This post is about how a virgin sacrifice almost didn’t happen. Have fun.

The Columbia University Science Fiction Society decided to have a virgin sacrifice to appease Cthulhu. I found out from a friend and decided I had to go. I wasn’t sure if they were going through with it but figured a walk up to campus before dinner would be nice anyway. I got there a few minutes early so I thought I’d walk around campus for a bit until they started. This was 8:42pm. While walking around, I ran into my friend who was finishing up with his guitar lesson on the famous “Low Steps”. So I sat with him while he practiced playing his guitar. It was a nice evening so I stayed there for a bit. Another friend stopped by to ask for directions on a homework problem.

Now, it got to 9:20pm and there was absolutely no sign of any virgins or sacrifices. My friend and I decided to leave. It was already half an hour past their scheduled time so we thought it wasn’t happening. We had dinner at a nearby pizza place and then I headed back home while he went to his lab.

I was almost home when I got call from my friend saying there was a lot of chanting going on and the sacrifice was about to happen. I didn’t go back. Frak those lazy, unpunctual sci-fiers. Or maybe I didn’t get the memo they sent about a revised schedule because I’m not on their mailing list. In any case, it happened, and I wasn’t there. End of story.