The Boy commited to LoudCloud

The boy is accused of blogging on another site while neglecting his duties on loudcloud, an accusation which the boy strongly denies. The boy admits writing a couple of accounts for an affiliated blog managed by his friend, Kahuna who is currently in Kotmale on a scientific expedition. But his focus has always been loudcloud. The girl, meanwhile, has been keeping the loudcloud up to date doing a great job. Her story ‘Naked Wedding’ and account of the plight of Tuvalu was particularly entertaining and both have been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. So while things are going really well there is no need for the boy to blog much on loudcloud. Having said that, the boy is totally committed to loudcloud and is looking forward to publishing more articles in the near future.

Girl all dressed up to sleep on the job

after leaving half her possessions behind in pennsylvania (you may think she's absentminded, but at least she didn't leave her CAR behind, like a certain someone else), girl was greeted yesterday morning with a phone call from the Mail Room confirming that she was, in fact, the recipient of a Cash on Delivery package from the hotel that contained such important possessions as her pajamas. now she has her pajamas at work! yes, ladies and gentlemen, girl has succeeded in reaching a new milestone in her impassioned fight for removing the "business" from business casual, that most oppressive of dress codes.

PAJAMAS. surely an accomplishment, even from girl's mini-skirt and sunflower-tank-top with flip-flops perspective.

Tuvalu

a small sinking nation, whose main source of income is its fortuitous ownership of the .tv domain. its entire population is about to be refugees, awash and homeless in the Pacific ocean. as if it didn't have enough problems already, now Tuvalu has to deal with all the trials and tribulations of being the object of girl's obsession (just ask boy).

Missy!

Boy's midnight popularity soars

he is not sure exactly why, and can't remember exactly what he says. but for some reason, his fan base is especially attentive during those hours when he would rather, well, just sleep.

The boy runs the marathon

If you were wondering why the boy has been quiet that’s because he was running a marathon. And it wasn’t just any marathon. It was a long and treacherous 26 miles full of obstacles and distractions. The boy took days to complete. Sleepless and hungry the boy kept running. One step at a time. Up the hills and over the stumbling blocks. The girl was a huge help cheering away as he ran and ran and ran. There were several distractions and problems which the boy managed to overcome using ingenious and unconventional methods. (which also helped the girl learn all about X.25 network protocol). Days later the boy neared the finish line. The girl was there. Cheering and screaming hardly able to contain her excitement. The boy was excited too but tired and drained to show any emotions. As he saw the finish line he felt the adrenalin rush take over his body. He felt neither tired nor sleepy any more. His run changed from a pace to a sprint. And finally the end. The boy crashed in to finish line faster than he has ever run before. He won. The girl, who was ready and waiting to perform CPR, was the first to congratulate him.

Blackberry Blues

Girl has decided to take some time out from her busy day to contemplate one of the great philosophical dilemmas of our era (or at least, her era) ... is a blackberry that is blue really a blueberry?

Naked Weddings

Girl's friend, the one she used to go clubbing with wearing assorted fuzzy clothing during a certain summer in San Francisco, is getting married to John-Mark. The wedding is tomorrow, in Pennsylvania. Only problem: girl's dress is locked in mini-storage. Her shoe straps are broken. Boy doesn't have a tux. Boy can't find his shoes. Girl hasn't even bought the wedding gift yet. Boy is trapped in a project due monday. so, if they beat the odds and make it all the way to far away Pennsylvania, they very well might make an entrance, naked.

Bunny Boy

not just any boy could earn that title.

7 year olds (and girl) in Meetings

Girl spent the morning with seven-year-olds, negotiating a contract between the winner of American Idol and the recording company. Her team successfuly negotiated an $8.5 million dollar signing bonus for their client. Yay!

Nothing but a G-mail

As distinguished members of the blogosphere, girl and boy got a special present when they logged in to LoudCloud today: new gmail accounts. Now all there mail will be searched word-for-word and they will get special targeted advertising. Girl is not worried though, because most of her e-mails are monosyllabic anyway.

