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21 April 2002 (Sunday): sleeptalking

Things muttered by me while drifting awake yesterday morning -- cobbled together here from Soren's vague recollection (and mine, even vaguer):

"The cables are color-coded, see. Blue. And red. And yellow. Or is it orange? The problem is, I can't remember what they stand for...and which color is mine?"

"You're all the colors," Soren apparently said, unfazed as usual. "That's the real confusion."

"There's together-mode and alone-mode," I continued, ignoring him. "Zach and I were together-mode, always, and that was the problem. With Soren there's both together-mode and alone-mode. The question is, what happens when I'm in alone-mode and Soren shows up?"

To which he replied: "You go into together-mode, have breakfast with him and then go back to alone-mode. To living the life that's your own."

Then I woke up. And we went out for breakfast.

I actually did say "Zach" and "Soren," oddly enough, instead of using their real names. I'm going to have trouble keeping a grip on reality in my old age, I tell you. Not that I don't already have trouble with it...

posted by enjelani @ 01:01 AM PST

Replies: 4 comments

these aliases -- so confusing! i wonder if those around you will start to refer to each other by their enjelani-aliases. when i see soren next, what will i call him?

i also find it amusing that dereferencing enjelani results in yet another reference.

posted by azudemai @ 21 04 2002 06:17 PM PST

char** all the way, baby.

is there a name for this disorder of mine, that compels me to rechristen everyone I know? :)

posted by enjelani @ 21 04 2002 07:31 PM PST

i'd say void**, just for the unknown factor. god, we are nerds.

posted by azudemai @ 21 04 2002 07:42 PM PST

holy shit, there is something sublimely satisfying about intelligent geek humor. hm, if only i could find a suitable joke for ASIC code...

posted by dardi! @ 22 04 2002 11:28 AM PST