One cold and rainy night, Manish and Abhi were going to White Castle when they found me shivering under the hedges that surround the ND HQ. Thinking I’d just lost my way, they offered me a blanket and a Slyder, and decided to let me stick around for a month. But once I tasted the shweet shweet intoxicating nectar that is Admin Privileges, I found myself trying to wrangle a more permanent invite. To that end, dear readers, you won’t believe the things I’ve done. I’m ashamed to say that I:
- Reorganized Anna’s closet (the shoes! the shoes!)
- Agreed earnestly when Vinod discussed Milton Friedman’s theories in a Libertarian context (I lied! I lied!)
- Asked Ennis if he’d like to be Mr. October in my Topless Turbaned Hotties Calender (Fauja Singh is Mr. January, but Ennis doesn’t know that yet)
- Made a collage of MIA, Sania Mirza and Mohini Bhardwaj for Manish to contemplate as he Rocketposts in the darkness of his lair. (No comment! No comment!)
- Bought Abhi a 5-pack of Astronaut underwear (plus an extra one that glows-in-the-dark!)
I gave up on Sajit cuz he never came out of his room. Also, I was too afraid to face him after the Marmite incident. He’s like Bruce Banner – you don’t want to make him angry.
They saw right through me though, cuz I’m being booted outta the bunker. But never fear, SepiaReaders…there is so much lowe, sweet lowe, in the air…I can’t help but paraphrase Ali McGraw’s famous line to the rich dude when I say I’ll still be around.
Cic, it’s hard to see you leave knowing that it may lead to suicide. SM may soon have blood on its hands.
If you start using Love Story quotes……..We can put an age on you. Definitely, you do not belong to Austin Powers Generation.
We all enjoyed your posts, even the Salman Rushdie ones. Thanks.
Is that photo from Kal Ho Naa Ho, ‘Mahi Ve?’ If so, you’ve done well, grasshopper 😉
Is it me cicatrix or is it my maliban & lipton combo? I should have silently suffered instead of scaring you off like this. Come back, oh woe is me.
So cold, so very cold…
Aw man, time’s up already? Aiyyo, what to do, men?
(Manish, I think the photo’s from the “Pretty Woman” song.)
it IS, in fact, from Kal Ho Na Ho “Pretty Woman”. Shot in the lovely Garden State, despite trying to pass it off as Queens. (like we could be fooled) Gold star for ads.
I’m not even talking about Cicatrix’s departure. I’ll just convince myself you haven’t found any good posting material, and you’re busy. So busy that you can only comment. Yeah, that’s it. Loved your posts, girl. Loved ’em all.
I can’t handle getting dumped by Punjabi Boy AND Cicatrix running out on me, in the span of 3 1/2 days!
Cicatrix: Thanks for the compliments you tossed a while ago. I would have adopted you -in a minute -But you know what? My wife Rashmi would not even allow my younger one Poojan to get even a dog !! As for Abhishek and the rest of the “Mutiny” gang, I would say that it is their loss that you are leaving. Good Luck in your pursuit of “Knowledge” – not just information !! Abhi’s Dad
Sigh … i thought it had already been over a month and the other mutineers forgot about your time limit. Your posts will be missed =) When will we see your own blog?
Yeah, when? Aw cicatrix, I’ll miss you (not THAT much Mr Cicatrix). I’m a superficial, selfish and obnoxious person – but very occasionally I can be sincere, like now: You’re a really cool girl. SM only has one posting normally, so I’m sure everyone enjoyed this month of dual-girl action as much as me. Asthuti and hemadama oluwa piranna (what I told the tsunami kids with lice!)
Take care of yerself.
Yo Cicatrix,
Bark! Bark!
Dont leave your Puppy Dog alone here in the ND HQ. All I know is you…..and now you are leaving……where will I go…..taking me too……along with you…..I swear…..I will be loyal…..as usual….
Yo Dog
Shoot, no more $50 bills discreetly transferred behind HQ….
But seriously – Cicatrix, you RAWK! I’ve loved your posts. SM will be a colder, sadder place without them. But that’s North Dakota for you. Sniffle
There she plies a lonely trail Cutting through the breaking waves Drifting slowly from her course She is lost forever more
SNIFF You are the smartest, funniest, hottest cyclops EVER! GET A BLOG..please! 🙂
Fare thee well, Lady Cicatrix. Add me to the list of people that enjoyed your posts (and hope you start a blog of your own). Great job 🙂
Hey Cicatrix… Au revoir !!
