Maudlin ruminations of a mind bit by wanderlust.

College has started again. Damn. All the good ideas come now (the best time is during the exams), but there's no time. When I do have the time, I don't have any ideas, and I refuse to post nonsense in order to keep the post count ticking.

So here are some of the things I've been doing :

>>> I found out how to download English Subtitles for most movies, and integrate them with the movie. I can finally watch movies which my friends always told me were good, but I couldn't understand too much.

>>> I installed Qt4 and PyQt4 on my new fedora system, and I'm loving writing programs for them. They look cool.

>>> They look even better on my 22" screen. So do the movies.

>>> My speaker system is also doing justice to the money I paid for it.

>>> I'm starting to write a few (fairly) technical articles on linux, some of which I hope to be able to put up here.

>>> I've lost physics and chemistry, and have had them replaced with More Computer-Sciencey subjects. I'll get to that later.

>>> I'm trying to decide upon a phone to get. Something better comes out every week.

>>> I'm getting pretty darned good at using linux, especially the command line. I expect that now, I fall under the category of 'power user', and border on expert (maybe in the next few years). I think I could live by the command line, with no gui, except for a pdf reader, which I hope to correct.

>>> Did I mention that I love my 22"?

>>> I finally watched the Illusionist, a movie I've been dying to see since I saw the trailers a little less than a year ago. It was amazing. Awesome movie. I am yet to see 'The Prestige', which they say is better.

>>> Like so many, I'm waiting for Heroes Season 2 in September.

>>> Numb3rs Season 3 screens at 10-11 at night, a timeslot that is distinctly not primetime, and unfortunately I can bring myself to stay awake that long. *sigh*, I'll have to watch reruns.

>>> Don't get me started on Harry Potter. Just don't.

That's all I can think of at this time of night. More to come when I actually have time.

• Tests are ongoing. I have electronics on monday.
  
• I'll probably go on a trip for the Christmas holidays.
  
• Numb3rs was taken off air, and reruns were put on.
  
• So was Commander in Chief, which was my replacement.
  
• Now I'm stuck to watching Ghost Whisperers.
  

It's depressing to note how my life can be summarized to 5 lines.

Yes, Numb3rs was taken off AXN, and although I've been watching Commander in Chief for the past couple of weeks, that was taken off too, so now I'm watching Ghost Whisperers. For those who aren't in the know, Ghost Whisperers is a drama/serial starring Jennifer Love Hewitt (whose presence makes remembering the rest of the cast largely unnecessary), who acts a normal woman who has paranormal gifts. Succintly put, she can talk to the spirits of dead people. It's kind of appealing, once you firmly fix in your mind that it is, in fact, not strictly real. What I find largely hilarious is that the reactions of the characters is ludicrous that I fail to see how anyone could belive it. This in turn leads me to the disturbing question of, are the Americans (who are the target audience), so gullible? Here, let me show you :

JLH : Did my mother ever mention to you that I have a gift?

Other character : No, not that I remember, why? What is it?

JLH : I can...like...communicate with the spirits of beings who are no longer with us in this world.

Other Character : My...(dead daughter)..Sarah came to you?

JLH : Last night. She wants to know why your husband and you were fighting on the night she died.

Other Character : No, please tell her we weren't fighting, we weren't angry, where is she? Can I talk to her?

JLH : (Maintains serious look)

I am unable to remember the rest of the conversation because that's where I fell off the couch laughing. I found it difficult to imagine how the actors can deliver such ridiculous lines with such serious expressions -- I guess that's what they get paid the earth for.

update : Commander in Chief wasn't taken off after all, just slot changed to Sunday.