Nerd Wars
Episode 4: A New Hope
I think the heat might be getting to me. Adelaide is right in the middle of what’s being called an unseasonal heat wave. For the last week or so the temperature has been hovering around 35 degrees Celsius, give or take a couple of degrees. That’s 95 Fahrenheit, for all you imperialists out there. For November that’s extremely warm. I’m not enjoying it one bit.
You see, I don’t have a very high heat tolerance. Add to that the skin reaction I have to sun exposure and you have yourself a virtual shut-in. You’d think I’d be happy to spend my days lounging in front of the air conditioner but I’m not. I’m hopelessly bored. That’s what led to my declaration of war in the first place. Who declares war out of boredom? Well, at least I didn’t try and pretend Brendan had “nukular” weapons concealed somewhere in his Cave.
I’m a little worried that the boredom is beginning to overwhelm the amusement I was finding in Brendan’s torment though. Looking back on it now, there’s no way he wouldn’t have noticed the missing headphones. I mean honestly the speaker was one thing. He doesn’t use it. Well, not unless I’m trying to watch something. But the headphones… They have pride of place on his desk. If he’s at his computer they’re on his head.
To add insult to injury, the worm has turned. He took my little spray bottle of CD cleaner (I’m aware it’s basically Windex but would struggle to care less) and while I knew where on my desk it should have been, I had no idea what it was. Hoisted by my own petard.
So why did I take the headphones? Did the heat finally get to me? Have I lost my sneaky edge? It could even be worse than that. Perhaps I want him to win in the long run.
Perhaps I want him to be the Jedi in all of this.
Tagged: Entertainment, Hobbies.