Good work Cica ! And maybe someday we will see the other half of your pic.
Cicatrix, did it look anything like that Shakira video ‘La Tortura’?? Tons of liquidy marmite stuff in that. Hott!!
Wow. You guys are so nice. I so expected someone sooner or later, to tell me to shut up about Sri Lanka already…I’m so happy to say that never happened. Not a single email.
I can’t start my own blog NOW. Are you kidding? That would be like lunching on Ritz crackers and a juiceboxes after a month of champaigne and caviar. Sepia has ruined me forever!! 😉
Abhi’s dad – I’m shocked and a little (a lot) embarrassed to know you’ve read my posts. Um, not nearly this raunchy is real life..i swear!! (I mean, I don’t swear! I mean..aw, forget it. I’m really flattered, and many thanks.)
Mephistopheles, you didn’t scare me away dude! C’mon, really! How can you love me when you prove you don’t know me? I’m hurt! Anyway, I’d love to come to a teaparty, machang…only let’s have arrack with the malupan. Hondha combo ekkak, nedha?
And let’s pretend we’re on a beach, watching those blazing sunsets. (Not Galle face beach, mind!! None of that under-the-umbrella funny business!!)
To everyone who called ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’..(in memory of our dearly beloved Punjabi Boy) : GOLD STAR FOR YOU!!
Cicatrix, it’s been great reading your posts. Wish you didn’t have to go!!
Hey Cicatrix, really enjoyed your posts! See you at your blog.
Somebody on SM please link on the front page to Bong Breaker’s article about Apu from the Simpsons that is on his blog. Great article!
cicatrix, you give hot, funny girls a good name. keep on keeping on, bellisima!
sepiaites ~ can’t you pweeze bring the divine ms. c back as xirtacic? then if she gets outta hand, just ask her to say her name backwards or something (the things one learns from being a Justice League geek). i love this site, i check it everyday, but i’s gots to say, brown town has seriously benefitted from the added grrl power this past month.
bring her back or i’ll go all hartal on y’all!
Promise you’ll still continue to comment like the witty music/culture fiend that you are, Cicatrix! 😉
Your posts, however, will be missed!!
Oh, Cicatrix. Thanks for all your great posts which truly added a new dimension to SM.
Cicatrix:
I’ll miss gazing lovingly at your all-seeing eye under the guests column everyday.
I read the Mehta book review and the Hurricane alerts and went “Whaaa…? Can that really be Cica typing those articles?” You’ve shown them girl that you can do more than Fashion and Media. Although no one can still spot a Gucci dress on a Sri Lankan crooner like you do 🙂
You should blog. I await http://www.cicatrix.com with bated breath, and hope to read about all sorts of things….cabbages and kings.
thank god… just this morning servant-boy Ashish asked me when his Mem’saheb would be back; he felt bad dusting her ibook when no one was using it.
‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘to speak of many things.. Of ships and sails and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And if the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings.’
y’all leave me speechless…
I’m having a Sally Field moment in my head.
runs off to cry in the bathroom
Oh Cica I will miss you…I so enjoyed our SM discussions on the “lady troubles.”
Will miss your posts, but look forward to your thoughts in the comments.
(Although there is NO replacement for Cicatrix, I hope the next guest blogger is a woman, too!)
Aw man?! Already??? You were so good!
I agree with Jo, bring another woman.
a mutiny on the mutiny? brown kids for cicatrix?
please, can’t we keep her? (makes really cute pitiful face that you know you can’t resist)
Best of luck for the future Cicatrix, it’s been good reading your articles and I hope you continue to participate on SM. Don’t forget to hand in your laptop, badge and gun on the way out past the reception.
Now that you’ve been decommissioned from the Mutiny’s secret HQ, does this mean that Abhi’s going to wipe your memory Men-In-Black style, or is he just going to blindfold you, kidnap you in his car and drop you in a field in the middle of nowhere so you can’t find your way back ?
enjoyed the posts… it was a more sexual month than usual @ sepiamutiny 😉
It’s actually a little creepy how well readers seem to know me.
This sounds coool!!!! Is there any mention of aliens? Small green men? A-la X-files!!!!
