So I’ll file away all my dreams
March 14th, 2005 | Published in good news!
A couple of days before break I ordered a gigabyte of RAM for my laptop (it had 2×256 MB previously) and a new battery because I think I’ll continue to use my trusty 500 MHz PowerBook for another year at least. The RAM arrived today and the battery should be showing up tomorrow.
My little spending spree has carried into break as well. I bought Orson Scott Card’s latest book in the Ender’s Game series, Shadow of the Giant, on Saturday and started reading it this morning when I woke up. Unfortunately it only lasted until about 3:30 PM. It definitely is an awesome book as you finally get to see how Peter becomes the hegemon (which is alluded to in many of the other books in the series but never explained). I also enjoyed it because you finally learn that Peter is a good guy, which you would never guess from Ender’s Game (although it seemed to be hinted at in Children of the Mind).
Other acquisitions include:
- Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
- MST3K: The Essentials (which consists of Manos: The Hands of Fate and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians)
- High Fidelity
- Serendipity (for several reasons, but we’ll leave it at the fact that John Cusak and Kate Beckinsale are in it)
- String Quartet Tribute to Godsmack (to round out the randomness)
I think this is the end of my spree though, with the exception of the new digital FM transmitter for my iPod since my analog one can’t be used in Vermont. Mostly the spree is over because I bought 7 DVDs last weekend [too lazy to link]: Matrix Revolutions, Return of the King, Napoleon Dynamite, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Donnie Darko (director’s cut), Pulp Fiction (2 disc set), and Shaun of the Dead. In addition to 3 - 6 full albums and EPs on the iTunes Music Store recently.
Aside from watching most of those, the plan for the week is to finish up my project for IBM (dowem will be pleased with that, I’m sure) and to do a couple of assignments that are due shortly.
Finally, if you’re looking for new music, check out Cary Brothers’ EP All The Rage — it’s incredible.