But that's not really what girl is thinking about. She is wondering why boy bothered to log in at all without even feeding the fish. was he distracted goo-ing over google and forget why he came here in the first place? poor poor fish.
Google Mail

Boy's sneakers finally put to use

Girl and boy ran miles and miles all the way from nolita to the west side of manhattan and along the water's edge. Not a scenic beach trail exactly, more like the sidelines of a toxic dump, but anyway.. it was a good start. So good in fact that they resolved, right there, panting for breath and tired after the first few blocks, that their next conquest would be Mt. Everest. girl and boy may be terribly inefficient at getting anything done, but one thing they don't lack is Ambition (or perhaps -delusion).

Boy couldn't really concentrate on the running, though, because all he could think of was kathi rolls. girl promised they would stop for the delicious indian snacks after the run and that made him want to stop the run even faster.

Even after the run, so many distractions - obstacles - stood in the way between boy and the kathi rolls. For one thing, girl insisted on going for blocks in the OPPOSITE direction to get cupcakes, and when they finally arrived at the Magnolia bakery, they had to wait in a long line. And then there was another tempting store (with strawberry desserts.. yum) fighting for their limited dollars.

By the time they eventually arrived at the Indian Bread Co., boy was so cold he could barely feel his fingers and so hungry he considered taking secret bites of the precious cupcakes. And they only had enough cash for one kathi roll each. Boy made up for it though, by stuffing his roll with everything available - chicken, egg, onions, chilis - while girl ordered a simple potato roll. Even then, they were 18 cents short. oh oh, boy had a moment of panic - would he be denied this roll he had been dreaming for so long now to eat? Luckily, the nice people at the counter let them have their food, even though they couldn't pay for it all.

With the rolls, cupcakes, and other purchases in hand, they rushed home in the cold, up the four flights of stairs, sat at the round table, quickly unwrapped the foil of their kathi rolls -- and relished each bite.

they were satisfied for a little bit, but soon hungry again. this time it was time for girl to have what she had been dreaming of all weekend: daal. She had been out of daal for weeks and finally on saturday night, she escaped a friend's house with a little ziploc bag full of the orange lentils. boy made delicious daal, girl made eggplants and together with lots of rice, they had a yummy dinner at home.

after dinner - it was time for a birthday cupcake. while boy's birthday was technically last weekend, since they lost an hour last sunday because of daylight savings, girl decided that he could have one more hour of birthday today. on the table were pretty cupcakes with pink frosting, chocolate frosting, and vanilla frosting. girl lit a candle on the pink cupcake and everyone sang happy birthday to the birthday boy. boy was so excited, he decided he was going to have yet another birthday next weekend.

The Boy is 31.

The boy celebrated his birthday on the weekend. His friends and the girl took him to Penang, where they had drinks and Malaysian food. He even got a candle on a banana flavored fried ice cream, which by the way came as a complete surprise. As if the boy didn’t have enough drinks there, they went to a couple of bars afterwards. The first was Bar 89, where they had a shot and like everyone who visits the bar, checked out the restrooms. The next stop was … the boy doesn’t remember. He had a little too much to drink. All he remembers is bouncing off the walls and saving his friends from getting beaten up by east-side gangsters. Eventually the girl managed to find their way back home (from almost a block away) where the girl had lots of presents for him. He was so excited to find boxes and boxes of gifts. There were little boxes and big ones. He decided open one and savors the rest for later. The one he opened also became his favorite; A little bright pink rabbit that is yet to be named. (He is sitting on the boy’s computer keeping him company while he studies for his exams.) When the boy woke up next day, he had the worst hang over. The girl was making piles and piles of things she wanted to move to her new apartment. He wasn't much help. He slept the whole day. It was his birthday and the girl's last day at 199.

The girl is still in Mexico

The girl is still in Mexico. The real Mexico. Not midtown. She is apperently locked up in the dungeons with no internet or phone. The boy has been waiting to talk to her and she could only call when she is set free for a few hours every night. But by then the boy is fast asleep. Last night the boy wanted to talk to her so badly and waited for her call. When she eventually called he was fast asleep. He made a desperate attempt to wake up speak to her. But all he remembers is the click sound that was made when she hung up.