Hello world.  I’ve been gone for a while.  I like blogging about my life, and since I’m not really allowed to do that anymore…there’s not really a reason to come here.

So what have I been doing? This and that.

I’ve read a lot of books. Well, more than I have  since sec 4.  On the Road was great, and so was Dharma Bums. I guess I really dig Kerouac. He has a unique style of writing. It’s crazy and confusing at times, but it still electrifies the soul. After On the Road I wanted to hitchhiking into Indochina. After Dharma Bums I wanted to escape to the jungles and live like a hermit.

Milan Kundera’s  The Unbearable Lightness of Being was good too. It’s an exploration of the human condition – as cliché as  that sounds. Definitely an important book to read – provided you have a few days with nothing to do at all. It’s not nearly as good if you don’t have the time to think it through.

As is The God of Small Things. I regret not bothering about Arundhati Roy while I was in English A1. (I’ll stop now because I feel like I’m just dropping names.)0

I’ve been watching movies. Tons of movies. I guess I really like movies. Both the popular predictable stuff and some of the older stuff. Enter the Dragon was a really good movie. It makes CGI fight scenes look lame.  Woody Allen’ Sleeper was great too. The best part of it was how many of the gags reminded me of old silent movies. Very Buster Keaton/Charlie Chaplin. These guys are still hilarious ,by the way.

The rest of my free time has gone to Dragonball Z and Venture Bros Season 3.

Dragonball amazes me because it is a show that has WHOLE EPISODES dedicated to people drawing lots on who to fight. Apparently, these things are called filler – the original manga artist couldn’t keep up with the series, so producers had to drag out story arcs because the conclusions hadn’t even been written yet. It’s great for people with a lot of time.

And, we definitely have a lot of time. Don’t think I don’t do work though. It’s just that, my whole job involves me finishing my work as fast as possible and hoping that nothing goes wrong. That’s all I can say.

Recently, I found a copy of the the November Issue of Wired. I’ve been reading Wired the cheapskate way, but after a few minutes of actually reading the magazine, I realize it’s definitely something I want in print form, on a monthly basis. The question now, of course, is how. The most cost effective idea is to move to America, where I can get it a subscription for US$10 a year.

Somewhat connected to my discovery of Wired is this find. It’s a nice collection of open source software. So far, I’m currently using Firefox, Thunderbird, RSSOwl and Miro. I would switch to Open Office, but I’ve spent too much on MS Office to go that far.

IT’S JOKER TIME.

This is quickly become my new favorite postsecret type site.  Artistic vandalism ftw.

Holidays are going by as planned. I’m moderately disturbed by my slothfulness though. Days pass by casually now – there’s little time to do anything important, although a lot of time for the mundane. It’s a purposeless life.

But now, lets move on to more amusing issues. Daily Show website online. This is excellent.

In addition, since not many people I know like Johnny Carson, here’s a little Late Show tribute to him.

I should also say a word about Portal : The Flash Version.This is very fun. I really feel like getting the Orange Box now.

Also, here is plotbot – a screen writing service we found through stumbleupon. It’s been mentioned before, but forgotten.

Finally, podcasting. Here’s a free service. All you need is a mike. Very good for non-mac people like me