for me to switch on the fourth best thing to internet-The TV.
P.S: @MTVindia is hosting a contest for #whentwitterwasdown and this twitpic was my entry Please dont wish me luck to win the contest.. It isnt worth all that !! 
P.P.S: HBO has been replaced(One of the numerous woes of a 2009 passed out grad student,without a call from the company(s) she got placed in) And this is the replacement : —->
How can TBO(Tamil Box Office which should be called MBO.for mokkai as it airs Captain’s and TR’s and other classics) possibly replace HBO 
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Well Have a good Weekend ahead,everybody!
Catch the rest of the Oh,Snap! series here
P.P.P.S: I can’t help beaming @ my Oh,Snap-2 :The Meltdown title,as few great movies(IceAge:2) also share the same name !
For those of you who think that snap means nothing more than the literal ‘picture’ meaning,here’s what its urban meaning is
[Courtesy : urbandictionary.com]
#1 A word used to express a feeling of excitement generated during an unexpected or impressive event. The meaning of the word depends on its context and can range from disappointment to extreme satisfaction. The versatility of this work enables it to be used several times in a single conversation.
1. “Oh, snap the hoods on fire”
2. “Check out the jelly shake’n on her as she drops it to the floor…snap!”
3. “I was like ’snap’ when I saw them rolling this waY”
#2 A phrase used to signify an unexpected and surprising event. “Snap” is considered the new “Wow”. Also can be used with “Oh” such as “Oh, Snap”
Oh, Snap! That dude just got ran over by a ice cream truck!
#3 (Not the connotation we’re talking) The substitute for the word “shit”.
Oh Snap! I forgot to bust a cap in jimmy’s ass last night.
This is the first of the ‘Oh,Snap’ series and without further ado..Here’s the snap:
Location : Pastry Shop,madurai.
What made me catch this on cam : The fact I had never seen a food outlet having books on healthy living and exercise,on sale.The way they saw, it was good marketing strategy & the way I saw – Bad ,cos it reminded me of exercise & made me forsake that delicious looking inside-out pizza on the counter & settle down with a measly slice of black forest cake.
More to come… Tell me what you think
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