The Electric Chair

In an unprecedented event on Saturday, Bangalore witnessed its first non – alcoholic bloggers meet at Java City, Lavelle Road. Present were Spiritual orgasm, Arcane Crapper, Finch Scout, Wabbster and yours truly. A couple of non bloggers were also present, the group having a very tolerant attitude to this class. Conspicuous by his absence was Premature Articulation, who as misfortune would have it had a ‘working weekend’ and therefore could not make it.

This being a ‘Page 3’ kind of event, should have been posted as a collection of 3-4 photos (with particular care that none of them are of the same size) with taglines such as ‘Arcane Crapper and friend’ or ‘Finch Scout: Stirring her iced tea’. However, due to the absence of any photos, and the complete ineptitude of the author of this post as a Page 3 Journalist, readers will have to make do with this pathetic account.

The goal was to do the unthinkable – have a blog meet without any alcohol whatsoever. This insane idea was proposed by Finch Scout a few days back, and I agreed to try it out for nothing but a perverse interest in the morbid – something like trying to figure out how long a fish can stay out of water without dying. Can it stay for 2 whole minutes, (which in fish time scale is about 3-4 human hours) on dry land along with 4-5 other fish, suffering in equal measure and egging each other on to jump into the fishbowl? After an initial resistance (I think it was more incredulity) especially by Arcane Crapper, it was agreed that Java city would be it. Coffee would have to substitute for alcohol. Quite a feat, considering that coffee and alcohol are opposites (one being a stimulant and the other a depressant). I will spare the readers the suspense, and tell them right away that we actually succeeded.

I really don’t want to make this post boring by describing in which order we all arrived, what we talked about and where we ate etc coz I am feeling bored just thinking about writing all that out. This should of course not be construed to mean that we did not have an awesome, rocking time, which we did.

Now I know that there are more bloggers out here in Bangalore, and I’ve forgotten to invite quite a few (and of others maybe I’m unaware). So next time, lets have some new members please. Those in Bangalore, and want to meet up, pls leave a comment on this post; I’ll buzz you whenever we are meeting up next. And the usual suspects, ciao till next time!

# posted by A Chrysanthemum by any other name... : 2:35 AM