Sumita (UFO junkie)
Beloved Pledge Cicatrix,
I’ll miss you, too…though I can’t say I’ll miss watching you eat. shudder Where did the time go? I thought I still had at least another week to haze you. 😉
Your big,
A
:+:
To the rest of you who are feenin’ for girl power, who think “brown town” needs women:
Even with our beloved, beautiful, brainy guest blogger leaving, there is still a girl at HQ. There always has been. cough
But, if you’re feeling mutinous about DEMANDING that more of a certain gender be represented here, then the best thing women can do is speak with their own unique, articulate voices– on personal blogs, in the comments here, in outstanding, published articles on MIA. 😉
Now you know our filthy little secret, THAT’S how we notice fellow mutineers.
It’s not that we don’t love women, b/c believe me, we ALL love women, we just know that not all women are willing to lose sleep to write posts and ruin their looks b/c of it. Your famed cyclops has one nasty under-eye circle after her month of guest duty.
Also unlike Cicatrix, a lot of women aren’t willing to carry out covert ops which leave them scarred forever (we buy Mederma at Costco, y’all), all in the name of the mutiny. So, where are you, fellow vaginally-equipped soldiers, who are willing to suffer anything for the cause? Speak up, so we can abduct you, hogtie you and throw you in the back of our trunk for a wild-ride to North Dakota. 😉
We love you, ANNA. (Especially your posts about my favorite book, A Suitable Boy!) But…
I am with all those folks who are lobbying for some more “girl power” around here. There are some smart, snazzy women who post in the comments section and I am sure you know several women who fit your criteria.
(p.s. Not all men are willing to lose sleep to write posts and ruin their looks b/c of it, too.)
agreed. now don’t you think you should be even sweeter to manish, vinod, abhi and ennis who, like me, have become way less cute over this last, exhausting year? we’re single b/c we are more devoted to creating content than going to the gym, staying manicured, bathing…
i keed. i keed. 😉
we do bathe. and yet, we are single. sigh.
i’ve just decided that our next guest, like cicatrix, should come pre-equipped with a mr. that way she has a shot at lowe. 😀
I am sweet to the boys, especially Manish, because I send him lots of tips on Salman Rushdie :).
Regardless of who you find, I am looking forward to meeting the next guest blogger. Seriously. Cicatrix, Amardeep and Turbanhead were great (temporary) additions to SM.
is he just going to blindfold you, kidnap you in his car and drop you in a field in the middle of nowhere so you can’t find your way back ?
With , who in his/her right mind would want to find their way back?
M. Nam
Sorry for the snafu – Meant to say: With this kind of scenery/lifestyle, who would want to find their way back?
M. Nam
girl power? gag
why can’t they just be smart and interesting women… “girl power” has all sorts of obnoxious connotations for me… reminds me of the male bashing that’s gone on in several posts… but maybe that’s just me and my chauvinistic slant on things 😉
Like the Spice Girls and Hillary Duff?
That is strangely stirring, Anna.
Apparently women may be less prone to “geekiness” and hence the girl power factor.
I sit late into the night, put mouse to pad and clutch at fleeting memories of my grovvellingu e-lowe:
Oh Cica well, you came and you posted on Sepiaaa but I sent you away Oh Cica well, you posted on my bloggy and made me so happy and I need you everyday. Oh, Cica…
(p.s. I hope your blogger account is a preview of things to come, you tease you.)
Asked Ennis if heÂ’d like to be Mr. October in my Topless Turbaned Hotties Calender (Fauja Singh is Mr. January, but Ennis doesnÂ’t know that yet)
Do we get an advanced preview of this???? Gotta make sure he can be positioned correctly between the coloured leaves and pumpkins!!!
‘will miss ya! And kuos for the love story quote. 🙂
Ah, Austin’s DesiDude thinks like me. Hearing Anna say “we can abduct you, hogtie you and throw you in the back of our trunk for a wild-ride”, well I could only hope one day I’ll be lucky enough for it to happen to me. Wild ride. Steamy.
I think in all this vicious cicatrix-loving (in-joke, you’re not cool enough to get it), people have missed the big picture. I HAVE A FAN! Check the ISP, it’s not me blowing my own trumpet for once! (although I did have some ribs removed) But I am pretty sure I know who the fan is. Ah I’m bored of her already. I want a new fan.
why can’t cicatrix stay on?
good question
her posts are among the most interesting of the last few weeks. they are timely and they focus on things other posts do not cover. and please in the blogosphere there should definately be less male representation